§ 5-28-15-1 — "High technology business operations"; "advanced computing"; "advanced materials"; "biotechnology"; "electronic device technology"; "environmental technology"; "medical device technology"

Indiana § 5-28-15-1

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 5: STATE AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATION
• Art. 28: INDIANA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
• Ch. 15: Enterprise Zones

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(a) As used in this chapter, "high technology
business operations" means the operations in Indiana of a business
engaged in the following:
(1) Advanced computing.
(2) Creation of advanced materials.
(3) Biotechnology.
(4) Electronic device technology.
(5) Environmental technology.
(6) Medical device technology.
(b) For purposes of this section, "advanced computing" means
technology used in the designing and developing of computing
hardware and software, including innovations in designing the full
range of hardware from hand held calculators to supercomputers and
peripheral equipment.
(c) For purposes of this section, "advanced materials" means
materials with engineered properties created through the development
of specialized processing and synthesis technology, including ceramics,
high value added metals, electronic materials, composites, polymers,
and biomaterials.
(d) For purposes of this section, "biotechnology" means the
continually expanding body of fundamental knowledge about the
functioning of biological systems from the macro level to the molecular
and subatomic levels, as well as novel products, services, technologies,
and subtechnologies developed as a result of insights gained from
research advances that add to that body of fundamental knowledge.
(e) For purposes of this section, "electronic device technology"
means technology involving any of the following:
(1) Microelectronics.
(2) Semiconductors.
(3) Electronic equipment.
(4) Instrumentation.
(5) Radio frequency waves.
(6) Microwaves.
(7) Millimeter electronics.
(8) Optical and optic electrical devices.
(9) Data and digital communications.
(10) Imaging devices.
(f) For purposes of this section, "environmental technology" means
any of the following:
(1) The assessment and prevention of threats or damage to human
health or the environment.
(2) Environmental cleanup.
(3) The development of alternative energy sources.
(g) For purposes of this section, "medical device technology" means
technology involving any medical equipment or product (other than a
pharmaceutical product) that has therapeutic value or diagnostic value
and is regulated by the federal Food and Drug Administration.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.4-2005, SEC.34.