Florida Senate - 2012                                     SB 806
       
       
       
       By Senator Dean
       
       
       
       
       3-00808-12                                             2012806__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to enterprise zones; creating s.
    3         290.00729, F.S.; authorizing Citrus County to apply to
    4         the Department of Economic Opportunity for designation
    5         of an enterprise zone; providing an application
    6         deadline and requirements; authorizing the department
    7         to designate an enterprise zone in Citrus County;
    8         requiring the department to establish the effective
    9         date of the enterprise zone; providing an effective
   10         date.
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   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   14         Section 1. Section 290.00729, Florida Statutes, is created
   15  to read:
   16         290.00729 Enterprise zone designation for Citrus County.
   17  Citrus County may apply to the department for designation of one
   18  enterprise zone for an area within Citrus County. The
   19  application must have been submitted by December 31, 2012, and
   20  must comply with the requirements of s. 290.0055.
   21  Notwithstanding s. 290.0065 limiting the total number of
   22  enterprise zones designated and the number of enterprise zones
   23  within a population category, the department may designate one
   24  enterprise zone under this section. The department shall
   25  establish the initial effective date of the enterprise zone
   26  designated under this section.
   27         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.