House Bill hb0461c1

    Florida House of Representatives - 2002              CS/HB 461

        By the Committee on Economic Development & International
    Trade and Representative Ball





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to enterprise zones; creating

  3         s. 290.00686, F.S.; authorizing the Office of

  4         Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development to

  5         designate an enterprise zone in Brevard County;

  6         providing requirements with respect thereto;

  7         authorizing the City of Pensacola to apply to

  8         the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic

  9         Development to designate an enterprise zone in

10         the City of Pensacola; authorizing the office

11         to designate one enterprise zone in the City of

12         Pensacola; providing requirements with respect

13         thereto; authorizing Leon County, or Leon

14         County and the City of Tallahassee jointly, to

15         apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and

16         Economic Development to designate an enterprise

17         zone in Leon County; authorizing the office to

18         designate one enterprise zone notwithstanding

19         certain limitations; providing requirements

20         with respect thereto; providing an effective

21         date.

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

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25         Section 1.  Section 290.00686, Florida Statutes, is

26  created to read:

27         290.00686  Enterprise zone designation for Brevard

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

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

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

31  Economic Development for designation of one enterprise zone

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  1  encompassing an area which includes the boundaries of the

  2  three community redevelopment areas established pursuant to

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

  4  December 31, 2002, and must comply with the requirements of s.

  5  290.0055. Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 290.0065

  6  limiting the total number of enterprise zones designated and

  7  the number of enterprise zones within a population category,

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

  9  designate one enterprise zone under this section. The Office

10  of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development shall establish

11  the initial effective date of the enterprise zone designated

12  pursuant to this section.

13         Section 2.  Enterprise zone designation for the City of

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

15  Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development for designation of

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

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

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

19  requirements of s. 290.0055, Florida Statutes, except

20  subsection (3) thereof. Notwithstanding the provisions of s.

21  290.0065, Florida Statutes, limiting the total number of

22  enterprise zones designated and the number of enterprise zones

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

24  and Economic Development may designate one enterprise zone

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

26  Development shall establish the initial effective date of the

27  enterprise zone designated pursuant to this section.

28         Section 3.  Enterprise zone designation for Leon

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

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

31  Trade, and Economic Development for designation of one

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

  2  20 square miles and shall have a continuous boundary, or

  3  consist of not more than three noncontiguous areas per s.

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

  5  encompass an area or areas within the following Census tracts

  6  for Leon County pursuant to the 1990 Census:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

18  11.01, block group 1; census tract 11.01, block group 2;

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

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

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

22  13, block group 2; census tract 14, block group 1; census

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

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

25  5; census tract 15, block group 1; census tract 16.01, block

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

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

28  19, block group 3; census tract 19, block group 4; census

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  8  group 4.

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

11  must comply with the requirements of s. 290.0055, Florida

12  Statutes.  Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 290.0065,

13  Florida Statutes, limiting the total number of enterprise

14  zones designated and the number of enterprise zones within a

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

16  Economic Development may designate one enterprise zone under

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

18  Development shall establish the initial effective date of the

19  enterprise zone designated pursuant to this section.

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

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