AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO AN INTERSTATE COMPACT PROHIBITING COMPANY-SPECIFIC SUBSIDIES.
Summary
This Act, the Interstate Compact Prohibiting Company-Specific Subsidies (“Compact”), is an interstate compact designed to eliminate and prohibit corporate welfare. This Act provides that no participating state under the Compact (“member state”) may offer or provide company-specific tax incentives, grants, or any other company-specific subsidy to an entity whose headquarters, manufacturing facilities, office space, or other real estate developments are located in any other member state or to incentivize an entity located in any other member state to relocate its headquarters, manufacturing facilities, office space, or other real estate developments to its state. Furthermore, the Act establishes a board of compact administrators to enforce and govern the Compact. Lastly, this Act will become effective upon the adoption of the Compact by two or more member states.
Bill status
in committee
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Introduction
Jan 2020
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Governor
Introduced Jan 28, 2020
Last action Jan 28, 2020
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Jan 28, 2020
Introduced
Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House
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2 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
JA
John A. Kowalko
DDemocratic
P
Paul Baumbach
DDemocratic
Co
Dave Sokola
DDemocratic
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