| 1 | Representative Patronis offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment |
| 4 | Remove lines 443-458 and insert: |
| 5 | does not contain the state capital or a county with a sector |
| 6 | plan adopted pursuant to s. 163.3245 that is within 75 miles of |
| 7 | the Alabama or Georgia border, the term "qualified employee" |
| 8 | means any employee of an eligible business who performs duties |
| 9 | in connection with the operations of the business on a regular, |
| 10 | full-time basis for an average of at least 36 hours per week for |
| 11 | at least 3 months within the qualified county in which the |
| 12 | eligible business is located and was hired on or after July 1, |
| 13 | 2009. |
| 14 | (c) "Qualified area" means any area that is contained |
| 15 | within a rural area of critical economic concern designated |
| 16 | under s. 288.0656, a county that has a population of fewer than |
| 17 | 75,000 persons, a or any county that has a population of 125,000 |
| 18 | 100,000 or less and is contiguous to a county that has a |
| 19 | population of less than 75,000, a county with a population |
| 20 | density of no more than 550 persons per square mile that is |
| 21 | contiguous to either Alabama or Georgia and that does not |
| 22 | contain the state capital, or a county with a sector plan |
| 23 | adopted pursuant to s. 163.3245 that is within 75 miles of the |
| 24 | Alabama or Georgia border selected in the following manner: |