Bill Title: To terminate the authority to create new alternative joint economic development zones (JEDZs) or substantially modify existing alternative JEDZs after December 31, 2014, to require the creation of review councils to approve the economic development plans for alternative JEDZs created or substantially amended before that date, to eliminate municipal-only JEDZs, to authorize municipal corporations to create municipal utility districts (MUDs) for economic development purposes, to allow existing municipal-only JEDZs to continue operating as MUDs, and to declare an emergency.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 30-5)

Status: (Passed) 2014-06-05 - Effective Date [HB289 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

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Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Kirk Schuring [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-029	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Peter Beck [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-054	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Andrew Brenner [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-019	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Cheryl Grossman [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-023	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Michael Henne [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-040	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Ron Hood [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-078	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Ross McGregor [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-079	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Robert Hackett [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-010	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Ron Amstutz [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-001	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Terry Blair [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-042	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Terry Boose [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-057	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Edna Brown [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-011	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Tony Burkley [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-082	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Mike Duffey [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-021	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Doug Green [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-066	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Christina Hagan [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-050	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Bill Hayes [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-072	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Jay Hottinger [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-031	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Matt Huffman [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-012	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Thomas Letson [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-064	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jeffrey McClain [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-087	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Sean O'Brien [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-032	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Mark Romanchuk [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-022	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Margaret Ruhl [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-068	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Gary Scherer [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-092	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Michael Sheehy [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-046	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Ryan Smith [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-093	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Andy Thompson [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-095	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative William Batchelder [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-069	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator William Coley [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-004	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Edna Brown [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-011	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Dave Burke [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-026	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Randall Gardner [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-002	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kris Jordan [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-067	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Scott Oelslager [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-048	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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