BILL NUMBER: AB 1259	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Knight

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to amend Section 7071 of the Government Code, relating to
economic development.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1259, as introduced, Knight. Enterprise zones.
   The Enterprise Zone Act provides for the designation of enterprise
zones by the Department of Community Housing and Development,
pursuant to which certain entities within a designated enterprise
zone may receive regulatory, tax, and other incentives for private
investment and employment, and sets forth the findings and
declarations of the Legislature in this regard.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to these
provisions.
   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.  Section 7071 of the Government Code is amended to read:

   7071.  The Legislature finds and declares as follows:
   (a) The health, safety, and welfare of the people of California
depend upon the development, stability, and expansion of private
business, industry, and commerce, and there are certain areas within
the state that are economically depressed due to a lack of investment
in the private sector. Therefore,  it is declared to be
  the Legislature declares that  the purpose of
this chapter  is  to stimulate business and industrial
growth in the depressed areas of the state by relaxing regulatory
controls that impede private investment.
   (b) It is in the economic interest of the state to have one
strong, combined, and business-friendly incentive program to help
attract business and industry to the state, to help retain and expand
existing state business and industry, and to create increased job
opportunities for all Californians.
   (c) No enterprise zone shall be designated in which any boundary
thereof is drawn in a manner so as to include larger stable
businesses or heavily residential areas to the detriment of areas
that are truly economically depressed.
   (d) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to infringe upon
regulations relating to the civil rights, equal employment rights,
equal opportunity rights, or fair housing rights of any person.