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474A.045 Scoring system for manufacturing projects.

The following criteria must be used in determining the allocation of small issue bonds for manufacturing projects. The issuer must prepare and submit to the commissioner a public purpose scoring worksheet that presents the data and methods used in determining the total score under this section. The total score is the sum of the following:

(1) the number of net direct new jobs in the state generated by the proposed project for the next two years per $100,000 of proposed allocation multiplied by 15;

(2) the number of direct jobs retained in the state due to the proposed project per $100,000 of proposed allocation multiplied by 15;

(3) the quotient of the total increase in net payroll generated in the state by the proposed project divided by the proposed bond allocation, multiplied by 100;

(4) the quotient of the estimated total net increase in property taxes generated in the state by the project in the first full year of operation divided by the proposed bond allocation, multiplied by 500; and

(5) the seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate in the community where the proposed project is located measured as a percent of the state's unemployment rate, multiplied by ten.

The community seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate used in determining the points under clause (5) must be the rate for the county in which the proposed project is located unless an accurate rate may be estimated for a smaller geographic area or census tract. The commissioner of economic security must approve the rate used when an unemployment rate other than that for a county is used.

If the manufacturing project will retain jobs and the total score includes points calculated under clause (2), the issuer must certify to the commissioner that the proceeds of the small issue bonds are required to retain those jobs. The commissioner shall submit the information relating to the retaining of jobs to the commissioner of trade and economic development. The commissioner of trade and economic development must verify that the proceeds of the small issue bonds are required to retain the jobs referred to in the certification prior to the awarding of any points under this section.

HIST: 1990 c 552 s 6; 1994 c 483 s 1; 1998 c 363 s 3

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