Florida Senate - 2011                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SPB 7202
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  04/01/2011           .                                
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       The Committee on Budget (Negron) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 3696 and 3697
    4  insert:
    5         Section 42. Paragraph (d) is added to subsection (6) of
    6  section 290.0055, Florida Statutes, to read:
    7         290.0055 Local nominating procedure.—
    8         (6)
    9         (d)1. Effective January 1, 2012, the governing body of a
   10  jurisdiction which nominated the application for an enterprise
   11  zone that is no larger than 12 square miles and includes a
   12  portion of the state designated as a rural area of critical
   13  economic concern pursuant to s. 288.0656(7) may apply to the
   14  Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development to expand the
   15  boundary of the enterprise zone by not more than 3 square miles.
   16  Such application must be submitted by December 31, 2012.
   17         2. Notwithstanding the area limitations specified in
   18  subsection (4), the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
   19  Development may approve the request for a boundary amendment if
   20  the area continues to satisfy the remaining requirements of this
   21  section.
   22         3. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development
   23  shall establish the initial effective date of an enterprise zone
   24  designated under this paragraph.
   25         Section 43. Section 290.00726, Florida Statutes, is created
   26  to read:
   27         290.00726 Enterprise zone designation for Martin County.
   28  Effective January 1, 2012, Martin County may apply to the Office
   29  of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development for designation of
   30  one enterprise zone for an area within Martin County, which zone
   31  shall encompass an area up to 10 square miles consisting of land
   32  within the primary urban services boundary and focusing on
   33  Indiantown, but excluding property owned by Florida Power and
   34  Light to the west, two areas to the north designated as estate
   35  residential, and the county-owned Timer Powers Recreational
   36  Area. Within the designated enterprise zone, Martin County shall
   37  exempt residential condominiums from benefiting from state
   38  enterprise zone incentives, unless prohibited by law. The
   39  application must have been submitted by December 31, 2011, and
   40  must comply with the requirements of s. 290.0055.
   41  Notwithstanding s. 290.0065 limiting the total number of
   42  enterprise zones designated and the number of enterprise zones
   43  within a population category, the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
   44  Economic Development may designate one enterprise zone under
   45  this section. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
   46  Development shall establish the initial effective date of the
   47  enterprise zone designated pursuant to this section.
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   49  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   50         And the title is amended as follows:
   51         Delete line 283
   52  and insert:
   53         advisory board; amending s. 290.0055, F.S.;
   54         authorizing certain governing bodies to apply to the
   55         Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development to
   56         amend the boundary of an enterprise zone that includes
   57         a rural area of critical economic concern; providing a
   58         limitation; authorizing the office to approve the
   59         amendment application subject to certain requirements;
   60         requiring that the office establish the effective date
   61         of certain enterprise zones; creating s. 290.00726,
   62         F.S.; authorizing Martin County to apply to the Office
   63         of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development for
   64         designation of an enterprise zone; providing
   65         application requirements; authorizing the office to
   66         designate an enterprise zone in Martin County;
   67         providing responsibilities of the office; amending s.
   68         409.942, F.S.; deleting