MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Republican leadership in the Alabama House has kept the promise to devote the early days of the 2012 session to economic development legislation.
The House passed bills Thursday to offer incentives to companies that engage in aircraft maintenance, conversion and reconfiguration. The House also approved bills offering tax incentives to coal mining businesses and to data processing companies.
The House passed a bill changing the name of the state's industry recruitment agency from Alabama Development Office to Department of Commerce. The bills were part of a package of economic development bills the House plans to work on at the beginning of the session.
Sponsor Rep. Alan Baker, R-Brewton, said the name change brings Alabama in line with what many other states call their job recruitment agencies.
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