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11  Senator Holzendorf moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 5, between lines 2 and 3,

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17         Section 3.  Section 290.00651, Florida Statutes, is

18  created to read:

19         290.00651  Designation of Enterprise Zone Pilot Area.--

20         (1)  The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic

21  Development shall designate one pilot project area within one

22  state enterprise zone. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and

23  Economic Development shall select the pilot area by July 1,

24  1998, which meets the following qualifications:

25         (a)  The area is contained within an enterprise zone

26  that is composed of one contiguous area and is placed in the

27  category delineated in s. 290.0065(3)(a)1.

28         (b)  The local government having jurisdiction over the

29  enterprise zone grants economic development ad valorem tax

30  exemptions in the enterprise zone pursuant to s. 196.1995, and

31  electrical energy public service tax exemptions pursuant to s.

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 1  166.231.

 2         (c)  The local government having jurisdiction over the

 3  enterprise zone has developed a plan for revitalizing the

 4  pilot project area or for revitalizing an area within the

 5  enterprise zone that contains the pilot project area, and has

 6  committed at least $5 million to redevelop an area including

 7  the pilot project area.

 8         (d)  The pilot project area is contiguous and is

 9  limited to no more than 70 acres, or equivalent square miles,

10  to avoid a dilution of additional state assistance effectively

11  concentrating those additional resources on revitalizing the

12  acute area of economic distress.

13         (e)  The pilot project area contains a diverse cluster

14  or grouping of facilities or space for a mix of retail,

15  restaurants, or service related businesses, necessary to an

16  overall revitalization of surrounding neighborhoods through

17  community involvement, investment, enhancement of employment

18  markets.

19         (2)(a)  Beginning December 1, 1998, no more than four

20  businesses located within the pilot project area are eligible

21  for a credit against any tax due for a taxable year under part

22  I, chapter 212, and chapter 220.

23         (b)  The credit shall be computed as $5,000 times the

24  number of full-time employees of the business and $2,500 times

25  the number of part-time employees of the business. For

26  purposes of this section, a person shall be deemed to be

27  employed by such a business if the person performs duties in

28  connection with the operations of the business on a full-time

29  basis, provided he or she is performing such duties for an

30  average of at least 36 hours per week each month, or a

31  part-time basis, provided he or she is performing such duties

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 1  for an average of at least 20 hours per week each month

 2  through the year. The person must be performing such duties at

 3  a business site located in the pilot project area.

 4         (c)  The total amount of tax credits that may be

 5  granted under this section is $2 million annually. In the

 6  event the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development

 7  receives applications that total more than $2 million each

 8  year, the director shall pro-rate the amount of tax credit

 9  each applicant is eligible to receive to ensure that all

10  eligible applicants receive a tax credit.

11         (d)  In order to be eligible to apply to the Office of

12  Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development for tax credits under

13  this section a business must:

14         1.  Have entered into a contract with the developer of

15  the diverse cluster or grouping of facilities or space located

16  in the pilot project area, governing lease of commercial space

17  in the facility;

18         2.  Have commenced operations in the facility after

19  July 1, 1998, and before July 1, 1999; and

20         3.  Be a business predominantly engaged in activities

21  usually provided for consideration by firms classified with

22  the Standard Industrial Classification SIC 5311, SIC 7832, or

23  SIC 5399.

24         (e)  All applications for the granting of the tax

25  credits allowed under this section shall require the prior

26  approval of the director of the Office of Tourism, Trade, and

27  Economic Development. The director shall provide one submittal

28  date each year for the receipt of applications for such tax

29  credits.

30         (f)  Any business wishing to receive a tax credit

31  pursuant to this section must submit an application to the

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 1  Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development which sets

 2  forth the business name and address, and the number of

 3  employees of the business.

 4         (g)  The decision of the director shall be in writing,

 5  and, if approved, the application shall state the maximum

 6  credit allowable to the business. A copy of the decision shall

 7  be transmitted to the Executive Director of the Department of

 8  Revenue, who shall apply such credit to the tax liability of

 9  the business firm.

10         (h)  If the credit granted pursuant to this section is

11  not fully used in any one year because of insufficient tax

12  liability on the part of the business, the unused amount may

13  be carried forward for a period not to exceed 5 years.

14         (4)  The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic

15  Development is authorized to promulgate all rules necessary to

16  administer this section, including rules for the approval or

17  disapproval of applications for tax incentives by businesses.

18         (5)  The Department of Revenue shall promulgate any

19  rules necessary to ensure the orderly implementation and

20  administration of this section.

21         (6)  For purposes of this section, "business" and

22  "taxable year" shall have the same meaning as in s. 220.03.

23         (7)  The Office of Program Policy Analysis and

24  Government Accountability shall review and evaluate the

25  effectiveness and viability of the pilot project area created

26  in subsection (1) as part of the review of state enterprise

27  zones performed pursuant to s. 290.015(2). The office shall

28  specifically evaluate whether relief from certain taxes

29  induced new investment and development in the area, increased

30  the number of jobs created or retained in the area, induced

31  the renovation, rehabilitation, restoration, improvement, or

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 1  new construction of businesses or housing within the area, and

 2  contributed to the economic viability and profitability of

 3  business and commerce located within the area.

 4         (8)  This section shall stand repealed on June 30,

 5  2014, and any designation made pursuant to this section shall

 6  be revoked on that date.

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 8  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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12  And the title is amended as follows:

13         On page 2, line 3, after the semicolon

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15  insert:

16         creating s. 290.00651, F.S.; directing the

17         Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic

18         Development to designate a pilot project area

19         within an enterprise zone; providing

20         qualifications for such area; providing that

21         certain businesses in the pilot project area

22         are eligible for tax credits; prescribing

23         application criteria and procedures governing

24         such tax credits; providing rulemaking

25         authority; requiring a review by the Office of

26         Program Policy Analysis and Government

27         Accountability; providing for repeal and

28         revocation of designation as an enterprise zone

29         pilot project area;

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