House File 2426

                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC
                                           GROWTH

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO HF 2310)


    Passed House, Date                Passed Senate,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the inclusion of recreational trail
  2    development as part of projects under the vision Iowa program
  3    and the community attraction and tourism program.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 6244HV 80
  6 tm/sh/8

PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  Section 15F.203, subsection 3, paragraph e,
  1  2 Code 2003, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    e.  The project is primarily a vertical infrastructure
  1  4 project with demonstrated substantial regional or statewide
  1  5 economic impact.  For purposes of the program, "vertical
  1  6 infrastructure" means land acquisition and construction, major
  1  7 renovation and major repair of buildings, all appurtenant
  1  8 structures, utilities, site development, and recreational
  1  9 trails.  "Vertical infrastructure" does not include routine,
  1 10 recurring maintenance or operational expenses or leasing of a
  1 11 building, appurtenant structure, or utility without a lease=
  1 12 purchase agreement.  The project may include, in whole or in
  1 13 part, a recreational trail.
  1 14    Sec. 2.  Section 15F.303, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code
  1 15 2003, is amended to read as follows:
  1 16    a.  The project is primarily a vertical infrastructure
  1 17 project with demonstrated substantial regional or statewide
  1 18 economic impact.  For purposes of the program, "vertical
  1 19 infrastructure" means land acquisition and construction, major
  1 20 renovation and major repair of buildings, all appurtenant
  1 21 structures, utilities, site development, and recreational
  1 22 trails.  "Vertical infrastructure" does not include routine,
  1 23 recurring maintenance or operational expenses or leasing of a
  1 24 building, appurtenant structure, or utility without a lease=
  1 25 purchase agreement.  The project may include, in whole or in
  1 26 part, a recreational trail.
  1 27                           EXPLANATION
  1 28    This bill provides that recreational trail development may
  1 29 be included as part of projects under the vision Iowa program
  1 30 and the community attraction and tourism program.
  1 31 LSB 6244HV 80
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