House File 2445 H-8207 Amend House File 2445 as follows: 1 1. Page 5, line 18, by striking < investment > and 2 inserting < investment infrastructure > 3 2. Page 8, after line 12 by inserting: 4 < DIVISION ___ 5 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REGIONS 6 Sec. ___. Section 15E.231, unnumbered paragraph 1, 7 Code 2014, is amended to read as follows: 8 In order for an economic development region to 9 receive assistance pursuant to section 15.335B , an 10 economic development region’s regional development 11 plan must be approved by the authority. An economic 12 development region shall consist of not less than 13 three counties, unless two contiguous counties have a 14 combined population of at least three hundred thousand 15 based on the most recent federal decennial census 16 two or more public or private, nonprofit entities 17 that have entered into an agreement to pursue mutual 18 economic development goals with a regional focus . An 19 economic development region shall establish a focused 20 economic development effort that shall include a 21 regional development plan relating to one or more of 22 the following areas: 23 Sec. ___. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This division 24 of this Act, being deemed of immediate importance, 25 takes effect upon enactment. > 26 3. By renumbering, redesignating, and correcting 27 internal references as necessary. 28 ______________________________ BALTIMORE of Boone -1- HF2445.3664 (1) 85 ad/sc 1/ 1 #1. #2. #3.