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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012 | |
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RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DISTRESSED AREAS | |
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ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION ACT | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Bennett, McNamara, Ferri, Morgan, and Serpa | |
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Date Introduced: February 16, 2012 | |
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Referred To: House Finance | |
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It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
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SECTION 1. Section 42-64.3-5 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-64.3 entitled |
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"Distressed Areas Economic Revitalization Act" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
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42-64.3-5. Criteria for enterprise zone designation. -- (a) The zone shall consist of not |
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more than five (5) contiguous United States census tracts or portions thereof as set forth in the |
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most recent federal census, except that the council may add Block 101 of Census Tract 135 in the |
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City of Cranston to any enterprise zone abutting that Block; provided, that the addition is |
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approved by the city councils of Cranston and Providence; except that blocks 108, 110, and 111 |
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of Federal Census tract 8 of the Providence II Enterprise Zone shall not be eligible for any |
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enterprise zone benefits, and as a replacement of those, the Council may add blocks 318, 319, and |
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307 of census tract 37 and block 104 of census tract 9, and blocks 105, 107 and 120 of census |
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tract 12, to the Providence II Enterprise Zone, provided that such addition is approved by the city |
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council of Providence; and, that portion of federal census tract 114.03 in the town of Cumberland |
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which includes any portion of the Highland II Corporate Park as approved by the Cumberland |
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town council and the Woonsocket city council; and, that portion of the federal census tract 173 in |
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the city of Woonsocket which includes the Singleton Street Mill District as approved by the |
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Woonsocket City Council, and federal census tract 114.02 in the town of Cumberland; except that |
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the council may add blocks 103, 104, 119, and 131, as well as census block group 3 of census |
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tract 308, may add census block groups 2 and 3 of census tract 309.01, and may delete census |
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block 2 of census tract 309.02 to the Mount Hope enterprise zone and those portions of federal |
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census tracts 113.01 and 114.03 that constitute the Ashton/Berkeley Mill Village area; except that |
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the council may add Census Tract 180 in the city of Woonsocket to the Woonsocket/Cumberland |
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Enterprise Zone as approved by the Woonsocket city council; except that the council may add |
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federal census tract 141 in the City of Cranston which includes the site of the former Narragansett |
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Brewery, as approved by the Cranston City Council and except that the council shall add the |
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census blocks that are along the following streets, to the Providence II Enterprise Zone |
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designation: Hartford Avenue from census tract 19 to the Johnston town line, Plainfield Street |
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from census tract 19 to the Johnston town line, and Pocasset Avenue from census tract 19 to the |
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Cranston city line, and further excepting that the council may add block group 1 of census tract |
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401.02 and delete block groups 1 and 2 of census tract 401.01 in the town of Portsmouth, as |
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approved by the Portsmouth town council; except that the council shall add block groups 1, 2, and |
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3 of federal census tract 136 and block groups 1, 2, 3 and 4 of federal census tract 137.01 and |
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block groups 1 and 2 of federal census tract 138 in the city of Cranston, as approved by the |
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Cranston city council; and except that the council may add block group 2 of federal census tract |
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107.01 in the city of East Providence, as approved by the East Providence city council; and |
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except that the council may add blocks 1069, 1070 and 1072 of federal census tract 506 in the |
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town of Richmond, as approved by the Richmond town council; and except that the council may |
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add block groups 1 and 2 of federal census tract 405 in the city of Newport, as approved by the |
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Newport city council; and except that the council may add blocks 20400.1, 20400.2, and 20400.3 |
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of federal census tract 204, as approved by the West Warwick town council; and except that the |
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council may add census tracts 402, 403.03, 403.04, and blocks 2025, 2026, 2030 in tract 404 in |
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the town of Middletown, as approved by the Middletown town council; and except that the |
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council may add that portion of block 4018 of federal census tract 223, that constitutes the |
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Pontiac Mills site located along the Pawtuxet River in the city of Warwick, as approved by the |
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Warwick city council. |
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(b) The council shall promulgate any additional criteria for the designation of an |
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enterprise zone that the council deems appropriate. Additional criteria shall include but not be |
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limited to: |
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(1) The poverty level within the enterprise zone as defined by the federal office of |
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management and budget, or the percent of households receiving public assistance; and |
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(2) The unemployment level within the enterprise zone. |
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
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BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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OF | |
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A N A C T | |
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RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DISTRESSED AREAS | |
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ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION ACT | |
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This act would permit the Pontiac Mills site in Warwick to be approved as an enterprise |
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zone. |
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This act would take effect upon passage. |
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