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

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  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