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• • in the tax records of St . Joseph County and to the businesses Zone address, if that differs. The Clerk shall also enclose with the Disqualification Ordinance sent to the affected Zone business the following notice: Be advised that the enclosed ordinance has been filed with the Common Council of the City of South Bend to disqualify [name of business] from all credits and incentives available to Zone businesses . Public hearing will be held on this ordinance on [date] at [time] at [location] . You are invited to appear at this public hearing and present testimony and evidence to the South Bend Common Council as to why it should not pass this ordinance. SECTION VI . Within five (5) days of the passage of such a Disqualifying Ordinance by the Council and its approval by the Mayor of the City of South Bend, the City Clerk shall provide a certified copy of the Disqualification Ordinance to the UEA Director who shall cause the same to be sent to the Indiana Enterprise Zone Board, the Indiana Board of Tax Commissioners, the St . Joseph County Auditor, and the Indiana Department of Revenue within thirty (30) days of the passage of the Disqualification Ordinance. SECTION VII . Disqualification of a Zone business shall be effective beginning with the taxable year in which the Disqualification Ordinance is passed. SECTION VIII . A Zone business disqualified pursuant to a Disqualification Ordinance shall be disqualified from Zone benefits and incentives for one (1) year following the date of Disqualification. A Zone business disqualified pursuant to a Disqualification Ordinance may, no sooner than one (1) year following the date of Disqualification, petition the Council for reinstatement of benefits . A copy of the petition shall be forwarded to the UEA by the Common Council, for review and recommendation to the Council . In the event that the Council approves the petition, benefits may be reinstated retroactively to the date of the petition. In the event the Council does not approve the petition, the Zone business may submit another petition for reinstatement of benefits no sooner than one (1) year following the date of the denied petition. If the year following the date of Disqualification would be after the Zone expires under law, the Zone business will be disqualified for the previous year and be subject to repayment of any Zone benefits and incentives received in that year. SECTION IX. The business that is the subject of a Disqualification ordinance, and its authorized representatives, may review and examine the records of the UEA and Council concerning the recommendation of Disqualification prior to the public hearing on the Disqualification Ordinance. Pursuant to I .C. 4-4-6 .1- 2 .5 (b) , the Zone businesses' tax records are confidential and not