Senate Bill sb2582c1

    Florida Senate - 2003                           CS for SB 2582

    By the Committee on Commerce, Economic Opportunities, and
    Consumer Services; and Senator Bullard




    310-2368-03

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to enterprise zones; amending

  3         s. 290.0065, F.S.; authorizing certain counties

  4         to apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and

  5         Economic Development to amend existing

  6         enterprise zone boundaries under specified

  7         conditions and in accordance with certain

  8         criteria; providing an effective date.

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

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12         Section 1.  Subsection (12) is added to section

13  290.0065, Florida Statutes, to read:

14         290.0065  State designation of enterprise zones.--

15         (12)  Before December 31, 2003, any county as defined

16  in s. 125.011(1) may apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade,

17  and Economic Development to amend the boundaries of an

18  existing enterprise zone for the purpose of replacing an area

19  of not more than 75 acres which is not suitable for

20  development with an area of the same number of acres which is

21  suitable for development. The area suitable for development

22  must be contiguous to the existing enterprise zone and must be

23  part of a revitalization area that has been targeted for

24  assistance by the county. The area suitable for development

25  also must be contiguous to a zoo and the county must have

26  previously completed a master plan for development of the

27  area. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development

28  shall approve the amendment effective January 1, 2004, if the

29  enterprise zone remains consistent with the criteria and

30  conditions imposed by s. 290.0055 upon the establishment of

31  enterprise zones, including the requirement that the area

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    Florida Senate - 2003                           CS for SB 2582
    310-2368-03




 1  suffer from pervasive poverty, unemployment, and general

 2  distress.

 3         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.

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 5          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
 6                         Senate Bill 2582

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 8  The committee substitute authorizes Miami-Dade County to apply
    to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development to
 9  replace 75 acres of land within its enterprise zone with 75
    acres of land suitable for development contiguous to a zoo.
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