Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 100 Part 3.djvu/813

 PUBLIC LAW 99-514—OCT. 22, 1986

100 STAT. 2621

•SEC. 144. QUALIFIED SMALL ISSUE BOND; QUALIFIED STUDENT LOAN BOND; QUALIFIED REDEVELOPMENT BOND. "(a) QUALIFIED SMALL ISSUE BOND.—

"(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this part, the term 'qualified small issue bond' means any bond issued as part of an issue the aggregate authorized face amount of which is $1,000,000 or less and 95 percent or more of the net proceeds of which are to be used— "(A) for the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, or improvement of land or property of a character subject to the allowance for depreciation, or "(B) to redeem part or all of a prior issue which was issued for purposes described in subparagraph (A) or this subparagraph. "(2) CERTAIN PRIOR ISSUES TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.—If—

"(A) the proceeds of 2 or more issues of bonds (whether or not the issuer of each such issue is the same) are or will be used primarily with respect to facilities located in the same incorporated municipality or located in the same county 0)ut not in any incorporated municipality), "(B) the principal user of such facilities is or will be the same person or 2 or more related persons, and "(C) but for this paragraph, paragraph (1) (or the corresponding provision of prior law) would apply to each such issue, then, for purposes of paragraph (1), in determining the aggregate face amount of any later issue there shall be taken into account the aggregate face amount of tax-exempt bonds issued under all prior such issues and outstanding at the time of such later issue (not including as outstanding any bond which is to be redeemed (other than in an advance refunding) from the net proceeds of the later issue). "(3) RELATED PERSONS.—For purposes of this subsection, a person is a related person to another person if^ "(A) the relationship between such persons would result in a disallowance of losses under section 267 or 707(b), or "(B) such persons are members of the same controlled group of corporations (as defined in section 1563(a), except that 'more than 50 percent' shall be substituted for 'at least 80 percent' each place it appears therein). "(4) $10,000,000 LIMIT IN CERTAIN CASES.— "(A) IN GENERAL.—At the election of the issuer with respect to any issue, this subsection shall be applied— "(i) by substituting '$10,000,000' for '$1,000,000' in paragraph (1), and "(ii) in determining the aggregate face amount of such issue, by taking into account not only the amount described in paragraph (2), but also the aggregate amount of capital expenditures with respect to facili;u ties described in subparagraph (B) paid or incurred during the 6-year period beginning 3 years before the date of such issue and ending 3 years after such date (and financed otherwise than out of the proceeds of outstanding tax-exempt issues to which paragraph (1) (or the corresponding provision of prior law) applied), as if the aggregate amount of such capital expenditures

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