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House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
House of Representatives
Session of 2015 - 2016
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | February 2, 2015 11:28 AM |
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| From: | Representative Keith Gillespie |
| To: | All House members |
| Subject: | Micro-Enterprise Development - Former HB2141 |
| In the near future, I intend to reintroduce last session’s HB 2141, which sets up a process for our local governments to develop micro-enterprises in our downtown business communities. The bill is designed to continue our fight against blight, through the re-use of buildings in our down towns, and to move people from social programs to employment. Micro-enterprises employ one to five people. The legislation allows a municipality with a population of more than 10,000, or two or more contiguous municipalities located in the same county and meeting the 10,000 population to create community development authorities that will develop blighted, low-income neighborhoods and to create jobs. The bill also encourages collaboration among existing authorities and redevelopment authorities to operate a community development authority through intergovernmental cooperation agreements. A community development authority will issue loans to micro-enterprises. Funding for these loans will be through a mechanism of fees, fines and private partnerships, thereby making the program self-sustaining. Specifically, a municipality that establishes a community development fund shall deposit $5 of every $100 generated through violations of a building code, $5 of every $100 collected in fines for zoning violations, $5 of every $100 collected in building permit fees and $2 of every $100 collected in liens on blighted property. This bill does not require any state appropriations and contains no tax credits. Additional key features of the bill include:
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Introduced as HB616