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11 Senators Atwater and Klein moved the following amendment:
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18 Section 3. Subsections (3), (7), and (15) of section
19 403.973, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
20 403.973 Expedited permitting; comprehensive plan
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22 (3)(a) The Governor, through the office, shall direct
23 the creation of regional permit action teams, for the purpose
24 of expediting review of permit applications and local
25 comprehensive plan amendments submitted by:
26 1. Businesses creating at least 100 jobs, or
27 2. Businesses creating at least 50 jobs if the project
28 is located in an enterprise zone, or in a county having a
29 population of less than 75,000 or in a county having a
30 population of less than 100,000 which is contiguous to a
31 county having a population of less than 75,000, as determined
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1 by the most recent decennial census, residing in incorporated
2 and unincorporated areas of the county, or
3 (b) On a case-by-case basis and at the request of a
4 county or municipal government, the office may certify as
5 eligible for expedited review a project not meeting the
6 minimum job creation thresholds but creating a minimum of 10
7 jobs. The recommendation from the governing body of the county
8 or municipality in which the project may be located is
9 required in order for the office to certify that any project
10 is eligible for expedited review under this paragraph. When
11 considering projects that do not meet the minimum job creation
12 thresholds but that are recommended by the governing body in
13 which the project may be located, the office shall consider
14 economic impact factors that include, but are not limited to:
15 1. The proposed wage and skill levels relative to
16 those existing in the area in which the project may be
17 located;
18 2. The project's potential to diversify and strengthen
19 the area's economy;
20 3. The amount of capital investment; and
21 4. The number of jobs that will be made available for
22 persons served by the welfare transition program.
23 (c) At the request of a county or municipal
24 government, the office or a Quick Permitting County may
25 certify projects located in counties where the ratio of new
26 jobs per participant in the welfare transition program, as
27 determined by Workforce Florida, Inc., is less than one or
28 otherwise critical, as eligible for the expedited permitting
29 process. Such projects must meet the numerical job creation
30 criteria of this subsection, but the jobs created by the
31 project do not have to be high-wage jobs that diversify the
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1 state's economy.
2 (d) Projects located in a designated brownfield area
3 are eligible for the expedited permitting process.
4 (e) Projects that are part of the state-of-the-art
5 biomedical research institution and campus to be established
6 in this state by the grantee under s. 288.955 are eligible for
7 the expedited permitting process, if the projects are
8 designated as part of the institution or campus by the board
9 of county commissioners of the county in which the institution
10 and campus are established.
11 (7) The local government shall hold a duly noticed
12 public hearing to execute a memorandum of agreement for each
13 qualified project. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
14 and at the option of the local government, the workshop
15 provided for in subsection (6) may be conducted on the same
16 date as the public hearing held under this subsection. The
17 memorandum of agreement that a local government signs shall
18 include a provision identifying necessary local government
19 procedures and time limits that will be modified to allow for
20 the local government decision on the project within 90 days.
21 The memorandum of agreement applies to projects, on a
22 case-by-case basis, that qualify for special review and
23 approval as specified in this section. The memorandum of
24 agreement must make it clear that this expedited permitting
25 and review process does not modify, qualify, or otherwise
26 alter existing local government nonprocedural standards for
27 permit applications, unless expressly authorized by law.
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