| 1 | Representative Quinones offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove line(s) 45-79, and insert: |
| 5 | Section 2. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the |
| 6 | contrary, the governing body of an inland county with a state- |
| 7 | designated enterprise zone and a population greater than 500,000 |
| 8 | may apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic |
| 9 | Development to amend the boundaries of one noncontiguous area of |
| 10 | an enterprise zone. The office shall approve the application if |
| 11 | the amended area does not exceed 5 square miles and is |
| 12 | consistent with the categories, criteria, and limitations |
| 13 | imposed by section 290.0055, Florida Statutes, upon the |
| 14 | establishment of such enterprise zone. The application for the |
| 15 | amendment to the enterprise zone boundary must be received by |
| 16 | December 31, 2004. |
| 17 | Section 3. Subsection (11) of section 290.0065, Florida |
| 18 | Statutes, is amended, and subsections (12) and (13) are added to |
| 19 | said section, to read: |
| 20 | 290.0065 State designation of enterprise zones.-- |
| 21 | (11) Before December 31, 2004 June 1, 2002, the governing |
| 22 | body or governing bodies of a county or a municipality in that |
| 23 | is located within a county having a population of more than |
| 24 | 235,000 but less than 260,000 225,000 and in which an enterprise |
| 25 | zone is designated under subparagraph (3)(a)2. is located may |
| 26 | apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development |
| 27 | to change the boundaries of the enterprise zone for the purpose |
| 28 | of replacing areas not suitable for development. The Office of |
| 29 | Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development shall approve the |
| 30 | application made pursuant to this subsection if the boundary |
| 31 | change is consistent with the categories, criteria, and |
| 32 | limitations imposed upon the establishment of such does not |
| 33 | increase the overall size of the enterprise zone and if any |
| 34 | territory added to the enterprise zone as a result of the |
| 35 | boundary change is contiguous to the remaining area of the |
| 36 | existing enterprise zone. |
| 37 | (12) Notwithstanding any provisions in s. 290.0055 |
| 38 | regarding the size of an enterprise zone, any county defined by |
| 39 | s. 125.011(1) may apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and |
| 40 | Economic Development by October 1, 2004, to expand the boundary |
| 41 | of an existing enterprise zone to include an additional 8.7 |
| 42 | square miles. The area must also include areas to the north or |
| 43 | east of the northeasternmost section of an existing enterprise |
| 44 | zone. The expanded area may not include any area not described |
| 45 | in this subsection. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic |
| 46 | Development shall approve an amendment to the boundary of an |
| 47 | enterprise zone under this subsection by January 1, 2005, if the |
| 48 | area proposed for addition to the enterprise zone is consistent |
| 49 | with the criteria and conditions imposed by s. 290.0055 upon the |
| 50 | establishment of enterprise zones, including the requirement |
| 51 | that the area suffer from pervasive poverty, unemployment, and |
| 52 | general distress. |
| 53 | (13) Before November 30, 2004, any county as defined in s. |
| 54 | 125.011 may apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic |
| 55 | Development to change the boundaries of an existing enterprise |
| 56 | zone for the purpose of replacing an area of not more than 75 |
| 57 | acres within the enterprise zone as of January 1, 2004, with an |
| 58 | area of the same number of acres outside the enterprise zone as |
| 59 | of January 1, 2004. The replacement area must be contiguous to |
| 60 | the existing enterprise zone and must be a part of a |
| 61 | revitalization area that has been targeted for assistance by the |
| 62 | county. The replacement area also must be contiguous to a zoo |
| 63 | and the county must have previously completed a master plan for |
| 64 | development of the area. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and |
| 65 | Economic Development shall approve the amendment effective |
| 66 | January 1, 2005, if the enterprise zone remains consistent with |
| 67 | the criteria and conditions imposed by s. 290.0055 upon the |
| 68 | establishment of enterprise zones, including the requirement |
| 69 | that the area suffer from pervasive poverty, unemployment, and |
| 70 | general distress. |
| 71 | Section 4. Section 290.00675, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 72 | to read: |
| 73 | 290.00675 Amendment of certain enterprise zone |
| 74 | boundaries.-- |
| 75 | (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the |
| 76 | Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development may amend the |
| 77 | boundaries of an area designated as an enterprise zone in a |
| 78 | community having a population of 235,000 persons but less than |
| 79 | 260,000, so long as the area does not increase the overall size |
| 80 | of the zone by greater than 25 acres and the increased area is |
| 81 | contiguous to the existing enterprise zone. The amendment must |
| 82 | also be consistent with the limitations imposed by s. 290.0055 |
| 83 | upon establishment of the enterprise zone. |
| 84 | (2) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the |
| 85 | Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development may approve |
| 86 | requests to amend the boundaries of an area designated as an |
| 87 | enterprise zone in a community having a population of 50,000 |
| 88 | persons but fewer than 60,000, so long as the area does not |
| 89 | increase the overall size of the zone by greater than 400 acres |
| 90 | and the increased area is contiguous to the existing enterprise |
| 91 | zone. The amendment must also be consistent with the limitations |
| 92 | imposed by s. 290.0055 upon establishment of the enterprise |
| 93 | zone. Such request must be submitted to the Office of Tourism, |
| 94 | Trade, and Economic Development prior to December 31, 2004. |
| 95 | Section 5. Section 290.00688, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 96 | to read: |
| 97 | 290.00688 Enterprise zone designation for Leon |
| 98 | County.--Leon County, or Leon County and the City of Tallahassee |
| 99 | Leon County, or Leon County and the City of Tallahassee jointly, |
| 100 | may apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic |
| 101 | Development for designation of one enterprise zone, the selected |
| 102 | area of which shall not exceed 20 square miles and shall have a |
| 103 | continuous boundary, or consist of not more than three |
| 104 | noncontiguous areas per s. 290.0055(4)(a). The enterprise zone |
| 105 | shall encompass an area or areas within the following census |
| 106 | tracts for Leon County pursuant to the 1990 Census: |
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| 108 | Census tract 1, block group 1; census tract 2, block group 1; |
| 109 | census tract 2, block group 3; census tract 2, block group 4; |
| 110 | census tract 3, block group 1; census tract 4, block group 1; |
| 111 | census tract 4, block group 2; census tract 5, block group 1; |
| 112 | census tract 5, block group 2; census tract 6, block group 1; |
| 113 | census tract 6, block group 2; census tract 6, block group 3; |
| 114 | census tract 6, block group 4; census tract 7, block group 1; |
| 115 | census tract 7, block group 2; census tract 7, block group 3; |
| 116 | census tract 10.01, block group 1; census tract 10.01, block |
| 117 | group 2; census tract 10.01, block group 3; census tract 11.01, |
| 118 | block group 1; census tract 11.01, block group 2; census tract |
| 119 | 11.01, block group 3; census tract 11.02, block group 1; census |
| 120 | tract 11.02, block group 3; census tract 12, block group 1; |
| 121 | census tract 13, block group 1; census tract 13, block group 2; |
| 122 | census tract 14, block group 1; census tract 14, block group 2; |
| 123 | census tract 14, block group 3; census tract 14, block group 4; |
| 124 | census tract 14, block group 5; census tract 15, block group 1; |
| 125 | census tract 16.01, block group 1; census tract 18, block group |
| 126 | 3; census tract 18, block group 4; census tract 19, block group |
| 127 | 1; census tract 19, block group 3; census tract 19, block group |
| 128 | 4; census tract 20.01, block group 1; census tract 20.01, block |
| 129 | group 2; census tract 20.01, block group 3; census tract 20.01, |
| 130 | block group 4; census tract 20.01, block group 5; census tract |
| 131 | 20.02, block group 1; census tract 20.02, block group 2; census |
| 132 | tract 20.02, block group 3; census tract 20.02, block group 5; |
| 133 | census tract 21, block group 1; census tract 21, block group 3; |
| 134 | census tract 21, block group 4; census tract 21, block group 5; |
| 135 | census tract 21, block group 7; census tract 22.01, block group |
| 136 | 1; census tract 23.01, block group 3; census tract 23.01, block |
| 137 | group 5; census tract 26.02, block group 4. |
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| 139 | The application must be submitted by December 31, 2002, and must |
| 140 | comply with the requirements of s. 290.0055. Notwithstanding the |
| 141 | provisions of s. 290.0065 limiting the total number of |
| 142 | enterprise zones designated and the number of enterprise zones |
| 143 | within a population category, the Office of Tourism, Trade, and |
| 144 | Economic Development may designate one enterprise zone under |
| 145 | this section. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic |
| 146 | Development shall establish the initial effective date of the |
| 147 | enterprise zone designated pursuant to this section. |
| 148 | Section 6. Section 290.00703, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 149 | to read: |
| 150 | 290.00703 Enterprise zone designation for the City of |
| 151 | South Daytona.--The City of South Daytona may apply to the |
| 152 | Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development for |
| 153 | designation of one enterprise zone within the city. The |
| 154 | application must be submitted by December 31, 2004, and must |
| 155 | comply with the requirements of s. 290.0055. Notwithstanding the |
| 156 | provisions of s. 290.0065 limiting the total number of |
| 157 | enterprise zones designated and the number of enterprise zones |
| 158 | within a population category, the Office of Tourism, Trade, and |
| 159 | Economic Development may designate one enterprise zone under |
| 160 | this section. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic |
| 161 | Development shall establish the initial effective date of the |
| 162 | enterprise zone designated under this section. |
| 163 | Section 7. Section 290.00704, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 164 | to read: |
| 165 | 290.00704 Enterprise zone designation for the City of Lake |
| 166 | Wales.--The City of Lake Wales may apply to the Office of |
| 167 | Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development for designation of one |
| 168 | enterprise zone for an area within the City of Lake Wales, which |
| 169 | zone shall encompass an area up to 3 contiguous square miles. |
| 170 | The application must be submitted by December 31, 2004, and must |
| 171 | comply with the requirements of s. 290.0055. Notwithstanding the |
| 172 | provisions of s. 290.0065, limiting the total number of |
| 173 | enterprise zones designated and the number of enterprise zones |
| 174 | within a population category, the Office of Tourism, Trade, and |
| 175 | Economic Development may designate one enterprise zone under |
| 176 | this section. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic |
| 177 | Development shall establish the initial effective date of the |
| 178 | enterprise zone designated pursuant to this section. |
| 179 | Section 8. Enterprise zone designation for Walton |
| 180 | County.--Walton County may apply to the Office of Tourism, |
| 181 | -Walton County may apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and |
| 182 | Economic Development for designation of one enterprise zone |
| 183 | within an area in Walton County which encompasses up to 6 square |
| 184 | miles. The application must be submitted by December 31, 2004, |
| 185 | and must comply with the requirements of section 290.0055, |
| 186 | Florida Statutes, except subsection (3) thereof. Notwithstanding |
| 187 | section 290.0065, Florida Statutes, limiting the total number of |
| 188 | enterprise zones designated and the number of enterprise zones |
| 189 | within a population category, the Office of Tourism, Trade, and |
| 190 | Economic Development may designate one enterprise zone under |
| 191 | this section. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic |
| 192 | Development shall establish the initial effective date of the |
| 193 | enterprise zone designated pursuant to this section. |
| 194 | Section 9. Enterprise zone designation for the City of |
| 195 | West Miami.--Miami-Dade County or Miami-Dade County, jointly |
| 196 | with the City of West Miami, may apply to the Office of Tourism, |
| 197 | Trade, and Economic Development for designation of one |
| 198 | enterprise zone within the City of West Miami. The application |
| 199 | must be submitted by December 31, 2004, and must comply with the |
| 200 | requirements of section 290.0055, Florida Statutes. |
| 201 | Notwithstanding the provisions of section 290.0065, Florida |
| 202 | Statutes, limiting the total number of enterprise zones |
| 203 | designated and the number of enterprise zones within a |
| 204 | population category, the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic |
| 205 | Development may designate one enterprise zone under this |
| 206 | section. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development |
| 207 | shall establish the initial effective date of the enterprise |
| 208 | zone designated under this section. |
| 209 | Section 10. (1) Notwithstanding the limitation in section |
| 210 | 290.0065, Florida Statutes, on the number of enterprise zones |
| 211 | within a population category, the Office of Tourism, Trade, and |
| 212 | Economic Development shall designate, upon joint application by |
| 213 | Miami-Dade County and the City of Hialeah, an area within the |
| 214 | municipality of the City of Hialeah in an area bounded by 32nd |
| 215 | Street, 21st Street, Palm Avenue, and East 4th Avenue as an |
| 216 | enterprise zone. The application must be submitted by June 1, |
| 217 | 2004, and must comply with the requirements of section 290.0055, |
| 218 | Florida Statutes, except for paragraph (4)(d). The effective |
| 219 | date of the enterprise zone is July 1, 2004. |
| 220 | (2) This section shall take effect upon becoming a law. |
| 221 | Section 11. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a |
| 222 | governing body located wholly within the boundaries of a |
| 223 | consolidated government may apply to the Office of Tourism, |
| 224 | Trade, and Economic Development to amend the boundary of its |
| 225 | existing enterprise zone. The area proposed for addition to the |
| 226 | enterprise zone must include the three noncontiguous areas |
| 227 | designated as a federal empowerment zone under the 2000 |
| 228 | Community Renewal Tax Relief Act without any limitations as to |
| 229 | size. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development may |
| 230 | approve an amendment to the enterprise zone boundary lines if |
| 231 | the application is submitted before December 31, 2004, and meets |
| 232 | the requirements of this section. |
| 233 | Section 12. If any provision of this act or its |
| 234 | application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the |
| 235 | invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of |
| 236 | the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision |
| 237 | or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are |
| 238 | severable. |
| 239 | Section 13. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this |
| 240 | act, this act shall take effect July 1, 2004. |
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| 243 | ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ============= |
| 244 | Remove line(s) 14-24, and insert: |
| 245 | thereto; authorizing the governing bodies of certain counties to |
| 246 | apply to the office to change the boundaries of enterprise |
| 247 | zones; prescribing conditions and deadlines related to the |
| 248 | boundary changes; amending s. 290.0065, F.S.; authorizing |
| 249 | certain counties or municipalities to apply to the Office of |
| 250 | Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development to change enterprise |
| 251 | zone boundaries; prescribing conditions and deadlines related to |
| 252 | the boundary changes; amending s. 290.00675, F.S.; authorizing |
| 253 | the office to approve requests to amend the boundaries of an |
| 254 | enterprise zone in a community with a specified population; |
| 255 | limiting the number of acres by which the size of the enterprise |
| 256 | zone may increase; amending s. 290.00688, F.S.; deleting census |
| 257 | tract provisions relating to the boundaries of an enterprise |
| 258 | zone in Leon County; creating ss. 290.00703 and 290.00704, F.S.; |
| 259 | authorizing Walton County, Miami-Dade County or Miami-Dade |
| 260 | County and the City of West Miami jointly, and Miami-Dade County |
| 261 | and the City of Hialeah jointly to apply to the office for |
| 262 | designation of enterprise zones; providing requirements and |
| 263 | conditions with respect thereto; authorizing the governing |
| 264 | bodies of certain counties to apply to the office to change the |
| 265 | boundaries of enterprise zones; prescribing conditions and |
| 266 | deadlines related to the boundary changes; providing |
| 267 | severability; providing effective dates. |