Bill Text: IA SSB3051 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A study bill for an act relating to the administration of the Iowa reinvestment Act.

Spectrum: Unknown

Status: (N/A - Dead) 2014-01-22 - In Economic Growth [SSB3051 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2013-SSB3051-Introduced.html
Senate Study Bill 3051 - Introduced SENATE/HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY BILL) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the administration of the Iowa reinvestment 1 Act. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5321XD (5) 85 md/sc
S.F. _____ H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 15J.4, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code 1 2014, is amended to read as follows: 2 a. (1) The municipality shall submit a copy of the 3 resolution, the proposed district plan, and all accompanying 4 materials adopted pursuant to this section to the board for 5 evaluation. 6 (2) The board shall not approve a proposed district plan 7 or on or after July 1, 2018. The board shall not approve 8 an amendment to an existing district’s plan on or after July 9 1, 2018 , if the amendment would add a new project . On or 10 after July 1, 2018, the board may approve an amendment to a 11 district’s plan only if the amendment removes a project or 12 reallocates previously approved project funding. 13 Sec. 2. Section 15J.4, subsection 5, Code 2014, is amended 14 to read as follows: 15 5. A Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, paragraph 16 “a” , a municipality may amend the district plan to add or modify 17 projects. However, a proposed modification to a project and 18 each project proposed to be added shall first be approved by 19 the board in the same manner as provided for the original plan. 20 In no case, however, shall an amendment to the district plan 21 result in the extension of the commencement date established 22 by the board. If a district plan is amended to add or modify 23 a project, the municipality shall amend the ordinance, if 24 necessary, to reflect any changes to the financial information 25 required to be included under subsection 4 . 26 EXPLANATION 27 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 28 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 29 2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 119, established the Iowa 30 Reinvestment Act in Code chapter 15J. The Iowa Reinvestment Act 31 authorizes municipalities to establish reinvestment districts 32 and receive remittances of specified amounts of state sales 33 tax and state hotel and motel tax revenues collected in those 34 districts for use in undertaking projects in the district. 35 -1- LSB 5321XD (5) 85 md/sc 1/ 2
S.F. _____ H.F. _____ Eligible municipalities must seek approval from the economic 1 development authority board to establish a reinvestment 2 district. 3 This bill amends provisions relating to the economic 4 development authority board’s authority to approve amendments 5 to a reinvestment district’s plan. The bill provides that on 6 or after July 1, 2018, the board is prohibited from approving 7 an amendment to a district’s plan if the amendment adds a 8 new project. The bill allows the board, on or after July 1, 9 2018, to approve an amendment to a district’s plan only if the 10 amendment removes a project or reallocates previously approved 11 project funding. 12 -2- LSB 5321XD (5) 85 md/sc 2/ 2
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