HB 0843 2004
1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to enterprise zones; amending s. 290.0065,
3	F.S.; authorizing certain counties or municipalities to
4	apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
5	Development to change certain enterprise zone boundaries
6	for certain purposes under certain circumstances; amending
7	s. 290.00688, F.S.; deleting obsolete census tract
8	provisions relating to an enterprise zone in Leon County;
9	providing an effective date.
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11	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13	Section 1. Subsection (11) of section 290.0065, Florida
14	Statutes, is amended to read:
15	290.0065 State designation of enterprise zones.--
16	(11) Before December 31, 2004 June 1, 2002, the governing
17	body or governing bodies of a county or a municipality in that
18	is located within a county having a population of more than
19	235,000 but less than 260,000 225,000and in which an enterprise
20	zone is designated under subparagraph (3)(a)2. is locatedmay
21	apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development
22	to change the boundaries of the enterprise zone for the purpose
23	of replacing areas not suitable for development. The Office of
24	Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development shall approve the
25	application made pursuant to this subsectionif the boundary
26	change is consistent with the categories, criteria, and
27	limitations imposed upon the establishment of such does not
28	increase the overall size of the enterprise zone and if any
29	territory added to the enterprise zone as a result of the
30	boundary change is contiguous to the remaining area of the
31	existingenterprise zone.
32	Section 2. Section 290.00688, Florida Statutes, is amended
33	to read:
34	290.00688 Enterprise zone designation for Leon
35	County.--Leon County, or Leon County and the City of Tallahassee
36	jointly, may apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
37	Development for designation of one enterprise zone, the selected
38	area of which shall not exceed 20 square miles and shall have a
39	continuous boundary, or consist of not more than three
40	noncontiguous areas per s. 290.0055(4)(a). The enterprise zone
41	shall encompass an area or areas within the following census
42	tracts for Leon County pursuant to the 1990 Census:
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44	Census tract 1, block group 1; census tract 2, block group 1;
45	census tract 2, block group 3; census tract 2, block group 4;
46	census tract 3, block group 1; census tract 4, block group 1;
47	census tract 4, block group 2; census tract 5, block group 1;
48	census tract 5, block group 2; census tract 6, block group 1;
49	census tract 6, block group 2; census tract 6, block group 3;
50	census tract 6, block group 4; census tract 7, block group 1;
51	census tract 7, block group 2; census tract 7, block group 3;
52	census tract 10.01, block group 1; census tract 10.01, block
53	group 2; census tract 10.01, block group 3; census tract 11.01,
54	block group 1; census tract 11.01, block group 2; census tract
55	11.01, block group 3; census tract 11.02, block group 1; census
56	tract 11.02, block group 3; census tract 12, block group 1;
57	census tract 13, block group 1; census tract 13, block group 2;
58	census tract 14, block group 1; census tract 14, block group 2;
59	census tract 14, block group 3; census tract 14, block group 4;
60	census tract 14, block group 5; census tract 15, block group 1;
61	census tract 16.01, block group 1; census tract 18, block group
62	3; census tract 18, block group 4; census tract 19, block group
63	1; census tract 19, block group 3; census tract 19, block group
64	4; census tract 20.01, block group 1; census tract 20.01, block
65	group 2; census tract 20.01, block group 3; census tract 20.01,
66	block group 4; census tract 20.01, block group 5; census tract
67	20.02, block group 1; census tract 20.02, block group 2; census
68	tract 20.02, block group 3; census tract 20.02, block group 5;
69	census tract 21, block group 1; census tract 21, block group 3;
70	census tract 21, block group 4; census tract 21, block group 5;
71	census tract 21, block group 7; census tract 22.01, block group
72	1; census tract 23.01, block group 3; census tract 23.01, block
73	group 5; census tract 26.02, block group 4.
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75	The application must be submitted by December 31, 2002, and must
76	comply with the requirements of s. 290.0055. Notwithstanding the
77	provisions of s. 290.0065 limiting the total number of
78	enterprise zones designated and the number of enterprise zones
79	within a population category, the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
80	Economic Development may designate one enterprise zone under
81	this section. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
82	Development shall establish the initial effective date of the
83	enterprise zone designated pursuant to this section.
84	Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.