BILL NUMBER: AB 146	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gorell

                        JANUARY 18, 2013

   An act relating to economic development.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 146, as introduced, Gorell. Economic development: enterprise
zones: City of Oxnard.
   The Enterprise Zone Act authorizes the designation of certain
depressed areas in this state as enterprise zones for purposes of
providing specific economic incentives within those areas.
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to establish
a new enterprise zone for the City of Oxnard, in partnership with
the City of Port Hueneme and the Oxnard Harbor District.
   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) The Legislature finds and declares that the
partnerships established between the City of Oxnard, the City of Port
Hueneme, and the Oxnard Harbor District reflect the local community'
s shared goal of alleviating their higher-than-average unemployment
and poverty, and the establishment of an enterprise zone will create
new opportunities for local workers and jump-start economic growth by
promoting new business and jobs. The Legislature further finds and
declares that with an enterprise zone designation, the partnership
between these entities will allow greater resources and marketing
potential to drive local economic activity.
   (b) Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would establish a new enterprise zone designation
for the City of Oxnard.