House Journal: Page 1667: Tuesday, May 1, 2001
30 number of enplaned passengers at each commercial
31 service airport bears to the total number of enplaned
32 passengers in the state during the previous fiscal
33 year, and 10 percent of the funds shall be allocated
34 based on the percentage that the air cargo tonnage at
35 each commercial service airport bears to the total air
36 cargo tonnage in the state during the previous fiscal
37 year. In order for a commercial service airport to
38 receive funding under this subsection, the airport
39 shall be required to submit applications for funding
40 of specific projects to the department for approval by
41 the state transportation commission.
42 2. For deposit in the aviation hangar revolving
43 loan fund, created in section 330.2, for improvements
44 to and design and construction of hangars at general
45 aviation airports within the state:
46 $ 500,000
47 3. For acquiring, constructing, and improving
48 recreational trails within the state:
49 $ 2,000,000
50 Of the amount appropriated in this subsection,
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1 $1,000,000 shall be used for funding, on a matching
2 basis, recreational trail projects, with priority
3 given to completion of trail connections and sections
4 between existing trails and parks within the
5 established state recreational trails system. Such
6 projects shall be matched by $1 of private or other
7 funds for each $3 of state funds.
8 Of the amount appropriated in this subsection,
9 $50,000 shall be allocated for planning and
10 development of the Iowa portion of the Mississippi
11 river trail.
12 4. For an economic assistance program for capital
13 improvements at commercial air service and general
14 service airports including hangars, terminals, parking
15 lots, and fuel facilities:
16 $ 500,000
17 The state department of transportation shall adopt
18 rules for the implementation of the program described
19 in this subsection. The rules shall include a
20 provision allowing commercial air service and general
21 service airports to apply for assistance under the
22 program when immediate action is necessary in order to
23 attract or retain an economic development opportunity
24 in the region served by the airport. The rules shall
25 also include a provision giving economic assistance
26 preference to projects that maximize local community
27 investment and jobs. Economic assistance may be in
28 the form of a grant, loan, or combination of both.
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