| A. The exclusion from the limitations established under | section 5223, subsection 3 of tax increment financing | districts included within a Pine Tree Development Zone; |
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| A.B. Expanded employment tax increment financing benefits | under Title 36, chapter 917; |
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| C. The sales tax exemptions under Title 36, section 1760, | subsections 86 and 87; and |
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| D. The Pine Tree Development Zone tax credits provided by | Title 36, sections 2529 and 5219-W. |
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| | 15.__Production. "Production" has the same meaning as defined | in Title 36, section 1752, subsection 9-B. |
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| | 16.__Qualified business activity. "Qualified business | activity" means a business activity that is conducted within a | Pine Tree Development Zone and is directly related to financial | services, manufacturing or a targeted technology business for | which the business receives a certificate from the commissioner | pursuant to section 5250-O. |
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| | 17.__Qualified Pine Tree Development Zone business. "Qualified | Pine Tree Development Zone business" or "qualified business" | means any for-profit business in this State engaged in financial | services, manufacturing or a targeted technology business that | adds qualified Pine Tree Development Zone employees above its | base level of employment in this State and that meets the | following criteria: |
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| A.__It demonstrates that the establishment or expansion of | operations within the Pine Tree Development Zone would not | occur within the State absent the availability of the Pine | Tree Development Zone benefits.__The department shall | investigate whether the business has met the requirements of | this paragraph and provide an advisory opinion to the | Executive Director of the Bureau of Revenue Services in the | Department of Administrative and Financial Services, who | shall make the final determination; and |
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| B. It has received a certificate as a qualified business | pursuant to section 5250-O. |
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| | 18.__Qualified Pine Tree Development Zone employees.__ | "Qualified Pine Tree Development Zone employees" means new, full- | time employees hired in this State by a qualified Pine Tree | Development Zone business for work directly in one or more | qualified business activities for whom a retirement program | subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, |
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