Bill Text: FL S1000 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Enterprise Zones [CPSC]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Commerce [S1000 Detail]
Download: Florida-2010-S1000-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2010 SB 1000 By Senator Negron 28-00709B-10 20101000__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to enterprise zones; amending s. 3 290.0055, F.S.; authorizing certain governing bodies 4 to apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic 5 Development to amend the boundary of an enterprise 6 zone that includes a rural area of critical economic 7 concern; providing a limitation; authorizing the 8 office to approve the amendment application subject to 9 certain requirements; requiring that the office 10 establish the effective date of certain enterprise 11 zones; creating s. 290.00726, F.S.; authorizing Martin 12 County to apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and 13 Economic Development for designation of an enterprise 14 zone; providing application requirements; authorizing 15 the office to designate an enterprise zone in Martin 16 County; providing responsibilities of the office; 17 providing an effective date. 18 19 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 20 21 Section 1. Paragraph (d) is added to subsection (6) of 22 section 290.0055, Florida Statutes, to read: 23 290.0055 Local nominating procedure.— 24 (6) 25 (d)1. The governing body of a jurisdiction which nominated 26 the application for an enterprise zone that includes a portion 27 of the state designated as a rural area of critical economic 28 concern pursuant to s. 288.0656(7) may apply to the Office of 29 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development to expand the boundary 30 of the enterprise zone by not more than 3 square miles. Such 31 application must be submitted by December 31, 2011. 32 2. Notwithstanding the area limitations specified in 33 subsection (4), the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic 34 Development may approve the request for a boundary amendment if 35 the area continues to satisfy the remaining requirements of this 36 section. 37 3. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development 38 shall establish the initial effective date of an enterprise zone 39 designated under this paragraph. 40 Section 2. Section 290.00726, Florida Statutes, is created 41 to read: 42 290.00726 Enterprise zone designation for Martin County. 43 Martin County may apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and 44 Economic Development for designation of one enterprise zone for 45 an area within Martin County, which zone shall encompass an area 46 up to 10 square miles consisting of land within the primary 47 urban services boundary and focusing on Indiantown, but 48 excluding property owned by Florida Power and Light to the west, 49 two areas to the north designated as estate residential, and the 50 county-owned Timer Powers Recreational Area. Within the 51 designated enterprise zone, Martin County shall exempt 52 residential condominiums from benefiting from state enterprise 53 zone incentives, unless prohibited by law. The application must 54 be submitted by December 31, 2010, and must comply with the 55 requirements of s. 290.0055. Notwithstanding s. 290.0065 56 limiting the total number of enterprise zones designated and the 57 number of enterprise zones within a population category, the 58 Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development may designate 59 one enterprise zone under this section. The Office of Tourism, 60 Trade, and Economic Development shall establish the initial 61 effective date of the enterprise zone designated pursuant to 62 this section. 63 Section 3. This act shall take effect January 1, 2011.
