| This bill defines state growth-related capital investments and |
| directs them to locally designated growth areas as identified in |
| local comprehensive plans or, if there is no comprehensive plan, |
| to areas with public sewers capable of handling the development. |
| Exceptions are made for state investments required to remedy |
| threats to public health and safety; to mitigate nonpoint sources |
| of pollution; to purchase lands for parks, open space and |
| conservation; to assist natural resource-based industries and |
| other activities that are typically located away from other |
| development; to expand highways that meet national, state or |
| regionwide needs; and for tourist and cultural facilities that |
| rely on specific historic, natural or cultural resources. |
