{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/59.1-545.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/59.1-545.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/59.1-545.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/59.1-545.html"}],"law_id":68273,"edition_id":1,"section_id":68273,"structure_id":15032,"section_number":"59.1-545","catch_line":"Application review","history":"2005, cc. 863, 884.","full_text":"A\n\nAfter announcement of a periodic zone designation application process, the Department shall review each application upon receipt and secure any additional information that it deems necessary for the purpose of evaluating the need and potential impact of a zone designation.B\n\nThe Department shall complete review of the applications within 60 days of the last date designated for receipt of an application. After review of the applications the Director of the Department shall recommend to the Governor those applications with the greatest potential for accomplishing the purpose of this chapter. If an application is denied, the governing body shall be informed of that fact, along with the reasons for the denial.C\n\nConsideration for enterprise zone designations shall be based upon the locality-wide need and impact of such a designation. Need shall be assessed in part by the following distress factors: (i) the average unemployment rate for the locality over the most recent three-year period, (ii) the average median adjusted gross income for the locality over the most recent three-year period, and (iii) the average percentage of public school students within the locality receiving free or reduced price lunches over the most recent three-year period. 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This law was first created in 2005. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 863<\/a> and 884<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":[{"id":75850,"section_number":"59.1-540","catch_line":"Administration","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-540\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":262579,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68273,"identifier":"59.1-545","token":"59.1\/49\/59.1-545","url":"\/59.1-545\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-545\/","token":"59.1\/49\/59.1-545","dublin_core":{"Title":"Application review","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-545","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> After announcement of a periodic zone designation application process, the Department<\/span> shall review each application upon receipt and secure any additional information that it deems necessary for the purpose of evaluating the need and potential impact of a zone designation. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The Department<\/span> shall complete review of the applications within 60 days of the last date designated for receipt of an application. After review of the applications the Director of the Department<\/span> shall recommend to the Governor those applications with the greatest potential for accomplishing the purpose of this chapter. If an application is denied, the governing body shall be informed of that fact<\/span>, along with the reasons for the denial. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Consideration for enterprise zone<\/span> designations shall be based upon the locality-wide need and impact of such a designation. Need shall be assessed in part by the following distress factors: (i) the average unemployment rate for the locality over the most recent three-year period, (ii) the average median adjusted gross income for the locality over the most recent three-year period, and (iii) the average percentage of public school students within the locality receiving free or reduced price lunches over the most recent three-year period. These distress factors shall account for at least 50 percent of the consideration given to local governments’ applications for enterprise zone<\/span> designation. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPLICATION REVIEW (\u00a7 59.1-545)\n\nA. After announcement of a periodic zone designation application process, the\nDepartment shall review each application upon receipt and secure any additional\ninformation that it deems necessary for the purpose of evaluating the need and\npotential impact of a zone designation.\n\nB. The Department shall complete review of the applications within 60 days of\nthe last date designated for receipt of an application. After review of the\napplications the Director of the Department shall recommend to the Governor\nthose applications with the greatest potential for accomplishing the purpose of\nthis chapter. If an application is denied, the governing body shall be informed\nof that fact, along with the reasons for the denial.\n\nC. Consideration for enterprise zone designations shall be based upon the\nlocality-wide need and impact of such a designation. Need shall be assessed in\npart by the following distress factors: (i) the average unemployment rate for\nthe locality over the most recent three-year period, (ii) the average median\nadjusted gross income for the locality over the most recent three-year period,\nand (iii) the average percentage of public school students within the locality\nreceiving free or reduced price lunches over the most recent three-year period.\nThese distress factors shall account for at least 50 percent of the\nconsideration given to local governments’ applications for enterprise zone\ndesignation.\n\nHISTORY: 2005, cc. 863, 884.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}