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".