HB4002 H ENG AMT

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The Committee on Energy and Manufacturing moves to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

H. B. 4002 -- A Bill to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §5B-2-18, relating to the creation of the Certified Sites and Development Readiness Program under the Department of Economic Development; requiring the department to develop evaluation criteria and site certification levels; establishing application processes for program; establishing eligible applicants; allowing the department to select sites for the program from applications; providing for the review of sites and reporting to applicants of the site’s readiness; creating two types of grants; allowing the department to choose sites to provide matching grant funds to develop sites included in the program; establishing requirements for the matching grant funding; allowing the department to choose recipients for micro-grants; providing the department the authority to set forth criteria for micro-grants; limiting the amount of funds which may be expended per site; providing for the repayment of funds from matching grants; and creating the Certified Sites and Development Readiness Fund.

Adopted

Rejected