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<br />f) "Enterprise Zone" means an area of land designated as such under Chapter 2303 of <br />the Texas Government Code. <br /> <br />g) "Jobs" or "a Job" as used herein means a position of full-time employment for an <br />individual to work 32 hours or more per week for an Employer, in which position the <br />individual is provided the benefits normally offered by the Employer, such as health insurance, <br />vacation time and some form of retirement benefit. A Job is not a position filled for the <br />Employer as a worker or employee of an employment agency or service. "Jobs" as used herein <br />includes "Full-time Equivalent Jobs", as defined below. <br /> <br />h) "Full-time Equivalent Jobs" means a number of part-time jobs where the hours <br />worked in each such job is less than 32 hours per week, made available by one Employer and <br />added together. For example, sixteen (16) part-time jobs made available by one Employer <br />where all such part-time jobs added together require a total of 352 hours of work per week (but <br />no such part-time job requires 32 hours of work or more per week), will equal eleven (11) Full- <br />time Equivalent Jobs (352 hours divided by 32 hours per week equal 11). Full-time Equivalent <br />Jobs do not require the employee to receive benefits from the Employer. <br /> <br />i) "Manufacturing Facility" means buildings and structures, including fixed machinery <br />and equipment, the purpose of which is or will be the manufacture of tangible goods or <br />materials or the processing of such goods or materials by physical or chemical change. <br />Facilities primarily engaged in assembling component parts of manufactured products are also <br />considered manufacturing facilities. <br /> <br />j) "Modernization" means the replacement and upgrading of existing facilities which <br />increases the productive input or output, updates the technology, or substantially lowers the <br />unit cost of operation. Modernization may result from the construction, alteration or <br />installation of buildings, structures, fixed machinery or equipment, but shall not be for the <br />purpose of reconditioning, refurbishing, repairing, or deferred maintenance. <br /> <br />k) "Other Basic Industry" means buildings and structures, including fixed machinery <br />and equipment, not elsewhere described, used, or to be used for the production of products or <br />services which result in the creation of new Jobs and bring new wealth into the City. <br /> <br />1) "Personal Property" means machinery, equipment, tools, shelving or materials eligible <br />under applicable law for tax abatement, which can be removed from an authorized facility <br />described in Section IV (a) below. <br /> <br />m) "Property" means Real Property or Personal Property defined herein, as is applicable <br />according to the context where used herein, that is eligible for tax abatement. <br /> <br />n) "Real Property" means the land within an Enterprise Zone or a Reinvestment Zone, <br />together with all improvements and fixtures constructed or otherwise situated thereon. <br /> <br />0) "Regional Distribution Facility" means buildings and structures, including fixed <br />machinery and equipment, used or to be used primarily to receive, store, service, or distribute <br />goods or materials where a majority of the goods or services are distributed to points at least <br />100 miles from its location in the City. <br /> <br />2 <br />