House Bill hb0083c1

    Florida House of Representatives - 2001               CS/HB 83

        By the Council for Competitive Commerce and Representative
    Russell





  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         requirements with respect thereto; creating s.

  9         290.00696, F.S.; authorizing the Office of

10         Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development to

11         designate an enterprise zone in Calhoun County;

12         providing requirements with respect thereto;

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

14         Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic

15         Development to designate an enterprise zone in

16         Okaloosa County; providing requirements with

17         respect thereto; providing an effective date.

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

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21         Section 1.  Section 290.00695, Florida Statutes, is

22  created to read:

23         290.00695  Enterprise zone designation for Hernando

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

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

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

27  Development for designation of one enterprise zone within the

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

29  encompasses an area up to 10 contiguous square miles starting

30  north of the City of Brooksville with properties within the

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

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

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

  3  State Road 50 Bypass east to the intersection of Jefferson

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

  5  Brooksville; those lands encompassing the areas north and

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

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

  8  State Road 50 Bypass south to the proposed Ayers Road

  9  Extension; those lands encompassing the Hernando County

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

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

12  portions along Spring Hill Drive east and west of the

13  intersection with California Street; and those lands adjacent

14  to Anderson Snow Road and Corporate Boulevard known as Holland

15  Springs Industrial Park. The application must be submitted by

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

17  290.0055. Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 290.0065

18  limiting the total number of enterprise zones designated and

19  the number of enterprise zones within a population category

20  and s. 290.0058 setting forth pervasive poverty, unemployment,

21  and general distress criteria, the Office of Tourism, Trade,

22  and Economic Development may designate one enterprise zone

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

24  Development shall establish the initial effective date of the

25  enterprise zone designated under this section.

26         Section 2.  Section 290.00696, Florida Statutes, is

27  created to read:

28         290.00696  Enterprise zone designation for Calhoun

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

30  Trade, and Economic Development for designation of one

31  enterprise zone within an area in Calhoun County. The

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

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

  3  (3). Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 290.0065 limiting

  4  the total number of enterprise zones designated and the number

  5  of enterprise zones within a population category, the Office

  6  of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development may designate one

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

  8  Trade, and Economic Development shall establish the initial

  9  effective date of the enterprise zone designated under this

10  section.

11         Section 3.  Section 290.00697, Florida Statutes, is

12  created to read:

13         290.00697  Enterprise zone designation for Okaloosa

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

15  Trade, and Economic Development for designation of one

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

17  encompasses an area up to 10 square miles.  The application

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

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

20  Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 290.0065 limiting the

21  total number of enterprise zones designated and the number of

22  enterprise zones within a population category, the Office of

23  Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development may designate one

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

25  Trade, and Economic Development shall establish the initial

26  effective date of the enterprise zone designated under this

27  section.

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

29  law.

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