1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to taxation; increasing the amount of tax 
  1.3             credits or exemptions that may be awarded in a 
  1.4             biotechnology and health sciences industry zone; 
  1.5             amending Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 
  1.6             469.335. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2003 Supplement, section 
  1.9   469.335, is amended to read: 
  1.10     469.335 [APPLICATION FOR TAX BENEFITS.] 
  1.11     (a) To claim a tax credit or exemption against a state tax 
  1.12  under section 469.336, clauses (2) through (5), a business must 
  1.13  apply to the commissioner for a tax credit certificate.  As a 
  1.14  condition of its application, the business must agree to furnish 
  1.15  information to the commissioner that is sufficient to verify the 
  1.16  eligibility for any credits or exemptions claimed.  The total 
  1.17  amount of the state tax credits and exemptions allowed for the 
  1.18  specified period may not exceed the amount of the tax credit 
  1.19  certificates provided by the commissioner to the business.  The 
  1.20  commissioner must verify to the commissioner of revenue the 
  1.21  amount of tax exemptions or credits for which each business is 
  1.22  eligible. 
  1.23     (b) A tax credit certificate issued under this section may 
  1.24  specify the particular tax exemptions or credits against a state 
  1.25  tax that the qualified business is eligible to claim under 
  1.26  section 469.336, clauses (2) through (5), and the amount of each 
  2.1   exemption or credit allowed. 
  2.2      (c) The commissioner may issue $1,000,000 $2,000,000 of tax 
  2.3   credits or exemptions in fiscal year 2004.  Any tax credits or 
  2.4   exemptions not awarded in fiscal year 2004 may be awarded in 
  2.5   fiscal year 2005. 
  2.6      (d) A qualified business must use the tax credits or tax 
  2.7   exemptions granted under this section by the later of the end of 
  2.8   the state fiscal year or the taxpayer's tax year in which the 
  2.9   credits or exemptions are granted. 
  2.10     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective the day 
  2.11  following final enactment.