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2020 First Extraordinary Session
SENATE BILL NO. 13
BY SENATORS WARD AND SMITH
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Provides for the Louisiana New Markets Jobs Act.
(Item #19) (8/1/20)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 47:6016.1(B), (E)(5) and (7), (F), (G), (H)(1)(b), and (J)(1) and
3 to enact R.S. 47:6016.1(E)(1)(f), relative to the Louisiana New Markets Jobs Tax
4 Credit; to provide relative to eligibility for the credit; to provide for definitions; to
5 provide for an additional allocation of qualified equity investment authority; and to
6 provide for related matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 47:6016.1(B), (E)(5) and (7), (F), (G), (H)(1)(b), and (J)(1) are hereby
9 amended and reenacted and R.S. 47:6016.1(E)(1)(f) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
10 §6016.1. Louisiana New Markets Jobs Act; premium tax credit
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12 B. As used in this Section, the following words, terms, and phrases have the
13 meaning ascribed to them unless a different meaning is clearly indicated by the
14 context:
15 (1)(a) "Applicable percentage" means fourteen percent for the first and
16 second credit allowance dates and eight and one-half percent for the third and fourth
17 credit allowance dates for all qualified equity investments issued after August 1,
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1 2013, and before August 1, 2020.
2 (b) "Applicable percentage" means fifteen percent for the fourth
3 through seventh credit allowance dates for all qualified equity investments
4 issued on or after August 1, 2020.
5 (2) "Credit allowance date" means, with respect to any qualified equity
6 investment, the following:
7 (a) The date on which such investment is initially made.
8 (b) Each of the six anniversary dates of such date thereafter.
9 (3) "Department" means the Department of Revenue, unless otherwise noted.
10 (4) "Impact business" means a qualified active low-income community
11 business located in Louisiana that is either located in a rural parish or more
12 than fifty percent owned by women, minorities, or military veterans.
13 (4)(5) "Purchase price" means the amount paid to the issuer of a qualified
14 equity investment for such qualified equity investment.
15 (6) "Rural parish" means a parish with a population less than one
16 hundred thousand as of the July 1, 2019, census estimate by the United States
17 Census Bureau.
18 (5)(7) "Qualified active low-income community business" has the meaning
19 given such term in Section 45D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended,
20 and 26 CFR 1.45D-1. With respect to qualified equity investments issued on or
21 after August 1, 2020, a qualified active low-income community business shall
22 also be engaged in an industry assigned a primary North American Industry
23 Classification System code within sector 11, 21, 23, 31, 32, 33, 42, 48, 49, 54, 56,
24 62, 72, or 81 and have total employees that do not exceed the greater of two
25 hundred fifty and the number of employees set forth for the business's North
26 American Industry Classification System code sector in 13 C.F.R. 121.201.
27 (6)(8) "Qualified community development entity" has the meaning given
28 such term in Section 45D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended;
29 provided that such entity has entered into, for the current year or any prior year, an
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1 allocation agreement with the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund
2 of the U.S. Department of Treasury with respect to credits authorized by Section 45D
3 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, which includes the state of
4 Louisiana within the service area set forth in such allocation agreement. The term
5 shall include qualified community development entities that are controlled by or
6 under common control with any such qualified community development entity. With
7 respect to qualified equity investments issued on or after August 1, 2020, the
8 term excludes any qualified community development entity that, together with
9 its affiliates, has invested less than one hundred million dollars in Louisiana
10 qualified active low-income community businesses or other Louisiana
11 investments.
12 (7)(9) "Qualified equity investment" means any equity investment in a
13 qualified community development entity that meets each of the following criteria:
14 (a) Is acquired after August 1, 2013, at its original issuance solely in
15 exchange for cash or, if not so acquired, was a qualified equity investment in the
16 hands of a prior holder.
17 (b) Has at least one hundred percent of its cash purchase price used by the
18 issuer to make qualified low-income community investments in qualified active low-
19 income community businesses located in this state by the first anniversary of the
20 initial credit allowance date with respect to qualified equity investments issued
21 prior to August 1, 2020, and within nine months of the initial credit allowance
22 date with respect to qualified equity investments issued on or after August 1,
23 2020.
24 (c) Is designated by the issuer as a qualified equity investment under this
25 Paragraph and is certified by the department as not exceeding the limitation
26 contained in Paragraph (E)(5) of this Section.
27 (8)(10) "Qualified low-income community investment" means any capital or
28 equity investment in, or loan to, any qualified active low-income community
29 business. With respect to any one qualified active low-income community business,
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1 the maximum amount of qualified low-income community investments made in that
2 business, on a collective basis with all of its affiliates that may be counted towards
3 satisfaction of Subparagraph (7)(9)(b) of this Subsection is ten million dollars for
4 qualified equity investments issued prior to August 1, 2020, and five million
5 dollars for qualified equity investments issued on or after August 1, 2020,
6 whether issued by one or several qualified community development entities. Any
7 amounts returned or repaid by such qualified active low-income community business
8 to a qualified community development entity may be reinvested in such qualified
9 active low-income community business by such qualified community development
10 entity and not be counted against the ten million dollar limit provided for in this
11 Paragraph.
12 (9)(11) "State premium tax liability" means any liability incurred by any
13 entity under the provisions of R.S. 22:831, 836, 838, and 842 except for liability
14 incurred under R.S. 22:842(C).
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16 E.(1) A qualified community development entity that seeks to have an equity
17 investment designated as a qualified equity investment and eligible for tax credits
18 under this Section shall apply to the department. On a form prescribed by the
19 department, the qualified community development entity shall include each of the
20 following in or attached to its application:
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22 (f) Evidence that the applicant, on a collective basis with its affiliates, has
23 invested at least one hundred million dollars in Louisiana qualified active
24 low-income community businesses or other Louisiana investments.
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26 (5)(a) A total of fifty-five million dollars of qualified equity investment
27 authority shall be available for certification and allocation. The department shall
28 accept applications beginning on August 1, 2013, for allocation and certification of
29 up to fifty-five million dollars of qualified equity investments.
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1 (b) A total of one hundred million dollars of qualified equity investment
2 authority shall be available for certification and allocation for applications
3 beginning August 1, 2020. The department shall accept applications beginning
4 on August 1, 2020, for allocation and certification of up to one hundred million
5 dollars of qualified equity investments.
6 (c) If a pending request cannot be fully certified due to these limits of
7 qualified equity investment authority, the department shall certify the portion of
8 qualified equity investment authority that may be certified unless the qualified
9 community development entity elects to withdraw its request rather than receive
10 partial certification.
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12 (7) Within thirty days of the applicant receiving certification of qualified
13 equity investment authority, the qualified community development entity or any
14 transferee under Paragraph (6) of this Subsection shall issue the qualified equity
15 investment, receive cash in the amount of the certified amount, and, with respect to
16 qualified equity investments issued before August 1, 2020, designate an amount
17 equal to the certified amount as a federal qualified equity investment with the
18 Community Development Financial Institutions Fund. The qualified community
19 development entity or transferee under Paragraph (6) of this Subsection shall provide
20 the department with evidence of the receipt of the cash investment and, with respect
21 to qualified equity investments issued before August 1, 2020, designation of the
22 qualified equity investment as a federal qualified equity investment within five
23 business days after receipt. If the qualified community development entity or any
24 transferee pursuant to Paragraph (6) of this Subsection does not receive the cash
25 investment within thirty days following receipt of the certification notice, the
26 certification shall lapse and the entity may not issue the qualified equity investment
27 without reapplying to the department for certification. Lapsed certifications revert
28 back to the department and shall be reissued, first, pro rata to other applicants whose
29 qualified equity investment allocations were reduced pursuant to Paragraph (4) of
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1 this Subsection and, thereafter, in accordance with the application process.
2 F. The Department of Insurance shall recapture, from the entity that claimed
3 the credit on a return, the tax credit allowed pursuant to this Section if either any of
4 the following occur:
5 (1) Any amount of a federal tax credit available with respect to a qualified
6 equity investment that is eligible for a credit under this Section is recaptured under
7 Section 45D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. In such case, the
8 Department of Insurance's recapture shall be proportionate to the federal recapture
9 with respect to such the qualified equity investment.
10 (2) The With respect to qualified equity investments issued before
11 August 1, 2020, the issuer fails to invest an amount equal to one hundred percent of
12 the purchase price of the qualified equity investment in qualified low-income
13 community investments in Louisiana within twelve months of the issuance of the
14 qualified equity investment.
15 (3) With respect to qualified equity investments issued on or after
16 August 1, 2020, the issuer fails to invest an amount equal to one hundred
17 percent of the purchase price of the qualified equity investment in qualified
18 low-income community investments in Louisiana within nine months of the
19 issuance of the qualified equity investment with at least thirty percent of the
20 purchase price invested in qualified low-income community investments in
21 impact businesses.
22 (4) The issuer fails to and maintain such level levels of investment set forth
23 in Paragraphs (2) and (3) of this Subsection in qualified low-income community
24 investments in Louisiana until the last credit allowance date for the qualified equity
25 investment. For purposes of this Section, an investment shall be considered held by
26 an issuer even if the investment has been sold or repaid if the issuer reinvests an
27 amount equal to the capital returned to or recovered by the issuer from the original
28 investment, exclusive of any profits realized, in another qualified low-income
29 community investment within twelve months of the receipt of such the capital.
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1 Periodic amounts received during a calendar year as repayment of principal on a loan
2 that is a qualified low-income community investment shall be treated as continuously
3 invested in a qualified low-income community investment if the amounts are
4 reinvested in another qualified low-income community investment by the end of the
5 following calendar year as set forth in 26 CFR 1.45D-1. An issuer shall not be
6 required to reinvest capital returned from qualified low-income community
7 investments after the sixth anniversary of the issuance of the qualified equity
8 investment, the proceeds of which were used to make the qualified low-income
9 community investment, and the qualified low-income community investment shall
10 be considered held by the issuer through the seventh anniversary of the qualified
11 equity investment's issuance.
12 G. Enforcement of the recapture provisions of Subsection F of this Section
13 shall be subject to a six-month cure period with respect to qualified equity
14 investments issued before August 1, 2020, and a three-month cure period with
15 respect to qualified equity investments issued on or after August 1, 2020. No
16 recapture shall occur until the qualified community development entity has been
17 given notice of noncompliance by the Department of Insurance and afforded six
18 months from the date of such notice to cure the noncompliance.
19 H.(1) A qualified community development entity that seeks to have an equity
20 investment designated as a qualified equity investment and eligible for tax credits
21 pursuant to this Section shall pay a deposit in the amount of five hundred thousand
22 dollars payable to the department. The entity shall forfeit the deposit in its entirety
23 if either:
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25 (b) The qualified community development entity or any transferee pursuant
26 to Paragraph (E)(6) of this Section that issues a qualified equity investment certified
27 pursuant to this Section fails to meet the investment requirement under Paragraph
28 (F)(2) of this Section by the second credit allowance date of such benefit of the six-
29 month cure period established pursuant to Subsection G of this Section or
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1 Paragraph (F)(3) of this Section by the nine-month anniversary of the initial
2 credit allowance date without the benefit of the three-month cure period
3 established pursuant to Subsection G of this Section.
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5 J.(1)(a) Qualified community development entities that issue qualified equity
6 investments before August 1, 2020, shall submit a report to the department within
7 the first five business days after the first anniversary of the initial credit allowance
8 date that provides documentation as to the investment of one hundred percent of the
9 purchase price in qualified low-income community investments in qualified active
10 low-income community businesses located in Louisiana. Such The report shall
11 include:
12 (a)(i) A bank statement of such the qualified community development entity
13 evidencing each qualified low-income community investment.
14 (b)(ii) Evidence that such the business was a qualified active low-income
15 community business at the time of such qualified low-income community
16 investment.
17 (b) Qualified community development entities that issue qualified equity
18 investments on or after August 1, 2020, shall submit a report to the department
19 within the first five business days after the nine-month anniversary of the initial
20 credit allowance date that provides documentation as to the investment of one
21 hundred percent of the purchase price in qualified low-income community
22 investments in qualified active low-income community businesses, including
23 qualified low-income community investments made in satisfaction of Paragraph
24 (F)(3) of this Section, located in Louisiana. The report shall include:
25 (i) A bank statement of the qualified community development entity
26 evidencing each qualified low-income community investment.
27 (ii) Evidence that the business was a qualified active low-income
28 community business or impact business at the time of such qualified low-income
29 community investment.
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Leonore Heavey.
DIGEST
SB 13 Original 2020 First Extraordinary Session Ward
Present law provides for the Louisiana New Markets Jobs Act tax credit that may be claimed
against insurance premium tax. Eligibility for the credit is based on the investment of private
capital in a low-income community business located in La.
Present law defines "qualified active low-income community business" (QALICB or
business) as an entity which under federal law is defined as a business located in either a
census tract with a poverty rate of at least 20% or a census tract with a median income that
does not exceed 80% of the benchmark median income. Further defines a "qualified
community development entity" (QCDE or entity) as a privately managed investment entity
that has received New Market Tax Credit allocation authority.
Proposed law adds two additional qualifications to the definition of "qualified active low-
income community business" by limiting the QALICB to NAICS codes 11, 21, 23, 31, 32,
33, 42, 48, 49, 54, 56, 62, 72, or 81 and limiting the number of employees to no greater of
two hundred fifty or the number of employees set forth for the business's NAICS code
sector.
(1)NAICS 11 – Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting
(2)NAICS 21 – Mining
(3)NAICS 23 – Construction
(4)NAICS 31 to 33 – Manufacturing
(5)NAICS 42 – Wholesale Trade
(6)NAICS 48 and 49 – Transportation and Warehousing
(7)NAICS 54 – Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
(8)NAICS 56 – Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation
Services
(9)NAICS 62 – Health Care and Social Assistance
(10)NAICS 72 – Accommodation and Food Services
(11) NAICS 81 – Other Services (except Public Administration)
Present law defines the types of investments required for tax credit eligibility.
Present law caps the amount of qualified low-income community investment in a qualified
low-income community business at ten million dollars.
Proposed law caps the amount of qualified low-income community investment in a qualified
low-income community business at five million dollars.
Present law provides that the amount of the tax credit shall be the product of multiplying the
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amount of the investment purchase price (investment authority) by the following
percentages: 14% for the first and second years and 8.5% for the third and fourth years. The
total of all such credits taken cannot exceed the taxpayer's state premium tax liability for the
tax year for which the credit is claimed; however, unused credits may be carried forward for
up to 10 years. Unclaimed tax credits are transferable to one or more transferees.
Proposed law retains present law provisions for carry forward and transferability of the
credit and provides that the amount of the tax credit shall be the product of multiplying the
amount of the investment purchase price (investment authority) by the following
percentages: 15% for the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh years.
Present law authorized a total of $55 million of investment authority for certification and
allocation for the purpose of earning tax credits.
Proposed law authorizes an additional $100 million of investment authority for certification
and allocation for the purpose of earning tax credits.
Present law requires that investments eligible for the award of tax credits be certified by the
Dept. of Revenue. If a QCDE applies for certification of investments, the department shall
inform the entity within 30 days of application whether the application is certified or denied.
In the case of a denial, the entity shall have the right to provide additional information
regarding the application within 15 days of the denial.
Present law requires the issuance of investments within 20 days of receiving certification.
Proposed law retains present law certification and issuance timelines.
Present law provides for conditions under which the Dept. of Insurance shall recapture tax
credits that include a recapture of federal tax credits by the federal government, or a failure
to invest an amount equal to 100% of the purchase price of the investment within 12 months
of the issuance of the investment.
Proposed law retains present law recapture provisions and adds a recapture condition for
investments made on or after August 1, 2020, if there has been a failure to invest an amount
equal to 100% of the purchase price of the investment within nine months of the issuance
of the investment or less than 30% of the purchase price was invested in "impact
businesses".
Proposed law defines "impact business" as qualified active low-income community business
either located in a rural parish (population of less than 100,000) or more than fifty percent
owned by women, minorities, or military veterans.
Present law requires the payment of a deposit of $500,000 for an application for qualification
of an investment. The deposit shall be paid to the Dept. of Revenue and deposited into the
new markets performance guarantee account which is established by present law. The
deposit is returnable after compliance with the requirements of present law.
Present law requires reporting by a QCDE to the Dept. of Revenue within five days of the
first anniversary of the initial credit allowance date, as well as annual reporting with regard
to the number of employment positions created and retained as a result of the investments
and the average annual salary of the positions.
Proposed law retains present law QCDE anniversary date reporting provisions and further
authorizes reports to be submitted on the nine-month anniversary date.
Present law requires the Dept. of Revenue to notify the Dept. of Insurance of the name of
any insurance company allocated tax credits, as well as the amount of any credits.
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Proposed law retains this notification provision.
Effective August 1, 2020.
(Amends R.S. 47:6016.1(B), (E)(5) and (7), (F), (G), (H)(1)(b), and (J)(1); adds R.S.
47:6016.1(E)(1)(f))
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