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Government Code - CHAPTER 2303 Page 16 of 28 (a) A qualified business in an enterprise zone described by Subsection (b) may request that the governing body of the enterprise zone apply to the department for designation of the business as an enterprise project. The request must also be made to the enterprise zone's administrative authority, if one exi sts. (b) A request may be made under this section only to the governing body of an enterprise zone that has: (1) an unemployment rate that is at least one and one-half times the state average; or (2) a population loss of at least: (A) 12 percent during the most recent six-year period; or (B) four percent during the most recent three-year period. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, § 5.52(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1995, and Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 985, § 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. § 2303.405. Application for Enterprise Project Designation (a) If the governing body of an enterprise zone or the governing body and administrative authority of an enterprise zone, as appropriate, approve a request made under Section 2303.404, the governing body may apply to the department for the designation of the qualified business as an enterprise project. (b) An application must: (1) describe completely the conditions in the enterprise zone that constitute pervasive poverty, unemployment, and economic distress for purposes of Section 2303.101; (2) describe the procedures and efforts of the governmental entity or entities that applied to have the area designated as an enterprise zone to facilitate and encourage participation by and negotiation among all affected entities in the zone in which the qualified business is located; (3) contain an economic analysis of the plans of the qualified business for expansion, revitalization, or other activity in the enterprise zone, including: (A) the number of anticipated new permanent jobs the business will create; (B) the anticipated number of permanent jobs the business will retain; (C) the amount of investment to be made in the zone; and (D) other information the department requires; and (4) describe the local effort made by the governmental entity or entities that applied to have the area designated as an enterprise zone, the administrative authority, if one exists, the qualified business, and other affected entities to develop and revitalize the zone. (c) For the purposes of this section, local effort to develop and revitalize an enterprise zone is: ://www.capitol.state.tx.us/statutes/go/go230300.html 1/12/2002