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HB 507: Economic Development

GENERAL BILL by Ray

Economic Development; Requires Department of Economic Opportunity to designate director of manufacturing; provides responsibilities for director; revises provisions relating to tax credit program for capital investment by certain qualifying businesses; removes creation or retention of jobs as criteria for qualified project; requires capital investment of at least $10 million as criteria for qualified project; increases period authorized for tax credit under program; creates new category of annual tax credit; provides additional annual credits for sales taxes & ad valorem taxes paid by certain qualifying businesses; provides tax credits for qualifying businesses located out of state; revises provisions relating to tax refund program for qualified target industry businesses; provides that certain capital investment qualifies target industry business for tax refund; creates Manufacturing Capital Investment Tax Refund Program within DEO; provides for amounts of capital investments for manufacturing businesses that are eligible for tax refunds; provides for application & approval process for qualified projects; authorizes Division of Strategic Business Development in DEO to adopt rules.

Effective Date: 7/1/2012
Last Action: 3/9/2012 House - Died in Business and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    10/27/2011 House • Filed
    11/4/2011 House • Referred to Business and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee; Finance and Tax Committee; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations Subcommittee; Economic Affairs Committee -HJ 52
    1/10/2012 House • Introduced -HJ 52
    3/9/2012 House • Died in Business and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee

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  • HB 507, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 10/27/2011 at 4:22 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 684 Economic Development Ring Identical Last Action: 3/9/2012 S Died in Commerce and Tourism
    Location: In committee/council (CM)

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    220.191 Capital investment tax credit. Page 2 (pdf)
    288.106 Tax refund program for qualified target industry businesses. Page 11 (pdf)
    288.1084 Page 13 (pdf)

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