HB 0843CS

CHAMBER ACTION




1The Committee on Commerce recommends the following:
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3     Committee Substitute
4     Remove the entire bill and insert:
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A bill to be entitled
6An act relating to enterprise zones; amending s. 290.0065,
7F.S.; authorizing certain counties or municipalities to
8apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
9Development to change certain enterprise zone boundaries
10for certain purposes under certain circumstances;
11authorizing certain counties to apply to the Office of
12Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development to change
13existing enterprise zone boundaries under specified
14conditions in accordance with certain criteria; amending
15s. 290.00688, F.S.; deleting obsolete census tract
16provisions relating to an enterprise zone in Leon County;
17providing an effective date.
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19Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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21     Section 1.  Subsection (11) of section 290.0065, Florida
22Statutes, is amended, and subsection (12) is added to said
23section, to read:
24     290.0065  State designation of enterprise zones.--
25     (11)  Before December 31, 2004 June 1, 2002, the governing
26body or governing bodies of a county or a municipality in that
27is located within a county having a population of more than
28235,000 but less than 260,000 225,000 and in which an enterprise
29zone is designated under subparagraph (3)(a)2. is located may
30apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development
31to change the boundaries of the enterprise zone for the purpose
32of replacing areas not suitable for development. The Office of
33Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development shall approve the
34application made pursuant to this subsection if the boundary
35change is consistent with the categories, criteria, and
36limitations imposed upon the establishment of such does not
37increase the overall size of the enterprise zone and if any
38territory added to the enterprise zone as a result of the
39boundary change is contiguous to the remaining area of the
40existing enterprise zone.
41     (12)  Before November 30, 2004, any county as defined in s.
42125.011 may apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
43Development to change the boundaries of an existing enterprise
44zone for the purpose of replacing an area of not more than 75
45acres within the enterprise zone as of January 1, 2004, with an
46area of the same number of acres outside the enterprise zone as
47of January 1, 2004. The replacement area must be contiguous to
48the existing enterprise zone and must be a part of a
49revitalization area that has been targeted for assistance by the
50county. The replacement area must also be contiguous to a zoo
51and the county must have previously completed a master plan for
52development of the area. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and
53Economic Development shall approve the amendment effective
54January 1, 2005, if the enterprise zone remains consistent with
55the criteria and conditions imposed by s. 290.0055 upon the
56establishment of enterprise zones, including the requirement
57that the area suffer from pervasive poverty, unemployment, and
58general distress.
59     Section 2.  Section 290.00688, Florida Statutes, is amended
60to read:
61     290.00688  Enterprise zone designation for Leon
62County.--Leon County, or Leon County and the City of Tallahassee
63Leon County, or Leon County and the City of Tallahassee jointly,
64may apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
65Development for designation of one enterprise zone, the selected
66area of which shall not exceed 20 square miles and shall have a
67continuous boundary, or consist of not more than three
68noncontiguous areas per s. 290.0055(4)(a). The enterprise zone
69shall encompass an area or areas within the following census
70tracts for Leon County pursuant to the 1990 Census:
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72Census tract 1, block group 1; census tract 2, block group 1;
73census tract 2, block group 3; census tract 2, block group 4;
74census tract 3, block group 1; census tract 4, block group 1;
75census tract 4, block group 2; census tract 5, block group 1;
76census tract 5, block group 2; census tract 6, block group 1;
77census tract 6, block group 2; census tract 6, block group 3;
78census tract 6, block group 4; census tract 7, block group 1;
79census tract 7, block group 2; census tract 7, block group 3;
80census tract 10.01, block group 1; census tract 10.01, block
81group 2; census tract 10.01, block group 3; census tract 11.01,
82block group 1; census tract 11.01, block group 2; census tract
8311.01, block group 3; census tract 11.02, block group 1; census
84tract 11.02, block group 3; census tract 12, block group 1;
85census tract 13, block group 1; census tract 13, block group 2;
86census tract 14, block group 1; census tract 14, block group 2;
87census tract 14, block group 3; census tract 14, block group 4;
88census tract 14, block group 5; census tract 15, block group 1;
89census tract 16.01, block group 1; census tract 18, block group
903; census tract 18, block group 4; census tract 19, block group
911; census tract 19, block group 3; census tract 19, block group
924; census tract 20.01, block group 1; census tract 20.01, block
93group 2; census tract 20.01, block group 3; census tract 20.01,
94block group 4; census tract 20.01, block group 5; census tract
9520.02, block group 1; census tract 20.02, block group 2; census
96tract 20.02, block group 3; census tract 20.02, block group 5;
97census tract 21, block group 1; census tract 21, block group 3;
98census tract 21, block group 4; census tract 21, block group 5;
99census tract 21, block group 7; census tract 22.01, block group
1001; census tract 23.01, block group 3; census tract 23.01, block
101group 5; census tract 26.02, block group 4.
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103The application must be submitted by December 31, 2002, and must
104comply with the requirements of s. 290.0055. Notwithstanding the
105provisions of s. 290.0065 limiting the total number of
106enterprise zones designated and the number of enterprise zones
107within a population category, the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
108Economic Development may designate one enterprise zone under
109this section. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
110Development shall establish the initial effective date of the
111enterprise zone designated pursuant to this section.
112     Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.


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