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17 Section 14. Subsections (2) and (9) of section
18 14.2015, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
19 14.2015 Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
20 Development; creation; powers and duties.--
21 (2) The purpose of the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
22 Economic Development is to assist the Governor in working with
23 the Legislature, state agencies, business leaders, and
24 economic development professionals to formulate and implement
25 coherent and consistent policies and strategies designed to
26 provide economic opportunities for all Floridians. To
27 accomplish such purposes, the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
28 Economic Development shall:
29 (a) Contract, notwithstanding the provisions of part I
30 of chapter 287, with the direct-support organization created
31 under s. 288.1229 to guide, stimulate, and promote the sports
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1 industry in the state, to promote the participation of
2 Florida's citizens in amateur athletic competition, and to
3 promote Florida as a host for national and international
4 amateur athletic competitions.
5 (b) Monitor the activities of public-private
6 partnerships and state agencies in order to avoid duplication
7 and promote coordinated and consistent implementation of
8 programs in areas including, but not limited to, tourism;
9 international trade and investment; business recruitment,
10 creation, retention, and expansion; minority and small
11 business development; and rural community development.
12 (c) Facilitate the direct involvement of the Governor
13 and the Lieutenant Governor in economic development projects
14 designed to create, expand, and retain Florida businesses and
15 to recruit worldwide business, as well as in other
16 job-creating efforts.
17 (d) Assist the Governor, in cooperation with
18 Enterprise Florida, Inc., and the Florida Commission on
19 Tourism, in preparing an annual report to the Legislature on
20 the state of the business climate in Florida and on the state
21 of economic development in Florida which will include the
22 identification of problems and the recommendation of
23 solutions. This report shall be submitted to the President of
24 the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the
25 Senate Minority Leader, and the House Minority Leader by
26 January 1 of each year, and it shall be in addition to the
27 Governor's message to the Legislature under the State
28 Constitution and any other economic reports required by law.
29 (e) Plan and conduct at least one meeting per calendar
30 year of leaders in business, government, and economic
31 development called by the Governor to address the business
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1 climate in the state, develop a common vision for the economic
2 future of the state, and identify economic development efforts
3 to fulfill that vision.
4 (f)1. Administer the Florida Enterprise Zone Act under
5 ss. 290.001-290.016, the community contribution tax credit
6 program under ss. 220.183 and 624.5105, the tax refund program
7 for qualified target industry businesses under s. 288.106, the
8 tax-refund program for qualified defense contractors under s.
9 288.1045, contracts for transportation projects under s.
10 288.063, the sports franchise facility program under s.
11 288.1162, the professional golf hall of fame facility program
12 under s. 288.1168, the expedited permitting process under s.
13 403.973, the Rural Community Development Revolving Loan Fund
14 under s. 288.065, the Regional Rural Development Grants
15 Program under s. 288.018, the Certified Capital Company Act
16 under s. 288.99, the Florida State Rural Development Council,
17 the Rural Economic Development Initiative, and other programs
18 that are specifically assigned to the office by law, by the
19 appropriations process, or by the Governor. Notwithstanding
20 any other provisions of law, the office may expend interest
21 earned from the investment of program funds deposited in the
22 Economic Development Trust Fund, the Grants and Donations
23 Trust Fund, the Brownfield Property Ownership Clearance
24 Assistance Revolving Loan Trust Fund, and the Economic
25 Development Transportation Trust Fund to contract for the
26 administration of the programs, or portions of the programs,
27 enumerated in this paragraph or assigned to the office by law,
28 by the appropriations process, or by the Governor. Such
29 expenditures shall be subject to review under chapter 216.
30 2. The office may enter into contracts in connection
31 with the fulfillment of its duties concerning the Florida
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1 First Business Bond Pool under chapter 159, tax incentives
2 under chapters 212 and 220, tax incentives under the Certified
3 Capital Company Act in chapter 288, foreign offices under
4 chapter 288, the Enterprise Zone program under chapter 290,
5 the Seaport Employment Training program under chapter 311, the
6 Florida Professional Sports Team License Plates under chapter
7 320, Spaceport Florida under chapter 331, Expedited Permitting
8 under chapter 403, and in carrying out other functions that
9 are specifically assigned to the office by law, by the
10 appropriations process, or by the Governor.
11 (g) Serve as contract administrator for the state with
12 respect to contracts with Enterprise Florida, Inc., the
13 Florida Commission on Tourism, and all direct-support
14 organizations under this act, excluding those relating to
15 tourism. To accomplish the provisions of this act and
16 applicable provisions of chapter 288, and notwithstanding the
17 provisions of part I of chapter 287, the office shall enter
18 into specific contracts with Enterprise Florida, Inc., the
19 Florida Commission on Tourism, and other appropriate
20 direct-support organizations. Such contracts may be multiyear
21 and shall include specific performance measures for each year.
22 (h) Provide administrative oversight for the
23 Governor's Office of the Film and Entertainment Commissioner,
24 created under s. 288.1251, to develop, promote, and provide
25 services to the state's entertainment industry and to
26 administratively house the Florida Film and Entertainment
27 Advisory Council created under s. 288.1252.
28 (i) Prepare and submit as a separate budget entity a
29 unified budget request for tourism, trade, and economic
30 development in accordance with chapter 216 for, and in
31 conjunction with, Enterprise Florida, Inc., and its boards,
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1 the Florida Commission on Tourism and its direct-support
2 organization, the Florida Black Business Investment Board, the
3 Governor's Office of the Film and Entertainment Commissioner,
4 and the direct-support organization created to promote the
5 sports industry.
6 (j) Adopt rules, as necessary, to carry out its
7 functions in connection with the administration of the
8 Qualified Target Industry program, the Qualified Defense
9 Contractor program, the Certified Capital Company Act, the
10 Enterprise Zone program, and the Florida First Business Bond
11 pool.
12 (k) By January 15 of each year, the Office of Tourism,
13 Trade, and Economic Development shall submit to the Governor,
14 the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
15 Representatives a complete and detailed report of all
16 applications received and recommendations made or actions
17 taken during the previous fiscal year under all programs
18 funded out of the Economic Development Incentives Account or
19 the Economic Development Transportation Trust Fund. The Office
20 of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development, with the
21 cooperation of Enterprise Florida, Inc., shall also include in
22 the report a detailed analysis of all final decisions issued;
23 agreements or other contracts executed; and tax refunds paid
24 or other payments made under all programs funded from the
25 above named sources, including analysis of benefits and costs,
26 types of projects supported, and employment and investment
27 created. The report shall also include a separate analysis of
28 the impact of such tax refunds and other payments approved for
29 rural cities or communities as defined in s. 288.106(2)(s) and
30 state enterprise zones designated pursuant to s. 290.0065.
31 (9)(a) The Office of Urban Opportunity is created
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1 within the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development.
2 The director of the Office of Urban Opportunity shall be
3 appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Governor.
4 (b) The purpose of the Office of Urban Opportunity
5 shall be to administer the Front Porch Florida initiative, a
6 comprehensive, community-based urban core redevelopment
7 program that will empower urban core residents to craft
8 solutions to the unique challenges of each designated
9 community. Front Porch Florida shall serve as a "civic
10 switchboard," connecting each Front Porch Florida community
11 with federal, state, and private-sector resources necessary to
12 implement the program.
13 (c) The Office of Urban Opportunity may be assisted in
14 carrying out its duties by the Department of Community
15 Affairs.
16 (d) The selection criteria for designating Front Porch
17 Communities must give priority consideration to communities
18 where there is an active grant award from the U.S. Department
19 of Housing and Urban Development under the HOPE VI program and
20 there is:
21 1. Documented support by the unit of local government
22 to redevelop the neighborhoods surrounding the HOPE VI
23 project.
24 2. A joint agreement between the local government and
25 the public housing authority receiving the HOPE VI grant
26 regarding the redevelopment of neighborhoods surrounding the
27 HOPE VI project.
28 3. A plan to promote the redevelopment of the HOPE VI
29 neighborhoods; to disperse the location of publicly assisted
30 housing within the neighborhood and to promote mixed-income
31 neighborhoods; to promote home ownership; and to involve the
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1 residents of the neighborhood in redevelopment.
2 Section 15. Section 163.2523, Florida Statutes, is
3 amended to read:
4 163.2523 Grant program.--An Urban Infill and
5 Redevelopment Assistance Grant Program is created for local
6 governments. A local government may allocate grant money to
7 special districts, including community redevelopment agencies,
8 and nonprofit community development organizations to implement
9 projects consistent with an adopted urban infill and
10 redevelopment plan or plan employed in lieu thereof. Thirty
11 percent of the general revenue appropriated for this program
12 shall be available for planning grants to be used by local
13 governments for the development of an urban infill and
14 redevelopment plan, including community participation
15 processes for the plan. Sixty percent of the general revenue
16 appropriated for this program shall be available for
17 fifty/fifty matching grants for implementing urban infill and
18 redevelopment projects that further the objectives set forth
19 in the local government's adopted urban infill and
20 redevelopment plan or plan employed in lieu thereof. The
21 remaining 10 percent of the revenue must be used for outright
22 grants for implementing projects requiring an expenditure of
23 under $50,000. Projects that provide employment opportunities
24 to clients of the WAGES program and projects within urban
25 infill and redevelopment areas that include a community
26 redevelopment area, Florida Main Street program, Front Porch
27 Florida Community, sustainable community, enterprise zone,
28 federal enterprise zone, enterprise community, or neighborhood
29 improvement district, and projects that include the recipient
30 of a HOPE VI grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and
31 Urban Development, must be given an elevated priority in the
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1 scoring of competing grant applications. The Division of
2 Housing and Community Development of the Department of
3 Community Affairs shall administer the grant program. The
4 Department of Community Affairs shall adopt rules establishing
5 grant review criteria consistent with this section.
6 Section 16. Paragraph (c) of subsection (6) of section
7 420.5087, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
8 420.5087 State Apartment Incentive Loan
9 Program.--There is hereby created the State Apartment
10 Incentive Loan Program for the purpose of providing first,
11 second, or other subordinated mortgage loans or loan
12 guarantees to sponsors, including for-profit, nonprofit, and
13 public entities, to provide housing affordable to
14 very-low-income persons.
15 (6) On all state apartment incentive loans, except
16 loans made to housing communities for the elderly to provide
17 for lifesafety, building preservation, health, sanitation, or
18 security-related repairs or improvements, the following
19 provisions shall apply:
20 (c) The corporation shall provide by rule for the
21 establishment of a review committee composed of the department
22 and corporation staff and shall establish by rule a scoring
23 system for evaluation and competitive ranking of applications
24 submitted in this program, including, but not limited to, the
25 following criteria:
26 1. Tenant income and demographic targeting objectives
27 of the corporation.
28 2. Targeting objectives of the corporation which will
29 ensure an equitable distribution of loans between rural and
30 urban areas.
31 3. Sponsor's agreement to reserve the units for
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1 persons or families who have incomes below 50 percent of the
2 state or local median income, whichever is higher, for a time
3 period to exceed the minimum required by federal law or the
4 provisions of this part.
5 4. Sponsor's agreement to reserve more than:
6 a. Twenty percent of the units in the project for
7 persons or families who have incomes that do not exceed 50
8 percent of the state or local median income, whichever is
9 higher; or
10 b. Forty percent of the units in the project for
11 persons or families who have incomes that do not exceed 60
12 percent of the state or local median income, whichever is
13 higher, without requiring a greater amount of the loans as
14 provided in this section.
15 5. Provision for tenant counseling.
16 6. Sponsor's agreement to accept rental assistance
17 certificates or vouchers as payment for rent; however, when
18 certificates or vouchers are accepted as payment for rent on
19 units set aside pursuant to subsection (2), the benefit must
20 be divided between the corporation and the sponsor, as
21 provided by corporation rule.
22 7. Projects requiring the least amount of a state
23 apartment incentive loan compared to overall project cost.
24 8. Local government contributions and local government
25 comprehensive planning and activities that promote affordable
26 housing.
27 9. Project feasibility.
28 10. Economic viability of the project.
29 11. Commitment of first mortgage financing.
30 12. Sponsor's prior experience.
31 13. Sponsor's ability to proceed with construction.
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1 14. Projects that directly implement or assist
2 welfare-to-work transitioning.
3 15. Projects receiving HOPE VI grants from the U.S.
4 Department of Housing and Urban Development.
5 Section 17. Subsection (6) of section 420.5089,
6 Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
7 420.5089 HOME Investment Partnership Program; HOME
8 fund.--
9 (6) Applications for loans under any competitive
10 scoring process established by program rule must be approved
11 by a review committee established by corporation rule which
12 shall analyze factors, including, but not limited to, the
13 following:
14 (a) Demographic targeting objectives of the
15 corporation.
16 (b) Corporation portfolio diversification.
17 (c) Developer's agreement to make units for the
18 targeted group available for more than the minimum period
19 required by rule.
20 (d) Leveraging of HOME funds.
21 (e) Local matching funds.
22 (f) The project's feasibility and long-term economic
23 viability.
24 (g) Demonstrated capacity of the proposed project's
25 development team.
26 (h) Conformance with the consolidated plan for the
27 state and area in which the proposed project will be located.
28 (i) Projects receiving HOPE VI grants from the U.S.
29 Department of Housing and Urban Development.
30 (j)(i) Other factors determined and approved by the
31 corporation's board of directors.
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1 Section 18. Subsection (3) of section 420.5093,
2 Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
3 420.5093 State Housing Tax Credit Program.--
4 (3) The corporation shall adopt allocation procedures
5 that will ensure the maximum use of available tax credits in
6 order to encourage development of low-income housing and
7 associated mixed-use projects in urban areas, taking into
8 consideration the timeliness of the application, the location
9 of the proposed project, the relative need in the area of
10 revitalization and low-income housing and the availability of
11 such housing, the economic feasibility of the project, and the
12 ability of the applicant to proceed to completion of the
13 project in the calendar year for which the credit is sought.
14 The allocation procedure must give priority to projects
15 receiving HOPE VI grants from the U.S. Department of Housing
16 and Urban Development.
17 Section 19. Subsection (2) of section 420.5099,
18 Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
19 420.5099 Allocation of the low-income housing tax
20 credit.--
21 (2) The corporation shall adopt allocation procedures
22 that will ensure the maximum use of available tax credits in
23 order to encourage development of low-income housing in the
24 state, taking into consideration the timeliness of the
25 application, the location of the proposed housing project, the
26 relative need in the area for low-income housing and the
27 availability of such housing, the economic feasibility of the
28 project, and the ability of the applicant to proceed to
29 completion of the project in the calendar year for which the
30 credit is sought. The allocation procedure must give priority
31 to projects receiving HOPE VI grants from the U.S. Department
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1 of Housing and Urban Development.
2 Section 20. Subsection (10) of section 159.705,
3 Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
4 159.705 Powers of the authority.--The authority is
5 authorized and empowered:
6 (10) Other provisions of law to the contrary
7 notwithstanding, to acquire by lease, without consideration,
8 purchase, or option any lands owned, administered, managed,
9 controlled, supervised, or otherwise protected by the state or
10 any of its agencies, departments, boards, or commissions for
11 the purpose of establishing a research and development park,
12 subject to being first designated a research and development
13 authority under the provisions of ss. 159.701-159.7095. The
14 authority may cooperate with state and local political
15 subdivisions and with private profit and nonprofit entities to
16 implement the public purposes set out in s. 159.701. Such
17 cooperation may include agreements for the use of the
18 resources of state and local political subdivisions, agencies,
19 or entities on a fee-for-service basis or on a cost-recovery
20 basis. A project that is located in a research and development
21 park and is financed pursuant to the provisions of the Florida
22 Industrial Development Financing Act may be operated by a
23 research and development authority, a state university, a
24 Florida community college, or a governmental agency, provided
25 that the purpose and operation of such project is consistent
26 with the purposes and policies enumerated in ss.
27 159.701-159.7095.
28 Section 21. Section 159.8083, Florida Statutes, is
29 amended to read:
30 159.8083 Florida First Business allocation pool.--The
31 Florida First Business allocation pool is hereby established.
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1 The Florida First Business allocation pool shall be available
2 solely to provide written confirmation for private activity
3 bonds to finance Florida First Business projects recommended
4 by Enterprise Florida, Inc., and certified by the Office of
5 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development as eligible to
6 receive a written confirmation. Allocations from such pool
7 shall be awarded statewide pursuant to procedures specified in
8 s. 159.805, except that the provisions of s. 159.805(2), (3),
9 and (6) do not apply. Florida First Business projects that are
10 eligible for a carryforward shall not lose their allocation on
11 November 16 if they have applied and have been granted a
12 carryforward. In issuing written confirmations of allocations
13 for Florida First Business projects, the division shall use
14 the Florida First Business allocation pool. If allocation is
15 not available from the Florida First Business allocation pool,
16 the division shall issue written confirmations of allocations
17 for Florida First Business projects pursuant to s. 159.806 or
18 s. 159.807, in such order. For the purpose of determining
19 priority within a regional allocation pool or the state
20 allocation pool, notices of intent to issue bonds for Florida
21 First Business projects to be issued from a regional
22 allocation pool or the state allocation pool shall be
23 considered to have been received by the division at the time
24 it is determined by the division that the Florida First
25 Business allocation pool is unavailable to issue confirmation
26 for such Florida First Business project. If the total amount
27 requested in notices of intent to issue private activity bonds
28 for Florida First Business projects exceeds the total amount
29 of the Florida First Business allocation pool, the director
30 shall forward all timely notices of intent to issue, which are
31 received by the division for such projects, to the Office of
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1 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development which shall render a
2 decision as to which notices of intent to issue are to receive
3 written confirmations. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and
4 Economic Development, in consultation with the division and
5 Enterprise Florida, Inc., shall develop rules to ensure that
6 the allocation provided in such pool is available solely to
7 provide written confirmations for private activity bonds to
8 finance Florida First Business projects and that such projects
9 are feasible and financially solvent.
10 Section 22. Subsection (6) of section 163.3164,
11 Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
12 163.3164 Definitions.--As used in this act:
13 (6) "Development" has the meaning given it in s.
14 380.04 and the exemption given it in s. 380.04(3).
15 Section 23. Paragraph (j) of subsection (5) and
16 paragraph (eee) of subsection (7) of section 212.08, Florida
17 Statutes, are amended to read:
18 212.08 Sales, rental, use, consumption, distribution,
19 and storage tax; specified exemptions.--The sale at retail,
20 the rental, the use, the consumption, the distribution, and
21 the storage to be used or consumed in this state of the
22 following are hereby specifically exempt from the tax imposed
23 by this chapter.
24 (5) EXEMPTIONS; ACCOUNT OF USE.--
25 (j) Machinery and equipment used in semiconductor
26 silicon technology production and research and development.--
27 1. Industrial machinery and equipment purchased for
28 use in semiconductor silicon technology facilities certified
29 under subparagraph 6. 5. to manufacture, process, compound, or
30 produce semiconductor silicon technology products for sale or
31 for use by these facilities are exempt from the tax imposed by
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1 this chapter.
2 2. Machinery and equipment are exempt from the tax
3 imposed by this chapter if purchased for use predominately in
4 semiconductor silicon wafer research and development
5 activities in a semiconductor silicon technology research and
6 development facility certified under subparagraph 6. 5.
7 3. Building materials purchased for use in
8 manufacturing or expanding clean rooms in
9 semiconductor-manufacturing facilities are exempt from the tax
10 imposed by this chapter.
11 4.3. In addition to meeting the criteria mandated by
12 subparagraph 1., or subparagraph 2., or subparagraph 3., a
13 business must be certified by the Office of Tourism, Trade,
14 and Economic Development as authorized in this paragraph in
15 order to qualify for exemption under this paragraph.
16 5.4. For items purchased tax exempt pursuant to this
17 paragraph, possession of a written certification from the
18 purchaser, certifying the purchaser's entitlement to exemption
19 pursuant to this paragraph, relieves the seller of the
20 responsibility of collecting the tax on the sale of such
21 items, and the department shall look solely to the purchaser
22 for recovery of tax if it determines that the purchaser was
23 not entitled to the exemption.
24 6.5.a. To be eligible to receive the exemption
25 provided by subparagraph 1., or subparagraph 2., or
26 subparagraph 3., a qualifying business entity shall apply to
27 Enterprise Florida, Inc. The application shall be developed by
28 the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development in
29 consultation with Enterprise Florida, Inc.
30 b. Enterprise Florida, Inc., shall review each
31 submitted application and information and determine whether or
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1 not the application is complete within 5 working days. Once an
2 application is complete, Enterprise Florida, Inc., shall,
3 within 10 working days, evaluate the application and recommend
4 approval or disapproval of the application to the Office of
5 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development.
6 c. Upon receipt of the application and recommendation
7 from Enterprise Florida, Inc., the Office of Tourism, Trade,
8 and Economic Development shall certify within 5 working days
9 those applicants who are found to meet the requirements of
10 this section and notify the applicant, Enterprise Florida,
11 Inc., and the department of the certification. If the Office
12 of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development finds that the
13 applicant does not meet the requirements of this section, it
14 shall notify the applicant and Enterprise Florida, Inc.,
15 within 10 working days that the application for certification
16 has been denied and the reasons for denial. The Office of
17 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development has final approval
18 authority for certification under this section.
19 7.6.a. A business certified to receive this exemption
20 may apply once each year for the exemption.
21 b. The first claim submitted by a business may include
22 all eligible expenditures made after the date the business was
23 certified.
24 b.c. To apply for the annual exemption, the business
25 shall submit a claim to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
26 Economic Development, which claim indicates and documents the
27 sales and use taxes otherwise payable on eligible machinery
28 and equipment. The application claim must also indicate, for
29 program evaluation purposes only, the average number of
30 full-time equivalent employees at the facility over the
31 preceding calendar year, the average wage and benefits paid to
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1 those employees over the preceding calendar year, and the
2 total investment made in real and tangible personal property
3 over the preceding calendar year, and the total value of
4 tax-exempt purchases and taxes exempted during the previous
5 year or, for the first claim submitted, since the date of
6 certification. The department shall assist the Office of
7 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development in evaluating and
8 verifying information provided in the application for
9 exemption.
10 c.d. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
11 Development may use the information reported on the
12 application claims for evaluation purposes only and shall
13 prepare an annual report on the exemption program and its cost
14 and impact. The annual report for the preceding fiscal year
15 shall be submitted to the Governor, the President of the
16 Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by
17 September 30 of each fiscal year. This report may be submitted
18 in conjunction with the annual report required in s.
19 288.095(3)(c).
20 8.7. A business certified to receive this exemption
21 may elect to designate one or more state universities or
22 community colleges as recipients of up to 100 percent of the
23 amount of the exemption for which they may qualify. To receive
24 these funds, the institution must agree to match the funds so
25 earned with equivalent cash, programs, services, or other
26 in-kind support on a one-to-one basis in the pursuit of
27 research and development projects as requested by the
28 certified business. The rights to any patents, royalties, or
29 real or intellectual property must be vested in the business
30 unless otherwise agreed to by the business and the university
31 or community college.
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1 9.8. As used in this paragraph, the term:
2 a. "Predominately" means at least 50 percent of the
3 time in qualifying research and development.
4 b. "Research and development" means basic and applied
5 research in the science or engineering, as well as the design,
6 development, and testing of prototypes or processes of new or
7 improved products. Research and development does not include
8 market research, routine consumer product testing, sales
9 research, research in the social sciences or psychology,
10 nontechnological activities, or technical services.
11 c. "Semiconductor Silicon technology products" means
12 raw semiconductor silicon wafers or semiconductor thin films
13 that are transformed into semiconductor memory or logic
14 wafers, including wafers containing mixed memory and logic
15 circuits; related assembly and test operations; active-matrix
16 flat panel displays; semiconductor chips; semiconductor
17 lasers; optoelectronic elements; and related semiconductor
18 silicon technology products as determined by the Office of
19 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development.
20 d. "Clean rooms" means manufacturing facilities
21 enclosed in a manner that meets the clean manufacturing
22 requirements necessary for high-technology
23 semiconductor-manufacturing environments.
24 (7) MISCELLANEOUS EXEMPTIONS.--
25 (eee) Certain repair and labor charges.--
26 1. Subject to the provisions of subparagraphs 2. and
27 3., there is exempt from the tax imposed by this chapter all
28 labor charges for the repair of, and parts and materials used
29 in the repair of and incorporated into, industrial machinery
30 and equipment that which is used for the manufacture,
31 processing, compounding, or production, or production and
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1 shipping of items of tangible personal property at a fixed
2 location within this state.
3 2. This exemption applies only to industries
4 classified under SIC Industry Major Group Numbers 10, 12, 13,
5 14, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34,
6 35, 36, 37, 38, and 39 and Industry Group Number 212. As used
7 in this subparagraph, "SIC" means those classifications
8 contained in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual,
9 1987, as published by the Office of Management and Budget,
10 Executive Office of the President.
11 3. This exemption shall be applied as follows:
12 a. Beginning July 1, 1999, 25 percent of such charges
13 for repair parts and labor shall be exempt.
14 b. Beginning July 1, 2000, 50 percent of such charges
15 for repair parts and labor shall be exempt.
16 c. Beginning July 1, 2001, 75 percent of such charges
17 for repair parts and labor shall be exempt.
18 d. Beginning July 1, 2002, 100 percent of such charges
19 for repair parts and labor shall be exempt.
20
21 Exemptions provided to any entity by this subsection shall not
22 inure to any transaction otherwise taxable under this chapter
23 when payment is made by a representative or employee of such
24 entity by any means, including, but not limited to, cash,
25 check, or credit card even when that representative or
26 employee is subsequently reimbursed by such entity.
27 Section 24. The amendment to section 212.08(7)(eee)2.,
28 Florida Statutes, made by this act is remedial in nature and
29 shall have the force and effect as if SIC Code 35 had been
30 included from July 1, 1999.
31 Section 25. Subsection (2) of section 212.097, Florida
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1 Statutes, is amended to read:
2 212.097 Urban High-Crime Area Job Tax Credit
3 Program.--
4 (2) As used in this section, the term:
5 (a) "Eligible business" means any sole proprietorship,
6 firm, partnership, or corporation that is located in a
7 qualified county and is predominantly engaged in, or is
8 headquarters for a business predominantly engaged in,
9 activities usually provided for consideration by firms
10 classified within the following standard industrial
11 classifications: SIC 01 through SIC 09 (agriculture,
12 forestry, and fishing); SIC 20 through SIC 39 (manufacturing);
13 SIC 52 through SIC 57 and SIC 59 (retail); SIC 422 (public
14 warehousing and storage); SIC 70 (hotels and other lodging
15 places); SIC 7391 (research and development); SIC 781 (motion
16 picture production and allied services); SIC 7992 (public golf
17 courses); and SIC 7996 (amusement parks). A call center or
18 similar customer service operation that services a multistate
19 market or international market is also an eligible business.
20 In addition, the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
21 Development may, as part of its final budget request submitted
22 pursuant to s. 216.023, recommend additions to or deletions
23 from the list of standard industrial classifications used to
24 determine an eligible business, and the Legislature may
25 implement such recommendations. Excluded from eligible
26 receipts are receipts from retail sales, except such receipts
27 for SIC 52 through SIC 57 and SIC 59 (retail) hotels and other
28 lodging places classified in SIC 70, public golf courses in
29 SIC 7992, and amusement parks in SIC 7996. For purposes of
30 this paragraph, the term "predominantly" means that more than
31 50 percent of the business's gross receipts from all sources
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1 is generated by those activities usually provided for
2 consideration by firms in the specified standard industrial
3 classification. The determination of whether the business is
4 located in a qualified high-crime area and the tier ranking of
5 that area must be based on the date of application for the
6 credit under this section. Commonly owned and controlled
7 entities are to be considered a single business entity.
8 (b) "Qualified employee" means any employee of an
9 eligible business who performs duties in connection with the
10 operations of the business on a regular, full-time basis for
11 an average of at least 36 hours per week for at least 3 months
12 within the qualified high-crime area in which the eligible
13 business is located. An owner or partner of the eligible
14 business is not a qualified employee. The term also includes
15 an employee leased from an employee leasing company licensed
16 under chapter 468, if such employee has been continuously
17 leased to the employer for an average of at least 36 hours per
18 week for more than 6 months.
19 (c) "New business" means any eligible business first
20 beginning operation on a site in a qualified high-crime area
21 and clearly separate from any other commercial or business
22 operation of the business entity within a qualified high-crime
23 area. A business entity that operated an eligible business
24 within a qualified high-crime area within the 48 months before
25 the period provided for application by subsection (3) is not
26 considered a new business.
27 (d) "Existing business" means any eligible business
28 that does not meet the criteria for a new business.
29 (e) "Qualified high-crime area" means an area selected
30 by the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development in
31 the following manner: every third year, the office shall rank
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1 and tier those areas nominated under subsection (8), according
2 to the following prioritized criteria:
3 1. Highest arrest rates within the geographic area for
4 violent crime and for such other crimes as drug sale, drug
5 possession, prostitution, vandalism, and civil disturbances;
6 2. Highest reported crime volume and rate of specific
7 property crimes such as business and residential burglary,
8 motor vehicle theft, and vandalism;
9 3. Highest percentage of reported index crimes that
10 are violent in nature;
11 4. Highest overall index crime volume for the area;
12 and
13 5. Highest overall index crime rate for the geographic
14 area.
15
16 Tier-one areas are ranked 1 through 5 and represent the
17 highest crime areas according to this ranking. Tier-two areas
18 are ranked 6 through 10 according to this ranking. Tier-three
19 areas are ranked 11 through 15. Notwithstanding this
20 definition, "qualified high-crime area" also means an area
21 that has been designated as a federal Empowerment Zone
22 pursuant to the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997. Such a designated
23 area is ranked in tier three until the areas are reevaluated
24 by the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development.
25 Section 26. Subsection (2) of section 212.098, Florida
26 Statutes, is amended to read:
27 212.098 Rural Job Tax Credit Program.--
28 (2) As used in this section, the term:
29 (a) "Eligible business" means any sole proprietorship,
30 firm, partnership, or corporation that is located in a
31 qualified county and is predominantly engaged in, or is
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1 headquarters for a business predominantly engaged in,
2 activities usually provided for consideration by firms
3 classified within the following standard industrial
4 classifications: SIC 01 through SIC 09 (agriculture,
5 forestry, and fishing); SIC 20 through SIC 39 (manufacturing);
6 SIC 422 (public warehousing and storage); SIC 70 (hotels and
7 other lodging places); SIC 7391 (research and development);
8 SIC 781 (motion picture production and allied services); SIC
9 7992 (public golf courses); and SIC 7996 (amusement parks). A
10 call center or similar customer service operation that
11 services a multistate market or an international market is
12 also an eligible business. In addition, the Office of Tourism,
13 Trade, and Economic Development may, as part of its final
14 budget request submitted pursuant to s. 216.023, recommend
15 additions to or deletions from the list of standard industrial
16 classifications used to determine an eligible business, and
17 the Legislature may implement such recommendations. Excluded
18 from eligible receipts are receipts from retail sales, except
19 such receipts for hotels and other lodging places classified
20 in SIC 70, public golf courses in SIC 7992, and amusement
21 parks in SIC 7996. For purposes of this paragraph, the term
22 "predominantly" means that more than 50 percent of the
23 business's gross receipts from all sources is generated by
24 those activities usually provided for consideration by firms
25 in the specified standard industrial classification. The
26 determination of whether the business is located in a
27 qualified county and the tier ranking of that county must be
28 based on the date of application for the credit under this
29 section. Commonly owned and controlled entities are to be
30 considered a single business entity.
31 (b) "Qualified employee" means any employee of an
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1 eligible business who performs duties in connection with the
2 operations of the business on a regular, full-time basis for
3 an average of at least 36 hours per week for at least 3 months
4 within the qualified county in which the eligible business is
5 located. An owner or partner of the eligible business is not a
6 qualified employee.
7 (c) "Qualified county" means a county that has a
8 population of fewer than 75,000 persons, or any county that
9 has a population of 100,000 or less and is contiguous to a
10 county that has a population of less than 75,000, selected in
11 the following manner: every third year, the Office of
12 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development shall rank and tier
13 the state's counties according to the following four factors:
14 1. Highest unemployment rate for the most recent
15 36-month period.
16 2. Lowest per capita income for the most recent
17 36-month period.
18 3. Highest percentage of residents whose incomes are
19 below the poverty level, based upon the most recent data
20 available.
21 4. Average weekly manufacturing wage, based upon the
22 most recent data available.
23
24 Tier-one qualified counties are those ranked 1 through 5 and
25 represent the state's least-developed counties according to
26 this ranking. Tier-two qualified counties are those ranked 6
27 through 10, and tier-three counties are those ranked 11
28 through 17. Notwithstanding this definition, "qualified
29 county" also means a county that contains an area that has
30 been designated as a federal Enterprise Community pursuant to
31 the 1999 Agricultural Appropriations Act. Such a designated
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1 area shall be ranked in tier three until the areas are
2 reevaluated by the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
3 Development.
4 (d) "New business" means any eligible business first
5 beginning operation on a site in a qualified county and
6 clearly separate from any other commercial or business
7 operation of the business entity within a qualified county. A
8 business entity that operated an eligible business within a
9 qualified county within the 48 months before the period
10 provided for application by subsection (3) is not considered a
11 new business.
12 (e) "Existing business" means any eligible business
13 that does not meet the criteria for a new business.
14 Section 27. Section 218.075, Florida Statutes, is
15 amended to read:
16 218.075 Reduction or waiver of permit processing
17 fees.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
18 Department of Environmental Protection and the water
19 management districts shall reduce or waive permit processing
20 fees for a county counties with a population of 75,000 50,000
21 or less, or a county with a population of 100,000 or less
22 which is contiguous to a county with a population of 75,000 or
23 less, based upon the most current census data, on April 1,
24 1994, until such counties exceed a population of 75,000 and a
25 municipality municipalities with a population of 25,000 or
26 less, or any county or municipality not included within a
27 metropolitan statistical area. Fee reductions or waivers shall
28 be approved on the basis of fiscal hardship or environmental
29 need for a particular project or activity. The governing body
30 must certify that the cost of the permit processing fee is a
31 fiscal hardship due to one of the following factors:
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1 (1) Per capita taxable value is less than the
2 statewide average for the current fiscal year;
3 (2) Percentage of assessed property value that is
4 exempt from ad valorem taxation is higher than the statewide
5 average for the current fiscal year;
6 (3) Any condition specified in s. 218.503, that
7 determines a state of financial emergency;
8 (4) Ad valorem operating millage rate for the current
9 fiscal year is greater than 8 mills; or
10 (5) A financial condition that is documented in annual
11 financial statements at the end of the current fiscal year and
12 indicates an inability to pay the permit processing fee during
13 that fiscal year.
14
15 The permit applicant must be the governing body of a county or
16 municipality or a third party under contract with a county or
17 municipality and the project for which the fee reduction or
18 waiver is sought must serve a public purpose. If a permit
19 processing fee is reduced, the total fee shall not exceed
20 $100.
21 Section 28. Section 288.012, Florida Statutes, is
22 amended to read:
23 288.012 State of Florida foreign offices.--The
24 Legislature finds that the expansion of international trade
25 and tourism is vital to the overall health and growth of the
26 economy of this state. This expansion is hampered by the lack
27 of technical and business assistance, financial assistance,
28 and information services for businesses in this state. The
29 Legislature finds that these businesses could be assisted by
30 providing these services at State of Florida foreign offices.
31 The Legislature further finds that the accessibility and
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1 provision of services at these offices can be enhanced through
2 cooperative agreements or strategic alliances between state
3 entities, local entities, foreign entities, and private
4 businesses.
5 (1)(a) The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
6 Development is authorized to:
7 (a) approve the establishment and operation by
8 Enterprise Florida, Inc., and the Florida Commission on
9 Tourism of Establish and operate offices in foreign countries
10 for the purpose of promoting the trade and economic
11 development of the state, and promoting the gathering of trade
12 data information and research on trade opportunities in
13 specific countries.
14 (b) Enterprise Florida, Inc., and the Florida
15 Commission on Tourism, as agents for the Office of Tourism,
16 Trade, and Economic Development, may enter into agreements
17 with governmental and private sector entities to establish and
18 operate offices in foreign countries containing provisions
19 which may be in conflict with general laws of the state
20 pertaining to the purchase of office space, employment of
21 personnel, and contracts for services. When agreements
22 pursuant to this section are made which set compensation in
23 foreign currency, such agreements shall be subject to the
24 requirements of s. 215.425, but the purchase of foreign
25 currency by the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
26 Development to meet such obligations shall be subject only to
27 s. 216.311.
28 (c) By September 1, 1997, the Office of Tourism,
29 Trade, and Economic Development shall develop a plan for the
30 disposition of the current foreign offices and the development
31 and location of additional foreign offices. The plan shall
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1 include, but is not limited to, a determination of the level
2 of funding needed to operate the current offices and any
3 additional offices and whether any of the current offices need
4 to be closed or relocated. Enterprise Florida, Inc., the
5 Florida Tourism Commission, the Florida Ports Council, the
6 Department of State, the Department of Citrus, and the
7 Department of Agriculture shall assist the Office of Tourism,
8 Trade, and Economic Development in the preparation of the
9 plan. All parties shall cooperate on the disposition or
10 establishment of the offices and ensure that needed space,
11 technical assistance, and support services are provided to
12 such entities at such foreign offices.
13 (2) By June 30, 1998, each foreign office shall have
14 in place an operational plan approved by the participating
15 boards or other governing authority, a copy of which shall be
16 provided to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
17 Development. These operating plans shall be reviewed and
18 updated each fiscal year and submitted annually thereafter to
19 Enterprise Florida, Inc., or the Florida Commission on Tourism
20 for review and approval. The plans shall include, at a
21 minimum, the following:
22 (a) Specific policies and procedures encompassing the
23 entire scope of the operation and management of each office.
24 (b) A comprehensive, commercial strategic plan
25 identifying marketing opportunities and industry sector
26 priorities for the foreign country or area in which a foreign
27 office is located.
28 (c) Provisions for access to information for Florida
29 businesses through the Florida Trade Data Center. Each
30 foreign office shall obtain and forward trade leads and
31 inquiries to the center on a regular basis as called for in
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1 the plan pursuant to paragraph (1)(c).
2 (d) Identification of new and emerging market
3 opportunities for Florida businesses. Each foreign office
4 shall provide the Florida Trade Data Center with a compilation
5 of foreign buyers and importers in industry sector priority
6 areas annually on an annual basis. In return, the Florida
7 Trade Data Center shall make available to each foreign office,
8 and to the entities identified in paragraph (1)(c), trade
9 industry, commodity, and opportunity information as specified
10 in the plan required in that paragraph. This information
11 shall be provided to the offices and the entities identified
12 in paragraph (1)(c) either free of charge or on a fee basis
13 with fees set only to recover the costs of providing the
14 information.
15 (e) Provision of access for Florida businesses to the
16 services of the Florida Trade Data Center, international trade
17 assistance services provided by state and local entities,
18 seaport and airport information, and other services identified
19 in the plan pursuant to paragraph (1)(c).
20 (f) Qualitative and quantitative performance measures
21 for each office including, but not limited to, the number of
22 businesses assisted, the number of trade leads and inquiries
23 generated, the number of foreign buyers and importers
24 contacted, and the amount and type of marketing conducted.
25 (3) By October 1 of each year, each foreign office
26 shall submit to Enterprise Florida, Inc., or the Florida
27 Commission on Tourism the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
28 Economic Development a complete and detailed report on its
29 activities and accomplishments during the preceding fiscal
30 year. In a format provided by Enterprise Florida, Inc., the
31 report must set forth information on:
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1 (a) The number of Florida companies assisted.
2 (b) The number of inquiries received about investment
3 opportunities in this state.
4 (c) The number of trade leads generated.
5 (d) The number of investment projects announced.
6 (e) The estimated U.S. dollar value of sales
7 confirmations.
8 (f) The number of representation agreements.
9 (g) The number of company consultations.
10 (h) Barriers or other issues affecting the effective
11 operation of the office.
12 (i) Changes in office operations which are planned for
13 the current fiscal year.
14 (j) Marketing activities conducted.
15 (k) Strategic alliances formed with organizations in
16 the country in which the office is located.
17 (l) Activities conducted with other Florida foreign
18 offices.
19 (m) Any other information that the office believes
20 would contribute to an understanding of its activities.
21 (4) The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
22 Development, in connection with the establishment, operation,
23 and management of any of the its offices located in a foreign
24 country, is exempt from the provisions of ss. 255.21, 255.25,
25 and 255.254 relating to leasing of buildings; ss. 283.33 and
26 283.35 relating to bids for printing; ss. 287.001-287.20
27 relating to purchasing and motor vehicles; and ss.
28 282.003-282.111 relating to communications, and from all
29 statutory provisions relating to state employment.
30 (a) Such exemptions The Office of Tourism, Trade, and
31 Economic Development may be exercised exercise such exemptions
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1 only upon prior approval of the Governor.
2 (b) If approval for an exemption under this section is
3 granted as an integral part of a plan of operation for a
4 specified foreign office, such action shall constitute
5 continuing authority for the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
6 Economic Development to exercise of the exemption, but only in
7 the context and upon the terms originally granted. Any
8 modification of the approved plan of operation with respect to
9 an exemption contained therein must be resubmitted to the
10 Governor for his or her approval. An approval granted to
11 exercise an exemption in any other context shall be restricted
12 to the specific instance for which the exemption is to be
13 exercised.
14 (c) As used in this subsection, the term "plan of
15 operation" means the plan developed pursuant to subsection
16 (2).
17 (d) Upon final action by the Governor with respect to
18 a request to exercise the exemption authorized in this
19 subsection, the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
20 Development shall report such action, along with the original
21 request and any modifications thereto, to the President of the
22 Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives within
23 30 days.
24 (5) Where feasible and appropriate, and subject to s.
25 288.1224(10), foreign offices established and operated under
26 this section may provide one-stop access to the economic
27 development, trade, and tourism information, services, and
28 programs of the state. Where feasible and appropriate, and
29 subject to s. 288.1224(10), such offices may also be
30 collocated with other foreign offices of the state.
31 (6) The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
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1 Development is authorized to make and to enter into contracts
2 with Enterprise Florida, Inc., and the Florida Commission on
3 Tourism to carry out the provisions of this section. The
4 authority, duties, and exemptions provided in this section
5 apply to Enterprise Florida, Inc., and the Florida Commission
6 on Tourism to the same degree and subject to the same
7 conditions as applied to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
8 Economic Development. To the greatest extent possible, such
9 contracts shall include provisions for cooperative agreements
10 or strategic alliances between state entities, foreign
11 entities, local entities, and private businesses to operate
12 foreign offices.
13 Section 29. Section 288.018, Florida Statutes, is
14 amended to read:
15 288.018 Regional Rural Development Grants Program.--
16 (1) Enterprise Florida, Inc., shall administer The
17 Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development shall
18 establish a matching grant program to provide funding to
19 regionally based economic development organizations
20 representing rural counties and communities for the purpose of
21 building the professional capacity of their organizations.
22 Upon recommendation by Enterprise Florida, Inc., the Office of
23 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development is authorized to
24 approve, on an annual basis, grants to such regionally based
25 economic development organizations. The maximum amount an
26 organization may receive in any year will be $35,000, or
27 $100,000 in a rural area of critical economic concern
28 recommended by the Rural Economic Development Initiative and
29 designated by the Governor, and must be matched each year by
30 an equivalent amount of nonstate resources.
31 (2) In recommending the awards for funding, Enterprise
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1 Florida, Inc., approving the participants, the Office of
2 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development shall consider the
3 demonstrated need of the applicant for assistance and require
4 the following:
5 (a) Documentation of official commitments of support
6 from each of the units of local government represented by the
7 regional organization.
8 (b) Demonstration that each unit of local government
9 has made a financial or in-kind commitment to the regional
10 organization.
11 (c) Demonstration that the private sector has made
12 financial or in-kind commitments to the regional organization.
13 (d) Demonstration that the organization is in
14 existence and actively involved in economic development
15 activities serving the region.
16 (e) Demonstration of the manner in which the
17 organization is or will coordinate its efforts with those of
18 other local and state organizations.
19 (3) The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
20 Development may approve awards expend up to a total of
21 $600,000 each fiscal year from funds appropriated to the Rural
22 Community Development Revolving Loan Fund for the purposes
23 outlined in this section.
24 Section 30. Section 288.064, Florida Statutes, is
25 created to read:
26 288.064 Legislative intent on rural economic
27 development.--
28 (1) The Legislature finds and declares that, because
29 of climate, tourism, industrialization, technological
30 advances, federal and state government policies,
31 transportation, and migration, Florida's urban communities
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1 have grown rapidly over the past 40 years. This growth and
2 prosperity, however, have not been shared by Florida's rural
3 communities, although these communities are the stewards of
4 the vast majority of the land and natural resources. Without
5 this land and these resources, the state's growth and
6 prosperity cannot continue. In short, successful rural
7 communities are essential to the overall success of the
8 state's economy.
9 (2) The Legislature further finds and declares that
10 many rural areas of the state are experiencing not only a lack
11 of growth but severe and sustained economic distress. Median
12 household incomes are significantly less than the state's
13 median household income level. Job creation rates trail those
14 in more urbanized areas. In many cases, rural counties have
15 lost jobs, which handicaps local economies and drains wealth
16 from these communities. These and other factors, including
17 government policies, amplify and compound social, health, and
18 community problems, making job creation and economic
19 development even more difficult. Moreover, the Legislature
20 finds that traditional program and service delivery is often
21 hampered by the necessarily rigid structure of the programs
22 themselves and the lack of local resources.
23 (3) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide for
24 the most efficient and effective delivery of programs of
25 assistance and support to rural communities, including the
26 use, where appropriate, of regulatory flexibility through
27 multiagency coordination and adequate funding. The Legislature
28 determines and declares that the provision of such assistance
29 and support in this manner fulfills an important state
30 interest.
31 Section 31. Paragraph (d) of subsection (2) and
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1 subsection (4) of section 288.0655, Florida Statutes, are
2 amended to read:
3 288.0655 Rural Infrastructure Fund.--
4 (2)
5 (d) By September 1, 2000 1999, the office shall pursue
6 execution of a memorandum of agreement with the United States
7 Department of Agriculture under which state funds available
8 through the Rural Infrastructure Fund may be advanced, in
9 excess of the prescribed state share, for a project that has
10 received from the department a preliminary determination of
11 eligibility for federal financial support. State funds in
12 excess of the prescribed state share which are advanced
13 pursuant to this paragraph and the memorandum of agreement
14 shall be reimbursed when funds are awarded under an
15 application for federal funding.
16 (4) By September 1, 2000 1999, the office shall, in
17 consultation with the organizations listed in subsection (3),
18 and other organizations, develop guidelines and criteria
19 governing submission of applications for funding, review and
20 evaluation of such applications, and approval of funding under
21 this section. The office shall consider factors including, but
22 not limited to, the project's potential for enhanced job
23 creation or increased capital investment, the demonstration of
24 local public and private commitment, the location of the
25 project in an enterprise zone, the location of the project in
26 a community development corporation service area as defined in
27 s. 290.035(2), the location of the project in a county
28 designated under s. 212.097, the unemployment rate of the
29 surrounding area, and the poverty rate of the community.
30 Section 32. Subsection (2) of section 288.0656,
31 Florida Statutes, is amended and subsection (9) is added to
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1 that section to read:
2 288.0656 Rural Economic Development Initiative.--
3 (2) As used in this section, the term:
4 (a) "Economic distress" means conditions affecting the
5 fiscal and economic viability of a rural community, including
6 such factors as low per capita income, low per capita taxable
7 values, high unemployment, high underemployment, low weekly
8 earned wages compared to the state average, low housing values
9 compared to the state average, high percentages of the
10 population receiving public assistance, high poverty levels
11 compared to the state average, and a lack of year-round stable
12 employment opportunities.
13 (b) "Rural community" means:
14 1. A county with a population of 75,000 or less.
15 2. A county with a population of 100,000 or less that
16 is contiguous to a county with a population of 75,000 or less.
17 3. A municipality within a county described in
18 subparagraph 1. or subparagraph 2.
19 4. An unincorporated federal enterprise community or
20 an incorporated rural city with a population of 25,000 or less
21 and an employment base focused on traditional agricultural or
22 resource-based industries, located in a county not described
23 in subparagraph 1. or subparagraph 2. which meets the criteria
24 established in subsection (9). defined as rural, which has at
25 least three or more of the economic distress factors
26 identified in paragraph (a) and verified by the Office of
27 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development.
28
29 For purposes of this paragraph, population shall be determined
30 in accordance with the most recent official estimate pursuant
31 to s. 186.901.
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1 (9)(a) An unincorporated federal enterprise community
2 or an incorporated rural city as described in subparagraph
3 (2)(b)4. must apply to REDI for designation as rural by
4 resolution of the municipal governing body and demonstrate
5 that three or more of the factors of economic distress as
6 provided in paragraph (2)(a) exist within the community. REDI
7 shall verify such factors prior to approving the designation.
8 (b) Upon receiving such designation, an unincorporated
9 federal enterprise community or an incorporated rural city in
10 a nonrural county shall be eligible to apply for any program
11 specifically identified in statute as a rural program,
12 provided that it demonstrates that the county of jurisdiction
13 for such unincorporated federal enterprise community or rural
14 city is also providing support for each program application.
15 REDI may recommend criteria for the evaluation of such county
16 support to the administrative agency of each program. Such
17 communities shall also be eligible for any preferential
18 criteria or waivers of any program requirements specifically
19 identified in statute as available for rural counties, cities,
20 or communities when necessary to encourage and facilitate
21 long-term private capital investment and job creation.
22 Section 33. Section 288.1088, Florida Statutes, is
23 amended to read:
24 288.1088 Quick Action Closing Fund.--
25 (1)(a) The Legislature finds that attracting,
26 retaining, and providing favorable conditions for the growth
27 of certain target industries provides high-quality employment
28 opportunities for residents of this state and enhances the
29 economic foundations of the state high-impact business
30 facilities provides widespread economic benefits to the public
31 through high-quality employment opportunities in such
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1 facilities and in related facilities attracted to the state,
2 through the increased tax base provided by the high-impact
3 facility and businesses in related sectors, through an
4 enhanced entrepreneurial climate in the state and the
5 resulting business and employment opportunities, and through
6 the stimulation and enhancement of the state's universities
7 and community colleges. In the global economy, there exists
8 serious and fierce international competition for these
9 facilities, and in most instances, when all available
10 resources for economic development have been used, the state
11 continues to encounter severe competitive disadvantages in
12 vying for these high-impact business facilities.
13 (b) The Legislature therefore declares that sufficient
14 resources shall be available to respond to extraordinary
15 economic opportunities, and to compete effectively for these
16 high-value-added employment opportunities, and to enhance the
17 state's economic base by providing incentives to qualifying
18 businesses that require inducement beyond that available
19 through other sources to invest, grow, and create new
20 high-wage employment opportunities in this state and its
21 communities high-impact business facilities.
22 (2) There is created within the Office of Tourism,
23 Trade, and Economic Development the Quick Action Closing Fund,
24 also known as the 21st Century Fund.
25 (3)(a) Enterprise Florida, Inc., shall evaluate
26 individual proposals for target-industry businesses
27 high-impact business facilities and forward recommendations
28 regarding the use of moneys in the fund for such projects
29 facilities to the director of the Office of Tourism, Trade,
30 and Economic Development. Such evaluation and recommendation
31 must include, but need not be limited to:
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1 1. A description of the type of facility, its business
2 operation, and the product or service associated with the
3 project facility.
4 2. The number of full-time-equivalent jobs that will
5 be created by the project facility and the total estimated
6 average annual wages of those jobs.
7 3. The cumulative amount of investment to be dedicated
8 to the project facility within a specified period.
9 4. A statement of any special impacts the project
10 facility is expected to stimulate in a particular business
11 sector in the state or regional economy, or in the state's
12 universities and community colleges, or in a distressed
13 Florida community.
14 5. A statement of the role the incentive is expected
15 to play in the decision of the applicant business to locate or
16 expand in this state, an analysis of all other state and local
17 incentives that have been offered in this state, and an
18 analysis of the conditions and incentives offered by other
19 states and their communities.
20 (b) Upon receipt of the evaluation and recommendation
21 from Enterprise Florida, Inc., the director shall recommend
22 approval or disapproval of a project for receipt of funds from
23 the Quick Action Closing Fund to the Governor. In recommending
24 a target-industry business for this incentive high-impact
25 business facility, the director shall include proposed
26 performance conditions that the business facility must meet to
27 obtain incentive funds. The Governor shall consult with the
28 President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
29 Representatives before giving final approval for a project.
30 The Executive Office of the Governor shall recommend approval
31 of a project and release of funds pursuant to the legislative
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1 consultation and review requirements set forth in s. 216.177.
2 The recommendation must include proposed performance
3 conditions the project must meet to obtain funds.
4 (c) If a project is approved for the receipt of funds
5 Upon the approval of the Governor, the director of the Office
6 of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development and the
7 high-impact business shall enter into a contract that sets
8 forth the conditions for payment of moneys from the fund. The
9 contract must include the total amount of funds awarded; the
10 performance conditions that must be met to obtain the award,
11 including, but not limited to, net new employment in the
12 state, average salary, and total capital investment; the
13 methodology for validating performance; the schedule of
14 payments from the fund; and sanctions for failure to meet
15 performance conditions.
16 (d) Enterprise Florida, Inc., shall validate
17 contractor performance. Such validation shall be reported
18 within 6 months after completion of the contract to the
19 Governor, President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the
20 House of Representatives.
21 Section 34. Subsections (1), (2), (4), (6), (8), and
22 (10) of section 288.1162, Florida Statutes, are amended to
23 read:
24 288.1162 Professional sports franchises; spring
25 training franchises; duties.--
26 (1) The direct-support organization authorized under
27 s. 288.1229 Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development
28 shall serve as the state agency for screening applicants and
29 shall make recommendations to the Office of Tourism, Trade,
30 and Economic Development for state funding pursuant to s.
31 212.20 and for certifying an applicant as a "facility for a
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1 new professional sports franchise," a "facility for a retained
2 professional sports franchise," or a "new spring training
3 franchise facility." The Office of Tourism, Trade, and
4 Economic Development shall have the final approval for any
5 decision under this section.
6 (2) The direct-support organization authorized under
7 s. 288.1229 Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development
8 shall develop guidelines rules for the receipt and processing
9 of applications for funding pursuant to s. 212.20.
10 (4) Prior to certifying an applicant as a "facility
11 for a new professional sports franchise" or a "facility for a
12 retained professional sports franchise," the direct-support
13 organization authorized under s. 288.1229 Office of Tourism,
14 Trade, and Economic Development must determine that:
15 (a) A "unit of local government" as defined in s.
16 218.369 is responsible for the construction, management, or
17 operation of the professional sports franchise facility or
18 holds title to the property on which the professional sports
19 franchise facility is located.
20 (b) The applicant has a verified copy of a signed
21 agreement with a new professional sports franchise for the use
22 of the facility for a term of at least 10 years, or in the
23 case of a retained professional sports franchise, an agreement
24 for use of the facility for a term of at least 20 years.
25 (c) The applicant has a verified copy of the approval
26 from the governing authority of the league in which the new
27 professional sports franchise exists authorizing the location
28 of the professional sports franchise in this state after April
29 1, 1987, or in the case of a retained professional sports
30 franchise, verified evidence that it has had a
31 league-authorized location in this state on or before December
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1 31, 1976. The term "league" means the National League or the
2 American League of Major League Baseball, the National
3 Basketball Association, the National Football League, or the
4 National Hockey League.
5 (d) The applicant has projections, verified by the
6 direct-support organization Office of Tourism, Trade, and
7 Economic Development, which demonstrate that the new or
8 retained professional sports franchise will attract a paid
9 attendance of more than 300,000 annually.
10 (e) The applicant has an independent analysis or
11 study, verified by the direct-support organization Office of
12 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development, which demonstrates
13 that the amount of the revenues generated by the taxes imposed
14 under chapter 212 with respect to the use and operation of the
15 professional sports franchise facility will equal or exceed $2
16 million annually.
17 (f) The municipality in which the facility for a new
18 or retained professional sports franchise is located, or the
19 county if the facility for a new or retained professional
20 sports franchise is located in an unincorporated area, has
21 certified by resolution after a public hearing that the
22 application serves a public purpose.
23 (g) The applicant has demonstrated that it has
24 provided, is capable of providing, or has financial or other
25 commitments to provide more than one-half of the costs
26 incurred or related to the improvement and development of the
27 facility.
28 (h) No applicant previously certified under any
29 provision of this section who has received funding under such
30 certification shall be eligible for an additional
31 certification.
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1 (6) Prior to certifying an applicant as a "new spring
2 training franchise facility," the direct-support organization
3 authorized under s. 288.1229 Office of Tourism, Trade, and
4 Economic Development must determine that:
5 (a) A "unit of local government" as defined in s.
6 218.369 is responsible for the construction, management, or
7 operation of the new spring training franchise facility or
8 holds title to the property on which the new spring training
9 franchise facility is located.
10 (b) The applicant has a verified copy of a signed
11 agreement with a new spring training franchise for the use of
12 the facility for a term of at least 15 years.
13 (c) The applicant has a financial commitment to
14 provide 50 percent or more of the funds required by an
15 agreement for the use of the facility by the new spring
16 training franchise.
17 (d) The proposed facility for the new spring training
18 franchise is located within 20 miles of an interstate or other
19 limited-access highway system.
20 (e) The applicant has projections, verified by the
21 direct-support organization Office of Tourism, Trade, and
22 Economic Development, which demonstrate that the new spring
23 training franchise facility will attract a paid attendance of
24 at least 50,000 annually.
25 (f) The new spring training franchise facility is
26 located in a county that is levying a tourist development tax
27 pursuant to s. 125.0104(3)(b), (c), (d), and (l), at the rate
28 of 4 percent by March 1, 1992, and, 87.5 percent of the
29 proceeds from such tax are dedicated for the construction of a
30 spring training complex.
31 (8) The direct-support organization authorized under
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1 s. 288.1229 Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development
2 shall notify the Department of Revenue of any facility
3 certified as a facility for a new professional sports
4 franchise or a facility for a retained professional sports
5 franchise or as a new spring training franchise facility. The
6 direct-support organization Office of Tourism, Trade, and
7 Economic Development may certify no more than eight facilities
8 as facilities for a new professional sports franchise, as
9 facilities for a retained professional sports franchise, or as
10 new spring training franchise facilities, including in such
11 total any facilities certified by the Department of Commerce
12 before July 1, 1996, and by the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
13 Economic Development before July 1, 2000. The office may make
14 No more than one certification may be made for any facility.
15 (10) An applicant shall not be qualified for
16 certification under this section if the franchise formed the
17 basis for a previous certification, unless the previous
18 certification was withdrawn by the facility or invalidated by
19 the direct-support organization authorized under s. 288.1229,
20 the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development, or the
21 Department of Commerce before any funds were distributed
22 pursuant to s. 212.20. This subsection does not disqualify an
23 applicant if the previous certification occurred between May
24 23, 1993, and May 25, 1993; however, any funds to be
25 distributed pursuant to s. 212.20 for the second certification
26 shall be offset by the amount distributed to the previous
27 certified facility. Distribution of funds for the second
28 certification shall not be made until all amounts payable for
29 the first certification have been distributed.
30 Section 35. Section 288.1168, Florida Statutes, is
31 amended to read:
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1 288.1168 Professional golf hall of fame facility;
2 duties.--
3 (1) The Department of Commerce shall serve as the
4 state agency for screening applicants for state funding
5 pursuant to s. 212.20 and for certifying one applicant as the
6 professional golf hall of fame facility in the state.
7 (2) Prior to certifying the professional golf hall of
8 fame facility, the Department of Commerce must determine that:
9 (a) The professional golf hall of fame facility is the
10 only professional golf hall of fame in the United States
11 recognized by the PGA Tour, Inc.
12 (b) The applicant is a unit of local government as
13 defined in s. 218.369 or a private sector group that has
14 contracted to construct or operate the professional golf hall
15 of fame facility on land owned by a unit of local government.
16 (c) The municipality in which the professional golf
17 hall of fame facility is located, or the county if the
18 facility is located in an unincorporated area, has certified
19 by resolution after a public hearing that the application
20 serves a public purpose.
21 (d) There are existing projections that the
22 professional golf hall of fame facility will attract a paid
23 attendance of more than 300,000 annually.
24 (e) There is an independent analysis or study, using
25 methodology approved by the department, which demonstrates
26 that the amount of the revenues generated by the taxes imposed
27 under chapter 212 with respect to the use and operation of the
28 professional golf hall of fame facility will equal or exceed
29 $2 million annually.
30 (1)(f) Prior to certification, the applicant for the
31 certified professional golf hall of fame facility must submit
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1 The applicant has submitted an agreement to provide $2 million
2 annually in national and international media promotion of the
3 professional golf hall of fame facility, Florida, and Florida
4 tourism, through the PGA Tour, Inc., or its affiliates, at the
5 then-current commercial rate, during the period of time that
6 the facility receives funds pursuant to s. 212.20. The
7 direct-support organization authorized under s. 288.1229
8 Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development and the PGA
9 Tour, Inc., or its affiliates, must agree annually on a
10 reasonable percentage of advertising specifically allocated
11 for generic Florida advertising. The direct-support
12 organization authorized under s. 288.1229 Office of Tourism,
13 Trade, and Economic Development shall have final approval of
14 all generic advertising. Failure on the part of the PGA Tour,
15 Inc., or its affiliates to annually provide the advertising as
16 provided in this subsection paragraph or subsection (4) (6)
17 shall result in the termination of funding as provided in s.
18 212.20.
19 (g) Documentation exists that demonstrates that the
20 applicant has provided, is capable of providing, or has
21 financial or other commitments to provide more than one-half
22 of the costs incurred or related to the improvement and
23 development of the facility.
24 (h) The application is signed by an official senior
25 executive of the applicant and is notarized according to
26 Florida law providing for penalties for falsification.
27 (2)(3) The certified professional golf hall of fame
28 facility applicant may use funds provided pursuant to s.
29 212.20 for the public purpose of paying for the construction,
30 reconstruction, renovation, or operation of the professional
31 golf hall of fame facility, or to pay or pledge for payment of
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1 debt service on, or to fund debt service reserve funds,
2 arbitrage rebate obligations, or other amounts payable with
3 respect to, bonds issued for the construction, reconstruction,
4 or renovation of the facility or for the reimbursement of such
5 costs or the refinancing of bonds issued for such purpose.
6 (4) Upon determining that an applicant is or is not
7 certifiable, the Secretary of Commerce shall notify the
8 applicant of his or her status by means of an official letter.
9 If certifiable, the secretary shall notify the executive
10 director of the Department of Revenue and the applicant of
11 such certification by means of an official letter granting
12 certification. From the date of such certification, the
13 applicant shall have 5 years to open the professional golf
14 hall of fame facility to the public and notify the Office of
15 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development of such opening. The
16 Department of Revenue shall not begin distributing funds until
17 30 days following notice by the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
18 Economic Development that the professional golf hall of fame
19 facility is open to the public.
20 (3)(5) The Department of Revenue may audit as provided
21 in s. 213.34 to verify that the distributions under this
22 section have been expended as required by this section.
23 (4)(6) The direct-support organization authorized
24 under s. 288.1229 Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
25 Development must recertify every 10 years that the facility is
26 open, continues to be the only professional golf hall of fame
27 in the United States recognized by the PGA Tour, Inc., and is
28 meeting the minimum projections for attendance or sales tax
29 revenue as required at the time of original certification. If
30 the facility is not certified as meeting the minimum
31 projections, the PGA Tour, Inc., shall increase its required
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1 advertising contribution of $2 million annually to $2.5
2 million annually in lieu of reduction of any funds as provided
3 by s. 212.20. The additional $500,000 must be allocated in its
4 entirety for the use and promotion of generic Florida
5 advertising as determined by the direct-support organization
6 authorized under s. 288.1229 Office of Tourism, Trade, and
7 Economic Development. If the facility is not open to the
8 public or is no longer in use as the only professional golf
9 hall of fame in the United States recognized by the PGA Tour,
10 Inc., the entire $2.5 million for advertising must be used for
11 generic Florida advertising as determined by the
12 direct-support organization authorized under s. 288.1229
13 Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development.
14 Section 36. Section 288.1169, Florida Statutes, is
15 amended to read:
16 288.1169 International Game Fish Association World
17 Center facility; department duties.--
18 (1) The direct-support organization authorized under
19 s. 288.1229 Department of Commerce shall serve as the state
20 agency approving applicants for funding pursuant to s. 212.20
21 and for certifying the applicant as the International Game
22 Fish Association World Center facility. For purposes of this
23 section, "facility" means the International Game Fish
24 Association World Center, and "project" means the
25 International Game Fish Association World Center and new
26 colocated improvements by private sector concerns who have
27 made cash or in-kind contributions to the facility of $1
28 million or more.
29 (2) Prior to certifying this facility, the
30 direct-support organization authorized under s. 288.1229
31 department must determine that:
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1 (a) The International Game Fish Association World
2 Center is the only fishing museum, Hall of Fame, and
3 international administrative headquarters in the United States
4 recognized by the International Game Fish Association, and
5 that one or more private sector concerns have committed to
6 donate to the International Game Fish Association land upon
7 which the International Game Fish Association World Center
8 will operate.
9 (b) International Game Fish Association is a
10 not-for-profit Florida corporation that has contracted to
11 construct and operate the facility.
12 (c) The municipality in which the facility is located,
13 or the county if the facility is located in an unincorporated
14 area, has certified by resolution after a public hearing that
15 the facility serves a public purpose.
16 (d) There are existing projections that the
17 International Game Fish Association World Center facility and
18 the colocated facilities of private sector concerns will
19 attract an attendance of more than 1.8 million annually.
20 (e) There is an independent analysis or study, using
21 methodology approved by the direct-support organization
22 department, which demonstrates that the amount of the revenues
23 generated by the taxes imposed under chapter 212 with respect
24 to the use and operation of the project will exceed $1 million
25 annually.
26 (f) There are existing projections that the project
27 will attract more than 300,000 persons annually who are not
28 residents of the state.
29 (g) The applicant has submitted an agreement to
30 provide $500,000 annually in national and international media
31 promotion of the facility, at the then-current commercial
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1 rates, during the period of time that the facility receives
2 funds pursuant to s. 212.20. Failure on the part of the
3 applicant to annually provide the advertising as provided in
4 this paragraph shall result in the termination of the funding
5 as provided in s. 212.20. The applicant can discharge its
6 obligation under this paragraph by contracting with other
7 persons, including private sector concerns who participate in
8 the project.
9 (h) Documentation exists that demonstrates that the
10 applicant has provided, and is capable of providing, or has
11 financial or other commitments to provide, more than one-half
12 of the cost incurred or related to the improvements and the
13 development of the facility.
14 (i) The application is signed by senior officials of
15 the International Game Fish Association and is notarized
16 according to Florida law providing for penalties for
17 falsification.
18 (3) The applicant may use funds provided pursuant to
19 s. 212.20 for the purpose of paying for the construction,
20 reconstruction, renovation, promotion, or operation of the
21 facility, or to pay or pledge for payment of debt service on,
22 or to fund debt service reserve funds, arbitrage rebate
23 obligations, or other amounts payable with respect to, bonds
24 issued for the construction, reconstruction, or renovation of
25 the facility or for the reimbursement of such costs or by
26 refinancing of bonds issued for such purposes.
27 (4) Upon determining that an applicant is or is not
28 certifiable, the direct-support organization authorized under
29 s. 288.1229 Department of Commerce shall notify the applicant
30 of its status by means of an official letter. If certifiable,
31 the direct-support organization Department of Commerce shall
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1 notify the executive director of the Department of Revenue and
2 the applicant of such certification by means of an official
3 letter granting certification. From the date of such
4 certification, the applicant shall have 5 years to open the
5 facility to the public and notify the direct-support
6 organization Department of Commerce of such opening. The
7 Department of Revenue shall not begin distributing funds until
8 30 days following notice by the direct-support organization
9 Department of Commerce that the facility is open to the
10 public.
11 (5) The Department of Revenue may audit as provided in
12 s. 213.34 to verify that the contributions pursuant to this
13 section have been expended as required by this section.
14 (6) The direct-support organization authorized under
15 s. 288.1229 Department of Commerce must recertify every 10
16 years that the facility is open, that the International Game
17 Fish Association World Center continues to be the only
18 international administrative headquarters, fishing museum, and
19 Hall of Fame in the United States recognized by the
20 International Game Fish Association, and must verify annually
21 that the project is meeting the minimum projections for
22 attendance or sales tax revenues as required at the time of
23 original certification. If the facility is not recertified
24 during this 10-year review as meeting the minimum projections,
25 then funding will be abated until certification criteria are
26 met. If the project fails to generate $1 million of annual
27 revenues pursuant to paragraph (2)(e), the distribution of
28 revenues pursuant to s. 212.20(6)(f)5.c. shall be reduced to
29 an amount equal to $83,333 multiplied by a fraction, the
30 numerator of which is the actual revenues generated and the
31 denominator of which is $1 million. Such reduction shall
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1 remain in effect until revenues generated by the project in a
2 12-month period equal or exceed $1 million.
3 Section 37. Section 288.1185, Florida Statutes, is
4 transferred, renumbered as section 403.7155, Florida Statutes,
5 and amended to read:
6 403.7155 288.1185 Recycling Markets Advisory
7 Committee.--
8 (1) There is created the Recycling Markets Advisory
9 Committee, hereinafter referred to as the "committee," to be
10 administratively housed in the Department of Environmental
11 Protection Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development.
12 The purpose of the committee shall be to serve as the
13 mechanism for coordination among state agencies and the
14 private sector to coordinate policy and overall strategic
15 planning for developing new markets and expanding and
16 enhancing existing markets for recovered materials. The
17 committee may not duplicate or replace agency programs, but
18 shall enhance, coordinate, and recommend priorities for those
19 programs.
20 (2)(a) The committee shall consist of 12 members, 10
21 of whom shall be appointed by the Governor, each of whom is or
22 has been actively engaged in the recycling industry or a
23 related business area, including the use of product packaging
24 materials, or is a local government official with a
25 demonstrated knowledge of recycling; a member of the House of
26 Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of
27 Representatives, who shall serve without voting rights as an
28 ex officio member of the committee; and a member of the Senate
29 to be appointed by the President of the Senate, who shall
30 serve without voting rights as an ex officio member of the
31 committee.
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1 (b) Members of the committee shall be appointed within
2 60 days after this section takes effect.
3 (c) A chairperson shall be appointed by the Governor
4 from among the members of the committee.
5 (d) The committee shall meet at the call of its
6 chairperson or at the request of a majority of its membership,
7 but at least biannually. A majority of the members shall
8 constitute a quorum, and the affirmative vote of a majority of
9 a quorum is necessary to take official action.
10 (e) Members of the committee shall serve without
11 compensation but are entitled to receive reimbursement for per
12 diem and travel expenses as provided in s. 112.061.
13 (f) The committee may appoint ad hoc committees, which
14 may include persons who are not members of the committee, to
15 study recycled materials market development problems and
16 issues and advise the committee on these subjects. Ad hoc
17 committee members may be reimbursed for per diem and travel
18 expenses as provided in s. 112.061.
19 (g) The Department of Environmental Protection Office
20 of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development shall coordinate
21 with agencies listed in paragraph (3)(a) to provide support as
22 necessary to enable the committee to adequately carry out its
23 functions.
24 (3)(a) The heads of the Department of Transportation,
25 the Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of
26 Management Services, the Department of Agriculture and
27 Consumer Services, the Florida Energy Office, and the Governor
28 shall each designate a staff member from within the agency to
29 serve as the recycling market development liaison for the
30 agency. This person shall have knowledge of recycling and the
31 issues and problems related to recycling and recycled
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1 materials market development. This person shall be the primary
2 point of contact for the agency on issues related to recycled
3 materials market development. These liaisons shall be
4 available for committee meetings and shall work closely with
5 the committee and other recycling market development liaisons
6 to further the goals of the committee, as appropriate.
7 (b) Whenever it is necessary to change the designee,
8 the head of each agency shall notify the Governor in writing
9 of the person designated as the recycling market development
10 liaison for such agency.
11 (4)(a) By October 1, 1993, the committee shall develop
12 a plan to set goals and provide direction for developing new
13 markets and expanding and enhancing existing markets for
14 recovered materials.
15 (b) In developing the plan and any needed legislation,
16 the committee shall consider:
17 1. Developing new markets and expanding and enhancing
18 existing markets for recovered materials.
19 2. Pursuing expanded end uses for recycled materials.
20 3. Targeting materials for concentrated market
21 development efforts.
22 4. Developing proposals for new incentives for market
23 development, particularly focusing on targeted materials.
24 5. Providing guidance on issues such as permitting,
25 finance options for recycling market development, site
26 location, research and development, grant program criteria for
27 recycled materials markets, recycling markets education and
28 information, and minimum content.
29 6. Coordinating the efforts of various government
30 entities with market development responsibilities.
31 7. Evaluating the need for competitively solicited,
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1 cooperative ventures in rural areas for collecting,
2 processing, marketing, and procuring collected materials.
3 8. Evaluating source-reduced products as they relate
4 to state procurement policy. The evaluation shall include,
5 but is not limited to, the environmental and economic impact
6 of source-reduced product purchases on the state. For the
7 purposes of this section, "source-reduced" means any method,
8 process, product, or technology which significantly or
9 substantially reduces the volume or weight of a product while
10 providing, at a minimum, equivalent or generally similar
11 performance and service to and for the users of such
12 materials.
13 (5) By November 1 of each year, beginning in 1994, the
14 committee shall submit to the Governor, the President of the
15 Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives a
16 complete and detailed report setting forth in appropriate
17 detail the operations and accomplishments of the committee and
18 the activities of existing agencies and programs in support of
19 the goals established by the committee, including any
20 recommendations for statutory changes.
21 (6) In order to support the functions of the
22 committee, the Department of Environmental Protection Office
23 of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development may hire staff or
24 contract with other agencies for staff support and enter into
25 contracts for support, research, planning, evaluation, and
26 communication and promotion services.
27 Section 38. Paragraphs (a) and (g) of subsection (2)
28 of section 288.1223, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
29 288.1223 Florida Commission on Tourism; creation;
30 purpose; membership.--
31 (2)(a) The commission shall consist of the Governor or
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1 the Governor's designee, who must be from the public sector,
2 and 17 general tourism-industry-related members appointed by
3 the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate, and 11
4 additional tourism-industry-related members, appointed by the
5 Governor no later than July 31, 1996, including 3
6 representatives from the statewide rental car industry, 3
7 representatives from tourist-related statewide associations,
8 including those that represent hotels, campgrounds, and
9 attractions, 3 representatives from county destination
10 marketing organizations, 1 representative from the cruise
11 industry, and 1 representative from the airline industry, who
12 will each serve for a term of 2 years, the Governor, and 2
13 additional ex officio members, who will serve for a term of 2
14 years, appointed no later than July 31, 1996, including a
15 member of the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate
16 and a member of the House of Representatives appointed by the
17 Speaker of the House of Representatives.
18 (g) The Governor or the Governor's designee, who must
19 be from the public sector, shall serve as chair of the
20 commission. The commission shall annually elect one of its
21 tourism-industry-related members as vice chair, who shall
22 preside in the absence of the chair.
23 Section 39. Paragraph (f) of subsection (5) of section
24 288.1226, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
25 288.1226 Florida Tourism Industry Marketing
26 Corporation; use of property; board of directors; duties;
27 audit.--
28 (5) POWERS AND DUTIES.--The corporation, in the
29 performance of its duties:
30 (f) Shall appoint the president of the Florida Tourism
31 Industry Marketing Corporation, who shall serve at the
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1 pleasure of the Governor. The president is the chief executive
2 officer of the board of directors and of the corporation and
3 shall direct and supervise the affairs of the corporation. The
4 corporation shall elect or appoint such other officers and
5 agents as its affairs shall require and allow them reasonable
6 compensation. No employee of the Florida Tourism Industry
7 Marketing Corporation may receive compensation for employment
8 which exceeds the salary paid to the Governor, unless the
9 board of directors and the employee have executed a contract
10 that prescribes specific, measurable performance outcomes for
11 the employee, the satisfaction of which provides the basis for
12 the award of incentive payments that increase the employee's
13 total compensation to a level above the salary paid to the
14 Governor.
15 Section 40. Subsection (10) is added to section
16 288.1229, Florida Statutes, to read:
17 288.1229 Promotion and development of sports-related
18 industries and amateur athletics; direct-support organization;
19 powers and duties.--
20 (10) The direct-support organization authorized under
21 this section shall provide an annual report to the Office of
22 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development on the status of the
23 professional golf hall of fame facility certified under s.
24 288.1168 and the level of attendance and sales tax revenue
25 associated with the facility as compared to the minimum
26 projections established at the time the facility was
27 certified. This report is due within 30 days after the annual
28 agreement required under s. 288.1168(1). The direct-support
29 organization also shall provide by October 1 of each year a
30 report to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
31 Development on the status of the International Game Fish
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1 Association World Center facility certified under s. 288.1169.
2 Section 41. Section 288.1251, Florida Statutes, is
3 amended to read:
4 288.1251 Promotion and development of entertainment
5 industry; Governor's Office of the Film and Entertainment
6 Commissioner; creation; purpose; powers and duties.--
7 (1) CREATION.--
8 (a) There is hereby created within the Office of
9 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development the Governor's Office
10 of the Film and Entertainment Commissioner for the purpose of
11 developing, marketing, promoting, and providing services to
12 the state's entertainment industry.
13 (b) The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
14 Development shall conduct a national search for a qualified
15 person to fill the position of Film Commissioner of Film and
16 Entertainment, and the Executive Director of the Office of
17 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development shall hire the Film
18 commissioner. Guidelines for selection of the Film
19 commissioner shall include, but not be limited to, the Film
20 commissioner having the following:
21 1. A working knowledge of the equipment, personnel,
22 financial, and day-to-day production operations of the
23 industries to be served by the office;
24 2. Marketing and promotion experience related to the
25 industries to be served by the office;
26 3. Experience working with a variety of individuals
27 representing large and small entertainment-related businesses,
28 industry associations, local community entertainment industry
29 liaisons, and labor organizations; and
30 4. Experience working with a variety of state and
31 local governmental agencies.
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1 (2) POWERS AND DUTIES.--
2 (a) The Governor's Office of the Film and
3 Entertainment Commissioner, in performance of its duties,
4 shall:
5 1. In consultation with the Florida Film and
6 Entertainment Advisory Council, develop and implement a 5-year
7 strategic plan to guide the activities of the Governor's
8 Office of the Film and Entertainment Commissioner in the areas
9 of entertainment industry development, marketing, promotion,
10 liaison services, field office administration, and
11 information. The plan, to be developed by no later than June
12 30, 2000, shall:
13 a. Be annual in construction and ongoing in nature.
14 b. Include recommendations relating to the
15 organizational structure of the office.
16 c. Include an annual budget projection for the office
17 for each year of the plan.
18 d. Include an operational model for the office to use
19 in implementing programs for rural and urban areas designed
20 to:
21 (I) Develop and promote the state's entertainment
22 industry.
23 (II) Have the office serve as a liaison between the
24 entertainment industry and other state and local governmental
25 agencies, local film commissions, and labor organizations.
26 (III) Gather statistical information related to the
27 state's entertainment industry.
28 (IV) Provide information and service to businesses,
29 communities, organizations, and individuals engaged in
30 entertainment industry activities.
31 (V) Administer field offices outside the state and
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1 coordinate with regional offices maintained by counties and
2 regions of the state, as described in sub-sub-subparagraph
3 (II), as necessary.
4 e. Include performance standards and measurable
5 outcomes for the programs to be implemented by the office.
6 f. Include an assessment of, and make recommendations
7 on, the feasibility of creating an alternative public-private
8 partnership for the purpose of contracting with such a
9 partnership for the administration of the state's
10 entertainment industry promotion, development, marketing, and
11 service programs.
12 2. Develop, market, and facilitate a smooth working
13 relationship between state agencies and local governments in
14 cooperation with local film commission offices for
15 out-of-state and indigenous entertainment industry production
16 entities.
17 3. Implement a structured methodology prescribed for
18 coordinating activities of local offices with each other and
19 the commissioner's office.
20 4. Represent the state's indigenous entertainment
21 industry to key decisionmakers within the national and
22 international entertainment industry, and to state and local
23 officials.
24 5. Prepare an inventory and analysis of the state's
25 entertainment industry, including, but not limited to,
26 information on crew, related businesses, support services, job
27 creation, talent, and economic impact and coordinate with
28 local offices to develop an information tool for common use.
29 6. Represent key decisionmakers within the national
30 and international entertainment industry to the indigenous
31 entertainment industry and to state and local officials.
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1 7. Serve as liaison between entertainment industry
2 producers and labor organizations.
3 8. Identify, solicit, and recruit entertainment
4 production opportunities for the state.
5 9. Assist rural communities and other small
6 communities in the state in developing the expertise and
7 capacity necessary for such communities to develop, market,
8 promote, and provide services to the state's entertainment
9 industry.
10 (b) The Governor's Office of the Film and
11 Entertainment Commissioner, in the performance of its duties,
12 may:
13 1. Conduct or contract for specific promotion and
14 marketing functions, including, but not limited to, production
15 of a statewide directory, production and maintenance of an
16 Internet web site, establishment and maintenance of a
17 toll-free number, organization of trade show participation,
18 and appropriate cooperative marketing opportunities.
19 2. Conduct its affairs, carry on its operations,
20 establish offices, and exercise the powers granted by this act
21 in any state, territory, district, or possession of the United
22 States.
23 3. Carry out any program of information, special
24 events, or publicity designed to attract entertainment
25 industry to Florida.
26 4. Develop relationships and leverage resources with
27 other public and private organizations or groups in their
28 efforts to publicize to the entertainment industry in this
29 state, other states, and other countries the depth of
30 Florida's entertainment industry talent, crew, production
31 companies, production equipment resources, related businesses,
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1 and support services, including the establishment of and
2 expenditure for a program of cooperative advertising with
3 these public and private organizations and groups in
4 accordance with the provisions of chapter 120.
5 5. Provide and arrange for reasonable and necessary
6 promotional items and services for such persons as the office
7 deems proper in connection with the performance of the
8 promotional and other duties of the office.
9 6. Prepare an annual economic impact analysis on
10 entertainment industry-related activities in the state.
11 7. Request or accept any grant or gift of funds or
12 property made by this state or by the United States, or any
13 department or agency thereof, or by any individual, firm,
14 corporation, municipality, county, or organization for any or
15 all of the purposes of the Governor's Office of Film and
16 Entertainment which are consistent with this or any other
17 provision of law. The office may expend such funds in
18 accordance with the terms and conditions of any such grant or
19 gift, in the pursuit of its administration, or in support of
20 the programs it administers.
21 Section 42. Section 288.1252, Florida Statutes, is
22 amended to read:
23 288.1252 Florida Film and Entertainment Advisory
24 Council; creation; purpose; membership; powers and duties.--
25 (1) CREATION.--There is hereby created within the
26 Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development of the
27 Executive Office of the Governor, for administrative purposes
28 only, the Florida Film and Entertainment Advisory Council.
29 (2) PURPOSE.--The purpose of the council shall be to
30 serve as an advisory body to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
31 Economic Development and to the Governor's Office of the Film
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1 and Entertainment Commissioner to provide these offices with
2 industry insight and expertise related to developing,
3 marketing, promoting, and providing service to the state's
4 entertainment industry.
5 (3) MEMBERSHIP.--
6 (a) The council shall consist of 17 members, seven to
7 be appointed by the Governor, five to be appointed by the
8 President of the Senate, and five to be appointed by the
9 Speaker of the House of Representatives, with the initial
10 appointments being made no later than August 1, 1999.
11 (b) When making appointments to the council, the
12 Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the
13 House of Representatives shall appoint persons who are
14 residents of the state and who are highly knowledgeable of,
15 active in, and recognized leaders in Florida's motion picture,
16 television, video, sound recording, or other entertainment
17 industries. These persons shall include, but not be limited
18 to, representatives of local film commissions, representatives
19 of entertainment associations, a representative of the
20 broadcast industry, representatives of labor organizations in
21 the entertainment industry, and board chairs, presidents,
22 chief executive officers, chief operating officers, or persons
23 of comparable executive position or stature of leading or
24 otherwise important entertainment industry businesses and
25 offices. Council members shall be appointed in such a manner
26 as to equitably represent the broadest spectrum of the
27 entertainment industry and geographic areas of the state.
28 (c) Council members shall serve for 4-year terms,
29 except that the initial terms shall be staggered:
30 1. The Governor shall appoint one member for a 1-year
31 term, two members for 2-year terms, two members for 3-year
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1 terms, and two members for 4-year terms.
2 2. The President of the Senate shall appoint one
3 member for a 1-year term, one member for a 2-year term, two
4 members for 3-year terms, and one member for a 4-year term.
5 3. The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall
6 appoint one member for a 1-year term, one member for a 2-year
7 term, two members for 3-year terms, and one member for a
8 4-year term.
9 (d) Subsequent appointments shall be made by the
10 official who appointed the council member whose expired term
11 is to be filled.
12 (e) The Film Commissioner of Film and Entertainment, a
13 representative of Enterprise Florida, Inc., and a
14 representative of the Florida Tourism Industry Marketing
15 Corporation shall serve as ex officio, nonvoting members of
16 the council, and shall be in addition to the 17 appointed
17 members of the council.
18 (f) Absence from three consecutive meetings shall
19 result in automatic removal from the council.
20 (g) A vacancy on the council shall be filled for the
21 remainder of the unexpired term by the official who appointed
22 the vacating member.
23 (h) No more than one member of the council may be an
24 employee of any one company, organization, or association.
25 (i) Any member shall be eligible for reappointment but
26 may not serve more than two consecutive terms.
27 (4) MEETINGS; ORGANIZATION.--
28 (a) The council shall meet no less frequently than
29 once each quarter of the calendar year, but may meet more
30 often as set by the council.
31 (b) The council shall annually elect one member to
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1 serve as chair of the council and one member to serve as vice
2 chair. The Governor's Office of the Film and Entertainment
3 Commissioner shall provide staff assistance to the council,
4 which shall include, but not be limited to, keeping records of
5 the proceedings of the council, and serving as custodian of
6 all books, documents, and papers filed with the council.
7 (c) A majority of the members of the council shall
8 constitute a quorum.
9 (d) Members of the council shall serve without
10 compensation, but shall be entitled to reimbursement for per
11 diem and travel expenses in accordance with s. 112.061 while
12 in performance of their duties.
13 (5) POWERS AND DUTIES.--The Florida Film and
14 Entertainment Advisory Council shall have all the powers
15 necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the
16 purposes and provisions of this act, including, but not
17 limited to, the power to:
18 (a) Adopt bylaws for the governance of its affairs and
19 the conduct of its business.
20 (b) Advise and consult with the Governor's Office of
21 the Film and Entertainment Commissioner on the content,
22 development, and implementation of the 5-year strategic plan
23 to guide the activities of the office.
24 (c) Review the Film Commissioner's administration by
25 the Commissioner of Film and Entertainment of the programs
26 related to the strategic plan, and advise the commissioner on
27 the programs and any changes that might be made to better meet
28 the strategic plan.
29 (d) Consider and study the needs of the entertainment
30 industry for the purpose of advising the commissioner and the
31 Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development.
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1 (e) Identify and make recommendations on state agency
2 and local government actions that may have an impact on the
3 entertainment industry or that may appear to industry
4 representatives as an official state or local action affecting
5 production in the state.
6 (f) Consider all matters submitted to it by the
7 commissioner and the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
8 Development.
9 (g) Advise and consult with the commissioner and the
10 Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development, at their
11 request or upon its own initiative, regarding the
12 promulgation, administration, and enforcement of all laws and
13 rules relating to the entertainment industry.
14 (h) Suggest policies and practices for the conduct of
15 business by the Governor's Office of the Film and
16 Entertainment Commissioner or by the Office of Tourism, Trade,
17 and Economic Development that will improve internal operations
18 affecting the entertainment industry and will enhance the
19 economic development initiatives of the state for the
20 industry.
21 (i) Appear on its own behalf before boards,
22 commissions, departments, or other agencies of municipal,
23 county, or state government, or the Federal Government.
24 Section 43. Section 288.1253, Florida Statutes, is
25 amended to read:
26 288.1253 Travel and entertainment expenses.--
27 (1) As used in this section:
28 (a) "Business client" means any person, other than a
29 state official or state employee, who receives the services of
30 representatives of the Governor's Office of the Film and
31 Entertainment Commissioner in connection with the performance
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1 of its statutory duties, including persons or representatives
2 of entertainment industry companies considering location,
3 relocation, or expansion of an entertainment industry business
4 within the state.
5 (b) "Entertainment expenses" means the actual,
6 necessary, and reasonable costs of providing hospitality for
7 business clients or guests, which costs are defined and
8 prescribed by rules adopted by the Office of Tourism, Trade,
9 and Economic Development, subject to approval by the
10 Comptroller.
11 (c) "Guest" means a person, other than a state
12 official or state employee, authorized by the Office of
13 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development to receive the
14 hospitality of the Governor's Office of the Film and
15 Entertainment Commissioner in connection with the performance
16 of its statutory duties.
17 (d) "Travel expenses" means the actual, necessary, and
18 reasonable costs of transportation, meals, lodging, and
19 incidental expenses normally incurred by a traveler, which
20 costs are defined and prescribed by rules adopted by the
21 Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development, subject to
22 approval by the Comptroller.
23 (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 112.061, the
24 Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development shall adopt
25 rules by which it may make expenditures by advancement or
26 reimbursement, or a combination thereof, to:
27 (a) The Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, security
28 staff of the Governor or Lieutenant Governor, the Film
29 Commissioner of Film and Entertainment, or staff of the
30 Governor's Office of the Film and Entertainment Commissioner
31 for travel expenses or entertainment expenses incurred by such
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1 individuals solely and exclusively in connection with the
2 performance of the statutory duties of the Governor's Office
3 of the Film and Entertainment Commissioner.
4 (b) The Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, security
5 staff of the Governor or Lieutenant Governor, the Film
6 Commissioner of Film and Entertainment, or staff of the
7 Governor's Office of the Film and Entertainment Commissioner
8 for travel expenses or entertainment expenses incurred by such
9 individuals on behalf of guests, business clients, or
10 authorized persons as defined in s. 112.061(2)(e) solely and
11 exclusively in connection with the performance of the
12 statutory duties of the Governor's Office of the Film and
13 Entertainment Commissioner.
14 (c) Third-party vendors for the travel or
15 entertainment expenses of guests, business clients, or
16 authorized persons as defined in s. 112.061(2)(e) incurred
17 solely and exclusively while such persons are participating in
18 activities or events carried out by the Governor's Office of
19 the Film and Entertainment Commissioner in connection with
20 that office's statutory duties.
21
22 The rules shall be subject to approval by the Comptroller
23 prior to promulgation. The rules shall require the submission
24 of paid receipts, or other proof of expenditure prescribed by
25 the Comptroller, with any claim for reimbursement and shall
26 require, as a condition for any advancement of funds, an
27 agreement to submit paid receipts or other proof of
28 expenditure and to refund any unused portion of the
29 advancement within 15 days after the expense is incurred or,
30 if the advancement is made in connection with travel, within
31 10 working days after the traveler's return to headquarters.
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1 However, with respect to an advancement of funds made solely
2 for travel expenses, the rules may allow paid receipts or
3 other proof of expenditure to be submitted, and any unused
4 portion of the advancement to be refunded, within 10 working
5 days after the traveler's return to headquarters. Operational
6 or promotional advancements, as defined in s. 288.35(4),
7 obtained pursuant to this section shall not be commingled with
8 any other state funds.
9 (3) The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
10 Development shall prepare an annual report of the expenditures
11 of the Governor's Office of the Film and Entertainment
12 Commissioner and provide such report to the Legislature no
13 later than December 30 of each year for the expenditures of
14 the previous fiscal year. The report shall consist of a
15 summary of all travel, entertainment, and incidental expenses
16 incurred within the United States and all travel,
17 entertainment, and incidental expenses incurred outside the
18 United States, as well as a summary of all successful projects
19 that developed from such travel.
20 (4) The Governor's Office of the Film and
21 Entertainment Commissioner and its employees and
22 representatives, when authorized, may accept and use
23 complimentary travel, accommodations, meeting space, meals,
24 equipment, transportation, and any other goods or services
25 necessary for or beneficial to the performance of the office's
26 duties and purposes, so long as such acceptance or use is not
27 in conflict with part III of chapter 112. The Office of
28 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development shall, by rule,
29 develop internal controls to ensure that such goods or
30 services accepted or used pursuant to this subsection are
31 limited to those that will assist solely and exclusively in
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1 the furtherance of the office's goals and are in compliance
2 with part III of chapter 112.
3 (5) Any claim submitted under this section shall not
4 be required to be sworn to before a notary public or other
5 officer authorized to administer oaths, but any claim
6 authorized or required to be made under any provision of this
7 section shall contain a statement that the expenses were
8 actually incurred as necessary travel or entertainment
9 expenses in the performance of official duties of the
10 Governor's Office of the Film and Entertainment Commissioner
11 and shall be verified by written declaration that it is true
12 and correct as to every material matter. Any person who
13 willfully makes and subscribes to any claim which he or she
14 does not believe to be true and correct as to every material
15 matter or who willfully aids or assists in, procures, or
16 counsels or advises with respect to, the preparation or
17 presentation of a claim pursuant to this section that is
18 fraudulent or false as to any material matter, whether or not
19 such falsity or fraud is with the knowledge or consent of the
20 person authorized or required to present the claim, commits a
21 misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s.
22 775.082 or s. 775.083. Whoever receives an advancement or
23 reimbursement by means of a false claim is civilly liable, in
24 the amount of the overpayment, for the reimbursement of the
25 public fund from which the claim was paid.
26 Section 44. Section 288.7011, Florida Statutes, is
27 amended to read:
28 288.7011 Assistance to certified development
29 corporation.--The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
30 Development is authorized to enter into contracts with a
31 nonprofit, statewide development corporation certified
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1 pursuant to s. 503 of the Small Business Investment Act of
2 1958, as amended, to permit such corporation to locate and
3 contract for administrative and technical staff assistance and
4 support, including, without limitation, assistance to the
5 development corporation in the packaging and servicing of
6 loans for the purpose of stimulating and expanding the
7 availability of private equity capital and long-term loans to
8 small businesses. Such assistance and support will cease when
9 the corporation has received state support in an amount the
10 equivalent of $250,000 per year over a 4-year 5-year period
11 beginning July 1, 1997. Any contract between the office and
12 such corporation shall specify that the records of the
13 corporation must be available for audit by the office and by
14 the Auditor General.
15 Section 45. Subsections (2) and (7) of section
16 288.901, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
17 288.901 Enterprise Florida, Inc.; creation;
18 membership; organization; meetings; disclosure.--
19 (2) Enterprise Florida, Inc., shall establish one or
20 more corporate offices, at least one of which shall be located
21 in Leon County. The Department of Management Services may
22 establish a lease agreement program under which Enterprise
23 Florida, Inc., may hire any individual who, as of June 30,
24 1996, is employed by the Department of Commerce or who, as of
25 January 1, 1997, is employed by the Executive Office of the
26 Governor and has responsibilities specifically in support of
27 the Workforce Development Board established under s. 288.9952
28 s. 288.9620. Under such agreement, the employee shall retain
29 his or her status as a state employee but shall work under the
30 direct supervision of Enterprise Florida, Inc. Retention of
31 state employee status shall include the right to participate
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1 in the Florida Retirement System. The Department of Management
2 Services shall establish the terms and conditions of such
3 lease agreements.
4 (7) The Governor or the Governor's designee, who must
5 be from the public sector, shall serve as chairperson of the
6 board of directors. The board of directors shall biennially
7 elect one of its appointive members as vice chairperson. The
8 president shall keep a record of the proceedings of the board
9 of directors and is the custodian of all books, documents, and
10 papers filed with the board of directors, the minutes of the
11 board of directors, and the official seal of Enterprise
12 Florida, Inc.
13 Section 46. Subsection (2) of section 288.9015,
14 Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
15 288.9015 Enterprise Florida, Inc.; purpose; duties.--
16 (2) It shall be the responsibility of Enterprise
17 Florida, Inc., to aggressively market Florida's rural
18 communities and distressed urban communities as locations for
19 potential new investment, to aggressively assist in the
20 retention and expansion of existing businesses in these
21 communities, and to aggressively assist these communities in
22 the identification and development of new economic development
23 opportunities for job creation. Enterprise Florida, Inc.,
24 shall use and promote existing state programs to facilitate
25 the location of new investment, the retention and expansion of
26 existing businesses, and the identification and development of
27 new economic development opportunities for job creation. Such
28 programs include, but are not limited to: the Community
29 Contribution Tax Credit Program, as provided in ss. 220.183
30 and 624.5105; the Urban High-Crime Area Job Tax Credit Program
31 as provided in ss. 212.097 and 220.1895; the Rural Job Tax
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1 Credit Program as provided in ss. 212.098 and 220.1895; and
2 the state incentives available in enterprise zones as provided
3 in s. 290.007.
4 Section 47. Section 288.980, Florida Statutes, is
5 amended to read:
6 288.980 Military base retention; legislative intent;
7 grants program.--
8 (1)(a) It is the intent of this state to provide the
9 necessary means to assist communities with military
10 installations that would be adversely affected by federal base
11 realignment or closure actions. It is further the intent to
12 encourage communities to initiate a coordinated program of
13 response and plan of action in advance of future actions of
14 the federal Base Realignment and Closure Commission. It is
15 critical that closure-vulnerable communities develop such a
16 program to preserve affected military installations. The
17 Legislature hereby recognizes that the state needs to
18 coordinate all efforts that can facilitate the retention of
19 all remaining military installations in the state. The
20 Legislature, therefore, declares that providing such
21 assistance to support the defense-related initiatives within
22 this section is a public purpose for which public money may be
23 used.
24 (b) The Florida Defense Alliance, an organization
25 within Enterprise Florida, is designated as the organization
26 to ensure that Florida, its resident military bases and
27 missions, and its military host communities are in competitive
28 positions as the United States continues its defense
29 realignment and downsizing. The defense alliance shall serve
30 as an overall advisory body for Enterprise Florida
31 defense-related activity. The Florida Defense Alliance may
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1 receive funding from appropriations made for that purpose to
2 administered by the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
3 Development and administered by Enterprise Florida, Inc.
4 (2)(a) The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
5 Development is authorized to award grants based upon the
6 recommendation of Enterprise Florida, Inc., and for
7 administration by Enterprise Florida, Inc., from funds
8 specifically appropriated any funds available to it to support
9 activities related to the retention of military installations
10 potentially affected by federal base closure or realignment.
11 (b) The term "activities" as used in this section
12 means studies, presentations, analyses, plans, and modeling.
13 Staff salaries are not considered an "activity" for which
14 grant funds may be awarded. Travel costs and costs incidental
15 thereto incurred by a grant recipient shall be considered an
16 "activity" for which grant funds may be awarded.
17 (c) Except for grants issued pursuant to the Florida
18 Military Installation Reuse Planning and Marketing Grant
19 Program as described in paragraph (3)(c), the amount of any
20 grant provided to an applicant may not exceed $250,000. In
21 making recommendations to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
22 Economic Development, Enterprise Florida, Inc., shall require
23 that an applicant:
24 1. Represent a local government with a military
25 installation or military installations that could be adversely
26 affected by federal base realignment or closure.
27 2. Agree to match at least 30 percent of any grant
28 awarded.
29 3. Prepare a coordinated program or plan of action
30 delineating how the eligible project will be administered and
31 accomplished.
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1 4. Provide documentation describing the potential for
2 realignment or closure of a military installation located in
3 the applicant's community and the adverse impacts such
4 realignment or closure will have on the applicant's community.
5 (d) In making recommendations for grant awards,
6 Enterprise Florida, Inc., the office shall consider, at a
7 minimum, the following factors:
8 1. The relative value of the particular military
9 installation in terms of its importance to the local and state
10 economy relative to other military installations vulnerable to
11 closure.
12 2. The potential job displacement within the local
13 community should the military installation be closed.
14 3. The potential adverse impact on industries and
15 technologies which service the military installation.
16 (3) The Florida Economic Reinvestment Initiative is
17 established to respond to the need for this state and
18 defense-dependent communities in this state to develop
19 alternative economic diversification strategies to lessen
20 reliance on national defense dollars in the wake of base
21 closures and reduced federal defense expenditures and the need
22 to formulate specific base reuse plans and identify any
23 specific infrastructure needed to facilitate reuse. The
24 initiative shall consist of the following three distinct grant
25 programs to be administered by Enterprise Florida, Inc. the
26 Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development:
27 (a) The Florida Defense Planning Grant Program,
28 through which funds shall be used to analyze the extent to
29 which the state is dependent on defense dollars and defense
30 infrastructure and prepare alternative economic development
31 strategies. The state shall work in conjunction with
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1 defense-dependent communities in developing strategies and
2 approaches that will help communities make the transition from
3 a defense economy to a nondefense economy. Grant awards may
4 not exceed $250,000 per applicant and shall be available on a
5 competitive basis.
6 (b) The Florida Defense Implementation Grant Program,
7 through which funds shall be made available to
8 defense-dependent communities to implement the diversification
9 strategies developed pursuant to paragraph (a). Eligible
10 applicants include defense-dependent counties and cities, and
11 local economic development councils located within such
12 communities. Grant awards may not exceed $100,000 per
13 applicant and shall be available on a competitive basis.
14 Awards shall be matched on a one-to-one basis.
15 (c) The Florida Military Installation Reuse Planning
16 and Marketing Grant Program, through which funds shall be used
17 to help counties, cities, and local economic development
18 councils develop and implement plans for the reuse of closed
19 or realigned military installations, including any necessary
20 infrastructure improvements needed to facilitate reuse and
21 related marketing activities.
22
23 Applications for grants under this subsection must include a
24 coordinated program of work or plan of action delineating how
25 the eligible project will be administered and accomplished,
26 which must include a plan for ensuring close cooperation
27 between civilian and military authorities in the conduct of
28 the funded activities and a plan for public involvement. The
29 director of the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
30 Development shall make the final decision on all grant awards.
31 (4)(a) The Defense-Related Business Adjustment Program
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1 is hereby created. Enterprise Florida, Inc., The Director of
2 the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development shall
3 coordinate the development of the Defense-Related Business
4 Adjustment Program. Funds shall be available to assist
5 defense-related companies in the creation of increased
6 commercial technology development through investments in
7 technology. Such technology must have a direct impact on
8 critical state needs for the purpose of generating
9 investment-grade technologies and encouraging the partnership
10 of the private sector and government defense-related business
11 adjustment. The following areas shall receive precedence in
12 consideration for funding commercial technology development:
13 law enforcement or corrections, environmental protection,
14 transportation, education, and health care. Travel and costs
15 incidental thereto, and staff salaries, are not considered an
16 "activity" for which grant funds may be awarded.
17 (b) In making recommendations to the Office of
18 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development for grant awards,
19 Enterprise Florida, Inc., The office shall require that an
20 applicant:
21 1. Be a defense-related business that could be
22 adversely affected by federal base realignment or closure or
23 reduced defense expenditures.
24 2. Agree to match at least 50 percent of any funds
25 awarded by the department in cash or in-kind services. Such
26 match shall be directly related to activities for which the
27 funds are being sought.
28 3. Prepare a coordinated program or plan delineating
29 how the funds will be administered.
30 4. Provide documentation describing how
31 defense-related realignment or closure will adversely impact
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1 defense-related companies.
2 (5) The Retention of Military Installations Program is
3 created. The Director of the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
4 Economic Development shall coordinate and implement this
5 program. The sum of $1.2 million is appropriated from the
6 General Revenue Fund for fiscal year 1999-2000 to the Office
7 of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development to implement this
8 program for military installations located in counties with a
9 population greater than 824,000. The funds shall be used to
10 assist military installations potentially affected by federal
11 base closure or realignment in covering current operating
12 costs in an effort to retain the installation in this state.
13 An eligible military installation for this program shall
14 include a provider of simulation solutions for war-fighting
15 experimentation, testing, and training which employs at least
16 500 civilian and military employees and has been operating in
17 the state for a period of more than 10 years.
18 (6) The director of the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
19 Economic Development may award nonfederal matching funds
20 specifically appropriated for construction, maintenance, and
21 analysis of a Florida defense workforce database. Such funds
22 will be used to create a registry of worker skills that can be
23 used to match the worker needs of companies that are
24 relocating to this state or to assist workers in relocating to
25 other areas within this state where similar or related
26 employment is available.
27 (7) Payment of administrative expenses shall be
28 limited to no more than 10 percent of any grants issued
29 pursuant to this section.
30 (8) Enterprise Florida, Inc., The Office of Tourism,
31 Trade, and Economic Development shall develop establish
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1 guidelines to implement and carry out the purpose and intent
2 of this section. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
3 Development must approve the guidelines before their
4 implementation.
5 Section 48. Subsections (8) and (12), paragraph (h) of
6 subsection (10), and paragraph (b) of subsection (14) of
7 section 288.99, Florida Statutes, are amended, and subsection
8 (15) is added to that section, to read:
9 288.99 Certified Capital Company Act.--
10 (8) ANNUAL TAX CREDIT; CLAIM PROCESS.--
11 (a) On an annual basis, on or before December 31, each
12 certified capital company shall file with the department and
13 the office, in consultation with the office department, on a
14 form prescribed by the office, for each calendar year:
15 1. The total dollar amount the certified capital
16 company received from certified investors, the identity of the
17 certified investors, and the amount received from each
18 certified investor during the calendar year.
19 2. The total dollar amount the certified capital
20 company invested and the amount invested in qualified
21 businesses, together with the identity and location of those
22 businesses and the amount invested in each qualified business.
23 3. For informational purposes only, the total number
24 of permanent, full-time jobs either created or retained by the
25 qualified business during the calendar year, the average wage
26 of the jobs created or retained, the industry sectors in which
27 the qualified businesses operate, and any additional capital
28 invested in qualified businesses from sources other than
29 certified capital companies.
30 (b) The form shall be verified by one or more
31 principals of the certified capital company submitting the
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1 form. Verification shall be accomplished as provided in s.
2 92.525(1)(b) and subject to the provisions of s. 92.525(3).
3 (c) The department office shall review the form, and
4 any supplemental documentation, submitted by each certified
5 capital company for the purpose of verifying:
6 1. That the businesses in which certified capital has
7 been invested by the certified capital company are in fact
8 qualified businesses, and that the amount of certified capital
9 invested by the certified capital company is as represented in
10 the form.
11 2. The amount of certified capital invested in the
12 certified capital company by the certified investors.
13 3. The amount of premium tax credit available to
14 certified investors.
15 (d) The Department of Revenue is authorized to audit
16 and examine the accounts, books, or records of certified
17 capital companies and certified investors for the purpose of
18 ascertaining the correctness of any report and financial
19 return which has been filed, and to ascertain a certified
20 capital company's compliance with the tax-related provisions
21 of this act.
22 (e) This subsection shall take effect January 1, 1999.
23 (10) DECERTIFICATION.--
24 (h) The department office shall send written notice to
25 the address of each certified investor whose premium tax
26 credit has been subject to recapture or forfeiture, using the
27 address last shown on the last premium tax filing.
28 (12) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.--The office shall report
29 annually on an annual basis to the Governor, the President of
30 the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives on
31 or before April 1:
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1 (a) The total dollar amount each certified capital
2 company received from all certified investors and any other
3 investor, the identity of the certified investors, and the
4 total amount of premium tax credit used by each certified
5 investor for the previous calendar year.
6 (b) The total dollar amount invested by each certified
7 capital company and that portion invested in qualified
8 businesses, the identity and location of those businesses, the
9 amount invested in each qualified business, and the total
10 number of permanent, full-time jobs created or retained by
11 each qualified business.
12 (c) The return for the state as a result of the
13 certified capital company investments, including the extent to
14 which:
15 1. Certified capital company investments have
16 contributed to employment growth.
17 2. The wage level of businesses in which certified
18 capital companies have invested exceed the average wage for
19 the county in which the jobs are located.
20 3. The investments of the certified capital companies
21 in qualified businesses have contributed to expanding or
22 diversifying the economic base of the state.
23 (14) RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.--
24 (b) The department and the office may adopt any rules
25 necessary to carry out its duties, obligations, and powers
26 related to the administration, review, and reporting
27 provisions of this section and may perform any other acts
28 necessary for the proper administration and enforcement of
29 such duties, obligations, and powers.
30 (15) ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATIONS.--Notwithstanding the
31 dates established in paragraphs (4)(b), (c), and (e), an
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1 applicant for certification as a certified capital company may
2 file an application of the type specified in paragraph (4)(b)
3 to become a "certified capital company" under this section
4 between July 1, 2000, and September 1, 2000, in the manner
5 prescribed in subsection (4).
6 Section 49. Section 290.004, Florida Statutes, is
7 amended to read:
8 290.004 Definitions.--As used in ss. 290.001-290.016:
9 (1) "Community investment corporation" means a black
10 business investment corporation, a certified development
11 corporation, a small business investment corporation, or other
12 similar entity incorporated under Florida law that has limited
13 its investment policy to making investments solely in minority
14 business enterprises.
15 (2) "Department" means the Department of Commerce.
16 (2)(3) "Director" means the director of the Office of
17 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development.
18 (3)(4) "Governing body" means the council or other
19 legislative body charged with governing the county or
20 municipality.
21 (4)(5) "Interagency coordinating council" means the
22 Enterprise Zone Interagency Coordinating Council created
23 pursuant to s. 290.009.
24 (5)(6) "Minority business enterprise" has the same
25 meaning as in s. 288.703.
26 (6)(7) "Office" means the Office of Tourism, Trade,
27 and Economic Development.
28 (7) "Rural enterprise zone" means an enterprise zone
29 that is nominated by a county having a population of 75,000 or
30 fewer, or a county having a population of 100,000 or fewer
31 which is contiguous to a county having a population of 75,000
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1 or fewer, or by a municipality in such a county, or by such a
2 county and one or more municipalities. An enterprise zone
3 designated in accordance with s. 370.28 shall be considered a
4 rural enterprise zone.
5 (8) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Commerce.
6 (8)(9) "Small business" has the same meaning as in s.
7 288.703.
8 Section 50. Subsections (11) and (12) of section
9 290.0056, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
10 290.0056 Enterprise zone development agency.--
11 (11) Prior to December 1 of each year, the agency
12 shall submit to Enterprise Florida, Inc., the Office of
13 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development a complete and
14 detailed written report setting forth:
15 (a) Its operations and accomplishments during the
16 fiscal year.
17 (b) The accomplishments and progress concerning the
18 implementation of the strategic plan.
19 (c) The number and type of businesses assisted by the
20 agency during the fiscal year.
21 (d) The number of jobs created within the enterprise
22 zone during the fiscal year.
23 (e) The usage and revenue impact of state and local
24 incentives granted during the calendar year.
25 (f) Any other information required by Enterprise
26 Florida, Inc. the office.
27 (12) In the event that the nominated area selected by
28 the governing body is not designated a state enterprise zone,
29 the governing body may dissolve the agency after receiving
30 notification from the department or the office that the area
31 was not designated as an enterprise zone.
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1 Section 51. Subsection (5) of section 290.0058,
2 Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
3 290.0058 Tests of pervasive poverty, unemployment, and
4 general distress.--
5 (5) In making the calculations required by this
6 section, the local government and Enterprise Florida, Inc.,
7 the department shall round all fractional percentages of
8 one-half percent or more up to the next highest whole
9 percentage figure.
10 Section 52. Subsections (1), (4), (5), (6), (7), and
11 (9) of section 290.0065, Florida Statutes, are amended to
12 read:
13 290.0065 State designation of enterprise zones.--
14 (1) Upon application to Enterprise Florida, Inc., of
15 the governing body of a county or municipality or of a county
16 and one or more municipalities jointly pursuant to s.
17 290.0055, Enterprise Florida, Inc. the department, in
18 consultation with the interagency coordinating council, shall
19 determine which areas nominated by such governing bodies meet
20 the criteria outlined in s. 290.0055 and are the most
21 appropriate for recommendation to the director of the Office
22 of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development for designation as
23 state enterprise zones. The office department is authorized to
24 designate up to 5 areas within each of the categories
25 established in subparagraphs (3)(a)1., 2., 3., 4., and 5.,
26 except that the office department may only designate a total
27 of 20 areas as enterprise zones. The office department shall
28 not designate more than three enterprise zones in any one
29 county. All designations, including any provision for
30 redesignations, of state enterprise zones pursuant to this
31 section shall be effective July 1, 1995.
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1 (4)(a) Notwithstanding s. 290.0055, any area existing
2 as a state enterprise zone as of the effective date of this
3 section and originally approved through a joint application
4 from a county and municipality, or through an application from
5 a county as defined in s. 125.011(1), shall be redesignated as
6 a state enterprise zone upon the creation of an enterprise
7 zone development agency pursuant to s. 290.0056 and the
8 completion of a strategic plan pursuant to s. 290.0057. Any
9 area redesignated pursuant to this subsection, other than an
10 area located in a county defined in s. 125.011(1), may be
11 relocated or modified by the appropriate governmental bodies.
12 Such relocation or modification shall be identified in the
13 strategic plan and shall meet the requirements for designation
14 as established by s. 290.005. Any relocation or modification
15 shall be submitted on or before June 1, 1996.
16 (b) The office department shall place any area
17 designated as a state enterprise zone pursuant to this
18 subsection in the appropriate category established in
19 subsection (3), and include such designations within the
20 limitations on state enterprise zone designations set out in
21 subsection (1).
22 (c) Any county or municipality having jurisdiction
23 over an area designated as a state enterprise zone pursuant to
24 this subsection, other than a county defined by s. 125.011(1),
25 may not apply for designation of another area.
26 (5) Notwithstanding s. 290.0055, an area designated as
27 a federal empowerment zone or enterprise community pursuant to
28 Title XIII of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993,
29 the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, or the 1999 Agricultural
30 Appropriations Act shall be designated a state enterprise zone
31 as follows:
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1 (a) An area designated as an urban empowerment zone or
2 urban enterprise community pursuant to Title XIII of the
3 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 or the Taxpayer
4 Relief Act of 1997 shall be designated a state enterprise zone
5 by the office department upon completion of the requirements
6 set out in paragraph (d), except in the case of a county as
7 defined in s. 125.011(1) which, notwithstanding s. 290.0055,
8 may incorporate and include such designated urban empowerment
9 zone or urban enterprise community areas within the boundaries
10 of its state enterprise zones without any limitation as to
11 size.
12 (b) An area designated as a rural empowerment zone or
13 rural enterprise community pursuant to Title XIII of the
14 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 or the 1999
15 Agricultural Appropriations Act shall be designated a state
16 enterprise zone by the office department upon completion of
17 the requirements set out in paragraph (d).
18 (c) Any county or municipality having jurisdiction
19 over an area designated as a state enterprise zone pursuant to
20 this subsection, other than a county defined in s. 125.011(1),
21 may not apply for designation of another area.
22 (d) Prior to recommending that the office designate
23 designating such areas as state enterprise zones, Enterprise
24 Florida, Inc., the department shall ensure that the governing
25 body having jurisdiction over the zone submits the strategic
26 plan required pursuant to 7 C.F.R. part 25 or 24 C.F.R. part
27 597 to Enterprise Florida, Inc. the department, and creates an
28 enterprise zone development agency pursuant to s. 290.0056.
29 (e) The office department shall place any area
30 designated as a state enterprise zone pursuant to this
31 subsection in the appropriate category established in
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1 subsection (3), and include such designations within the
2 limitations on state enterprise zone designations set out in
3 subsection (1).
4 (6)(a) The office department, in consultation with
5 Enterprise Florida, Inc., and the interagency coordinating
6 council, may develop guidelines shall promulgate any rules
7 necessary for the approval of areas under this section by the
8 director secretary.
9 (b) Such guidelines may rules shall provide for the
10 measurement of pervasive poverty, unemployment, and general
11 distress using the criteria outlined by s. 290.0058.
12 (c) Such guidelines may rules shall provide for the
13 evaluation of the strategic plan and local fiscal and
14 regulatory incentives for effectiveness, including how the
15 following key principles will be implemented by the governing
16 body or bodies:
17 1. Economic opportunity, including job creation within
18 the community and throughout the region, as well as
19 entrepreneurial initiatives, small business expansion, and
20 training for jobs that offer upward mobility.
21 2. Sustainable community development that advances the
22 creation of livable and vibrant communities through
23 comprehensive approaches that coordinate economic, physical,
24 community, and human development.
25 3. Community-based partnerships involving the
26 participation of all segments of the community.
27 4. Strategic vision for change that identifies how the
28 community will be revitalized. This vision should include
29 methods for building on community assets and coordinate a
30 response to community needs in a comprehensive fashion. This
31 vision should provide goals and performance benchmarks for
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1 measuring progress and establish a framework for evaluating
2 and adjusting the strategic plan.
3 5. Local fiscal and regulatory incentives enacted
4 pursuant to s. 290.0057(1)(e). These incentives should induce
5 economic revitalization, including job creation and small
6 business expansion.
7 (d) Such guidelines may rules shall provide methods
8 for evaluating the prospects for new investment and economic
9 development in the area, including a review and evaluation of
10 any previous state enterprise zones located in the area.
11 (7) Upon approval by the director secretary of a
12 resolution authorizing an area to be an enterprise zone
13 pursuant to this section, the office department shall assign a
14 unique identifying number to that resolution. The office
15 department shall provide the Department of Revenue and
16 Enterprise Florida, Inc., with a copy of each resolution
17 approved, together with its identifying number.
18 (9) Upon recommendation by Enterprise Florida, Inc.,
19 the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development may
20 amend the boundaries of any enterprise zone designated by the
21 state pursuant to this section, consistent with the
22 categories, criteria, and limitations imposed in this section
23 upon the establishment of such enterprise zone and only if
24 consistent with the determinations made in s. 290.0058(2).
25 Section 53. Subsection (1) of section 290.0066,
26 Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
27 290.0066 Revocation of enterprise zone designation.--
28 (1) Upon recommendation by Enterprise Florida, Inc.,
29 the director may revoke the designation of an enterprise zone
30 if Enterprise Florida, Inc., the director determines that the
31 governing body or bodies:
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1 (a) Have failed to make progress in achieving the
2 benchmarks set forth in the strategic plan; or
3 (b) Have not complied substantially with the strategic
4 plan.
5 Section 54. Section 290.00675, Florida Statutes, is
6 amended to read:
7 290.00675 Amendment of certain enterprise zone
8 boundaries.--Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, upon
9 recommendation by Enterprise Florida, Inc., the Office of
10 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development may amend the
11 boundaries of an area designated as an enterprise zone in a
12 community having a population of 235,000 persons but less than
13 245,000, so long as the area does not increase the overall
14 size of the zone by greater than 25 acres and the increased
15 area is contiguous to the existing enterprise zone. The
16 amendment must also be consistent with the limitations imposed
17 by s. 290.0055 upon establishment of the enterprise zone.
18 Section 55. Section 290.00676, Florida Statutes, is
19 created to read:
20 290.00676 Amendment of rural enterprise zone
21 boundaries.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon
22 recommendation by Enterprise Florida, Inc., the Office of
23 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development may amend the
24 boundaries of a rural enterprise zone. For purposes of
25 boundary amendments, an enterprise zone designated under s.
26 370.28 shall be considered a rural enterprise zone and is
27 eligible for amendment of its boundaries. Boundary amendments
28 authorized by this section are subject to the following
29 requirements:
30 (1) The amendment may increase the size of the rural
31 enterprise zone to 15 square miles.
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1 (2) The amendment may increase the number of
2 noncontiguous areas by one, if that noncontiguous area has
3 zero population. For purposes of this subsection, the
4 pervasive poverty criteria may be set aside for the addition
5 of a noncontiguous parcel.
6 (3) The local enterprise zone development agency must
7 request the amendment from Enterprise Florida, Inc., prior to
8 December 30, 2000. The request must contain maps and
9 sufficient information to allow the office to determine the
10 number of noncontiguous areas and the total size of the rural
11 enterprise zone.
12 Section 56. Section 290.00677, Florida Statutes, is
13 created to read:
14 290.00677 Rural enterprise zones; special
15 qualifications.--
16 (1) Notwithstanding the enterprise zone residency
17 requirements set out in ss. 212.096(1)(c) and 220.03(1)(q),
18 businesses located in rural enterprise zones may receive the
19 credit provided under s. 212.096 or s. 220.181 for hiring any
20 person within the jurisdiction of a rural county, as defined
21 by s. 288.106(2)(r). All other provisions of ss. 212.096,
22 220.03(1)(q), and 220.181 apply to such businesses.
23 (2) Notwithstanding the requirement specified in ss.
24 212.08(5)(g)5., (5)(h)5., and (15)(a), 212.096(2)(b)1.,
25 220.181(1)(a)1., and 220.182(1)(b) that no less than 20
26 percent of a business's employees, excluding temporary and
27 part-time employees, must be residents of an enterprise zone
28 for the business to qualify for the maximum exemption or
29 credit provided in ss. 212.08(5)(g) and (h) and (15),
30 212.096(2)(b)1., 220.181(1)(a)1., and 220.182, a business that
31 is located in a rural enterprise zone shall be qualified for
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1 those maximum exemptions or credits if no less than 20 percent
2 of such employees of the business are residents of a rural
3 county, as defined by s. 288.106(2)(r). All other provisions
4 of ss. 212.08(5)(g) and (h) and (15), 212.096, 220.181, and
5 220.182 apply to such business.
6 (3) Notwithstanding the time limitations contained in
7 chapters 212 and 220, a business eligible to receive tax
8 credits under this section from January 1, 2000, to June 1,
9 2000, must submit an application for the tax credits by
10 December 1, 2000. All other requirements of the enterprise
11 zone program apply to such a business.
12 Section 57. Section 290.00689, Florida Statutes, is
13 amended to read:
14 290.00689 Designation of enterprise zone pilot project
15 area.--
16 (1) The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
17 Development shall designate one pilot project area within one
18 state enterprise zone. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and
19 Economic Development shall select a pilot project area by July
20 1, 1999, which meets the following qualifications:
21 (a) The area is contained within an enterprise zone
22 that is composed of one contiguous area and is placed in the
23 category delineated in s. 290.0065(3)(a)1.
24 (b) The local government having jurisdiction over the
25 enterprise zone grants economic development ad valorem tax
26 exemptions in the enterprise zone pursuant to s. 196.1995, and
27 electrical energy public service tax exemptions pursuant to s.
28 166.231(8).
29 (c) The local government having jurisdiction over the
30 enterprise zone has developed a plan for revitalizing the
31 pilot project area or for revitalizing an area within the
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1 enterprise zone that contains the pilot project area, and has
2 committed at least $5 million to redevelop an area including
3 the pilot project area.
4 (d) The pilot project area is contiguous and is
5 limited to no more than 70 acres, or equivalent square miles,
6 to avoid a dilution of additional state assistance and
7 effectively concentrate these additional resources on
8 revitalizing the acute area of economic distress.
9 (e) The pilot project area contains a diverse cluster
10 or grouping of facilities or space for a mix of retail,
11 restaurant, or service related businesses necessary to an
12 overall revitalization of surrounding neighborhoods through
13 community involvement, investment, and enhancement of
14 employment markets.
15 (2)(a) Beginning December 1, 1999, no more than four
16 businesses located within the pilot project area are eligible
17 for a credit against any tax due for a taxable year under
18 chapters 212 and 220.
19 (b) The credit shall be computed as $5,000 times the
20 number of full-time employees of the business and $2,500 times
21 the number of part-time employees of the business. For
22 purposes of this section, a person shall be deemed to be
23 employed by such a business on a full-time basis if the person
24 performs duties in connection with the operations of the
25 business for an average of at least 36 hours per week each
26 month, or on a part-time basis if the person is performing
27 such duties for an average of at least 20 hours per week each
28 month throughout the year. The person must be performing such
29 duties at a business site located in the pilot project area.
30 (c) The total amount of tax credits that may be
31 granted under this section is $1 million annually. In the
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1 event Enterprise Florida, Inc., the Office of Tourism, Trade,
2 and Economic Development receives applications that total more
3 than $1 million in any year, the director shall prorate the
4 amount of tax credit each applicant is eligible to receive to
5 ensure that all eligible applicants receive a tax credit.
6 (d) In order to be eligible to apply to Enterprise
7 Florida, Inc., the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
8 Development for tax credits under this section a business
9 must:
10 1. Have entered into a contract with the developer of
11 the diverse cluster or grouping of facilities or space located
12 in the pilot project area, governing lease of commercial space
13 in a facility.
14 2. Have commenced operations in the facility after
15 July 1, 1999, and before July 1, 2000.
16 3. Be a business predominantly engaged in activities
17 usually provided for consideration by firms classified under
18 the Standard Industrial Classification Manual Industry Number
19 5311, Industry Number 5399, or Industry Number 7832.
20 (e) All applications for the granting of the tax
21 credits allowed under this section shall require the prior
22 review and recommendation of Enterprise Florida, Inc., and
23 approval of the director of the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
24 Economic Development. At the recommendation of Enterprise
25 Florida, Inc., the director shall establish one submittal date
26 each year for the receipt of applications for such tax
27 credits.
28 (f) Any business wishing to receive tax credits
29 pursuant to this section must submit an application to
30 Enterprise Florida, Inc., the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
31 Economic Development which sets forth the business name and
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1 address and the number of employees of the business.
2 (g) Upon the recommendation of Enterprise Florida,
3 Inc., the decision of the director shall be in writing, and,
4 if approved, the application shall state the maximum credits
5 allowable to the business. A copy of the decision shall be
6 transmitted to Enterprise Florida, Inc., and to the executive
7 director of the Department of Revenue, who shall apply such
8 credits to the tax liabilities of the business firm.
9 (h) If any credit granted pursuant to this section is
10 not fully used in any one year because of insufficient tax
11 liability on the part of the business, the unused amount may
12 be carried forward for a period not to exceed 5 years.
13 (3) The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
14 Development is authorized to adopt all rules necessary to
15 administer this section, including rules for the approval or
16 disapproval of applications for tax incentives by businesses.
17 (3)(4) The Department of Revenue shall adopt any rules
18 necessary to ensure the orderly implementation and
19 administration of this section.
20 (4)(5) For purposes of this section, "business" and
21 "taxable year" shall have the same meaning as in s. 220.03.
22 (5)(6) Prior to the 2004 Regular Session of the
23 Legislature, 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 under this section, using the research design prescribed
27 pursuant to s. 290.015. The office shall specifically evaluate
28 whether relief from certain taxes induced new investment and
29 development in the area; increased the number of jobs created
30 or retained in the area; induced the renovation,
31 rehabilitation, restoration, improvement, or new construction
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1 of businesses or housing within the area; and contributed to
2 the economic viability and profitability of business and
3 commerce located within the area. The office shall submit a
4 report of its findings and recommendations to the Speaker of
5 the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate
6 no later than January 15, 2004.
7 (6)(7) This section shall stand repealed on June 30,
8 2010, and any designation made pursuant to this section shall
9 be revoked on that date.
10 Section 58. Section 290.00694, Florida Statutes, is
11 created to read:
12 290.00694 Enterprise zone designation for rural
13 champion communities.--An area designated as a rural champion
14 community pursuant to the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 may
15 apply to Enterprise Florida, Inc., for designation as an
16 enterprise zone. The application must be submitted by December
17 31, 2000, and must comply with the requirements of s.
18 290.0055. Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 290.0065
19 limiting the total number of enterprise zones designated and
20 the number of enterprise zones within a population category,
21 the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development upon
22 recommendation of Enterprise Florida, Inc., may designate
23 enterprise zones under this section. The Office of Tourism,
24 Trade, and Economic Development shall establish the initial
25 effective date of the enterprise zones designated pursuant to
26 this section.
27 Section 59. Section 290.009, Florida Statutes, is
28 amended to read:
29 290.009 Enterprise Zone Interagency Coordinating
30 Council.--
31 (1) There is created within the Office of Tourism,
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1 Trade, and Economic Development the Enterprise Zone
2 Interagency Coordinating Council. The council shall be
3 composed of the secretaries or executive directors, or their
4 designees, of the Department of Community Affairs, the Office
5 of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development, the Department of
6 Children and Family Services, the Department of Health, the
7 Department of Juvenile Justice, the Department of Labor and
8 Employment Security, the Department of State, the Department
9 of Transportation, the Department of Environmental Protection,
10 the Department of Law Enforcement, and the Department of
11 Revenue; the Attorney General or his or her designee; and the
12 executive directors or their designees of the Florida
13 Community College System, the Florida Black Business
14 Investment Board, and the Florida State Rural Development
15 Council. Enterprise Florida, Inc., shall serve as staff to the
16 council.
17 (2) The purpose of the council is to:
18 (a) Advise Enterprise Florida, Inc., and the office in
19 planning, developing, implementing, and performing evaluation
20 and reporting activities related to the Florida Enterprise
21 Zone Act of 1994.
22 (b) Assist in the evaluation and review of enterprise
23 zone designation applications pursuant to s. 290.0065.
24 (c) Assist in the selection of designated enterprise
25 zones for participation in the enterprise zone linked deposit
26 program pursuant to s. 290.0075.
27 (d) Encourage state agencies to administer programs in
28 a manner that supports the purposes of this act and the goals
29 and objectives of strategic enterprise zone development plans
30 prepared by local governments.
31 (3) The director of the office or his or her designee
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1 shall serve as the chair of the council.
2 Section 60. Section 290.014, Florida Statutes, is
3 amended to read:
4 290.014 Annual reports on enterprise zones.--
5 (1) By February 1 of each year, the Department of
6 Revenue shall submit an annual report to Enterprise Florida,
7 Inc., the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development
8 detailing the usage and revenue impact by county of the state
9 incentives listed in s. 290.007.
10 (2) By March 1 of each year, Enterprise Florida, Inc.,
11 the office shall submit an annual report to the Governor, the
12 Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the President of
13 the Senate, and the director of the Office of Tourism, Trade,
14 and Economic Development. The report shall include the
15 information provided by the Department of Revenue pursuant to
16 subsection (1) and the information provided by enterprise zone
17 development agencies pursuant to s. 290.0056. In addition, the
18 report shall include an analysis of the activities and
19 accomplishments of each enterprise zone, and any additional
20 information prescribed pursuant to s. 290.015.
21 Section 61. Subsection (2) of section 290.046, Florida
22 Statutes, is amended to read:
23 290.046 Applications for grants; procedures;
24 requirements.--
25 (2)(a) Except as provided in paragraph (c), each
26 eligible local government may submit an application for a
27 grant under either the housing program category or the
28 neighborhood revitalization program category during each
29 annual funding cycle. An applicant may not receive more than
30 one grant in any state fiscal year from any of the following
31 categories: housing, neighborhood revitalization, or
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1 commercial revitalization.
2 (b) Except as provided in paragraph (c), each eligible
3 local government may apply during each up to three times in
4 any one annual funding cycle for grants a grant under the
5 economic development program category but shall receive
6 cumulative awards no more than the applicable grant ceiling
7 established by the department one such grant per annual
8 funding cycle under s. 290.047(2). Applications for grants
9 under the economic development program category may be
10 submitted at any time during the annual funding cycle, and
11 such grants shall be awarded no less frequently than three
12 times per funding cycle. The department shall establish
13 minimum criteria pertaining to the number of jobs created for
14 persons of low or moderate income, the degree of private
15 sector financial commitment, and the economic feasibility of
16 the proposed project and shall establish any other criteria
17 the department deems appropriate. Assistance to a private,
18 for-profit business may not be provided from a grant award
19 unless sufficient evidence exists to demonstrate that without
20 such public assistance the creation or retention of such jobs
21 would not occur.
22 (c)1. Local governments with an open housing,
23 neighborhood revitalization, or commercial revitalization
24 contract shall not be eligible to apply for another housing,
25 neighborhood revitalization, or commercial revitalization
26 grant until administrative closeout of their existing
27 contract. The department shall notify a local government of
28 administrative closeout or of any outstanding closeout issues
29 within 45 days of receipt of a closeout package from the local
30 government. Local governments with an open housing,
31 neighborhood revitalization, or commercial revitalization
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1 community development block grant contract whose activities
2 are on schedule in accordance with the expenditure rates and
3 accomplishments described in the contract may apply for an
4 economic development grant.
5 2. Local governments with an open economic development
6 community development block grant contract or contracts whose
7 activities are on schedule in accordance with the expenditure
8 rates and accomplishments described in the contract or
9 contracts may apply for a housing or neighborhood
10 revitalization and a commercial revitalization community
11 development block grant. Local governments with an open
12 economic development contract or contracts whose activities
13 are on schedule in accordance with the expenditure rates and
14 accomplishments described in the contract or contracts may
15 receive no more than one additional economic development
16 grants grant in each fiscal year subject to the grant ceilings
17 established by the department under s. 290.047.
18 (d) Beginning October 1, 1988, the department shall
19 award no grant until the department has determined, based upon
20 a site visit, that the proposed area matches and adheres to
21 the written description contained within the applicant's
22 request. If, based upon review of the application or a site
23 visit, the department determines that any information provided
24 in the application which affects eligibility or scoring has
25 been misrepresented, the applicant's request shall be rejected
26 by the department pursuant to s. 290.0475(7). Mathematical
27 errors in applications which may be discovered and corrected
28 by readily computing available numbers or formulas provided in
29 the application shall not be a basis for such rejection.
30 Section 62. Subsection (7) is added to section
31 290.048, Florida Statutes, to read:
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1 290.048 General powers of Department of Community
2 Affairs under ss. 290.0401-290.049.--The department has all
3 the powers necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes
4 and provisions of the program, including the power to:
5 (7) Establish advisory committees and solicit
6 participation in the design, implementation, and evaluation of
7 the program and its linkages with other housing, community
8 development, and economic development resources.
9 Section 63. Section 290.049, Florida Statutes, is
10 repealed.
11 Section 64. Subsection (6) of section 373.4149,
12 Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
13 373.4149 Miami-Dade County Lake Belt Plan.--
14 (6) The Miami-Dade County Lake Belt Plan
15 Implementation Committee shall be appointed by the governing
16 board of the South Florida Water Management District to
17 develop a strategy for the design and implementation of the
18 Miami-Dade County Lake Belt Plan. The committee shall consist
19 of the chair of the governing board of the South Florida Water
20 Management District, who shall serve as chair of the
21 committee, the policy director of Environmental and Growth
22 Management in the office of the Governor, the secretary of the
23 Department of Environmental Protection, the director of the
24 Division of Water Facilities or its successor division within
25 the Department of Environmental Protection, the director of
26 the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development within
27 the office of the Governor, the secretary of the Department of
28 Community Affairs, the executive director of the Game and
29 Freshwater Fish Commission, the director of the Department of
30 Environmental Resource Management of Miami-Dade County, the
31 director of the Miami-Dade County Water and Sewer Department,
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1 the Director of Planning in Miami-Dade County, a
2 representative of the Friends of the Everglades, a
3 representative of the Florida Audubon Society, a
4 representative of the Florida chapter of the Sierra Club, four
5 representatives of the nonmining private landowners within the
6 Miami-Dade County Lake Belt Area, and four representatives
7 from the limestone mining industry to be appointed by the
8 governing board of the South Florida Water Management
9 District. Two ex officio seats on the committee will be filled
10 by one member of the Florida House of Representatives to be
11 selected by the Speaker of the House of Representatives from
12 among representatives whose districts, or some portion of
13 whose districts, are included within the geographical scope of
14 the committee as described in subsection (3), and one member
15 of the Florida Senate to be selected by the President of the
16 Senate from among senators whose districts, or some portion of
17 whose districts, are included within the geographical scope of
18 the committee as described in subsection (3). The committee
19 may appoint other ex officio members, as needed, by a majority
20 vote of all committee members. A committee member may
21 designate in writing an alternate member who, in the member's
22 absence, may participate and vote in committee meetings.
23 Section 65. The Institute of Food and Agricultural
24 Sciences at the University of Florida is authorized to enter
25 into contracts with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and may
26 receive grants of money to support the Florida State Rural
27 Development Council.
28 Section 66. The Workforce Development Board of
29 Enterprise Florida, Inc., shall develop, in consultation with
30 the State Board of Community Colleges and the Division of
31 Workforce Development of the Department of Education, a policy
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1 authorizing the placement of Workforce Investment Act clients
2 and other training program clients in self-employment as a
3 means job placement. Notwithstanding any other provision of
4 law, such policy shall define the conditions necessary,
5 including documentation of income, for self-employment to
6 qualify as job placement for Workforce Investment Act programs
7 and Workforce Development Education Fund programs.
8 Section 67. Extraordinary economic development
9 opportunities and threats; responsibilities of the Office of
10 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development and Enterprise
11 Florida, Inc.; creation of Economic Development Leadership
12 Council.--
13 (1) The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
14 Development, in conjunction with Enterprise Florida, Inc.,
15 shall establish a unit within the office responsible for
16 forecasting extraordinary economic development opportunities
17 and extraordinary economic development threats with the
18 potential to affect significantly the economy of the state.
19 The unit also shall be responsible for coordinating
20 development and implementation of an action plan to address,
21 in a proactive manner, such opportunities or threats. The unit
22 shall be composed of staff members from the office and from
23 Enterprise Florida, Inc., who are designated by the director
24 of the office and the president of Enterprise Florida, Inc.
25 (2) For the purposes of this section, the term
26 "extraordinary economic development opportunity" includes an
27 economic development project, whether associated with the
28 expansion of an existing business in the state or the location
29 of a new business to the state, which has the potential to
30 result in the creation of at least 500 jobs in the state or a
31 cumulative investment in the state of at least $100 million.
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1 The term "extraordinary economic development threat" includes
2 the potential loss of at least 500 jobs in the state because
3 of the reorganization, closure, or relocation out of the state
4 by an existing business in the state.
5 (3) Duties of the forecast unit in the Office of
6 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development shall include, but is
7 not limited to:
8 (a) Analyzing market conditions for business sectors
9 that are strategically important to the state economy;
10 (b) Monitoring economic development activities in
11 other states which have the potential to affect this state;
12 (c) Reviewing and understanding trade publications for
13 business sectors that are strategically important to the state
14 economy;
15 (d) Identifying private-sector points of contact
16 inside and outside the state which can provide the unit with
17 expertise and insights on matters affecting business sectors
18 that are strategically important to the state economy;
19 (e) Preparing contingency plans to enable the state to
20 respond rapidly and effectively to extraordinary economic
21 development opportunities or threats;
22 (f) Documenting lessons learned from extraordinary
23 economic development opportunities and threats once they have
24 occurred; and
25 (g) Working with local and regional economic
26 development organizations to forecast extraordinary economic
27 development opportunities and threats.
28 (4) There is created the Economic Development
29 Leadership Council, which shall be responsible for providing
30 state leadership in response to an extraordinary economic
31 development opportunity or an extraordinary economic
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1 development threat.
2 (a) The council shall be composed of the following
3 members;
4 1. The Governor;
5 2. The President of the Senate;
6 3. The Speaker of the House of Representatives;
7 4. The director of the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
8 Economic Development; and
9 5. The president of Enterprise Florida, Inc.
10 (b) The council shall convene at the recommendation of
11 the director of the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
12 Development. Staff of the forecast unit within the office
13 shall serve as staff to the council. The forecast unit within
14 the office shall inform the council about the extraordinary
15 economic development opportunity or threat and shall seek the
16 advice of the council members on development and
17 implementation of a plan of action to address the opportunity
18 or threat. Staff of the forecast unit shall maintain the
19 confidentiality provided under section 288.075, Florida
20 Statutes.
21 (5) By January 31, 2001, the Office of Tourism, Trade,
22 and Economic Development, in conjunction with Enterprise
23 Florida, Inc., shall submit a report to the Governor, the
24 President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
25 Representatives which includes specific recommendations for
26 vesting the Economic Development Leadership Council with
27 powers to respond to an extraordinary economic development
28 opportunity or an extraordinary economic development threat.
29 Section 68. Toolkit for Economic Development.--
30 (1) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.--The Legislature finds that
31 the state has numerous economically distressed communities
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1 with a high proportion of needy families who are current or
2 former recipients of public assistance or who are at risk of
3 becoming dependent upon public assistance. The Legislature
4 also finds that the existence of safe and strong communities
5 with prosperous economies is crucial to reduce dependence on
6 public assistance and to promote employment retention and
7 self-sufficiency. It is the intent of the Legislature to
8 reduce reliance on public assistance, to promote employment
9 retention, and to increase self-sufficiency by providing
10 easily accessed and useable tools that support local
11 initiatives that create economically prosperous communities
12 for needy families.
13 (2) CREATION; PURPOSE.--There is created a program to
14 be known as the "Toolkit for Economic Development," the
15 purpose of which is to enable economically distressed
16 communities to access easily, and use effectively, federal and
17 state tools to improve conditions in the communities and
18 thereby help needy families in the communities avoid public
19 assistance, retain employment, and become self-sufficient.
20 (3) DEFINITIONS.--For the purposes of this section, a
21 community is "economically distressed" if the community is
22 experiencing conditions affecting its economic viability and
23 hampering the self-sufficiency of its residents, including,
24 but not limited to, low per capita income, low property
25 values, high unemployment, high under-employment, low weekly
26 wages compared to the state average, low housing values
27 compared to the state or area average, high percentage of the
28 population receiving public assistance, high poverty levels
29 compared to the state average, and high percentage of needy
30 families.
31 (4) LIAISONS.--
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1 (a) By August 1, 2000, the head of each of the
2 following agencies or organizations shall designate a
3 high-level staff person from within the agency or organization
4 to serve as a liaison to this program:
5 1. Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development;
6 2. Office of Urban Opportunity;
7 3. Department of Community Affairs;
8 4. Department of Law Enforcement;
9 5. Department of Juvenile Justice;
10 6. Department of Transportation;
11 7. Department of Environmental Protection;
12 8. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services;
13 9. Department of State;
14 10. Department of Health;
15 11. Department of Children and Family Services;
16 12. Department of Corrections;
17 13. Department of Labor and Employment Security;
18 14. Department of Education;
19 15. Department of Military Affairs;
20 16. Florida Housing Finance Corporation;
21 17. Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences;
22 18. Institute on Urban Policy and Commerce;
23 19. Florida Tourism Industry Marketing Corporation;
24 20. Enterprise Florida, Inc.;
25 21. Workforce Development Board of Enterprise Florida,
26 Inc.;
27 22. Executive Office of the Governor; and
28 23. Any other agencies or organizations as determined
29 by the coordinating partners.
30 (b) An alternate for each designee shall also be
31 chosen, and the names of the designees and alternates shall be
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1 sent to the coordinating partners, which shall convene the
2 liaisons as necessary.
3 (c) Each liaison must have a comprehensive knowledge
4 of the functions, whether regulatory or service-based, of his
5 or her agency or organization. The liaison shall be the
6 primary contact for the agency or organization for the Toolkit
7 for Economic Development, assisting in expediting proposal
8 review, resolving problems, promoting flexible assistance, and
9 identifying opportunities for support within the agency or
10 organization.
11 (d) As deemed necessary by the coordinating partners,
12 liaisons shall review proposals from economically distressed
13 communities to determine if they would be properly referred or
14 submitted to their agencies or organizations. If such referral
15 and submittal is appropriate, the liaison shall then assist
16 the community as an ombudsman.
17 (e) The liaisons shall work at the request of the
18 coordinating partners to review statutes and rules for their
19 adverse effects on economically distressed communities and to
20 develop alternative proposals to mitigate these effects.
21 (f) Liaisons shall review their agencies' or
22 organizations' evaluation and scoring procedures for grant,
23 loan, and aid programs to ensure that economically distressed
24 communities are not unfairly disadvantaged, hampered, or
25 handicapped in competing for awards because of community
26 economic hardship. If they are, new evaluation criteria and
27 scoring procedures shall be considered that recognize
28 disproportionate requirements which an application process
29 makes of a community that lacks the resources of other more
30 prosperous communities. The evaluation criteria should weight
31 contribution in proportion to the amount of resources
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1 available at the local level.
2 (g) Annually, the coordinating partners shall report
3 to the Governor and the head of each agency or organization on
4 the work and accomplishments of the liaisons.
5 (5) COORDINATING PARTNERS.--
6 (a) The liaisons from the WAGES State Board of
7 Directors, or its successor organization, the Office of Urban
8 Opportunity, the Department of Community Affairs, Enterprise
9 Florida, Inc., and the Workforce Development Board of
10 Enterprise Florida, Inc., shall serve as the coordinating
11 partners of the Toolkit for Economic Development and act as an
12 executive committee for the liaisons. The coordinating
13 partners shall review any request from a Front Porch Community
14 and shall provide whatever assistance that this section can
15 afford to them.
16 (b) From time to time, the coordinating partners may
17 recommend to the head of an agency or organization, approval
18 of a project that in the unanimous judgment of the
19 coordinating partners will have an extraordinary positive
20 impact on an economically distressed community. Upon such
21 recommendation, the head of an agency or organization shall
22 give priority consideration for approval of such project.
23 (6) MATCHING-FUNDS OPTIONS.--Notwithstanding any other
24 provision of law, an agency or organization may waive any
25 state-required matching-funds requirements at the request of
26 the coordinating partners. This waiver is contingent upon the
27 determination by the coordinating partners that the community
28 is fully committed to the success of a project, but lacks the
29 community resources to meet match requirements. In-kind
30 matches shall be allowed and applied as matching-funds
31 utilizing the same determination criteria. The coordinating
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1 partners must unanimously endorse each request to an agency or
2 organization. Any funds appropriated to the coordinating
3 partners may be used to meet matching-funds requirements or
4 fees for federal, state, or foundation application
5 requirements.
6 (7) INVENTORY.--The coordinating partners shall
7 develop, in consultation with the liaisons, an inventory of
8 recommended federal and state tax credits, incentives,
9 inducements, programs, opportunities, demonstrations or pilot
10 programs, grants, and other resources available through the
11 agencies and organizations which could assist Front Porch
12 Florida or economically distressed communities. Each entry in
13 the inventory must include a summary; a contact person; a
14 simple description of the application process and a timetable;
15 a profile of funding awards and funds availability; and a
16 complexity ranking. The inventory shall be organized into
17 seven categories, including:
18 (a) Leadership.--Entries that promote the skills and
19 capacities of local leaders, volunteers, organizations, and
20 employees that work on other categories of the inventory.
21 These entries shall include, but are not limited to, grants;
22 scholarships; Individual Training Accounts; Retention
23 Incentive Training Account programs; and other programs that
24 build the resident capacity to create a better community.
25 These entries shall include educational-based institutes that
26 can assist with research, consulting, technical assistance,
27 capacity building, training, and program assistance to
28 communities.
29 (b) Safety.--Entries that increase safety and reduce
30 crime. These entries shall include, but are not limited to,
31 the training and employment of public safety employees and
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1 volunteers; establishing safer businesses and neighborhoods;
2 training residents in safety practices; organizing safety
3 networks and cooperatives; improving lighting; improving the
4 safety of homes, buildings, and streets; and providing for
5 community police and safety projects, including those designed
6 to protect youth in the community. Other entries may be
7 included that reinforce community and local law enforcement.
8 (c) Clean Up.--Entries that support clean up and
9 enhancement projects that quickly create visible improvements
10 in neighborhoods, including the demolition of drug havens and
11 abandoned buildings. These entries shall include, but are not
12 limited to, projects that plan, design, or implement clean up
13 strategies; main street redevelopment; and renovation
14 projects. These entries may also include planning and
15 implementation for larger neighborhood revitalization and
16 economic development projects.
17 (d) Business.--Entries that support small business
18 development, including, but not limited to, attraction of
19 national franchises; micro-loans; guaranteed commercial loans;
20 technical assistance; self-employment; linked deposit; loan
21 loss reserves; business incubators; and other activities that
22 support the market economy.
23 (e) Schools.--Entries that upgrade schools through
24 repair or renovation, as well as training and employment
25 entries to assist with school transportation, services, and
26 security. These entries shall include, but are not limited to,
27 programs that enable school-based childcare; before, after,
28 and summer school programs; programs that broaden the use of
29 school facilities as a hub and haven within the community;
30 scholarships; and grant programs that assist families and
31 individuals to complete and enhance their education.
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1 (f) Partners.--Entries that provide tax credits,
2 incentives, and other inducements to businesses that
3 contribute to community projects, such as the community
4 contribution tax credit under sections 220.183 and 624.5105,
5 Florida Statutes. These entries shall include any programs
6 that help raise federal or foundation grant funds.
7 (g) Redevelopment.--Entries that support the planning,
8 preparation, construction, marketing, and financing of
9 residential, mixed-use, and commercial redevelopment, as well
10 as residential and business infrastructure projects. These
11 entries shall include, but are not limited to, the workforce
12 development programs that influence business decisions such as
13 the Quick-Response Training Program and Quick-Response
14 Training Program for Work and Gain Economic Self-sufficiency
15 (WAGES) participants.
16 (8) START-UP INITIATIVE.--
17 (a) Subject to legislative appropriation and the
18 provisions of this act, the Start-Up Initiative is created to
19 promote the use of the inventory, to boost a community's
20 efforts, and to ensure that federal funds do not go unexpended
21 or unobligated, or are not returned to federal agencies.
22 (b) The coordinating partners, in consultation with
23 the liaisons, local economic development organizations, and
24 regional workforce development boards, shall identify 15
25 communities, seven of which must be from the state's seven
26 largest counties, three of which must be from rural counties,
27 and five of which must be from other counties in the state.
28 These communities must be compact, congruent, and contiguous
29 census tracts that have high concentrations of needy families
30 who are current, former, or likely recipients of public
31 assistance. To the maximum extent possible, these communities
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1 should coincide with federal empowerment zones, enterprise
2 communities, or similar designations; HOPE VI communities;
3 Front Porch Florida communities; enterprise zones established
4 under chapter 290 or chapter 370, Florida Statutes;
5 Neighborhood Improvement Districts established under chapter
6 163, Florida Statutes; community redevelopment areas
7 established under chapter 163, Florida Statutes; and Urban
8 High Crime Areas or Rural Job Tax Credit Areas established
9 under chapter 212, Florida Statutes.
10 (c) The coordinating partners shall solicit proposals
11 from Front Porch Advisory Committees, community-based
12 organizations, local governments, and neighborhood
13 associations located in the communities identified in
14 paragraph (b) and Front Porch communities. The coordinating
15 partners shall provide each applicant with the inventory and
16 recommendations on proposals that can be funded.
17 (d) Communities may prepare a proposal to access and
18 use various entries from the inventory which will launch or
19 boost their economic development efforts. Proposals must be no
20 more than 20 pages long and include:
21 1. A brief description of how the community would use
22 entries from the inventory in the community's economic
23 development strategy;
24 2. Specific evidence of community support for the
25 proposal from community-based organizations, local government,
26 regional workforce development boards, and local economic
27 development organizations;
28 3. Identification and commitment of local resources
29 for the proposal from community-based organizations, local
30 government, regional workforce development boards, and local
31 economic development organizations;
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1 4. Identification of the specific entity or person
2 responsible for coordinating the community's proposal; and
3 5. Identification of a local fiscal entity for
4 contracting, administration, and accountability.
5 (e) The coordinating partners shall appoint a liaison
6 to assist each community with the proposal and its
7 implementation, if awarded.
8 (f) The coordinating partners shall design an
9 impartial and competitive proposal-review process and
10 evaluation criteria. Based on the evaluation criteria, up to
11 nine communities shall be designated to participate in the
12 Start Up Initiative. Once a community is designated, the
13 coordinating partners and the community's liaison will work to
14 finalize the proposal, including the addition of funding
15 sources for each inventory entry. The finalized proposal shall
16 serve as the contract between the community and the Start-Up
17 Initiative. If sufficient funding does not exist for an entry
18 that is essential for the community's proposal or a community
19 is ineligible for a specific inventory entry, the coordinating
20 partners may allocate funding that is under their control to
21 fulfill the entry. The proposal must be operational within 3
22 months after approval.
23 (g) Proposals that would mainly result in
24 gentrification of the community, that would not employ a
25 preponderance of residents, and that predominately create
26 residences or businesses that are beyond the anticipated
27 income level of the working residents of the community are not
28 eligible.
29 (h) Proposal awards shall be obligated for federal
30 funding purposes, and shall be considered appropriated for
31 purposes of section 216.301, Florida Statutes. The
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1 coordinating partners may allocate funding that is under their
2 control to fund this initiative. Any funding appropriated to
3 assist needy families, or to promote job placement and
4 employment retention, which is in excess of revenues necessary
5 to fulfill the appropriated purpose, and which may not be
6 obligated during the budget year, may be allocated to this
7 initiative to support an approved proposal.
8 (i) Any federal funds must be used for purposes
9 consistent with applicable federal law; however, the
10 coordinating partners, with the assistance of the Department
11 of Children and Family Services, shall aggressively pursue
12 innovative uses of federal funds to support projects that
13 train community leaders, upgrade individuals skills, promote
14 safety, clean up communities, beautify neighborhoods,
15 encourage small business, stimulate employment, increase
16 educational opportunity, promote community partnering, advance
17 community redevelopment, and upgrade housing because it
18 assists needy families, promoting self-sufficiency and job
19 retention.
20 (j) The coordinating partners shall adopt procedures
21 for the Start-Up Initiative and may, if necessary, adopt,
22 through the Department of Community Affairs, emergency rules
23 to govern the submission of proposals, the evaluation of
24 proposals, the initiative awards, and the implementation
25 procedures for administration of awards.
26 (9) COMMUNITIES OF CRITICAL ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY.--The
27 coordinating partners may recommend to the Governor up to
28 three communities of critical economic opportunity. A
29 community of critical economic opportunity must be a community
30 that is economically distressed, that presents a unique
31 economic development opportunity, and that will create more
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1 than 1,000 jobs over a 5-year period. The Governor may, by
2 executive order, designate up to three communities of critical
3 economic opportunity which will establish these areas as
4 priority assignments for the liaisons and coordinating
5 partners as well as to allow the Governor, acting through
6 them, to waive criteria, requirements, or similar provisions
7 of any economic development incentive. Such incentives shall
8 include, but not be limited to: the Qualified Target Industry
9 Tax Refund Program under section 288.106, Florida Statutes,
10 the Quick Response Training Program under section 288.047,
11 Florida Statutes, the WAGES Quick Response Training Program
12 under section 288.047(10), Florida Statutes, transportation
13 projects under section 288.063, Florida Statutes, the
14 brownfield redevelopment bonus refund under section 288.107,
15 Florida Statutes, and the job and employment tax credit
16 programs. Designation as a community of critical economic
17 opportunity under this subsection shall be contingent upon the
18 execution of a memorandum or agreement among the coordinating
19 partners; the governing body of the county; and the governing
20 bodies of any municipalities to be included within an area of
21 critical economic opportunity. Such agreement shall specify
22 the terms and conditions of the designation, including, but
23 not limited to, the duties and responsibilities of the county
24 and any participating municipalities to take actions designed
25 to facilitate the retention and expansion of existing
26 businesses in the area, as well as the recruitment of new
27 businesses to the area.
28 (10) FUNDING.--
29 (a) To implement the provisions of this act, the
30 coordinating partners are authorized to spend, contingent on a
31 specific appropriation, up to $25 million from the Temporary
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1 Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant through the
2 TANF administrative entity at the Department of Management
3 Services.
4 (b) Any expenditure from the TANF Block Grant shall be
5 in accordance with the requirements and limitations of Title
6 IV of the Social Security Act, as amended, or any other
7 applicable federal requirement or limitation in law. Prior to
8 any expenditure of such funds, the Workforce Development Board
9 of Enterprise Florida, Inc., and the secretary of the
10 Department of Children and Family Services, or his or her
11 designee, shall certify that controls are in place to ensure
12 that such funds are expended and reported in accordance with
13 the requirements and limitations of federal law. It shall be
14 the responsibility of any entity to which funds are awarded to
15 obtain the required certification prior to any expenditure of
16 funds.
17 (11) REPORTING.--The Office of Program Policy Analysis
18 and Government Accountability and the coordinating partners,
19 shall develop measures and criteria by October 1, 2001, for
20 evaluating the effectiveness of the Toolkit for Economic
21 Development including the liaisons, coordinating partners,
22 waivers and matching options, inventory, Start-Up Initiative,
23 and Communities of Critical Economic Opportunity. The Office
24 of Program Policy and Government Accountability shall submit
25 to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker
26 of the House of Representatives, by January 1, 2002, a report
27 detailing the progress that the Toolkit for Economic
28 Development has made toward achievement of established
29 measures.
30 (12) EXPIRATION.--This section expires June 30, 2002.
31 Section 69. Section 288.1260, Florida Statutes, is
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1 created to read:
2 288.1260 Front Porch Florida Initiative.--
3 (1) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.--The Legislature finds that
4 the State of Florida has many communities that, in times of
5 general fiscal prosperity, have not experienced the same
6 levels of economic fulfillment as other areas of our state.
7 These neighborhoods and communities are often found in the
8 urban core areas of our cities, and have been the recipients
9 of top down imposed state and federal programs that have
10 lacked a comprehensive approach to revitalization. The
11 Legislature further finds that these distressed urban cores
12 have often had a narrow set of solutions imposed on them
13 without regard to the unique nature of the problems that face
14 each neighborhood.
15 (2) CREATION.--The Front Porch Florida initiative will
16 be a community-based effort, giving residents the power to
17 define the causes of their problems and harnessing the
18 collective power of individual neighborhoods to craft unique
19 solutions to these problems. The Front Porch Florida
20 initiative is created to provide a comprehensive,
21 community-based approach to neighborhood revitalization in
22 Florida, engaging the resources of the state as a facilitator
23 for community solutions and a civic switchboard to match
24 communities with resources.
25 (3) PRINCIPLES.--The Front Porch Florida initiative is
26 built upon the following principles:
27 (a) Urban revitalization begins in Florida's
28 neighborhoods and not in state government. The resources for
29 solving some of their problems may reside in part in state and
30 local government, but the solutions to the unique challenges
31 of each neighborhood must come from citizens who live in these
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1 neighborhoods.
2 (b) Expanded business opportunities and access to
3 capital are critical to sustaining any urban renewal efforts.
4 There must be a multi-faceted commitment of fiscal resources
5 and increased business opportunities that stimulates
6 entrepreneurship in urban core neighborhoods.
7 (c) Government cannot raise expectations beyond its
8 capacity to deliver. State and local governments have roles in
9 our urban cores, but government is not the panacea.
10 (d) An effective state urban policy must support
11 existing efforts and work with the on-going activities of
12 local communities, mayors, and municipalities. The state must
13 also leverage faith-based and community-based groups into the
14 equation in a way that has never been tried before. Churches,
15 ministers, pastors, rabbis, and other community leaders are
16 often the greatest agents of improvement in our urban cores.
17 They must be empowered to be involved in Front Porch Florida
18 to the greatest extent possible.
19 (4) LIAISONS TO FRONT PORCH FLORIDA COMMUNITIES.--No
20 later than August 1, 2000, the head of each of the following
21 agencies or organizations shall designate a high-level staff
22 person from within the agency or organization to serve as the
23 Front Porch Florida liaison to the Front Porch Florida "A"
24 Team:
25 1. Department of Community Affairs;
26 2. Department of Law Enforcement;
27 3. Department of Juvenile Justice;
28 4. Department of Corrections;
29 5. Department of Transportation;
30 6. Department of Environmental Protection;
31 7. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services;
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1 8. Department of State;
2 9. Department of Health;
3 10. Department of Children and Family Services;
4 11. Department of Labor and Employment Security;
5 12. Department of Education;
6 13. Department of Military Affairs;
7 14. Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences;
8 15. Enterprise Florida, Inc.;
9 16. Workforce Development Board of Enterprise Florida,
10 Inc.; and
11 17. Executive Office of the Governor.
12
13 Each Front Porch Florida liaison must have comprehensive
14 knowledge of his or her agency's functions. This person shall
15 be the primary point of contact for his or her agency on
16 issues and projects relating to economically distressed
17 communities, shall ensure a prompt effective response to
18 problems arising with regard to community issues, and shall
19 assist in the identification of opportunities for preferential
20 awards of program funds to facilitate the civic switchboard
21 function of Front Porch Florida.
22 (5) INVENTORY.--Front Porch Florida communities shall
23 use the inventory of federal and state resources developed as
24 part of the Toolkit for Economic Development to facilitate
25 solutions to their unique challenges.
26 (6) SELECTION OF FRONT PORCH FLORIDA COMMUNITIES.--
27 (a) The Office of Urban Opportunity, created in
28 section 14.2015(9)(a), Florida Statutes, will solicit
29 applications from Florida communities that wish to be
30 designated as Front Porch Florida communities. The application
31 should specify the boundaries of the nominated area, quantify
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1 the need for revitalization, demonstrate a history of
2 grass-roots activities in the neighborhood, and identify the
3 resources within each community that will contribute to their
4 success as Front Porch Florida communities.
5 (b) Successful applications for designation may
6 include strategies for expanding business opportunities and
7 access to capital, closing the gap in education, building upon
8 the activities of faith-based and community-based groups,
9 providing affordable, quality housing, strengthening public
10 safety, and creating a healthy environment.
11 (c) Upon designation as a Front Porch Florida
12 community, the neighborhood will form a Governor's
13 Revitalization Council, comprised of partners and stakeholders
14 in each community. Each council should be representative of
15 the broad diversity and interests in the community and should
16 include residents, neighborhood associations, faith-based
17 organizations, and community-based organizations. Each council
18 should also develop partnerships with local government, law
19 enforcement agencies, lenders, schools, and health care
20 providers. Each council will prepare a specialized
21 Neighborhood Action Plan that will assist the Office of Urban
22 Opportunity in identifying and garnering the resources that
23 are needed to help successfully implement community
24 revitalization.
25 (7) MONITORING AND REPORTING.--The Office of Urban
26 Opportunity shall require each designated Front Porch Florida
27 community to submit a monthly report which details the
28 activities and accomplishments of the neighborhood. On a
29 quarterly basis, each designated community must submit a
30 report that specifically addresses the elements of each
31 Neighborhood Action Plan to determine progress toward
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1 achieving stated goals. The community's Governor's
2 Revitalization Council will submit an annual progress report
3 as part of their recertification process in order to maintain
4 designation as a Front Porch Florida community.
5 Section 70. Section 239.521, Florida Statutes, is
6 created to read:
7 239.521 Information-technology workforce-development
8 projects.--The Legislature recognizes that
9 information-technology industries are adding substantial
10 numbers of high-paying, high-technology jobs in the state. The
11 Legislature also recognizes the important contribution of this
12 industry as one of the targeted industries vital to the
13 state's current and future economic growth. The Legislature
14 further recognizes that information-technology industries are
15 in need of a highly skilled workforce to meet the growing
16 demands of the industry as well as to address the needs of
17 additional information-technology companies relocating to the
18 state. The Information Technology Development Task Force,
19 appointed by the 1999 Florida Legislature for the study of key
20 issues in the development of the state's economy, recommended
21 several means for further supporting this valued industry.
22 Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature that the
23 following initiatives be funded to support the workforce needs
24 of this growing industry consistent with recognized needs of
25 the state.
26 (1) COMPREHENSIVE DISTANCE-LEARNING CURRICULUM
27 INITIATIVES.--
28 (a) The Legislature recognizes that there are multiple
29 levels of employee competencies embedded within the various
30 information-technology-industry jobs. Using these competencies
31 as the basis of a curriculum for training incumbent workers to
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1 develop additional skills and potential workers to develop
2 entry-level skills, the Legislature intends that a
3 comprehensive vocational-certificate or 2-year
4 distance-learning curriculum be developed.
5 (b) The comprehensive distance-learning initiative
6 involves the State Technology Office and the State Board of
7 Community Colleges acting through the Florida Community
8 College Distance Learning Consortium to ensure that the
9 curriculum is up-to-date, responsive to industry's changing
10 needs, and delivered in the most cost-effective manner
11 possible. The development of the distance-learning curriculum
12 for statewide dissemination is to be co-built by industry
13 content experts and educational providers. The process should
14 coordinate the existing efforts of individual institutions and
15 consortiums into a combined, comprehensive, and cohesive
16 methodology for providing training through the use of
17 technology and should involve:
18 1. A statewide review of existing distance-learning
19 courses;
20 2. Evaluation and purchase of appropriate
21 off-the-shelf products to be licensed for use on a statewide
22 basis; and
23 3. Development of missing competency training using
24 multi-media methodologies.
25 (c) The comprehensive distance-learning curriculum
26 developed under this subsection will be by one or more
27 institutions or consortiums. Participation in this project
28 will be competitively based and approved by the State Board of
29 Community Colleges based upon recommendations of the Florida
30 Community College Distance Learning Consortium. Participants
31 must meet the following criteria:
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1 1. Experience in providing training for
2 information-technology companies.
3 2. Availability of technical infrastructure to support
4 this project.
5 3. Endorsement from information-technology
6 economic-development agencies and local information-technology
7 business commitments to be actively involved.
8 4. Demonstrated multi-media course and program
9 development capabilities.
10 5. Existing consortium efforts.
11 6. Availability of local support.
12 (d) Contingent on a specific appropriation, these
13 funds must be used to support, among others, salaries,
14 licensing commercial courseware, purchasing existing
15 courseware and equipment, and related course-development
16 expenses.
17 (2) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
18 FOR FACULTY AND STUDENTS.--
19 (a) The Legislature recognizes that the preparedness
20 of both high school and postsecondary education students
21 emerging from an educational experience ready to enter the
22 information-technology workplace is dependent upon the quality
23 of instruction provided by faculty and information-technology
24 business interaction with their program of study. The
25 Legislature further recognizes that faculty at high school and
26 postsecondary school levels are better able to integrate
27 technology and current business standards into the curriculum
28 if they can verify from personal experience and knowledge the
29 importance of these for students' future success. Faculty also
30 require the ability to continuously update their knowledge and
31 skills as technology changes, and faculty will be able to
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1 increase their skills and knowledge from structured internship
2 opportunities within information-technology businesses.
3 Further, students gain increased knowledge and skills from
4 on-the-job training and direct work experience in a structured
5 internship opportunity. The Legislature, therefore, creates
6 the Information Technology Internship Program to encourage and
7 support information-technology-program faculty and student
8 internships with direct exposure to information-technology
9 industries. The Legislature further intends that the program
10 will provide a minimum of 200 faculty and 200 student
11 internships at various locations across the state.
12 (b) Local faculty and student internship initiatives
13 will be selected to be part of this project by the State
14 Technology Office, based on the following criteria:
15 1. Information-technology businesses providing faculty
16 and student internships will pay 50 percent of the salary for
17 each intern as well as provide workers' compensation benefits.
18 2. Economic-development agencies such as chambers of
19 commerce, economic-development commissions, or regional
20 consortia will be eligible to apply and serve as a local
21 fiscal agent for the program.
22 3. Establishment of qualifying criteria and process
23 for matching faculty and students with business-internship
24 opportunities.
25 4. Priority will be given to existing local efforts
26 that have proven successful and can be duplicated statewide.
27 5. Projects may be combined with federal tax-relief
28 efforts encouraging educational internship programs.
29 (c) Salaries and other conditions of work shall be set
30 by the Commissioner of Education, the Executive Director of
31 the Florida Community College System, and the Chancellor of
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1 the State University System.
2 (d) The Division of Workforce Development of the
3 Department of Education shall assume administrative
4 responsibility and act as fiscal agent for the
5 information-technology internships.
6 (e) Contingent on a specific appropriation, these
7 funds must be used to support programs established under this
8 subsection on a statewide basis.
9 (3) INFORMATION-TECHNOLOGY-TRAINING
10 FACILITY-IMPROVEMENT-STRATEGY INITIATIVES.--
11 (a) The Legislature recognizes that
12 information-technology businesses need increased numbers of
13 highly skilled workers. The shortage of a qualified labor
14 force has become a barrier to this dynamic industry's
15 continued growth in the state. The limited numbers of highly
16 skilled incumbent workers constantly need to update skills in
17 response to the evolving technologies and in order to move to
18 higher-paid positions within the industry. These incumbent
19 workers require a continuous work-and-learn cycle to maintain
20 their knowledge of new technologies and tools. Businesses
21 demand cutting-edge training opportunities for their employees
22 in order to meet the constantly changing globally competitive
23 marketplace. The Legislature recognizes that increased
24 accessibility and quality facilities are required to address
25 the increasing efforts of educational institutions to respond
26 to information-technology businesses and that
27 information-technology-training providers are expected to have
28 appropriate facilities to address the needs of this dynamic
29 industry. The Legislature further recognizes that additional
30 high-tech labs are required to provide the training for
31 computer-systems engineers, software developers, and related
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1 cutting-edge job types. These labs are more expensive than
2 regular facilities because of the additional infrastructure
3 and continuous turnover of equipment in response to changes in
4 global technology. Therefore, it is the intent of the
5 Legislature to provide a process and funding for appropriate
6 and needed information-technology-training-facility upgrades.
7 (b) The State Board of Community Colleges will
8 administer funds appropriated under paragraph (c) for
9 distribution on a competitive basis by October 1 of each year
10 to support approved projects. Projects may address upgrading
11 current facilities, planning new facilities, and combining the
12 efforts of institutions to serve the information-technology
13 business sector through state-of-the-art training facilities
14 designated to address the multi-media needs of this industry.
15 The projects would be competitively selected based on the
16 following criteria:
17 1. A concentration of information-technology
18 industries and workers in the service area.
19 2. Other local funding initiatives or federal funding
20 of an equal value to the state funds requested. These funds
21 must demonstrate a synergistic effort to support
22 information-technology industries.
23 3. Priority may be given to projects, including
24 partnership effort between two or more educational
25 institutions, so that a broader range of educational services
26 may be provided for information-technology industries.
27 4. Priorities may be given to projects that include
28 partnerships with a local municipality, county, or
29 economic-development agency as a way of demonstrating a
30 synergy of efforts to support this industry.
31 (c) Contingent on a specific appropriation, these
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1 funds must be used to support two or more projects approved
2 under this subsection.
3 Section 71. Present subsections (4) through (8) of
4 section 240.311, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as
5 subsections (5) through (9), respectively, and a new
6 subsection (4) is added to that section to read:
7 240.311 State Board of Community Colleges; powers and
8 duties.--
9 (4) The State Board of Community Colleges shall
10 identify, using the Critical Jobs Initiative, the occupational
11 forecasting process, or any other compatible mechanism, a
12 collection of programs designed to train broadband digital
13 media specialists. Programs identified by the board shall be
14 added to the statewide lists for demand occupations, if they
15 meet the high-skill/high-wage criteria as established by the
16 Workforce Estimating Conference created under s. 216.136(10).
17 Section 72. Subsection (5) is added to section
18 240.3341, Florida Statutes, to read:
19 240.3341 Incubator facilities for small business
20 concerns.--
21 (5) Community colleges are encouraged to establish
22 incubator facilities through which emerging small businesses
23 supportive of the development of content and technology for
24 digital broadband media and digital broadcasting may be
25 served.
26 Section 73. Section 240.710, Florida Statutes, is
27 created to read:
28 240.710 Digital Media Education Coordination Group.--
29 (1) The Board of Regents shall create a Digital Media
30 Education Coordination Group composed of representatives of
31 the universities within the State University System which
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1 shall work in conjunction with the State Board of Community
2 Colleges and the Articulation Coordinating Committee on the
3 development of a plan to enhance Florida's ability to meet the
4 current and future workforce needs of the digital media
5 industry. The following purposes of the group shall be
6 included in its plan-development process:
7 (a) Coordination of the use of existing academic
8 programs, research, and faculty resources to promote the
9 development of a digital media industry in Florida;
10 (b) Addressing strategies to improve opportunities for
11 interdisciplinary study and research within the emerging field
12 of digital media through the development of tracts in existing
13 degree programs, new interdisciplinary degree programs, and
14 interdisciplinary research centers; and
15 (c) Addressing the sharing of resources among
16 universities in such a way as to allow a student to take
17 courses from multiple departments or multiple educational
18 institutions in pursuit of competency, certification, and
19 degrees in digital information and media technology.
20 (2) Where practical, private accredited institutions
21 of higher learning in Florida should be encouraged to
22 participate.
23 (3) In addition to the elements of the plan governed
24 by the purposes described in subsection (1), the plan shall
25 include, to the maximum extent practicable, the coordination
26 of educational resources to be provided by distance learning
27 and shall facilitate, to the maximum extent, possible
28 articulation and transfer of credits between community
29 colleges and the state universities. The plan must address
30 student enrollment in affected programs with emphasis on
31 enrollment beginning as early as the Fall Term in 2001.
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1 (4) The Digital Media Education Coordination Group
2 shall submit its plan to the President of the Senate and the
3 Speaker of the House of Representatives by January 1, 2001.
4 Section 74. The Workforce Development Board of
5 Enterprise Florida, Inc., should reserve up to $1 million of
6 funds dedicated in Fiscal Year 2000-2001 for Incumbent Worker
7 Training for the digital media industry. Training may be
8 provided by public or private training providers for broadband
9 digital media jobs listed on the Occupational Forecast List
10 developed by the Workforce Estimating Conference or the
11 Targeted Occupations List of the Workforce Development Board.
12 Programs that operate outside the normal semester time periods
13 and coordinate the use of industry and public resources should
14 be given priority status for such reserved funds.
15 Section 75. The Workforce Development Board of
16 Enterprise Florida, Inc., shall by August 31, 2000, develop a
17 plan for the use of Targeted Assistance to Needy Families
18 funds, Workforce Investment Act funds, Quick Response funds,
19 Incumbent Worker Training funds, and other training-related
20 resources to enhance the workforce of digital-media-related
21 industries. The plan must provide the industries with a
22 program to train and assess the status of industry workforce
23 readiness for the digital era and should be done in
24 conjunction with the broadcast and cable industries.
25 Section 76. The sum of $1 million is appropriated from
26 the General Revenue Fund to the Digital Media Education
27 Infrastructure Fund for the 2000-2001 fiscal year, provided
28 such infrastructure fund is enacted into law as a result of
29 action taken during the 2000 Regular Session of the
30 Legislature. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
31 Development shall be responsible for contracting with eligible
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1 entities for receipt of such funds. The funds must be spent
2 according to the priorities established by the industry sector
3 group on broadband digital media established by Enterprise
4 Florida, Inc., and must be matched by industry contributions.
5 Section 77. Enterprise Florida, Inc., shall convene an
6 organizational meeting for industries involved in broadband
7 digital media to organize and facilitate future activities of
8 associated industry groups or facilitate the ongoing
9 activities of a similar group. Enterprise Florida, Inc., shall
10 make all necessary preparations to identify and designate a
11 digital-media sector as part of its sector strategy and
12 identify the sector as a priority recruitment/retention set of
13 industries.
14 Section 78. (1) Enterprise Florida, Inc., shall award
15 a contract for the establishment of a digital media incubator
16 to encourage companies developing content and technology for
17 digital broadband media and digital broadcasting to locate and
18 develop their businesses in Florida. Qualifications of an
19 applicant for a contract as a digital media incubator shall at
20 a minimum include the following:
21 (a) Demonstrated expertise in developing content and
22 technology for digital broadband media and digital
23 broadcasting;
24 (b) Demonstrated ability in venture capital
25 fund-raising;
26 (c) Demonstrated expertise in the development of
27 digital media businesses; and
28 (d) Demonstrated ability in coordinating public and
29 private educational institutions and business entities in
30 digital technology joint business ventures. The awarding of
31 the contract must follow the procedures outlined in chapter
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1 287, Florida Statutes.
2 (2) There is appropriated the sum of $2 million from
3 the General Revenue Fund to Enterprise Florida, Inc., for the
4 purpose of providing operational and investment seed funding
5 to encourage the financial and strategic participation of
6 venture capital firms, corporate and institutional sponsors,
7 and targeted start-up companies in the establishment of the
8 digital incubator. Initial state investment in the incubator
9 must be matched with contributions from the industry with
10 participating industry partners, including, but not limited
11 to, venture capitalists, digital media manufacturers, and
12 digital media content providers.
13 (3) Maximized leveraging of funds must be a priority
14 consideration in the location of the digital media incubator.
15 Consideration must be given to collocation of the incubator
16 with an existing state of the art media lab or an upgraded or
17 newly created media lab funded through the Digital Media
18 Education Infrastructure Fund in the Office of Tourism. Trade,
19 and Economic Development.
20 Section 79. ITFlorida, in consultation with Enterprise
21 Florida, Inc., shall develop a marketing plan to promote the
22 state as digital-media-friendly, as a digital-media-ready
23 environment, and as a national leader in the development and
24 distribution of broadband digital media content, technology,
25 and education. The marketing plan must identify critical roles
26 for various public and private partners and establish a
27 marketing timeline and goals. The plan must be completed by
28 December 31, 2000.
29 Section 80. The provisions of this act relating to
30 workforce or economic development for digital media are
31 subject to legislative appropriation.
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1 Section 81. Section 331.367, Florida Statutes, is
2 amended to read:
3 331.367 Spaceport Management Council.--
4 (1) The Spaceport Management Council is created within
5 the Spaceport Florida Authority to provide intergovernmental
6 coordination and to develop recommendations on projects and
7 activities to that will increase the operability and
8 capabilities of Florida's space launch facilities, increase
9 statewide space-related industry and opportunities, and
10 promote space education, and research, and technology
11 development within the state. The council shall work to create
12 develop integrated facility and programmatic development plans
13 to address commercial, state, and federal requirements and to
14 identify appropriate private, state, and federal resources to
15 implement these plans.
16 (2) The council shall make recommendations regarding:
17 (a) The development of a spaceport master plan.
18 (b) The projects and levels of commercial financing
19 required from the Florida Commercial Space Financing
20 Corporation created by s. 331.407.
21 (c) In consultation with the Florida Space Research
22 Institute, development and expansion of space-related
23 education and research facilities and programs within Florida,
24 including recommendations to be provided to the State
25 University System, the Division of Community Colleges, and the
26 Department of Education.
27 (d) The regulation of spaceports and federal and state
28 policy.
29 (e) Appropriate levels of governmental and private
30 funding for sustainable Florida's approach to the Federal
31 Government regarding requests for funding of space
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1 development.
2 (f) The council shall submit its recommendations to
3 the Governor and Lieutenant Governor, and provide copies to
4 the Secretary of Transportation, the director of the Office of
5 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development, the associate
6 administrator for Space Transportation in the United States
7 Department of Transportation, the administrator of the
8 National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Deputy
9 Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Plans and
10 Policy.
11 (3)(a) The council shall consist of an executive
12 board, which shall consist of representatives of governmental
13 organizations with responsibilities for developing or
14 operating space transportation facilities, and a Space
15 Industry Committee, which shall consist of representatives of
16 Florida's space industry.
17 (b) The following individuals or their designees shall
18 serve on the executive board:
19 1. The executive director of the Spaceport Florida
20 Authority or his or her designee.
21 2. The director of the John F. Kennedy Space Center or
22 his or her designee.
23 3. The Commander of the United States Air Force 45th
24 Space Wing or his or her designee.
25 4. The Commander of the Naval Ordnance Test Unit or
26 his or her designee.
27 2.5. The Secretary of Transportation or his or her
28 designee.
29 3.6. The president of Enterprise Florida, Inc., or his
30 or her designee, as an ex officio nonvoting member.
31 4.7. The director of the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
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1 Economic Development or his or her designee, as an ex officio
2 nonvoting member.
3 (c)1. Participation by the federal agencies having
4 space-related missions in Florida will contribute to council
5 effectiveness, and the following installation heads or their
6 designees may serve as official liaisons to the council: the
7 director of the John F. Kennedy Space Center, the Commander of
8 the 45th Space Wing, and the Commander of the Naval Ordnance
9 Test Unit.
10 2. Federal liaison officials will be invited to attend
11 all council meetings, provide federal agency views on issues
12 before the council, and present issues of concern and make
13 recommendations to the council.
14 3. The council will recognize that the role of federal
15 liaison officials is limited by federal statutes and other
16 constraints, and that determination of such limitation is a
17 federal function.
18 4. The fiduciary responsibility of the official
19 liaisons shall remain at all times with their respective
20 agencies.
21 5. To the extent the advice or recommendations of the
22 official liaisons are not adopted or incorporated into the
23 final recommendations of the council, the official liaisons
24 may append to such final recommendations their advice,
25 recommendations, or opinions.
26 (4) Each member shall be appointed to serve for a
27 3-year term, beginning July 1. Initial appointments shall be
28 made no later than 60 days after the effective date of this
29 act.
30 (5) The executive board shall hold its initial meeting
31 no later than 30 days after the members have been appointed.
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1 The Space Industry Committee shall hold its initial meeting no
2 later than 60 days after the members have been appointed.
3 (6) All council members must be residents of the
4 state.
5 (4)(7) The executive board council shall adopt bylaws
6 governing the manner in which the business of the council
7 shall be conducted. The bylaws shall specify the procedure by
8 which the chairperson of the council is elected.
9 (5)(8) The council shall provide infrastructure and
10 program requirements and develop other information to be
11 utilized in a 5-year spaceport master plan. The council shall
12 define goals and objectives concerning the development of
13 spaceport facilities and an intermodal transportation system
14 consistent with the goals of the Florida Transportation Plan
15 developed pursuant to s. 339.155.
16 (6)(9) The council shall provide requirements and
17 other information to be utilized in the development of a
18 5-year Spaceport Economic Development Plan, defining the goals
19 and objectives of the council concerning the development of
20 facilities for space manufacturing, research and technology
21 development, and education educational facilities.
22 (7)(10) The council shall meet at the call of its
23 chairperson, at the request of a majority of its membership,
24 or at such times as may be prescribed in its bylaws. However,
25 the council must meet at least semiannually. A majority of
26 voting members of the council constitutes a quorum for the
27 purpose of transacting the business of the council. A majority
28 vote of the majority of the voting members present and voting
29 is sufficient for any action of the council, unless the bylaws
30 of the council require a greater vote for a particular action.
31 Section 82. Section 331.368, Florida Statutes, is
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1 amended to read:
2 331.368 Florida Space Research Institute.--
3 (1) There is created the Florida Space Research
4 Institute, the purpose of which is to serve as an
5 industry-driven center for research, leveraging the state's
6 resources in a collaborative effort to support Florida's space
7 industry and its expansion, diversification, and transition to
8 commercialization.
9 (2) The institute shall operate as a public/private
10 partnership under the direction of a board composed comprised
11 of:
12 (a) A representative of the Spaceport Florida
13 Authority.
14 (b) A representative of Enterprise Florida, Inc.
15 (c) A representative of the Florida Aviation Aerospace
16 Alliance.
17 (d) A representative of the Florida Space Business
18 Roundtable.
19 (e) Additional private-sector representatives from the
20 space industry selected collaboratively by the core members
21 specified in paragraphs (a)-(d). The additional space industry
22 representatives under this paragraph must comprise the
23 majority of members of the board and must be from geographic
24 regions throughout the state.
25 (f) Two representatives from the educational community
26 who are selected collaboratively by the core members specified
27 in paragraphs (a)-(d) and who are engaged in research or
28 instruction related to the space industry. One representative
29 must be from a community college and one representative must
30 be from a public or private university.
31
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1 Annually, the members of the board shall select one of the
2 members to serve as chair, who shall be responsible for
3 convening and leading meetings of the board. representatives
4 of the Spaceport Florida Authority, Enterprise Florida, Inc.,
5 the Florida Aviation and Aerospace Alliance, and four
6 additional space industry representatives selected by the core
7 membership of the board.
8 (3) The board of the Florida Space Research Institute
9 shall:
10 (a) Set the strategic direction for the space-related
11 institute, including research priorities of the state and its
12 space-related businesses, the scope of research projects for
13 the institute, and the timeframes for completion.
14 (b) Invite the participation of public and private
15 universities, including, but not limited to, the University of
16 Central Florida, the University of Florida, the University of
17 South Florida, Florida State University, Florida Institute of
18 Technology, and the University of Miami.
19 (c) Select a lead university to:
20 1. Serve as coordinator of research and as the
21 administrative entity of the institute;.
22 2. Support the institute's development of a statewide
23 space research agenda and programs; and
24 3. Develop, and update as necessary, a report
25 recommending ways that the state's public and private
26 universities can work in partnership to support the state's
27 space-industry requirements, which report must be completed by
28 December 15, 2000.
29 (d) Establish a partnership with the state Workforce
30 Development Board, or its successor entity, under which the
31 institute coordinates the workforce-training requirements
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1 identified by the space industry and supports development of
2 workforce-training initiatives to meet such requirements,
3 using training providers approved by the board or its
4 successor entity.
5 (e) Co-manage, with the National Aeronautics and Space
6 Administration, operation of a Space Experiment Research and
7 Processing Laboratory, if such a facility is constructed on
8 land of the John F. Kennedy Space Center. Subject to the terms
9 of an agreement with the National Aeronautics and Space
10 Administration (NASA), the institute may coordinate access for
11 public and private universities in the state to the laboratory
12 and may coordinate access for NASA to the off-site resources
13 of such universities.
14 (f) Develop initiatives to foster the participation of
15 the state's space industry in the International Space Station
16 and to help the state maintain and enhance its competitive
17 position in the commercial space-transportation industry.
18 (g) Pursue partnerships with the National Aeronautics
19 and Space Administration to coordinate and conduct research in
20 fields, including, but not limited to, environmental
21 monitoring; agriculture; aquatics; resource reutilization
22 technologies for long-duration space missions; and spaceport
23 technologies which support current or next-generation launch
24 vehicles and range systems.
25 (h) Pursue partnerships with the National Aeronautics
26 and Space Administration for the conduct of space-related
27 research using computer technology to connect experts in a
28 given field of science who are in disparate locations and to
29 perform research experiments in a real-time, virtual
30 environment.
31 (4) By December 15 1 of each year, the institute shall
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1 submit a report of its activities and accomplishments for the
2 prior fiscal year to the Governor, the President of the
3 Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The
4 report shall also include recommendations regarding actions
5 the state should take to enhance the development of
6 space-related businesses, including:
7 (a) Future research activities.
8 (b) The development of capital and technology
9 assistance to new and expanding industries.
10 (c) The removal of regulatory impediments.
11 (d) The establishment of business development
12 incentives.
13 (e) The initiation of education and training programs
14 to ensure a skilled workforce.
15 Section 83. Space Industry Workforce Initiative.--
16 (1) The Legislature finds that the space industry is
17 critical to the economic future of the state and that the
18 competitiveness of the industry in the state depends upon the
19 development and maintenance of a qualified workforce. The
20 Legislature further finds that the space industry in this
21 state has diverse and complex workforce needs, including, but
22 not limited to, the need for qualified entry-level workers,
23 the need to upgrade the skills of technician-level incumbent
24 workers, and the need to ensure continuing education
25 opportunities for workers with advanced educational degrees.
26 It is the intent of the Legislature to support programs
27 designed to address the workforce development needs of the
28 space industry in this state.
29 (2) The Workforce Development Board of Enterprise
30 Florida, Inc., or it successor entity, shall coordinate
31 development of a Space Industry Workforce Initiative in
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1 partnership with the Florida Space Research Institute, the
2 institute's consortium of public and private universities,
3 community colleges, and other training providers approved by
4 the board. The purpose of the initiative is to use or revise
5 existing programs and to develop innovative new programs to
6 address the workforce needs of the space industry.
7 (3) The initiative shall emphasize:
8 (a) Curricula content and timeframes developed with
9 industry participation and endorsed by the industry;
10 (b) Programs that certify persons completing training
11 as meeting industry-approved standards or competencies;
12 (c) Use of distance-learning and computer-based
13 training modules as appropriate and feasible;
14 (d) Industry solicitation of public and private
15 universities to develop continuing education programs at the
16 master's and doctoral levels;
17 (e) Agreements with the National Aeronautics and Space
18 Administration to replicate on a national level successful
19 training programs developed through the initiative; and
20 (f) Leveraging of state and federal workforce funds.
21 (4) The Workforce Development Board of Enterprise
22 Florida, Inc., or its successor entity, with the assistance of
23 the Florida Space Research Institute, shall convene
24 representatives from the space industry to identify the
25 priority training and education needs of the industry and to
26 appoint a team to design programs to meet such priority needs.
27 (5) The Workforce Development Board of Enterprise
28 Florida, Inc., or its successor entity, as part of its
29 statutorily prescribed annual report to the Legislature, shall
30 provide recommendations for policies, programs, and funding to
31 enhance the workforce needs of the space industry.
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1 Section 84. Section 331.3685, Florida Statutes, is
2 created to read:
3 331.3685 Florida Space-Industry Research-Development
4 Program.--
5 (1) There is created the Florida Space-Industry
6 Research-Development Program within the Florida Space Research
7 Institute to finance space-industry research and other support
8 projects and programs that will improve the statewide
9 development of space-related economic and academic
10 opportunities.
11 (2) State taxes imposed pursuant to chapter 212 which
12 are collected at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
13 shall be retained by the complex and distributed to the
14 Florida Space Research Institute as provided by s. 212.08(18)
15 and shall be used to fund the Florida Space-Industry
16 Research-Development Program. As part of the annual report
17 under s. 331.368(4), the institute shall submit a complete
18 accounting each year of funds distributed and expended under
19 this program. Any funds distributed in a given fiscal year
20 that are not obligated by the end of that fiscal year shall
21 revert to the General Revenue Fund.
22 (3) Program funds shall be used to support activities
23 authorized under s. 331.368 and this section. The Office of
24 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development shall review and
25 certify funding proposals for consistency with s. 331.368 and
26 this section.
27 (4) The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
28 Development shall execute a contract with the Florida Space
29 Research Institute prescribing guidelines and procedures
30 governing the use of, and accountability for, funds
31 distributed under s. 212.08(18).
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1 Section 85. Subsection (18) is added to section
2 212.08, Florida Statutes, to read:
3 212.08 Sales, rental, use, consumption, distribution,
4 and storage tax; specified exemptions.--The sale at retail,
5 the rental, the use, the consumption, the distribution, and
6 the storage to be used or consumed in this state of the
7 following are hereby specifically exempt from the tax imposed
8 by this chapter.
9 (18) SALES GENERATED BY KENNEDY SPACE CENTER VISITOR
10 COMPLEX.--The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex shall
11 retain proceeds of sales taxes generated by the complex and
12 distribute such proceeds to the Florida Space Research
13 Institute for use as prescribed in s. 331.3685. The complex
14 shall report sales to the Department of Revenue but shall
15 remit the tax revenues directly to the Florida Space Research
16 Institute in a manner prescribed by rules adopted by the
17 department.
18 Section 86. Subsection (1) of section 556.108, Florida
19 Statutes, is amended to read:
20 556.108 Exemptions.--The notification requirements
21 provided in s. 556.105(1) do not apply to:
22 (1) Any excavation or demolition performed by the
23 owner of single-family residential property, or for such owner
24 by a member operator or an agent of a member operator, when
25 such excavation or demolition is made entirely on such land
26 and only up to a depth of 10 inches, provided that due care is
27 used and that there is no encroachment on any member
28 operator's right-of-way, easement, or permitted use.
29 Section 87. (1) Effective upon this act becoming a
30 law, the Commission on Basic Research for the Future of
31 Florida is hereby established. All members of the commission
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1 shall be appointed prior to August 1, 2000, and the commission
2 shall hold its first meeting no later than September 1, 2000.
3 The commission shall be composed of 13 members who represent a
4 broad range of experience in basic scientific research and
5 possess an appreciation of the importance of basic scientific
6 research to the future of Florida. Members shall include
7 performers and users of research from public and private
8 universities, the armed forces, defense and high technology
9 businesses, and other interested nongovernmental
10 organizations. Five members shall be appointed to the
11 commission by the Governor, four members shall be appointed by
12 the President of the Senate, and four members shall be
13 appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The
14 Governor shall name one of the appointees as chair of the
15 commission. Members of the commission shall serve 4-year
16 terms, except that two of the initial appointees by the
17 Governor, by the President of the Senate, and by the Speaker
18 of the House of Representatives shall be appointed for 2-year
19 terms. Members of the commission are eligible for
20 reappointment.
21 (2) The purpose of the commission is to serve as an
22 economic development tool to increase the scientific research
23 dollars allocated to the state by the Federal Government. The
24 commission shall:
25 (a) Focus attention on the importance of improving the
26 state's basic science research infrastructure;
27 (b) Provide advice to scientific research driven
28 stakeholders;
29 (c) Assist in the development of long-range strategies
30 for increasing the state's share of scientific research
31 dollars from all sources; and
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1 (d) Raise public awareness of the importance of basic
2 scientific research to the future of the state.
3 (3) The commission shall use the resources of the
4 state in implementing the work of the commission, including,
5 but not limited to, the Institute for Science and Health
6 Policy at the University of Florida and similar public and
7 private research groups. The commission shall coordinate with,
8 and not duplicate the efforts of, other scientific
9 research-related organizations.
10 (4) The commission shall consult with Enterprise
11 Florida, Inc., to ensure that economic development
12 considerations are factored into the work of the commission.
13 (5) The commission shall be located in the Executive
14 Office of the Governor and staff of the office shall serve as
15 staff for the commission.
16 (6) Members of the commission shall serve without
17 compensation but will be entitled to per diem and travel
18 expenses pursuant to section 112.061, Florida Statutes, while
19 in the performance of their duties.
20 (7) The commission may procure information and
21 assistance from any officer or agency of the state or any
22 subdivision thereof. All such officials and agencies shall
23 give the commission all relevant information and assistance on
24 any matter within their knowledge or control.
25 (8) By February 1 of each year, the commission shall
26 submit a report to the Governor, the President of the Senate,
27 and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The report
28 shall outline activities of the commission and provide
29 specific recommendations for consideration by the Governor and
30 Legislature which are designed to increase the state's share
31 of scientific research dollars.
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Amendment No.
1 Section 88. Section 288.039 and paragraph (c) of
2 subsection (3) of section 288.095, Florida Statutes, are
3 repealed.
4
5 (Redesignate subsequent sections.)
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9 And the title is amended as follows:
10 On page 3, line 15, after the semicolon
11
12 insert:
13 amending s. 14.2015, F.S.; eliminating
14 administrative responsibility of the Office of
15 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development for
16 the sports franchise facility program, the
17 professional golf hall of fame facility
18 program, the Regional Rural Development Grants
19 Program, the Florida Enterprise Zone Act, and
20 the Florida State Rural Development Council;
21 eliminating authority for the Office of
22 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development to
23 enter into contracts in connection with duties
24 relating to the Florida First Business Bond
25 Pool, the Enterprise Zone Program, and foreign
26 offices; conforming terminology; requiring a
27 report on activities funded under the Economic
28 Development Incentives Account and the Economic
29 Development Transportation Trust Fund;
30 providing for Front Porch Florida requirements;
31 directing the Office of Urban Opportunity to
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1 give priority to projects receiving certain
2 federal grants; amending s. 163.2523, F.S.;
3 providing allocation criteria for the Urban
4 Infill and Redevelopment Grant Program;
5 amending s. 420.5087, F.S.; providing
6 allocation criteria for the State Apartment
7 Incentive Loan Program; amending s. 420.5089,
8 F.S.; providing allocation criteria for the
9 HOME Investment Partnership Program; amending
10 s. 420.5093, F.S.; giving priority to certain
11 projects in the State Housing Tax Credit
12 Program; amending s. 420.5099, F.S.; giving
13 priority to certain projects in the allocation
14 of low-income housing tax credits; amending s.
15 159.705, F.S.; specifying that projects located
16 in research and development parks may be
17 operated by specified organizations; amending
18 s. 159.8083, F.S.; providing for Enterprise
19 Florida, Inc., to recommend Florida First
20 Business projects to the Office of Tourism,
21 Trade, and Economic Development; providing for
22 consultation; amending s. 163.3164, F.S.;
23 exempting certain activities from the term
24 "development" for the purposes of the Local
25 Government Comprehensive Planning and Land
26 Development Regulation Act; amending s. 212.08,
27 F.S.; revising an exemption from taxation for
28 machinery and equipment used in
29 silicon-technology production and research and
30 development; making the exemption applicable to
31 semiconductor-technology production and
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1 research and development; providing an
2 exemption from taxation for building materials
3 purchased for use in manufacturing or expanding
4 clean rooms for semiconductor-manufacturing
5 facilities; revising definitions; revising
6 criteria and procedures; specifying that a
7 sales tax exemption for certain repair and
8 labor charges applies to industrial machinery
9 and equipment used in the production and
10 shipping of tangible personal property;
11 applying the exemption to SIC Industry Major
12 Group Number 35; specifying that the sales tax
13 exemption for industries in such group number
14 is remedial in nature and applies
15 retroactively; amending ss. 212.097, 212.098,
16 F.S.; expanding the definition of the term
17 "eligible business" under the Urban High-Crime
18 Area Job Tax Credit Program and Rural Job Tax
19 Credit Program to include certain businesses
20 involved in motion picture production and
21 allied services; amending s. 218.075, F.S.;
22 expanding conditions under which the Department
23 of Environmental Protection and water
24 management districts shall reduce or waive
25 certain fees for counties or municipalities;
26 conforming to the definition of the term "rural
27 community" used elsewhere in the Florida
28 Statutes; amending s. 288.012, F.S.; revising
29 the authority of the Office of Tourism, Trade,
30 and Economic Development to establish foreign
31 offices; providing for the office to approve
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1 the establishment and operation of such offices
2 by Enterprise Florida, Inc., and the Florida
3 Commission on Tourism; providing for foreign
4 offices to submit updated operating plans and
5 activity reports; amending s. 288.018, F.S.;
6 providing for Enterprise Florida, Inc., to
7 administer the Regional Rural Development
8 Grants Program and make recommendations for
9 approval by the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
10 Economic Development; creating s. 288.064,
11 F.S.; expressing the intent of the Legislature
12 to provide for efficient and effective delivery
13 of assistance to rural communities; amending s.
14 288.0655, F.S.; revising deadlines relating to
15 implementation of the Rural Infrastructure
16 Fund; amending s. 288.0656, F.S.; revising
17 criteria for the Rural Economic Development
18 Initiative; requiring certain communities to
19 apply for rural designation; amending s.
20 288.1088, F.S.; revising criteria and
21 procedures related to the award of funds to
22 certain target industries from the Quick Action
23 Closing Fund; amending s. 288.1162, F.S.;
24 providing for a specified direct-support
25 organization to administer the professional
26 sports franchises and spring training
27 franchises facilities programs; providing for
28 final approval of decisions under such programs
29 by the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
30 Development; amending s. 288.1168, F.S.;
31 deleting obsolete provisions relating to
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Amendment No.
1 certification of the professional golf hall of
2 fame; providing for a specified direct-support
3 organization to administer that program;
4 amending s. 288.1169, F.S.; providing for a
5 specified direct-support organization to
6 administer the certification program for the
7 International Game Fish Association World
8 Center facility; providing for annual
9 verification of attendance and sales tax
10 revenue projections; transferring, renumbering,
11 and amending s. 288.1185, F.S.; assigning
12 administrative responsibility for the Recycling
13 Markets Advisory Committee to the Department of
14 Environmental Protection; amending s. 288.1223,
15 F.S.; authorizing the Governor to designate a
16 person to serve on the Florida Commission on
17 Tourism and as the chair of the commission;
18 amending s. 288.1226, F.S.; providing for the
19 appointment of the president of the Florida
20 Tourism Industry Marketing Corporation and
21 specifying that the president serves at the
22 pleasure of the Governor; limiting certain
23 employee salaries unless such employees are
24 covered by a performance contract; amending s.
25 288.1229, F.S.; requiring an annual report on
26 the status of specified sports projects;
27 amending s. 288.1251, F.S.; renaming the Office
28 of the Film Commissioner the Governor's Office
29 of Film and Entertainment; renaming the Film
30 Commissioner as the Commissioner of Film and
31 Entertainment; authorizing receipt and
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Amendment No.
1 expenditure of certain grants and donations;
2 amending s. 288.1252, F.S.; renaming the
3 Florida Film Advisory Council the Florida Film
4 and Entertainment Advisory Council; amending s.
5 288.1253, F.S., relating to travel and
6 entertainment expenses; conforming terminology;
7 amending s. 288.7011, F.S.; revising conditions
8 under which certain assistance and support for
9 a statewide certified development corporation
10 shall cease; amending s. 288.901, F.S.;
11 correcting a cross-reference; providing that
12 the Governor's designee may serve as
13 chairperson of the board of directors of
14 Enterprise Florida, Inc.; amending s. 288.9015,
15 F.S.; requiring Enterprise Florida, Inc., to
16 use specified programs to facilitate economic
17 development; amending s. 288.980, F.S.;
18 providing for Enterprise Florida, Inc., to
19 administer defense grant programs and make
20 recommendations to the Office of Tourism,
21 Trade, and Economic Development on approval of
22 grant awards; providing that certain
23 defense-related grants may be awarded only from
24 specifically appropriated funds; amending s.
25 288.99, F.S.; assigning certain responsibility
26 for ongoing administration of the Certified
27 Capital Company Act to the Department of
28 Banking and Finance; authorizing additional
29 applications for certification as a certified
30 capital company; amending s. 290.004, F.S.;
31 repealing certain definitions under the
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Amendment No.
1 enterprise zone program; defining the term
2 "rural enterprise zone"; amending s. 290.0056,
3 F.S.; providing for a reporting requirement for
4 enterprise zone development agencies to
5 Enterprise Florida, Inc.; amending s. 290.0058,
6 F.S.; conforming to administration of the
7 enterprise zone program by Enterprise Florida,
8 Inc.; amending s. 290.0065, F.S.; providing for
9 Enterprise Florida, Inc., to administer the
10 enterprise zone program and make
11 recommendations to the Office of Tourism,
12 Trade, and Economic Development; conforming
13 references; amending s. 290.0066, F.S.;
14 providing for Enterprise Florida, Inc., to make
15 recommendations to the Office of Tourism,
16 Trade, and Economic Development regarding
17 revocations of enterprise zone designations;
18 amending s. 290.00675, F.S.; providing for
19 Enterprise Florida, Inc., to make
20 recommendations to the Office of Tourism,
21 Trade, and Economic Development regarding
22 amendment of enterprise zone boundaries;
23 creating s. 290.00676, F.S.; authorizing the
24 Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
25 Development to amend the boundaries of a rural
26 enterprise zone and providing requirements with
27 respect thereto; creating s. 290.00677, F.S.;
28 modifying the employee residency requirements
29 for the enterprise zone job credit against the
30 sales tax and corporate income tax if the
31 business is located in a rural enterprise zone;
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Amendment No.
1 modifying the employee residency requirements
2 for maximum exemptions or credits with respect
3 to the sales tax credits for enterprise zone
4 job creation, for building materials used in
5 the rehabilitation of real property in an
6 enterprise zone, for business property used in
7 an enterprise zone, and for electrical energy
8 used in an enterprise zone, and the corporate
9 income tax enterprise zone job creation and
10 property tax credits if the business is located
11 in a rural enterprise zone; providing
12 application time limitations; providing an
13 extended application period for certain
14 businesses to claim tax incentives; amending s.
15 290.00689, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference;
16 revising the eligibility criteria for certain
17 tax credits to include a review and
18 recommendation by Enterprise Florida, Inc.;
19 creating s. 290.00694, F.S.; authorizing the
20 Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
21 Development to designate rural champion
22 communities as enterprise zones; providing
23 requirements with respect thereto; amending s.
24 290.009, F.S.; specifying that Enterprise
25 Florida, Inc., shall serve as staff to the
26 Enterprise Zone Interagency Coordinating
27 Council; amending s. 290.014, F.S.; conforming
28 cross-references; amending s. 290.046, F.S.;
29 eliminating a limitation on the number of
30 economic development grants that an eligible
31 local government may receive under the Florida
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Amendment No.
1 Small Cities Community Development Block Grant
2 Program; specifying that cumulative grant
3 awards may not exceed certain ceilings;
4 amending s. 290.048, F.S.; authorizing the
5 Department of Community Affairs to establish
6 advisory committees relating to the Florida
7 Small Cities Community Development Block Grant
8 Program; repealing s. 290.049, F.S., relating
9 to the Community Development Block Grant
10 Advisory Council; amending s. 373.4149, F.S.;
11 removing the director of the Office of Tourism,
12 Trade, and Economic Development from the
13 membership of the Miami-Dade County Lake Belt
14 Plan Implementation Committee; authorizing the
15 Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences to
16 contract and receive money to support the
17 Florida State Rural Development Council;
18 requiring the Workforce Development Board of
19 Enterprise Florida, Inc., to develop a policy
20 authorizing placement of certain
21 workforce-training clients in self-employment
22 as a means of job placement; directing the
23 Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
24 Development and Enterprise Florida, Inc., to
25 establish a unit responsible for forecasting
26 and responding to certain economic development
27 events; creating an Economic Development
28 Leadership Council to provide leadership
29 related to such events; requiring a report and
30 recommendations; providing legislative intent;
31 providing for creation and purpose of the
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Amendment No.
1 Toolkit for Economic Development; defining the
2 term "economically distressed"; requiring the
3 appointment of liaisons from agencies and
4 organizations; providing for requirements and
5 duties; creating coordinating partners to serve
6 as the program's executive committee; providing
7 for duties and powers; providing for waivers of
8 state-required matching-funds requirements;
9 requiring an inventory of programs that help
10 economically distressed communities; requiring
11 that the inventory be categorized; creating the
12 Start-Up Initiative to promote the use of the
13 inventory; providing for identification of
14 communities; providing for solicitation of
15 proposals; providing for proposal content;
16 providing for review process and evaluation
17 criteria; providing for funding; providing for
18 the designation of communities of critical
19 economic opportunity; providing an
20 appropriation to the coordinating partners;
21 providing for use of funds and certification;
22 providing for reporting; providing for
23 expiration; creating s. 288.1260, F.S.;
24 creating the Front Porch Florida initiative;
25 providing legislative intent; providing for
26 purposes and principles of the program;
27 creating liaisons to Front Porch Florida
28 communities; providing for liaison requirements
29 and duties; providing for use of the inventory
30 of federal and state resources; providing for
31 application requirements; providing for the
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Amendment No.
1 formation of a Governor's Revitalization
2 Council; providing for duties; providing for
3 monitoring and reporting; creating s. 239.521,
4 F.S.; providing intent; providing for
5 development of a 2-year vocational and
6 technical distance-learning curriculum for
7 information-technology workers; providing for
8 internship opportunities for high school and
9 postsecondary information-technology vocational
10 faculty and students in information-technology
11 businesses; providing a means for increasing
12 the capability and accessibility of
13 information-technology-training providers
14 through state-of-the-art facilities; amending
15 s. 240.311, F.S.; requiring the State Board of
16 Community Colleges to identify training
17 programs for broadband digital media
18 specialists; requiring that such programs be
19 added to lists for demand occupations under
20 certain circumstances; amending s. 240.3341,
21 F.S.; encouraging community colleges to
22 establish incubator facilities for digital
23 media content and technology development;
24 creating s. 240.710, F.S.; requiring the Board
25 of Regents to create a Digital Media Education
26 Coordination Group; providing membership;
27 providing purposes; requiring development of a
28 plan; requiring submission of plans to the
29 Legislature; requiring the Workforce
30 Development Board to reserve funds for digital
31 media industry training; providing direction on
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Amendment No.
1 training; requiring the Workforce Development
2 Board to develop a plan for the use of certain
3 funds to enhance workforce of digital media
4 related industries; providing direction on plan
5 development; providing a contingent
6 appropriation to the Digital Media Education
7 Infrastructure Fund; providing requirements for
8 contracting and use of funds; requiring
9 Enterprise Florida, Inc., to convene a
10 broadband digital media industries group;
11 requiring identification, designation, and
12 priority of digital media sector in sector
13 strategy; requiring Enterprise Florida, Inc.,
14 to contract for establishment of digital media
15 incubator; providing contract requirements;
16 providing an appropriation; requiring industry
17 participation in funding; providing direction
18 for incubator location; requiring ITFlorida, in
19 cooperation with Enterprise Florida, Inc., to
20 prepare a marketing plan promoting the state to
21 digital media industries; providing that
22 certain provisions relating to digital media
23 are subject to legislative appropriation;
24 amending s. 331.367, F.S.; revising provisions
25 with respect to the Spaceport Management
26 Council; directing the council to submit
27 recommendations; providing for the
28 participation of federal officials; amending s.
29 331.368, F.S.; expanding the purpose of the
30 Florida Space Research Institute; revising the
31 membership of the institute; prescribing
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Amendment No.
1 additional duties of the institute; creating
2 the Space Industry Workforce Initiative;
3 requiring the Workforce Development Board of
4 Enterprise Florida, Inc., to develop
5 initiatives to address the workforce needs of
6 the industry; prescribing criteria; requiring
7 the board to convene industry representatives;
8 requiring a report; creating s. 331.3685, F.S.;
9 creating the Florida Space-Industry
10 Research-Development Program to finance
11 space-related research projects and programs;
12 providing for certain sales-tax collections to
13 be retained by the Kennedy Space Center Visitor
14 Complex and distributed to the Florida Space
15 Research Institute; prescribing uses of such
16 funds; requiring an annual accounting of such
17 funds; providing for review of funding
18 proposals by the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
19 Economic Development; requiring a contract with
20 the office governing distribution of funds
21 under the program; amending s. 212.08, F.S.;
22 providing for sales-tax collections from the
23 Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex to be
24 retained by the complex and distributed to the
25 Florida Space Research Institute; providing for
26 reporting of sales to the Department of Revenue
27 as prescribed by rules; amending s. 556.108,
28 F.S.; providing for performing the demolition
29 or excavation of single-family residential
30 property; creating the Commission on Basic
31 Research for the Future of Florida; prescribing
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Amendment No.
1 membership of the commission; providing a
2 purpose for the commission; requiring the use
3 of state resources; providing for staffing,
4 administration, and information sharing;
5 requiring a report; repealing s. 288.039, F.S.,
6 relating to the Employing and Training our
7 Youths (ENTRY) program; repealing s.
8 288.095(3)(c), F.S., relating to a required
9 report on activities under the Economic
10 Development Incentives Account of the Economic
11 Development Trust Fund;
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