House File 84
HOUSE FILE
BY WENDT and WHITEAD
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act allowing cities and counties to create enterprise zones
2 near modes of transportation.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. Section 15E.192, Code 2003, is amended by
1 2 adding the following new subsection:
1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 2A. A city or county may create an
1 4 economic development enterprise zone as authorized in this
1 5 division, subject to certification by the department of
1 6 economic development, by designating up to four square miles
1 7 of the city or county for that purpose. In order for an
1 8 enterprise zone to be certified pursuant to this subsection,
1 9 an enterprise zone shall meet the distress criteria provided
1 10 in section 15E.194, subsection 2A. Section 15E.194,
1 11 subsections 1 and 2, shall not apply to an enterprise zone
1 12 certified pursuant to this subsection.
1 13 Sec. 2. Section 15E.194, subsection 2, unnumbered
1 14 paragraph 1, Code 2003, is amended to read as follows:
1 15 An enterprise zone may be designated by a city with a
1 16 population of twenty=four thousand or more which meets at
1 17 least two of the following criteria:
1 18 Sec. 3. Section 15E.194, Code 2003, is amended by adding
1 19 the following new subsection:
1 20 NEW SUBSECTION. 2A. A city or county may designate an
1 21 area of up to four square miles to be an enterprise zone if
1 22 the area includes or is located within one mile of at least
1 23 three of the following:
1 24 a. A commercial service airport.
1 25 b. A barge terminal or a navigable waterway.
1 26 c. Entry to a rail line.
1 27 d. Entry to an interstate highway.
1 28 e. Entry to a commercial and industrial highway network as
1 29 identified pursuant to section 313.2A.
1 30 Sec. 4. Section 15E.194, subsection 3, Code 2003, is
1 31 amended to read as follows:
1 32 3. The department of economic development shall certify
1 33 eligible enterprise zones that meet the requirements of
1 34 subsection 1 upon request by the county, or subsection 2 upon
1 35 request by the city, or subsection 2A upon request by the
2 1 county or city, as applicable.
2 2 Sec. 5. Section 15E.195, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2003,
2 3 are amended to read as follows:
2 4 1. A county which designates an enterprise zone pursuant
2 5 to section 15E.194, subsection 1 or 2A, and in which an
2 6 eligible enterprise zone is certified shall establish an
2 7 enterprise zone commission to review applications from
2 8 qualified businesses located within or requesting to locate
2 9 within an enterprise zone designated pursuant to section
2 10 15E.194, subsection 1 or 2A, to receive incentives or
2 11 assistance as provided in section 15E.196. The enterprise
2 12 zone commission shall also review applications from qualified
2 13 housing businesses requesting to receive incentives or
2 14 assistance as provided in section 15E.193B. The enterprise
2 15 zone commission shall also review applications from qualified
2 16 development businesses requesting to receive incentives or
2 17 assistance as provided in section 15E.193C. The commission
2 18 shall consist of nine members. Five of these members shall
2 19 consist of one representative of the board of supervisors, one
2 20 member with economic development expertise chosen by the
2 21 department of economic development, one representative of the
2 22 county zoning board, one member of the local community college
2 23 board of directors, and one representative of the local
2 24 workforce development center. These five members shall select
2 25 the remaining four members. If the enterprise zone consists
2 26 of an area meeting the requirements for eligibility for an
2 27 urban or rural enterprise community under Title XIII of the
2 28 federal Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, one of the
2 29 remaining four members shall be a representative of that
2 30 community. A county shall have only one enterprise zone
2 31 commission to review applications for incentives and
2 32 assistance for businesses located within or requesting to
2 33 locate within a certified enterprise zone designated pursuant
2 34 to section 15E.194, subsection 1 or 2A.
2 35 2. A city with a population of twenty=four thousand or
3 1 more which designates an enterprise zone pursuant to section
3 2 15E.194, subsection 2 or 2A, and in which an eligible
3 3 enterprise zone is certified shall establish an enterprise
3 4 zone commission to review applications from qualified
3 5 businesses located within or requesting to locate within an
3 6 enterprise zone to receive incentives or assistance as
3 7 provided in section 15E.196. The enterprise zone commission
3 8 shall review applications from qualified housing businesses
3 9 requesting to receive incentives or assistance as provided in
3 10 section 15E.193B. The enterprise zone commission shall also
3 11 review applications from qualified development businesses
3 12 requesting to receive incentives or assistance as provided in
3 13 section 15E.193C. The commission shall consist of nine
3 14 members. Six of these members shall consist of one
3 15 representative of an international labor organization, one
3 16 member with economic development expertise chosen by the
3 17 department of economic development, one representative of the
3 18 city council, one member of the local community college board
3 19 of directors, one member of the city planning and zoning
3 20 commission, and one representative of the local workforce
3 21 development center. These six members shall select the
3 22 remaining three members. If the enterprise zone consists of
3 23 an area meeting the requirements for eligibility for an urban
3 24 enterprise community under Title XIII of the federal Omnibus
3 25 Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, one of the remaining three
3 26 members shall be a representative of that community. If a
3 27 city contiguous to the city designating the enterprise zone is
3 28 included in an enterprise zone, a representative of the
3 29 contiguous city, chosen by the city council, shall be a member
3 30 of the commission. A city in which an eligible enterprise
3 31 zone is certified shall have only one enterprise zone
3 32 commission. If a city has established an enterprise zone
3 33 commission prior to July 1, 1998, the city may petition to the
3 34 department of economic development to change the structure of
3 35 the existing commission.
4 1 EXPLANATION
4 2 This bill allows the creation of a new type of enterprise
4 3 zone within the economic development enterprise zone program
4 4 administered by the department of economic development.
4 5 The bill provides that any city or county in the state may
4 6 create an enterprise zone, subject to certification by the
4 7 department, by designating up to four square miles of the city
4 8 or county for that purpose. In order to be certified, the
4 9 area must include or be located within one mile of three of
4 10 the following: a commercial service airport, a barge terminal
4 11 or a navigable waterway, entry to a rail line, entry to an
4 12 interstate highway, or entry to a commercial and industrial
4 13 highway network.
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