The Florida Senate

The office, in consultation with Enterprise Florida, Inc., shall designate industries using the North American Industry Classification System which are eligible to receive low-income community investments. The designated industries must be those industries that have the greatest potential to create strong positive impacts on or benefits to the state, regional, and local economies.

A qualified community development entity may not make a qualified low-income community investment in a business unless the principal activities of the business are within an eligible industry. The office may waive this limitation if the office determines that the investment will have a positive impact on a community.

The name, address, and tax identification number of the qualified community development entity.

Proof of certification as a qualified community development entity under 26 U.S.C. s. 45D.

A copy of an allocation agreement executed by the entity, or its controlling entity, and the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, which authorizes the entity to serve businesses in this state.

A verified statement by the chief executive officer of the entity that the allocation agreement remains in effect.

A description of the proposed amount, structure, and purchaser of an equity investment or long-term debt security.

The name and tax identification number of any person authorized to claim a tax credit earned as a result of the purchase of the proposed qualified investment.

A detailed explanation of the proposed use of the proceeds from a proposed qualified investment.

A nonrefundable application fee of $1,000, payable to the office.

A statement that the entity will invest only in the industries designated by the office.

The entity’s plans for the development of relationships with community-based organizations, local community development offices and organizations, and economic development organizations. The entity must also explain steps it has taken to implement its plans to develop these relationships.

A statement that the entity will not invest in a qualified active low-income community business unless the business will create or retain jobs that pay an average wage of at least 115 percent of the federal poverty income guidelines for a family of four.

The office shall review applications to approve an investment as a qualified investment in the order received. The office shall approve or deny an application within 30 days after receipt.

If the office intends to deny the application, the office shall inform the applicant of the basis of the proposed denial. The applicant shall have 15 days after it receives the notice of the intent to deny the application to submit a revised application to the office. The office shall issue a final order approving or denying the revised application within 30 days after receipt.

The office may not approve a cumulative amount of qualified investments that may result in the claim of more than $97.5 million in tax credits during the existence of the program or more than $20 million in tax credits in a single state fiscal year. However, the potential for a taxpayer to carry forward an unused tax credit may not be considered in calculating the annual limit.

The office shall provide a copy of the final order approving an investment as a qualified investment to the qualified community development entity and to the department. The notice shall include the identity of the taxpayers who are eligible to claim the tax credits and the amount that may be claimed by each taxpayer.

The office shall approve an application for part of the amount of the proposed investment if the amount of tax credits available is insufficient.

If more than one application is found to comply with subsection (3) on the same day and the amount of tax credits available is insufficient for all of the applications, the tax credits available to each applicant shall be in proportion to the proposed purchase price to the total purchase price of all of the proposed investments.