New Jersey § 52:27h-66

§ 52:27h-66.

The authority shall designate enterprise zones from among those areas of qualifying

municipalities determined to be eligible pursuant to P.L.1983, c. 303 ( C.52:27H-60 et seq. ) . No more than 32 enterprise zones shall be in effect at any one time. No more than one enterprise zone shall be designated in any one municipality. In designating enterprise zones the authority shall seek to avoid excessive geographic

concentration of zones in any particular region of the State. At least six of the 10 additional enterprise zones authorized pursuant to section

3 of P.L.1993, c. 367 shall be located in counties in which enterprise zones have not previously been designated

and shall be designated within 90 days of the date of the submittal of an application

and zone development plan. The authority shall accept applications within 90 days of the effective date of P.L.1993, c. 367 . Notwithstanding the provisions of P.L.1983, c. 303 ( C.52:27H-60 et seq. ) to the contrary, the six additional enterprise zones to be designated by the authority

pursuant to the criteria for priority consideration in this section shall be entitled

to an exemption to the extent of 50 percent of the tax imposed under the “Sales and Use Tax Act,” P.L.1966, c. 30 ( C.54:32B-1 et seq. ). The following criteria shall be utilized in according priority consideration for

designation of these zones by the authority: a. One zone shall be located in a county of the second class with a population greater

than 595,000 and less than 675,000 according to the latest federal decennial census

and shall be located in the qualifying municipality in that county with the highest

annual average number of unemployed persons and the highest average annual unemployment

rate for the 1992 calendar year according to the estimate by the State Department

of Labor and Workforce Development; b. Two zones shall be located in a county of the second class with a population greater

than 445,000 and less than 455,000 according to the latest federal decennial census,

one of which shall be located in the qualifying municipality in that county with the

highest annual average number of unemployed persons and the highest average annual

unemployment rate for the 1992 calendar year according to the estimate by the State

Department of Labor and Workforce Development, and one of which shall be located in

the qualifying municipality in that county with the second highest annual average

number of unemployed persons and the second highest average annual unemployment rate

for the 1992 calendar year according to the estimate by the State Department of Labor

and Workforce Development; c. One zone shall be located in a county of the third class with a population greater

than 84,000 and less than 92,000 according to the latest federal decennial census

and shall be located in the qualifying municipality in that county with the highest

annual average number of unemployed persons and the highest average annual unemployment

rate for the 1992 calendar year according to the estimate by the State Department

of Labor and Workforce Development; d. One zone shall be located within two noncontiguous qualifying municipalities but

comprised of not more than two noncontiguous areas each having a continuous border,

if: (1) both municipalities are located in the same county which shall be a county of

the fifth class with a population greater than 500,000 and less than 555,000 according

to the latest federal decennial census; (2) the two municipalities submit a joint application and zone development plan;

and (3) each of the municipalities has a population greater than 16,000 and less than

30,000 and a population density of more than 5,000 persons per square mile, according

to the latest federal decennial census; and e. One zone shall be located within a municipality having a population greater than

38,000 and less than 46,000 according to the latest federal decennial census if the

municipality is located within a county of the fifth class with a population greater

than 340,000 and less than 440,000 according to the latest federal decennial census.