Texas Administrative Code › Title 10 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT › Part 5 - OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM OFFICE › Chapter 176 - ENTERPRISE ZONE PROGRAM › Section 176.4 - Application for Designation of Enterprise Projects

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) An application must be filed in the
				format provided (letter size) and must contain all information and
				documentation required under the Act and this chapter, as applicable. Each
				application for enterprise project designation must be typed directly on the
				form provided by the Bank.
(b) The
				application must be submitted hole-punched in a three-ring loose-leaf binder
				with the application form located behind Tab 1, and must include all applicable
				attachments hole-punched and placed behind the appropriate Tab sections as
				specified in the application. An application that is submitted with four or
				more material deficiencies will be declined as incomplete. Material
				deficiencies are items such as the governing body application certification
				with an original signature, the qualified business application certification
				with original signatures, or any other required tabbed item.
(c) The applicant shall file with the Bank
				one original application for designation as an enterprise project. All
				applications for enterprise project designation must be received by the Office
				no earlier than one week before, and no later than 5:00 p.m. Central Standard
				Time, on the first business day of the following months: September, December,
				March and June. Further, all applications include a non-refundable application
				fee in the form of a certified check or money order made payable to the Office
				of the Governor. The application is not considered to be received unless it is
				received at the physical location of the Office with the non-refundable
				application fee submitted under separate cover to Office of the Governor,
				Economic Development and Tourism, Texas Economic Development Bank, Attn: Texas
				Enterprise Zone Program, Post Office Box 12828, Austin, Texas 78711. The
				application fee must clearly show the name of the nominating jurisdiction, as
				well as the name of the qualified business. Both the application and the
				application fee must be received by the application deadline. Applications
				received after a deadline will be returned to the applicant, and must be
				resubmitted to the Bank in the prescribed timeframe to be considered for
				designation during the next application deadline.
(d) Applications received during a quarterly
				round will be reviewed and scored by the Bank in accordance with the Act, this
				chapter and the goals of the program.
(e) The application for designation of an
				enterprise project must contain the following information and documentation, as
				applicable:
(1) The participants. The
				application must contain the name, street address, mailing address, telephone
				number, fax number and electronic mail address for each of the following
				involved in the designation of a qualified business as an enterprise project:
(A) the applicant governing body and the
				applicant governing body's liaison; and
(B) the qualified business, the primary
				business's representative and the local business liaison. The local business
				liaison must be located at the qualified business site.