67.3005.  Tax credit authorized, amount — application, approval — rulemaking authority — sunset date. — 1.  For all tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2013, any taxpayer shall be allowed a credit against the taxes otherwise due under chapter 143, 147, or 148, excluding withholding tax imposed by sections 143.191 to 143.265, in an amount equal to fifty percent of the amount of an eligible donation, subject to the restrictions in this section.  The amount of the tax credit claimed shall not exceed the amount of the taxpayer's state income tax liability in the tax year for which the credit is claimed.  Any amount of credit that the taxpayer is prohibited by this section from claiming in a tax year shall not be refundable, but may be carried forward to any of the taxpayer's two subsequent tax years.

  2.  To claim the credit authorized in this section, a certified sponsor or local organizing committee shall submit to the department an application for the tax credit authorized by this section on behalf of taxpayers.  The department shall verify that the applicant has submitted the following items accurately and completely:

  (1)  A valid application in the form and format required by the department;

  (2)  A statement attesting to the eligible donation received, which shall include the name and taxpayer identification number of the individual making the eligible donation, the amount of the eligible donation, and the date the eligible donation was received; and

  (3)  Payment from the certified sponsor or local organizing committee equal to the value of the tax credit for which application is made.

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If the certified sponsor or local organizing committee applying for the tax credit meets all criteria required by this subsection, the department shall issue a certificate in the appropriate amount.

  3.  Tax credits issued under this section may be assigned, transferred, sold, or otherwise conveyed, and the new owner of the tax credit shall have the same rights in the credit as the taxpayer.  Whenever a certificate is assigned, transferred, sold, or otherwise conveyed, a notarized endorsement shall be filed with the department specifying the name and address of the new owner of the tax credit or the value of the credit.  In no event shall the amount of tax credits issued by the department under this section exceed ten million dollars in any fiscal year.

  4.  The department shall promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this section.  Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028.  This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2013, shall be invalid and void.

  5.  Under section 23.253 of the Missouri sunset act:

  (1)  The provisions of the new program authorized under section 67.3000 and under this section shall automatically sunset six years after August 28, 2019^*, unless reauthorized by an act of the general assembly; and

  (2)  If such program is reauthorized, the program authorized under section 67.3000 and under this section shall automatically sunset twelve years after the effective date of the reauthorization of these sections; and

  (3)  Section 67.3000 and this section shall terminate on September first of the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the program authorized under these sections is sunset.