§ 213. Definitions. When used in this article, unless a different\nmeaning clearly appears from the context, the following terms shall have\nthe following meanings:\n 1. "Authorized depositor" means the comptroller with respect to linked\ndeposits made by the comptroller and the commissioner of taxation and\nfinance with respect to linked deposits made by the commissioner of\ntaxation and finance.\n 2. "Census" means the decennial census performed by the bureau of the\ncensus of the United States department of commerce.\n 3. "Census bureau" means the bureau of the census of the United States\ndepartment of commerce.\n 4. "Certified business" means a business located in an empire zone\ncreated pursuant to article eighteen-B of the general municipal law and\ncertified pursuant to such article as eligible for the benefits referred\nto in section nine hundred sixty-six of such article.\n 5. "Certified minority-or women-owned business" means any minority-or\nwomen-owned business enterprise as defined in section three hundred ten\nof the executive law and certified pursuant to section three hundred\nfourteen of the executive law.\n 6. "Comptroller" means the comptroller of the state of New York.\n 7. "Defense industry manufacturer" means a manufacturing firm as\ndefined in subdivision eighteen of this section, twenty-five percent or\nmore of the gross revenues of which derive, either directly as a prime\ncontractor or indirectly as a subcontractor of a prime contractor, from\ndepartment of defense or other military contracts.\n 8. "Department" means the department of economic development.\n 9. "Department of defense" means the United States department of\ndefense.\n 10. "Empire zone" means an empire zone created pursuant to article\neighteen-B of the general municipal law.\n 11. "Eligible business" means:\n (a) a manufacturing firm or agricultural business which employs five\nhundred or fewer employees within the state on a full-time basis; or\n (b) any certified business in an empire zone which business employs\none hundred or fewer employees within the state on a full-time basis; or\n (b-1) during the whole or any portion of a period in which an area\ncontinues to be designated as a renewal community, any renewal community\nbusiness located in such area that employs one hundred or fewer\nemployees within the state on a full-time basis; or\n (b-2) during the whole or any portion of a period in which an area\ncontinues to be designated as an empowerment zone, any business located\nin such area that employs one hundred or fewer employees within the\nstate on a full-time basis; or\n (b-3) during the whole or any portion of a period in which an area\ncontinues to be designated as an enterprise community, any business\nlocated in such area that employs one hundred or fewer employees within\nthe state on a full-time basis; or\n (c) any firm seeking financing through the program for an export\nproject, which firm employs one hundred or fewer employees within the\nstate on a full-time basis; or\n (d) any business located in a highly distressed area, which business:\n (i) is not a retail business, unless financing provided through the\nprogram would promote the preservation of existing jobs or an increase\nin the overall number of retail jobs in the area; and\n (ii) employs one hundred or fewer employees within the state on a\nfull-time basis; or\n (e) any certified minority-or women-owned business seeking financing\nnecessary to carry out a procurement contract with an agency or\nauthority or other entity of the state or federal government; or\n (f) any service business that is independently owned and operated, is\nnot dominant in its field, employs one hundred or fewer persons on a\nfull-time basis within the state, and is seeking financing through the\nprogram for a project that will result in the retention or creation of\npermanent private sector jobs within the state, other than a business\nthat sells a service re
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