SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 2164
    Amendment No. 2   Barcode 302350
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11  The Committee on Finance and Taxation recommended the
12  following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 1, between lines 23 and 24,
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18         Section 2.  Section 290.00698, Florida Statutes, is
19  amended to read:
20         290.00698  Enterprise zone designation for Okaloosa
21  County.--
22         (1)  Okaloosa County may apply to the Office of
23  Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development for designation of
24  one enterprise zone within an area in Okaloosa County, which
25  zone encompasses an area up to 6 square miles.  The
26  application must be submitted by December 31, 2001, and must
27  comply with the requirements of s. 290.0055, except subsection
28  (3) thereof. Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 290.0065
29  limiting the total number of enterprise zones designated and
30  the number of enterprise zones within a population category,
31  the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development may
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SENATE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2164 Amendment No. 2 Barcode 302350 1 designate one enterprise zone under this section. The Office 2 of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development shall establish 3 the initial effective date of the enterprise zone designated 4 pursuant to this section. 5 (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 6 Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development may approve 7 a request by Okaloosa County to amend the boundaries of the 8 area designated as an enterprise zone under this section if 9 the amendment does not increase the overall size of the 10 enterprise zone by more than 1 square mile. The amendment must 11 also be consistent with the limitations imposed by s. 12 290.0055. Such a request must be submitted to the office 13 before December 31, 2003. 14 15 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 16 17 18 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 19 And the title is amended as follows: 20 On page 1 line 6, after the semicolon, 21 22 insert: 23 amending s. 290.00698, F.S.; authorizing the 24 Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic 25 Development to approve a request to amend the 26 boundaries of the Okaloosa County Enterprise 27 Zone under certain conditions; 28 29 30 31 2 9:50 AM 04/23/03 s2164.ft.02