| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to enterprise zones; amending s. 290.0065, |
| 3 | F.S.; authorizing certain counties to apply to the Office |
| 4 | of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development to amend |
| 5 | existing enterprise zone boundaries under specified |
| 6 | conditions and in accordance with certain criteria; |
| 7 | providing an effective date. |
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| 9 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 11 | Section 1. Subsection (12) is added to section 290.0065, |
| 12 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 13 | 290.0065 State designation of enterprise zones.-- |
| 14 | (12) Before November 30, 2004, any county as defined in s. |
| 15 | 125.011 may apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic |
| 16 | Development to change the boundaries of an existing enterprise |
| 17 | zone for the purpose of replacing an area of not more than 75 |
| 18 | acres within the enterprise zone as of January 1, 2004, with an |
| 19 | area of the same number of acres outside the enterprise zone as |
| 20 | of January 1, 2004. The replacement area must be contiguous to |
| 21 | the existing enterprise zone and must be a part of a |
| 22 | revitalization area that has been targeted for assistance by the |
| 23 | county. The replacement area also must be contiguous to a zoo |
| 24 | and the county must have previously completed a master plan for |
| 25 | development of the area. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and |
| 26 | Economic Development shall approve the amendment effective |
| 27 | January 1, 2005, if the enterprise zone remains consistent with |
| 28 | the criteria and conditions imposed by s. 290.0055 upon the |
| 29 | establishment of enterprise zones, including the requirement |
| 30 | that the area suffer from pervasive poverty, unemployment, and |
| 31 | general distress. |
| 32 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2004. |