Arizona 2023 2023 Regular Session

Arizona Senate Bill SB1244 Comm Sub / Analysis

Filed 03/31/2023

                      	SB 1244 
Initials AF/LV 	Page 1 	Appropriations 
 
ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Fifty-sixth Legislature 
First Regular Session 
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SB 1244: appropriations; crime victim notification fund 
S/E: tax credit extension; affordable housing 
Sponsor: Senator Kavanagh, LD 3 
Committee on Appropriations 
 
Summary of the Strike-Everything Amendment to SB 1244 
Overview 
Increases the Affordable Housing Tax Credit (AHTC) allocation to $10,000,000 and extends the 
repeal deadline to December 31, 2036. 
History 
The Department of Housing is required to procedurally evaluate affordable housing projects that 
comply under Section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code to qualify for the Tax Credit. ADOH 
allocates $4,000,000 of tax credits to taxpayers owning investments on qualifying affordable 
housing projects. The Department of Revenue and the Insurance and Financial and Institutions 
ADOH may adopt rules and procedures to administer the Tax Credit. (A.R.S. § 41-3954). 
According to Law 2021, Chapter 430, the AHTC is to be repealed from statute on December 31, 
2025.  
Provisions 
1. Continues the $4,000,000 AHTC cap through the 2023 tax year. (Sec. 1) 
2. Increases the AHTC cap to $10,000,000 beginning tax year 2024. (Sec. 1) 
3. Extends the repeal deadline for the following AHTC sections of law: 
a) Premium tax; reports; 
b) Affordable housing tax credit; limit; eligibility statement; rules; public hearings; annual 
report; definitions; 
c) Affordable housing tax credit review committees; reports; and 
d) AHTC for individual and corporate income tax (Sec. 3, 4, 5, 6) 
4. Makes technical changes. (Sec. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) 
5. Makes conforming changes. (Sec. 7) 
☐ Prop 105 (45 votes)     ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes)      ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note