House Bill 0699

    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                 HB 699

        By Representative Brown






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to enterprise zones; creating

  3         s. 290.00694, F.S.; authorizing the Office of

  4         Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development to

  5         designate an enterprise zone in Sarasota

  6         County; providing requirements with respect

  7         thereto; providing an effective date.

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

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11         Section 1.  Section 290.00694, Florida Statutes, is

12  created to read:

13         290.00694  Enterprise zone designation for Sarasota

14  County or Sarasota County and Sarasota.--Sarasota County, or

15  Sarasota County and the City of Sarasota jointly, may apply to

16  the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development for

17  designation of one enterprise zone encompassing an area within

18  the county, or within both the county and the municipality,

19  that is South of DeSoto Road, West of Tuttle Avenue, North of

20  12th Street, and East of U.S. Highway 41. The application must

21  be submitted by December 31, 2000, and must comply with the

22  requirements of s. 290.0055. Notwithstanding the provisions of

23  s. 290.0065, limiting the total number of enterprise zones

24  designated and the number of enterprise zones within a

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

26  Economic Development may designate one enterprise zone under

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

28  Development shall establish the initial effective date of the

29  enterprise zone designated pursuant to this section.

30         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

31  law.

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      Authorizes the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
  4    Development to designate an enterprise zone in a
      specified area in Sarasota County and provides
  5    requirements with respect thereto.

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