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No business firm may become a qualified business firm after the date of zone termination.B\n\nIf no business firms have qualified for incentives as provided for in this chapter within a five-year period, the Department shall terminate that enterprise zone designation.C\n\nThe Department shall review the effectiveness in creating jobs and capital investment and activity occurring within designated enterprise zones and shall annually report its findings to the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor, the House Committee on Appropriations, and the House Committee on Labor and Commerce.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":224782,"text":"If the local governing body is unable or unwilling to provide the specified local incentives as proposed in its application for zone designation or as approved by the Department in an amendment, the zone designation shall terminate. 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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":80967,"section_number":"36-139.10","catch_line":"(Effective January 1, 2026) Department of Housing and Community Development consolidated report","order_by":null,"url":"\/36-139.10\/"},{"id":59075,"section_number":"59.1-542","catch_line":"Enterprise zone designation","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-542\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":262583,"object_type":"law","relational_id":61555,"identifier":"59.1-546","token":"59.1\/49\/59.1-546","url":"\/59.1-546\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-546\/","token":"59.1\/49\/59.1-546","dublin_core":{"Title":"Review and termination of enterprise zones","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-546","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> If the local governing body is unable or unwilling to provide the specified local incentives as proposed in its application for zone designation or as approved by the Department<\/span> in an amendment, the zone designation shall terminate. Qualified business firms located in such enterprise zone<\/span> shall be eligible to receive the incentives provided by this chapter even though the zone designation has terminated. No business firm may become a qualified business firm after the date of zone termination. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> If no business firms have qualified for incentives as provided for in this chapter within a five-year period, the Department<\/span> shall terminate that enterprise zone<\/span> designation. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The Department<\/span> shall review the effectiveness in creating jobs and capital investment and activity occurring within designated enterprise zones<\/span> and shall annually report its findings<\/span> to the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations, the Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor, the House Committee on Appropriations, and the House Committee on Labor and Commerce. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREVIEW AND TERMINATION OF ENTERPRISE ZONES (\u00a7 59.1-546)\n\nA. If the local governing body is unable or unwilling to provide the specified\nlocal incentives as proposed in its application for zone designation or as\napproved by the Department in an amendment, the zone designation shall\nterminate. Qualified business firms located in such enterprise zone shall be\neligible to receive the incentives provided by this chapter even though the zone\ndesignation has terminated. No business firm may become a qualified business\nfirm after the date of zone termination.\n\nB. If no business firms have qualified for incentives as provided for in this\nchapter within a five-year period, the Department shall terminate that\nenterprise zone designation.\n\nC. The Department shall review the effectiveness in creating jobs and capital\ninvestment and activity occurring within designated enterprise zones and shall\nannually report its findings to the Senate Committee on Finance and\nAppropriations, the Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor, the House Committee\non Appropriations, and the House Committee on Labor and Commerce.\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}}