Florida Senate - 2011 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1318
Barcode 264882
LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: RCS .
03/29/2011 .
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The Committee on Commerce and Tourism (Gaetz) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with directory and title amendments)
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3 Between lines 83 and 84
4 insert:
5 (4) APPLICATION AND APPROVAL PROCESS.—
6 (b) To qualify for review by the office, the application of
7 a target industry business must, at a minimum, establish the
8 following to the satisfaction of the office:
9 1.a. The jobs proposed to be created under the application,
10 pursuant to subparagraph (a)4., must pay an estimated annual
11 average wage equaling at least 115 percent of the average
12 private sector wage in the area where the business is to be
13 located or the statewide private sector average wage. The
14 governing board of the county or municipality where the
15 qualified target industry business is to be located shall notify
16 the office and Enterprise Florida, Inc., which calculation of
17 the average private sector wage in the area must be used as the
18 basis for the business’s wage commitment. In determining the
19 average annual wage, the office shall include only new proposed
20 jobs, and wages for existing jobs shall be excluded from this
21 calculation.
22 b. The office may waive the average wage requirement at the
23 request of the local governing body recommending the project and
24 Enterprise Florida, Inc. The office may waive the wage
25 requirement for a project located in a brownfield area
26 designated under s. 376.80, in a rural city, in a rural
27 community, in an enterprise zone, or for a manufacturing project
28 at any location in the state if the jobs proposed to be created
29 pay an estimated annual average wage equaling at least 100
30 percent of the average private sector wage in the area where the
31 business is to be located, only if the merits of the individual
32 project or the specific circumstances in the community in
33 relationship to the project warrant such action. If the local
34 governing body and Enterprise Florida, Inc., make such a
35 recommendation, it must be transmitted in writing, and the
36 specific justification for the waiver recommendation must be
37 explained. If the office elects to waive the wage requirement,
38 the waiver must be stated in writing, and the reasons for
39 granting the waiver must be explained.
40 2. The target industry business’s project must result in
41 the creation of at least 10 jobs at the project and, in the case
42 of an expansion of an existing business, must result in a net
43 increase in employment of at least 10 percent at the business.
44 At the request of the local governing body recommending the
45 project and Enterprise Florida, Inc., the office may waive this
46 requirement for a business in a rural community or enterprise
47 zone if the merits of the individual project or the specific
48 circumstances in the community in relationship to the project
49 warrant such action. If the local governing body and Enterprise
50 Florida, Inc., make such a request, the request must be
51 transmitted in writing, and the specific justification for the
52 request must be explained. If the office elects to grant the
53 request, the grant must be stated in writing, and the reason for
54 granting the request must be explained.
55 3. The business activity or product for the applicant’s
56 project must be within an industry identified by the office as a
57 target industry business that contributes to the economic growth
58 of the state and the area in which the business is located, that
59 produces a higher standard of living for residents of this state
60 in the new global economy, or that can be shown to make an
61 equivalent contribution to the area’s and state’s economic
62 progress.
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65 And the directory clause is amended as follows:
66 Delete lines 11 - 12
67 and insert:
68 Section 1. Paragraph (t) of subsection (2) and paragraph (b)
69 of subsection (4) of section 288.106, Florida Statutes, are
70 amended to read:
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73 And the title is amended as follows:
74 Delete line 7
75 and insert:
76 providing for notification by a municipal governing
77 board of private-sector wage calculation; providing an
78 effective date.