003.19.9-II. Definitions
AR ADC 003.19.9-IIArkansas Administrative CodeEffective: May 2, 2022
Effective: May 2, 2022
Ark. Admin. Code 003.19.9-II
Formerly cited as AR ADC 168.00.9-II
003.19.9-II. Definitions
2. “Average hourly wage” means “Payroll” as defined in § 15-4-2703(26), divided by the number of hours worked to earn the “payroll”. For purposes of counting the number of hours worked for salaried employees, forty (40) hours per week shall be used. The “average hourly wage” threshold determined at the signing of the agreement shall be the threshold for the term of the agreement;
A. A facility or portion of a facility where the majority of an eligible business's financial, human resources, engineering, legal, strategic planning, information technology, corporate communications, marketing, or other headquarters-related functions are effectuated on either a regional basis or a national basis under the direction of principal executive officers, including without limitation chief executive officers, chief operating officers, chief financial officers, or other senior-level officers based at the facility.
C. The Executive Director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, with advice from the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration, may determine eligibility for a corporate headquarters facility if a difference exists between a business's disclosed corporate headquarters functions and its North American Industry Classification System primary business activity code;
(iii) The average hourly wage paid by businesses in this group to employees whose payroll is subject to incentives under this subchapter shall exceed one hundred twenty-five percent (125%) of the lesser of the state or county average hourly wage for the county in which the business locates or expands;
(iii) The average hourly wage paid by businesses in this group to employees whose payroll is subject to incentives under this subchapter shall exceed one hundred twenty-five percent (125%) of the lesser of the state or county average hourly wage for the county in which the business locates or expands;
12. “Equity investment” means capital invested in common or preferred stock, royalty or intellectual property rights, limited partnership interests, limited liability company interests, and any other securities or rights that evidence ownership in private businesses, including a federal agency's award of a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) or Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant. For the purposes of this Act, subordinated debt may also be considered an equity investment;
15. “Film and digital product” means video images and other visual media entertainment content in digital format, film, or videotape, if the video images and other visual media entertainment content meet all the underlying criteria of a qualified production under the Digital Product and Motion Picture Industry Development Act of 2009, § 15-4-2001 et seq., including without limitation:
A.(i) Applied research supported by the business through the payment of wages and usual fringe benefits specific to research activities of employees of the business or for wages and usual fringe benefits paid through contractual agreements, approved in writing by the Executive Director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, with an Arkansas state college, an Arkansas state university, or other Arkansas-based research organization to perform research for a targeted business:
B. “In-house research” does not include tests or inspection of materials or products for quality control, efficiency surveys, management studies, other market research, supplies, the purchase of land, the purchase or rehabilitation of production machinery and equipment, the construction or renovation of buildings, or any other ordinary and necessary expenses of conducting business;
(ii) For an employee of a qualified business with a regular, standardized work schedule, the position or job held by the employee or employees shall have been filled for at least twenty-six (26) consecutive weeks with an average of at least thirty (30) hours per week each tax year during the term of the agreement. For an employee of a qualified business with an irregular, non-standardized work schedule, (i) the position or job held by the employee or employees had been filled for at least one hundred thirty (130) days during any twenty-six (26) week period of a tax year and (ii) the employee or employees filling the position worked at least seven hundred eighty (780) hours within the tax year.
A. A facility or portion of the facility in which the majority of an eligible business's financial, human resources, engineering, legal, strategic planning, information technology, corporate communications, marketing, or other headquarters-related functions are effectuated on a regional basis under the direction of principal executive officers, including without limitation chief executive officers, chief operating officers, chief financial officers, or other senior-level officers based at the facility.
42. “Strategic research” means research that has strategic economic or long-term commercial value to the state and that is identified in the research and development plan approved by the Executive Director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission with the advice of the Board of Directors of the Division of Science and Technology of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission;
Credits
Amended Aug. 21, 2009; Sept. 21, 2011; Aug. 25, 2012; May 6, 2016; Sept. 28, 2017; May 2, 2022.
Current with amendments received through February 15, 2024. Some sections may be more current, see credit for details.
Ark. Admin. Code 003.19.9-II, AR ADC 003.19.9-II
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