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  2         An act relating to enterprise zones; amending

  3         s. 290.00675, F.S.; authorizing the Office of

  4         Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development to

  5         amend the boundaries of specified communities

  6         and increasing the population limit thereof;

  7         amending s. 290.00676, F.S.; extending the

  8         deadline for requests to amend rural enterprise

  9         zone boundaries; creating s. 290.00679, F.S.;

10         authorizing the amendment of the boundaries of

11         certain rural enterprise zones after

12         recommendation of Enterprise Florida, Inc., and

13         upon recommendation of the local development

14         agency; creating s. 290.00684, F.S.;

15         authorizing Escambia County to apply to the

16         Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic

17         Development for designation of one enterprise

18         zone, notwithstanding certain limitations;

19         providing requirements with respect thereto;

20         providing an effective date.

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

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24         Section 1.  Section 290.00675, Florida Statutes, is

25  amended to read:

26         290.00675  Amendment of certain enterprise zone

27  boundaries.--Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the

28  Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development may amend

29  the boundaries of an area designated as an enterprise zone in

30  a community having a population of 235,000 persons but less

31  than 260,000 245,000, so long as the area does not increase


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 1  the overall size of the zone by greater than 25 acres and the

 2  increased area is contiguous to the existing enterprise zone.

 3  The amendment must also be consistent with the limitations

 4  imposed by s. 290.0055 upon establishment of the enterprise

 5  zone.

 6         Section 2.  Subsection (3) of section 290.00676,

 7  Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

 8         290.00676  Amendment of rural enterprise zone

 9  boundaries.--Notwithstanding any other law, upon

10  recommendation by Enterprise Florida, Inc., the Office of

11  Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development may approve requests

12  to amend the boundaries of rural enterprise zones as defined

13  in s. 290.004(8). Boundary amendments authorized by this

14  section are subject to the following requirements:

15         (3)  The local enterprise zone development agency must

16  request the amendment from Enterprise Florida, Inc., prior to

17  December 30, 2003 2001. The request must contain maps and

18  sufficient information to allow the office to determine the

19  number of noncontiguous areas and the total size of the rural

20  enterprise zone.

21         Section 3.  Section 290.00679, Florida Statutes, is

22  created to read:

23         290.00679  Amendment to certain rural enterprise zone

24  boundaries.--Notwithstanding any other law, upon

25  recommendation by Enterprise Florida, Inc., the Office of

26  Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development may approve requests

27  to amend the boundaries of rural enterprise zones as defined

28  in s. 290.004(8). Boundary amendments authorized by this

29  section are subject to the following requirements:

30         (1)  The amendment may increase the size of the rural

31  enterprise zone up to a maximum zone size of 20 square miles.


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 1         (2)  For purposes of this section, the pervasive

 2  poverty criterion may be set aside.

 3         (3)  The local enterprise zone development agency must

 4  request the amendment from Enterprise Florida, Inc., before

 5  December 31, 2003. The request must contain maps and

 6  sufficient information to allow the office to determine the

 7  total size of the rural enterprise zone.

 8         Section 4.  Enterprise zone designation for Escambia

 9  County.--Escambia County may apply to the Office of Tourism,

10  Trade, and Economic Development for designation of one

11  enterprise zone within the county encompassing an area which

12  shall not exceed 20 square miles and shall have a contiguous

13  boundary or shall consist of not more than three noncontiguous

14  areas. The application must be submitted by December 31, 2003,

15  and must comply with the requirements of section 290.0055,

16  Florida Statutes, except section 290.0055(3), Florida

17  Statutes. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 290.0065,

18  Florida Statutes, limiting the total number of enterprise

19  zones designated and the number of enterprise zones within a

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

21  Economic Development may designate one enterprise zone under

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

23  Development shall establish the initial effective date of the

24  enterprise zone designated pursuant to this section.

25         Section 5.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

26  law.

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