| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to rural enterprise zones; requiring the |
| 3 | Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development to |
| 4 | designate certain rural catalyst sites as rural enterprise |
| 5 | zones upon request of a host county; specifying request |
| 6 | requirements; specifying effect of designation; specifying |
| 7 | reporting requirements for rural catalyst sites designated |
| 8 | as a rural enterprise zone; specifying a reporting entity; |
| 9 | providing an effective date. |
| 10 |
|
| 11 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
| 12 |
|
| 13 | Section 1. Notwithstanding s. 290.0065(1), Florida |
| 14 | Statutes, the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development |
| 15 | shall designate as a rural enterprise zone any catalyst site as |
| 16 | defined in s. 288.0656, Florida Statutes, that is not located in |
| 17 | a rural enterprise zone designated pursuant to s. 290.0065, |
| 18 | Florida Statutes, upon request of the host county. The request |
| 19 | from the host county must include the legal description of the |
| 20 | rural catalyst site together with the name and contact |
| 21 | information for the entity responsible for filing all required |
| 22 | reports. The designation shall provide businesses locating on |
| 23 | the rural catalyst site the same access to the benefits of a |
| 24 | rural enterprise zone as designated under s. 290.0065, Florida |
| 25 | Statutes. The reporting criteria for a rural catalyst site |
| 26 | designated as a rural enterprise zone under this section is the |
| 27 | same as for other rural enterprise zones, with the host economic |
| 28 | development organization serving as the reporting entity. |
| 29 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010. |