(1) For purposes of this chapter and RCW 28A.525.166, 28B.76.210, 28C.18.080, 43.21A.350, *47.06.030, and 90.58.100 and an industrial project of statewide significance is a border crossing project that involves both private and public investments carried out in conjunction with adjacent states or provinces or a private industrial development with private capital investment in manufacturing or research and development. To qualify as an industrial project of statewide significance: (a) The project must be completed after January 1, 1997; (b) the applicant must submit an application for designation as an industrial project of statewide significance to the department of community, trade, and economic development; and (c) the project must have:

     (i) In counties with a population of less than or equal to twenty thousand, a capital investment of twenty million dollars;

     (ii) In counties with a population of greater than twenty thousand but no more than fifty thousand, a capital investment of fifty million dollars;

     (iii) In counties with a population of greater than fifty thousand but no more than one hundred thousand, a capital investment of one hundred million dollars;

     (iv) In counties with a population of greater than one hundred thousand but no more than two hundred thousand, a capital investment of two hundred million dollars;

     (v) In counties with a population of greater than two hundred thousand but no more than four hundred thousand, a capital investment of four hundred million dollars;

     (vi) In counties with a population of greater than four hundred thousand but no more than one million, a capital investment of six hundred million dollars;

     (vii) In counties with a population of greater than one million, a capital investment of one billion dollars;

     (viii) In counties with fewer than one hundred persons per square mile as determined annually by the office of financial management and published by the department of revenue effective for the period July 1st through June 30th, projected full-time employment positions after completion of construction of fifty or greater;

     (ix) In counties with one hundred or more persons per square mile as determined annually by the office of financial management and published by the department of revenue effective for the period July 1st through June 30th, projected full-time employment positions after completion of construction of one hundred or greater; or

     (x) Been designated by the director of community, trade, and economic development as an industrial project of statewide significance either: (A) Because the county in which the project is to be located is a distressed county and the economic circumstances of the county merit the additional assistance such designation will bring; or (B) because the impact on a region due to the size and complexity of the project merits such designation.

     (2) The term manufacturing shall have the meaning assigned it in **RCW 82.61.010.

     (3) The term research and development shall have the meaning assigned it in **RCW 82.61.010.

     (4) The term applicant means a person applying to the department of community, trade, and economic development for designation of a development project as an industrial project of statewide significance.

[2004 c 275 § 63; 2003 c 54 § 1; 1997 c 369 § 2.]

NOTES:

     Reviser's note: *(1) RCW 47.06.030 was repealed by 2007 c 516 § 13.

     **(2) RCW 82.61.010 was repealed by 2005 c 443 § 7, effective July 1, 2006.

     Part headings not law -- 2004 c 275: See note following RCW 28B.76.030.