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LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA
ONE HUNDRED SIXTH LEGISLATURE
SECOND SESSION
LEGISLATIVE BILL 885
Introduced by Bolz, 29.
Read first time January 09, 2020
Committee: Urban Affairs
1 A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to the Civic and Community Center Financing
2 Act; to amend section 13-2705, Revised Statutes Supplement, 2019; to
3 change requirements for grant of assistance applications; and to
4 repeal the original section.
5 Be it enacted by the people of the State of Nebraska,
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1 Section 1. Section 13-2705, Revised Statutes Supplement, 2019, is
2 amended to read:
3 13-2705 The department may conditionally approve grants of
4 assistance from the fund to eligible and competitive applicants subject
5 to the following limits and requirements:
6 (1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this section, a grant
7 request shall be in an amount meeting the following requirements:
8 (a) For a grant of assistance under section 13-2704.01, at least
9 fifteen thousand dollars but no more than:
10 (i) For a city of the primary class, two million two hundred fifty
11 thousand dollars;
12 (ii) For a city with a population of at least forty thousand
13 inhabitants but fewer than one hundred thousand inhabitants as determined
14 by the most recent federal decennial census or the most recent revised
15 certified count by the United States Bureau of the Census, one million
16 one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars;
17 (iii) For a city with a population of at least twenty thousand
18 inhabitants but fewer than forty thousand inhabitants as determined by
19 the most recent federal decennial census or the most recent revised
20 certified count by the United States Bureau of the Census, seven hundred
21 fifty thousand dollars;
22 (iv) For a city with a population of at least ten thousand
23 inhabitants but fewer than twenty thousand inhabitants as determined by
24 the most recent federal decennial census or the most recent revised
25 certified count by the United States Bureau of the Census, six hundred
26 thousand dollars; and
27 (v) For a municipality with a population of fewer than ten thousand
28 inhabitants as determined by the most recent federal decennial census or
29 the most recent revised certified count by the United States Bureau of
30 the Census, three hundred seventy-five thousand dollars; and
31 (b) For a grant of assistance under section 13-2704.02, at least
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1 three thousand dollars but no more than fifteen thousand dollars;
2 (2) Upon the balance of the fund reaching three million seven
3 hundred fifty thousand dollars, and until the balance of the fund falls
4 below one million five hundred thousand dollars, a grant request shall be
5 in an amount meeting the following requirements:
6 (a) For a grant of assistance under section 13-2704.01, at least
7 fifteen thousand dollars but no more than:
8 (i) For a city of the primary class, three million three hundred
9 seventy-five thousand dollars;
10 (ii) For a city with a population of at least forty thousand
11 inhabitants but fewer than one hundred thousand inhabitants as determined
12 by the most recent federal decennial census or the most recent revised
13 certified count by the United States Bureau of the Census, one million
14 six hundred eighty-seven thousand dollars;
15 (iii) For a city with a population of at least twenty thousand
16 inhabitants but fewer than forty thousand inhabitants as determined by
17 the most recent federal decennial census or the most recent revised
18 certified count by the United States Bureau of the Census, one million
19 one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars;
20 (iv) For a city with a population of at least ten thousand
21 inhabitants but fewer than twenty thousand inhabitants as determined by
22 the most recent federal decennial census or the most recent revised
23 certified count by the United States Bureau of the Census, nine hundred
24 thousand dollars; and
25 (v) For a municipality with a population of fewer than ten thousand
26 inhabitants as determined by the most recent federal decennial census or
27 the most recent revised certified count by the United States Bureau of
28 the Census, five hundred sixty-two thousand dollars; and
29 (b) For a grant of assistance under section 13-2704.02, at least
30 three thousand dollars but no more than fifteen thousand dollars;
31 (3) Assistance from the fund shall not amount to more than fifty
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1 percent of the cost of the project for which a grant is requested;
2 (4) A municipality shall not be awarded more than one grant of
3 assistance under section 13-2704.01 and one grant of assistance under
4 section 13-2704.02 in any two-year period;
5 (5) Any eligible facility for which a grant of assistance under
6 section 13-2704.01 is made shall not be sold for at least five years
7 following the award of such grant of assistance; and
8 (6) An application for a grant of assistance to assist in the
9 preservation, restoration, conversion, rehabilitation, or reuse of a
10 historic building or district shall include a notification of approval
11 from the State Historic Preservation Officer that the work proposed in
12 the application conforms to the United States Secretary of the Interior's
13 Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties. If the application
14 does not include such notification of approval from the State Historic
15 Preservation Officer, the department shall not award a grant of
16 assistance for such application. Upon receipt of any application for a
17 grant of assistance to assist in the preservation, restoration,
18 conversion, rehabilitation, or reuse of a historic building or district,
19 the department shall notify the State Historic Preservation Officer of
20 such application. The State Historic Preservation Officer shall evaluate
21 the work proposed in such application to determine whether it conforms to
22 the United States Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment
23 of Historic Properties and shall notify the department of the
24 determination. If the work does not conform to such standards, the
25 department shall not award a grant of assistance for such application.
26 Sec. 2. Original section 13-2705, Revised Statutes Supplement,
27 2019, is repealed.
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Statutes affected:
Introduced: 13-2705