§ 47:4351 — Definitions

Louisiana § 47:4351

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 47: Revenue and Taxation

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§4351. Definitions
For the purposes of this Chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) "Board" means the State Board of Commerce and Industry or its successor.
(2) "Business" means any individual, firm, joint venture, association, corporation,
estate, partnership, business trust, receiver, syndicate, or any other legal business entity.
(3) "Contract" means a contract executed between the board and a targeted
non-manufacturing business, granting the exemption for a facility.
(4) "Department" means Louisiana Economic Development.
(5) "Exemption" means the exemption from ad valorem property tax provided by
Article VII, Section 21(L) of the Constitution of Louisiana for targeted non-manufacturing
business facilities and granted under this program.
(6) "Facility" means the new or expanded site of a targeted non-manufacturing
business's activities in Louisiana, including buildings, improvements, equipment and other
property necessary or beneficial to such operation, which is owned or leased for a term of
more than five years by the business. "Facility" does not include the land underlying the
facility and other property pertaining to the facility on which ad valorem taxes have
previously been paid, inventories, consumables, and property eligible for the manufacturing
exemption provided by Article VII, Section 21(F) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
(7) "Headquarters jobs" means executive, administrative, or professional jobs based
at a principal or regional office located in Louisiana, in which are located the principal or
regional executive officers normally constituting a principal or regional headquarters
providing corporate governance. Such principal or regional executive officers include but
shall not be limited to chief executive officer, chief operating officer, and other senior level
officers or appropriate regional equivalents.
(8) "New direct jobs" means permanent full-time positions of employment, meaning
working thirty or more hours per week, exclusive of contract labor, based at the facility and
filled by Louisiana residents, and not existing in the state prior to implementation of the
project and the effective date of the contract.
(9) "Program" means the program provided for in this Chapter for the granting of ad
valorem tax exemptions pursuant to the authority granted under Article VII, Section 21(L)
of the Constitution of Louisiana.
(10) "Project" means the establishment and operation of a new facility or expanded
existing facility in Louisiana by a targeted non-manufacturing business.
(11) "Secretary" means the secretary of Louisiana Economic Development.
(12) "Shared service center jobs" means jobs based at a business located in Louisiana
that performs specific corporate operational tasks for the business or its affiliates or
customers, such as accounting, human resources, payroll, or purchasing.
(13) "Targeted non-manufacturing business" means a business, other than a
manufacturer, that meets the requirements of R.S. 47:4354.

Legislative History

Acts 2012, No. 499, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2013.