Qualifications

To qualify for the benefits of this subchapter, the business must: (1) Be an eligible business as defined in § 15-4-1902 ; (2) Hire at least one hundred (100) net new full-time permanent employees within twenty-four (24) months of the date the financial incentive plan was signed by the Arkansas Economic Development Commission and the business; (3) Expend at least five million dollars ($5,000,000) on the project covered by the financial incentive plan; (4) Agree to certify to the Department of Finance and Administration the number of net new full-time permanent employees and the average hourly wage of the net new full-time permanent employees once the number of net new full-time permanent employees reaches one hundred (100); and (5) Agree to certify to the department within thirty (30) days after the number of net new full-time permanent employees falls below one hundred (100) or the average hourly wage falls below the amount specified in the financial incentive plan. Acts 1995, No. 831, § 4; 1997, No. 807, § 16; 1999, No. 575, § 3. To qualify for the benefits of this subchapter, the business must: (1) Be an eligible business as defined in § 15-4-1902 ; (2) Hire at least one hundred (100) net new full-time permanent employees within twenty-four (24) months of the date the financial incentive plan was signed by the Arkansas Economic Development Commission and the business; (3) Expend at least five million dollars ($5,000,000) on the project covered by the financial incentive plan; (4) Agree to certify to the Department of Finance and Administration the number of net new full-time permanent employees and the average hourly wage of the net new full-time permanent employees once the number of net new full-time permanent employees reaches one hundred (100); and (5) Agree to certify to the department within thirty (30) days after the number of net new full-time permanent employees falls below one hundred (100) or the average hourly wage falls below the amount specified in the financial incentive plan. Acts 1995, No. 831, § 4; 1997, No. 807, § 16; 1999, No. 575, § 3.