15.327 - DEFINITIONS.

        15.327  DEFINITIONS.
         As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
         1.  "Benefit" has the same meaning as defined in section
      15G.101.
         2.  "Community" means a city, county, or entity established
      pursuant to chapter 28E.
         3.  "Contractor or subcontractor" means a person who contracts
      with the eligible business or subcontracts with a contractor for the
      provision of property, materials, or services for the construction or
      equipping of a facility of the eligible business.
         4.  "Created job" has the same meaning as defined in section
      15G.101.
         5.  "Department" means the Iowa department of economic
      development.
         6.  "Eligible business" means a business meeting the
      conditions of section 15.329.
         7.  "Fiscal impact ratio" has the same meaning as defined in
      section 15G.101.
         8.  "Maintenance period completion date" has the same meaning
      as defined in section 15G.101.
         9.  "Program" means the high quality jobs program.
         10.  "Project completion date" has the same meaning as defined
      in section 15G.101.
         11.  "Qualifying investment" means a capital investment in
      real property including the purchase price of land and existing
      buildings and structures, site preparation, improvements to the real
      property, building construction, and long-term lease costs.
      "Qualifying investment" also means a capital investment in
      depreciable assets.
         12.  "Qualifying wage threshold" has the same meaning as
      defined in section 15G.101.
         13.  "Retained job" has the same meaning as defined in section
      15G.101.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         94 Acts, ch 1008, §5; 96 Acts, ch 1185, § 1; 96 Acts, ch 1199, §1;
      98 Acts, ch 1175, §5; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286; 2005 Acts, ch 150,
      §43, 68, 69; 2009 Acts, ch 123, §11
         Referred to in § 15.119