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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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GOVERNMENT CODE |
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Title 10. GENERAL GOVERNMENT |
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Subtitle G. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS INVOLVING BOTH STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS |
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Chapter 2303. ENTERPRISE ZONES |
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Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
Sec. 2303.003. DEFINITIONS
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In this chapter:
(1) "Bank" means the Texas Economic Development Bank established under Chapter 489.
(1-a) "Block group" has the meaning assigned by the Bureau of the Census of the United States Department of Commerce.
(1-b) "Day" means the period between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. of a day other than a Saturday, Sunday, or state or federal holiday.
(1-c) "Distressed county" means a county:
(A) that has a poverty rate above 15.4 percent;
(B) in which at least 25.4 percent of the adult population does not hold a high school diploma or high school equivalency certificate; and
(C) that has an unemployment rate that has remained above 4.9 percent during the preceding five years.
(2) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 814, Sec. 6.01(6).
(3) "Enterprise zone" means an area designated as an enterprise zone under this chapter.
(3-a) "Governing body of an enterprise zone" means the governing body of a municipality or county in which an enterprise zone is located.
(4) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 814, Sec. 6.01(6).
(5) "Nominating body" means the governing body of a municipality or county that nominates a project or activity of a qualified business for designation as an enterprise project.
(5-a) "Office" means the Texas Economic Development and Tourism Office within the office of the governor.
(6) "Qualified business" means a person certified as a qualified business under Section 2303.402.
(6-a) "Qualified business site" means the specific business site of an enterprise project.
(7) "Qualified employee" means a person who:
(A) works for a qualified business; and
(B) performs at least 50 percent of the person's service for the business at the qualified business site.
(8) "Qualified hotel project" means a hotel proposed to be constructed by a municipality or a nonprofit municipally sponsored local government corporation created under the Texas Transportation Corporation Act, Chapter 431, Transportation Code, that is within 1,000 feet of a convention center owned by a municipality having a population of 1,500,000 or more, including shops, parking facilities, and any other facilities ancillary to the hotel.