| 1 | The Committee on Commerce recommends the following: |
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| 3 | Committee Substitute |
| 4 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
| 5 | A bill to be entitled |
| 6 | An act relating to enterprise zones; amending s. |
| 7 | 290.0065, F.S.; authorizing certain counties to apply to |
| 8 | the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development to |
| 9 | amend existing enterprise zone boundaries under specified |
| 10 | conditions and in accordance with certain criteria; |
| 11 | creating s. 290.00703, F.S.; authorizing the City of |
| 12 | South Daytona to apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade, |
| 13 | and Economic Development to designate an enterprise zone |
| 14 | within an area of the City of South Daytona; authorizing |
| 15 | the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development to |
| 16 | designate one enterprise zone in the City of South |
| 17 | Daytona; providing requirements with respect thereto; |
| 18 | authorizing the governing body of certain counties to |
| 19 | apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic |
| 20 | Development to amend the boundaries of a certain area |
| 21 | within a certain enterprise zone; requiring the office to |
| 22 | approve the application under certain circumstances; |
| 23 | providing requirements; providing an effective date. |
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| 25 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 27 | Section 1. Subsection (12) is added to section 290.0065, |
| 28 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 29 | 290.0065 State designation of enterprise zones.-- |
| 30 | (12) Before November 30, 2004, any county as defined in s. |
| 31 | 125.011 may apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic |
| 32 | Development to change the boundaries of an existing enterprise |
| 33 | zone for the purpose of replacing an area of not more than 75 |
| 34 | acres within the enterprise zone as of January 1, 2004, with an |
| 35 | area of the same number of acres outside the enterprise zone as |
| 36 | of January 1, 2004. The replacement area must be contiguous to |
| 37 | the existing enterprise zone and must be a part of a |
| 38 | revitalization area that has been targeted for assistance by the |
| 39 | county. The replacement area also must be contiguous to a zoo |
| 40 | and the county must have previously completed a master plan for |
| 41 | development of the area. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and |
| 42 | Economic Development shall approve the amendment effective |
| 43 | January 1, 2005, if the enterprise zone remains consistent with |
| 44 | the criteria and conditions imposed by s. 290.0055 upon the |
| 45 | establishment of enterprise zones, including the requirement |
| 46 | that the area suffer from pervasive poverty, unemployment, and |
| 47 | general distress. |
| 48 | Section 2. Section 290.00703, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 49 | to read: |
| 50 | 290.00703 Enterprise zone designation for the City of |
| 51 | South Daytona.--The City of South Daytona may apply to the |
| 52 | Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development for |
| 53 | designation of one enterprise zone within the city. The |
| 54 | application must be submitted by December 31, 2004, and must |
| 55 | comply with the requirements of s. 290.0055. Notwithstanding the |
| 56 | provisions of s. 290.0065 limiting the total number of |
| 57 | enterprise zones designated and the number of enterprise zones |
| 58 | within a population category, the Office of Tourism, Trade, and |
| 59 | Economic Development may designate one enterprise zone under |
| 60 | this section. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic |
| 61 | Development shall establish the initial effective date of the |
| 62 | enterprise zone designated under this section. |
| 63 | Section 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of chapter |
| 64 | 290, Florida Statutes, the governing body of any inland county, |
| 65 | with a state-designated enterprise zone and a population greater |
| 66 | than 500,000, may apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and |
| 67 | Economic Development to amend the boundaries of such an |
| 68 | enterprise zone. The increased areas shall be contiguous to the |
| 69 | existing enterprise zone. The office shall approve the |
| 70 | application as long as the amended area does not exceed 5 square |
| 71 | miles and is consistent with the categories, criteria, and |
| 72 | limitations imposed by s. 290.0055, Florida Statutes, upon the |
| 73 | establishment of such enterprise zone. The enterprise zone |
| 74 | boundary amendment application must be received before December |
| 75 | 31, 2004. |
| 76 | Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2004. |