Alabama Administrative Code › Title 305 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION › Chapter 305-5-3 - ALABAMA ENTERPRISE ZONE ACT › Section 305-5-3-.02 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) "Council" means
				the Enterprise Zone Advisory Council, which shall be limited to 11
				representatives serving at the pleasure of the Governor. The Council shall
				consist of members of the Alabama Development Office, Southern Development
				Council, Department of Industrial Relations, Department of Education, Alabama
				Highway Department, Department of Environmental Management, Department of
				Agriculture and Industries, Department of Revenue and other qualified
				individuals or organizations.
(2)
				"Department" means the Alabama Department of Economic and Community
				Affairs.
(3) "Governing Authority"
				means the governing body of a county or municipality.
(4) "Enterprise Zone" means a geographic area
				which is economically depressed, in need of expansion of business and industry
				and the creation of jobs and designated to be eligible for the benefits of this
				Act, and is a target by governments for development by providing tax and nontax
				incentives to private enterprise.
(5) "New Permanent Employee" means a
				full-time employee hired pursuant to this Act who remains employed with the
				firm for a minimum of nine months.
(6) "Rural Enterprise Zone" means an
				enterprise zone located in a non-MSA county as such is defined by the U.S.
				Bureau of the Census.
(7) "Urban
				Enterprise Zone" means an enterprise zone located in an MSA county as such is
				defined by the U.S. Bureau of the Census.
(8) "Committee" means a Legislative Oversight
				Committee, appointed by the Lieutenant Governor and the Speaker, consisting of
				three members from the House of Representatives and three members from the
				Senate appointed by the respective officers of each body.
(9) "Full-time Employee" means an employee
				working a minimum of thirty (30) hours per week and receiving appropriate
				company benefits.
(10)
				"Unemployable by Traditional Standards" means having no prior work history or
				job training, having a criminal record, excluding misdemeanors, or having a
				history of being unable to retain employment after gaining it.
(11) "Lacking in Basic skills" means the lack
				of a high school degree or a graduate equivalency diploma (G.E.D.) or having
				reading or computational skills at or below the eighth grade level based on a
				generally accepted standardized test such as the Test of Adult Basic Education
				(T.A.B.E.).
(12) "Private Employer"
				means a business or industry located in or locating in the boundaries of an
				enterprise zone and operating a private-for-profit-business.
(13) "Date of Endorsement" means the date
				that a company is endorsed by the appropriate local governing authority to
				apply for enterprise zone benefits and represents the initial date from which
				the company can participate in and accrue benefits from the program.
Authors:
Wayne Bovis, Charles Reynolds.
Statutory Authority
:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										41-23-1 through
				  41-23-7,
				  41-23-29(6).
History
: Filed January 22, 1988; effective
				  February 26, 1988.
Amended
: Filed November 19, 1990; effective
				  December 24, 1990.