The U.S. Senate approved a measure Friday to extend the Gulf Opportunity Zone Act, giving new hope that lucrative tax incentives to build condos, apartments and businesses will last a few more years.U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker added an amendment to a housing bill, and his addition passed 74-5. U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran co-sponsored the bill.The new GO Zone plan would give tax breaks to builders of apartments, condos and businesses only in Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River and Stone counties. When it passed just after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the legislation had incentives for nearly 50 Mississippi counties but those are about to expire.The 2005 bill's deadline requires builders to start construction before the end of this year, but under the new legislation, it wouldn't matter when work...
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