| 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. 290.0065, |
| 7 | F.S.; authorizing certain counties or municipalities to |
| 8 | apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic |
| 9 | Development to change certain enterprise zone boundaries |
| 10 | for certain purposes under certain circumstances; |
| 11 | authorizing certain counties to apply to the Office of |
| 12 | Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development to change |
| 13 | existing enterprise zone boundaries under specified |
| 14 | conditions in accordance with certain criteria; amending |
| 15 | s. 290.00688, F.S.; deleting obsolete census tract |
| 16 | provisions relating to an enterprise zone in Leon County; |
| 17 | providing an effective date. |
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| 19 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 21 | Section 1. Subsection (11) of section 290.0065, Florida |
| 22 | Statutes, is amended, and subsection (12) is added to said |
| 23 | section, to read: |
| 24 | 290.0065 State designation of enterprise zones.-- |
| 25 | (11) Before December 31, 2004 June 1, 2002, the governing |
| 26 | body or governing bodies of a county or a municipality in that |
| 27 | is located within a county having a population of more than |
| 28 | 235,000 but less than 260,000 225,000 and in which an enterprise |
| 29 | zone is designated under subparagraph (3)(a)2. is located may |
| 30 | apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development |
| 31 | to change the boundaries of the enterprise zone for the purpose |
| 32 | of replacing areas not suitable for development. The Office of |
| 33 | Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development shall approve the |
| 34 | application made pursuant to this subsection if the boundary |
| 35 | change is consistent with the categories, criteria, and |
| 36 | limitations imposed upon the establishment of such does not |
| 37 | increase the overall size of the enterprise zone and if any |
| 38 | territory added to the enterprise zone as a result of the |
| 39 | boundary change is contiguous to the remaining area of the |
| 40 | existing enterprise zone. |
| 41 | (12) Before November 30, 2004, any county as defined in s. |
| 42 | 125.011 may apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic |
| 43 | Development to change the boundaries of an existing enterprise |
| 44 | zone for the purpose of replacing an area of not more than 75 |
| 45 | acres within the enterprise zone as of January 1, 2004, with an |
| 46 | area of the same number of acres outside the enterprise zone as |
| 47 | of January 1, 2004. The replacement area must be contiguous to |
| 48 | the existing enterprise zone and must be a part of a |
| 49 | revitalization area that has been targeted for assistance by the |
| 50 | county. The replacement area must also be contiguous to a zoo |
| 51 | and the county must have previously completed a master plan for |
| 52 | development of the area. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and |
| 53 | Economic Development shall approve the amendment effective |
| 54 | January 1, 2005, if the enterprise zone remains consistent with |
| 55 | the criteria and conditions imposed by s. 290.0055 upon the |
| 56 | establishment of enterprise zones, including the requirement |
| 57 | that the area suffer from pervasive poverty, unemployment, and |
| 58 | general distress. |
| 59 | Section 2. Section 290.00688, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 60 | to read: |
| 61 | 290.00688 Enterprise zone designation for Leon |
| 62 | County.--Leon County, or Leon County and the City of Tallahassee |
| 63 | Leon County, or Leon County and the City of Tallahassee jointly, |
| 64 | may apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic |
| 65 | Development for designation of one enterprise zone, the selected |
| 66 | area of which shall not exceed 20 square miles and shall have a |
| 67 | continuous boundary, or consist of not more than three |
| 68 | noncontiguous areas per s. 290.0055(4)(a). The enterprise zone |
| 69 | shall encompass an area or areas within the following census |
| 70 | tracts for Leon County pursuant to the 1990 Census: |
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| 72 | Census tract 1, block group 1; census tract 2, block group 1; |
| 73 | census tract 2, block group 3; census tract 2, block group 4; |
| 74 | census tract 3, block group 1; census tract 4, block group 1; |
| 75 | census tract 4, block group 2; census tract 5, block group 1; |
| 76 | census tract 5, block group 2; census tract 6, block group 1; |
| 77 | census tract 6, block group 2; census tract 6, block group 3; |
| 78 | census tract 6, block group 4; census tract 7, block group 1; |
| 79 | census tract 7, block group 2; census tract 7, block group 3; |
| 80 | census tract 10.01, block group 1; census tract 10.01, block |
| 81 | group 2; census tract 10.01, block group 3; census tract 11.01, |
| 82 | block group 1; census tract 11.01, block group 2; census tract |
| 83 | 11.01, block group 3; census tract 11.02, block group 1; census |
| 84 | tract 11.02, block group 3; census tract 12, block group 1; |
| 85 | census tract 13, block group 1; census tract 13, block group 2; |
| 86 | census tract 14, block group 1; census tract 14, block group 2; |
| 87 | census tract 14, block group 3; census tract 14, block group 4; |
| 88 | census tract 14, block group 5; census tract 15, block group 1; |
| 89 | census tract 16.01, block group 1; census tract 18, block group |
| 90 | 3; census tract 18, block group 4; census tract 19, block group |
| 91 | 1; census tract 19, block group 3; census tract 19, block group |
| 92 | 4; census tract 20.01, block group 1; census tract 20.01, block |
| 93 | group 2; census tract 20.01, block group 3; census tract 20.01, |
| 94 | block group 4; census tract 20.01, block group 5; census tract |
| 95 | 20.02, block group 1; census tract 20.02, block group 2; census |
| 96 | tract 20.02, block group 3; census tract 20.02, block group 5; |
| 97 | census tract 21, block group 1; census tract 21, block group 3; |
| 98 | census tract 21, block group 4; census tract 21, block group 5; |
| 99 | census tract 21, block group 7; census tract 22.01, block group |
| 100 | 1; census tract 23.01, block group 3; census tract 23.01, block |
| 101 | group 5; census tract 26.02, block group 4. |
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| 103 | The application must be submitted by December 31, 2002, and must |
| 104 | comply with the requirements of s. 290.0055. Notwithstanding the |
| 105 | provisions of s. 290.0065 limiting the total number of |
| 106 | enterprise zones designated and the number of enterprise zones |
| 107 | within a population category, the Office of Tourism, Trade, and |
| 108 | Economic Development may designate one enterprise zone under |
| 109 | this section. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic |
| 110 | Development shall establish the initial effective date of the |
| 111 | enterprise zone designated pursuant to this section. |
| 112 | Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |