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Bill Title: As enacted, enacts the "Rural Economic Opportunity Act of 2016"; authorizes a job tax credit for qualified business enterprises located in tier 4 enhancement counties; specifies the minimum jobs criteria and requirements to qualify for the credit; establishes the propelling rural economic progress (P.R.E.P.) fund; establishes guidelines for making grants from the P.R.E.P. fund. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3 and Title 67, Chapter 4.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 16-1)

Status: (Passed) 2016-05-05 - Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1019 [SB2538 Detail]

Download: Tennessee-2015-SB2538-Draft.pdf

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