HB2309 H GO AM 2-8
Thompson 3192
The Committee on Government Organization moves to amend the
bill on page 8, subsections (15) and (16), by striking out said
subsections (15) and (16) in their entireties and inserting in lieu
thereof two new subsections to read as follows:
"(13)(15) "Tourism development project" means the acquisition,
including the acquisition of real estate by a leasehold interest
with a minimum term of ten years, construction and equipping of a
tourism attraction; the construction and installation of
improvements to facilities necessary or desirable for the
acquisition, construction, installation or expansion of a tourism
attraction, including, but not limited to, surveys, installation of
utilities, which may include water, sewer, sewage treatment, gas,
electricity, communications and similar facilities; and off-site
construction of utility extensions to the boundaries of the real
estate on which the facilities are located, all of which are to be
used to improve the economic situation of the approved company in
a manner that allows the approved company to attract persons, but
does not include a project that will be substantially owned,
managed or controlled by an eligible company with an existing
project located within a ten mile radius, or by a person or persons
related by a family relationship, including spouses, parents, children or siblings, to an owner of an eligible company with an
existing project located within a ten mile radius.
(16) "Tourism development expansion project" means the
acquisition, including the acquisition of real estate by a
leasehold interest with a minimum term of ten years; the
construction and installation of improvements to facilities
necessary or desirable for the expansion of an existing tourism
attraction including, but not limited to, surveys, installation of
utilities, which may include water, sewer, sewage treatment, gas,
electricity, communications and similar facilities; and off-site
construction of utility extension to the boundaries of real estate
on which the facilities are located, all of which are to be used to
improve the economic situation of the approved company in a manner
that allows the approved company to attract persons."; and,
On page 20, subsection (f), line 10, by striking out the words
"five million" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "one million
five hundred thousand".