Florida Senate - 2010                                    SB 1754
       
       
       
       By Senator Altman
       
       
       
       
       24-01503-10                                           20101754__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to enterprise zones; creating s.
    3         290.00726, F.S.; authorizing the City of Palm Bay to
    4         apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
    5         Development for designation of an enterprise zone;
    6         providing an application deadline; providing
    7         requirements for the area of the enterprise zone;
    8         requiring the office to establish the effective date
    9         of the enterprise zone; 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. Section 290.00726, Florida Statutes, is created
   14  to read:
   15         290.00726 Enterprise zone designation for the City of Palm
   16  Bay.—The City of Palm Bay may apply to the Office of Tourism,
   17  Trade, and Economic Development for designation of one
   18  enterprise zone for an area within the northeast portion of the
   19  city, which zone shall encompass an area up to 5 square miles.
   20  The application must be submitted by December 31, 2011, and must
   21  comply with the requirements of s. 290.0055. Notwithstanding s.
   22  290.0065 limiting the total number of enterprise zones
   23  designated and the number of enterprise zones within a
   24  population category, the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
   25  Development may designate one enterprise zone under this
   26  section. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development
   27  shall establish the initial effective date of the enterprise
   28  zone designated under this section.
   29         Section 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2011.