CHAPTER 136
SENATE BILL No. 416
An Act concerning economic development;
expanding the availability of certain investment
incentives; amending K.S.A. 79-32,153,
79-32,154, 79-32,160a, 79-32,195 and 79-32,196
and K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 40-2813, 74-50,114 and
74-50,132 and repealing the existing
sections.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 40-2813 is hereby amended to
read as
follows: 40-2813. For all taxable years commencing after December
31,
1993 1997, any taxpayer who makes
expenditures for the purpose of mak-
ing all or any portion of an existing building or facility
accessible to per-
sons with a disability, which building or facility is on real
property located
in this state and used in a trade or business or held for the
production of
income, shall be entitled to claim a tax credit in an amount equal
to 50%
of such expenditures or, the amount of $10,000, whichever is less,
against
the tax liability imposed against such taxpayer pursuant to
article 28 of
chapter 40 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated
premium tax or privilege
fees imposed pursuant to K.S.A. 40-252, and amendments
thereto. Such
tax credit shall be deducted from the taxpayer's tax liability for
the taxable
year following the year in which the expenditures are made by the
tax-
payer. If the amount of such tax credit exceeds the taxpayer's tax
liability
for such taxable year, the amount thereof which exceeds such tax
liability
may be carried over for deduction from the taxpayer's tax liability
in the
next succeeding taxable year or years until the total amount of the
tax
credit has been deducted from tax liability, except that no such
tax credit
shall be carried over for deduction after the fourth taxable year
succeed-
ing the taxable year in which the expenditures are made. Terms used
in
this section shall have the same meanings as ascribed thereto in
K.S.A.
79-32,175, and amendments thereto.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 74-50,114 is hereby amended to
read as
follows: 74-50,114. As used in K.S.A. 74-50,113 through 74-50,117
and
amendments thereto:
(a) ``Ancillary support'' means a facility which is operated
by a busi-
ness and whose function is to provide services in support of the
business,
but is not directly engaged in the business' primary function.
(b) ``Business'' means any manufacturing business or
nonmanufac-
turing business.
(c) ``Business headquarters'' means a facility where principal
officers
of the business are housed and from which direction, management
or
administrative support for transactions is provided for a business
or di-
vision of a business or regional division of a business.
(d) ``Full-time employee'' means a person who is required to
file a
Kansas income tax return and who is employed by a business or
retail
business to perform duties in connection with the operation of the
busi-
ness or retail business on:
(1) A regular, full-time basis;
(2) a part-time basis, provided such person is customarily
performing
such duties at least 20 hours per week throughout the taxable year;
or
(3) a seasonal basis, provided such person performs such
duties for
substantially all of the season customary for the position in which
such
person is employed. The number of full-time employees during any
tax-
able year shall be determined by dividing by 12 the sum of the
number
of full-time employees on the last business day of each month of
such
taxable year. If the business or retail business is in operation
for less than
the entire taxable year, the number of full-time employees shall be
de-
termined by dividing the sum of the number of full-time employees
on
the last business day of each full calendar month during the
portion of
such taxable year during which the business was in operation by the
num-
ber of full calendar months during such period.
(e) ``Manufacturing business'' means all commercial
enterprises iden-
tified under the manufacturing standard industrial classification
codes,
major groups 20 through 39.
(f) ``Metropolitan county'' means the county of Douglas,
Johnson,
Leavenworth, Sedgwick, Shawnee or Wyandotte.
(g) ``Nonmanufacturing business'' means any commercial
enterprise
other than a manufacturing business or a retail business.
Nonmanufac-
turing business shall also include the business headquarters of an
enter-
prise, ancillary support of an enterprise, and an enterprise
designated
under standard industrial classification codes 5961, 7948-0201 or
7372
regardless of the firm's classification as a retail business if
that facility for
which the sales tax exemption certificate is issued facilitates the
creation
of at least 20 new full-time positions. In addition, with respect
to enter-
prises in standard industrial classification code 7948-0201, such
enter-
prises must operate an auto racetrack in the state involving
capital im-
provements costing not less than $100,000,000.
For taxable years commencing after December 31, 1997, any
ancillary
support business which would otherwise be eligible for a sales tax
ex-
emption or an income, premium or privilege tax credit
pursuant to this
subsection shall incorporate in its tax filing for the exemption or
credit a
statement from the secretary of commerce and housing which includes
a
finding by the secretary that the job expansion incident to the
exemption
or credit claimed would not have occurred in the absence of the
credit
or exemption.
(h) ``Nonmetropolitan region'' means a region established
under
K.S.A. 74-50,116 and amendments thereto and is comprised of any
county
or counties which are not metropolitan counties.
(i) ``Retail business'' means: (1) Any commercial enterprise
primarily
engaged in the sale at retail of goods or services taxable under
the Kansas
retailers' sales tax act; (2) any service provider set forth in
K.S.A. 17-2707,
and amendments thereto; (3) any bank, savings and loan or other
lending
institution; (4) any commercial enterprise whose primary business
activity
includes the sale of insurance; and (5) any commercial enterprise
deriving
its revenues directly from noncommercial customers in exchange for
per-
sonal services such as, but not limited to, barber shops, beauty
shops,
photographic studios and funeral services.
(j) ``Secretary'' means the secretary of the Kansas department
of com-
merce and housing.
(k) ``Standard industrial classification code'' means a
standard indus-
trial classification code published in the Standard Industrial
Classification
manual, 1987, as prepared by the statistical policy division of the
office
of management and budget of the office of the president of the
United
States of America.
Sec. 3. K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 74-50,132 is hereby amended to
read as
follows: 74-50,132. For taxable years commencing after December
31,
1997, a qualified firm shall be entitled to a credit
toward its corporate
income tax liability against the tax imposed by
the Kansas income tax act,
the premium tax or privilege fee imposed pursuant to K.S.A.
40-252, and
amendments thereto or the privilege tax as measured by net
income of
financial institutions imposed pursuant to chapter 79, article
11 of the
Kansas Statutes Annotated in an amount equal to the portion
of the qual-
ified business facility cash investment in the training and
education of the
firm's employees that exceeds 2% of the firm's total payroll costs.
The
maximum amount of the credit that may be claimed by a single
corporate
taxpayer in any single tax year under this section shall not exceed
$50,000.
Tax credits earned by a qualified business under this section must
be
claimed in their entirety in the tax year eligible.
Sec. 4. K.S.A. 79-32,153 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 79-
32,153. (a) For taxable years commencing after December 31,
1997, any
taxpayer who shall invest in a qualified business facility, as
defined in
subsection (b) of K.S.A. 79-32,154, and amendments thereto, shall
be
allowed a credit for such investment, in an amount determined
under
subsection (b) against the tax imposed by the Kansas income tax
act, the
privilege tax on net income of insurance companies imposed
under chap-
ter 40, article 28 of the Kansas Statutes
Annotated, the premium tax or
privilege fees imposed pursuant to K.S.A. 40-252, and
amendments
thereto or the privilege tax as measured by net income of
financial insti-
tutions imposed pursuant to chapter 79, article 11 of the Kansas
Statutes
Annotated for the taxable year during which commencement of
com-
mercial operations, as defined in subsection (f) of K.S.A.
79-32,154, and
amendments thereto, occurs at such qualified business facility, and
for
each of the nine succeeding taxable years. No credit shall be
allowed
under this section unless the number of qualified business facility
em-
ployees, as determined under subsection (d) of K.S.A. 79-32,154,
and
amendments thereto, engaged or maintained in employment at the
qual-
ified business facility as a direct result of the investment by the
taxpayer
for the taxable year for which the credit is claimed equals or
exceeds two.
Where an employee performs services for the taxpayer outside the
qual-
ified business facility, the employee shall be considered engaged
or main-
tained in employment at the qualified business facility if (1) the
em-
ployee's service performed outside the qualified business facility
is
incidental to the employee's service inside the qualified business
facility,
or (2) the base of operations or, the place from which the service
is di-
rected or controlled, is at the qualified business facility.
(b) The credit allowed by subsection (a) for any taxpayer who
invests
in a qualified business facility shall be a portion of the
income tax, but
not in excess of 50% of such tax, otherwise imposed on or measured
by
the taxpayer's qualified business facility income, as defined in
subsection
(g) of K.S.A. 79-32,154, and amendments thereto, for the taxable
year for
which such credit is allowed. Such portion shall be an amount equal
to
the sum of the following:
(1) One hundred dollars for each qualified business facility
employee
determined under K.S.A. 79-32,154, and amendments thereto; plus
(2) one hundred dollars for each $100,000, or major fraction
thereof
(which shall be deemed to be 51% or more), in qualified business
facility
investment as determined under K.S.A. 79-32,154, and amendments
thereto.
(c) No credit shall be allowed under this section for
investment in a
public utility, as such term is defined in K.S.A. 66-104, and
amendments
thereto.
Sec. 5. K.S.A. 79-32,154 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 79-
32,154. As used in this act, the following words and phrases shall
have
the meanings respectively ascribed to them herein:
(a) ``Facility'' shall mean any factory, mill, plant,
refinery, warehouse,
feedlot, building or complex of buildings located within the state,
includ-
ing the land on which such facility is located and all machinery,
equipment
and other real and tangible personal property located at or within
such
facility used in connection with the operation of such facility.
The word
``building'' shall include only structures within which individuals
are cus-
tomarily employed or which are customarily used to house
machinery,
equipment or other property.
(b) ``Qualified business facility'' shall mean a facility
which satisfies
the requirements of paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection.
(1) Such facility is employed by the taxpayer in the operation
of a
revenue producing enterprise, as defined in subsection (c). Such
facility
shall not be considered a qualified business facility in the hands
of the
taxpayer if the taxpayer's only activity with respect to such
facility is to
lease it to another person or persons. If the taxpayer employs only
a
portion of such facility in the operation of a revenue producing
enterprise,
and leases another portion of such facility to another person or
persons
or does not otherwise use such other portions in the operation of a
rev-
enue producing enterprise, the portion employed by the taxpayer in
the
operation of a revenue producing enterprise shall be considered a
qual-
ified business facility, if the requirements of paragraph (2) of
this sub-
section are satisfied.
(2) If such facility was acquired by the taxpayer from another
person
or persons, such facility was not employed, immediately prior to
the trans-
fer of title to such facility to the taxpayer, or to the
commencement of
the term of the lease of such facility to the taxpayer, by any
other person
or persons in the operation of a revenue producing enterprise and
the
taxpayer continues the operation of the same or substantially
identical
revenue producing enterprise, as defined in subsection (i), at such
facility.
(c) ``Revenue producing enterprise'' shall mean:
(1) The assembly, fabrication, manufacture or processing of
any ag-
ricultural, mineral or manufactured product;
(2) the storage, warehousing, distribution or sale of any
products of
agriculture, aquaculture, mining or manufacturing;
(3) the feeding of livestock at a feedlot;
(4) the operation of laboratories or other facilities for
scientific, ag-
ricultural, aquacultural, animal husbandry or industrial research,
devel-
opment or testing;
(5) the performance of services of any type;
(6) the feeding of aquatic plants and animals at an
aquaculture op-
eration;
(7) the administrative management of any of the foregoing
activities;
or
(8) any combination of any of the foregoing activities.
``Revenue producing enterprise'' shall not mean a swine
production
facility as defined in K.S.A. 17-5903, and amendments thereto.
(d) ``Qualified business facility employee'' shall mean a
person em-
ployed by the taxpayer in the operation of a qualified business
facility
during the taxable year for which the credit allowed by K.S.A.
79-32,153,
and amendments thereto, is claimed:
(1) A person shall be deemed to be so engaged if such person
per-
forms duties in connection with the operation of the qualified
business
facility on: (A) A regular, full-time basis; (B) a part-time basis,
provided
such person is customarily performing such duties at least 20 hours
per
week throughout the taxable year; or (C) a seasonal basis, provided
such
person performs such duties for substantially all of the season
customary
for the position in which such person is employed. The number of
qual-
ified business facility employees during any taxable year shall be
deter-
mined by dividing by 12 the sum of the number of qualified
business
facility employees on the last business day of each month of such
taxable
year. If the qualified business facility is in operation for less
than the entire
taxable year, the number of qualified business facility employees
shall be
determined by dividing the sum of the number of qualified business
fa-
cility employees on the last business day of each full calendar
month
during the portion of such taxable year during which the qualified
busi-
ness facility was in operation by the number of full calendar
months dur-
ing such period. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection,
for
the purpose of computing the credit allowed by K.S.A. 79-32,153,
and
amendments thereto, in the case of an investment in a qualified
business
facility, which facility existed and was operated by the taxpayer
or related
taxpayer prior to such investment, the number of qualified business
fa-
cility employees employed in the operation of such facility shall
be re-
duced by the average number, computed as provided in this
subsection,
of individuals employed in the operation of the facility during the
taxable
year preceding the taxable year in which the qualified business
facility
investment was made at the facility.
(2) For taxable years commencing after December 31,
1997, in the
case of a taxpayer claiming a credit against the privilege
tax on net income
of insurance companies imposed under chapter 40, article 28
of Kansas
Statutes Annotated, premium tax and privilege
fees imposed pursuant to
K.S.A. 40-252, and amendments thereto or the privilege tax
as measured
by net income of financial institutions imposed pursuant to chapter
79
article 11 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, ``qualified business
em-
ployee'' shall not mean any person who is employed in the operation
of
a qualified business facility in the state due to the merger,
acquisition or
other reconfiguration of the taxpayer unless such employee's
position rep-
resents a net gain of total positions created by the taxpayer and
the em-
ployee's position was not in existence at the time of the merger
acquisition
or other reconfiguration of the taxpayer.
(e) ``Qualified business facility investment'' shall mean the
value of
the real and tangible personal property, except inventory or
property held
for sale to customers in the ordinary course of the taxpayer's
business,
which constitutes the qualified business facility, or which is used
by the
taxpayer in the operation of the qualified business facility,
during the
taxable year for which the credit allowed by K.S.A. 79-32,153, and
amend-
ments thereto, is claimed. The value of such property during such
taxable
year shall be: (1) Its original cost if owned by the taxpayer; or
(2) eight
times the net annual rental rate, if leased by the taxpayer. The
net annual
rental rate shall be the annual rental rate paid by the taxpayer
less any
annual rental rate received by the taxpayer from subrentals. The
qualified
business facility investment shall be determined by dividing by 12
the
sum of the total value of such property on the last business day of
each
calendar month of the taxable year. If the qualified business
facility is in
operation for less than an entire taxable year, the qualified
business facility
investment shall be determined by dividing the sum of the total
value of
such property on the last business day of each full calendar month
during
the portion of such taxable year during which the qualified
business fa-
cility was in operation by the number of full calendar months
during such
period. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, for the
purpose
of computing the credit allowed by K.S.A. 79-32,153, and
amendments
thereto, in the case of an investment in a qualified business
facility, which
facility existed and was operated by the taxpayer or related
taxpayer prior
to such investment the amount of the taxpayer's qualified business
facility
investment in such facility shall be reduced by the average amount,
com-
puted as provided in this subsection, of the investment of the
taxpayer or
a related taxpayer in the facility for the taxable year preceding
the taxable
year in which the qualified business facility investment was made
at the
facility.
(f) ``Commencement of commercial operations'' shall be deemed
to
occur during the first taxable year for which the qualified
business facility
is first available for use by the taxpayer, or first capable of
being used by
the taxpayer, in the revenue producing enterprise in which the
taxpayer
intends to use the qualified business facility.
(g) ``Qualified business facility income'' shall mean the
Kansas taxable
income derived by the taxpayer from the operation of the qualified
busi-
ness facility. If a taxpayer has income derived from the operation
of a
qualified business facility as well as from other activities
conducted within
this state, the Kansas taxable income derived by the taxpayer from
the
operation of the qualified business facility shall be determined by
multi-
plying the taxpayer's Kansas taxable income by a fraction, the
numerator
of which is the property factor, as defined in paragraph (1), plus
the
payroll factor, as defined in paragraph (2), and the denominator of
which
is two. In the case of financial institutions, the property and
payroll factors
shall be computed utilizing the specific provisions of the
apportionment
method applicable to financial institutions, if enacted, and the
qualified
business facility income shall be based upon net income.
(1) The property factor is a fraction, the numerator of which
is the
average value of the taxpayer's real and tangible personal property
owned
or rented and used in connection with the operation of the
qualified
business facility during the tax period, and the denominator of
which is
the average value of all the taxpayer's real and tangible personal
property
owned or rented and used in this state during the tax period. The
average
value of all such property shall be determined as provided in
K.S.A. 79-
3281 and 79-3282, and amendments thereto.
(2) The payroll factor is a fraction, the numerator of which
is the total
amount paid during the tax period by the taxpayer for compensation
to
persons qualifying as qualified business facility employees, as
determined
under subsection (d), at the qualified business facility, and the
denomi-
nator of which is the total amount paid in this state during the
tax period
by the taxpayer for compensation. The compensation paid in this
state
shall be determined as provided in K.S.A. 79-3283, and
amendments
thereto.
The formula set forth in this subsection (g) shall not be used for
any
purpose other than determining the qualified business facility
income
attributable to a qualified business facility.
(h) ``Related taxpayer'' shall mean (1) a corporation,
partnership, trust
or association controlled by the taxpayer; (2) an individual,
corporation,
partnership, trust or association in control of the taxpayer; or
(3) a cor-
poration, partnership, trust or association controlled by an
individual, cor-
poration, partnership, trust or association in control of the
taxpayer. For
the purposes of this act, ``control of a corporation'' shall mean
ownership,
directly or indirectly, of stock possessing at least 80% of the
total com-
bined voting power of all classes of stock entitled to vote and at
least 80%
of all other classes of stock of the corporation; ``control of a
partnership
or association'' shall mean ownership of at least 80% of the
capital or
profits interest in such partnership or association; and ``control
of a trust''
shall mean ownership, directly or indirectly, of at least 80% of
the ben-
eficial interest in the principal or income of such trust.
(i) ``Same or substantially identical revenue producing
enterprise''
shall mean a revenue producing enterprise in which the products
pro-
duced or sold, services performed or activities conducted are the
same in
character and use, are produced, sold, performed or conducted in
the
same manner and to or for the same type of customers as the
products,
services or activities produced, sold, performed or conducted in
another
revenue producing enterprise.
Sec. 6. K.S.A. 79-32,160a is hereby amended to read as
follows: 79-
32,160a. (a) For taxable years commencing after December 31,
1997, any
taxpayer who shall invest in a qualified business facility, as
defined in
subsection (b) of K.S.A. 79-32,154, and amendments thereto, and
also
meets the definition of a business in subsection (b) of K.S.A.
74-50,114
and amendments thereto, shall be allowed a credit for such
investment,
in an amount determined under subsection (b) or (c), as the case
requires,
against the tax imposed by the Kansas income tax act or where the
qual-
ified business facility is the principal place from which the trade
or busi-
ness of the taxpayer is directed or managed and the facility has
facilitated
the creation of at least 20 new full-time positions, against the
privilege
tax on net income of insurance companies imposed under
chapter 40,
article 28 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated
premium tax or privilege fees
imposed pursuant to K.S.A. 40-252, and amendments thereto or
as meas-
ured by the net income of financial institutions imposed pursuant
to chap-
ter 40 79, article 11 of the Kansas
Statutes Annotated, for the taxable year
during which commencement of commercial operations, as defined
in
subsection (f) of K.S.A. 79-32,154, and amendments thereto, occurs
at
such qualified business facility. In the case of a taxpayer who
meets the
definition of a manufacturing business in subsection (d) of K.S.A.
74-
50,114 and amendments thereto, no credit shall be allowed under
this
section unless the number of qualified business facility employees,
as
determined under subsection (d) of K.S.A. 79-32,154, and
amendments
thereto, engaged or maintained in employment at the qualified
business
facility as a direct result of the investment by the taxpayer for
the taxable
year for which the credit is claimed equals or exceeds two. In the
case of
a taxpayer who meets the definition of a nonmanufacturing business
in
subsection (f) of K.S.A. 74-50,114 and amendments thereto, no
credit
shall be allowed under this section unless the number of qualified
busi-
ness facility employees, as determined under subsection (d) of
K.S.A. 79-
32,154, and amendments thereto, engaged or maintained in
employment
at the qualified business facility as a direct result of the
investment by the
taxpayer for the taxable year for which the credit is claimed
equals or
exceeds five. Where an employee performs services for the taxpayer
out-
side the qualified business facility, the employee shall be
considered en-
gaged or maintained in employment at the qualified business
facility if
(1) the employee's service performed outside the qualified business
fa-
cility is incidental to the employee's service inside the qualified
business
facility, or (2) the base of operations or, the place from which
the service
is directed or controlled, is at the qualified business
facility.
(b) The credit allowed by subsection (a) for any taxpayer who
invests
in a qualified business facility which is located in a designated
nonmetro-
politan region established under K.S.A. 74-50,116 and
amendments
thereto, on or after the effective date of this act, shall be a
portion of the
income tax imposed by the Kansas income tax act on the taxpayer's
Kansas
taxable income, the privilege tax on net income of
insurance companies
imposed under chapter 40, article 28 of the Kansas Statutes
Annotated
premium tax or privilege fees imposed pursuant to K.S.A. 40-252,
and
amendments thereto or the privilege tax as measured by the
net income
of financial institutions imposed pursuant to chapter
40 79, article 11 of
the Kansas Statutes Annotated, for the taxable year for which such
credit
is allowed, but in the case where the qualified business facility
investment
was made prior to January 1, 1996, not in excess of 50% of such
tax. Such
portion shall be an amount equal to the sum of the following:
(1) Two thousand five hundred dollars for each qualified
business
facility employee determined under K.S.A. 79-32,154, and
amendments
thereto; plus
(2) one thousand dollars for each $100,000, or major fraction
thereof,
which shall be deemed to be 51% or more, in qualified business
facility
investment, as determined under K.S.A. 79-32,154, and
amendments
thereto.
(c) The credit allowed by subsection (a) for any taxpayer who
invests
in a qualified business facility, which is not located in a
nonmetropolitan
region established under K.S.A. 74-50,116 and amendments thereto
and
which also meets the definition of business in subsection (b) of
K.S.A.
74-50,114 and amendments thereto, on or after the effective date of
this
act, shall be a portion of the income tax imposed by the Kansas
income
tax act on the taxpayer's Kansas taxable income, the
privilege tax on net
income of insurance companies imposed under chapter 40,
article 28 of
the Kansas Statutes Annotated premium tax or
privilege fees imposed
pursuant to K.S.A. 40-252, and amendments thereto or the
privilege tax
as measured by the net income of financial institutions imposed
pursuant
to chapter 40 79, article 11 of the Kansas
Statutes Annotated, for the
taxable year for which such credit is allowed, but in the case
where the
qualified business facility investment was made prior to January 1,
1996,
not in excess of 50% of such tax. Such portion shall be an amount
equal
to the sum of the following:
(1) One thousand five hundred dollars for each qualified
business
facility employee as determined under K.S.A. 79-32,154, and
amend-
ments thereto; and
(2) one thousand dollars for each $100,000, or major fraction
thereof,
which shall be deemed to be 51% or more, in qualified business
facility
investment as determined under K.S.A. 79-32,154, and amendments
thereto.
(d) The credit allowed by subsection (a) for each qualified
business
facility employee and for qualified business facility investment
shall be a
one-time credit. If the amount of the credit allowed under
subsection (a)
exceeds the tax imposed by the Kansas income tax act on the
taxpayer's
Kansas taxable income, the privilege tax on net income of
insurance com-
panies imposed under chapter 40, article 28 of the Kansas
Statutes An-
notated premium tax and privilege fees imposed
pursuant to K.S.A. 40-
252, and amendments thereto or the privilege tax as measured
by the net
income of financial institutions imposed pursuant to chapter
40 79, article
11 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated for the taxable year, or in the
case
where the qualified business facility investment was made prior to
January
1, 1996, 50% of such tax imposed upon the amount which
exceeds such
tax liability or such portion thereof may be carried over for
credit in the
same manner in the succeeding taxable years until the total amount
of
such credit is used. Except that, before the credit is allowed, a
taxpayer,
who meets the definition of a manufacturing business in subsection
(d)
of K.S.A. 74-50,114 and amendments thereto, shall recertify
annually that
the net increase of a minimum of two qualified business facility
employees
has continued to be maintained and a taxpayer, who meets the
definition
of a nonmanufacturing business in subsection (f) of K.S.A.
74-50,114 and
amendments thereto, shall recertify annually that the net increase
of a
minimum of five qualified business employees has continued to be
main-
tained.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section,
any tax-
payer qualified and certified under the provisions of K.S.A. 1997
Supp.
74-50,131, and amendments thereto, and that has received written
ap-
proval from the secretary of commerce and housing for participation
and
has participated, during the tax year for which the exemption is
claimed,
in the Kansas industrial training, Kansas industrial retraining or
the state
of Kansas investments in lifelong learning program or is eligible
for the
tax credit established in K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 74-50,132, and
amendments
thereto, shall be entitled to a credit in an amount equal to 10% of
that
portion of the qualified business facility investment which
exceeds
$50,000 in lieu of the credit provided in subsection (b)(2) or
(c)(2) without
regard to the number of qualified business facility employees
engaged or
maintained in employment at the qualified business facility. The
credit
allowed by this subsection shall be a one-time credit. If the
amount
thereof exceeds the tax imposed by the Kansas income tax act on
the
taxpayer's Kansas taxable income or the premium tax or privilege
fees
imposed pursuant to K.S.A. 40-252, and amendments thereto or the
priv-
ilege tax as measured by net income of financial institutions
imposed pur-
suant to chapter 79, article 11 of the Kansas Statutes
Annotated for the
taxable year, the amount thereof which exceeds such tax liability
may be
carried forward for credit in the succeeding taxable year or years
until
the total amount of the tax credit is used, except that no such tax
credit
shall be carried forward for deduction after the 10th taxable year
suc-
ceeding the taxable year in which such credit initially was claimed
and no
carry forward shall be allowed for deduction in any succeeding
taxable
year unless the taxpayer continued to be qualified and was
recertified for
such succeeding taxable year pursuant to K.S.A. 1997 Supp.
74-50,131,
and amendments thereto.
(f) This section and K.S.A. 79-32,160b and amendments thereto
shall
be part of and supplemental to the job expansion and investment
credit
act of 1976 and acts amendatory thereof and supplemental
thereto.
Sec. 7. K.S.A. 79-32,195 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 79-
32,195. As used in this act, the following words and phrases shall
have
the meanings ascribed to them herein: (a) ``Business firm'' means
any
business entity authorized to do business in the state of Kansas
which is
subject to the state income tax imposed by the provisions of the
Kansas
income tax act, any national banking association, state bank, trust
com-
pany or savings and loan association paying an annual tax on its
net income
pursuant to article 11 of chapter 79 of the Kansas Statutes
Annotated, or
any insurance company paying an annual tax on its net
income pursuant
to article 28 of chapter 40 of the Kansas Statutes
Annotated the premium
tax and privilege fees imposed pursuant to K.S.A. 40-252, and
amend-
ments thereto;
(b) ``community services'' means:
(1) The conduct of activities which meet a demonstrated
community
need and which are designed to achieve the objectives set
forth in the
blueprint for investment in Kansas children and their
families of the 1991
special committee on childrens' initiatives and which have
been approved
by local planning councils established in accordance with
such blueprint
improved educational and social services for Kansas children and
their
families, and which are coordinated with communities;
(2) crime prevention; and
(3) health care services.
(c) ``crime prevention'' means any nongovernmental activity
which
aids in the prevention of crime in an impoverished area.
(d) ``community service organization'' means any organization
per-
forming community services in Kansas and which:
(1) Has obtained a ruling from the internal revenue service of
the
United States department of the treasury that such organization is
exempt
from income taxation under the provisions of section 501(c)(3) of
the
federal internal revenue code; or
(2) is incorporated in the state of Kansas or another state as
a non-
stock, nonprofit corporation; or
(3) has been designated as a community development corporation
by
the United States government under the provisions of title VII of
the
economic opportunity act of 1964; or
(4) is chartered by the United States congress.
(e) ``health care services'' shall include, but not be limited
to, the
following: Services provided by local health departments, city,
county or
district hospitals, city or county nursing homes, or other
residential insti-
tutions, preventive health care services offered by a community
service
organization including immunizations, prenatal care, the
postponement
of entry into nursing homes by home health care services, and
community
based services for persons with a disability, mental health
services, indi-
gent health care, physician or health care worker recruitment,
health ed-
ucation, emergency medical services, services provided by rural
health
clinics, integration of health care services, home health services
and serv-
ices provided by rural health networks.
(f) ``rural community'' means any city having a population of
fewer
than 15,000 located in a county that is not part of a standard
metropolitan
statistical area as defined by the United States department of
commerce
or its successor agency. However, any such city located in a county
de-
fined as a standard metropolitan statistical area shall be deemed a
rural
community if a substantial number of persons in such county derive
their
income from agriculture and, in any county where there is only one
city
within the county which has a population of more than 15,000 and
which
classifies as a standard metropolitan statistical area, all other
cities in that
county having a population of less than 15,000 shall be deemed a
rural
community.
Sec. 8. K.S.A. 79-32,196 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 79-
32,196. For taxable years commencing after December 31,
1997, any busi-
ness firm which contributes to a community service organization or
gov-
ernmental entity which engages in the activities of providing
community
services, shall be allowed a credit, as provided in K.S.A.
79-32,197, against
the tax imposed by the Kansas income tax act, the tax on net income
of
national banking associations, state banks, trust companies or
savings and
loan associations imposed under article 11 of chapter 79 of the
Kansas
Statutes Annotated, or the tax on net income of insurance
companies
imposed under article 28 of chapter 40 of the Kansas
Statutes Annotated
premium tax or privilege fees imposed pursuant to K.S.A. 40-252,
and
amendments thereto, if the proposal of the provider of
community serv-
ices is approved pursuant to K.S.A. 79-32,198. Any business firm
which
makes such a contribution after the effective date of this act
and prior to
July 1, 1998, shall be allowed a credit in accordance with this
act, as if
the contribution had been made in calendar year 1997, for the
firm's tax
liability for taxable years commencing after December 31, 1996.
Notwith-
standing any other provisions of this section, no business firm
shall claim
more than one credit for the same contribution.
New Sec. 9. For purposes of calculating any tax due under
K.S.A.
40-253, and amendments thereto, from a taxpayer not organized
under
the laws of this state, the credits allowed pursuant to K.S.A.
40-2813, 74-
50,132, 79-32,153, 79-32,160 and 79-32,196, and amendments
thereto,
shall be treated as tax paid under K.S.A. 40-252, and amendments
thereto.
Sec. 10. K.S.A. 79-32,153, 79-32,154, 79-32,160a,
79-32,195 and 79-
32,196 and K.S.A. 1997 Supp. 40-2813, 74-50,114 and 74-50,132
are
hereby repealed.
Sec. 11. This act shall take effect and be in force from
and after its
publication in the Kansas register.
Approved April 23, 1998
Published in the Kansas Registers April 30, 1998
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