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IA Code § 15F.103 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 15F - COMMUNITY ATTRACTION AND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT|Section 15F.103 - Board duties.

15F.103 Board duties.   The board shall do all of the following:   1. Organize.   2. Establish the vision Iowa program and the community attraction and tourism program.   3. Oversee and provide approval of the administration of the vision Iowa program and the community attraction and tourism program by the authority.   4. Oversee the administration by the authority of the sports tourism program pursuant to this chapter.   5. Oversee the administration of the river enhancement community attraction and tourism program pursuant to this chapter.  2000 Acts, ch 1174, §3; 2011 Acts, ch 118, §87, 89; 2016 Acts, ch 1115, §4; 2017 Acts, ch 29, §16
IA Code § 15F.104 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 15F - COMMUNITY ATTRACTION AND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT|Section 15F.104 - Authority duties.

15F.104 Authority duties.   The board shall adopt administrative rules pursuant to chapter 17A necessary to administer the programs established pursuant to this chapter. The authority shall provide the board with assistance in implementing administrative functions, marketing the programs, providing technical assistance and application assistance to applicants under the programs, negotiating contracts, and providing project follow-up. The authority may conduct negotiations on behalf of the board with applicants regarding terms and conditions applicable to awards under the programs.  2000 Acts, ch 1174, §4; 2011 Acts, ch 118, §87, 89; 2016 Acts, ch 1115, §5; 2019 Acts, ch 144, §2
IA Code § 15F.105 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 15F - COMMUNITY ATTRACTION AND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT|Section 15F.105 - Compensation and expenses.

15F.105 Compensation and expenses.   The members of the board are entitled to receive reimbursement for actual expenses incurred while engaged in the performance of official duties. A member of the board may also be eligible to receive compensation as provided in section 7E.6.  2000 Acts, ch 1174, §5
IA Code § 15F.106 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 15F - COMMUNITY ATTRACTION AND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT|Section 15F.106 - Benefits.

15F.106 Benefits.   Any applicant awarded financial assistance by the board under both the vision Iowa program established in section 15F.302 and the community attraction and tourism program established in section 15F.202 shall provide and pay at least fifty percent of the cost of a standard medical insurance plan for all full-time employees working at the project after the completion of the project for which financial assistance was received.  2000 Acts, ch 1174, §6
IA Code § 15F.107 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 15F - COMMUNITY ATTRACTION AND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT|Section 15F.107 - Enhance Iowa fund.

15F.107 Enhance Iowa fund.   1. a. The authority shall establish a fund pursuant to section 15.106A, subsection 1, paragraph “o”, for purposes of allocating moneys to programs specified in an appropriation made to the enhance Iowa fund. A fund established for purposes of this section may be administered as a revolving fund and may consist of any moneys appropriated by the general assembly for purposes of this section.   b. Notwithstanding section 8.33, at the end of each fiscal year moneys in a fund established for purposes of this section shall not revert to any other fund but shall remain in the fund for expenditure for subsequent fiscal years.   c. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund. Repayments and recaptures of program moneys shall be credited to the fund.   2. The authority shall submit a report to the general assembly and the governor’s office each year that moneys are appropriated to the fund established in this section describing the use of moneys and the results achieved under each of the programs receiving fund moneys.  2016 Acts, ch 1115, §6
IA Code § 15F.108 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 15F - COMMUNITY ATTRACTION AND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT|Section 15F.108 - Reserved.

15F.108 Reserved. Reserved.
IA Code § 15F.201 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 15F - COMMUNITY ATTRACTION AND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT|Section 15F.201 - Definitions.

15F.201 Definitions.   As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   1. “Fund” means the community attraction and tourism fund created in section 15F.204.   2. “Program” means the community attraction and tourism program established in section 15F.202.   3. “River enhancement community attraction and tourism project” means a project that creates or enhances recreational opportunities and community attractions on and near lakes or rivers or river corridors within cities across the state under the purview of the program.  2000 Acts, ch 1174, §7; 2009 Acts, ch 184, §33
IA Code § 15F.202 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 15F - COMMUNITY ATTRACTION AND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT|Section 15F.202 - Community attraction and tourism program.

15F.202 Community attraction and tourism program.   1. The board shall establish and the authority, subject to direction and approval by the board, shall administer a community attraction and tourism program to assist communities in the development, creation, and regional marketing of multiple-purpose attraction or tourism facilities. Any moneys appropriated to the river enhancement community attraction and tourism fund created pursuant to section 15F.205 shall be used exclusively for the creation and enhancement of community attractions and tourism opportunities along lakes, rivers, and river corridors in cities across the state, but a recipient of moneys from the river enhancement community attraction and tourism fund shall not be precluded from receiving funds from the community attraction and tourism fund created pursuant to section 15F.204.   2. A city or county in the state or public organization may submit an application to the board for financial assistance for a project under the program. The assistance shall be provided only from funds, rights, and assets legally available to the board and shall be in the form of grants, loans, forgivable loans, and credit enhancement and financing instruments. The application shall include, but not be limited to, the following information:   a. The total capital investment of the project, including but not limited to costs for construction, site acquisition, and infrastructure improvement.   b. The amount or percentage of local and private matching moneys which will be or have been provided for the project.   c. The total number of jobs to be created or retained by the project.   d. The need of the community for the project and for the financial assistance.   e. The long-term tax-generating impact of the project.   3. A school district, in cooperation with a city or county, may submit a joint application for financial assistance for a project under the program. The assistance shall be provided only from funds, rights, and assets legally available to the board and shall be in the form of grants, loans, forgivable loans, and credit enhancement and financing instruments. In addition to the information required in subsection 2, the application shall include a demonstration that the intended future use of the project shall be by both joint applicants.  2000 Acts, ch 1174, §8; 2001 Acts, ch 185, §37, 38, 49; 2003 Acts, ch 160, §1; 2008 Acts, ch 1178, §5; 2011 Acts, ch 118, §87, 89  Referred to in §15F.106, 15F.201, 15F.204, 15F.205
IA Code § 15F.205 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 15F - COMMUNITY ATTRACTION AND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT|Section 15F.205 - River enhancement community attraction and tourism fund.

15F.205 River enhancement community attraction and tourism fund.   1. For purposes of this section, “lake” means a lake of which the state or a political subdivision owns the lake bed up to the ordinary high water line and which is open to the use of the general public.   2. A river enhancement community attraction and tourism fund is created as a separate fund in the state treasury under the control of the board, consisting of any moneys appropriated by the general assembly and any other moneys available to and obtained or accepted by the board for placement in the fund.   3. Payments of interest, repayments of moneys loaned pursuant to this subchapter, and recaptures of grants or loans shall be deposited in the fund.   4. The fund shall be used to provide assistance only from funds, rights, and assets legally available to the board, and the assistance shall be in the form of grants, loans, forgivable loans, and credit enhancements and financing instruments as described in the community attraction and tourism program established in section 15F.202.   5. An applicant for financial assistance from moneys in the river enhancement community attraction and tourism fund for a river or lake enhancement project under the community attraction and tourism program shall receive financial assistance from the fund in an amount not to exceed one third of the total cost of the project.   6. Moneys in the fund are not subject to section 8.33. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund.   7. At the beginning of each fiscal year, the board shall allocate moneys in the fund for financial assistance to projects that promote and enhance recreational opportunities and community attractions on and near rivers or lakes within cities across the state. Such recreational opportunities and community attractions shall be closely connected to a river or lake and may include but is not limited to pedestrian trails and walkways, amphitheaters, bike trails, water trails or whitewater courses for watercraft, and any modifications necessary for the safe mitigation of dams.   8. The board may make a multiyear commitment to an applicant or may award assistance for multiple projects to the same applicant provided the fund contains sufficient moneys. Any moneys remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year may be carried over to a subsequent fiscal year, or may be obligated in advance for a subsequent fiscal year.   9. The board is not required to award financial assistance pursuant to this section unless moneys are appropriated to and available from the fund.  2008 Acts, ch 1178, §7  Referred to in §15F.202
IA Code § 15F.207 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 15F - COMMUNITY ATTRACTION AND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT|Section 15F.207 - Baseball and softball complex sales tax rebate.

15F.207 Baseball and softball complex sales tax rebate.   Repealed by its own terms;  2016 Acts, ch 1117, §1  .  2020 repeal takes effect 30 days following the date on which five million dollars in total rebates have been awarded; Code editor notified by economic development authority that the economic development authority board made its second sales tax rebate award, for a total of five million dollars in total rebates awarded, on December 12, 2018;  2016 Acts, ch 1117, §1
IA Code § 15F.208 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 15F - COMMUNITY ATTRACTION AND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT|Section 15F.208 - Reserved.

15F.208 Reserved. Reserved.
IA Code § 15F.301 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 15F - COMMUNITY ATTRACTION AND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT|Section 15F.301 - Definitions.

15F.301 Definitions.   As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   1. “Fund” means the vision Iowa fund created in section 12.72.   2. “Program” means the vision Iowa program established in section 15F.302.  2000 Acts, ch 1174, §11
IA Code § 15F.302 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 15F - COMMUNITY ATTRACTION AND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT|Section 15F.302 - Vision Iowa program.

15F.302 Vision Iowa program.   1. The board shall establish and the authority, subject to direction and approval by the board, shall administer a vision Iowa program to assist communities in the development of major tourism facilities.   2. A city or county or a public organization in the state may submit an application to the board for financial assistance for a project under the program. For purposes of this subsection, “public organization” means a nonprofit economic development organization or other nonprofit organization that sponsors or supports community or tourism attractions and activities. The financial assistance from the fund shall be provided only from funds, rights, and assets legally available to the board and shall be in the form of grants, loans, forgivable loans, pledges, and credit enhancements and financing instruments. The application shall include, but not be limited to, the following information:   a. The total capital investment of the project, including but not limited to costs for construction, site acquisition, and infrastructure improvement.   b. A description of the proposed financing including the amount or percentage of local and private matching moneys to be provided for the project.   c. The total number of jobs to be created or retained by the project.   d. The need of the community for the project and for financial assistance.   e. The long-term, tax-generating impact of the project.   f. A discussion of how the project meets other criteria established in this subchapter.   g. The projected long-term economic viability of the project, including projected revenues and expenses.   3. A school district, in cooperation with a city or county, may submit a joint application for financial assistance for a project under the program. The financial assistance shall be provided only from funds, rights, and assets legally available to the board and shall be in the form of grants, loans, forgivable loans, and credit enhancements and financing instruments. In addition to the information required in subsection 2, the application shall include a demonstration that the intended future use of the project shall be by both joint applicants.  2000 Acts, ch 1174, §12; 2001 Acts, ch 185, §40, 41, 49; 2011 Acts, ch 118, §87, 89  Referred to in §12.72, 12.73, 12.75, 15F.106, 15F.301, 15F.304, 292.2
IA Code § 15F.303 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 15F - COMMUNITY ATTRACTION AND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT|Section 15F.303 - Eligibility.

15F.303 Eligibility.   1. The total cost for a project must be at least twenty million dollars in order for an applicant to receive financial assistance under the program. An applicant or the board may divide a proposed project into component parts. The board may choose to provide financial assistance under the program to one or more component parts instead of providing financial assistance under the program for the entire project.   2. An applicant must demonstrate financial and nonfinancial support for the project which may be from a public or private source. Nonfinancial support may include, but is not limited to, the value of labor and services, real and personal property donated for purposes of the project, and the use of real and personal property for purposes of the project. The financial and nonfinancial support for the project described under this subsection shall equal at least fifty percent of the total cost of the project.   3. In order for a project to be eligible to receive financial assistance, the project must satisfy all of the following criteria:   a. The project is primarily a vertical infrastructure project with demonstrated substantial regional or statewide economic impact. For purposes of the program, “vertical infrastructure” means land acquisition and construction, major renovation and major repair of buildings, all appurtenant structures, utilities, site development, and recreational trails. “Vertical infrastructure” does not include routine, recurring maintenance or operational expenses or leasing of a building, appurtenant structure, or utility without a lease-purchase agreement.   b. The project supports or is strategically aligned with other existing regional or statewide cultural, recreational, entertainment, or educational activities or with communities adjacent to cultural and entertainment districts whose existing or planned amenity base will augment or complement the cultural and entertainment venues of such districts.   c. The project provides benefits to persons living outside the county in which the project is located or to persons living outside the state.   d. The project will increase the diversity of activities available to citizens, workers, families, and tourists, and enhance recruitment and retention of young people as residents.   e. The project has economic or other obstacles impeding local financing of the project.   4. The board shall not approve an application for assistance for any of the following purposes:   a. To refinance a loan existing prior to the initial application date.   b. For a project that has previously received assistance under the program, unless the applicant demonstrates that the assistance would be used for a significant expansion of a project.  2000 Acts, ch 1174, §13; 2007 Acts, ch 215, §81
IA Code § 15F.402 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 15F - COMMUNITY ATTRACTION AND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT|Section 15F.402 - Sports tourism program application review.

15F.402 Sports tourism program application review.   1. Applications for assistance under the sports tourism program shall be submitted to the authority. For those applications that meet the eligibility criteria, the authority shall forward the applications to the board and provide a staff review analysis and evaluation to the sports tourism program review committee referred to in subsection 2 and to the board.   2. A review committee composed of five members of the board shall review sports tourism program applications forwarded to the board and make recommendations regarding the applications to the authority. The review committee shall consist of members of the board, with one member from each congressional district under section 15F.102, subsection 2, paragraph “a”, and one member from the state at large under section 15F.102, subsection 2, paragraph“b”.   3. When reviewing the applications, the review committee and the authority shall consider, at a minimum, all of the following:   a. Impact of the project on the local, regional, and state economies.   b. Potential to attract Iowans and out-of-state visitors.   c. Amount of positive advertising or media coverage the project generates.   d. Quality, size, and scope of the project.   e. Ratio of public-to-private investment.   4. Upon review of the recommendations of the review committee, the board shall approve, defer, or deny the applications in accordance with section 15F.401.  2016 Acts, ch 1115, §11  Referred to in §15F.102, 15F.401
IA Code § 15F.403 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 15F - COMMUNITY ATTRACTION AND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT|Section 15F.403 - Sports tourism program fund.

15F.403 Sports tourism program fund.   1. a. The authority shall establish a fund pursuant to section 15.106A, subsection 1, paragraph “o”, for purposes of financing sports tourism projects as described in this subchapter. The fund established for purposes of this section may be administered as a revolving fund and may consist of any moneys appropriated by the general assembly for purposes of this section.   b. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in a fund established for purposes of this section at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to any other fund but shall remain in the fund for expenditure for subsequent fiscal years.   c. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund.   2. a. Moneys in the fund are appropriated to the authority for purposes of providing financial assistance to cities, counties, and public entities under the sports tourism program established and administered pursuant to this subchapter.   b. The board in its discretion shall allocate the available moneys in the fund among the programs described in paragraph “a” in the amounts determined by the board.  2016 Acts, ch 1115, §12; 2017 Acts, ch 160, §2
IA Code § 15H.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 15H - IOWA COMMISSION ON VOLUNTEER SERVICE|Section 15H.1 - Findings.

15H.1 Findings.   The general assembly finds:   1. There is a compelling need for more civic participation to solve community and state problems, and to address many of the country’s unmet social, environmental, educational, and public safety needs.   2. Promoting the capability of Iowa’s people, communities, and enterprises to work collaboratively is vital to the long-term prosperity of this state.   3. Building and encouraging community services and volunteerism is an integral part of the state’s future well-being, and requires cooperative efforts by the public and private sectors.   4. The development of a volunteer service program in Iowa requires an administrative vehicle which conforms with federal guidelines detailed in the federal National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993.  2005 Acts, ch 42, §1
IA Code § 15H.1A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title I - STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND MANAGEMENT|Chapter 15H - IOWA COMMISSION ON VOLUNTEER SERVICE|Section 15H.1A - Definitions.

15H.1A Definitions.   For purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   1. “Authority” means the economic development authority created in section 15.105.   2. “Commission” means the Iowa commission on volunteer service created in section 15H.2.   3. “Director” means the director of the authority.  2011 Acts, ch 118, §27, 89; 2018 Acts, ch 1067, §5, 15