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ONE HUNDRED NINTH LEGISLATURE
SECOND SESSION
LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION 400
Introduced by Spivey, 13; Arch, 14.
PURPOSE: The purpose of this resolution is to propose an interim study to
examine economic development programs, policies, and incentives administered by
the state. The study shall create a comprehensive inventory of state-
administered economic development initiatives to improve transparency,
coordination, fiscal oversight, and long-range strategic planning related to
economic growth, workforce development, and community development across the
state.
The study shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) Reviewing economic development, workforce development, housing,
infrastructure, financing, small business, and industry support programs
administered by the Department of Economic Development, Department of Labor,
Department of Revenue, Department of Transportation, Department of Water,
Energy, and Environment, Department of Agriculture, Department of Banking and
Finance, State Department of Education, and any other relevant state agency;
(2) Identifying programs administered through quasi-public entities,
public authorities, and state boards or commissions that provide economic or
community development support;
(3) Cataloging tax incentives, credits, abatements, exemptions, and other
tax expenditure programs designed to promote economic growth, investment,
workforce development, housing development, or community revitalization;
(4) Examining state-administered federal pass-through programs that
support economic development, workforce initiatives, housing, infrastructure,
broadband expansion, and community development activities;
(5) Inventorying statutory and regulatory provisions that materially
affect business formation, business expansion, site development, workforce
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recruitment, capital investment, or regional economic competitiveness;
(6) Compiling, to the extent practicable, key information for each program
or policy identified, including the administering agency or entity, statutory
authority, funding source, most recent annual appropriation or tax expenditure
amount, eligible recipients, geographic reach, stated policy objectives,
performance metrics or evaluation mechanisms currently in use, application or
qualification requirements, and any statutory sunset provisions or mandatory
review requirements; and
(7) Identifying areas of program overlap, policy gaps, administrative
complexity, or opportunities for improved coordination among state economic
development efforts.
In conducting this interim study, the Revenue Committee of the Legislature
may confer with representatives of relevant state agencies, economic
development organizations, workforce development partners, business and
industry representatives, local governments, community development
organizations, any introducing senator's staff, and other stakeholders with
expertise in Nebraska's economic development ecosystem.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE ONE HUNDRED NINTH
LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA, SECOND SESSION:
1. That the Revenue Committee of the Legislature shall be designated to
conduct an interim study to carry out the purposes of this resolution.
2. That the committee shall upon the conclusion of its study make a report
of its findings, together with its recommendations, to the Legislative Council
or Legislature.
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