Relating to awarding historic preservation tax credits to rehabilitate vacant school buildings or other public buildings into child care facilities

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedFebruary 12, 2020
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 18, 2020
3. ✕
   Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
4. Next: Passes the Senate
5. Next: House committee
6. Next: Passes the House
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

1. Under the bill, a project is eligible for historical preservation tax credits under Code chapter 404A if the project is for the rehabilitation of a vacant school building or other public building into a child care facility, and meets the physical criteria and standards for rehabilitation established by the department of cultural affairs by rule. The bill specifies that a building qualifies as a vacant building if the building is scheduled to become vacant within one year of the date of the application for historic preservation tax credits.

Full bill text¹

Senate subcommittee

Named February 18, 2020. It hasn’t reported yet.

• Sen. R. Smith
• Sen. Waylon Brown R
• Sen. William A. Dotzler Jr. DEmail

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