463C.3 - LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS. - Iowa Statutes

463C.3 LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS. 1. The establishment of the Honey creek premier destination park bond program and Honey creek premier destination park authority is in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state of Iowa, for the improvement of their health and welfare, and for the promotion of the economy, which are public purposes. 2. The authority will be performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of the powers and duties conferred upon it by this chapter. 3. The authority will assist in the establishment of the Honey creek premier destination park in the state which will provide important recreational and economic benefits to the state. 4. Current efforts to develop the Honey creek premier destination park in the state have fallen short and the creation of an authority which has the mission of engaging and assisting in these efforts will increase the likelihood of reaching the desired goal. 5. It is necessary to create the Honey creek premier destination park bond program and authority to encourage the investment of private capital to stimulate the development and construction of the park including lodges, campgrounds, cabins, and golf courses through the use of public financing, and to this extent it is the public policy of this state to support the Honey creek premier destination park bond program in the procurement of necessary moneys for deposit into the Honey creek premier destination park bond fund.          Section History: Recent Form 2005 Acts, ch 178, §45, 64