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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 15.296 BROWNFIELD SITE
1 2 DETERMINATION – RISE FUNDS ELIGIBILITY.
1 3 The department, in consultation with the brownfield
1 4 redevelopment advisory council, at the request of an applicant
1 5 for revitalize Iowa's sound economy fund financing, shall
1 6 determine whether the site for which the applicant has applied
1 7 for revitalize Iowa's sound economy fund financing under
1 8 chapter 315 meets the definition of a brownfield site in
1 9 section 15.291. The department shall notify the state
1 10 transportation commission of its determination under this
1 11 section. The department, in consultation with the state
1 12 department of transportation, shall adopt rules for the
1 13 administration of this section.
1 14 Sec. 2. Section 315.1, Code 2001, is amended by adding the
1 15 following new subsections:
1 16 NEW SUBSECTION. 0A. "Brownfield site" means a site for
1 17 which brownfield redevelopment program assistance has been
1 18 awarded under section 15.292 or that meets the definition of a
1 19 brownfield site in section 15.291, as determined by the
1 20 department of economic development under section 15.296.
1 21 NEW SUBSECTION. 3. "Improving or maintaining highway
1 22 access" includes new highway construction as well as the
1 23 paving, resurfacing, or reconstruction of an existing highway
1 24 when the project being developed is a brownfield site.
1 25 Sec. 3. Section 315.11, subsection 2, Code 2001, is
1 26 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
1 27 NEW PARAGRAPH. h. A project that would result in the
1 28 development and use of a parcel of land that is a brownfield
1 29 site.
1 30 Sec. 4. Section 315.11, Code 2001, is amended by adding
1 31 the following new subsection:
1 32 NEW SUBSECTION. 8. In assessing applications for local
1 33 development projects, the department shall do all of the
1 34 following:
1 35 a. Evaluate the development potential of a proposed
2 1 project involving a parcel of land that is a brownfield site
2 2 in such a manner that considers the long-range potential for
2 3 future job growth.
2 4 b. Establish an additional rating factor for proposed
2 5 projects that involve the development of parcels of land that
2 6 are brownfield sites.
2 7 EXPLANATION
2 8 This bill amends several provisions in Code chapter 315
2 9 relating to the revitalize Iowa's sound economy (RISE) fund.
2 10 The bill defines "improving or maintaining highway access", as
2 11 used in the Code chapter for purposes of determining
2 12 appropriate uses of the fund, as including new highway
2 13 construction as well as the paving, resurfacing, or
2 14 reconstruction of an existing highway when the project being
2 15 developed is a brownfield site.
2 16 The bill adds a factor to the list of factors to be given
2 17 special consideration by the state department of
2 18 transportation in ranking applications for RISE funds. The
2 19 factor added by the bill is a project's proposed development
2 20 and use of a parcel of land that is a brownfield site. The
2 21 bill also provides that, in the consideration of applications
2 22 for local development project RISE funds, applications for
2 23 projects involving the development of parcels of land that
2 24 meet the definition of a brownfield site under Code section
2 25 15.291 shall have the development potential of the project
2 26 evaluated in such a manner that considers the long-range
2 27 potential for future job growth and shall be awarded points
2 28 for an additional rating factor.
2 29 The bill also creates new Code section 15.296 directing the
2 30 department of economic development, in consultation with the
2 31 brownfield redevelopment advisory council, to determine
2 32 whether the site for which an applicant has applied for RISE
2 33 financing meets the definition of a brownfield site in Code
2 34 section 15.291. The department of economic development is to
2 35 make the determination at the request of the applicant for
3 1 RISE financing and is to notify the state transportation
3 2 commission of its determination.
3 3 Code section 15.291 currently defines a "brownfield site"
3 4 as an abandoned, idled, or underutilized industrial or
3 5 commercial facility where expansion or redevelopment is
3 6 complicated by real or perceived environmental contamination.
3 7 A brownfield site includes property contiguous with the
3 8 property on which the individual or commercial facility is
3 9 located. A brownfield site does not include property which
3 10 has been placed or is proposed to be included on the national
3 11 priorities list established pursuant to the federal
3 12 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
3 13 Liability Act.
3 14 LSB 2694HV 79
3 15 nh/cls/14
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