AB 1345, as introduced, Mansoor. Enterprise zones.
The Enterprise Zone Act provides for the designation of zones according to specified criteria, pursuant to which certain entities within each zone may receive regulatory, tax, and other incentives for economic and employment development and private investment. Existing law includes legislative declarations relating to the act.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to the legislative declarations.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 7071 of the Government Code is amended
2to read:
The Legislature finds and declares as follows:
4(a) The health, safety, and welfare of the people of California
5depend upon the development, stability, and expansion ofbegin delete private begin insert industry, private business,end insert and commerce, and
6business, industry,end delete
7there are certain areas within the state that are economically
8depressed due to a lack of investment in the private sector.
P2 1Therefore, it is declared to be the purpose of this chapter to
2stimulate business and industrial growth in the depressed areas of
3the state by relaxing regulatory controls that impede private
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investment.
5(b) It is in the economic interest of the state to have one strong,
6combined, and business-friendly incentive program to help attract
7business and industry to the state, to help retain and expand existing
8state business and industry, and to create increased job
9opportunities for all Californians.
10(c) begin deleteNo end deletebegin insertAn end insertenterprise zone shallbegin insert notend insert be designated in which any
11boundary thereof is drawn in a manner so as to include larger stable
12businesses or heavily residential areas to the detriment of areas
13that are truly economically depressed.
14(d) begin deleteNothing in this end deletebegin insertThis end insertchapter shallbegin insert notend insert be construed to infringe
15upon regulations relating to the civil rights, equal employment
16rights, equal opportunity rights, or fair housing rights of any person.
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