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2008 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2141

Delta Revitalization Zone; create and establish economic incentives.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Economic Development Committee on February 19, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE AN ECONOMIC INCENTIVE ZONE TO BE KNOWN AS THE "DELTA REVITALIZATION ZONE"; TO CREATE THE DELTA REVITALIZATION ZONE AUTHORITY, WHICH SHALL BE THE GOVERNING BODY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF INCENTIVES AND PROGRAMS AVAILABLE UNDER THE DELTA REVITALIZATION ZONE (DRZ); TO PRESCRIBE THE DUTIES OF THE DRZ AUTHORITY AND SPECIFIC INCENTIVES TO BE IMPLEMENTED; TO ESTABLISH A SALES TAX CREDIT FOR PURCHASES OF BUILDING MATERIALS USED TO REHABILITATE BUSINESS PROPERTY IN THE DRZ; TO ESTABLISH SALES TAX CREDIT FOR WAGES PAID BY BUSINESSES TO NEW EMPLOYEES; TO ESTABLISH VARIOUS INCOME TAX CREDITS AVAILABLE TO BUSINESSES IN THE DRZ; TO PROVIDE THAT THE LEGISLATURE SHALL APPROPRIATE AN ADDITIONAL FIVE PERCENT OF STATE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO THE DRZ EACH YEAR; TO ESTABLISH QUALIFICATIONS FOR BUSINESSES, PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND INDIVIDUALS SEEKING TO UTILIZE THE INCENTIVES AVAILABLE IN THE DRZ; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

3 co-sponsors

John Horhn, Vincent Davis, Kelvin Butler

Its course

January 17 to February 19, 2008, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the SenateJan 17 to Feb 19 · stopped33 days

Economic DevelopmentJan 17 to Feb 19 · stopped33 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the Senate Jan 17 – Feb 19

  1. Jan 17Referred to the Senate committees on Economic Development and on Finance
  2. Feb 19Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 17Referred To Economic Development;FinanceSenate
  2. Feb 19Died In CommitteeSenate