Senate Bill sb0158c1

    Florida Senate - 2001                            CS for SB 158

    By the Committee on Commerce and Economic Opportunities; and
    Senator Brown-Waite




    310-1575-01

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to enterprise zones; creating

  3         s. 290.00695, F.S.; authorizing the Office of

  4         Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development to

  5         designate an enterprise zone within a described

  6         area of Hernando County or of Hernando County

  7         and the City of Brooksville jointly; providing

  8         an effective date.

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

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12         Section 1.  Section 290.00695, Florida Statutes, is

13  created to read:

14         290.00695  Enterprise zone designation for Hernando

15  County or Hernando County and Brooksville.--Hernando County,

16  or Hernando County and the City of Brooksville jointly, may

17  apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic

18  Development for designation of one enterprise zone within the

19  county, or within both the county and the city, which zone

20  encompasses an area up to 10 contiguous square miles starting

21  north of the City of Brooksville with properties within the

22  Gregg Mine Industrial Park; those lands located on the east

23  side of Cobb Road south of Yontz Road to the intersection of

24  Jefferson Street and State Road 50; lands adjacent to the

25  State Road 50 Bypass east to the intersection of Jefferson

26  Street and State Road 50 in the southeast area of the City of

27  Brooksville; those lands encompassing the areas north and

28  south of Summit Road from Hale Avenue to the west, east to

29  Jefferson Street; lands adjacent to U.S. Route 41 from the

30  State Road 50 Bypass south to the proposed Ayers Road

31  Extension; those lands encompassing the Hernando County

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    Florida Senate - 2001                            CS for SB 158
    310-1575-01




  1  Airport east of U.S. Route 41 west to the Suncoast Parkway

  2  with Spring Hill Drive and Powell Road to the north including

  3  portions along Spring Hill Drive east and west of the

  4  intersection with California Street; and those lands adjacent

  5  to Anderson Snow Road and Corporate Boulevard known as Holland

  6  Springs Industrial Park. The application must be submitted by

  7  December 31, 2001, and must comply with the requirements of s.

  8  290.0055. Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 290.0065

  9  limiting the total number of enterprise zones designated and

10  the number of enterprise zones within a population category

11  and the provisions of s. 290.0058 setting forth pervasive

12  poverty, unemployment, and general distress criteria, the

13  Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development may

14  designate one enterprise zone under this section. The Office

15  of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development shall establish

16  the initial effective date of the enterprise zone designated

17  under this section.

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

19  law.

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21          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
22                              SB 158

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24  The committee substitute allows the new enterprise zone to be
    created notwithstanding the provisions of s. 290.0058, F.S.,
25  setting forth pervasive poverty, unemployment, and general
    distress criteria.
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