House
File
2445
H-8207
Amend
House
File
2445
as
follows:
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Page
5,
line
18,
by
striking
<
investment
>
and
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inserting
<
investment
infrastructure
>
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2.
Page
8,
after
line
12
by
inserting:
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DIVISION
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ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
REGIONS
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Sec.
___.
Section
15E.231,
unnumbered
paragraph
1,
7
Code
2014,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
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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.
>
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3.
By
renumbering,
redesignating,
and
correcting
27
internal
references
as
necessary.
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