House File 2473 H-8371 Amend the amendment, H-8315, to House File 2473 as 1 follows: 2 1. Page 6, after line 33 by inserting: 3 < Sec. ___. Section 403.19A, subsection 2, Code 4 2014, is amended to read as follows: 5 2. a. An eligible city may apply for designation 6 as a pilot project city pursuant to this subsection . 7 An eligible city is a city that wholly contains three 8 or more census tracts and is located in a county 9 meeting one of the following requirements: 10 (1) A county that borders Nebraska. 11 (2) A county that borders South Dakota. 12 (3) A county that borders a state other than 13 Nebraska or South Dakota. 14 (4) A county that borders Illinois. 15 b. (1) The department of economic development 16 shall approve four five eligible cities as pilot 17 project cities, one pursuant to paragraph “a” , 18 subparagraph (1), one pursuant to paragraph “a” , 19 subparagraph (2), and two pursuant to paragraph 20 “a” , subparagraph (3) , and one pursuant to paragraph 21 “a” , subparagraph (4) . The city approved pursuant 22 to paragraph “a” , subparagraph (4), shall have a 23 population of at least eighty-five thousand six hundred 24 residents but not more than one hundred ten thousand 25 residents, which city shall be located in a county with 26 a population of at least one hundred twenty thousand 27 residents but not more than one hundred seventy 28 thousand residents, as determined by the 2010 certified 29 federal census. If two eligible cities are approved 30 which are located in the same county and the county 31 has a population of less than forty-five thousand, the 32 two approved eligible cities shall be considered one 33 pilot project city. If more than two cities meeting 34 the requirements of paragraph “a” , subparagraph (3), 35 apply to be designated as a pilot project city, the 36 department of economic development shall determine 37 which two cities hold the most potential to create new 38 jobs or generate the greatest capital within their 39 areas. Applications from eligible cities seeking 40 approval under paragraph “a” , subparagraph (1), (2), or 41 (3), filed on or after October 1, 2006, shall not be 42 considered. Applications from eligible cities seeking 43 approval under paragraph “a” , subparagraph (4), filed 44 on or after January 1, 2015, shall not be considered. 45 (2) If a pilot project city does not enter into a 46 withholding agreement within one year of its approval 47 as a pilot project city, the city shall lose its 48 status as a pilot project city. If two pilot project 49 cities are located in the same county, the loss of 50 -1- H8315.4338 (1) 85 tm/jp 1/ 2 #1.
status by one pilot project city shall not cause the 1 second pilot project city in the county to lose its 2 status as a pilot project city. Upon such occurrence, 3 the department of economic development shall take 4 applications from other eligible cities to replace that 5 city. Another city shall be designated within six 6 months. 7 (3) On July 1, 2011, the economic development 8 authority shall assume responsibility for the 9 administration of this subsection . > 10 2. By renumbering as necessary. 11 ______________________________ LYKAM of Scott ______________________________ THEDE of Scott ______________________________ WOOD of Scott ______________________________ WINCKLER of Scott -2- H8315.4338 (1) 85 tm/jp 2/ 2 #2.