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2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes
Subchapter 34 Reinvestment of Manufacturing Facilities
154.34.110 Purpose of subchapter -- Expenditure and employment retention requirements for recovery of costs and tax incentives -- Legislative findings.
Download pdfexisting manufacturing operations in Kentucky. (2) (a) To qualify for the incentives provided in this subchapter, an approved company shall:
1. Incur eligible equipment and related costs of at least two million five
hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000); 2. Agree to maintain a full-time employment base of at least eighty-five
percent (85%) at the facility on the date of preliminary approval; and 3. Not have been awarded incentives under Subchapter 26 of this chapter
for a period of at least five (5) years prior to applying for incentives
under this subchapter. (b) An approved company meeting the expenditure and employment retention requirements established by this subsection shall be eligible to recover up to
fifty percent (50%) of the amount expended for eligible equipment and related
costs, and up to one hundred percent (100%) of job skills upgrade training
costs. The actual amount that an approved company may recover shall be
negotiated with the authority, and may be less than the maximum amount for
which the approved company is eligible. (3) An approved company shall be eligible for tax incentives of up to one hundred percent (100%) of the Kentucky income tax imposed under KRS 141.020 or
141.040 and the limited liability entity tax imposed under KRS 141.0401 on the
income, Kentucky gross profits, or Kentucky gross receipts of the approved
company generated by or arising from the eligible project, as set forth in KRS
154.34-120. (4) The General Assembly finds and declares that: (a) The general welfare and material well-being of the citizens of the Commonwealth depend in large measure upon the reinvestment and
development of existing industry in the Commonwealth; (b) It is in the best interest of the Commonwealth to induce reinvestment in existing manufacturing facilities within the Commonwealth in order to
advance the public purposes of relieving unemployment by preserving jobs
that may be lost if not for the incentives to be offered by the authority to
approved companies, and by preserving and creating sources of tax revenues
for the support of public services provided by the Commonwealth; and (c) The authority prescribed by this subchapter and the purposes to be accomplished under this subchapter are proper governmental and public
purposes for which public moneys may be expended. Effective: June 26, 2009
History: Created 2009 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 1, sec. 2, effective June 26, 2009. Legislative Research Commission Note (6/26/2009). 2009 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 1, sec. 7, provides that, notwithstanding the amendments contained in Sections 1
to 6 of that Act (which includes this statute), "all reinvestment projects preliminarily
approved on or after the effective date of this Act shall not be eligible for final
approval until July 1, 2010"; and 2009 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 1, sec. 8,
provides that, notwithstanding the amendments in Sections 1 to 6 of that Act or the
repeals in Section 114 of that Act, "all reinvestment projects preliminarily or finally
approved prior to the effective date of this Act shall be governed by Subchapter 34 of
KRS Chapter 154 as it existed prior to the effective date of this Act."
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