Senate Bill 0165

ARCHIVE (2011)

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL

Economic development incentive accountability. Adds various job and employee definitions to the Indiana economic development corporation (IEDC) laws. Requires all records related to taxpayer funded economic development incentives to be disclosed under the open records law. Requires the IEDC's annual job creation incentives and compliance report to be published on the Indiana transparency portal Internet web site. Requires the IEDC and the department of state revenue to compile information on all job creation incentives granted, including the aggregate amount of uncollected or diverted state tax revenues resulting from each incentive, and requires this information to be included as part of the IEDC's annual job creation incentives and compliance report. Requires the IEDC to recapture incentives from a recipient failing to make the level of capital investment, failing to create or retain the promised number of jobs, or paying less in wages than specified in the agreement. Requires the IEDC to compile information on all recapture activities and incentives recouped from unfulfilled commitments and to include the information as part of the IEDC's annual job creation incentives and compliance report. Requires incentive recipients to prepare an annual progress report on the number of jobs created or retained, employee pay, and various other information concerning the use of the job creation incentives, and requires the IEDC to compile this information and include it in the IEDC's annual job creation incentives and compliance report. Repeals and replaces the definition of job creation incentive without change to maintain alphabetical order.

    Current Status:
     In Committee - first House
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