[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR597.3]

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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
  CHAPTER V--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR COMMUNITY PLANNING AND 
        DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 597_URBAN EMPOWERMENT ZONES AND ENTERPRISE COMMUNITIES: ROUND 
ONE DESIGNATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A_General Provisions
 
Sec. 597.3  Definitions.

    The terms HUD and Secretary are defined in 24 CFR part 5.
    Designation means the process by which the Secretary designates 
urban areas as Empowerment Zones or Enterprise Communities eligible for 
tax incentives and credits established by subchapter U of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (26 U.S.C. 1391 et seq.) and for 
special consideration for programs of Federal assistance.
    Empowerment Zone means an urban area so designated by the Secretary 
pursuant to this part.
    Enterprise Community means an urban area so designated by the 
Secretary pursuant to this part.
    Local government means any county, city, town, township, parish, 
village, or other general purpose political subdivision of a State, and 
any combination of these political subdivisions which is recognized by 
the Secretary.
    Nominated area means an area nominated by one or more local 
governments and the State or States in which it is located for 
designation pursuant to this part.
    Population census tract means a census tract, or, if census tracts 
are not defined for the area, a block numbering area.
    Poverty means the number of persons listed as being in poverty in 
the 1990 Decennial Census.
    Revocation of designation means the process by which the Secretary 
may revoke the designation of an urban area as an Empowerment Zone or 
Enterprise Community pursuant to Sec. 597.403.
    State means any State of the United States.
    Strategic plan means a strategy developed and agreed to by the 
nominating local government(s) and State(s), which have provided 
certifications of their authority to adopt such a strategy in their 
application for nomination, in consultation and cooperation with the 
residents of the nominated are, pursuant to the provisions of Sec. 
597.200(c). The plan must include written commitments from the local 
government(s) and State(s) that they will adhere to that strategy.
    Urban area means:
    (1) Any area that lies inside a Metropolitan Area (MA), as 
designated by the Office of Management and Budget; or
    (2) Any area outside an MA if the jurisdiction of the nominating 
local government has a population of 20,000 or more, or documents the 
urban character of the area.

[60 FR 3038, Jan. 12, 1995, as amended at 61 FR 5211, Feb. 9, 1996; 63 
FR 10715, Mar. 4, 1998]