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                                          HB 145, Second Engrossed



  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 for

21         designation of a specified area within

22         Hillsborough County as an enterprise zone;

23         providing an effective date.

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

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27         Section 1.  Notwithstanding any provision of law to the

28  contrary, the governing body of an inland county with a

29  state-designated enterprise zone and a population greater than

30  500,000 may apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and

31  Economic Development to amend the boundaries of one


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  1  noncontiguous area of an enterprise zone. The office shall

  2  approve the application so long as the amended area does not

  3  exceed 4 square miles and is consistent with the categories,

  4  criteria, and limitations imposed by s. 290.0055, Florida

  5  Statutes, upon the establishment of such enterprise zone. The

  6  enterprise zone boundary amendment application must be

  7  received before December 31, 2001.

  8         Section 2.  Section 290.00694, Florida Statutes, is

  9  created to read:

10         290.00694  Enterprise zone designation for Sarasota

11  County or Sarasota County and Sarasota.--Sarasota County, or

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

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

14  designation of one enterprise zone within the county, or

15  within both the county and the municipality, which zone

16  encompasses an area that is south of the north county line,

17  west of Tuttle Avenue, north of 10th Street, and east of U.S.

18  Highway 41. The application must be submitted by December 31,

19  2001, and must comply with the requirements of s. 290.0055.

20  Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 290.0065 limiting the

21  total number of enterprise zones designated and the number of

22  enterprise zones within a population category, the Office of

23  Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development may designate one

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

25  Trade, and Economic Development shall establish the initial

26  effective date of the enterprise zone designated under this

27  section.

28         Section 3.  Section 290.00555, Florida Statutes, is

29  amended to read:

30         290.00555  Satellite enterprise zones.--Before December

31  31, 1999, Any municipality an area of which has previously


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  1  received designation as an Enterprise Zone in the population

  2  category described in s. 290.0065(3)(a)3. may create a

  3  satellite enterprise zone not exceeding 1.5 square miles in

  4  area outside of and, notwithstanding anything contained in s.

  5  290.0055(4), or any other law, in addition to the previously

  6  designated enterprise zone boundaries. The Office of Tourism,

  7  Trade, and Economic Development shall amend the boundaries of

  8  the areas previously designated by any such municipality as

  9  enterprise zones upon receipt of a resolution adopted by the

10  municipality describing the satellite enterprise zone areas,

11  as long as the additional areas are consistent with the

12  categories, criteria, and limitations imposed by s. 290.0055.

13  However, the requirements imposed by s. 290.0055(4)(d) do not

14  apply to such satellite enterprise zone areas.

15         Section 4.  Satellite enterprise zones may be created

16  pursuant to s. 290.00555, Florida Statutes, effective

17  retroactively to December 31, 1999. Resolutions adopted to

18  create satellite enterprise zones under this section must be

19  submitted to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic

20  Development no later that August 1, 2001. The Office of

21  Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development must amend the

22  boundaries of previously designated enterprise zones to create

23  eligible satellite enterprise zones no later than September 1,

24  2001. Notwithstanding the time limitations contained in

25  chapter 212, Florida Statutes, a business in a satellite

26  enterprise zone designated under this section which was

27  eligible to receive tax incentives pursuant to ss.

28  212.08(5)(g) and (h) and 212.096, Florida Statutes, during the

29  period beginning December 31, 1999, and ending on the date of

30  the creation of the satellite enterprise zone must submit an

31  application for the tax incentives by December 1, 2001. All


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  1  other requirements of the enterprise zone program apply to

  2  such a business.

  3         Section 5.  Enterprise zone designation for

  4  Hillsborough County.--Hillsborough County may apply to the

  5  Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development for

  6  designation of one enterprise zone within the county, which

  7  zone encompasses a high-crime, low-income, high-unemployment

  8  area that is north of Fowler Avenue, south of Bearss Avenue,

  9  east of Florida Avenue, west of Bruce B. Downs Boulevard, near

10  the University of South Florida, adjacent to University Square

11  Mall, north of a major theme park, an area that has been

12  designated a federal Weed & Seed target area, and a Community

13  Development Block Grant (CDBG) target area and that houses an

14  active public/private 501(c)(3) community development

15  corporation working to improve the area. The application must

16  be submitted by December 31, 2002, and must comply with the

17  requirements of section 290.0055, Florida Statutes.

18  Notwithstanding the provisions of section 290.0065, Florida

19  Statutes, limiting the total number of enterprise zones

20  designated and the number of enterprise zones within a

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

22  Economic Development may designate one enterprise zone under

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

24  Development shall establish the initial effective date of the

25  enterprise zone designated under this section.

26         Section 6.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

27  law.

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