Chapter
066
2006 -- S 2275
Enacted 06/14/06
A N A
C T
RELATING TO STATE
AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DISTRESSED AREAS ECONOMIC REVITALIZATION ACT
Introduced By: Senators
Alves, and Raptakis
Date Introduced: February
02, 2006
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
"Distressed
Areas Economic Revitalization Act" 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 that Block; provided, that the
addition is
approved
by the city councils of Cranston and Providence; except that blocks 108, 110,
and 111
of
Federal Census tract 8 of the Providence II Enterprise Zone shall not be
eligible for any
enterprise
zone benefits, and as a replacement of those, the Council may add blocks 318,
319, and
307 of
census tract 37 and block 104 of census tract 9, and blocks 105, 107 and 120 of
census
tract
12, to the Providence II Enterprise Zone, provided that such addition is
approved by the city
council
of 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; except
that
the
council may add blocks 103, 104, 119, and 131, as well as census block group 3
of census
tract
308, may add census block groups 2 and 3 of census tract 309.01, and may delete
census
block 2
of census tract 309.02 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;
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; except that the council may
add
federal
census tract 141 in the City of Cranston which includes the site of the former
Narragansett
Brewery,
as approved by the Cranston City Council and except that the council shall add
the
census
blocks that are along the following streets, to the Providence II Enterprise
Zone
designation:
Hartford Avenue from census tract 19 to the Johnston town line, Plainfield
Street
from
census tract 19 to the Johnston town line, and Pocasset Avenue from census
tract 19 to the
Cranston
city line, and further excepting that the council may add block group 1 of
census tract
401.02
and delete block groups 1 and 2 of census tract 401.01 in the town of
Portsmouth, as
approved
by the Portsmouth town council; except that the council shall add block groups
1, 2, and
3 of
federal census tract 136 and block groups 1, 2, 3 and 4 of federal census tract
137.01 and
block
groups 1 and 2 of federal census tract 138 in the city of Cranston, as approved
by the
Cranston
city council; and except that the council may add block group 2 of federal
census tract
107.01
in the city of East Providence, as approved by the East Providence city
council; and
except
that the council may add blocks 1069, 1070 and 1072 of federal census tract 506
in the
town of
Richmond, as approved by the Richmond town council; and except that the council
may
add
block groups 1 and 2 of federal census tract 405 in the city of Newport, as
approved by the
Newport
city council; and except that the council may add blocks 20400.1, 20400.2,
and 20400.3
of
federal census tract 204, as approved by the West Warwick town council.
(b) The council shall promulgate any additional criteria for the designation of
an
enterprise
zone that 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.
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