261—175.3 (15,83GA,SF344) Standard program requirements. In addition to the eligibility requirements of the individual programs applicable to the financial assistance sought, an applicant shall be subject to all of the following requirements:
	 175.3(1) Environmental and worker safety. The applicant shall submit to the authority with its application for financial assistance a report describing all violations of environmental law or worker safety law within the last five years. If, upon review of the application, the board finds that a business has a record of violations of the law, statutes, rules, or regulations that tends to show a consistent pattern, the board shall not make an award of financial assistance to the business unless the board finds either that the violations did not seriously affect public health, public safety, or the environment or, if such violations did seriously affect public health, public safety, or the environment, that mitigating circumstances were present.
	 175.3(2) Sustained operations. The applicant shall not have closed or substantially reduced operations in one area of this state and relocated substantially the same operations in a community in another area of this state. However, this subrule shall not be construed to prohibit a business from expanding its operations in a community if existing operations of a similar nature in this state are not closed or substantially reduced.
	 175.3(3) Competition. The proposed project shall not negatively impact other businesses in competition with the business being considered for assistance. The authority shall make a good faith effort to identify existing Iowa businesses within an industry in competition with the business being considered for financial assistance. The authority shall make a good faith effort to determine the probability that the proposed financial assistance will displace employees of the existing businesses. In determining the impact on businesses in competition with the business being considered for financial assistance, jobs created or retained as a result of other jobs being displaced elsewhere in the state shall not be considered direct jobs created or retained.
	 175.3(4) Legally authorized employment. The applicant shall only employ individuals legally authorized to work in this state. In addition to any and all other applicable penalties provided by current law, all or a portion of the assistance received by a business which has received financial assistance under the program and is found to knowingly employ individuals not legally authorized to work in this state is subject to recapture by the authority.
[ARC 7970B, IAB 7/15/09, effective 7/1/09; ARC 8145B, IAB 9/23/09, effective 10/28/09; ARC 9754B, IAB 9/21/11, effective 10/26/11]