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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 2164, as amended, passed, and 1 2 reprinted by the House, as follows: 1 3 #1. Page 2, by inserting after line 31 the 1 4 following: 1 5 "Sec. . Section 15E.192, subsection 1, Code 1 6 Supplement 1997, is amended to read as follows: 1 7 1. A county may create an economic development 1 8 enterprise zone as authorized in this division, 1 9 subject to certification by the department of economic 1 10 development, by designating up to one percent of the 1 11 county area for that purpose. An eligible county 1 12 containing a city whose boundaries extend into an 1 13 adjacent county may establish an enterprise zone in an 1 14 area of the city located in the adjacent county if the 1 15 adjacent county's board of supervisors adopts a 1 16 resolution approving the establishment of the 1 17 enterprise zone in the city and the two counties enter 1 18 into an agreement pursuant to chapter 28E regarding 1 19 the establishment of the enterprise zone. A county 1 20 may establish more than one enterprise zone. 1 21 Sec. . Section 15E.193, subsection 1, paragraph 1 22 b, Code Supplement 1997, is amended to read as 1 23 follows: 1 24 b.Pays at least eighty percent of the cost of a1 25standard medical and dental insurance plan for all1 26full-time employees.Provides all full-time employees 1 27 with the option of choosing one of the following: 1 28 (1) The business pays eighty percent of both of 1 29 the following: 1 30 (a) The cost of a standard medical insurance plan. 1 31 (b) The cost of a standard dental insurance plan 1 32 or an equivalent plan. 1 33 (2) The business provides the employee with a 1 34 monetarily equivalent plan to the plan provided for in 1 35 subparagraph (1). 1 36 Sec. . Section 15E.195, subsection 1, Code 1 37 Supplement 1997, is amended to read as follows: 1 38 1. A county which designates an enterprise zone 1 39 pursuant to section 15E.194, subsection 1, and in 1 40 which an eligible enterprise zone is certified shall 1 41 establish an enterprise zone commission to review 1 42 applications from qualified businesses located within 1 43 or requesting to locate within an enterprise zone 1 44 designated pursuant to section 15E.194, subsection 1, 1 45 to receive incentives or assistance as provided in 1 46 section 15E.196. The commission shall consist of nine 1 47 members. Five of these members shall consist of one 1 48 representative of the board of supervisors, one member 1 49 with economic development expertise chosen by the 1 50 department of economic development, one representative 2 1 of the county zoning board, one member of the local 2 2 community college board of directors, and one 2 3 representative of the local workforce development 2 4 center. These five members shall select the remaining 2 5 four members. If the enterprise zone consists of an 2 6 area meeting the requirements for eligibility for an 2 7 urban or rural enterprise community under Title XIII 2 8 of the federal Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 2 9 1993, one of the remaining four members shall be a 2 10 representative of thatzonecommunity.However, if2 11the enterprise zone qualifies under the city criteria,2 12one of the four members shall be a representative of2 13an international labor organization and if an2 14enterprise zone is located in any city, a2 15representative, chosen by the city council, of each2 16such city may be a member of the commission.A county 2 17 shall have only one enterprise zone commission to 2 18 review applications for incentives and assistance for 2 19 businesses located within or requesting to locate 2 20 within a certified enterprise zone designated pursuant 2 21 to section 15E.194, subsection 1. 2 22 Sec. . Section 15E.195, Code Supplement 1997, 2 23 is amended by adding the following new subsection: 2 24 NEW SUBSECTION. 1A. A city with a population of 2 25 twenty-four thousand or more which designates an 2 26 enterprise zone pursuant to section 15E.194, 2 27 subsection 2, and in which an eligible enterprise zone 2 28 is certified shall establish an enterprise zone 2 29 commission to review applications from qualified 2 30 businesses located within or requesting to locate 2 31 within an enterprise zone to receive incentives or 2 32 assistance as provided in section 15E.196. The 2 33 commission shall consist of nine members. Six of 2 34 these members shall consist of one representative of 2 35 an international labor organization, one member with 2 36 economic development expertise chosen by the 2 37 department of economic development, one representative 2 38 of the city council, one member of the local community 2 39 college board of directors, one member of the city 2 40 planning and zoning commission, and one representative 2 41 of the local workforce development center. These six 2 42 members shall select the remaining three members. If 2 43 the enterprise zone consists of an area meeting the 2 44 requirements for eligibility for an urban enterprise 2 45 community under Title XIII of the federal Omnibus 2 46 Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, one of the 2 47 remaining three members shall be a representative of 2 48 that community. If a city contiguous to the city 2 49 designating the enterprise zone is included in an 2 50 enterprise zone, a representative of the contiguous 3 1 city, chosen by the city council, shall be a member of 3 2 the commission. A city in which an eligible 3 3 enterprise zone is certified shall have only one 3 4 enterprise zone commission. If a city has established 3 5 an enterprise zone commission prior to the effective 3 6 date of this Act, the city may petition to the 3 7 department of economic development to change the 3 8 structure of the existing commission. 3 9 Sec. . Section 15E.196, subsection 5, Code 3 10 Supplement 1997, is amended to read as follows: 3 11 5. The county or city for which an eligible 3 12 enterprise zone is certified may exempt from all 3 13 property taxation all or a portion of the value added 3 14 to the property upon which an eligible business 3 15 locates or expands in an enterprise zone and which is 3 16 used in the operation of the eligible business. The 3 17 amount of value added for purposes of this subsection 3 18 shall be the amount of the increase in assessed 3 19 valuation of the property following the location or 3 20 expansion of the business in the enterprise zone. If 3 21 an exemption provided pursuant to this subsection is 3 22 made applicable to only a portion of the property 3 23 within an enterprise zone, the definition of that 3 24 subset of eligible property must be by uniform 3 25 criteria which further some planning objective 3 26 established by the city or county enterprise zone 3 27 commission and approved by the eligible city or 3 28 county. The exemption may be allowed for a period not 3 29 to exceed ten years beginning the year the eligible 3 30 business enters into an agreement with the county or 3 31 city to locate or expand operations in an enterprise 3 32 zone." 3 33 #2. Title page, line 1, by inserting after the 3 34 word "relating" the following: "to economic 3 35 development enterprise zones and to". 3 36 #3. By renumbering as necessary. 3 37 3 38 3 39 3 40 3 41 STEWART IVERSON, Jr. 3 42 HF 2164.301 77 3 43 tm/cf/28
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