Florida Senate - 2011                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SPB 7202
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: FAV            .                                
                  04/01/2011           .                                
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       The Committee on Budget (Negron) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Substitute for Amendment (887078) (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Between lines 3696 and 3697
    5  insert:
    6         Section 42. Paragraph (d) is added to subsection (6) of
    7  section 290.0055, Florida Statutes, to read:
    8         290.0055 Local nominating procedure.—
    9         (6)
   10         (d)1. Effective January 1, 2012, the governing body of a
   11  jurisdiction which nominated the application for an enterprise
   12  zone that is no larger than 12 square miles and includes a
   13  portion of the state designated as a rural area of critical
   14  economic concern pursuant to s. 288.0656(7) may apply to Jobs
   15  Florida to expand the boundary of the enterprise zone by not
   16  more than 3 square miles. Such application must be submitted by
   17  December 31, 2012.
   18         2. Notwithstanding the area limitations specified in
   19  subsection (4), Jobs Florida may approve the request for a
   20  boundary amendment if the area continues to satisfy the
   21  remaining requirements of this section.
   22         3. Jobs Florida shall establish the initial effective date
   23  of an enterprise zone designated under this paragraph.
   24         Section 43. Section 290.00726, Florida Statutes, is created
   25  to read:
   26         290.00726 Enterprise zone designation for Martin County.
   27  Effective January 1, 2012, Martin County may apply to Jobs
   28  Florida for designation of one enterprise zone for an area
   29  within Martin County, which zone shall encompass an area up to
   30  10 square miles consisting of land within the primary urban
   31  services boundary and focusing on Indiantown, but excluding
   32  property owned by Florida Power and Light to the west, two areas
   33  to the north designated as estate residential, and the county
   34  owned Timer Powers Recreational Area. Within the designated
   35  enterprise zone, Martin County shall exempt residential
   36  condominiums from benefiting from state enterprise zone
   37  incentives, unless prohibited by law. The application must have
   38  been submitted by December 31, 2011, and must comply with the
   39  requirements of s. 290.0055. Notwithstanding s. 290.0065
   40  limiting the total number of enterprise zones designated and the
   41  number of enterprise zones within a population category, Jobs
   42  Florida may designate one enterprise zone under this section.
   43  Jobs Florida shall establish the initial effective date of the
   44  enterprise zone designated pursuant to this section.
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   47  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   48         And the title is amended as follows:
   49         Delete line 283
   50  and insert:
   51         advisory board; amending s. 290.0055, F.S.; authorizing
   52  certain governing bodies to apply to Jobs Florida to amend the
   53  boundary of an enterprise zone that includes a rural area of
   54  critical economic concern; providing a limitation; authorizing
   55  Jobs Florida to approve the amendment application subject to
   56  certain requirements; requiring that Jobs Florida establish the
   57  effective date of certain enterprise zones; creating s.
   58  290.00726, F.S.; authorizing Martin County to apply to Jobs
   59  Florida for designation of an enterprise zone; providing
   60  application requirements; authorizing Jobs Florida to designate
   61  an enterprise zone in Martin County; providing responsibilities
   62  of Jobs Florida; amending s. 409.942, F.S.; deleting
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