LD 1385
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LR 2032
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3.__Base period.__"Base period" means the 3 calendar years
prior to the year in which a business is certified as a
qualified Pine Tree Development Zone business.

 
4.__Commissioner.__"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of
Economic and Community Development.

 
5.__Department.__"Department" means the Department of
Economic and Community Development.

 
6.__Pine Tree Development Zone.__"Pine Tree Development
Zone" means a specified area within the corporate limits of a
municipality or the corporate limits of cooperating
municipalities in a multijurisdictional application that has
been designated as a Pine Tree Development Zone in accordance
with chapter 120 and approved by the commissioner.

 
7.__Pine Tree Development Zone benefits.__"Pine Tree
Development Zone benefits" means:

 
A.__Municipal tax increment financing under subchapter 1;

 
B.__Employment tax increment financing under Title 36,
chapter 917; and

 
C.__The Pine Tree Development Zone tax credit provided by
Title 36, section 5219-W.

 
8.__Financial services.__"Financial services" means services
provided by an insurance company subject to taxation under
Title 36, chapter 357; a financial institution subject to
taxation under Title 36, chapter 819; or a mutual fund service
provider as defined in Title 36, section 5212, subsection 1,
paragraph E.

 
9.__Manufacturing.__"Manufacturing" means the production of
tangible personal property intended to be sold or leased
ultimately for final use or consumption or the production of
tangible personal property pursuant to a contract with the
Federal Government or any agency thereof.

 
10.__Qualified Pine Tree Development Zone business.__
"Qualified Pine Tree Development Zone business" means any for-
profit business in the State engaged in financial services or
manufacturing or a targeted technology sector that adds
qualified Pine Tree Development Zone employees above its base
level of employment in the State and that meets the following
criteria:

 
A.__The industrial sector in which it principally operates
is identified in the state economic development strategy
as a targeted growth sector;


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