77th Legislative Session _ 2002

Committee: House Taxation
Thursday, February 14, 2002

                                            P - Present
                                            E - Excused
                                            A - Absent

Roll Call
P    Flowers
P    Frost
P    Garnos
P    Hennies (Don)
P    Hundstad
P    Koistinen
P    Nachtigal
P    Napoli
P    Peterson (Jim)
P    Slaughter
P    Teupel
P    Van Etten
P    Wick
P    Jaspers, Vice-Chair
P    Brown (Richard), Chair

OTHERS PRESENT: See Original Minutes

The meeting was called to order by Representative Richard “Dick” Brown

MOTION:     TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF 2-12-2

Moved by:    Hennies (Don)
Second by:    Frost
Action:    Prevailed by voice vote.

         SB 167: revise the contractor's excise tax provisions for a commercial power production facility.

Presented By:    Senator Brock Greenfield


Proponents:    Bob Miller, South Dakota Eclectic Utility Association
         Ed Anderson, Rural Electric Assn.
Opponents:    Dennis Wiese, South Dakota Farmers Union

MOTION:     AMEND SB 167

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     On page 2, line 22 of the Senate engrossed bill, delete " Any person desiring to " and insert "A person may".

     On page 2 , line 23, delete " shall apply for " and insert "if the person applies for and obtains".

Moved by:    Hundstad
Second by:    Napoli
Action:    Prevailed by voice vote.

MOTION:     TO TEMPORARILY SUSPEND TESTIMONY ON SB 167 AND MOVE TO THE END OF THE CALENDAR.

Moved by:    Hennies (Don)
Second by:    Flowers
Action:    Failed by voice vote.

MOTION:     AMEND SB 167

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     On the Senate engrossed bill, delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

"      Section 1. That § 49-34A-80 be amended to read as follows:

     49-34A-80.   Any commercial small power production facility, utilizing renewable resources, such as sun, wind, geothermal, or biomass, that begins generating electricity after June 30, 2001, produces ten megawatts or less of electricity as measured by nameplate rating, and is located within one county and owned by a natural person, corporation, nonprofit or for profit business organization, or tribal council (if the facility is located outside the boundaries of the reservation), irrigation district, drainage district, or other political subdivision or agency of the state authorized by statute to carry on the business of developing, transmitting, utilizing, or distributing electric power is subject to the provisions of § §   49-34A-80 to 49-34A-92, inclusive, for any new or expanded facility.

     Section 2. That § 49-34A-81 be amended to read as follows:


     49-34A-81.   Rural electric cooperatives developing commercial small power production facilities utilizing renewable energy are not subject to tax pursuant to §   10-35-1.2 but are subject to a gross receipts tax as defined in §   10-36-6.

     Section 3. That § 49-34A-82 be amended to read as follows:

     49-34A-82.   Terms used in § §   49-34A-80 to 49-34A-92, inclusive, mean:

             (1)      "Department," the Department of Revenue;

             (2)      "New or expanded facility," a new commercial small power production facility as defined in §   49-34A-80 or an addition to an existing commercial small power production facility, the construction or installation of which is subject to contractors' excise tax pursuant to chapter 10-46A or 10-46B;

             (3)      "Project," the installation or construction of the first ten megawatts of generation capacity of a new or expanded facility;

             (4)      "Project cost," the amount paid in money for a project;

             (5)      "Secretary," the secretary of the Department of Revenue.

     Section 4. That § 49-34A-83 be amended to read as follows:

     49-34A-83.   Any person may apply for and obtain a refund or credit for contractors' excise taxes imposed and paid under the provisions of chapter 10-46A or 10-46B for the construction of a new or expanded facility that is a commercial small power production facility that is defined in §   49-34A-80. "


Moved by:    Hennies (Don)
Second by:    Flowers
Action:    Was not acted on.

MOTION:     SUBSTITUTE MOTION DO PASS SB 167 AS AMENDED

Moved by:    Napoli
Second by:    Garnos
Action:    Prevailed by roll call vote.(9-6-0-0)

Voting Yes:    Frost, Garnos, Koistinen, Napoli, Slaughter, Teupel, Van Etten, Wick, Brown (Richard)



Voting No:    Flowers, Hennies (Don), Hundstad, Nachtigal, Peterson (Jim), Jaspers

         SB 83: reduce the capitalization rate for determining nonagricultural acreage.

Presented By:    Senator Paul Dennert, District 2
Proponents:    Mary G. Worlie, SDAAO
         Leslie Downer, Self
         Terri Cornelison, SDAAO

MOTION:     DO PASS SB 83

Moved by:    Frost
Second by:    Teupel
Action:    Prevailed by roll call vote.(10-4-0-0)

Voting Yes:    Frost, Hennies (Don), Hundstad, Koistinen, Nachtigal, Slaughter, Teupel, Van Etten, Wick, Brown (Richard)

Voting No:    Garnos, Napoli, Peterson (Jim), Jaspers

At this time Representative Richard “Dick” Brown passed the gavel to Vice Chair Representative Mike Jaspers.

         SB 178: revise the procedure for assessing certain agricultural land.

Presented By:    Representative Cooper Garnos and Senator Patricia de Hueck
Proponents:    Mark Hollenbeck, South Dakota Stockgrowers

MOTION:     AMEND SB 178

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     On page 2, after line 4 of the Senate engrossed bill, insert:

"      Section 3. That § 10-6-33.15 be amended to read as follows:

     10-6-33.15.   For the purposes of §  10-6-33.14, the agricultural income value shall be determined using capitalized actual annual cash rent. The actual annual cash rent is the actual annual cash rent , excluding the actual per acre tax on agricultural land, determined through an analysis of actual arm's length rental agreements collected within the county in the year prior to the year for which the income value is being determined. The actual cash rent shall include the per acre tax on agricultural land if such tax is the responsibility of the lessee, is an express provision of the rental agreement, and is paid by the lessee in addition to the actual rental income. The annual cash rent shall be capitalized

at eight percent. ".


Moved by:    Flowers
Second by:    Frost
Action:    Prevailed by voice vote.

MOTION:     DO PASS SB 178 AS AMENDED

Moved by:    Napoli
Second by:    Brown (Richard)
Action:    Prevailed by roll call vote.(9-4-2-0)

Voting Yes:    Flowers, Frost, Garnos, Koistinen, Napoli, Slaughter, Van Etten, Jaspers, Brown (Richard)

Voting No:    Hennies (Don), Nachtigal, Peterson (Jim), Teupel

Excused:    Hundstad, Wick

MOTION:     ADJOURN

Moved by:    Napoli
Second by:    Slaughter
Action:    Prevailed by voice vote.

Dawn Magee

____________________________

Committee Secretary
Richard “Dick” E. Brown, Chair


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