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                A bill to be entitled | 
              
              
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											An act relating to the tax refund program for qualified | 
              
              
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									target industry businesses; amending s. 288.106, F.S.; | 
              
              
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									prohibiting certification of applicants after a certain | 
              
              
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									date; providing for continued effect of certain tax refund | 
              
              
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									agreements; deleting an expiration date; providing an | 
              
              
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									effective date. | 
              
              
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											Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: | 
              
              
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											Section 1.  Subsection (7) of section 288.106, Florida | 
              
              
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									Statutes, is amended to read: | 
              
              
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											288.106  Tax refund program for qualified target industry | 
              
              
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									businesses.-- | 
              
              
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												(7)  CERTIFICATION EXPIRATION; CONTINUED EFFECT.--An  | 
              
              
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									applicant may not be certified as qualified under this section  | 
              
              
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									after June 30, 2009. However, a tax refund agreement existing on  | 
              
              
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									that date shall continue in effect in accordance with its terms.  | 
              
              
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									This section expires June 30, 2004. | 
              
              
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											Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |