Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1554
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/14/2015           .                                
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and
       Economic Development (Clemens) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 454 and 455
    4  insert:
    5         Section 4. Section 288.365, Florida Statutes, is created to
    6  read:
    7         288.365 Notwithstanding chapter 74-570, Laws of Florida,
    8  the Port of Palm Beach is deemed eligible and granted authority
    9  to apply to the Federal Government to seek approval from the
   10  Foreign-Trade Zones Board through an alternative site framework
   11  to include all of Palm Beach, Martin, and St. Lucie Counties in
   12  the proposed service area without requirement to obtain
   13  approvals from incorporated municipalities within the service
   14  area. However, the designation of any area as a foreign-trade
   15  zone does not authorize an exemption from any law, any local
   16  zoning or land use designation or ordinance of any municipality
   17  or county, or any tax imposed by the state or by any political
   18  subdivision, agency, or instrumentality thereof.
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   21  And the title is amended as follows:
   22         Delete line 17
   23  and insert:
   24         property; creating s. 288.365, F.S.; providing that
   25         the Port of Palm Beach is deemed eligible and granted
   26         authority to apply to the federal government to seek
   27         approval from the Foreign-Trade Zones Board through an
   28         alternative site framework to include specified
   29         counties in the proposed service area without
   30         obtaining approvals from certain municipalities;
   31         providing applicability; amending s. 311.07, F.S.;
   32         increasing the