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(2) Retain or improve existing employment; or |
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| | | (3) Improve the competitiveness of the occupant | | business. |
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| | B. Not more than one unoccupied community speculative | | industrial building project may be financed in a | | municipality. |
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| | | C. The authority shall charge interest on loans or funds | | provided under this section to the municipality or local | development corporation for a community speculative | | industrial building that remains unoccupied for 3 or more | | years following completion of the building. |
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| | | D. The authority shall adopt rules under chapter 375 with | | respect to: |
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| | | (1) The methodology and criteria for allocating funds | to community speculative industrial building projects; |
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| | | (2) The process through which municipalities and local | development corporations must apply for community | | speculative industrial building funds; |
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| | | (3) Rates of interest, the duration of interest | | payments and any other terms to which municipalities | | and local development corporations must be subject | | under this paragraph; and |
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| | | (4) Other matters necessary to the proper | | administration of this section. |
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| | | Rules adopted under this paragraph are routine technical | | rules pursuant to chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. |
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| | | 2. Obligations. The municipality or local development | | corporation receiving money under this section must: |
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| | | A. Own, or hold on long-term lease, the site for the | | project; |
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| | | B. Be responsible for and present evidence to the authority | | of its ability to carry out the project as planned; |
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| | C. Site and maintain the community speculative industrial | | building on property that is appropriate to the size and | location of the community speculative industrial building; |
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