7-21-3704. Criteria for empowerment zone. An empowerment zone may be established if it meets the following requirements:
(1) the average unemployment or the poverty rate in the area or an area within a reasonable proximity of the area in the preceding 2 years, as determined by the department, was at least 150% of the average annual statewide unemployment or poverty rate for the same period;
(2) the geographical area must be contiguous, must be within one county, and unless it consists totally of undeveloped land, may not consist of less than one-fourth square mile; and
(3) the boundaries must be based on historic community or neighborhood identity and the empowerment zone must include an area in which there is an annual average population of at least 1,000 residents. Boundaries may also be based on boundaries of United States census geographical units, political subdivisions, Indian reservations, and school districts.
(4) The governing body has the burden of establishing that the proposed empowerment zone meets the requirements of this section.
History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 582, L. 2003.
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