Rep. Mark L. Walker

Filed: 3/13/2019

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2973

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2973 on page 1, line
312, after "expenses", by inserting "for each qualified
4education loan"; and
 
5on page 1, line 14, after "(b)", by inserting "for the
6taxpayer's highest level of education"; and
 
7on page 2, by replacing lines 8 through 18 with the following:
8    "(c) As used in this Section:
9    "Qualified education loan" has the meaning given to that
10term in Section 221 of the Internal Revenue Code.
11    "Qualified taxpayer" means a taxpayer who (i) has an
12Associate's degree, a Bachelor's degree, or a graduate degree
13from an institution of higher education accredited by the U.S.
14Department of Education; (ii) has annual student loan repayment
15expenses; and (iii) is employed full-time in the State in one
16or more of the following fields: life, natural, or

 

 

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1environmental sciences; computer, information, or software
2technology; advanced mathematics or finance; engineering;
3industrial design or other commercially related design field;
4or medicine or medical device technology. For the purposes of
5this Section, a taxpayer is employed full-time if the taxpayer
6works in any of the listed fields at a rate of at least 35 hours
7per week.".