CS for SB 1126 First Engrossed
20101126e1
1
2 A bill to be entitled
3 An act relating to permitting; amending ss. 220.1845
4 and 376.30781, F.S.; providing requirements for
5 claiming certain site rehabilitation costs in
6 applications for contaminated site rehabilitation tax
7 credits; conforming cross-references; amending s.
8 376.85, F.S.; revising requirements for the Department
9 of Environmental Protection’s annual report regarding
10 site rehabilitation; amending s. 403.973, F.S.;
11 clarifying duties of the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
12 Economic Development to approve expedited permitting
13 and comprehensive plan amendments; providing
14 additional authority to the Secretary of Environmental
15 Protection; revising criteria for businesses
16 submitting permit applications or local comprehensive
17 plan amendments; providing that permit applications
18 and local comprehensive plan amendments for specified
19 biofuel and renewable energy projects are eligible for
20 the expedited permitting process; providing for the
21 establishment of regional permit action teams through
22 the execution of memoranda of agreement developed by
23 permit applicants and the secretary; providing for the
24 appeal of a local government’s approval of an
25 expedited permit or comprehensive plan amendment;
26 requiring such appeals to be consolidated with
27 challenges to state agency actions; specifying the
28 form of the memoranda of agreement developed by the
29 secretary; revising the deadline by which certain
30 final orders must be issued; specifying additional
31 requirements for recommended orders; providing for
32 challenges to state agency action related to expedited
33 permitting for specified renewable energy projects;
34 revising provisions relating to the review of sites
35 proposed for the location of facilities eligible for
36 the Innovation Incentive Program; providing that
37 electrical power projects using renewable fuels are
38 eligible for expedited review; providing legislative
39 findings; requiring that the Department of Community
40 Affairs and the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
41 Development, in consultation with the Florida Energy
42 and Climate Commission, submit recommendations to the
43 Governor and Legislature relating to the Energy
44 Economic Zone Pilot Program; requiring coordination
45 with the pilot communities and clean technology
46 industries in developing certain recommendations;
47 providing an effective date.
48
49 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
50
51 Section 1. Present subsections (1), (2), and (3) of section
52 220.1845, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (2),
53 (3), and (4), respectively, and a new subsection (1) is added to
54 that section, to read:
55 220.1845 Contaminated site rehabilitation tax credit.—
56 (1) APPLICATION FOR TAX CREDIT.—A site rehabilitation
57 application must be received by the Division of Waste Management
58 of the Department of Environmental Protection by January 31 of
59 the year after the calendar year for which site rehabilitation
60 costs are being claimed in a tax credit application. All site
61 rehabilitation costs claimed must have been for work conducted
62 between January 1 and December 31 of the year for which the
63 application is being submitted. All payment requests must be
64 received and all costs must be paid before submission of the tax
65 credit application, but no later than January 31 of the year
66 after the calendar year for which site rehabilitation costs are
67 claimed.
68 Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (5), paragraph (c)
69 of subsection (6), and subsections (9) and (10) of section
70 376.30781, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
71 376.30781 Tax credits for rehabilitation of drycleaning
72 solvent-contaminated sites and brownfield sites in designated
73 brownfield areas; application process; rulemaking authority;
74 revocation authority.—
75 (5) To claim the credit for site rehabilitation or solid
76 waste removal, each tax credit applicant must apply to the
77 Department of Environmental Protection for an allocation of the
78 $2 million annual credit by filing a tax credit application with
79 the Division of Waste Management on a form developed by the
80 Department of Environmental Protection in cooperation with the
81 Department of Revenue. The form shall include an affidavit from
82 each tax credit applicant certifying that all information
83 contained in the application, including all records of costs
84 incurred and claimed in the tax credit application, are true and
85 correct. If the application is submitted pursuant to
86 subparagraph (3)(a)2., the form must include an affidavit signed
87 by the real property owner stating that it is not, and has never
88 been, the owner or operator of the drycleaning facility where
89 the contamination exists. Approval of tax credits must be
90 accomplished on a first-come, first-served basis based upon the
91 date and time complete applications are received by the Division
92 of Waste Management, subject to the limitations of subsection
93 (14). To be eligible for a tax credit, the tax credit applicant
94 must:
95 (a) For site rehabilitation tax credits, have entered into
96 a voluntary cleanup agreement with the Department of
97 Environmental Protection for a drycleaning-solvent-contaminated
98 site or a Brownfield Site Rehabilitation Agreement, as
99 applicable, and have paid all deductibles pursuant to s.
100 376.3078(3)(e) for eligible drycleaning-solvent-cleanup program
101 sites, as applicable. A site rehabilitation tax credit applicant
102 must submit only a single completed application per site for
103 each calendar year’s site rehabilitation costs. A site
104 rehabilitation application must be received by the Division of
105 Waste Management of the Department of Environmental Protection
106 by January 31 of the year after the calendar year for which site
107 rehabilitation costs are being claimed in a tax credit
108 application. All site rehabilitation costs claimed must have
109 been for work conducted between January 1 and December 31 of the
110 year for which the application is being submitted. All payment
111 requests must be received and all costs must be paid before
112 submission of the tax credit application, but no later than
113 January 31 of the year after the calendar year for which site
114 rehabilitation costs are claimed.
115 (6) To obtain the tax credit certificate, the tax credit
116 applicant must provide all pertinent information requested on
117 the tax credit application form, including, at a minimum, the
118 name and address of the tax credit applicant and the address and
119 tracking identification number of the eligible site. Along with
120 the tax credit application form, the tax credit applicant must
121 submit the following:
122 (c) Proof that the documentation submitted pursuant to
123 paragraph (b) has been reviewed and verified by an independent
124 certified public accountant in accordance with standards
125 established by the American Institute of Certified Public
126 Accountants. Specifically, a certified public accountant’s
127 report must be submitted and the certified public accountant
128 must attest to the accuracy and validity of the costs claimed
129 incurred and paid during the time period covered in the
130 application by conducting an independent review of the data
131 presented by the tax credit applicant. Accuracy and validity of
132 costs incurred and paid shall be determined after the level of
133 effort is certified by an appropriate professional registered in
134 this state in each contributing technical discipline. The
135 certified public accountant’s report must also attest that the
136 costs included in the application form are not duplicated within
137 the application, that all payment requests were received and all
138 costs were paid before submission of the tax credit application,
139 and, for site rehabilitation tax credits, that all costs claimed
140 are for work conducted between January 1 and December 31 of the
141 year for which the application is submitted. A copy of the
142 accountant’s report shall be submitted to the Department of
143 Environmental Protection in addition to the accountant’s
144 certification form in the tax credit application; and
145 (9) On or before May 1, the Department of Environmental
146 Protection shall inform each tax credit applicant that is
147 subject to the January 31 annual application deadline of the
148 applicant’s eligibility status and the amount of any tax credit
149 due. The department shall provide each eligible tax credit
150 applicant with a tax credit certificate that must be submitted
151 with its tax return to the Department of Revenue to claim the
152 tax credit or be transferred pursuant to s. 220.1845(2)(g) s.
153 220.1845(1)(g). The May 1 deadline for annual site
154 rehabilitation tax credit certificate awards shall not apply to
155 any tax credit application for which the department has issued a
156 notice of deficiency pursuant to subsection (8). The department
157 shall respond within 90 days after receiving a response from the
158 tax credit applicant to such a notice of deficiency. Credits may
159 not result in the payment of refunds if total credits exceed the
160 amount of tax owed.
161 (10) For solid waste removal, new health care facility or
162 health care provider, and affordable housing tax credit
163 applications, the Department of Environmental Protection shall
164 inform the applicant of the department’s determination within 90
165 days after the application is deemed complete. Each eligible tax
166 credit applicant shall be informed of the amount of its tax
167 credit and provided with a tax credit certificate that must be
168 submitted with its tax return to the Department of Revenue to
169 claim the tax credit or be transferred pursuant to s.
170 220.1845(2)(g) s. 220.1845(1)(g). Credits may not result in the
171 payment of refunds if total credits exceed the amount of tax
172 owed.
173 Section 3. Section 376.85, Florida Statutes, is amended to
174 read:
175 376.85 Annual report.—The Department of Environmental
176 Protection shall prepare and submit an annual report to the
177 President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
178 Representatives by August 1 of each year a report that includes
179 Legislature, beginning in December 1998, which shall include,
180 but is not be limited to, the number, size, and locations of
181 brownfield sites: that have been remediated under the provisions
182 of this act; that are currently under rehabilitation pursuant to
183 a negotiated site rehabilitation agreement with the department
184 or a delegated local program; where alternative cleanup target
185 levels have been established pursuant to s. 376.81(1)(g)3.; and,
186 where engineering and institutional control strategies are being
187 employed as conditions of a “no further action order” to
188 maintain the protections provided in s. 376.81(1)(g)1. and 2.
189 Section 4. Section 403.973, Florida Statutes, is amended to
190 read:
191 403.973 Expedited permitting; amendments to comprehensive
192 plans plan amendments.—
193 (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage and
194 facilitate the location and expansion of those types of economic
195 development projects which offer job creation and high wages,
196 strengthen and diversify the state’s economy, and have been
197 thoughtfully planned to take into consideration the protection
198 of the state’s environment. It is also the intent of the
199 Legislature to provide for an expedited permitting and
200 comprehensive plan amendment process for such projects.
201 (2) As used in this section, the term:
202 (a) “Duly noticed” means publication in a newspaper of
203 general circulation in the municipality or county with
204 jurisdiction. The notice shall appear on at least 2 separate
205 days, one of which shall be at least 7 days before the meeting.
206 The notice shall state the date, time, and place of the meeting
207 scheduled to discuss or enact the memorandum of agreement, and
208 the places within the municipality or county where such proposed
209 memorandum of agreement may be inspected by the public. The
210 notice must be one-eighth of a page in size and must be
211 published in a portion of the paper other than the legal notices
212 section. The notice shall also advise that interested parties
213 may appear at the meeting and be heard with respect to the
214 memorandum of agreement.
215 (b) “Jobs” means permanent, full-time equivalent positions
216 not including construction jobs.
217 (c) “Office” means the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
218 Economic Development.
219 (d) “Permit applications” means state permits and licenses,
220 and at the option of a participating local government, local
221 development permits or orders.
222 (e) “Secretary” means the Secretary of Environmental
223 Protection or his or her designee.
224 (3)(a) The secretary Governor, through the office, shall
225 direct the creation of regional permit action teams, for the
226 purpose of expediting review of permit applications and local
227 comprehensive plan amendments submitted by:
228 1. Businesses creating at least 50 100 jobs;, or
229 2. Businesses creating at least 25 50 jobs if the project
230 is located in an enterprise zone, or in a county having a
231 population of fewer less than 75,000 or in a county having a
232 population of fewer less than 100,000 which is contiguous to a
233 county having a population of fewer less than 75,000, as
234 determined by the most recent decennial census, residing in
235 incorporated and unincorporated areas of the county., or
236 (b) On a case-by-case basis and at the request of a county
237 or municipal government, the office may certify as eligible for
238 expedited review a project not meeting the minimum job creation
239 thresholds but creating a minimum of 10 jobs. The recommendation
240 from the governing body of the county or municipality in which
241 the project may be located is required in order for the office
242 to certify that any project is eligible for expedited review
243 under this paragraph. When considering projects that do not meet
244 the minimum job creation thresholds but that are recommended by
245 the governing body in which the project may be located, the
246 office shall consider economic impact factors that include, but
247 are not limited to:
248 1. The proposed wage and skill levels relative to those
249 existing in the area in which the project may be located;
250 2. The project’s potential to diversify and strengthen the
251 area’s economy;
252 3. The amount of capital investment; and
253 4. The number of jobs that will be made available for
254 persons served by the welfare transition program.
255 (c) At the request of a county or municipal government, the
256 office or a Quick Permitting County may certify projects located
257 in counties where the ratio of new jobs per participant in the
258 welfare transition program, as determined by Workforce Florida,
259 Inc., is less than one or otherwise critical, as eligible for
260 the expedited permitting process. Such projects must meet the
261 numerical job creation criteria of this subsection, but the jobs
262 created by the project do not have to be high-wage jobs that
263 diversify the state’s economy.
264 (d) Projects located in a designated brownfield area are
265 eligible for the expedited permitting process.
266 (e) Projects that are part of the state-of-the-art
267 biomedical research institution and campus to be established in
268 this state by the grantee under s. 288.955 are eligible for the
269 expedited permitting process, if the projects are designated as
270 part of the institution or campus by the board of county
271 commissioners of the county in which the institution and campus
272 are established.
273 (f) Projects resulting in the production of biofuels
274 cultivated on lands that are 1,000 acres or more or the
275 construction of a biofuel or biodiesel processing facility or a
276 facility generating renewable energy as defined in s.
277 366.91(2)(d) are eligible for the expedited permitting process.
278 (4) The regional teams shall be established through the
279 execution of memoranda of agreement developed by the applicant
280 and secretary, with input solicited from between the office and
281 the respective heads of the Department of Environmental
282 Protection, the Department of Community Affairs, the Department
283 of Transportation and its district offices, the Department of
284 Agriculture and Consumer Services, the Fish and Wildlife
285 Conservation Commission, appropriate regional planning councils,
286 appropriate water management districts, and voluntarily
287 participating municipalities and counties. The memoranda of
288 agreement should also accommodate participation in this
289 expedited process by other local governments and federal
290 agencies as circumstances warrant.
291 (5) In order to facilitate local government’s option to
292 participate in this expedited review process, the secretary
293 office shall, in cooperation with local governments and
294 participating state agencies, create a standard form memorandum
295 of agreement. A local government shall hold a duly noticed
296 public workshop to review and explain to the public the
297 expedited permitting process and the terms and conditions of the
298 standard form memorandum of agreement.
299 (6) The local government shall hold a duly noticed public
300 hearing to execute a memorandum of agreement for each qualified
301 project. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and at the
302 option of the local government, the workshop provided for in
303 subsection (5) may be conducted on the same date as the public
304 hearing held under this subsection. The memorandum of agreement
305 that a local government signs shall include a provision
306 identifying necessary local government procedures and time
307 limits that will be modified to allow for the local government
308 decision on the project within 90 days. The memorandum of
309 agreement applies to projects, on a case-by-case basis, that
310 qualify for special review and approval as specified in this
311 section. The memorandum of agreement must make it clear that
312 this expedited permitting and review process does not modify,
313 qualify, or otherwise alter existing local government
314 nonprocedural standards for permit applications, unless
315 expressly authorized by law.
316 (7) At the option of the participating local government,
317 Appeals of local government comprehensive plan approvals its
318 final approval for a project shall may be pursuant to the
319 summary hearing provisions of s. 120.574, pursuant to subsection
320 (14), and consolidated with the challenge of any applicable
321 state agency actions or pursuant to other appellate processes
322 available to the local government. The local government’s
323 decision to enter into a summary hearing must be made as
324 provided in s. 120.574 or in the memorandum of agreement.
325 (8) Each memorandum of agreement shall include a process
326 for final agency action on permit applications and local
327 comprehensive plan amendment approvals within 90 days after
328 receipt of a completed application, unless the applicant agrees
329 to a longer time period or the secretary office determines that
330 unforeseen or uncontrollable circumstances preclude final agency
331 action within the 90-day timeframe. Permit applications governed
332 by federally delegated or approved permitting programs whose
333 requirements would prohibit or be inconsistent with the 90-day
334 timeframe are exempt from this provision, but must be processed
335 by the agency with federally delegated or approved program
336 responsibility as expeditiously as possible.
337 (9) The secretary office shall inform the Legislature by
338 October 1 of each year which agencies have not entered into or
339 implemented an agreement and identify any barriers to achieving
340 success of the program.
341 (10) The memoranda of agreement may provide for the waiver
342 or modification of procedural rules prescribing forms, fees,
343 procedures, or time limits for the review or processing of
344 permit applications under the jurisdiction of those agencies
345 that are party to the memoranda of agreement. Notwithstanding
346 any other provision of law to the contrary, a memorandum of
347 agreement must to the extent feasible provide for proceedings
348 and hearings otherwise held separately by the parties to the
349 memorandum of agreement to be combined into one proceeding or
350 held jointly and at one location. Such waivers or modifications
351 shall not be available for permit applications governed by
352 federally delegated or approved permitting programs, the
353 requirements of which would prohibit, or be inconsistent with,
354 such a waiver or modification.
355 (11) The standard form for memoranda of agreement shall
356 include guidelines to be used in working with state, regional,
357 and local permitting authorities. Guidelines may include, but
358 are not limited to, the following:
359 (a) A central contact point for filing permit applications
360 and local comprehensive plan amendments and for obtaining
361 information on permit and local comprehensive plan amendment
362 requirements;
363 (b) Identification of the individual or individuals within
364 each respective agency who will be responsible for processing
365 the expedited permit application or local comprehensive plan
366 amendment for that agency;
367 (c) A mandatory preapplication review process to reduce
368 permitting conflicts by providing guidance to applicants
369 regarding the permits needed from each agency and governmental
370 entity, site planning and development, site suitability and
371 limitations, facility design, and steps the applicant can take
372 to ensure expeditious permit application and local comprehensive
373 plan amendment review. As a part of this process, the first
374 interagency meeting to discuss a project shall be held within 14
375 days after the secretary’s office’s determination that the
376 project is eligible for expedited review. Subsequent interagency
377 meetings may be scheduled to accommodate the needs of
378 participating local governments that are unable to meet public
379 notice requirements for executing a memorandum of agreement
380 within this timeframe. This accommodation may not exceed 45 days
381 from the secretary’s office’s determination that the project is
382 eligible for expedited review;
383 (d) The preparation of a single coordinated project
384 description form and checklist and an agreement by state and
385 regional agencies to reduce the burden on an applicant to
386 provide duplicate information to multiple agencies;
387 (e) Establishment of a process for the adoption and review
388 of any comprehensive plan amendment needed by any certified
389 project within 90 days after the submission of an application
390 for a comprehensive plan amendment. However, the memorandum of
391 agreement may not prevent affected persons as defined in s.
392 163.3184 from appealing or participating in this expedited plan
393 amendment process and any review or appeals of decisions made
394 under this paragraph; and
395 (f) Additional incentives for an applicant who proposes a
396 project that provides a net ecosystem benefit.
397 (12) The applicant, the regional permit action team, and
398 participating local governments may agree to incorporate into a
399 single document the permits, licenses, and approvals that are
400 obtained through the expedited permit process. This consolidated
401 permit is subject to the summary hearing provisions set forth in
402 subsection (14).
403 (13) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law:
404 (a) Local comprehensive plan amendments for projects
405 qualified under this section are exempt from the twice-a-year
406 limits provision in s. 163.3187; and
407 (b) Projects qualified under this section are not subject
408 to interstate highway level-of-service standards adopted by the
409 Department of Transportation for concurrency purposes. The
410 memorandum of agreement specified in subsection (5) must include
411 a process by which the applicant will be assessed a fair share
412 of the cost of mitigating the project’s significant traffic
413 impacts, as defined in chapter 380 and related rules. The
414 agreement must also specify whether the significant traffic
415 impacts on the interstate system will be mitigated through the
416 implementation of a project or payment of funds to the
417 Department of Transportation. Where funds are paid, the
418 Department of Transportation must include in the 5-year work
419 program transportation projects or project phases, in an amount
420 equal to the funds received, to mitigate the traffic impacts
421 associated with the proposed project.
422 (14)(a) Challenges to state agency action in the expedited
423 permitting process for projects processed under this section are
424 subject to the summary hearing provisions of s. 120.574, except
425 that the administrative law judge’s decision, as provided in s.
426 120.574(2)(f), shall be in the form of a recommended order and
427 shall not constitute the final action of the state agency. In
428 those proceedings where the action of only one agency of the
429 state, other than the Department of Environmental Protection, is
430 challenged, the agency of the state shall issue the final order
431 within 45 10 working days after of receipt of the administrative
432 law judge’s recommended order. The recommended order shall
433 inform the parties of their right to file exceptions or
434 responses to the recommended order in accordance with the Rules
435 of Administrative Procedure. In those proceedings where the
436 actions of more than one agency of the state are challenged, the
437 Governor shall issue the final order within 45 10 working days
438 after of receipt of the administrative law judge’s recommended
439 order. The recommended order shall inform the parties of their
440 right to file exceptions or responses to the recommended order
441 in accordance with the Rules of Administrative Procedure. This
442 paragraph does not apply to the issuance of department licenses
443 required under any federally delegated or approved permit
444 program. In such instances, the department shall enter the final
445 order. The participating agencies of the state may opt at the
446 preliminary hearing conference to allow the administrative law
447 judge’s decision to constitute the final agency action. If a
448 participating local government agrees to participate in the
449 summary hearing provisions of s. 120.574 for purposes of review
450 of local government comprehensive plan amendments, s.
451 163.3184(9) and (10) apply.
452 (b) Projects identified in paragraph (3)(f) or challenges
453 to state agency action in the expedited permitting process for
454 establishment of a state-of-the-art biomedical research
455 institution and campus in this state by the grantee under s.
456 288.955 are subject to the same requirements as challenges
457 brought under paragraph (a), except that, notwithstanding s.
458 120.574, summary proceedings must be conducted within 30 days
459 after a party files the motion for summary hearing, regardless
460 of whether the parties agree to the summary proceeding.
461 (15) The office, working with the agencies providing
462 cooperative assistance and input regarding participating in the
463 memoranda of agreement, shall review sites proposed for the
464 location of facilities eligible for the Innovation Incentive
465 Program under s. 288.1089. Within 20 days after the request for
466 the review by the office, the agencies shall provide to the
467 office a statement as to each site’s necessary permits under
468 local, state, and federal law and an identification of
469 significant permitting issues, which if unresolved, may result
470 in the denial of an agency permit or approval or any significant
471 delay caused by the permitting process.
472 (16) This expedited permitting process shall not modify,
473 qualify, or otherwise alter existing agency nonprocedural
474 standards for permit applications or local comprehensive plan
475 amendments, unless expressly authorized by law. If it is
476 determined that the applicant is not eligible to use this
477 process, the applicant may apply for permitting of the project
478 through the normal permitting processes.
479 (17) The office shall be responsible for certifying a
480 business as eligible for undergoing expedited review under this
481 section. Enterprise Florida, Inc., a county or municipal
482 government, or the Rural Economic Development Initiative may
483 recommend to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
484 Development that a project meeting the minimum job creation
485 threshold undergo expedited review.
486 (18) The office, working with the Rural Economic
487 Development Initiative and the agencies participating in the
488 memoranda of agreement, shall provide technical assistance in
489 preparing permit applications and local comprehensive plan
490 amendments for counties having a population of less than 75,000
491 residents, or counties having fewer than 100,000 residents which
492 are contiguous to counties having fewer than 75,000 residents.
493 Additional assistance may include, but not be limited to,
494 guidance in land development regulations and permitting
495 processes, working cooperatively with state, regional, and local
496 entities to identify areas within these counties which may be
497 suitable or adaptable for preclearance review of specified types
498 of land uses and other activities requiring permits.
499 (19) The following projects are ineligible for review under
500 this part:
501 (a) A project funded and operated by a local government, as
502 defined in s. 377.709, and located within that government’s
503 jurisdiction.
504 (b) A project, the primary purpose of which is to:
505 1. Effect the final disposal of solid waste, biomedical
506 waste, or hazardous waste in this state.
507 2. Produce electrical power, unless the production of
508 electricity is incidental and not the primary function of the
509 project or the electrical power is derived from a fuel source
510 for renewable energy as defined in s. 366.91(2)(d).
511 3. Extract natural resources.
512 4. Produce oil.
513 5. Construct, maintain, or operate an oil, petroleum,
514 natural gas, or sewage pipeline.
515 Section 5. (1) The Legislature finds that the ability of
516 the pilot communities designated under the Energy Economic Zone
517 Pilot Program pursuant to s. 377.809, Florida Statutes, to
518 provide incentives is essential to these communities attracting
519 clean technology industries and investments to the state and
520 establishing the base information necessary to assess whether to
521 revise state policies and expand the pilot program to other
522 communities.
523 (2) By February 1, 2011, the Department of Community
524 Affairs and the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
525 Development, in consultation with the Florida Energy and Climate
526 Commission, shall submit recommendations to the Governor, the
527 President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
528 Representatives of appropriate incentives and statutory
529 revisions necessary to provide the pilot communities with the
530 tools for accomplishing the goals of the pilot program. In
531 developing their recommendations, the Department of Community
532 Affairs and the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
533 Development, at a minimum, shall consider:
534 (a) Fiscal and regulatory incentives.
535 (b) A jobs tax credit and corporate property tax credit
536 pursuant to chapter 220, Florida Statutes.
537 (c) Refunds and exemptions from the sales and use tax in
538 chapter 212, Florida Statutes, for job creation, building
539 materials, business property, and products used for clean
540 technology businesses and investments within the designated
541 energy economic zones.
542 (3) The Department of Community Affairs and the Office of
543 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development shall also coordinate
544 with the pilot communities and clean technology industries in
545 identifying incentives and strategies that will help attract
546 emerging clean technology industries and investments to the
547 state.
548 Section 6. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.