Resolution 2003-040
RESOLUTION 03-.....4.L
A RESOLUTION BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA; SUPPORTING PROPOSED LEGISLATION
FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE 2003 FLORIDA LEGISLATURE, TO 1)
EXTEND THE DEADLINE ALLOWING RURAL ENTERPRISE ZONES TO
EXPAND THEIR JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES, AND 2) REDUCE THE
REQUIRED MINIMUM PURCHASE PRICE FROM $5,000 TO $500 FOR
ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE ENTERPRISE ZONE BUSINESS EQUIPMENT
SALES TAX REFUND PROGRAM.
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WHEREAS, the State of Florida has enacted the Florida Enterprise Zone
Act, Sections 290.001 - 290.016, Florida Statutes, to provide incentives by both
State and local government to induce private investment into distressed areas to
create economic opportunities and sustainable economic development; and
WHEREAS, the area included in Tracts 112.03, 113, and 114 of the 1990
Census, publiShed by the U.S. Bureau of the Census, hereafter known as the
Immokalee Community, is a distressed area which exhibits unacceptable levels
of poverty, unemployment, physical deterioration, and economic disinvestment;
and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commission adopted Resolution #95-
248 on March 28, 1995, nominating the Immokalee Community as an Enterprise
Zone pursuant to the Florida Enterprise Zone Act; and
WHEREAS, the State of Florida designated a portion of the Immokalee
Community as a State Enterprise Zone effective January 1, 1997; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Collier County Resolution #99-342, and
subsequent approval by the Office of the Governor under Chapter 99-342, Laws
of Florida, the Immokalee Enterprise Zone was expanded to include the entirety
of Tracts 112.03, 113, and 114; and
WHEREAS, the existing boundary of the Everglades City Enterprise Zone
includes only those areas within that city's jurisdictional limits; and
WHEREAS, a boundary expansion could greatly assist the Everglades
City Enterprise Zone program by possibly including the areas of Chokoloskee
and Copeland;
WHEREAS, it is widely known that small businesses are the majority of
the businesses locating in an Enterprise Zone; and
WHEREAS, many small businesses cannot utilize the Enterprise Zone
Business Equipment Sales Tax Refund program as currently written due to the
$5,000 minimum purchase price requirement.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, that:
The Board of County Commissioners supports the proposed 2003
legislation to: 1) extend the deadline to 12/30/03 allowing Rural Enterprise Zones
to request an amendment to expand their jurisdictional boundaries, and 2)
reduce the minimum purchase price from $5,000 to $500 per unit for eligibility
under the Sales Tax Refund for Business Equipment used in an Enterprise
Zone.
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same.
This Resolution adopted after motion, second and majority vote favoring
DATED: /-2.8-03
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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND
LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
Patrick G. hite
Assistant County Attorney
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