SECOND REGULAR SESSION

[PERFECTED]

HOUSE BILL NO. 1603

92ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE LAGER.

         Read 1st time March 2, 2004, and copies ordered printed.

                  Read 2nd time March 3, 2004 and referred to the Committee on Job Creation and Economic Development March 11, 2004.

                  Reported from the Committee on Job Creation and Economic Development March 15, 2004, with recommendation that the bill Do Pass by Consent.

                  Perfected by Consent March 30, 2004.

STEPHEN S. DAVIS, Chief Clerk

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AN ACT

To reenact section 135.766 as repealed by conference committee substitute for house substitute for house committee substitute for senate committee substitute for senate bill no. 894, ninetieth general assembly, second regular session for the sole purpose of the republication of 135.766.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

            Section A. Section 135.766 as repealed by conference committee substitute for house substitute for house committee substitute for senate committee substitute for senate bill no. 894, ninetieth general assembly, second regular session, is reenacted, to read as follows:

            135.766. An eligible small business, as defined in Section 44 of the Internal Revenue Code, shall be allowed a credit against the tax otherwise due pursuant to chapter 143, RSMo, not including sections 143.191 to 143.265, RSMo, in an amount equal to any amount paid by the eligible small business to the United States Small Business Administration as a guaranty fee pursuant to obtaining Small Business Administration guaranteed financing and to programs administered by the United States Department of Agriculture for rural development or farm service agencies.