§ 105-129.3B. (See note for repeal) Agrarian growth zone designation. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 105‑129.3B.  (See notefor repeal) Agrarian growth zone designation.

(a)        Agrarian GrowthZone Defined. – An agrarian growth zone is an area comprised of one or morecontiguous census tracts, census block groups, or both, in the most recentfederal decennial census that meets all conditions in this subsection. A countymay have no more than one agrarian growth zone.

(1)        All land within thezone is located in whole within a county that has no municipality with apopulation in excess of 10,000.

(2)        Every census tractand census block group that composes part of the zone has more than twentypercent (20%) of its population below the poverty level according to the mostrecent federal decennial census.

(3)        The area of the zoneless the smallest census tract included in the zone does not exceed fivepercent (5%) of the total area of the county in which the zone is located.

(b)        Designation. – Uponrequest of a local government, the Secretary of Commerce shall make a writtendetermination whether an area is an agrarian growth zone that meets theconditions of subsection (a) of this section. A determination under thissection is effective until December 31 of the year following the year in whichthe determination is made. The Department of Commerce shall publish annually alist of all agrarian growth zones with a description of their boundaries.

(c)        Parcel of PropertyPartially in Agrarian Growth Zone. – For the purposes of this section, a parcelof property that is located partially within an agrarian growth zone is consideredentirely within the zone if all of the following conditions are satisfied:

(1)        At least fiftypercent (50%) of the parcel is located within the zone.

(2)        The parcel was inexistence and under common ownership prior to the most recent federal decennialcensus.

(3)        The parcel is aportion of land made up of one or more tracts or tax parcels of land that issurrounded by a continuous perimeter boundary.

(d)        Relationship WithEnterprise Tiers. – For the purpose of the wage standard requirement of G.S.105‑129.4, the credit for investing in machinery and equipment allowed inG.S. 105‑129.9, and the credit for worker training allowed in G.S. 105‑129.11,an agrarian growth zone is considered an enterprise tier one area. For allother purposes, an agrarian growth zone has the same enterprise tierdesignation as the county in which it is located. (2006‑66, s. 24.16(a).)