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SSB 3116 – Earned Income Tax Credit COMMITTEE ACTION: SSB 3116 increases the amount of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). Currently, the credit is 7 percent of the federal Earned Income Tax Credit. The bill increases the amount to 13 percent of the federal credit and the Iowa EITC remains a refundable credit. The [...]
Read the full summary >>SF 2138 – VTF appropriations SF 2141 – ‘Hire a Hero’ employer tax credit COMMITTEE ACTION: SF 2138 (SSB 3127) makes appropriations from the Veterans Trust Fund (VTF) to the Commission of Veterans Affairs (CVA) to be used for the provision of veterans services. Currently, the interest and earnings from the VTF are used for [...]
Read the full summary >>SSB 3109 – Iowa Department of Transportation omnibus bill SSB 3115 – Extending the Commercial Industrial Network COMMITTEE ACTION: SSB 3109, as amended, is the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) omnibus bill, which makes changes to: ** Driver Services – >> Iowa law allows certificates of deposit to be filed and used to show proof [...]
Read the full summary >>SF 2011 – Interoperable Communications Board SSB 3022 – Naturopathic Licensing COMMITTEE ACTION: SF 2011 adds an emergency manager who is a representative of the Iowa Emergency Management Association to the Interoperable Communications Board. The Governor appoints the member after consideration of recommendations from professional or volunteer organization. The appointee serves a three-year term. [2/7: [...]
Read the full summary >>SF 2068 – Civil penalties for the killing of bald eagles SSB 3051 – Combination hunting and fishing licenses COMMITTEE ACTION: SF 2068 establishes a $1,500 civil penalty for the killing of bald eagles. Currently, there is not a state fine for killing bald eagles. There was a fine when bald eagles were listed on [...]
Read the full summary >>HF 524 – Appraiser Fund Consolidation SSB 3070 – Rural water districts meeting requirements COMMITTEE ACTION: HF 524 combines the special appraiser’s fund with the assessment expense fund in the office of local assessor and specifies that the levy rate for the assessment expense fund cannot exceed the rate of the previous combined two funds. [2/7: Short [...]
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