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    By the Committees on Finance and Taxation; Commerce and
    Economic Opportunities; and Senator Meek




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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to enterprise zones;

  3         authorizing certain counties to apply for

  4         amendment of enterprise zone boundary lines;

  5         providing deadlines; prescribing conditions

  6         applicable to the areas proposed for addition

  7         to the enterprise zones; directing the Office

  8         of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development to

  9         approve such amendments under certain

10         conditions; providing for application of this

11         act; creating s. 290.00686, F.S.; authorizing

12         the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic

13         Development to designate an enterprise zone in

14         Brevard County; providing requirements with

15         respect thereto; authorizing the City of

16         Pensacola to apply to the Office of Tourism,

17         Trade, and Economic Development to designate an

18         enterprise zone in the City of Pensacola;

19         authorizing the office to designate one

20         enterprise zone in the City of Pensacola;

21         providing requirements with respect thereto;

22         authorizing Leon County, or Leon County and the

23         City of Tallahassee jointly, to apply to the

24         Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic

25         Development to designate an enterprise zone in

26         Leon County; authorizing the office to

27         designate one enterprise zone notwithstanding

28         certain limitations; providing requirements

29         with respect thereto; providing an effective

30         date.

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

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  3         Section 1.  Notwithstanding any provisions in section

  4  290.0055, Florida Statutes, regarding the size of an

  5  enterprise zone, a county as defined in section 125.011(1),

  6  Florida Statutes, may apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade,

  7  and Economic Development before October 1, 2002, to amend the

  8  boundary lines of its existing enterprise zone in order to add

  9  an area not exceeding 4 square miles. The area proposed for

10  addition to the enterprise zone under this section must be

11  contiguous to a portion of the existing enterprise zone and

12  must be part of a revitalization area that has been targeted

13  for assistance by the county or by a municipality within the

14  county. The area proposed for addition to the enterprise zone

15  also must contain a high concentration of individuals who have

16  immigrated to this state from Haiti. The Office of Tourism,

17  Trade, and Economic Development shall approve an amendment to

18  the enterprise zone boundary lines, effective January 1, 2003,

19  provided that the area proposed for addition to the enterprise

20  zone is consistent with the criteria and conditions imposed by

21  section 290.0055, Florida Statutes, upon the establishment of

22  enterprise zones, including the requirement that the area

23  suffer from pervasive poverty, unemployment, and general

24  distress.

25         Section 2.  Notwithstanding any provisions in section

26  290.0055, Florida Statutes, regarding the size of an

27  enterprise zone, a county as defined in section 125.011(1),

28  Florida Statutes, may apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade,

29  and Economic Development before October 1, 2002, to amend the

30  boundary lines of its existing enterprise zone in order to add

31  an area not exceeding 4 square miles. The area proposed for

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  1  addition to the enterprise zone under this section must be

  2  contiguous to a portion of the existing enterprise zone and

  3  must be part of a revitalization area that has been targeted

  4  for assistance by a commission authorized in section 163.06,

  5  Florida Statutes. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic

  6  Development shall approve an amendment to the enterprise zone

  7  boundary lines, effective January 1, 2003, provided that the

  8  area proposed for addition to the enterprise zone is

  9  consistent with the criteria and conditions imposed by section

10  290.0055, Florida Statutes, upon the establishment of

11  enterprise zones, including the requirement that the area

12  suffer from pervasive poverty, unemployment, and general

13  distress. The area proposed for addition to the enterprise

14  zone under this section may not include any property used for

15  the benefit of a professional sports franchise. Any portion of

16  the area designated under this section by the Office of

17  Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development as an addition to an

18  enterprise zone shall automatically lose its status as part of

19  an enterprise zone if such portion subsequently includes

20  property used for the benefit of a professional sports

21  franchise.

22         Section 3.  Sections of this act authorizing a county

23  as defined in section 125.011(1), Florida Statutes, to amend

24  and expand the boundary lines of an existing enterprise zone

25  are not mutually exclusive.

26         Section 4.  Section 290.00686, Florida Statutes, is

27  created to read:

28         290.00686  Enterprise zone designation for Brevard

29  County, Cocoa, or Brevard County and Cocoa.--Brevard County,

30  the City of Cocoa, or Brevard County and the City of Cocoa

31  jointly, may apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and

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  1  Economic Development for designation of one enterprise zone

  2  encompassing an area which includes the boundaries of the

  3  three community redevelopment areas established pursuant to

  4  part III of chapter 163. The application must be submitted by

  5  December 31, 2002, and must comply with the requirements of

  6  section 290.0055. Notwithstanding the provisions of section

  7  290.0065 limiting the total number of enterprise zones

  8  designated and the number of enterprise zones within a

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

10  Economic Development may designate one enterprise zone under

11  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 5.  Enterprise zone designation for the City of

15  Pensacola.--The City of Pensacola may apply to the Office of

16  Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development for designation of

17  one enterprise zone within the city, which zone encompasses an

18  area up to 10 contiguous square miles.  The application must

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

20  requirements of section 290.0055, Florida Statutes, except

21  subsection (3) thereof. Notwithstanding the provisions of

22  section 290.0065, Florida Statutes, limiting the total number

23  of enterprise zones designated and the number of enterprise

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

25  Trade, and Economic Development may designate one enterprise

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

27  Economic Development shall establish the initial effective

28  date of the enterprise zone designated pursuant to this

29  section.

30         Section 6.  Enterprise zone designation for Leon

31  County.--Leon County, or Leon County and the City of

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  1  Tallahassee jointly, may apply to the Office of Tourism,

  2  Trade, and Economic Development for designation of one

  3  enterprise zone, the selected area of which shall not exceed

  4  20 square miles and shall have a continuous boundary, or

  5  consist of not more than three noncontiguous areas per section

  6  290.0055(4)(a), Florida Statutes.  The enterprise zone shall

  7  encompass an area or areas within the following Census tracts

  8  for Leon County pursuant to the 1990 Census:

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10  Census tract 1, block group 1;  census tract 2, block group 1;

11  census tract 2, block group 3;  census tract 2, block group 4;

12  census tract 3, block group 1; census tract 4, block group 1;

13  census tract 4, block group 2;  census tract 5, block group 1;

14  census tract 5, block group 2; census tract 6, block group 1;

15  census tract 6, block group 2; census tract 6, block group 3;

16  census tract 6, block group 4; census tract 7, block group 1;

17  census tract 7, block group 2; census tract 7, block group 3;

18  census tract 10.01, block group 1; census tract 10.01, block

19  group 2; census tract 10.01, block group 3; census tract

20  11.01, block group 1; census tract 11.01, block group 2;

21  census tract 11.01, block group 3; census tract 11.02, block

22  group 1; census tract 11.02, block group 3; census tract 12,

23  block group 1; census tract 13, block group 1; census tract

24  13, block group 2; census tract 14, block group 1; census

25  tract 14, block group 2; census tract 14, block group 3;

26  census tract 14, block group 4; census tract 14, block group

27  5; census tract 15, block group 1; census tract 16.01, block

28  group 1; census tract 18, block group 3; census tract 18,

29  block group 4; census tract 19, block group 1; census tract

30  19, block group 3; census tract 19, block group 4; census

31  tract 20.01, block group 1; census tract 20.01, block group 2;

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  1  census tract 20.01, block group 3; census tract 20.01, block

  2  group 4; census tract 20.01, block group 5; census tract

  3  20.02, block group 1; census tract 20.02, block group 2;

  4  census tract 20.02, block group 3; census tract 20.02, block

  5  group 5; census tract 21, block group 1; census tract 21,

  6  block group 3; census tract 21, block group 4; census tract

  7  21, block group 5; census tract 21, block group 7; census

  8  tract 22.01, block group 1; census tract 23.01, block group 3;

  9  census tract 23.01, block group 5; census tract 26.02, block

10  group 4.

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12  The application must be submitted by December 31, 2002, and

13  must comply with the requirements of section 290.0055, Florida

14  Statutes.  Notwithstanding the provisions of section 290.0065,

15  Florida Statutes, limiting the total number of enterprise

16  zones designated and the number of enterprise zones within a

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

18  Economic Development may designate one enterprise zone under

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

20  Development shall establish the initial effective date of the

21  enterprise zone designated pursuant to this section.

22         Section 7.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

23  law.

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25          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
26                            CS/SB 1088

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28  This committee substitute authorizes three additional
    enterprise zones, in Brevard County, Pensacola, and Leon
29  County, in addition to the Miami-Dade enterprise zone
    expansions included in the bill.
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