Introduced By: Representatives Quick, C. Levesque and Maher
Date Introduced : January 6, 1999
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 thereof, 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; and except that the council may add blocks
103, 104, 119, and 131 of census tract 308 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; and except that the council may add the
site of former Narragansett Brewery in Cranston {DEL . DEL}
{ADD ; 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. ADD}
(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.
