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CS/HB 739: Rural Communities

GENERAL BILL by Workforce Development and Tourism Subcommittee ; Hill

Rural Communities; Requires DEO to accept applications seeking approval as growth fund; specifies application criteria; requires department to certify an applicant that has his or her application approved; requires growth fund to collect contributions & investments requires growth fund to send documentation of contributions & investments to DEO; requires DEO to provide tax credit certificate; specifies how a certification may lapse; vests taxpayers with credit against state premium tax liability; provides restrictions on credit; provides requirements regarding tax certificates; provides mechanism to exit program; requires growth fund to submit report to department annually.

Effective Date: 7/1/2019
Last Action: 5/3/2019 House - Died in Ways and Means Committee
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/11/2019 House • Filed
2/20/2019 House • Referred to Workforce Development and Tourism Subcommittee; Ways and Means Committee; Commerce Committee -HJ 79
3/5/2019 House • Introduced -HJ 79
3/22/2019 House • PCS on Committee agenda-- Workforce Development and Tourism Subcommittee, 03/26/19, 4:00 pm, 12 HOB
3/26/2019 House • CS by Workforce Development and Tourism Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 0 -HJ 545
3/28/2019 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
3/29/2019 House • CS by Workforce Development and Tourism Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 543
4/1/2019 House • Now in Ways and Means Committee -HJ 554
5/3/2019 House • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
• Died in Ways and Means Committee