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House Amendment 1798

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  1  1    Amend House File 742 as follows:
  1  2    #1.  Page 15, by inserting after line 23, the
  1  3 following:
  1  4    "Sec. 101.  Section 8.57, subsection 5, paragraph
  1  5 e, Code 2001, is amended by adding the following new
  1  6 unnumbered paragraph:
  1  7    NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH.  If the total amount of
  1  8 moneys directed to be deposited in the general fund of
  1  9 the state under sections 99D.17 and 99F.11 in a fiscal
  1 10 year is less than the total amount of moneys directed
  1 11 to be deposited in the vision Iowa fund and the school
  1 12 infrastructure fund in the fiscal year pursuant to
  1 13 this paragraph "e", the difference shall be paid from
  1 14 lottery revenues in the manner provided in section
  1 15 99E.10, subsection 3.
  1 16    Sec.    .  Section 12.73, Code 2001, is amended to
  1 17 read as follows:
  1 18    12.73  VISION IOWA FUND MONEYS – ADMINISTRATIVE
  1 19 COSTS.
  1 20    During the term of the vision Iowa program
  1 21 established in section 15F.302, one two hundred
  1 22 thousand dollars of the moneys deposited each fiscal
  1 23 year in the vision Iowa fund and appropriated for the
  1 24 vision Iowa program shall be allocated each fiscal
  1 25 year to the department of economic development for
  1 26 administrative costs incurred by the department for
  1 27 purposes of administering the vision Iowa program.
  1 28    Sec. 102.  Section 12.74, subsection 2, Code 2001,
  1 29 is amended by striking the subsection.
  1 30    Sec. 103.  Section 12.84, subsection 2, Code 2001,
  1 31 is amended by striking the subsection.
  1 32    Sec. 104.  Section 15F.202, subsection 2,
  1 33 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2001, is amended to read
  1 34 as follows:
  1 35    A city or county in the state or public
  1 36 organization may submit an application to the board
  1 37 for financial assistance for a project under the
  1 38 program.  The assistance shall be provided only from
  1 39 funds, rights, and assets legally available to the
  1 40 board and shall be in the form of grants, loans,
  1 41 forgivable loans, and loan guarantees credit
  1 42 enhancement and financing instruments.  The
  1 43 application shall include, but not be limited to, the
  1 44 following information:
  1 45    Sec. 105.  Section 15F.202, subsection 3, Code
  1 46 2001, is amended to read as follows:
  1 47    3.  A school district, in cooperation with a city
  1 48 or county, may submit a joint application for
  1 49 financial assistance for a project under the program.
  1 50 The assistance shall be provided only from funds,
  2  1 rights, and assets legally available to the board and
  2  2 shall be in the form of grants, loans, forgivable
  2  3 loans, and loan guarantees credit enhancement and
  2  4 financing instruments.  In addition to the information
  2  5 required in subsection 2, the application shall
  2  6 include a demonstration that the intended future use
  2  7 of the project shall be by both joint applicants."
  2  8    #2.  Page 15, by inserting after line 30, the
  2  9 following:
  2 10    "Sec. 106.  Section 15F.204, subsection 3, Code
  2 11 2001, is amended to read as follows:
  2 12    3.  The fund shall be used to provide assistance
  2 13 only from funds, rights, and assets legally available
  2 14 to the board in the form of grants, loans, forgivable
  2 15 loans, and loan guarantees credit enhancements and
  2 16 financing instruments under the community attraction
  2 17 and tourism program established in section 15F.202.
  2 18 An applicant under the community attraction and
  2 19 tourism program shall not receive financial assistance
  2 20 from the fund in an amount exceeding fifty percent of
  2 21 the total cost of the project.
  2 22    Sec. 107.  Section 15F.302, subsection 2,
  2 23 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2001, is amended to read
  2 24 as follows:
  2 25    A city or county or a public organization in the
  2 26 state may submit an application to the board for
  2 27 financial assistance for a project under the program.
  2 28 For purposes of this subsection, "public organization"
  2 29 means a nonprofit economic development organization or
  2 30 other nonprofit organization that sponsors or supports
  2 31 community or tourism attractions and activities.  The
  2 32 financial assistance from the fund shall be provided
  2 33 only from funds, rights, and assets legally available
  2 34 to the board and shall be in the form of grants,
  2 35 loans, forgivable loans, pledges, and guarantees
  2 36 credit enhancements and financing instruments.  The
  2 37 application shall include, but not be limited to, the
  2 38 following information:
  2 39    Sec. 108.  Section 15F.302, subsection 3, Code
  2 40 2001, is amended to read as follows:
  2 41    3.  A school district, in cooperation with a city
  2 42 or county, may submit a joint application for
  2 43 financial assistance for a project under the program.
  2 44 The financial assistance shall be provided only from
  2 45 funds, rights, and assets legally available to the
  2 46 board and shall be in the form of grants, loans,
  2 47 forgivable loans, and loan guarantees credit
  2 48 enhancements and financing instruments.  In addition
  2 49 to the information required in subsection 2, the
  2 50 application shall include a demonstration that the
  3  1 intended future use of the project shall be by both
  3  2 joint applicants.
  3  3    Sec. 109.  Section 15F.304, subsection 4, Code
  3  4 2001, is amended to read as follows:
  3  5    4.  Upon review of the recommendations of the
  3  6 review committee, the board shall approve, defer, or
  3  7 deny the applications.  If an application is approved,
  3  8 the board may enter into an agreement with the
  3  9 applicant to provide financial assistance authorized
  3 10 under section 15F.302, including entering into a loan
  3 11 agreement with a city pursuant to section 384.24A, a
  3 12 loan agreement with a county pursuant to section
  3 13 331.402, or a joint loan agreement with a school
  3 14 district and a city or county.
  3 15    Sec. 110.  Section 99E.10, Code 2001, is amended by
  3 16 adding the following subsection:
  3 17    NEW SUBSECTION.  3.  a.  Notwithstanding subsection
  3 18 1, if gaming revenues under sections 99D.17 and 99F.11
  3 19 are insufficient in a fiscal year to meet the total
  3 20 amount of such revenues directed to be deposited in
  3 21 the vision Iowa fund and the school infrastructure
  3 22 fund during the fiscal year pursuant to section 8.57,
  3 23 subsection 5, paragraph "e", the difference shall be
  3 24 paid from lottery revenues prior to deposit of the
  3 25 lottery revenues in the general fund.  If lottery
  3 26 revenues are insufficient during the fiscal year to
  3 27 pay the difference, the remaining difference shall be
  3 28 paid from lottery revenues in subsequent fiscal years
  3 29 as such revenues become available.
  3 30    b.  The treasurer of state shall, each quarter,
  3 31 prepare an estimate of the gaming revenues and lottery
  3 32 revenues that will become available during the
  3 33 remainder of the appropriate fiscal year for the
  3 34 purposes described in paragraph "a".  The department
  3 35 of management and the department of revenue and
  3 36 finance shall take appropriate actions to provide that
  3 37 the amount of gaming revenues and lottery revenues
  3 38 that will be available during the remainder of the
  3 39 appropriate fiscal year is sufficient to cover any
  3 40 anticipated deficiencies."
  3 41    #3.  Page 17, by inserting after line 5, the
  3 42 following:
  3 43    "Sec. 111.  Section 331.402, subsection 3, Code
  3 44 2001, is amended by adding the following new paragraph
  3 45 f and relettering the subsequent paragraph:
  3 46    NEW PARAGRAPH.  f.  The governing body may
  3 47 authorize a loan agreement described in section
  3 48 331.441, subsection 2, paragraph "b", subparagraph
  3 49 (15), in accordance with the following procedures:
  3 50    (1)  The governing body shall cause a notice of the
  4  1 proposal to enter into a loan agreement, including a
  4  2 statement of the amount and purpose of the loan
  4  3 agreement, together with the right to petition for an
  4  4 election, to be published at least ten days prior to
  4  5 the meeting at which it is proposed to take action to
  4  6 enter into the loan agreement.
  4  7    (2)  If at any time before the date fixed to take
  4  8 action to enter into the loan agreement a petition is
  4  9 filed with the auditor in the manner provided by
  4 10 section 331.306 asking that the question of entering
  4 11 into the loan agreement be submitted to the registered
  4 12 voters of the county, the board shall either by
  4 13 resolution declare the proposal to enter into the loan
  4 14 agreement to have been abandoned or shall direct the
  4 15 county commissioner of elections to call a special
  4 16 election upon the question of entering into the loan
  4 17 agreement.
  4 18    (3)  If a petition under subparagraph (2) is not
  4 19 filed or if a petition is filed and the proposition of
  4 20 entering into the loan agreement is approved by a
  4 21 majority of the vote cast in the special election, the
  4 22 board may proceed and enter into the loan agreement.
  4 23    Sec. 112.  Section 331.441, subsection 2, paragraph
  4 24 b, Code 2001, is amended by adding the following new
  4 25 subparagraph:
  4 26    NEW SUBPARAGRAPH.  (15)  The entrance into a loan
  4 27 agreement with the vision Iowa board for a project
  4 28 that is not otherwise defined as an essential county
  4 29 purpose and that has been approved under the vision
  4 30 Iowa program to receive loan assistance from the
  4 31 vision Iowa board.
  4 32    Sec. 113.  Section 384.24, subsection 3, Code 2001,
  4 33 is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  4 34    NEW PARAGRAPH.  v.  The entrance into a loan
  4 35 agreement with the vision Iowa board for a project
  4 36 that is not otherwise defined as an essential
  4 37 corporate purpose and that has been approved under the
  4 38 vision Iowa program to receive loan assistance from
  4 39 the vision Iowa board.
  4 40    Sec. 114.  Section 384.24A, Code 2001, is amended
  4 41 by adding the following new subsection 6 and
  4 42 renumbering the subsequent subsection:
  4 43    NEW SUBSECTION.  6.  The governing body may
  4 44 authorize a loan agreement described in section
  4 45 384.24, subsection 3, paragraph "v", in accordance
  4 46 with the following procedures:
  4 47    a.  The governing body shall cause a notice of the
  4 48 proposal to enter into a loan agreement, including a
  4 49 statement of the amount and purpose of the loan
  4 50 agreement, together with the right to petition for an
  5  1 election, to be published at least once in a newspaper
  5  2 of general circulation within the city at least ten
  5  3 days prior to the meeting at which it is proposed to
  5  4 take action to enter into the loan agreement.
  5  5    b.  If at any time before the date fixed to take
  5  6 action to enter into the loan agreement a petition is
  5  7 filed with the clerk of the city in the manner
  5  8 provided by section 362.4 asking that the question of
  5  9 entering into the loan agreement be submitted to the
  5 10 registered voters of the city, the governing body
  5 11 shall either by resolution declare the proposal to
  5 12 enter into the loan agreement to have been abandoned
  5 13 or shall direct the county commissioner of elections
  5 14 to call a special election upon the question of
  5 15 entering into the loan agreement.
  5 16    c.  If a petition under paragraph "b" is not filed
  5 17 or if a petition is filed and the proposition of
  5 18 entering into the loan agreement is approved by a
  5 19 majority of the vote cast in the special election, the
  5 20 governing body may proceed and enter into the loan
  5 21 agreement."
  5 22    #4.  Page 17, by inserting after line 16, the
  5 23 following:
  5 24    "Sec.    .  EFFECTIVE DATE.  The following
  5 25 provisions of this division of this Act, being deemed
  5 26 of immediate importance, take effect upon enactment:
  5 27    1.  Sections 101 through 105 of this division of
  5 28 this Act, amending sections 8.57, 12.74, 12.84, and
  5 29 15F.202.
  5 30    2.  Sections 106 through 110 of this division of
  5 31 this Act, amending sections 15F.204, 15F.302, 15F.304,
  5 32 and 99E.10.
  5 33    3.  Sections 111 through 114 of this division of
  5 34 this Act, amending sections 331.402, 331.441, 384.24,
  5 35 and 384.24A."
  5 36    #5.  By renumbering, redesignating, and correcting
  5 37 internal references as necessary.  
  5 38 
  5 39 
  5 40                               
  5 41 GIPP of Winneshiek
  5 42 HF 742.303 79
  5 43 nh/cf
     

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