[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: 24CFR599.3]

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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 599_RENEWAL COMMUNITIES--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A_General Provisions
 
Sec. 599.3  Definitions.

    In addition to the definitions of ``HUD'' and ``Secretary'' found in 
24 CFR 5.100, the following definitions apply to this part:
    Census tract means a census tract, as the term is used by the Bureau 
of the Census, or, if census tracts are not defined for the area, a 
block numbering area.
    Designation means the process by which the Secretary designates 
areas as Renewal Communities eligible for tax incentives and credits 
established by Subchapter X of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as 
amended (26 U.S.C. 1400E, et seq.) and for any additional assistance 
that may be made available.
    Empowerment Zone (EZ) means an area so designated by the Secretary 
in accordance with 24 CFR part 597 or 24 CFR part 598.
    Enterprise Community (EC) means an area so designated by the 
Secretary in accordance with 24 CFR part 597.
    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 that is recognized by 
the Secretary.
    Metropolitan Area (MA) means an area as defined to be a Metropolitan 
Statistical Area or Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area by the Office 
of Management and Budget on June 30, 1999.
    Nominated area means an area with a population of not more than 
200,000 that is nominated by one or more local governments and the State 
or States in which it is located, or the governing body of the Indian 
reservation in which it is located, for designation in accordance with 
this part.
    Renewal Community (RC) means an area so designated by HUD in 
accordance with this part.
    Rural area means a nominated area:
    (1) Which is within a local government jurisdiction or jurisdictions 
with a population of less than 50,000; or
    (2) Which is outside of an MA; or
    (3) Which is determined by HUD, after consultation with the 
Secretary of Commerce, to be a rural area. An area may qualify as a 
rural area under this paragraph (3) of this definition if:

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    (i) It is a nominated area that crosses jurisdictional boundaries;
    (ii) The total population of the nominated area does not exceed 
200,000;
    (iii) The nominated area as a whole would not satisfy the 
requirements of either paragraph (1) or (2) of this definition;
    (iv) Each portion of the nominated area that is located within a 
separate jurisdiction meets the requirements of either paragraph (1) or 
(2) of this definition; and
    (v) The area is specifically nominated as a rural area; or
    (4) Which does not meet the requirements of either paragraph (1), 
(2), or (3) of this definition but which is determined by HUD on a case-
by-case basis, after consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, to be 
a rural area based on information submitted to demonstrate that the 
nominated area should be considered as a rural area.
    State means any State of the United States.
    Urban area means a nominated area that is not a rural area.