19 U.S.C. § 81o

Current through P.L. 118-59 (published on www.congress.gov on 05/07/2024)

Section 81o - Residents of zone

(a) Persons allowed to reside in zone

No person shall be allowed to reside within the zone except Federal, State, or municipal officers or agents whose resident presence is deemed necessary by the Board.

(b) Rules and regulations for employees entering and leaving zone

The Board shall prescribe rules and regulations regarding employees and other persons entering and leaving the zone. All rules and regulations concerning the protection of the revenue shall be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury.

(c) Exclusion from zone of goods or process of treatment

The Board may at any time order the exclusion from the zone of any goods or process of treatment that in its judgment is detrimental to the public interest, health, or safety.

(d) Retail trade within zone

No retail trade shall be conducted within the zone except under permits issued by the grantee and approved by the Board. Such permittees shall sell no goods except such domestic or duty-paid or duty-free goods as are brought into the zone from customs territory.

(e) Exemption from State and local ad valorem taxation of tangible personal property

Tangible personal property imported from outside the United States and held in a zone for the purpose of storage, sale, exhibition, repackaging, assembly, distribution, sorting, grading, cleaning, mixing, display, manufacturing, or processing, and tangible personal property produced in the United States and held in a zone for exportation, either in its original form or as altered by any of the above processes, shall be exempt from State and local ad valorem taxation.

19 U.S.C. § 81o

June 18, 1934, ch. 590, §15, 48 Stat. 1002; Pub. L. 98-573, title II, §231(b)(1), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2991.

EDITORIAL NOTES

AMENDMENTS1984-Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 98-573 added subsec. (e).

STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1984 AMENDMENTPub. L. 98-573, title II, §231(b)(2), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2991, provided that: "The amendment made by paragraph (1) [amending this section] shall take effect on January 1, 1983."

Board: The term "Board" means the Board which is established to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The Board shall consist of the Secretary of Commerce, who shall be chairman and executive officer of the Board, and the Secretary of the Treasury;
Secretary: The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Commerce;
State: The term "State" includes any State, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico;
grantee: The term "grantee" means a corporation to which the privilege of establishing, operating, and maintaining a foreign-trade zone has been granted;
zone: The term "zone" means a "foreign-trade zone" as provided in this chapter.