Bill Text: TX SB1387 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to certain requirements for designation as a qualified business under the enterprise zone program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-16 - Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development [SB1387 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SB1387-Introduced.html

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85R5393 CLG-F
By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 1387

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain requirements for designation as a qualified
business under the enterprise zone program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2303.401, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 2303.401. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
(1) "New permanent job" means a new employment
position, regardless of title, that:
(A) is created by a qualified business as
described by Section 2303.402 at the qualified business site not
earlier than the 90th day before the date the business's project or
activity is designated as an enterprise project under this chapter;
(B) is defined and certified by the qualified
business as a full-time position and provides employment benefits,
including health care benefits, [will provide or has provided for
the duration of the project's designation period at least 1,820
hours of employment a year] to a qualified employee; and
(C) will exist or has existed at the qualified
business site for at least [the longer of]:
(i) the duration of the project's
designation period; or
(ii) three years after the date on which a
state benefit is received as authorized by this chapter.
(2) "Retained job" means an employment position,
regardless of title, [a job] that:
(A) existed with a qualified business on the 91st
day before the date the business's project or activity is
designated as an enterprise project;
(B) is defined and certified by the qualified
business as a full-time position and provides employment benefits,
including health care benefits, [has provided and will continue to
provide employment] to a qualified employee [of at least 1,820
hours annually]; and
(C) will be or has been an employment position
for at least [the longer of]:
(i) the duration of the project's
designation period; or
(ii) three years after the expiration date
of the claim period for receipt of a state benefit authorized by
this chapter.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
an application for an enterprise project designation under the
enterprise zone program established under Chapter 2303, Government
Code, as amended by this Act, that is submitted on or after the
effective date of this Act. An application for an enterprise
project designation under the enterprise zone program that is
submitted before the effective date of this Act is governed by the
law in effect on the date the application is submitted, and the
former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.