The Florida Senate

290.00699  Enterprise zone designation for Hillsborough County.--Hillsborough County may apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development for designation of one enterprise zone within the county, which zone encompasses a high-crime, low-income, high-unemployment area that is north of Fowler Avenue, south of Bearss Avenue, east of Florida Avenue, west of Bruce B. Downs Boulevard, near the University of South Florida, adjacent to University Square Mall, north of a major theme park, an area that has been designated a federal Weed & Seed target area, and a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) target area and that houses an active public/private s. 501(c)(3) community development corporation working to improve the area. The application must be submitted by December 31, 2002, and must comply with the requirements of s. 290.0055 Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 290.0065, limiting the total number of enterprise zones designated and the number of enterprise zones within a population category, the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development may designate one enterprise zone under this section. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development shall establish the initial effective date of the enterprise zone designated under this section.

History.--s. 6, ch. 2001-101.