§ 820.304. Criteria for authorization of keystone opportunity zone
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 73 P.S. Trade and CommerceEffective: December 23, 2003
Effective: December 23, 2003
73 P.S. § 820.304
§ 820.304. Criteria for authorization of keystone opportunity zone
(9) The population loss exceeds 10% in an area that includes the proposed keystone opportunity zone or proposed keystone opportunity expansion zone and its surrounding area but is not larger than the county or counties in which the proposed keystone opportunity zone or proposed keystone opportunity expansion zone is located, based on census data for the period between 1980 and 1990 or census estimates since 1990 establishing a pattern of population loss.
(1) Evidence of distress, including, but not limited to, unemployment, percentage of population below 80% of the State median income, poverty rate, deteriorated property and adverse economic and socioeconomic conditions in the proposed keystone opportunity zone or proposed keystone opportunity expansion zone.
(c) Tax exemption ordinances.--An area shall not be authorized as a keystone opportunity zone or a keystone opportunity expansion zone unless, as a part of the application, each political subdivision in which the proposed subzone or proposed expansion subzone is to be located adopts and provides a copy of an ordinance, resolution or other required action from the governing body of each political subdivision that exempts or provides deductions, abatements or credits to qualified persons and qualified businesses from local taxes upon designation of the area as a subzone or expansion subzone. All appropriate ordinances and resolutions shall be effective on or before January 1, 1999, if designation as a subzone is granted. All appropriate ordinances and resolutions shall be effective on January 1, 2001, if designation as an expansion subzone is granted. All appropriate ordinances and resolutions shall be effective January 1, 2004, if designation of enhancements to a subzone or expansion subzone are granted. Except as provided in section 309,1 the resolution, ordinance or other required action shall be binding and nonrevocable on the qualified political subdivisions for the duration of the opportunity plan.
Credits
1998, Oct. 6, P.L. 705, No. 92, § 304, imd. effective. Amended 2000, Dec. 20, P.L. 841, No. 119, § 4, imd. effective; 2002, Dec. 9, P.L. 1727, No. 217, § 4, imd. effective; 2003, Dec. 23, P.L. 360, No. 51, § 3, imd. effective.
Footnotes
73 P.S. § 820.309.
73 P.S. § 820.304, PA ST 73 P.S. § 820.304
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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