Senate File 2130 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC GROWTH (SUCCESSOR TO SF 2063) Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to certain county distress criteria under the 2 enterprise zone program. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5544SV 82 5 tw/rj/8 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 15E.194, subsection 1, paragraph c, 1 2 Code Supplement 2007, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 c. The county has experienced a percentage population loss 1 4 that ranks among the top twenty=five counties in the state 1 5 between 1995 and 2000. 1 6 (1) For purposes of this paragraph "c", prison population 1 7 shall be excluded in the population loss calculations. 1 8 (2) If a county not otherwise qualified to participate in 1 9 the enterprise zone program qualifies as a result of excluding 1 10 the county's prison population, a business engaged in the 1 11 production of ethanol or biodiesel in the county, 1 12 nothwithstanding its status as an eligible business under 1 13 section 15E.193, shall not be eligible for assistance under 1 14 section 15E.196. 1 15 EXPLANATION 1 16 This bill relates to certain county distress criteria under 1 17 the enterprise zone program. 1 18 Currently, an enterprise zone may be designated by a county 1 19 that meets two of four possible distress criteria. One of the 1 20 criteria is that the county must have experienced a percentage 1 21 population loss between 1995 and 2000 that ranks it among the 1 22 top 25 counties in the state for population loss. 1 23 The bill qualifies the population loss criterion by 1 24 providing that the county's prison population cannot be used 1 25 in calculating the population. 1 26 The bill further provides that ethanol and biodiesel 1 27 businesses in the county are not eligible for enterprise zone 1 28 assistance in the form of tax credits, payments, or refunds if 1 29 the county qualifies for the enterprise zone program only when 1 30 its prison population is excluded from the calculation. 1 31 LSB 5544SV 82 1 32 tw/rj/8