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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71306</law_id><section_number>59.1-543</section_number><catch_line>Local incentives</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="59.1">Trade and Commerce</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="49">Enterprise Zone Grant Program</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Local governments submitting applications for <span class="dictionary">enterprise zone</span> designation shall propose local incentives that address the economic conditions within their locality and that will help stimulate real property improvements and new job creation. Such local incentives include, but are not limited to: (i) reduction of permit fees; (ii) reduction of user fees; (iii) reduction of business, professional and occupational license tax; (iv) partial exemption from taxation of substantially rehabilitated real estate pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Partial exemption for certain rehabilitated, renovated or replacement commercial or industrial structures" href="/58.1-3221/">58.1-3221</a>; and (v) adoption of a local <span class="dictionary">enterprise zone</span> development taxation program pursuant to Article 4.2 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/58.1-3245.6/">58.1-3245.6</a> et seq.) of Chapter 32 of Title 58.1. The extent and duration of such incentives shall conform to the requirements of the Constitution of Virginia and the Constitution of the United States. In making application for designation as an <span class="dictionary">enterprise zone</span>, the application may also contain proposals for regulatory flexibility, including but not limited to: (a) special zoning districts, (b) permit process reform, (c) exemptions from local <span class="dictionary">ordinances</span>, and (d) other public incentives proposed in the locality&#x2019;s application which shall be binding upon the locality upon designation of the <span class="dictionary">enterprise zone</span>. <a id="paragraph-257019" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-543/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A locality may establish eligibility criteria for local incentives that differ from the criteria required to qualify for the incentives provided in this chapter. <a id="paragraph-257020" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-543/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2005, cc. 863, 884.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
