Introduced By: Senators O'Leary and Roberts
Date Introduced : February 10, 1998
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 42-64.3-5 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-64.3 entitled "Enterprise Zones" is hereby amended to read as follows:
42-64.3-5. Criteria for enterprise zone designation. --
(a) The zone shall consist of not more than five (5) contiguous
United States census tracts or portions thereof as set forth in
the most recent federal census, except that the council may add
Block 101 of Census Tract 135 in the City of Cranston to any enterprise
zone abutting such Block, provided that such addition is approved
by the city councils of Cranston and Providence; and, that portion
of federal census tract 114.03 in the town of Cumberland which
includes any portion of the Highland II Corporate Park as approved
by the Cumberland town council and the Woonsocket city council;
and, that portion of the federal census tract 173 in the city
of Woonsocket which includes the Singleton Street Mill District
as approved by the Woonsocket City Council, and federal census
tract 114.02 in the town of Cumberland; and except that the council
may add blocks 103, 104, 119, and 131 of census tract 308 to the
Mount Hope enterprise zone and those portions of federal census
tracts 113.01 and 114.03 that constitute the Ashton/Berkeley Mill
Village area; {DEL and DEL} except that the council may
add Census Tract 180 in the city of Woonsocket to the Woonsocket/Cumberland
Enterprise Zone as approved by the Woonsocket city council {ADD ;
and except that the council may add the site of former Narragansett
Brewery in Cranston ADD}.
(b) The council shall promulgate such additional criteria for the designation of an enterprise zone as the council deems appropriate. Additional criteria shall include but not be limited to:
(1) The poverty level within the enterprise zone as defined by the federal office of management and budget, or the percent of households receiving public assistance; and
(2) The unemployment level within the enterprise zone.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
