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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to enterprise zones; amending

  3         s. 290.0067, F.S.; providing that the

  4         enterprise zone authorized for communities

  5         impacted by Lake Apopka land acquisition need

  6         not meet certain criteria relating to pervasive

  7         poverty, unemployment, and general distress;

  8         creating s. 290.0069, F.S.; authorizing the

  9         Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic

10         Development to designate an enterprise zone in

11         Liberty County; providing requirements with

12         respect thereto; authorizing the Office of

13         Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development to

14         designate an enterprise zone in Columbia

15         County; providing requirements with respect

16         thereto; authorizing the Office of Tourism,

17         Trade, and Economic Development to designate an

18         enterprise zone in Suwannee County; providing

19         requirements with respect thereto; providing an

20         extended application period for certain

21         businesses to claim tax incentives; authorizing

22         the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic

23         Development to designate an enterprise zone in

24         Gadsden County; providing requirements with

25         respect thereto; authorizing municipalities to

26         designate satellite enterprise zones; providing

27         conditions under which a local government may

28         amend the boundaries of an enterprise zone that

29         contains a brownfield pilot program; providing

30         an effective date.

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  1  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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  3         Section 1.  Section 290.0067, Florida Statutes, is

  4  amended to read:

  5         290.0067  Enterprise zone designation for communities

  6  impacted by Lake Apopka land acquisition.--Orange County and

  7  the municipality of Apopka may jointly apply to the Office of

  8  Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development for designation of

  9  one enterprise zone encompassing areas suffering adverse

10  economic impacts due to governmental acquisition of Lake

11  Apopka farmlands pursuant to s. 373.461. The application must

12  be submitted by December 31, 1998, and must comply with the

13  requirements of s. 290.0055, except s. 290.0055(3) and (4)(d).

14  Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 290.0065 limiting the

15  total number of enterprise zones designated and the number of

16  enterprise zones within a population category, the Office of

17  Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development may designate one

18  enterprise zone under this section. The Office of Tourism,

19  Trade, and Economic Development shall establish the initial

20  effective date of the enterprise zone designated pursuant to

21  this section based upon when unemployment will occur due to

22  the cessation of farming on lands acquired pursuant to s.

23  373.461. The zone shall terminate 5 years following the

24  established effective date.

25         Section 2.  Section 290.0069, Florida Statutes, is

26  created to read:

27         290.0069  Enterprise zone designation for Liberty

28  County.--Liberty County may apply to the Office of Tourism,

29  Trade, and Economic Development for designation of one

30  enterprise zone within an area in Liberty County that is south

31  of the border between Liberty and Gadsden Counties, south of


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  1  Highway 12, east of Highway 271, and north of Highway 20. The

  2  application must be submitted by December 31, 1999, and must

  3  comply with the requirements of s. 290.0055. Notwithstanding

  4  the provisions of s. 290.0065 limiting the total number of

  5  enterprise zones designated and the number of enterprise zones

  6  within a population category, the Office of Tourism, Trade,

  7  and Economic Development may designate one enterprise zone

  8  under this section. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic

  9  Development shall establish the initial effective date of the

10  enterprise zone designated pursuant to this section.

11         Section 3.  Columbia County, or Columbia County and the

12  municipality of Lake City jointly, may apply to the Office of

13  Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development for designation of

14  one enterprise zone encompassing an area within the county, or

15  within both the county and the municipality. In identifying

16  the area to be nominated for designation as an enterprise

17  zone, Columbia County, or Columbia County and the municipality

18  of Lake City jointly, shall seek to maximize the strategic

19  economic development advantages resulting from the

20  intersection of Interstate 75 and Interstate 10 within

21  Columbia County. The application must be submitted by December

22  31, 1999, and must comply with the requirements of section

23  290.0055, Florida Statutes. Notwithstanding the provisions of

24  section 290.0065, Florida Statutes, limiting the total number

25  of enterprise zones designated and the number of enterprise

26  zones within a population category, the Office of Tourism,

27  Trade, and Economic Development may designate one enterprise

28  zone under this section. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and

29  Economic Development shall establish the initial effective

30  date of the enterprise zone designated pursuant to this

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  1         Section 4.  Suwannee County, or Suwannee County and the

  2  municipality of Live Oak jointly, may apply to the Office of

  3  Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development for designation of

  4  one enterprise zone encompassing an area within the county, or

  5  within both the county and the municipality. In identifying

  6  the area to be nominated for designation as an enterprise

  7  zone, Suwannee County, or Suwannee County and the municipality

  8  of Live Oak jointly, shall seek to maximize the strategic

  9  economic development advantages resulting from the

10  intersection of Interstate 75 and Interstate 10. The

11  application must be submitted by December 31, 1999, and must

12  comply with the requirements of section 290.0055, Florida

13  Statutes. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 290.0065,

14  Florida Statutes, limiting the total number of enterprise

15  zones designated and the number of enterprise zones within a

16  population category, the Office of Tourism, Trade, and

17  Economic Development may designate one enterprise zone under

18  this section. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic

19  Development shall establish the initial effective date of the

20  enterprise zone designated pursuant to this section.

21         Section 5.  Notwithstanding the time limitations

22  contained in chapters 212 and 220, Florida Statutes, relating

23  to enterprise zone tax incentives, a business that was

24  purchased in February 1992 within an area of Tampa that

25  received a designation as an enterprise zone under section

26  290.0065, Florida Statutes, effective July 1, 1995, and that

27  was eligible to receive enterprise zone tax incentives from

28  July 1, 1995, to July 1, 1998, must submit an application for

29  the tax incentives by December 1, 1999. All other requirements

30  of the enterprise zone program apply to such a business.

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  1         Section 6.  Gadsden County may apply to the Office of

  2  Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development for designation of

  3  one enterprise zone encompassing an area within the county.

  4  The application must be submitted by December 31, 1999, and

  5  must comply with the requirements of section 290.0055, Florida

  6  Statutes. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 290.0065,

  7  Florida Statutes, limiting the total number of enterprise

  8  zones designated and the number of enterprise zones within a

  9  population category, the Office of Tourism, Trade, and

10  Economic Development may designate one enterprise zone under

11  this section. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic

12  Development shall establish the initial effective date of the

13  enterprise zone designated pursuant to this section.

14         Section 7.  Before December 31, 1999, any municipality

15  an area of which has previously received designation as an

16  Enterprise Zone in the population category described in

17  section 290.0065(3)(a)3., Florida Statutes, may create a

18  satellite enterprise zone not exceeding 1.5 square miles in

19  area outside of and, notwithstanding anything contained in

20  section 290.0055(4), Florida Statutes, or any other law, in

21  addition to the previously designated enterprise zone

22  boundaries. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic

23  Development shall amend the boundaries of the areas previously

24  designated by any such municipality as enterprise zones upon

25  receipt of a resolution adopted by the municipality describing

26  the satellite enterprise zone areas, as long as the additional

27  areas are consistent with the categories, criteria, and

28  limitations imposed by section 290.0055, Florida Statutes.

29  However, the requirements imposed by section 290.0055(4)(d),

30  Florida Statutes, do not apply to such satellite enterprise

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  1         Section 8.  Notwithstanding any provision of law to the

  2  contrary, the governing body of a municipality or a county

  3  containing a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency brownfield

  4  pilot project that was designated as of May 1, 1997, may apply

  5  to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development

  6  before December 31, 1999, to amend the boundaries of an

  7  enterprise zone designated in a municipality or a county

  8  containing such brownfield pilot project. The office shall

  9  approve the application to amend the boundaries of the

10  enterprise zone if the added area does not increase the

11  overall size of the expanded zone more than its original size

12  or 20 square miles, whichever is larger.

13         Section 9.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

14  law.

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