Senate Bill sb2028

    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 2028

    By Senator Wilson





    33-35-04

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to enterprise zones; amending

  3         s. 290.0065, F.S.; permitting a county to apply

  4         to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic

  5         Development by a certain date for an expansion

  6         of an existing enterprise zone; requiring that

  7         the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic

  8         Development approve an amendment to the

  9         boundary of an enterprise zone by a specified

10         date if certain conditions exist; providing an

11         effective date.

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

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

16  290.0065, Florida Statutes, to read:

17         290.0065  State designation of enterprise zones.--

18         (12)  Notwithstanding any provisions in s. 290.0055

19  regarding the size of an enterprise zone, any county defined

20  by s. 125.011(1) may apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade,

21  and Economic Development by October 1, 2004, to expand the

22  boundary of an existing enterprise zone to include an

23  additional 8.7 square miles. The area must also include areas

24  to the north or east of the northeasternmost section of an

25  existing enterprise zone. The expanded area may not include

26  any area not described in this subsection. The Office of

27  Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development shall approve an

28  amendment to the boundary of an enterprise zone under this

29  subsection by January 1, 2005, if the area proposed for

30  addition to the enterprise zone is consistent with the

31  criteria and conditions imposed by s. 290.0055 upon the

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 2028
    33-35-04




 1  establishment of enterprise zones, including the requirement

 2  that the area suffer from pervasive poverty, unemployment, and

 3  general distress.

 4         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

 5  law.

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 8                          SENATE SUMMARY

 9    Permits a county to apply with the Office of Tourism,
      Trade, and Economic Development for an expansion of an
10    existing enterprise zone by a certain date. Requires that
      the office approve the amendment to the boundary by a
11    certain date if the area proposed for expansion suffers
      from poverty, unemployment, and distress.
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