Florida Senate - 2010                             CS for SB 1724
       
       
       
       By the Committee on Commerce; and Senator Dean
       
       
       
       
       577-04354-10                                          20101724c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to rural enterprise zones; requiring
    3         the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development
    4         to designate certain rural catalyst sites as rural
    5         enterprise zones upon request of a host county;
    6         specifying request requirements; specifying effect of
    7         designation; specifying reporting requirements for
    8         rural catalyst sites designated as a rural enterprise
    9         zone; specifying a reporting entity; providing an
   10         effective date.
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   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   14         Section 1. Notwithstanding s. 290.0065(1), Florida
   15  Statutes, the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
   16  Development, upon request of the host county, shall designate as
   17  a rural enterprise zone any catalyst site as defined in s.
   18  288.0656(2)(b), Florida Statutes, which was approved prior to
   19  January 1, 2010, and which is not located in an existing rural
   20  enterprise zone. The request from the host county must include
   21  the legal description of the catalyst site and the name and
   22  contact information for the county development authority
   23  responsible for managing the catalyst site. The designation
   24  shall provide businesses locating within the catalyst site the
   25  same eligibility for economic incentives and other benefits of a
   26  rural enterprise zone designated under s. 290.0065, Florida
   27  Statutes, and the reporting criteria for a catalyst site
   28  designated as a rural enterprise zone under this section are the
   29  same as for other rural enterprise zones. Host county
   30  development authorities may enter into memoranda of agreement,
   31  as necessary, to coordinate their efforts to implement this
   32  section.
   33         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.