Senate Study Bill 1299 SENATE FILE BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC GROWTH BILL BY CHAIRPERSON STEWART) Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved 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 2698SC 82 6 tm/je/5 PAG LIN 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 2698SC 82 2 6 tm:rj/je/5