H-8214

   Amend  the amendment, H-8205, to House File 2690, as follows:
   1.  Page 1, before line 4 by inserting: 
   <Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  368.5A  Annexing unincorporated land —— data centers.
   A city with a population of at least one thousand four hundred but not more than one thousand four hundred nine according to the 2020 federal decennial census shall not annex any territory for the sole purpose of authorizing the construction of a data center, as defined in section 476.59.>
   2.  Page 1, after line 24 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  The following, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment:
   The section of this Act enacting section 368.5A.>
   3.  Page 1, lines 26 and 27, by striking <annual reporting requirements for data center businesses> and inserting <data centers, including annexation limitations and annual reporting requirements, and including effective date provisions>
   4.  By renumbering as necessary.

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GJERDE of Linn