KRS 246.700: Renewable Chemical Production Program.

(1) (a) The department shall create and administer the Renewable Chemical

Production Program by promulgating administrative regulations under KRS

Chapter 13A and authorizing tax credits for that production.

(b) The department may consult with the chemical engineer ing departments of

any university to create and administer the Renewable Chemical Production

Program that may best serve this Commonwealth.

(c) The department shall coordinate with the Department of Revenue related to

awarding tax credits while remaining w ithin the annual biodiesel, renewable

diesel, and renewable chemical production tax credit cap provided in KRS

141.422.

(2) To be eligible for receiving the renewable chemical production tax credit under

KRS 141.4231, a business shall:

(a) Be physically located in this state;

(b) Operate for profit;

(c) Organize, expand, or locate in this state on or after July 1, 2020;

(d) 1. Create new jobs and retain those jobs for at least four (4) years; or

2. Invest a substantial amount of new capital in the Commonwea lth and

maintain that capital for at least four (4) years;

(e) Certify to the department:

1. That the business:

a. Has not applied for and will not receive economic development

incentives under KRS Chapter 154 for the jobs created or capital

investment made under the Renewable Chemical Production

Program; and

b. Is in compliance with all agreements entered into under t he

Renewable Chemical Production Program or other programs

administered by the department; and

2. The date that the business first qualified as an eligible business;

(f) Not provide professional services, health care services, or medical treatments,

or engage in retail operations; and

(g) Not relocate operations from another area of the state or reduce operations in

another area of the state while seeking this incentive. To determine whether a

project meets the requirement under this paragraph, the department shall:

1. Consider a project that does not create new jobs or invest a substantial

amount of new capital a relocation or reduction in operations; and

2. Require sufficient data from the business related to jobs created and the

amount of substantial capi tal investment before the business applies for

this incentive and for four (4) years following the approval of this

incentive to ensure that new jobs or substantial capital investment have

occurred and remain productive in this state;

(3) (a) Before being approved for the tax credit permitted by KRS 141.4231, an

eligible business shall enter into an agreement with the department for the

successful completion of all requirements of the program.

(b) As part of the agreement, the eligible business shall agree to:

1. Collect and provide all information required by the department, allowing

the department and the Department of Revenue to maintain the annual

tax credit cap and to fulfill each of the reporting and compliance

obligations under this section and KRS 141.4231; and

2. Agree to allow information about the production of renewable chemicals

and the related tax credit to be shared with the Interim Joint Committee

on Appropriations and Revenue.

(c) The business shall not receive a tax credit for renewable chem icals produced

before the date the business first qualified as an eligible business.

(4) (a) The department may impose a nonrefundable compliance cost fee of five

hundred dollars ($500), collected by the department at the time a business

applies for participation in the program.

(b) An eligible business shall fulfill all the requirements of the program and the

agreement before receiving a tax credit or entering into a subsequent

agreement under this section.

(c) The department may decline to enter into a su bsequent agreement under this

section or award a tax credit if an agreement is not successfully fulfilled.

(5) (a) After the production of renewable chemicals by an eligible business, the

business shall apply, in the manner prescribed by the department, fo r the

renewable chemicals production tax credit. The application shall include the

following information:

1. A description of the renewable chemicals produced in this state;

2. The amount or volume of renewable chemicals produced;

3. The costs associated with the production of the renewable chemicals;

4. The amount of gross receipts generated by the sale of the renewable

chemicals; and

5. Any other information required by the department in order to establish

and verify eligibility under the program.

(b) The department may accept applications on a continuous basis or may

establish, by administrative regulation, an annual application deadline.

(6) Upon establishing that all requirements of the program and the agreement have been

fulfilled, the department shall certify the amount of preliminary tax credit for the

applicant to the Department of Revenue.

(7) (a) The department shall work with the Department of Revenue to provide all

information necessary to ensure compliance with KRS Chapter 141 by the

successful tax credit applicant.

(b) On or before December 31, 2020, and on or before each December 31

thereafter, the department shall submit to the Department of Revenue all

information received from each eligible business related to the renewable

chemical production tax credit.

(c) When the Department of Revenue receives the information provided under

paragraph (b) of this subsection, the Department of Revenue shall consider the

renewable chemical production tax credit applications together with the total

amount of approved credit fo r all biodiesel producers, biodiesel blenders, and

renewable diesel producers required in KRS 141.423.

(8) The Renewable Chemical Production Program shall sunset on December 31, 2024.

(9) (a) Failure to fulfill any requirement of the program or any of the terms and

obligations of an agreement entered into under this section by an eligible

business shall:

1. Result in the rescission of the tax credit permitted by KRS 141.4231 by

the department; and

2. Subject the eligible business to the repayment of all tax credits claimed.

(b) Upon the rescission of any tax credit, the department shall report to the

Department of Revenue, within thirty (30) days, all information necessary by

the Department of Revenue to ensure compliance with KRS Chapter 141.