Senate File 2148 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  HATCH


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                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the establishment of regional sports
  2    authorities by convention and visitors bureaus in certain
  3    cities and making appropriations.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 5881SS 81
  6 tm/sh/8

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  15E.321  REGIONAL SPORTS
  1  2 AUTHORITIES == APPROPRIATION.
  1  3    1.  As used in this section, "authority" means a regional
  1  4 sports authority established under this section.
  1  5    2.  The department shall request the convention and
  1  6 visitors bureau in each of the ten largest cities in the
  1  7 state, as shown by the 2000 certified federal census, to
  1  8 establish a regional sports authority.
  1  9    3.  Each authority shall actively promote youth sports,
  1 10 high school athletic activities, the special olympics, and
  1 11 other nonprofessional sporting events in the local area.
  1 12    4.  Each authority shall be governed by a seven=member
  1 13 board consisting of four members appointed by the local
  1 14 convention and visitors bureau and three members appointed by
  1 15 the city council.  Each board shall be responsible for
  1 16 administering programs designed to promote the activities
  1 17 enumerated in subsection 3.
  1 18    5.  For each fiscal year there is appropriated from the
  1 19 general fund of the state to the department of economic
  1 20 development two million dollars to be distributed to all
  1 21 regional sports authorities certified by the department as
  1 22 operating qualifying programs on an equal basis.
  1 23                           EXPLANATION
  1 24    This bill relates to the establishment of regional sports
  1 25 authorities and makes appropriations.
  1 26    The bill requires the department of economic development to
  1 27 request the convention and visitors bureau in each of the 10
  1 28 largest cities in the state to establish a regional sports
  1 29 authority for its community.  The bill provides that each
  1 30 authority shall actively promote youth sports, high school
  1 31 athletic activities, the special olympics, and other
  1 32 nonprofessional sporting events in the local area.  The bill
  1 33 provides that each authority shall be governed by a seven=
  1 34 member board.
  1 35    The bill provides that each fiscal year the department of
  2  1 economic development is appropriated $2 million from the
  2  2 general fund of the state to be distributed to all regional
  2  3 sports authorities operating qualifying programs on an equal
  2  4 basis.
  2  5 LSB 5881SS 81
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