Senate Bill sb0668

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    Florida Senate - 2001                                   SB 668

    By Senator Carlton





    24-522A-01                               See HB 145 and HB 205

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to enterprise zones; creating

  3         s. 290.00694, F.S.; authorizing the Office of

  4         Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development to

  5         designate an enterprise zone in Sarasota

  6         County; providing requirements with respect

  7         thereto; amending s. 290.00555, F.S.; removing

  8         the December 31, 1999, deadline for creation of

  9         satellite enterprise zones by certain

10         municipalities and authorizing creation of such

11         zones effective retroactively to that date;

12         providing for refund of sales and use taxes

13         paid after that date which would have been

14         eligible for certain exemptions or credits;

15         providing an effective date.

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

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19         Section 1.  Section 290.00694, Florida Statutes, is

20  created to read:

21         290.00694  Enterprise zone designation for Sarasota

22  County or Sarasota County and Sarasota.--Sarasota County, or

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

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

25  designation of one enterprise zone within the county, or

26  within both the county and the municipality, which zone

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

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

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

30  2001, and must comply with the requirements of s. 290.0055.

31  Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 290.0065 limiting the

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    Florida Senate - 2001                                   SB 668
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  1  total number of enterprise zones designated and the number of

  2  enterprise zones within a population category, the Office of

  3  Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development may designate one

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

  5  Trade, and Economic Development shall establish the initial

  6  effective date of the enterprise zone designated under this

  7  section.

  8         Section 2.  Section 290.00555, Florida Statutes, is

  9  amended to read:

10         290.00555  Satellite enterprise zones.--Before December

11  31, 1999, Any municipality an area of which has previously

12  received designation as an enterprise zone in the population

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

14  satellite enterprise zone not exceeding 1.5 square miles in

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

16  290.0055(4), or any other law, in addition to the previously

17  designated enterprise zone boundaries. The Office of Tourism,

18  Trade, and Economic Development shall amend the boundaries of

19  the areas previously designated by any such municipality as

20  enterprise zones upon receipt of a resolution adopted by the

21  municipality describing the satellite enterprise zone areas,

22  as long as the additional areas are consistent with the

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

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

25  apply to such satellite enterprise zone areas.

26         Section 3.  Satellite enterprise zones may be created

27  pursuant to section 290.00555, Florida Statutes, effective

28  retroactively to December 31, 1999.  Any sales and use taxes

29  paid within such a zone during the period beginning December

30  31, 1999, and ending on the date of the creation of the zone

31  which would have been eligible for the exemptions or credits

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  1  granted by sections 212.08(5)(g) and (h) and (15) and 212.096,

  2  Florida Statutes, shall be recoverable only as a refund as

  3  provided in section 215.26, Florida Statutes. It is the intent

  4  of the Legislature that this act be deemed remedial in effect.

  5         Section 4.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

  6  law.

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  9                       LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY

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      Authorizes the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
11    Development to designate an enterprise zone in a
      specified area in Sarasota County and provides
12    requirements with respect thereto. Removes the December
      31, 1999, deadline for creation of satellite enterprise
13    zones by certain municipalities and authorizes creation
      of such zones effective retroactively to that date.
14    Provides for refund of sales and use taxes paid after
      that date which would have been eligible for certain
15    exemptions or credits.

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