| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to enterprise zones; amending s. 290.0055, |
| 3 | F.S.; authorizing certain governing bodies to apply to the |
| 4 | Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development to |
| 5 | amend the boundary of an enterprise zone that includes a |
| 6 | rural area of critical economic concern; providing a |
| 7 | limitation; authorizing the office to approve the |
| 8 | amendment application subject to certain requirements; |
| 9 | requiring that the office establish the effective date of |
| 10 | certain enterprise zones; creating s. 290.00726, F.S.; |
| 11 | authorizing Martin County to apply to the Office of |
| 12 | Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development for designation |
| 13 | of an enterprise zone; providing application requirements; |
| 14 | authorizing the office to designate an enterprise zone in |
| 15 | Martin County; providing responsibilities of the office; |
| 16 | providing an effective date. |
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| 18 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 20 | Section 1. Paragraph (d) is added to subsection (6) of |
| 21 | section 290.0055, Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 22 | 290.0055 Local nominating procedure.- |
| 23 | (6) |
| 24 | (d)1. The governing body of a jurisdiction which nominated |
| 25 | the application for an enterprise zone that includes a portion |
| 26 | of the state designated as a rural area of critical economic |
| 27 | concern pursuant to s. 288.0656(7) may apply to the Office of |
| 28 | Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development to expand the boundary |
| 29 | of the enterprise zone by not more than 3 square miles. Such |
| 30 | application must be submitted by December 31, 2012. |
| 31 | 2. Notwithstanding the area limitations specified in |
| 32 | subsection (4), the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic |
| 33 | Development may approve the request for a boundary amendment if |
| 34 | the area continues to satisfy the remaining requirements of this |
| 35 | section. |
| 36 | 3. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development |
| 37 | shall establish the initial effective date of an enterprise zone |
| 38 | designated under this paragraph. |
| 39 | Section 2. Section 290.00726, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 40 | to read: |
| 41 | 290.00726 Enterprise zone designation for Martin County.- |
| 42 | Martin County may apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and |
| 43 | Economic Development for designation of one enterprise zone for |
| 44 | an area within Martin County, which zone shall encompass an area |
| 45 | up to 10 square miles consisting of land within the primary |
| 46 | urban services boundary and focusing on Indiantown, but |
| 47 | excluding property owned by Florida Power and Light to the west, |
| 48 | two areas to the north designated as estate residential, and the |
| 49 | county-owned Timer Powers Recreational Area. Within the |
| 50 | designated enterprise zone, Martin County shall exempt |
| 51 | residential condominiums from benefiting from state enterprise |
| 52 | zone incentives, unless prohibited by law. The application must |
| 53 | have been submitted by December 31, 2011, and must comply with |
| 54 | the requirements of s. 290.0055. Notwithstanding s. 290.0065 |
| 55 | limiting the total number of enterprise zones designated and the |
| 56 | number of enterprise zones within a population category, the |
| 57 | Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development may designate |
| 58 | one enterprise zone under this section. The Office of Tourism, |
| 59 | Trade, and Economic Development shall establish the initial |
| 60 | effective date of the enterprise zone designated pursuant to |
| 61 | this section. |
| 62 | Section 3. This act shall take effect January 1, 2012. |