Florida Senate - 2011                                     SB 872
       
       
       
       By Senator Negron
       
       
       
       
       28-00841-11                                            2011872__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to enterprise zones; amending s.
    3         290.0055, F.S.; authorizing certain governing bodies
    4         to apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
    5         Development to amend the boundary of an enterprise
    6         zone that includes a rural area of critical economic
    7         concern; providing a limitation; authorizing the
    8         office to approve the amendment application subject to
    9         certain requirements; requiring that the office
   10         establish the effective date of certain enterprise
   11         zones; creating s. 290.00726, F.S.; authorizing Martin
   12         County to apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
   13         Economic Development for designation of an enterprise
   14         zone; providing application requirements; authorizing
   15         the office to designate an enterprise zone in Martin
   16         County; providing responsibilities of the office;
   17         providing an effective date.
   18  
   19  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   20  
   21         Section 1. Paragraph (d) is added to subsection (6) of
   22  section 290.0055, Florida Statutes, to read:
   23         290.0055 Local nominating procedure.—
   24         (6)
   25         (d)1. The governing body of a jurisdiction which nominated
   26  the application for an enterprise zone that includes a portion
   27  of the state designated as a rural area of critical economic
   28  concern pursuant to s. 288.0656(7) may apply to the Office of
   29  Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development to expand the boundary
   30  of the enterprise zone by not more than 3 square miles. Such
   31  application must be submitted by December 31, 2012.
   32         2. Notwithstanding the area limitations specified in
   33  subsection (4), the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
   34  Development may approve the request for a boundary amendment if
   35  the area continues to satisfy the remaining requirements of this
   36  section.
   37         3. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development
   38  shall establish the initial effective date of an enterprise zone
   39  designated under this paragraph.
   40         Section 2. Section 290.00726, Florida Statutes, is created
   41  to read:
   42         290.00726 Enterprise zone designation for Martin County.
   43  Martin County may apply to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
   44  Economic Development for designation of one enterprise zone for
   45  an area within Martin County, which zone shall encompass an area
   46  up to 10 square miles consisting of land within the primary
   47  urban services boundary and focusing on Indiantown, but
   48  excluding property owned by Florida Power and Light to the west,
   49  two areas to the north designated as estate residential, and the
   50  county-owned Timer Powers Recreational Area. Within the
   51  designated enterprise zone, Martin County shall exempt
   52  residential condominiums from benefiting from state enterprise
   53  zone incentives, unless prohibited by law. The application must
   54  have been submitted by December 31, 2011, and must comply with
   55  the requirements of s. 290.0055. Notwithstanding s. 290.0065
   56  limiting the total number of enterprise zones designated and the
   57  number of enterprise zones within a population category, the
   58  Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development may designate
   59  one enterprise zone under this section. The Office of Tourism,
   60  Trade, and Economic Development shall establish the initial
   61  effective date of the enterprise zone designated pursuant to
   62  this section.
   63         Section 3. This act shall take effect January 1, 2012.