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  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; amending s.

  7         290.0065, F.S.; providing for the change in the

  8         boundaries of an enterprise zone under

  9         specified conditions; providing an effective

10         date.

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

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14         Section 1.  Section 290.00695, Florida Statutes, is

15  created to read:

16         290.00695  Enterprise zone designation for Hernando

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

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

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

20  Development for designation of one enterprise zone within the

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

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

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

24  comply with the requirements of s. 290.0055. Notwithstanding

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

26  enterprise zones designated and the number of enterprise zones

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

28  and Economic Development may designate one enterprise zone

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

30  Development shall establish the initial effective date of the

31  enterprise zone designated under this section.


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  1         Section 2.  Section 290.00696, Florida Statutes, is

  2  created to read:

  3         290.00696  Enterprise zone designation for Holmes

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

  5  Trade, and Economic Development for designation of one

  6  enterprise zone within an area in Holmes County. The

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

  8  comply with the requirements of s. 290.0055. Notwithstanding

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

10  enterprise zones designated and the number of enterprise zones

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

12  and Economic Development may designate one enterprise zone

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

14  Development shall establish the initial effective date of the

15  enterprise zone designated pursuant to this section.

16         Section 3.  Section 290.00697, Florida Statutes, is

17  created to read:

18         290.00697  Enterprise zone designation for Calhoun

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

20  Trade, and Economic Development for designation of one

21  enterprise zone within an area in Calhoun County. The

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

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

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

25  limiting the total number of enterprise zones designated and

26  the number of enterprise zones within a population category,

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

28  designate one enterprise zone under this section. The Office

29  of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development shall establish

30  the initial effective date of the enterprise zone designated

31  pursuant to this section.


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  1         Section 4.  Section 290.00698, Florida Statutes, is

  2  created to read:

  3         290.00698  Enterprise zone designation for Okaloosa

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

  5  Trade, and Economic Development for designation of one

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

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

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

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

10  thereof. Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 290.0065

11  limiting the total number of enterprise zones designated and

12  the number of enterprise zones within a population category,

13  the 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  pursuant to this section.

18         Section 5.  Section 290.00694, Florida Statutes, is

19  created to read:

20         290.00694  Enterprise zone designation for Sarasota

21  County or Sarasota County and Sarasota.--Sarasota County, or

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

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

24  designation of one enterprise zone within the county, or

25  within both the county and the municipality, which zone

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

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

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

29  2001, and must comply with the requirements of s. 290.0055.

30  Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 290.0065 limiting the

31  total number of enterprise zones designated and the number of


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  1  enterprise zones within a population category, the Office of

  2  Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development may designate one

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

  4  Trade, and Economic Development shall establish the initial

  5  effective date of the enterprise zone designated under this

  6  section.

  7         Section 6.  Enterprise zone designation for

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

  9  Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development for

10  designation of one enterprise zone within the county, which

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

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

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

14  the University of South Florida, adjacent to University Square

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

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

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

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

19  corporation working to improve the area. The application must

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

21  requirements of section 290.0055, Florida Statutes.

22  Notwithstanding the provisions of section 290.0065, Florida

23  Statutes, limiting the total number of enterprise zones

24  designated and the number of enterprise zones within a

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

26  Economic Development may designate one enterprise zone under

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

28  Development shall establish the initial effective date of the

29  enterprise zone designated under this section.

30         Section 7.  Section 290.00555, Florida Statutes, is

31  amended to read:


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  1         290.00555  Satellite enterprise zones.--Before December

  2  31, 1999, Any municipality an area of which has previously

  3  received designation as an enterprise zone in the population

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

  5  satellite enterprise zone not exceeding 1.5 square miles in

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

  7  290.0055(4), or any other law, in addition to the previously

  8  designated enterprise zone boundaries. The Office of Tourism,

  9  Trade, and Economic Development shall amend the boundaries of

10  the areas previously designated by any such municipality as

11  enterprise zones upon receipt of a resolution adopted by the

12  municipality describing the satellite enterprise zone areas,

13  as long as the additional areas are consistent with the

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

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

16  apply to such satellite enterprise zone areas.

17         Section 8.  Satellite enterprise zones may be created

18  pursuant to section 290.00555, Florida Statutes, effective

19  retroactively to December 31, 1999. Resolutions adopted to

20  create satellite enterprise zones under this section must be

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

22  Development no later than August 1, 2001. The Office of

23  Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development must amend the

24  boundaries of previously designated enterprise zones to create

25  eligible satellite enterprise zones no later than September 1,

26  2001. Notwithstanding the time limitations contained in

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

28  enterprise zone designated under this section which was

29  eligible to receive tax incentives pursuant to sections

30  212.08(5)(g) and (h) and 212.096, Florida Statutes, during the

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  1  the creation of the satellite enterprise zone must submit an

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

  3  other requirements of the enterprise zone program apply to

  4  such a business.

  5         Section 9.  Notwithstanding any provisions of law to

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

  7  state-designated enterprise zone and a population greater than

  8  500,000 may apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and

  9  Economic Development to amend the boundaries of one

10  noncontiguous area of an enterprise zone. The office shall

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

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

13  criteria, and limitations imposed by section 290.0055, Florida

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

15  enterprise zone boundary-amendment application must be

16  received before December 31, 2001.

17         Section 10.  Subsection (12) is added to section

18  290.0065, Florida Statutes, to read:

19         290.0065  State designation of enterprise zones.--

20         (12)  Before June 1, 2002, the governing body of a

21  municipality that is located within a county having a

22  population of less than 225,000 and in which an enterprise

23  zone designated under subparagraph (3)(a)2. is located may

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

25  Development to change the boundaries of the enterprise zone.

26  The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development shall

27  approve the application if the boundary change does not

28  increase the overall size of the enterprise zone and if any

29  territory added to the enterprise zone as a result of the

30  boundary change is contiguous to the remaining area of the

31  existing enterprise zone.


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