67-4723. GRANTS — STANDARDS AND ADMINISTRATION. The department of commerce shall administer a program of grants prorated to private capital raised to establish financing programs for new, emerging, and expanding business enterprises. Grants shall only be made to business and industrial development corporations (BIDCOs) licensed and regulated pursuant to the provisions of chapter 27, title 26, Idaho Code. It is recognized that BIDCOs, in compliance with section 26-2716, Idaho Code, administer a program of professional consulting and financing of new, emerging and expanding business enterprises. Such financings may take the form of loans or equity participation or a combination thereof. BIDCOs must report annually to the legislature, in compliance with section 27-2707[26-2707], Idaho Code, information on the impact of grants in promoting economic development in the state.
Requests for grant proposals shall require the applicant to describe in detail its experience and expertise, the professional manner in which it will identify, finance, and monitor new, emerging and expanding business enterprises, the criteria it will use to determine which enterprises should be financed to best further the purposes of sections 67-4721 through 67-4724, Idaho Code, the administrative and overhead charges which will be made to administer the grant, and such other matters as required by the department of commerce.
The department of commerce shall administer this program in such a way as to avoid favoritism of any particular enterprise and to maximize the public purposes of sections 67-4721 through 67-4724, Idaho Code, without regard to any incidental benefits which may accrue to private parties. In administering the program, the department of commerce shall emphasize job creation, improvement of the state’s tax base, geographic diversity of financing, and avoidance of financing enterprises which could reasonably be financed by other means.
History:
[67-4723, added 1991, ch. 148, sec. 3, p. 357.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 67 - STATE GOVERNMENT AND STATE AFFAIRS
Chapter 47 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Section 67-4701 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE CREATED.
Section 67-4702 - AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF THE DIRECTOR.
Section 67-4703 - POWERS AND DUTIES.
Section 67-4703A - FOREIGN TRADE ZONES.
Section 67-4704 - ECONOMIC ADVISORY COUNCIL — APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS — QUALIFICATIONS.
Section 67-4705 - IDAHO DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLICITY ACCOUNT.
Section 67-4706 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT.
Section 67-4707 - FUNDS OF DEPARTMENT.
Section 67-4708 - BUSINESS RECORDS.
Section 67-4710 - DECLARATION OF POLICY.
Section 67-4711 - DEFINITIONS.
Section 67-4712 - IDAHO TRAVEL AND CONVENTION INDUSTRY COUNCIL — CREATED — APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS.
Section 67-4713 - MEMBERS’ QUALIFICATIONS — TERM OF OFFICE — CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
Section 67-4714 - MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL.
Section 67-4715 - DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE COUNCIL.
Section 67-4716 - ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES — LIMITATION.
Section 67-4717 - REGIONAL AND STATEWIDE GRANT PROGRAM.
Section 67-4718 - ASSESSMENT — COUNCIL ACCOUNT.
Section 67-4720 - TOURIST INFORMATION SIGNS.
Section 67-4722 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FINANCING ACCOUNT.
Section 67-4723 - GRANTS — STANDARDS AND ADMINISTRATION.
Section 67-4723A - IDAHO SMALL BUSINESS FEDERAL FUNDING ASSISTANCE ACT — FUND CREATED.
Section 67-4724 - RETURN TO THE STATE.
Section 67-4725 - IDAHO GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURIAL MISSION GRANT FUND.
Section 67-4729 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND IGEM COUNCIL RULES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
Section 67-4730 - IDAHO GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURIAL MISSION (IGEM) RESEARCH.
Section 67-4731 - COMMERCIALIZATION REVENUE DISTRIBUTION.
Section 67-4732 - IDAHO OPPORTUNITY FUND — SHORT TITLE — LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
Section 67-4733 - DIRECTOR RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.
Section 67-4734 - IDAHO OPPORTUNITY FUND.
Section 67-4735 - AGREEMENTS REQUIRED AND DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS.
Section 67-4736 - ANNUAL REPORT BY DIRECTOR.
Section 67-4737 - IDAHO REIMBURSEMENT INCENTIVE ACT — SHORT TITLE — LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
Section 67-4738 - DEFINITIONS.
Section 67-4739 - APPLICATION — PROCESS — AGREEMENTS — REIMBURSEMENT.
Section 67-4740 - AGREEMENT WITH APPLICANT.
Section 67-4741 - APPLICANT’S ANNUAL REPORTING PROCEDURE.
Section 67-4742 - ANNUAL REPORTING BY DEPARTMENT.
Section 67-4743 - SUSPENSION OF IDAHO REIMBURSEMENT INCENTIVE ACT.
Section 67-4744 - DIRECTOR RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.