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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to enterprise zones;
3 authorizing the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
4 Economic Development to amend the boundaries of
5 an enterprise zone upon application by certain
6 counties; providing requirements with respect
7 thereto; creating s. 290.00694, F.S.;
8 authorizing the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
9 Economic Development to designate an enterprise
10 zone in Sarasota County; providing requirements
11 with respect thereto; amending s. 290.00555,
12 F.S.; removing the December 31, 1999, deadline
13 for creation of satellite enterprise zones by
14 certain municipalities and authorizing creation
15 of such zones effective retroactively to that
16 date; providing duties of the Office of
17 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development;
18 providing an application deadline for
19 businesses in such zones eligible for certain
20 sales and use tax incentives; providing an
21 effective date.
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23 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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25 Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the
26 contrary, the governing body of an inland county with a
27 state-designated enterprise zone and a population greater than
28 500,000 may apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
29 Economic Development to amend the boundaries of one
30 noncontiguous area of an enterprise zone. The office shall
31 approve the application so long as the amended area does not
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1 exceed 4 square miles and is consistent with the categories,
2 criteria, and limitations imposed by s. 290.0055, Florida
3 Statutes, upon the establishment of such enterprise zone. The
4 enterprise zone boundary amendment application must be
5 received before December 31, 2001.
6 Section 2. Section 290.00694, Florida Statutes, is
7 created to read:
8 290.00694 Enterprise zone designation for Sarasota
9 County or Sarasota County and Sarasota.--Sarasota County, or
10 Sarasota County and the City of Sarasota jointly, may apply to
11 the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development for
12 designation of one enterprise zone within the county, or
13 within both the county and the municipality, which zone
14 encompasses an area that is south of the north county line,
15 west of Tuttle Avenue, north of 10th Street, and east of U.S.
16 Highway 41. The application must be submitted by December 31,
17 2001, and must comply with the requirements of s. 290.0055.
18 Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 290.0065 limiting the
19 total number of enterprise zones designated and the number of
20 enterprise zones within a population category, the Office of
21 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development may designate one
22 enterprise zone under this section. The Office of Tourism,
23 Trade, and Economic Development shall establish the initial
24 effective date of the enterprise zone designated under this
25 section.
26 Section 3. Section 290.00555, Florida Statutes, is
27 amended to read:
28 290.00555 Satellite enterprise zones.--Before December
29 31, 1999, Any municipality an area of which has previously
30 received designation as an Enterprise Zone in the population
31 category described in s. 290.0065(3)(a)3. may create a
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1 satellite enterprise zone not exceeding 1.5 square miles in
2 area outside of and, notwithstanding anything contained in s.
3 290.0055(4), or any other law, in addition to the previously
4 designated enterprise zone boundaries. The Office of Tourism,
5 Trade, and Economic Development shall amend the boundaries of
6 the areas previously designated by any such municipality as
7 enterprise zones upon receipt of a resolution adopted by the
8 municipality describing the satellite enterprise zone areas,
9 as long as the additional areas are consistent with the
10 categories, criteria, and limitations imposed by s. 290.0055.
11 However, the requirements imposed by s. 290.0055(4)(d) do not
12 apply to such satellite enterprise zone areas.
13 Section 4. Satellite enterprise zones may be created
14 pursuant to s. 290.00555, Florida Statutes, effective
15 retroactively to December 31, 1999. Resolutions adopted to
16 create satellite enterprise zones under this section must be
17 submitted to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
18 Development no later that August 1, 2001. The Office of
19 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development must amend the
20 boundaries of previously designated enterprise zones to create
21 eligible satellite enterprise zones no later than September 1,
22 2001. Notwithstanding the time limitations contained in
23 chapter 212, Florida Statutes, a business in a satellite
24 enterprise zone designated under this section which was
25 eligible to receive tax incentives pursuant to ss.
26 212.08(5)(g) and (h) and 212.096, Florida Statutes, during the
27 period beginning December 31, 1999, and ending on the date of
28 the creation of the satellite enterprise zone must submit an
29 application for the tax incentives by December 1, 2001. All
30 other requirements of the enterprise zone program apply to
31 such a business.
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1 Section 5. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
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