BILL NUMBER: AB 2285	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Tom Berryhill

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

   An act to amend Section 7071 of the Government Code, relating to
enterprise zones.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2285, as introduced, Tom Berryhill. Enterprise zones.
   The Enterprise Zone Act includes, among others, the legislative
declaration that it is in the economic interest of the state to have
one strong, combined, and business-friendly incentive program to help
attract business and industry to the state.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to this
provision.
   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.  Section 7071 of the Government Code is amended to read:

   7071.  The Legislature finds and declares as follows:
   (a) The health, safety, and welfare of the people of California
depend upon the development, stability, and expansion of private
business, industry, and commerce, and there are certain areas within
the state that are economically depressed due to a lack of investment
in the private sector. Therefore, it is declared to be the purpose
of this chapter to stimulate business and industrial growth in the
depressed areas of the state by relaxing regulatory controls that
impede private investment.
   (b) It is in the economic interest of the state to have one
strong, combined, and business-friendly incentive program to help
attract business and industry to the state,  to 
help retain and expand existing state business and industry, and
 to  create increased job opportunities for all
Californians.
   (c) No enterprise zone shall be designated in which any boundary
thereof is drawn in a manner so as to include larger stable
businesses or heavily residential areas to the detriment of areas
that are truly economically depressed.
   (d) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to infringe upon
regulations relating to the civil rights, equal employment rights,
equal opportunity rights, or fair housing rights of any person.