H-8371

   Amend  the amendment, H-8315, to House File 2473 as follows:
   1.  Page 6, after line 33 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  Section 403.19A, subsection 2, Code 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  a.  An eligible city may apply for designation as a pilot project city pursuant to this subsection. An eligible city is a city that wholly contains three or more census tracts and is located in a county meeting one of the following requirements:
   (1)  A county that borders Nebraska.
   (2)  A county that borders South Dakota.
   (3)  A county that borders a state other than Nebraska or South Dakota.
   (4)  A county that borders Illinois.
   b.  (1)  The department of economic development shall approve four five eligible cities as pilot project cities, one pursuant to paragraph “a”, subparagraph (1), one pursuant to paragraph “a”, subparagraph (2), and two pursuant to paragraph “a”, subparagraph (3), and one pursuant to paragraph “a”, subparagraph (4).  The city approved pursuant to paragraph “a”, subparagraph (4), shall have a population of at least eighty-five thousand six hundred residents but not more than one hundred ten thousand residents, which city shall be located in a county with a population of at least one hundred twenty thousand residents but not more than one hundred seventy thousand residents, as determined by the 2010 certified federal census. If two eligible cities are approved which are located in the same county and the county has a population of less than forty-five thousand, the two approved eligible cities shall be considered one pilot project city. If more than two cities meeting the requirements of paragraph “a”, subparagraph (3), apply to be designated as a pilot project city, the department of economic development shall determine which two cities hold the most potential to create new jobs or generate the greatest capital within their areas. Applications from eligible cities seeking approval under paragraph “a”, subparagraph (1), (2), or (3), filed on or after October 1, 2006, shall not be considered.  Applications from eligible cities seeking approval under paragraph “a”, subparagraph (4), filed on or after January 1, 2015, shall not be considered.
   (2)  If a pilot project city does not enter into a withholding agreement within one year of its approval as a pilot project city, the city shall lose its status as a pilot project city. If two pilot project cities are located in the same county, the loss of status by one pilot project city shall not cause the second pilot project city in the county to lose its status as a pilot project city. Upon such occurrence, the department of economic development shall take applications from other eligible cities to replace that city. Another city shall be designated within six months.
   (3)  On July 1, 2011, the economic development authority shall assume responsibility for the administration of this subsection.>
   2.  By renumbering as necessary.

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LYKAM of Scott

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THEDE of Scott

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WOOD of Scott

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WINCKLER of Scott