Senate File 2211 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2211 BY BOULTON , TAYLOR , DVORSKY , JOCHUM , BISIGNANO , MATHIS , PETERSEN , RAGAN , ALLEN , HART , DOTZLER , and BOLKCOM A BILL FOR An Act relating to a publicly accessible database of economic 1 development awards on the economic development authority’s 2 internet site. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5231XS (12) 87 ko/rj
S.F. 2211 Section 1. Section 15.109, Code 2018, is amended by adding 1 the following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 5. Develop and make available a publicly 3 accessible database of economic development awards located on 4 the authority’s internet site. The database shall be free, 5 easy for the public to locate, and available beginning January 6 1, 2019. 7 a. The database shall contain at a minimum all of the 8 following information in separate data fields: 9 (1) The name of the person or project that is a recipient 10 of an award. 11 (2) The location of the person or project that is a 12 recipient of the award. 13 (3) The total amount of the award. 14 (4) Each award type and the value of each award type that 15 make up a total award amount. 16 (5) The source of a local match if required as part of the 17 award. 18 (6) The amount of a local match if required as part of the 19 award. 20 (7) The authority’s program or programs under which the 21 award is given. 22 (8) The expected economic benefit to the state including 23 construction and post construction jobs expected to be created 24 due to the award. 25 b. As used in this subsection, “award” means a direct loan, 26 forgivable loan, tax credit, tax exemption, tax refund, grant, 27 or any other financial assistance awarded to a person by the 28 authority under an economic development program administered 29 by the authority. 30 c. The database shall not contain any information deemed 31 confidential pursuant to section 15.118. 32 d. The database shall be updated regularly as new data 33 becomes available and shall be updated at least quarterly. The 34 authority shall ensure that all data added to the database 35 -1- LSB 5231XS (12) 87 ko/rj 1/ 2
S.F. 2211 remains accessible to the public for a minimum of five years. 1 EXPLANATION 2 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 3 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 4 This bill relates to a publicly accessible database of 5 economic development awards located on the economic development 6 authority’s internet site. The bill requires the database 7 to be free, easy for the public to locate, and available by 8 January 1, 2019. 9 The database is a compilation of data related to awards 10 given by the authority. Award is defined in the bill as a 11 direct loan, forgivable loan, tax credit, tax exemption, tax 12 refund, grant, or any other financial assistance awarded 13 to a person by the authority under an economic development 14 program administered by the authority. The bill requires that 15 the database contains the name and location of the person or 16 project that receives an award, the total amount of the award, 17 the award types and the value of each award type that make up 18 the total award, the source of and the amount of any required 19 local match, the authority’s programs under which the award is 20 given, and the expected economic benefit to the state including 21 jobs created due to the award. 22 Information deemed confidential pursuant to Code section 23 15.118 is prohibited from being included in the database. The 24 database must be updated at least quarterly and the information 25 must remain accessible to the public for a minimum of five 26 years. 27 -2- LSB 5231XS (12) 87 ko/rj 2/ 2