SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 2164
    Amendment No. 3   Barcode 503814
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11  The Committee on Finance and Taxation recommended the
12  following substitute for amendment (891668):
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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 290.00676, Florida Statutes, is
19  amended to read:
20         290.00676  Amendment of rural enterprise zone
21  boundaries.--Notwithstanding any other law, upon
22  recommendation by Enterprise Florida, Inc., the Office of
23  Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development may approve requests
24  to amend the boundaries of rural enterprise zones as defined
25  in s. 290.004(8). Boundary amendments authorized by this
26  section are subject to the following requirements:
27         (1)  The amendment may increase the size of the rural
28  enterprise zone up to a maximum zone size of 20 square miles.
29         (2)  The amendment may increase the zone's number of
30  noncontiguous areas by one, if the additional noncontiguous
31  area has zero population.
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SENATE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2164 Amendment No. 3 Barcode 503814 1 (3) For purposes of this section subsection, the 2 pervasive poverty criteria may be set aside for the addition 3 of a noncontiguous area. 4 (4)(3) The local enterprise zone development agency 5 must request the amendment from Enterprise Florida, Inc., 6 prior to December 30, 2003 2001. The request must contain maps 7 and sufficient information to allow the office to determine 8 the number of noncontiguous areas and the total size of the 9 rural enterprise zone. 10 11 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 12 13 14 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 15 And the title is amended as follows: 16 On page 1, line 6, after the semicolon, 17 18 insert: 19 amending s. 290.00676, F.S.; changing the 20 criteria for rural enterprise zone boundary 21 amendments; extending the deadline for requests 22 to amend rural enterprise zone boundaries; 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2 9:50 AM 04/23/03 s2164.ft.03