| 1 | Representative Pilon offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 1096 and 1097, insert: |
| 5 | Section 26. Paragraph (u) is added to subsection (24) of |
| 6 | section 380.06, Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 7 | 380.06 Developments of regional impact.- |
| 8 | (24) STATUTORY EXEMPTIONS.- |
| 9 | (u) Any development in an energy economic zone designated |
| 10 | pursuant to s. 377.809, F.S., shall be exempt from this section. |
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| 12 | If a use is exempt from review as a development of regional |
| 13 | impact under paragraphs (a)-(s), but will be part of a larger |
| 14 | project that is subject to review as a development of regional |
| 15 | impact, the impact of the exempt use must be included in the |
| 16 | review of the larger project, unless such exempt use involves a |
| 17 | development of regional impact that includes a landowner, |
| 18 | tenant, or user that has entered into a funding agreement with |
| 19 | the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development under the |
| 20 | Innovation Incentive Program and the agreement contemplates a |
| 21 | state award of at least $50 million. |
| 22 | Section 27. Subsection (4) of section 377.809, Florida |
| 23 | Statutes, is amended, and subsections (5) and (6) are added to |
| 24 | that section, to read: |
| 25 | 377.809 Energy Economic Zone Pilot Program.- |
| 26 | (4) If the pilot project is ongoing, The Department of |
| 27 | Community Affairs, with the assistance of the Office of Tourism, |
| 28 | Trade, and Economic Development, shall submit a report to the |
| 29 | Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the |
| 30 | House of Representatives by February 15, 2015 2012, evaluating |
| 31 | whether the pilot program has demonstrated success. The report |
| 32 | shall contain recommendations with regard to whether the program |
| 33 | should be expanded for use by other local governments and |
| 34 | whether state policies should be revised to encourage the goals |
| 35 | of the program. |
| 36 | (5) Beginning July 1, 2012, all the incentives and |
| 37 | benefits provided to enterprise zones under state law shall be |
| 38 | available to the energy economic zones that have been designated |
| 39 | by January 1, 2011 under s. 377.809. Each local government with |
| 40 | an energy economic zone shall by local ordinance establish or |
| 41 | revise the boundaries of the energy economic zone and specify |
| 42 | and determine eligibility criteria for application of state and |
| 43 | local incentives and benefits in the energy economic zone. Such |
| 44 | incentives and benefits include those in ss. 220.181, 220.182, |
| 45 | 212.08, 220,183, 624.5105, 212.08(5), 212.08(15), 212.096, and |
| 46 | 288.106, as well as the public utility discounts in s. 290.007. |
| 47 | Any applicable residency requirements for higher refund or |
| 48 | credit thresholds shall be based on employee residency in the |
| 49 | energy economic zone or an enterprise zone. Businesses in an |
| 50 | energy economic zone may also be eligible for funding under s. |
| 51 | 288.047, and the transportation projects in an energy economic |
| 52 | zone are provided priority in funding under s. 288.063. Other |
| 53 | projects shall be given priority ranking to the extent |
| 54 | practicable for grants administered under state energy programs. |
| 55 | The Department of Revenue may use all applicable forms and |
| 56 | processes established for the enterprise zone program for the |
| 57 | energy economic zone program and may adopt rules for energy |
| 58 | economic zone program implementation, if needed. The local |
| 59 | governing bodies of the designated energy economic zones shall |
| 60 | process the completed applications and certify to the Department |
| 61 | of Revenue the businesses which are eligible to receive the |
| 62 | incentives. |
| 63 | (6) The total amount of state credits, refunds, and |
| 64 | exemptions that may be claimed in any fiscal year by eligible |
| 65 | businesses for incentives in an energy economic zone under |
| 66 | subsection (5) is $300,000 per designated energy economic zone. |
| 67 | A credit or refund that is claimed after the $300,000 limit is |
| 68 | reached shall be disallowed. If the credit or refund limit in |
| 69 | the zone is not fully used in any one state fiscal year, the |
| 70 | unused amount under the cap may be carried forward for no more |
| 71 | than 5 years. The local governing body having jurisdiction over |
| 72 | the energy economic zone is responsible for the tracking and |
| 73 | accounting for the levels of credits and refunds granted and the |
| 74 | credit for unused amounts which may be carried over each year |
| 75 | from a previous year. |
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| 79 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 80 | Remove line 63 and insert: |
| 81 | emergency rules; providing appropriations; amending s. 380.06, |
| 82 | F.S.; exempting developments in an energy economic zone from |
| 83 | specified provisions; amending s. 377.809, F.S.; providing for |
| 84 | incentives and benefits in energy economic zones; providing for |
| 85 | certain funding of businesses in such zones; limiting the total |
| 86 | amount of incentives in an energy economic zone under certain |
| 87 | circumstances; providing |