AB145: Bill Text

This bill also expands the dairy investment credit so that, for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2004, and before January 1, 2011, a person may claim the credit in an amount equal to 10 percent of the amount that the person paid in the taxable year to modernize or expand the person's livestock farm. Under the bill, "livestock" means domestic animals, other than dairy animals, used in this state for the production of food, fiber, or other animal products, including bovine animals, swine, poultry, fish, sheep, and goats, but excluding equine animals, deer, ratites, camelidae, and mink.

For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

AB145, s. 1 Section 1. 71.07 (3n) (a) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB145,2,7 71.07 (3n) (a) 2. (intro.) "Dairy farm modernization or expansion" means the construction, the improvement, or the acquisition of buildings or facilities, or the acquisition of equipment, for dairy animal housing, confinement, animal feeding, milk production, or waste management, including the following, if used exclusively related to dairy animals and if acquired and placed in service in this state during taxable years that begin after December 31, 2003, and before January 1, 2010:

AB145, s. 2 Section 2. 71.07 (3n) (a) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

AB145,2,12 71.07 (3n) (a) 3. "Livestock" means domestic animals, other than dairy animals, used in this state in the production of food, fiber, or other animal products and includes bovine animals, swine, poultry, fish, sheep, and goats. "Livestock" does not include equine animals, deer, ratites, camelidae, or mink.

AB145, s. 3 Section 3. 71.07 (3n) (a) 4. of the statutes is created to read:

AB145,3,4 71.07 (3n) (a) 4. "Livestock farm modernization or expansion" means the construction, the improvement, or the acquisition of buildings or facilities, or the acquisition of equipment, for livestock housing, confinement, feeding, or waste management, including the following, if used exclusively related to livestock and if acquired and placed in service in this state during taxable years that begin after December 31, 2004, and before January 1, 2011:

AB145,3,5 a. Birthing structures.

AB145,3,6 b. Rearing structures.

AB145,3,7 c. Feedlot structures.

AB145,3,8 d. Feed storage and handling equipment.

AB145,3,9 e. Fences.

AB145,3,10 f. Watering facilities.

AB145,3,11 g. Scales.

AB145,3,12 h. Manure pumping and storage facilities.

AB145,3,13 i. Digesters.

AB145,3,14 j. Equipment used to produce energy.

AB145,3,15 k. Fish hatchery buildings on fish farms.

AB145,3,16 L. Fish processing buildings on fish farms.

AB145,3,17 m. Fish rearing ponds on fish farms.

AB145, s. 4 Section 4. 71.07 (3n) (a) 5. of the statutes is created to read:

AB145,3,20 71.07 (3n) (a) 5. "Used exclusively" means used to the exclusion of all other uses except for other use not exceeding 5 percent of total use.

AB145, s. 5 Section 5. 71.07 (3n) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 71.07 (3n) (b) 1.

AB145, s. 6 Section 6. 71.07 (3n) (b) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB145,4,3 71.07 (3n) (b) 2. Subject to the limitations provided in this subsection, for taxable years that begin after December 31, 2004, and before January 1, 2011, a claimant may claim as a credit against the tax imposed under ss. 71.02 and 71.08 an amount equal to 10 percent of the amount the claimant paid in the taxable year for livestock farm modernization or expansion related to the operation of the claimant's livestock farm.

AB145, s. 7 Section 7. 71.28 (3n) (a) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB145,4,10 71.28 (3n) (a) 2. (intro.) "Dairy farm modernization or expansion" means the construction, the improvement, or the acquisition of buildings or facilities, or acquiring equipment, for dairy animal housing, confinement, animal feeding, milk production, or waste management, including the following, if used exclusively related to dairy animals and if acquired and placed in service in this state during taxable years that begin after December 31, 2003, and before January 1, 2010:

AB145, s. 8 Section 8. 71.28 (3n) (a) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

AB145,4,15 71.28 (3n) (a) 3. "Livestock" means domestic animals, other than dairy animals, used in this state in the production of food, fiber, or other animal products and includes bovine animals, swine, poultry, fish, sheep, and goats. "Livestock" does not include equine animals, deer, ratites, camelidae, or mink.

AB145, s. 9 Section 9. 71.28 (3n) (a) 4. of the statutes is created to read:

AB145,4,22 71.28 (3n) (a) 4. "Livestock farm modernization or expansion" means the construction, the improvement, or the acquisition of buildings or facilities, or the acquisition of equipment, for livestock housing, confinement, feeding, or waste management, including the following, if used exclusively related to livestock and if acquired and placed in service in this state during taxable years that begin after December 31, 2004, and before January 1, 2011:

AB145,4,23 a. Birthing structures.

AB145,4,24 b. Rearing structures.

AB145,4,25 c. Feedlot structures.

AB145,5,1 d. Feed storage and handling equipment.

AB145,5,2 e. Fences.

AB145,5,3 f. Watering facilities.

AB145,5,4 g. Scales.

AB145,5,5 h. Manure pumping and storage facilities.

AB145,5,6 i. Digesters.

AB145,5,7 j. Equipment used to produce energy.

AB145,5,8 k. Fish hatchery buildings on fish farms.

AB145,5,9 L. Fish processing buildings on fish farms.

AB145,5,10 m. Fish rearing ponds on fish farms.

AB145, s. 10 Section 10. 71.28 (3n) (a) 5. of the statutes is created to read:

AB145,5,13 71.28 (3n) (a) 5. "Used exclusively" means used to the exclusion of all other uses except for other use not exceeding 5 percent of total use.

AB145, s. 11 Section 11. 71.28 (3n) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 71.28 (3n) (b) 1.

AB145, s. 12 Section 12. 71.28 (3n) (b) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB145,5,21 71.28 (3n) (b) 2. Subject to the limitations provided in this subsection, for taxable years that begin after December 31, 2004, and before January 1, 2011, a claimant may claim as a credit against the tax imposed under s. 71.23 an amount equal to 10 percent of the amount the claimant paid in the taxable year for livestock farm modernization or expansion related to the operation of the claimant's livestock farm.

AB145, s. 13 Section 13. 71.47 (3n) (a) 2. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB145,6,3 71.47 (3n) (a) 2. (intro.) "Dairy farm modernization or expansion" means the construction, the improvement, or the acquisition of buildings or facilities, or the acquisition of equipment, for dairy animal housing, confinement, animal feeding, milk production, or waste management, including the following, if used exclusively related to dairy animals and if acquired and placed in service in this state during taxable years that begin after December 31, 2003, and before January 1, 2010:

AB145, s. 14 Section 14. 71.47 (3n) (a) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

AB145,6,8 71.47 (3n) (a) 3. "Livestock" means domestic animals, other than dairy animals, used in this state in the production of food, fiber, or other animal products and includes bovine animals, swine, poultry, fish, sheep, and goats. "Livestock" does not include equine animals, deer, ratites, camelidae, or mink.

AB145, s. 15 Section 15. 71.47 (3n) (a) 4. of the statutes is created to read:

AB145,6,15 71.47 (3n) (a) 4. "Livestock farm modernization or expansion" means the construction, the improvement, or the acquisition of buildings or facilities, or the acquisition of equipment, for livestock housing, confinement, feeding, or waste management, including the following, if used exclusively related to livestock and if acquired and placed in service in this state during taxable years that begin after December 31, 2004, and before January 1, 2011:

AB145,6,16 a. Birthing structures.

AB145,6,17 b. Rearing structures.

AB145,6,18 c. Feedlot structures.

AB145,6,19 d. Feed storage and handling equipment.

AB145,6,20 e. Fences.

AB145,6,21 f. Watering facilities.

AB145,6,22 g. Scales.

AB145,6,23 h. Manure pumping and storage facilities.

AB145,6,24 i. Digesters.

AB145,6,25 j. Equipment used to produce energy.

AB145,7,1 k. Fish hatchery buildings on fish farms.

AB145,7,2 L. Fish processing buildings on fish farms.

AB145,7,3 m. Fish rearing ponds on fish farms.

AB145, s. 16 Section 16. 71.47 (3n) (a) 5. of the statutes is created to read:

AB145,7,6 71.47 (3n) (a) 5. "Used exclusively" means used to the exclusion of all other uses except for other use not exceeding 5 percent of total use.

AB145, s. 17 Section 17. 71.47 (3n) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 71.47 (3n) (b) 1.

AB145, s. 18 Section 18. 71.47 (3n) (b) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

AB145,7,14 71.47 (3n) (b) 2. Subject to the limitations provided in this subsection, for taxable years that begin after December 31, 2004, and before January 1, 2011, a claimant may claim as a credit against the tax imposed under s. 71.43 an amount equal to 10 percent of the amount the claimant paid in the taxable year for livestock farm modernization or expansion related to the operation of the claimant's livestock farm.

AB145,7,15 (End)