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SB 588: Enterprise Zones

GENERAL BILL by Garcia

Enterprise Zones; Citing this act as the "Urban Job Creation Investment Act"; creating the Florida Urban Investment Job Creation Authority; creating a zone development corporation for each enterprise program zone; providing for the designation of enterprise program zones; authorizing the authority to periodically amend the boundary of an enterprise program zone; specifying the qualifications for businesses to receive state enterprise program zone incentives; authorizing certain tax credits, exemptions from unemployment contributions, and other state incentives for qualified businesses; authorizing certain tax credits against the sales tax and corporate income tax for qualified businesses located in enterprise program zones; exempting wages paid by qualified businesses to certain employees from unemployment contributions, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2012
Last Action: 3/9/2012 Senate - Died in Commerce and Tourism
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Commerce and Tourism (CM)
  2. Community Affairs (CA)
  3. Budget (BC)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
10/19/2011 Senate • Filed
11/2/2011 Senate • Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Community Affairs; Budget -SJ 51
1/10/2012 Senate • Introduced -SJ 51
3/9/2012 Senate • Died in Commerce and Tourism