Bill Text: FL S0480 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Enterprise Zones

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-05-03 - Died in Commerce and Tourism [S0480 Detail]

Download: Florida-2013-S0480-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2013                                     SB 480
       
       
       
       By Senator Stargel
       
       
       
       
       15-00527-13                                            2013480__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to enterprise zones; creating s.
    3         290.0079, F.S.; authorizing Polk County, the City of
    4         Auburndale, the City of Bartow, the City of Eagle
    5         Lake, the City of Fort Meade, the City of Frostproof,
    6         the City of Lake Wales, the City of Mulberry, and the
    7         City of Polk City to apply, individually or jointly,
    8         to the Department of Economic Opportunity for
    9         designation of a specified number of enterprise zones;
   10         providing application requirements; requiring the
   11         department to establish the effective dates of the
   12         enterprise zones; providing an effective date.
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   14  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   16         Section 1. Section 290.0079, Florida Statutes, is created
   17  to read:
   18         290.0079 Enterprise zone designations for Polk County, the
   19  City of Auburndale, the City of Bartow, the City of Eagle Lake,
   20  the City of Fort Meade, the City of Frostproof, the City of Lake
   21  Wales, the City of Mulberry, and the City of Polk City.—The City
   22  of Auburndale, the City of Bartow, the City of Eagle Lake, the
   23  City of Fort Meade, the City of Frostproof, the City of Lake
   24  Wales, the City of Mulberry, and the City of Polk City may
   25  apply, individually, jointly with Polk County, or in any
   26  combination, to the department for designation of enterprise
   27  zones within Polk County. The applications must comply with the
   28  requirements of s. 290.0055. The department may designate up to
   29  eight enterprise zones, consisting of no more than one
   30  enterprise zone for each city, either individually or in
   31  combination with the county, notwithstanding s. 290.0065
   32  limiting the total number of enterprise zones designated and the
   33  number of enterprise zones within a population category. The
   34  department shall establish the initial effective date of the
   35  enterprise zones under this section.
   36         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.