BILL NUMBER: AB 1530	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Huffman and Olsen

                        JANUARY 23, 2012

   An act relating to economic development.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1530, as introduced, Huffman. Economic development: Clean
Manufacturing and Job Creation Incentive Act of 2012.
   The Enterprise Zone Act provides for the designation and oversight
by the Department of Housing and Community Development of various
types of economic development areas throughout the state, including
enterprise zones, targeted tax areas, local agency military base
recovery areas (LAMBRAs), and manufacturing enhancement areas,
collectively known as geographically targeted economic development
areas, or G-TEDAs. Pursuant to these provisions, qualifying entities
in those areas may receive certain tax and regulatory incentives.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact the
Clean Manufacturing and Job Creation Incentive Act of 2012. That act
would, among other things, establish clean manufacturing zones that
would attract new manufacturing businesses to California by approving
necessary permits and licenses in advance, and provide a property
tax exemption for new manufacturing equipment purchased for use in a
clean manufacturing zone.
   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.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the Clean
Manufacturing and Job Creation Incentive Act of 2012.
  SEC. 2.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
   (a) California's economy is among the 10 largest in the world,
with a gross domestic product of almost $2 trillion.
   (b) Although the state unemployment rate remains over 11 percent,
California still ranks first among all 50 states in new branches of
high-tech manufacturing and first in the number of manufacturing
industry jobs.
   (c) Economic development and job creation are essential elements
of California's fiscal recovery.
   (d) California must compete with other states to attract
high-skill, high-wage manufacturing businesses and jobs, and to
retain manufacturing jobs and facilities as companies grow and
expand, which in turn can stimulate and support new businesses and
jobs in a range of sectors.
   (e) California's environmental protections and public health and
safety standards are essential to ensure quality of life and economic
growth in the Golden State.
   (f) One of the major obstacles identified by businesses to opening
new facilities in California is delays in acquiring the licenses and
permits necessary to operate, including local and state business
licenses and other regulatory approvals.
   (g) The purpose of this act is to stimulate growth in the
manufacturing industry without compromising California's high
environmental, public health, and safety standards by creating clean
manufacturing zones with preapproved permits and licenses to
accommodate new and expanding manufacturing businesses.
  SEC. 3.  The Legislature declares its intent to enact legislation
to do both of the following:
   (a) Establish clean manufacturing zones, with all necessary
permits and licenses approved in advance, to attract new
manufacturing businesses.
   (b) Provide a property tax exemption for new manufacturing
equipment purchased for use in clean manufacturing zones.