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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to enterprise zones;
3 authorizing a boundary change in a specified
4 enterprise zone; creating s. 290.00694, F.S.;
5 authorizing the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
6 Economic Development to designate an enterprise
7 zone in Sarasota County; providing requirements
8 with respect thereto; amending s. 290.00555,
9 F.S.; removing the December 31, 1999, deadline
10 for creation of satellite enterprise zones by
11 certain municipalities and authorizing creation
12 of such zones effective retroactively to that
13 date; providing duties of the Office of
14 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development;
15 providing an application deadline for
16 businesses in such zones eligible for certain
17 sales and use tax incentives; amending s.
18 290.0065, F.S.; providing for the change in the
19 boundaries of an enterprise zone under
20 specified conditions; creating s. 290.00695,
21 F.S.; authorizing the Office of Tourism, Trade,
22 and Economic Development to designate an
23 enterprise zone in Hernando County; providing
24 requirements with respect thereto; providing
25 for designation of a specified area within
26 Hillsborough County as an enterprise zone;
27 providing an effective date.
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29 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any provisions of law to
2 the contrary, the governing body of an inland county with a
3 state-designated enterprise zone and a population greater than
4 500,000 may apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
5 Economic Development to amend the boundaries of one
6 noncontiguous area of an enterprise zone. The office shall
7 approve the application as long as the amended area does not
8 exceed 4 square miles and is consistent with the categories,
9 criteria, and limitations imposed by section 290.0055, Florida
10 Statutes, upon the establishment of such enterprise zone. The
11 enterprise zone boundary-amendment application must be
12 received before December 31, 2001.
13 Section 2. Section 290.00694, Florida Statutes, is
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15 290.00694 Enterprise zone designation for Sarasota
16 County or Sarasota County and Sarasota.--Sarasota County, or
17 Sarasota County and the City of Sarasota jointly, may apply to
18 the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development for
19 designation of one enterprise zone within the county, or
20 within both the county and the municipality, which zone
21 encompasses an area that is south of the north county line,
22 west of Tuttle Avenue, north of 10th Street, and east of U.S.
23 Highway 41. The application must be submitted by December 31,
24 2001, and must comply with the requirements of s. 290.0055.
25 Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 290.0065 limiting the
26 total number of enterprise zones designated and the number of
27 enterprise zones within a population category, the Office of
28 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development may designate one
29 enterprise zone under this section. The Office of Tourism,
30 Trade, and Economic Development shall establish the initial
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1 effective date of the enterprise zone designated under this
2 section.
3 Section 3. Section 290.00555, Florida Statutes, is
4 amended to read:
5 290.00555 Satellite enterprise zones.--Before December
6 31, 1999, Any municipality an area of which has previously
7 received designation as an enterprise zone in the population
8 category described in s. 290.0065(3)(a)3. may create a
9 satellite enterprise zone not exceeding 1.5 square miles in
10 area outside of and, notwithstanding anything contained in s.
11 290.0055(4), or any other law, in addition to the previously
12 designated enterprise zone boundaries. The Office of Tourism,
13 Trade, and Economic Development shall amend the boundaries of
14 the areas previously designated by any such municipality as
15 enterprise zones upon receipt of a resolution adopted by the
16 municipality describing the satellite enterprise zone areas,
17 as long as the additional areas are consistent with the
18 categories, criteria, and limitations imposed by s. 290.0055.
19 However, the requirements imposed by s. 290.0055(4)(d) do not
20 apply to such satellite enterprise zone areas.
21 Section 4. Satellite enterprise zones may be created
22 pursuant to section 290.00555, Florida Statutes, effective
23 retroactively to December 31, 1999. Resolutions adopted to
24 create satellite enterprise zones under this section must be
25 submitted to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
26 Development no later than August 1, 2001. The Office of
27 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development must amend the
28 boundaries of previously designated enterprise zones to create
29 eligible satellite enterprise zones no later than September 1,
30 2001. Notwithstanding the time limitations contained in
31 chapter 212, Florida Statutes, a business in a satellite
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1 enterprise zone designated under this section which was
2 eligible to receive tax incentives pursuant to sections
3 212.08(5)(g) and (h) and 212.096, Florida Statutes, during the
4 period beginning December 31, 1999, and ending on the date of
5 the creation of the satellite enterprise zone must submit an
6 application for the tax incentives by December 1, 2001. All
7 other requirements of the enterprise zone program apply to
8 such a business.
9 Section 5. Subsection (12) is added to section
10 290.0065, Florida Statutes, to read:
11 290.0065 State designation of enterprise zones.--
12 (12) Before June 1, 2002, the governing body of a
13 municipality that is located within a county having a
14 population of less than 225,000 and in which an enterprise
15 zone designated under subparagraph (3)(a)2. is located may
16 apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
17 Development to change the boundaries of the enterprise zone.
18 The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development shall
19 approve the application if the boundary change does not
20 increase the overall size of the enterprise zone and if any
21 territory added to the enterprise zone as a result of the
22 boundary change is contiguous to the remaining area of the
23 existing enterprise zone.
24 Section 6. Section 290.00695, Florida Statutes, is
25 created to read:
26 290.00695 Enterprise zone designation for Hernando
27 County or Hernando County and Brooksville.--Hernando County,
28 or Hernando County and the City of Brooksville jointly, may
29 apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
30 Development for designation of one enterprise zone within the
31 county, or within both the county and the city, which zone
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1 encompasses an area up to 10 contiguous square miles. The
2 application must be submitted by December 31, 2001, and must
3 comply with the requirements of s. 290.0055. Notwithstanding
4 the provisions of s. 290.0065 limiting the total number of
5 enterprise zones designated and the number of enterprise zones
6 within a population category, the Office of Tourism, Trade,
7 and Economic Development may designate one enterprise zone
8 under this section. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
9 Development shall establish the initial effective date of the
10 enterprise zone designated under this section.
11 Section 7. Enterprise zone designation for
12 Hillsborough County.--Hillsborough County may apply to the
13 Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development for
14 designation of one enterprise zone within the county, which
15 zone encompasses a high-crime, low-income, high-unemployment
16 area that is north of Fowler Avenue, south of Bearss Avenue,
17 east of Florida Avenue, west of Bruce B. Downs Boulevard, near
18 the University of South Florida, adjacent to University Square
19 Mall, north of a major theme park, an area that has been
20 designated a federal Weed & Seed target area, and a Community
21 Development Block Grant (CDBG) target area and that houses an
22 active public/private 501(c)(3) community development
23 corporation working to improve the area. The application must
24 be submitted by December 31, 2002, and must comply with the
25 requirements of section 290.0055, Florida Statutes.
26 Notwithstanding the provisions of section 290.0065, Florida
27 Statutes, limiting the total number of enterprise zones
28 designated and the number of enterprise zones within a
29 population category, the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
30 Economic Development may designate one enterprise zone under
31 this section. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
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1 Development shall establish the initial effective date of the
2 enterprise zone designated under this section.
3 Section 8. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
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