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    On page 2, line 18 of the printed bill, overstrike "on".

    On page 2, line 19, overstrike "or".

    On page 2, line 19, delete "that produces power for the first time after".

    On page 2, line 20, delete "June 30, 2016".

    On page 3, line 5, delete "producing power for the first time after June 30, 2016".

    On page 3, line 16, delete "or a solar facility producing power for the first time after June 30,".

    On page 3, line 17, delete "2016,".

    On page 3, line 17, remove the overstrikes from "wind".

    On page 3, line 18, remove the overstrikes from the first "farm".

    On page 3, line 18, delete the first "renewable facility".

    On page 3, line 18, after "." insert "Any company owning or holding under lease, or otherwise, real or personal property used, or intended for use, as a solar facility, shall pay an annual tax of $.00090 per kilowatt hour of electricity produced by the solar facility.".

    On page 3, line 20, overstrike "wind farm" and insert "renewable facility".

    On page 3, after line 24, insert:

"    Section 5. That § 10-35-20 be amended to read:

    10-35-20. The secretary shall deposit the tax imposed by §§ 10-35-18, 10-35-19, and 10-35-19.1 into the wind energy renewable facility tax fund. There is created in the state treasury the wind energy renewable facility tax fund.

    Section 6. That § 10-35-21 be amended to read:

    10-35-21. The secretary shall distribute all of the tax deposited in the wind energy renewable facility tax fund pursuant to § 10-35-18 and twenty percent of the tax deposited in the wind energy renewable facility tax fund pursuant to §§ 10-35-19 and 10-35-19.1 to the county treasurer where the wind farm renewable facility is located. If a wind farm renewable facility is located in more than one county, each county shall receive the same percentage of the tax as the percentage of wind towers or solar facilities in the wind farm renewable facility located in the county. Upon receipt of the taxes, the county auditor shall apportion the tax among the school districts, the county, and the organized townships where a wind tower or solar facility is located. The tax shall be apportioned by the county auditor by allocating fifty percent of the tax to the school district where each wind tower

or solar facility is located, fifteen percent to the organized township where each wind tower or solar facility is located, and thirty-five percent to the county. If a wind tower or solar facility is located in a township that is not organized, the unorganized township's share of the tax for that wind tower or solar facility is allocated to the county. The secretary shall distribute the money to the counties on or before the first day of May. Any remaining revenue in the wind energy renewable facility tax fund shall be deposited in the state general fund. ".