House Amendment 1690


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend the amendment, H=1663, to Senate File 304, as
     1  2 passed by the Senate, as follows:
     1  3 #1.  By striking page 1, line 3, through page 2,
     1  4 line 33, and inserting the following:
     1  5    <#   .  Page 1, by inserting before line 1 the
     1  6 following:
     1  7    <Section 1.  Section 403.19A, subsection 2, Code
     1  8 2009, is amended to read as follows:
     1  9    2.  a.  An eligible city may apply to the
     1 10 department of economic development to be designated as
     1 11 a pilot project city.  An eligible city is a city that
     1 12 contains meets one of the following requirements:
     1 13    (1)  Contains three or more census tracts and is
     1 14 located in a county meeting one of the following
     1 15 requirements:
     1 16    (1)  (a)  A county that borders Nebraska.
     1 17    (2)  (b)  A county that borders South Dakota.
     1 18    (3)  (c)  A county that borders a state other than
     1 19 Nebraska or South Dakota.
     1 20    (2)  Shares a boundary contiguous with an approved
     1 21 pilot project city.
     1 22    b.  (1)  The department of economic development
     1 23 shall approve four eligible cities as pilot project
     1 24 cities, one pursuant to paragraph "a", subparagraph
     1 25 (1), subparagraph division (a), one pursuant to
     1 26 paragraph "a", subparagraph (2) (1), subparagraph
     1 27 division (b), and two pursuant to paragraph "a",
     1 28 subparagraph (3) (1), subparagraph division (c).  The
     1 29 department shall approve additional eligible cities as
     1 30 pilot project cities pursuant to paragraph "a",
     1 31 subparagraph (2).  If two eligible cities are approved
     1 32 pursuant to paragraph "a", subparagraph (1), which are
     1 33 located in the same county and the county has a
     1 34 population of less than forty=five thousand, the two
     1 35 approved eligible cities shall be considered one pilot
     1 36 project city.  If more than two cities meeting the
     1 37 requirements of paragraph "a", subparagraph (3) (1),
     1 38 subparagraph division (c), apply to be designated as a
     1 39 pilot project city, the department of economic
     1 40 development shall determine which two cities hold the
     1 41 most potential to create new jobs or generate the
     1 42 greatest capital within their areas.  Applications
     1 43 from eligible cities filed on or after October 1,
     1 44 2006, shall not be considered.
     1 45    (2)  If a pilot project city does not enter into a
     1 46 withholding agreement within one year of its approval
     1 47 as a pilot project city, the city shall lose its
     1 48 status as a pilot project city.  If two pilot project
     1 49 cities are located in the same county, the loss of
     1 50 status by one pilot project city shall not cause the
     2  1 second pilot project city in the county to lose its
     2  2 status as a pilot project city.  Upon such occurrence,
     2  3 the department of economic development shall take
     2  4 applications from other eligible cities to replace
     2  5 that city.  Another city shall be designated within
     2  6 six months.>
     2  7 #   .  Title page, line 1, by inserting after the
     2  8 word <agreements> the following:  <, pilot project
     2  9 cities,>.
     2 10 #   .  By renumbering as necessary.>
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     2 13                               
     2 14 SANDS of Louisa
     2 15 SF 304.504 83
     2 16 tw/sc/24451

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