Bill Text: FL S1724 | 2010 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Rural Enterprise Zones [CPSC]

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-28 - Placed on Special Order Calendar; Read 2nd time -SJ 00932; Substituted CS/HB 843 -SJ 00932; Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 843 (Ch. 2010-108) -SJ 00932 [S1724 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S1724-Comm_Sub.html

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Florida Senate - 2010                             CS for SB 1724 
 
By the Committee on Commerce; and Senator Dean 
577-04354-10                                          20101724c1 
1                        A bill to be entitled 
2         An act relating to rural enterprise zones; requiring 
3         the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development 
4         to designate certain rural catalyst sites as rural 
5         enterprise zones upon request of a host county; 
6         specifying request requirements; specifying effect of 
7         designation; specifying reporting requirements for 
8         rural catalyst sites designated as a rural enterprise 
9         zone; specifying a reporting entity; providing an 
10         effective date. 
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12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
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14         Section 1. Notwithstanding s. 290.0065(1), Florida 
15  Statutes, the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic 
16  Development, upon request of the host county, shall designate as 
17  a rural enterprise zone any catalyst site as defined in s. 
18  288.0656(2)(b), Florida Statutes, which was approved prior to 
19  January 1, 2010, and which is not located in an existing rural 
20  enterprise zone. The request from the host county must include 
21  the legal description of the catalyst site and the name and 
22  contact information for the county development authority 
23  responsible for managing the catalyst site. The designation 
24  shall provide businesses locating within the catalyst site the 
25  same eligibility for economic incentives and other benefits of a 
26  rural enterprise zone designated under s. 290.0065, Florida 
27  Statutes, and the reporting criteria for a catalyst site 
28  designated as a rural enterprise zone under this section are the 
29  same as for other rural enterprise zones. Host county 
30  development authorities may enter into memoranda of agreement, 
31  as necessary, to coordinate their efforts to implement this 
32  section. 
33         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.