From Deseret News archives:
Business aid bill hung up on 'rural Utah'
At issue is defining what is considered "rural Utah," according to Jeff Packer, co-chairman of the Governor's Rural Partnership Board, which is working with state officials to tweak the draft bill.
"We want to make sure that in the process of this kind of legislation that we don't exclude some areas that truly may be disenfranchised by this process if we too narrowly define this definition," Packer told the Workforce Services and Community and Economic Development Interim Committee on Wednesday. "I happen to live in Brigham City, and Brigham City has about 17,000 people, and so there's some people in rural Utah. If you live in Piute County, they don't see Brigham City as a rural community. Of course, there's others that do.
"And I'm just going to use that as a simple illustration to help you to understand why it's very appropriate for us to come back next month and help finish the refining of this bill so that what we go forward with is something that we all support."
The draft retains a provision in which up to 20 percent of the IAF may be used to take advantage of unique circumstances boosting economic interests through growing or retaining commerce and industry.
Michael Nelson, who is in charge of recruitment and incentives for the state, said that during the past fiscal year, about 45 percent of the number of IAF incentives were for businesses in rural Utah.
Jason Perry, executive director of the Governor's Office of Economic Development, said the "up to 50 percent" language means "it could be zero, or it could be up to 50 percent, which is what we did have this past year. ... We're comfortable with that."
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