Strategic Investment Areas
For Calendar Year 2000
As authorized by Senate Bill 441, 76th Legislature, 1999, the Comptroller of Public Accounts has determined that the following counties are strategic investment areas for calendar year 2000, for the purposes of job creation credits, investment credits, and the research credit bonus available under the Texas Franchise Tax Act, Tax Code, Chapter 171.
| Counties | Counties | Counties | Counties | Counties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson | Andrews | Angelina | Aransas | Bailey |
| Baylor | Bee | Bowie | Brazoria | Brooks |
| Brown | Calhoun | Cameron | Camp | Cass |
| Cochran | Coleman | Cottle | Crane | Crockett |
| Crosby | Culberson | Dawson | Deaf Smith | Dimmit |
| Donley | Duval | Eastland | Ector | Edwards |
| El Paso | Floyd | Freestone | Frio | Gaines |
| Galveston | Garza | Gregg | Grimes | Hale |
| Hall | Hardeman | Hardin | Harrison | Hidalgo |
| Hockley | Hopkins | Howard | Hutchinson | Jasper |
| Jefferson | Jim Hogg | Jim Wells | King | Kinney |
| Kleberg | Knox | Lamar | Lamb | La Salle |
| Leon | Liberty | Limestone | McCulloch | Marion |
| Martin | Matagorda | Maverick | Mitchell | Morris |
| Navarro | Newton | Nolan | Nueces | Orange |
| Palo Pinto | Panola | Pecos | Polk | Potter |
| Presidio | Reagan | Red River | Reeves | Robertson |
| Rusk | Sabine | San Augustine | San Patricio | Scurry |
| Shackelford | Shelby | Smith | Somervell | Starr |
| Stonewall | Terrell | Terry | Titus | Trinity |
| Tyler | Upshur | Upton | Uvalde | Val Verde |
| Ward | Webb | Wharton | Willacy | Winkler |
| Wood | Yoakum | Young | Zapata | Zavala |
The following sub-county zones are also designated strategic investment areas:
| Area Name | County |
|---|---|
| Dallas Urban Enterprise Community | Dallas |
| Houston Urban Supplemental Enterprise Community | Harris |
| San Antonio Urban Enterprise Community | Bexar |
| Waco Urban Enterprise Community | McLennan |
Corporations engaged in agricultural processing in these counties may apply for the job creation and capital investment credits:
| Counties | Counties | Counties | Counties | Counties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archer | Armstrong | Atascosa | Austin | Bandera |
| Blanco | Borden | Bosque | Brewster | Briscoe |
| Burleson | Burnet | Caldwell | Callahan | Carson |
| Castro | Chambers | Cherokee | Childress | Clay |
| Coke | Collingsworth | Colorado | Comanche | Concho |
| Cooke | Dallam | Delta | DeWitt | Dickens |
| Erath | Falls | Fannin | Fayette | Fisher |
| Foard | Franklin | Gillespie | Glasscock | Goliad |
| Gonzales | Gray | Hamilton | Hansford | Hartley |
| Haskell | Hemphill | Hill | Hood | Houston |
| Hudspeth | Irion | Jack | Jackson | Jeff Davis |
| Jones | Karnes | Kendall | Kenedy | Kent |
| Kerr | Kimball | Lampasas | Lavaca | Lee |
| Lipscomb | Live Oak | Llano | Loving | Lynn |
| McMullen | Madison | Mason | Medina | Menard |
| Milam | Mills | Montague | Moore | Motley |
| Ochiltree | Oldham | Parmer | Rains | Real |
| Refugio | Roberts | Rockwall | Runnels | San Jacinto |
| San Saba | Schleicher | Sherman | Stephens | Sterling |
| Sutton | Swisher | Throckmorton | Van Zandt | Waller |
| Washington | Wheeler | Wilbarger | Wilson | Wise |