1. Property tax exemption/Dakota Ag Co-op

CHAPTER 40-57.1 TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR NEW AND EXPANDING BUSINESSES 4()"57.1-01. Declaration and finding of public purpose. The legislative assembly of the state of North Dakota hereby declares and finds that it is and has been its purpose in preparing and adopting the provisions of this chapter to sanction, authorize, and encourage activities in the public interest and for the welfare of the state of North Dakota, its subdivisions and people by assisting in the establishment of additiona~ industrial plants, the expansion and retention of existing business, and promotion of economic activities within the state, and thereby increasing production of wealth, and adding to the volume of employment, particularly during those seasons when employment in farming and ranching is slack, thus alleviating unemployment among the people of the state. It is the intent of the legislative assembly that political subdivisions and the state board of equalization in their determination of whether the tax exemptions authorized by this chapter shall be granted, shall give due weight to their impact and effect upon existing industry and business to the end that an unfair advantage shall not be given to new or expanded enterprises which is to the substantial detriment of existing enterprises. 4()"57.1-O2. Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: 1. "Local development organization", as used in section 40-57.1-04.3, means a profit or nonprofit corporation incorporated under the laws of this state or a limited liability company organized under the laws of this state, formed for the purpose of furthering the economic development of its community and environs, with authority to promote and assist the growth and development of business concerns in the areas covered by its operations. The operations of the corporation or limited liability company must be limited to a specified area in this state. The controlling interest in the corporation or limited liability company must be held by at least twenty-five persons residing or doing business in the community or its environs. These persons must control not less than seventy-five percent of the voting control of the corporation or limited liability company. No shareholder or member of the corporation or limited liability company may own in excess of twenty-five percent of the voting control in the corporation or limited liability company if that shareholder or member has a direct pecuniary interest in any project or business concern which will occupy the property of the corporation or limited liability company. The primary objective of the corporation or limited liability company must be to benefit the community through increased employment, payroll, business volume, and corresponding factors rather than monetary profits to its shareholders or members. Any monetary profits or other benefits going to the shareholders or members must be merely incidental to the primary objective of the corporation or limited liability company. 2. "Municipality" means counties as well as municipalities of the types listed in subsection 4 of section 40-01-01. 3. "Primary sector business" means an individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or association which through the employment of knowledge or labor adds value to a product, process, or service that results in the creation of new wealth. 4. "Project" means any revenue-producing enterprise, or any combination of two or more of these enterprises. For the purpose of the income tax exemption, "project" means both "primary sector business" and "tourism" as defined by this section and includes the establishment of a new qualifying business or the expansion of a qualifying existing business. Page No. 1