HB 65 Allows rural empowerment zones to exist in any county with 18,000 or fewer residents and prohibits more than two rural empowerment zones in any county

Current Bill Summary

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HB 65 - Currently, rural empowerment zones are only allowed to exist in Hickory County, which has a population of eight thousand nine hundred twenty-five residents. The act allows these zones to exist in any county with eighteen thousand or fewer residents, which includes fifty-six counties. The act also prohibits more than two rural empowerment zones in any county.

JASON ZAMKUS


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