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  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 an area of

  6         Hernando County or of Hernando County and the

  7         City of Brooksville jointly; creating s.

  8         290.00696, F.S.; authorizing the Office of

  9         Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development to

10         designate an enterprise zone in Holmes County;

11         providing requirements with respect thereto;

12         creating s. 290.00697, F.S.; authorizing the

13         Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic

14         Development to designate an enterprise zone in

15         Calhoun County; providing requirements with

16         respect thereto; creating s. 290.00698, F.S.;

17         authorizing the Office of Tourism, Trade, and

18         Economic Development to designate an enterprise

19         zone in Okaloosa County; providing requirements

20         with respect thereto; creating s. 290.00694,

21         F.S.; authorizing the Office of Tourism, Trade,

22         and Economic Development to designate an

23         enterprise zone in Sarasota County; providing

24         requirements with respect thereto; providing

25         for designation of a specified area within

26         Hillsborough County as an enterprise zone;

27         amending s. 290.00555, F.S.; removing the

28         December 31, 1999, deadline for creation of

29         satellite enterprise zones by certain

30         municipalities and authorizing creation of such

31         zones effective retroactively to that date;


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  1         providing duties of the Office of Tourism,

  2         Trade, and Economic Development; providing an

  3         application deadline for businesses in such

  4         zones eligible for certain sales and use tax

  5         incentives; authorizing a boundary change in a

  6         specified enterprise zone; providing an

  7         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 290.00695, Florida Statutes, is

12  created to read:

13         290.00695  Enterprise zone designation for Hernando

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

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

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

17  Development for designation of one enterprise zone within the

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

19  encompasses an area up to 10 contiguous square miles. The

20  application must be submitted by December 31, 2001, and must

21  comply with the requirements of s. 290.0055. Notwithstanding

22  the provisions of s. 290.0065 limiting the total number of

23  enterprise zones designated and the number of enterprise zones

24  within a population category, the Office of Tourism, Trade,

25  and Economic Development may designate one enterprise zone

26  under this section. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic

27  Development shall establish the initial effective date of the

28  enterprise zone designated under this section.

29         Section 2.  Section 290.00696, Florida Statutes, is

30  created to read:

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  1         290.00696  Enterprise zone designation for Holmes

  2  County.--Holmes County  may apply to the Office of Tourism,

  3  Trade, and Economic Development for designation of one

  4  enterprise zone within an area in Holmes County. The

  5  application must be submitted by December 31, 2001, and must

  6  comply with the requirements of s. 290.0055. Notwithstanding

  7  the provisions of s. 290.0065 limiting the total number of

  8  enterprise zones designated and the number of enterprise zones

  9  within a population category, the Office of Tourism, Trade,

10  and Economic Development may designate one enterprise zone

11  under this section. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic

12  Development shall establish the initial effective date of the

13  enterprise zone designated pursuant to this section.

14         Section 3.  Section 290.00697, Florida Statutes, is

15  created to read:

16         290.00697  Enterprise zone designation for Calhoun

17  County.--Calhoun County may apply to the Office of Tourism,

18  Trade, and Economic Development for designation of one

19  enterprise zone within an area in Calhoun County. The

20  application must be submitted by December 31, 2001, and must

21  comply with the requirements of s. 290.0055, except subsection

22  (3) thereof. Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 290.0065

23  limiting the total number of enterprise zones designated and

24  the number of enterprise zones within a population category,

25  the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development may

26  designate one enterprise zone under this section. The Office

27  of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development shall establish

28  the initial effective date of the enterprise zone designated

29  pursuant to this section.

30         Section 4.  Section 290.00698, Florida Statutes, is

31  created to read:


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  1         290.00698  Enterprise zone designation for Okaloosa

  2  County.--Okaloosa County may apply to the Office of Tourism,

  3  Trade, and Economic Development for designation of one

  4  enterprise zone within an area in Okaloosa County, which zone

  5  encompasses an area up to 6 square miles.  The application

  6  must be submitted by December 31, 2001, and must comply with

  7  the requirements of s. 290.0055, except subsection (3)

  8  thereof. 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  the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development may

12  designate one enterprise zone under this section.  The Office

13  of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development shall establish

14  the initial effective date of the enterprise zone designated

15  pursuant to this section.

16         Section 5.  Section 290.00694, Florida Statutes, is

17  created to read:

18         290.00694  Enterprise zone designation for Sarasota

19  County or Sarasota County and Sarasota.--Sarasota County, or

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

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

22  designation of one enterprise zone within the county, or

23  within both the county and the municipality, which zone

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

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

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

27  2001, and must comply with the requirements of s. 290.0055.

28  Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 290.0065 limiting the

29  total number of enterprise zones designated and the number of

30  enterprise zones within a population category, the Office of

31  Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development may designate one


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

  2  Trade, and Economic Development shall establish the initial

  3  effective date of the enterprise zone designated under this

  4  section.

  5         Section 6.  Enterprise zone designation for

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

  7  Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development for

  8  designation of one enterprise zone within the county, which

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

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

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

12  the University of South Florida, adjacent to University Square

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

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

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

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

17  corporation working to improve the area. The application must

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

19  requirements of section 290.0055, Florida Statutes.

20  Notwithstanding the provisions of section 290.0065, Florida

21  Statutes, limiting the total number of enterprise zones

22  designated and the number of enterprise zones within a

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

24  Economic Development may designate one enterprise zone under

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

26  Development shall establish the initial effective date of the

27  enterprise zone designated under this section.

28         Section 7.  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 8.  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 than 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 9.  Notwithstanding any provisions of law to

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

  5  state-designated enterprise zone and a population greater than

  6  500,000 may apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and

  7  Economic Development to amend the boundaries of one

  8  noncontiguous area of an enterprise zone. The office shall

  9  approve the application as long as the amended area does not

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

11  criteria, and limitations imposed by section 290.0055, Florida

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

13  enterprise zone boundary-amendment application must be

14  received before December 31, 2001.

15         Section 10.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

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