GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

H	2 

HOUSE BILL 1397
Committee Substitute Favorable 5/13/99

Short Title:  Expand Development Zones.	(Public)

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April 29, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO MAKE MORE MUNICIPALITIES ELIGIBLE FOR DEVELOPMENT ZONES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 105-129.3A(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	Development Zone Defined. – A development zone is an area comprised of one or more contiguous census tracts, census block groups, or both in the most recent federal decennial census that meets all of the following conditions:
(1)	It is located in whole or in part in a municipality with a population of more than 1,000 according to the most recent annual population estimates certified by the State Planning Officer.
(2)	It has a population of 1,000 or more according to the most recent annual population estimates certified by the State Planning Officer.
(3)	More than twenty percent (20%) of its population is below the poverty level according to the most recent federal decennial census."
Section 2.  This act becomes effective January 1, 2000.