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Presentation giving a brief report on the Job Creation Program's funded projects for Fiscal Year 2018.

"Presentation giving an overview of economic initiatives in Kansas, including the PEAK program, the High Performance Incentive Program (HPIP), STAR Bonds, Rural Opportunity Zones (ROZ), and Workforce Development programs, with pictures of completed STAR bond redevelopment projects in Kansas."

"I would like to offer comments on STAR Bonds and Senate Bill 434. ... The language modifies and limits the definition of"project costs" to those costs necessary to implement the tourist attraction component of a project. ... Bill adds a prohibition against using STAR Bonds to pay for ingress and egress roads to the tourist attraction. ... Places significant restrictions on the types of retail in a District. ... Caps the state's investment in a STAR Bond project dependent on the amount of local investment. ... The impact of all of these proposed changes could be significant as many of the pending projects listed above are nearing completion. ... In order to clarify legislative intent, it is suggested the references to the term "approved" be fully defined and clarify if the language is applicable to existing projects."

A set of 8 documents provided by the Kansas Lottery with resources and information on Economic Development Projects Funded by Lottery Dollars.

"STAR Bonds support the development of major commercial entertainment and tourism areas that serve as statewide and regional destinations. Projects include high quality attractions that increase tourism and generate significant positive economic impacts."

"STAR Bonds support the development of major commercial entertainment and tourism areas that serve as statewide and regional destinations. Projects include high quality attractions that increase tourism and generate significant positive economic impacts. ... STAR Bonds are a valuable economic development tool that has generated a significant economic impact for Kansas. In addition to creating thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in investment, most projects are exceeding revenue projections and the bonds are anticipated to pay off early."

Information concerning the positive economic impacts of STAR Bonds. "STAR Bonds are a valuable economic development tool that has generated a significant economic impact for Kansas. In addition to creating thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in investment, most projects are exceeding revenue projections."

Written testimony regarding SB 474, "which authorizes the state finance council to approve the sale of the Kansas Bioscience Authority and its assets as a designee of the Kansas Legislature. SB 474 was amended in the Senate Committee of the Whole to incorporate important STAR Bonds reforms based on the "Ten Points for STAR Bonds Reform Memorandum" that was submitted as testimony in [the] House Committee on Taxation hearing on HB 2738."

Neutral testimony regarding HB 2738, "which would enact reforms to STAR Bonds. ... I have developed Ten Points for STAR Bond Reform that may serve as a guide to enact reform legislation."

"As the state's lead economic development agency, the Kansas Department of Commerce strives to empower individuals, businesses and communities to achieve prosperity in Kansas. To this end, the Department comprises a variety of programs and services that create jobs, attract new investment, provide workforce training, encourage community development and promote the state as a great place to live and work."

Summarizes the February 16, 2017 audit of the Department of Economic and Community Development for FYs 13 and 14, focusing on the findings concerning specific economic development programs, such as the Small Business Express.

Presentation giving an overview of the Department of Commerce, including their expenditures and successes, information on a few of their special initiatives, and a summary of the Legislative Post Audit of their economic programs.

"Sales Tax Revenue (STAR) Bonds provide Kansas municipalities the opportunity to issue bonds to finance the development of major commercial, entertainment and tourism areas and to use the sales tax revenue generated by the development to pay off the bonds."

Presentation giving an overview of the Department of Commerce, including their expenditures and successes and information on their special initiatives.

Presentation discussing the various Special Sales Tax Districts in Kansas - specifically the Community Improvement Districts, the Transportation Development Districts, and the Star Bonds Districts, with an attached list of the current CIDs, TDDs and STAR bond project districts in place, along with the date those districts were established, and amount of CID, TDD or STAR bond local sales tax revenue distributed in FY 2015 per district.

Presentation reviewing Tax Increment Financing. "Tax increment financing (TIF) is a tool that enables governments to fund infrastructure, land acquisition, and other public investments in private redevelopment projects within eligible redevelopment districts. ... Allows the financing of development costs with tax-free borrowing at generally lower interest rates."

Presentation giving an overview of the Department of Commerce, including their expenditures and successes and information on their special initiatives.

Testimony in support of SB 295. "The agency is in favor of this addition to the eligible categories for the Community Service Program. We have observed an increase in particular types of projects proposed by local non-profits and we believe this change is necessary in order to adequately address those projects. ... The consistent increase in the number of projects proposed, dealing with technical education and housing, has led to our support for this change."

Testimony in support of HB 2417. "The Department of Commerce supports this small expansion of the Rural Opportunity Zones program. This expansion would add three counties well-positioned to take advantage of this unique tool, and it could help Cherokee, Montgomery, Sumner and Labette Counties to develop a competitive advantage over adjacent counties in Oklahoma and Missouri."

Testimony in support of HB 2722. "The Rural Housing Incentive District (RHID) Act provides a program ... that assists in the financing of public improvements to support cities and developers who are building housing in rural communities. ... HB 2722 makes a technical change clarifying that school districts located in RHIDs have the discretion to allow the incremental increase of revenue generated from the statutory 20-mill uniform school levy to be used to pay for the principal and interest on bonds issued for the RHID and for eligible project costs incurred by local governments."

Testimony in support of HB 2086, "which offers a technical change to the Tax Increment Financing (TIF) and Community Improvement District (CID) statutes. This will allow the underlying program to be better utilized by local units of government to increase economic development in Kansas and create more jobs."

Presentation giving an overview of the Department of Commerce, including their expenditures and successes and information on their special initiatives.

Presentation giving an overview and utilization statistics on three Kansas Department of Commerce programs for economic development in Kansas.

Presentation describing the various tax, economic development, rural development, and energy incentives and grants provided by the Kansas Department of Commerce.

Presentation "on our efforts to develop the Rural Opportunity Zones Program, and provide an update on the progress of the program to this point."

Discusses local economic development incentives that towns comparable in population size to Ansonia provide.

Presentation giving the Kansas Department of Commerce's response to the recent Audit of Commerce incentive programs.

Presentation giving an overview and utilization statistics on two major Department of Commerce programs for economic development in Kansas.

Discusses whether Connecticut has a sales tax exemption program that can be used as an incentive for economic development projects and, if so, what agency administers it.

Discusses Connecticut facilities that have received state financing under the Tax Incremental Financing (TIF) program, and discusses whether any of these facilities is exempt from the state admission tax. Outlines whether any of the facilities exempt from the admission tax have received any state financing.

Provides a list of all state funding provided directly to the New London Development Corporation.

Discusses whether other states geographically target their pension and other state fund investments to promote economic development and other state goals. Much of the information in this memo is based on a 2004 Oxford University study of investment practices of U.S. public sector pension funds that are designed to promote urban infrastructure and economic development.

PURPOSE: The purpose of this overview paper is an assessment of the financing structure of global infrastructure projects., DESIGN/APPROACH: The basis for the research and considerations concerning the structure of financing in the global market for infrastructure investments is the many years of observations of the phenomena, volumes, and entities operating in this market. The basis for the observations was mainly reports and statistics of the IJ Global Project Finance and Infrastructure Journal. A review of English-language and Polish publications on the problems of financing infrastructure development was the premise for the research objective - to assess changes in the financing structure of infrastructure projects globally. The study used secondary data published by IJ Global for the years 2017- 2020. In making the assessment, an attempt was made to maintain a holistic approach to combine partial elements into a whole for a synthetic assessment of changes in the financing structure of infrastructure investment financing., FINDINGS: The unprecedented situation in the world and global markets, triggered and exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, has caused negative changes in the infrastructure sector. Despite the major setbacks, the performance of infrastructure investments globally has turned out to be favourable, mainly due to increased bond issuance. At the global level, there is a noticeable shift in the proportion of infrastructure investment financing. In general, Europe, North America, MENA countries and Sub-Saharan Africa have achieved higher levels of total funding, while the Asia Pacific region and Latin America have achieved lower levels., PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: The research conducted on the financing structure of infrastructure investment globally and by world region may provide a rationale for expanding research in this area and assessing the vulnerability of financing relationships to unexpected external difficulties., ORIGINALITY/VALUE: The study, in the form of a scientific contribution with a high degree of applicability, takes the form of a review using literature and published statistics and was geared towards analyzing and assessing changes in the financing structure of infrastructure investment geographically., The project is financed within the framework of the program of the Minister of Science and Higher Education under the name "Regional Excellence Initiative" in the years 2019-2022; project number 001/RID/2018/19; the amount of financing PLN 10,684,000.00., peer-reviewed