Economic And Community Development
Tennessee 111th General Assembly
As introduced, establishes the rural remote worker relocation incentive program, which provides grants to eligible new remote workers to live in distressed rural counties. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9 and Title 67. [HB-1925]
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As introduced, establishes the rural remote worker relocation incentive program, which provides grants to eligible new remote workers to live in distressed rural counties. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9 and Title 67.
Sponsored by: Rep. Johnny Shaw
Assigned To S/c Business Subcommittee on 01/31/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Maryland Small Business Innovation Research and Technology Transfer Incentive Program [SB-398]
[Small Business ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Economic Development ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Grants ]
[Funding ]
Establishing the Maryland Small Business Innovation Research and Technology Transfer Incentive Program to foster job creation and economic development in the State by promoting the commercialization of research, facilitating the transfer of certain technology, and encouraging small businesses to apply for certain grants; establishing qualifications for participation in the Program; authorizing the Program to provide certain awards and investments to certain businesses, subject to certain limitations; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/07/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Economic Development - Maryland E-Nnovation Initiative Program - Extension and Alterations [SB-389]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
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[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Extending and altering the Maryland E-Nnovation Initiative Program; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill a $12,500,000 appropriation to the Maryland E-Nnovation Initiative Fund for fiscal years 2022 through 2026; altering the purposes for which certain endowment proceeds may be expended; altering certain requirements for certain individuals in certain positions funded by endowment proceeds; altering the distribution of certain revenue from the State admissions and amusement tax in a certain manner; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Hearing Canceled on 02/10/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Housing - Community Development Program Act - Funding [SB-387]
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Requiring the Administrator of a certain abandoned property fund to distribute $5,000,000 to the Community Development Program Fund; altering the contents of the Community Development Program Fund to include any money distributed from a certain abandoned property fund; and repealing certain provisions providing for the construction of certain Acts of the General Assembly concerning the Community Development Program Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adelaide Eckardt
Hearing Canceled on 02/10/2020
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Tennessee 111th General Assembly
As introduced, establishes the rural remote worker relocation incentive program, which provides grants to eligible new remote workers to live in distressed rural counties. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9 and Title 67. [SB-1877]
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[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
As introduced, establishes the rural remote worker relocation incentive program, which provides grants to eligible new remote workers to live in distressed rural counties. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9 and Title 67.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Yarbro
Assigned To General Subcommittee Of Senate Commerce And Labor Committee on 03/10/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Income Tax – Business and Economic Development Tax Credits – Termination, Alteration, and Evaluation [HB-565]
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[Economic Development ]
[Energy ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Small Business ]
Repealing certain provisions of law authorizing and governing a credit against the State income tax for certain expenses incurred for certain cellulosic ethanol technology research and development activities; prohibiting the Secretary of Commerce from designating or expanding certain enterprise zones and focus areas; requiring the Department of Legislative Services to conduct an evaluation of a State tax credit, exemption, or preference, or an aspect of a State tax credit, exemption, or preferences, under certain circumstances; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Referred Budget And Taxation on 03/15/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Phase Out Company Giveaways Act [HB-525]
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[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Taxes ]
[Small Business ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Establishing the Interstate Compact to Phase Out Company Giveaways as a compact among member states; stating the findings of member states; prohibiting member states from offering or providing certain company giveaways as an inducement to relocate certain facilities to a member state subject to certain exclusions; authorizing member states to withdraw from the Compact with 6 months' notice in a certain manner; establishing the National Board of the Interstate Compact to Phase Out Company Giveaways; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Robbyn Lewis
Hearing Canceled (ways And Means) on 01/29/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Maryland Small Business Innovation Research Technical Assistance Program - Establishment [HB-521]
[Small Business ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Grants ]
[Economic Development ]
Establishing the Maryland Small Business Innovation Research Technical Assistance Program in the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to provide technical assistance to small businesses in the State seeking grants under certain federal programs; requiring small businesses to meet certain qualifications for participation in the Program; authorizing the Corporation, in accordance with certain provisions of law, to procure a nonprofit organization located in the State to provide services under the Program; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 231 on 05/08/2020
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City of Annapolis - Housing Authority - Prohibitions Against Exceptions to Local Laws [HB-544]
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[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
Prohibiting a State public body from making an exception for the Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis to a law, rule, regulation, or ordinance that operates in Annapolis and relates to licensure or the inspection of real property, subject to certain exceptions; and applying the Act prospectively.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Chang
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 241 on 05/08/2020
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Opportunity Zone Enhancement Program - Eligibility - Lead-Based Paint Affected Properties [HB-566]
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[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Health ]
Altering the information required to be provided to the Department of Commerce in order to qualify for certain tax credit enhancements under the Opportunity Zone Enhancement Program to include, with respect to certain qualified opportunity zone business property, a detailed plan for the performance of certain lead hazard reduction activities; applying the Act to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2019; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel Rosenberg
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 254 on 05/08/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Maryland Small Business Innovation Research and Technology Transfer Incentive Program [HB-514]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
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[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Science ]
[Funding ]
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Establishing the Maryland Small Business Innovation Research and Technology Transfer Incentive Program to foster job creation and economic development in the State by promoting commercialization of research, facilitating technology transfer, and encouraging small business participation; requiring the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to administer the Program; establishing qualifications for participation in the Program; authorizing the Program to provide certain competitive awards and investments to certain businesses; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Dumais
Vetoed By The Governor (policy) on 05/07/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Small Business Development Center Network Fund - Minimum Appropriation [HB-492]
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[Small Business ]
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Increasing the required minimum appropriation for the Small Business Development Center Network Fund from $950,000 to $1,500,000 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kumar Barve
Hearing 2/11 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/29/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Housing - Community Development Program Act - Funding [HB-472]
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Requiring the Administrator of a certain abandoned property fund to distribute $5,000,000 to the Community Development Program Fund; altering the contents of the Community Development Program Fund to include any money distributed from a certain abandoned property fund; and repealing certain provisions providing for the construction of certain Acts of the General Assembly concerning the Community Development Program Act.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brooke Lierman
Unfavorable Report By Environment And Transportation; Withdrawn on 03/12/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Economic Development Programs - Data Collection and Tracking - Minority Business Enterprises [HB-404]
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[Small Business ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Requiring the Department of Commerce in a certain annual report on economic development programs to include information for minority business enterprises on the number of enterprises that received assistance from each economic development program and the percentage of assistance distributed to each minority business enterprise from each economic development program compared to the total assistance distributed from each economic development program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Luedtke
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 194 on 05/08/2020
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City of Annapolis - Housing Authority - Prohibitions Against Exceptions to Local Laws [SB-288]
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[Real Estate ]
[Community Development ]
Prohibiting a State public body from making an exception for the Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis to a law, rule, regulation, or ordinance that operates in Annapolis and relates to licensure or the inspection of real property, subject to certain exceptions; and applying the Act prospectively.
Sponsored by: Sen. James Rosapepe
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 242 on 05/08/2020
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Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland - Funding [HB-387]
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Increasing, to $125,000, the amount of money that the county commissioners of Calvert County, Charles County, and St. Mary's County are required to appropriate each year for the Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland to foster cooperative planning and development in the region.
Sponsored by: Rep.
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 191 on 05/08/2020
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Energy Efficiency - Net-Zero Homes - Contract Preferences [HB-398]
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[Housing ]
[Small Business ]
[Veterans ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Community Development ]
[Construction ]
[Economic Development ]
Requiring the Department of Housing and Community Development to give preference to applications for certain loans that will use the services of certain small, minority, women-owned, and veteran-owned businesses, particularly those businesses that provide employment for individuals trained through workforce development programs, for loans for certain net-zero homes under the Energy-Efficient Homes Construction Loan Program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Hearing Canceled on 03/15/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Economic Development - Maryland Technology Development Corporation - Chief Executive Officer [SB-308]
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[Technology and Innovation ]
Altering the title of the Executive Director of the Maryland Technology Development Corporation to be the Chief Executive Officer; making conforming changes; and authorizing the publisher of the Annotated Code of Maryland to make certain changes in a certain manner.
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing Canceled on 01/27/2020
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Maryland 2020 Regular Session
Tri-County Council for Western Maryland - Membership [SB-292]
[Community Development ]
Providing that two mayors from each member county or their representatives are to be appointed to the Tri-County Council for Western Maryland by the commissioners from their respective member county rather than by certain chapters of the Maryland Municipal League.
Sponsored by: Sen. George Edwards
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 545 on 05/08/2020
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Building Opportunity Act of 2020 [SB-276]
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[Construction ]
[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Authorizing the Maryland Stadium Authority, on approval by the Board of Public Works, to issue bonds to finance the construction of or improvements to certain public school facilities; establishing the Building Opportunity Financing Fund and the Building Opportunity Facilities Fund; exempting certain public school construction projects that use alternative financing methods from certain requirements; expanding certain provisions relating to financing and funding public school construction projects to apply statewide; etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Ferguson
Hearing 2/19 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/12/2020