Regional sports authority districts, 38.3(1)“b,” 38.4(1)“a”
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY[261]
Notice of Intended Action
Proposing rule making related to regional sports authority districts and providing an opportunity for public comment
The Economic Development Authority hereby proposes to amend Chapter 38, "Regional Sports Authority Districts," Iowa Administrative Code.
Legal Authority for Rule Making
This rule making is proposed under the authority provided in Iowa Code section 15.106A.
State or Federal Law Implemented
This rule making implements, in whole or in part, Iowa Code section 15E.321.
Purpose and Summary
The first proposed amendment changes a rule regarding the composition of the regional sports authority district governing boards so that the rule now conforms to the statute. The second proposed amendment addresses the scoring criteria for applications. The current rules require the use of marketing data that the Iowa Tourism Office no longer collects. The amendment sets forth a new formula that incorporates current and useful marketing data, to be provided to the applicant by the Iowa Tourism Office.
Fiscal Impact
This rule making has no fiscal impact to the State of Iowa.
Jobs Impact
After analysis and review of this rule making, no impact on jobs has been found.
Waivers
Any person who believes that the application of the discretionary provisions of this rule making would result in hardship or injustice to that person may petition the Authority for a waiver of the discretionary provisions, if any, pursuant to 261—Chapter 199.
Public Comment
Any interested person may submit written comments concerning this proposed rule making. Written comments in response to this rule making must be received by the Authority no later than 4:30 p.m. on April 16, 2019. Comments should be directed to:
Kristin Hanks-Bents Iowa Economic Development Authority 200 East Grand Avenue Des Moines, Iowa 50309 |
Public Hearing
No public hearing is scheduled at this time. As provided in Iowa Code section 17A.4(1)"b," an oral presentation regarding this rule making may be demanded by 25 interested persons, a governmental subdivision, the Administrative Rules Review Committee, an agency, or an association having 25 or more members.
Review by Administrative Rules Review Committee
The Administrative Rules Review Committee, a bipartisan legislative committee which oversees rule making by executive branch agencies, may, on its own motion or on written request by any individual or group, review this rule making at its regular monthly meeting or at a special meeting. The Committee's meetings are open to the public, and interested persons may be heard as provided in Iowa Code section 17A.8(6).
The following rule-making actions are proposed:
Item 1. Amend paragraph 38.3(1)"b" as follows:
b. The board shall consist of seven members named by the applicant, of whom at least one member three members shall be a city council member members of a city any cities located in the proposed district.
Item 2. Amend paragraph 38.4(1)"a" as follows:
a. Economic impact: 30 points. The authority will consider the amount of economic impact represented by the proposed nonprofessional sporting events and will view favorably events that have a greater economic impact. Economic impact will be determined based on the information required under subrule 38.3(2), and the authority will use that information in combination with the average daily spending data from the Iowa tourism office's most recent marketing follow-up survey to calculate the estimated economic impact of the nonprofessional sporting events proposed in the application by using the following calculation: Applicants will estimate the number of hotel room nights generated by each proposed nonprofessional sporting event and multiply the number of estimated hotel room nights by the average daily room rate for Iowa hotels. The average daily room rate will be provided by the Iowa tourism office based on information obtained from a hotel market data service. Intentionally inflated estimates of attendance or a history of providing inaccurate estimates will negatively affect the scoring of an application and may result in noncertification of a district.
This notice is now closed for comments. Collection of comments closed on 4/16/2019.
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