Sec. 10.3. Authorized applicants

(a) Applications for empire zone designations may be submitted by a city, county (other than a county located wholly within a city), town or village or a zone within it that satisfies the requirements of article 18-B of the General Municipal Law and these regulations. A city, county (other than a county located with a city), town or village must adopt a local law authorizing such municipal corporation to prepare and submit an application to the commissioner for designation of an area therein as an empire zone. The adoption of such local law shall occur prior to submission of an application for such designation, and shall describe the boundaries of such area in a manner and form prescribed by the department.

(b) Applications, described in section 10.8 of this Part, must:

(1) be signed by the chief executive officer of the county, city, town or village making the application, or by such chief executive officer's designee, and must be received by the commissioner on or before the date announced by the commissioner for each round;

(2) include a statement signed by the chief executive, or by such chief executive's designee that the information contained in such application, to the maximum extent possible, is accurate and complete;

(3) if submitted by a city, town or village for a zone located wholly or partly within another municipality, include a copy of a local law or resolution by the governing body of such municipality, except for the county, concurring in the application; and

(4) if submitted by a county, include a copy of a local law or resolution by the governing body of each city, town or village in which the zone is to be located, concurring in the application.