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House Amendment 9196

Amendment Text

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  1  1    Amend Senate File 2415, as amended, passed, and
  1  2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
  1  3    #1.  Page 1, by inserting after line 20, the
  1  4 following:
  1  5    "__.  A need exists to support the production of
  1  6 agricultural commodities and the processing and
  1  7 marketing of agricultural products which are produced
  1  8 by using biological techniques for the development of
  1  9 specialized plant or animal characteristics for
  1 10 beneficial nutritional, commercial, or industrial
  1 11 purposes."
  1 12    #2.  Page 1, by inserting after line 34, the
  1 13 following:
  1 14    "__.  A need exists for additional sources of
  1 15 financing for ventures designed to support the
  1 16 production, processing, and marketing of high value
  1 17 agricultural products using biological techniques
  1 18 which create increasingly high value agricultural
  1 19 products for consumers around the world."
  1 20    #3.  Page 2, line 2, by striking the words
  1 21 "agricultural producer-led" and inserting the
  1 22 following:  "Iowa agricultural industry".
  1 23    #4.  Page 3, by striking lines 24 through 35 and
  1 24 inserting the following:
  1 25    "(2)  A family farm entity if any of the following
  1 26 individuals is actively engaged in agricultural
  1 27 production:
  1 28    (a)  A shareholder and an officer, director, or
  1 29 employee of a family farm corporation.
  1 30    (b)  A member or manager of a family farm limited
  1 31 liability company.
  1 32    (c)  A general partner of a family farm limited
  1 33 partnership.
  1 34    (d)  A beneficiary of a family trust.
  1 35    (3)  A networking farmers entity."
  1 36    #5.  Page 4, by inserting after line 2, the
  1 37 following:
  1 38    "__.  "Biotechnology enterprise" means an
  1 39 enterprise organized under the laws of this state
  1 40 using biological techniques for the development of
  1 41 specialized plant or animal characteristics for
  1 42 beneficial nutritional, commercial, or industrial
  1 43 purposes."
  1 44    #6.  Page 4, by inserting after line 9 the
  1 45 following:
  1 46    "   .  "Family farm entity" means a family farm
  1 47 corporation, family farm limited liability company,
  1 48 family farm limited partnership, or family trust as
  1 49 defined in section 9H.1."
  1 50    #7.  Page 4, by striking lines 15 and 16, and
  2  1 inserting the following:
  2  2    "___.  "Iowa agricultural industry venture" means
  2  3 an enterprise involving any of the following:
  2  4    a.  Agricultural producers investing in a new".
  2  5    #8.  Page 4, line 21, by striking the word "a." and
  2  6 inserting the following:  "(1)".
  2  7    #9.  Page 4, line 24, by striking the word "b." and
  2  8 inserting the following:  "(2)".
  2  9    #10.  Page 4, line 26, by striking the word "c."
  2 10 and inserting the following:  "(3)".
  2 11    #11.  Page 4, line 28, by striking the word "d."
  2 12 and inserting the following:  "(4)".
  2 13    #12.  Page 4, by inserting after line 30 the
  2 14 following:
  2 15    "b.  An agricultural biotechnology enterprise
  2 16 located in this state, if the purpose of research and
  2 17 application of biological techniques conducted by the
  2 18 enterprise is to accomplish all of the following:
  2 19    (1)  The creation and retention of wealth in this
  2 20 state.
  2 21    (2)  Increasing the value of agricultural
  2 22 commodities."
  2 23    #13.  Page 4, by inserting after line 34 the
  2 24 following:
  2 25    "   .  "Networking farmers entity" means the same
  2 26 as defined in section 10.1, as enacted by 1998 Iowa
  2 27 Acts, House File 2335."
  2 28    #14.  Page 5, line 3, by striking the words "as
  2 29 defined in section 10.1".
  2 30    #15.  Page 6, by inserting after line 6 the
  2 31 following:
  2 32    "___.  It is the intent of the general assembly and
  2 33 the purpose of this division that the state encourage
  2 34 Iowa agricultural industry ventures which promote the
  2 35 research and application of biological techniques for
  2 36 the development of specialized plant or animal
  2 37 characteristics for beneficial nutritional,
  2 38 commercial, or industrial purposes."
  2 39    #16.  Page 8, line 7, by inserting after the figure
  2 40 "3." the following:  "a."
  2 41    #17.  Page 8, by striking lines 10 through 27 and
  2 42 inserting the following:  "shall be elected by the
  2 43 members of an appointment committee.  The members of
  2 44 the appointment committee shall be appointed by the
  2 45 economic development board.  The initial board of
  2 46 directors shall consist of seven members.  The members
  2 47 of the appointment committee shall include persons who
  2 48 have an expertise in areas of banking, agricultural
  2 49 lending, business development, agricultural production
  2 50 and processing, seed and venture capital investment,
  3  1 and other areas of expertise as deemed appropriate by
  3  2 the interim board of directors.
  3  3    b.  The members of the appointment committee shall
  3  4 exercise due care to assure that persons appointed to
  3  5 the initial board of directors have the requisite
  3  6 financial experience necessary in order to carry out
  3  7 the duties of the corporation as established in this
  3  8 division, including in areas related to agricultural
  3  9 lending, commercial banking, and investment
  3 10 management.
  3 11    c.  Upon the election of the initial board of
  3 12 directors, the terms of the members of the appointment
  3 13 committee shall expire.
  3 14    d.  The department shall assist the incorporators
  3 15 and the appointment committee in".
  3 16    #18.  Page 10, line 13, by striking the words "may
  3 17 loan all or part" and inserting the following:  "shall
  3 18 loan all".
  3 19    #19.  Page 10, line 19, by inserting after the word
  3 20 "desirable" the following:  ", including any
  3 21 restrictions on the subordination of the moneys
  3 22 loaned".
  3 23    #20.  Page 10, by inserting after line 28 the
  3 24 following:
  3 25    "   .  The corporation shall not expend moneys
  3 26 originating from the state, including moneys loaned
  3 27 under this section, on political activity or on any
  3 28 attempt to influence legislation."
  3 29    #21.  Page 12, line 32, by inserting after the word
  3 30 "corporation." the following:  "If the eligible
  3 31 recipient is an agricultural producer as provided in
  3 32 section 15E.210, the agreement shall not be executed
  3 33 unless the agricultural producer holds voting common
  3 34 stock in the corporation equal to at least five
  3 35 percent of the financing provided to the agricultural
  3 36 producer pursuant to the agreement."
  3 37    #22.  Page 13, by striking lines 11 and 12 and
  3 38 inserting the following:
  3 39    "___.  To the extent feasible and fiscally prudent,
  3 40 the corporation must maintain a portfolio which is
  3 41 diversified among the various types of agricultural
  3 42 commodities and agribusiness.
  3 43    ___.  Not more than seventy-five percent of moneys
  3 44 originating from the state, including moneys loaned to
  3 45 the corporation pursuant to this section, may be used
  3 46 to finance any one Iowa agricultural industry
  3 47 venture."
  3 48    #23.  Page 13, by striking lines 26 through 33.
  3 49    #24.  Page 14, line 28, by striking the words
  3 50 "general fund of the state" and inserting the
  4  1 following:  "road use tax fund created pursuant to
  4  2 section 312.1".
  4  3    #25.  Page 15, line 1, by striking the words "must
  4  4 participate" and inserting the following:
  4  5 "participating".
  4  6    #26.  Page 15, by striking lines 11 and 12 and
  4  7 inserting the following:
  4  8    "b.  An agricultural products processor which
  4  9 participates as part of an Iowa".
  4 10    #27.  By striking page 15, line 30, through page
  4 11 16, line 1, and inserting the following:  "produced in
  4 12 this state.  However, the corporation may provide
  4 13 financing, if its board of directors determines that
  4 14 adequate supplies of the commodity are not available
  4 15 for processing as otherwise required in this
  4 16 subparagraph subdivision."
  4 17    #28.  Page 16, by inserting before line 2 the
  4 18 following:
  4 19    "___.  An agricultural biotechnology enterprise
  4 20 which qualifies as an Iowa agricultural industry
  4 21 venture as provided according to the terms of an
  4 22 agreement executed by the agricultural biotechnology
  4 23 enterprise and the corporation, if the board of
  4 24 directors for the corporation determines that the
  4 25 enterprise would advance the intent and purposes set
  4 26 out in section 15E.203."
  4 27    #29.  Page 16, by inserting after line 21 the
  4 28 following:
  4 29    "Sec. ___.  Section 423.24, Code Supplement 1997,
  4 30 is amended by inserting the following new unnumbered
  4 31 paragraph before subsection 1:
  4 32    NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH.  Except as otherwise
  4 33 provided in section 312.2, subsection 15, all revenues
  4 34 derived from the use tax on motor vehicles, trailers,
  4 35 and motor vehicle accessories and equipment as
  4 36 collected pursuant to sections 423.7 and 423.7A shall
  4 37 be deposited and credited to the road use tax fund and
  4 38 shall be used exclusively for the construction
  4 39 maintenance, and supervision of public highways.
  4 40    Sec. ___.  Section 423.24, subsection 1, unnumbered
  4 41 paragraph 1, Code Supplement 1997, is amended to read
  4 42 as follows:
  4 43    Eighty percent of Notwithstanding any provision of
  4 44 this section which provides that all revenues derived
  4 45 from the use tax on motor vehicles, trailers, and
  4 46 motor vehicle accessories and equipment as collected
  4 47 pursuant to section 423.7 and section 423.7A shall be
  4 48 deposited and credited to the road use tax fund,
  4 49 eighty percent of the revenues shall be deposited and
  4 50 credited as follows:"
  5  1    #30.  Page 17, by inserting after line 4 the
  5  2 following:
  5  3    "Sec. ___.  Section 423.24, subsection 1, paragraph
  5  4 c, Code Supplement 1997, is amended by striking the
  5  5 paragraph.
  5  6    Sec. ___.  Section 423.24, subsection 2, Code
  5  7 Supplement 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  5  8    2.  Twenty percent of Notwithstanding any other
  5  9 provision of this section that provides that all
  5 10 revenue derived from the use tax on motor vehicles,
  5 11 trailers, and motor vehicle accessories and equipment
  5 12 as collected pursuant to section 423.7 shall be
  5 13 deposited and credited to the road use tax fund,
  5 14 twenty percent of the revenues shall be credited and
  5 15 deposited as follows:  one-half to the road use tax
  5 16 fund and one-half to the primary road fund to be used
  5 17 for the commercial and industrial highway network,
  5 18 except to the extent that the department directs that
  5 19 moneys are deposited in the highway safety patrol fund
  5 20 created in section 80.41 to fund the appropriations
  5 21 made from the highway safety patrol fund in accordance
  5 22 with the provisions of section 80.41.  The department
  5 23 shall determine the amount of moneys to be credited
  5 24 under this subsection to the highway safety patrol
  5 25 fund and shall deposit that amount into the highway
  5 26 safety patrol fund.
  5 27    Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  423.24A  REIMBURSEMENT FOR
  5 28 THE PRIMARY ROAD FUND.
  5 29    The department may credit to the primary road fund
  5 30 any amount of revenues derived from the use tax on
  5 31 motor vehicles, trailers, and motor vehicles
  5 32 accessories and equipment as collected pursuant to
  5 33 sections 423.7 and 423.7A to the extent necessary to
  5 34 reimburse that fund for the expenditures not otherwise
  5 35 eligible to be made from the primary road fund, which
  5 36 are made for repairing, improving, and maintaining
  5 37 bridges over the rivers bordering the state.
  5 38 Expenditures for those portions of bridges within
  5 39 adjacent states may be included when they are made
  5 40 pursuant to an agreement entered into under section
  5 41 313.63, 313A.34, or 314.10."
  5 42    #31.  Page 17, by striking lines 18 through 23.
  5 43    #32.  Page 17, by inserting before line 24 the
  5 44 following:
  5 45    "Sec. ___.  SEVERABILITY.  If any provision of this
  5 46 Act or the application of this Act to any person or
  5 47 circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity shall not
  5 48 affect other provisions or applications of this Act
  5 49 which shall be given effect without the invalid
  5 50 provision or application, and to this end the
  6  1 provisions of this Act are severable."
  6  2    #33.  By renumbering, relettering, or redesignating
  6  3 and correcting internal references as necessary.  
  6  4 
  6  5 
  6  6                               
  6  7 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
  6  8 MILLAGE of Scott, Chairperson
  6  9 SF 2415.319 77
  6 10 da/cf/28
     

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