| 1 | Representative Richardson offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 27 and 28, insert: |
| 5 | Section 2. Subsection (11) of section 290.0065, Florida |
| 6 | Statutes, is amended, and subsection (12) is added to said |
| 7 | section, to read: |
| 8 | 290.0065 State designation of enterprise zones.-- |
| 9 | (11) Before December 31, 2004 June 1, 2002, the governing |
| 10 | body or governing bodies of a county or a municipality in that |
| 11 | is located within a county having a population of more than |
| 12 | 235,000 but less than 260,000 225,000 and in which an enterprise |
| 13 | zone is designated under subparagraph (3)(a)2. is located may |
| 14 | apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development |
| 15 | to change the boundaries of the enterprise zone for the purpose |
| 16 | of replacing areas not suitable for development. The Office of |
| 17 | Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development shall approve the |
| 18 | application made pursuant to this subsection if the boundary |
| 19 | change is consistent with the categories, criteria, and |
| 20 | limitations imposed upon the establishment of such does not |
| 21 | increase the overall size of the enterprise zone and if any |
| 22 | territory added to the enterprise zone as a result of the |
| 23 | boundary change is contiguous to the remaining area of the |
| 24 | existing enterprise zone. |
| 25 | (12) Before November 30, 2004, any county as defined in s. |
| 26 | 125.011 may apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic |
| 27 | Development to change the boundaries of an existing enterprise |
| 28 | zone for the purpose of replacing an area of not more than 75 |
| 29 | acres within the enterprise zone as of January 1, 2004, with an |
| 30 | area of the same number of acres outside the enterprise zone as |
| 31 | of January 1, 2004. The replacement area must be contiguous to |
| 32 | the existing enterprise zone and must be a part of a |
| 33 | revitalization area that has been targeted for assistance by the |
| 34 | county. The replacement area must also be contiguous to a zoo |
| 35 | and the county must have previously completed a master plan for |
| 36 | development of the area. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and |
| 37 | Economic Development shall approve the amendment effective |
| 38 | January 1, 2005, if the enterprise zone remains consistent with |
| 39 | the criteria and conditions imposed by s. 290.0055 upon the |
| 40 | establishment of enterprise zones, including the requirement |
| 41 | that the area suffer from pervasive poverty, unemployment, and |
| 42 | general distress. |
| 43 | Section 3. Section 290.00688, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 44 | to read: |
| 45 | 290.00688 Enterprise zone designation for Leon |
| 46 | County.--Leon County, or Leon County and the City of Tallahassee |
| 47 | Leon County, or Leon County and the City of Tallahassee jointly, |
| 48 | may apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic |
| 49 | Development for designation of one enterprise zone, the selected |
| 50 | area of which shall not exceed 20 square miles and shall have a |
| 51 | continuous boundary, or consist of not more than three |
| 52 | noncontiguous areas per s. 290.0055(4)(a). The enterprise zone |
| 53 | shall encompass an area or areas within the following census |
| 54 | tracts for Leon County pursuant to the 1990 Census: |
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| 56 | Census tract 1, block group 1; census tract 2, block group 1; |
| 57 | census tract 2, block group 3; census tract 2, block group 4; |
| 58 | census tract 3, block group 1; census tract 4, block group 1; |
| 59 | census tract 4, block group 2; census tract 5, block group 1; |
| 60 | census tract 5, block group 2; census tract 6, block group 1; |
| 61 | census tract 6, block group 2; census tract 6, block group 3; |
| 62 | census tract 6, block group 4; census tract 7, block group 1; |
| 63 | census tract 7, block group 2; census tract 7, block group 3; |
| 64 | census tract 10.01, block group 1; census tract 10.01, block |
| 65 | group 2; census tract 10.01, block group 3; census tract 11.01, |
| 66 | block group 1; census tract 11.01, block group 2; census tract |
| 67 | 11.01, block group 3; census tract 11.02, block group 1; census |
| 68 | tract 11.02, block group 3; census tract 12, block group 1; |
| 69 | census tract 13, block group 1; census tract 13, block group 2; |
| 70 | census tract 14, block group 1; census tract 14, block group 2; |
| 71 | census tract 14, block group 3; census tract 14, block group 4; |
| 72 | census tract 14, block group 5; census tract 15, block group 1; |
| 73 | census tract 16.01, block group 1; census tract 18, block group |
| 74 | 3; census tract 18, block group 4; census tract 19, block group |
| 75 | 1; census tract 19, block group 3; census tract 19, block group |
| 76 | 4; census tract 20.01, block group 1; census tract 20.01, block |
| 77 | group 2; census tract 20.01, block group 3; census tract 20.01, |
| 78 | block group 4; census tract 20.01, block group 5; census tract |
| 79 | 20.02, block group 1; census tract 20.02, block group 2; census |
| 80 | tract 20.02, block group 3; census tract 20.02, block group 5; |
| 81 | census tract 21, block group 1; census tract 21, block group 3; |
| 82 | census tract 21, block group 4; census tract 21, block group 5; |
| 83 | census tract 21, block group 7; census tract 22.01, block group |
| 84 | 1; census tract 23.01, block group 3; census tract 23.01, block |
| 85 | group 5; census tract 26.02, block group 4. |
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| 87 | The application must be submitted by December 31, 2002, and must |
| 88 | comply with the requirements of s. 290.0055. Notwithstanding the |
| 89 | provisions of s. 290.0065 limiting the total number of |
| 90 | enterprise zones designated and the number of enterprise zones |
| 91 | within a population category, the Office of Tourism, Trade, and |
| 92 | Economic Development may designate one enterprise zone under |
| 93 | this section. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic |
| 94 | Development shall establish the initial effective date of the |
| 95 | enterprise zone designated pursuant to this section. |
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| 98 | Between lines 7 and 8, insert: |
| 99 | amending s. 290.0065, F.S.; authorizing certain counties or |
| 100 | municipalities to apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and |
| 101 | Economic Development to change certain enterprise zone |
| 102 | boundaries for certain purposes under certain circumstances; |
| 103 | authorizing certain counties to apply to the Office of Tourism, |
| 104 | Trade, and Economic Development to change existing enterprise |
| 105 | zone boundaries under specified conditions in accordance with |
| 106 | certain criteria; amending s. 290.00688, F.S.; deleting obsolete |
| 107 | census tract provisions relating to an enterprise zone in Leon |
| 108 | County; |