HB1452 Summary

• Allows the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to certify an additional 25 Enterprise Zones in calendar year 2019.

• Extends the application timeline for Enterprise Zones scheduled to expire on or after January 1, 2024 from 2 years to 5 years prior to expiration.

• Permits the Department to award partial points during application scoring if applicants demonstrate job creation and investment levels below the statutory thresholds.

• Authorizes the Department to adjust scoring for applicants located entirely within counties with populations under 300,000 if the designation will help alleviate poverty and unemployment.

• Allows the Department to provisionally certify substantially complete Enterprise Zone applications pending receipt of outstanding required documents or information.