(1) A resident individual shall be allowed a credit against the taxes otherwise due under ORS chapter 316 (or if the taxpayer is a corporation, the corporation shall be allowed a credit against the taxes otherwise due under ORS chapter 317 or 318), based upon the cost of a fish habitat improvement project certified under ORS 496.260. The amount of the credit shall be 25 percent of the amount certified.
(2) To qualify for the credit under this section:
(a) The fish habitat improvement project must have been given final certification by the State Department of Fish and Wildlife as provided in ORS 496.260.
(b) The credit must be claimed for the year in which final certification for the project is granted.
(c) The taxpayer who is allowed the credit must be the person or entity who actually expended funds for construction or installation of the project.
(d) The fish habitat improvement project must not be required by existing federal or state statute.
(3) The credit allowed in any one year shall not exceed the tax liability of the taxpayer.
(4) Any tax credit otherwise allowable under this section which is not used by the taxpayer in a particular year may be carried forward and offset against the taxpayer’s tax liability for the next succeeding tax year. Any credit remaining unused in such next succeeding tax year may be carried forward and used in the second succeeding tax year, and likewise any credit not used in that second succeeding tax year may be carried forward and used in the third succeeding tax year and any credit not used in that third succeeding tax year may be carried forward and used in the fourth succeeding tax year, and any credit not used in that fourth succeeding tax year may be carried forward and used in the fifth succeeding tax year, but may not be carried forward for any tax year thereafter.
(5) In the case of a credit allowed under this section for purposes of ORS chapter 316:
(a) A nonresident shall be allowed the credit under this section in the proportion provided in ORS 316.117.
(b) If a change in the status of a taxpayer from resident to nonresident or from nonresident to resident occurs, the credit allowed by this section shall be determined in a manner consistent with ORS 316.117.
(c) A husband and wife who file separate returns for a taxable year may each claim a share of the tax credit that would have been allowed on a joint return in proportion to the contribution of each.
(d) If a change in the taxable year of a taxpayer occurs as described in ORS 314.085, or if the Department of Revenue terminates the taxpayer’s taxable year under ORS 314.440, the credit allowed under this section shall be prorated or computed in a manner consistent with ORS 314.085.
(6) The tax claim for tax credit shall be substantiated by submission, with the tax return, of the State Department of Fish and Wildlife notice of final project certification. The requirement for substantiation may be waived partially, conditionally or absolutely, as provided under ORS 315.063. [1993 c.730 §10 (enacted in lieu of 316.084, 317.133 and 318.080); 1995 c.54 §3]
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