Florida Senate - 2010 CS for SB 1754
By the Committee on Community Affairs; and Senator Altman
578-03536-10 20101754c1
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; amending s. 290.0055, F.S.;
10 authorizing certain governing bodies to apply to the
11 Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development to
12 amend the boundary of an enterprise zone that includes
13 a rural area of critical economic concern; providing a
14 limitation; authorizing the office to approve the
15 amendment application subject to certain requirements;
16 requiring that the office establish the effective date
17 of certain enterprise zones; creating s. 290.00727,
18 F.S.; authorizing Martin County to apply to the Office
19 of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development for
20 designation of an enterprise zone; providing
21 application requirements; authorizing the office to
22 designate an enterprise zone in Martin County;
23 providing responsibilities of the office; providing an
24 effective date.
25
26 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
27
28 Section 1. Section 290.00726, Florida Statutes, is created
29 to read:
30 290.00726 Enterprise zone designation for the City of Palm
31 Bay.—The City of Palm Bay may apply to the Office of Tourism,
32 Trade, and Economic Development for designation of one
33 enterprise zone for an area within the northeast portion of the
34 city, which zone shall encompass an area up to 5 square miles.
35 The application must be submitted by December 31, 2011, and must
36 comply with the requirements of s. 290.0055. Notwithstanding s.
37 290.0065 limiting the total number of enterprise zones
38 designated and the number of enterprise zones within a
39 population category, the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
40 Development may designate one enterprise zone under this
41 section. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development
42 shall establish the initial effective date of the enterprise
43 zone designated under this section.
44 Section 2. Paragraph (d) is added to subsection (6) of
45 section 290.0055, Florida Statutes, to read:
46 290.0055 Local nominating procedure.—
47 (6)
48 (d)1. The governing body of a jurisdiction which nominated
49 the application for an enterprise zone that includes a portion
50 of the state designated as a rural area of critical economic
51 concern pursuant to s. 288.0656(7) may apply to the Office of
52 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development to expand the boundary
53 of the enterprise zone by not more than 3 square miles. Such
54 application must be submitted by December 31, 2011.
55 2. Notwithstanding the area limitations specified in
56 subsection (4), the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
57 Development may approve the request for a boundary amendment if
58 the area continues to satisfy the remaining requirements of this
59 section.
60 3. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development
61 shall establish the initial effective date of an enterprise zone
62 designated under this paragraph.
63 Section 3. Section 290.00727, Florida Statutes, is created
64 to read:
65 290.00727 Enterprise zone designation for Martin County.
66 Martin County may apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
67 Economic Development for designation of one enterprise zone for
68 an area within Martin County, which zone shall encompass an area
69 up to 10 square miles consisting of land within the primary
70 urban services boundary and focusing on Indiantown, but
71 excluding property owned by Florida Power and Light to the west,
72 two areas to the north designated as estate residential, and the
73 county-owned Timer Powers Recreational Area. Within the
74 designated enterprise zone, Martin County shall exempt
75 residential condominiums from benefiting from state enterprise
76 zone incentives, unless prohibited by law. The application must
77 be submitted by December 31, 2010, and must comply with the
78 requirements of s. 290.0055. Notwithstanding s. 290.0065
79 limiting the total number of enterprise zones designated and the
80 number of enterprise zones within a population category, the
81 Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development may designate
82 one enterprise zone under this section. The Office of Tourism,
83 Trade, and Economic Development shall establish the initial
84 effective date of the enterprise zone designated pursuant to
85 this section.
86 Section 4. This act shall take effect January 1, 2011.