Bill Text: FL S0270 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

Florida Senate Bill 270 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Enterprise Zones/City of Lake Worth

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-05-03 - Died in Commerce and Tourism [S0270 Detail]

Download: Florida-2013-S0270-Introduced.html

       Florida Senate - 2013                                     SB 270
       
       
       
       By Senator Clemens
       
       
       
       
       27-00555-13                                            2013270__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to enterprise zones; creating s.
    3         290.00791, F.S.; authorizing the City of Lake Worth to
    4         apply to the Department of Economic Opportunity for
    5         designation of an enterprise zone; providing an
    6         application deadline and requirements for the area of
    7         the enterprise zone; requiring the department to
    8         establish the effective date of the enterprise zone;
    9         providing an effective date.
   10  
   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   12  
   13         Section 1. Section 290.00791, Florida Statutes, is created
   14  to read:
   15         290.00791 Enterprise zone designation for the City of Lake
   16  Worth.—The City of Lake Worth may apply to the department for
   17  designation of one enterprise zone encompassing an area not to
   18  exceed 5 square miles within the City of Lake Worth. The
   19  application must be submitted by December 31, 2013, and must
   20  comply with the requirements of s. 290.0055. Notwithstanding s.
   21  290.0065 limiting the total number of enterprise zones
   22  designated and the number of enterprise zones within a
   23  population category, the department may designate one enterprise
   24  zone under this section. The department shall establish the
   25  initial effective date of the enterprise zone designated under
   26  this section.
   27         Section 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2014.