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Committee adopts amendment to create Fast Track permitting council, advances HB 4084 with $40 million site-readiness funding
Summary
The House committee adopted the dash-4 amendment to HB 4084, which establishes a Joint Permitting Council and a Fast Track permitting program with lowered investment thresholds, expands enterprise zone eligibility, and appropriates $40 million for industrial site development; the committee sent the bill to the floor and requested referral to Revenue and Ways and Means.
The House Committee on Economic Development, Small Business and Trade on Feb. 9 adopted an amendment to House Bill 4084 that creates a Joint Permitting Council to run a Fast Track permitting program, lowers investment thresholds for eligibility, expands free-enterprise-zone rules and appropriates $40,000,000 for industrial site development.
The committee approved the dash-4 amendment and then voted to send HB 4084, as amended, to the floor with a due-pass recommendation and requests that it be referred to the House Committee on Revenue and the Joint Committee on Ways and Means. The amendment and final motion passed on committee roll calls; the amendment vote recorded a majority of yes votes and one excused member, and the final motion passed with a single recorded no and one excused member.
Why it matters: supporters said the bill targets persistent permitting delays and prepares land to attract large private investment, while…
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