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Government Code - CHAPTER 2303 Page 17 of 28 (1) the willingness of public entities in the zone to provide services, incentives, and regulatory relief authorized by this chapter and to negotiate with the qualified business for which application is made and with neighborhood enterprise associations and other local groups or businesses to achieve the public purposes of this chapter; and (2) the effort of the qualified business and other affected entities to cooperate in achieving those public purposes. (d) Factors to be considered in evaluating the local effort of a public entity include: (1) tax abatement, deferral, refunds, or other tax incentives; (2) regulatory relief, including: (A) zoning changes or variances; (B) exemptions from unnecessary building code requirements, impact fees, or inspection fees; and (C) streamlined permitting; (3) enhanced municipal services, including: (A) improved police and fire protection; (B) institution of community crime prevention programs; and (C) special public transportation routes or reduced fares; (4) improvements in community facilities, including: (A) capital improvements in water and sewer facilities; (B) road repair; and (C) creation or improvement of parks; (5) improvements to housing, including: (A) low-interest loans for housing rehabilitation, improvement, or new construction; and (B) transfer of abandoned housing to individuals or community groups; (6) business and industrial development services, including: (A) low-interest loans for business; (B) use of surplus school buildings or other underutilized publicly owned facilities as small business incubators; ://www.capitol.state.tx.us/statutes/go/go230300.html 1/12/2002