Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 19 : Section 81o


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
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.



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