House File 2091 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  WISE


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to county distress criteria and certification
  2    limits under the enterprise zone program and including an
  3    effective date provision.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 5651HH 81
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PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 15E.192, subsection 3, paragraph b,
  1  2 Code Supplement 2005, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    b.  A county or city may apply to the department for an
  1  4 area to be certified as an enterprise zone at any time prior
  1  5 to March 1, 2006 July 1, 2008.  However, the total amount of
  1  6 land designated as enterprise zones under subsections 1 and 2,
  1  7 and any other enterprise zones certified by the department,
  1  8 excluding those approved pursuant to section 15E.194,
  1  9 subsection 4, shall not exceed in the aggregate one percent of
  1 10 the total county area.
  1 11    Sec. 2.  Section 15E.194, subsection 1, Code 2005, is
  1 12 amended by adding the following new paragraphs:
  1 13    NEW PARAGRAPH.  e.  The county has a per capita income of
  1 14 eighty percent or less of the national average per capita
  1 15 income.
  1 16    NEW PARAGRAPH.  f.  The county has a household median
  1 17 income of eighty percent or less of the national average
  1 18 household median income.
  1 19    NEW PARAGRAPH.  g.  Twenty=five percent or more of the
  1 20 population in the county has an income level of one hundred
  1 21 fifty percent or less of the United States poverty level as
  1 22 defined by the most recently revised poverty income guidelines
  1 23 published by the United States department of health and human
  1 24 services.
  1 25    NEW PARAGRAPH.  h.  The county has a population density of
  1 26 less than ten people per square mile.
  1 27    NEW PARAGRAPH.  i.  The county has a loss of population as
  1 28 shown by the 2000 certified federal census when compared with
  1 29 the 1990 certified federal census.
  1 30    NEW PARAGRAPH.  j.  The county has an unemployment rate
  1 31 greater than the national rate of unemployment.
  1 32    NEW PARAGRAPH.  k.  More than twenty percent of the
  1 33 population of the county consists of persons over the age of
  1 34 sixty=five.
  1 35    Sec. 3.  IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed
  2  1 of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  2  2                           EXPLANATION
  2  3    This bill relates to county distress criteria and
  2  4 certification limits under the enterprise zone program.
  2  5    Currently, under the enterprise zone program, a county or
  2  6 city may apply to the department of economic development for
  2  7 an area to be certified as an enterprise zone at any time
  2  8 prior to March 1, 2006.  The bill changes the date to July 1,
  2  9 2008.
  2 10    Currently, in order for an enterprise zone to be designated
  2 11 by a county, two of four distress criteria must be met.  The
  2 12 bill adds seven possible distress criteria to the list.
  2 13    This Act takes effect upon enactment.
  2 14 LSB 5651HH 81
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