Title 40

As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) AFFILIATE. An affiliate of another person shall include any of the following: a. A person who directly or indirectly either: 1. Beneficially owns 15 percent or more of the outstanding voting secur…

(a) A certified capital company may make a qualified distribution at any time. To make a distribution or payment, other than a qualified distribution, a company must have made qualified investments in an amount cumulatively equal to at least 100 percent of its certified capital. …

(a) The Alabama Development Office shall conduct an annual review of each certified capital company to: (1) Ensure that the company continues to satisfy the requirements of this chapter and that the company has not made any investment in violation of this chapter. (2) Determine t…

(a) Decertification of a certified capital company may cause the recapture of premium tax credits previously claimed and the forfeiture of future premium tax credits to be claimed by certified investors with respect to the company, as follows: (1) Except as set forth in subdivisi…

The certified capital company may agree to indemnify, or purchase a guaranty, indemnity, bond, insurance policy, or other payment undertaking for the benefit of a certified investor for losses resulting from the recapture or forfeiture of premium tax credits under Section 40-14B-…

(a) A certified investor who makes an investment of certified capital shall in the year of investment earn a vested credit against state premium tax liability equal to 100 percent of the certified investor’s investment of certified capital, subject to the limits imposed by this c…

(a) A premium tax credit allocation claim must be prepared and executed by a certified investor on a form provided by the Alabama Development Office. The certified capital company must file the claim with the Alabama Development Office not later than October 1, 2002. The premium …

(a) The total amount of certified capital for which premium tax credits may be allowed under this chapter for all years in which premium tax credits are allowed is one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000). Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, the grant…

(a) If the total premium tax credits claimed by all certified investors exceeds the total limits on premium tax credits established by subsection (a) of Section 40-14B-16, the Alabama Development Office shall allocate the total amount of premium tax credits allowed under this cha…

In any case under this chapter or another law of this state in which the assets of a certified investor are examined or considered, the certified capital may be treated as an admitted asset, subject to the applicable statutory valuation procedures. (Act 2002-429, p. 1108, §18.)

A certified investor is not required to reduce the amount of premium tax included by the investor in connection with rate making for any insurance contract written in this state because of a reduction in the investor’s Alabama premium tax derived from the credit granted under thi…

The Alabama Development Office shall administer this chapter and may adopt rules and forms as necessary to implement this chapter. (Act 2002-429, p. 1108, §2.)

(a) The Alabama Development Office shall adopt rules to facilitate the transfer or assignment of premium tax credits by certified investors. A certified investor may transfer or assign premium tax credits only in compliance with the rules adopted under this subsection. (b) The tr…

(a) The Alabama Development Office shall prepare a biennial report with respect to results of the implementation of this chapter. The report must include all of the following: (1) The number of certified capital companies holding certified capital. (2) The amount of certified cap…

(a) Subject to, and in accordance with, this chapter, there shall be a second allocation of premium tax credits to investors who contribute certified capital after June 14, 2007, to certified capital companies in an amount equal to the total pool of tax credits allocated pursuant…

(a) The Director of the Alabama Development Office by rule shall establish the application procedures for certified capital companies. (b) An applicant must file an application in the form prescribed by the Alabama Development Office accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee…

(a) An insurance company or other persons who may have state premium tax liability or the affiliates of the insurance companies or other persons may not, directly or indirectly, do any of the following: (1) Manage a certified capital company. (2) Beneficially own, whether through…

Any offering material involving the sale of securities of the certified capital company must include the following statement: “By authorizing the formation of a certified capital company, the State of Alabama does not endorse the quality of management or the potential for earning…

(a) To continue to be certified, a certified capital company shall make qualified investments according to the following schedule: (1) Before the third anniversary of its allocation date, a company must have made qualified investments in an amount cumulatively equal to at least 3…

(a) A certified capital company may, before making an investment in a business, request from the Alabama Development Office a written opinion as to whether the business in which it proposes to invest is a qualified technology business. (b) The Alabama Development Office shall, no…

(a) Each certified capital company shall report to the Alabama Development Office as soon as practicable after the receipt of certified capital the following: (1) The name of each certified investor from whom the certified capital was received, including the certified investor’s …

(a) Not later than January 31 of each year, each certified capital company shall pay a nonrefundable renewal fee of five thousand dollars ($5,000) to the Alabama Development Office. If a certified capital company fails to pay its renewal fee on or before that date, the company mu…

The terms “executor,” “administrator” and “legal representative,” used interchangeably in this chapter, shall be held to mean the executor or administrator or trustee or legal representative of the decedent whose estate is subject to an estate tax under this title. In the event n…

Such amount of money as shall be appropriated for each fiscal year by the Legislature to the Department of Revenue with which to pay the salaries, the cost of operation and the management of the said department shall be deducted, as a first charge thereon, from the taxes collecte…

(a) The State of Alabama shall have a lien for all taxes and interest thereon which are or may become due hereunder on all property which a decedent dies seized or possessed of subject to taxes under this chapter, in whatever form of investment it may happen to be, and all proper…

The tax hereby levied, being based and conditioned upon the levy of a similar tax by the United States, in the event that after due return made the final assessment of the tax or final assessment as to the value of the estate for the purposes of such federal tax shall not have be…

Where appropriate returns are made and information supplied by the legal representative of any estate subject to the tax imposed hereby, the Department of Revenue shall assess the tax due in time to enable such legal representative to make payment of the same and receive credit u…

In the event that the estate of any decedent taxable hereunder shall include property situated outside of the state, the proportion of the federal estate tax leviable hereunder against or in respect to the property of the estate subject to the tax imposed hereby shall be that pro…

Unless the decedent directs otherwise in his or her will, all estate taxes, whether state or federal, payable by reason of the death of the decedent, shall be paid by the executor or other personal representative out of the estate property and shall be a charge against the residu…

The administration of this chapter is vested in and shall be exercised by the Department of Revenue, which shall prescribe the forms and reasonable rules of procedure in conformity with this chapter for making returns and for ascertainment, assessment and collection of the taxes …

Subject to the exception hereinafter stated, there is hereby levied and imposed upon all net estates passing by will, devise or under the intestate laws of the State of Alabama, or otherwise, which are lawfully subject to the imposition of an estate tax by the State of Alabama, a…

It is hereby made the duty of the executor of the estate of any person who has died a resident of Alabama and upon which estate the tax imposed under any federal revenue act has not been paid, and the executor of any person who may hereafter die a resident of this state, and whos…

The tax imposed by this chapter shall be paid and the return required by Section 40-15-3 shall be filed on or before nine months after the decedent’s death and shall be paid by the personal representative to the Department of Revenue; provided, that where the Department of Revenu…

In the event that the federal authorities shall, after the filing of the return with the Department of Revenue, increase or decrease the amount of the federal estate taxes as a result of appeal or otherwise, an amended return shall be filed with the Department of Revenue showing …

(a) Except as herein otherwise provided, all of the provisions of this chapter shall be applicable to so much of the estates of nonresident decedents as is subject to estate tax under the act of Congress in effect at the time of the death of decedent as consists of real estate or…

Moneys, credits, securities and other intangible personal property within the state not employed in carrying on any business therein by the owner shall be deemed to be located at the domicile of the owner for purposes of death taxation and, if held in trust, shall not be deemed t…

This chapter shall be effective only as to the property of residents of states which grant to property of residents of Alabama a similar exemption from death taxation. In the event, however, that such reciprocal provision contained in this section shall be declared unconstitution…

Pursuant to this chapter, the term “generation-skipping transfer” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Section 2611 of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended from time to time. (Acts 1988, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 88-837, p. 307, §1.)

The administration of this chapter shall be conducted in accordance with Title 40, Chapter 15. The Department of Revenue shall prescribe the forms and reasonable rules of procedure in conformity with this chapter for making returns and for ascertainment, assessment and collection…

The Department of Revenue is hereby granted authority to issue regulations setting forth how an allocation of the tax imposed by this chapter shall be made in the event property subject to tax hereunder shall also be subject to a generation-skipping transfer tax in another state.…

Subject to the exception hereinafter stated, there is hereby levied and imposed upon all generation-skipping transfers occurring after December 31, 1987 that involve property subject to tax pursuant to Section 40-15A-3 hereunder, a tax equal to the full amount of state tax permis…

The tax imposed by the provisions of this chapter shall be applicable to the following property: (1) Any intangible personal property of a transferor who is domiciled in the State of Alabama (i) as of the date of the transfer, or (ii) as of the date of his death if such transfer …

(a) The tax imposed by this chapter shall be paid by such individual or entity person as is liable for making payment of the federal generation-skipping transfer tax pursuant to federal law. (b) The tax imposed by this chapter shall be charged to the same property as is designate…

(a) A duplicate of all the returns filed with the federal authorities in connection with the federal generation-skipping transfer tax shall be filed with the Department of Revenue of the State of Alabama. When such duplicate return is filed with the Department of Revenue, it shal…

The tax hereby levied being based and conditioned upon the levy of a similar tax by the United States, in the event that after due return filed with the federal authorities and the Department of Revenue, the tax shall not have been arrived at when payment would otherwise become d…

The State of Alabama shall have a lien for all taxes and interest thereon which are or may become due hereunder on all property subject to taxes under this chapter, in whatever form of investment it may happen to be, and all property acquired in substitution therefor. (Acts 1988,…