63M-1-403.    Powers of the office.      The office shall:
      (1)  monitor the implementation and operation of this part and conduct a continuingevaluation of the progress made in the enterprise zones;
      (2)  evaluate an application from a county applicant or a municipal applicant to bedesignated an enterprise zone and determine if the applicant qualifies for that designation;
      (3)  provide technical assistance to county applicants and municipal applicants indeveloping applications for designation as enterprise zones;
      (4)  assist county applicants and municipal applicants designated as enterprise zones inobtaining assistance from the federal government and agencies of the state;
      (5)  assist a qualified business in obtaining the benefits of an incentive or inducementprogram authorized by this part; and
      (6)  prepare an annual evaluation based, in part, on data provided by the State TaxCommission:
      (a)  evaluating the effectiveness of the program and any suggestions for legislation; and
      (b)  that is available upon request to the governor and to the Revenue and TaxationInterim Committee of the Legislature by November 1 of each year.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 382, 2008 General Session