BILL NUMBER: AB 2044	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Caballero

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2010

   An act relating to enterprise zones.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2044, as introduced, Caballero. Enterprise zones.
   The Enterprise Zone Act provides for the designation of enterprise
zones by the Department of Community Housing and Development, based
on the department's approval of applications from a city, county, or
city and county with a geographic area meeting certain criteria.
Existing law provides that specified entities within a designated
enterprise zone may receive regulatory, tax, and other incentives for
private investment and employment.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to require the Business, Transportation and Housing
Agency to evaluate and rank enterprise zones. The bill also state the
intent of the Legislature that any cost savings that may
subsequently result from any legislative action taken based on that
evaluation and ranking be used to fund approved infrastructure
projects not being funded by existing bonds.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to require the Business, Transportation and Housing
Agency to evaluate and rank enterprise zones.
   (b) It is the intent of the Legislature that any cost savings that
may subsequently result from any legislative action taken based on
the evaluation and ranking of enterprise zones described in
subdivision (a) shall be used to fund approved infrastructure
projects not being funded by existing bonds.