Section 5-9-4 - Designation of enterprise zones; revocation of designationA. No area shall be designated an enterprise zone until the local government has promulgated an ordinance governing: (1) the parameters relating to the size and population characteristics of an enterprise zone; and (2) the contents of an enterprise zone plan. B. The local government may designate an enterprise zone by duly enacted resolution on or after January 1, 1994. C. The designation by the local government of an area as an enterprise zone shall remain in effect from the date of the designation until the earliest of: (1) December 31 of the fifteenth calendar year following the year in which the designation was made; (2) the termination date specified in the designating resolution; or (3) the date upon which the local government revokes the designation pursuant to Subsection D of this section. D. The local government may revoke the designation of an area as an enterprise zone if it determines after notice and a public hearing that the operation and administration of the enterprise zone is not in substantial compliance with the law, ordinance, resolution or the approved enterprise zone plan for that enterprise zone. E. The secretary of economic development shall have the authority to make performance audits at any time of any designated enterprise zone to determine whether the enterprise zone is in compliance with the Enterprise Zone Act, local zone ordinances, resolutions, joint powers agreements and the enterprise zone plan. If an enterprise zone is determined to be out of compliance, the secretary may immediately revoke the designation of the area as an enterprise zone. F. Automatic state revocation shall be made by the secretary of economic development if the annual reporting requirements required in Section 8 [5-9-8 NMSA 1978] of the Enterprise Zone Act are not made. G. If state revocation of an enterprise zone occurs, the local government responsible for the enterprise zone loses its right to designate successor enterprise zones for forty-eight months after the date of the secretary's revocation letter to the local government, and: (1) all tax increment financing agreements and tax credits then in force shall cease at the end of the calendar year in which revocation occurred; and (2) all accumulated money in the enterprise zone fund of the revoked enterprise shall revert back proportionately to the units of government originally impacted by the tax increment authorization agreement.