290.00676  Amendment of rural enterprise zone boundaries.--Notwithstanding any other law, upon recommendation by Enterprise Florida, Inc., the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development may approve requests to amend the boundaries of rural enterprise zones as defined in s. 290.004(8). Boundary amendments authorized by this section are subject to the following requirements:

(1)  The amendment may increase the size of the rural enterprise zone up to a maximum zone size of 20 square miles.

(2)  The amendment may increase the zone's number of noncontiguous areas by one, if the additional noncontiguous area has zero population. For purposes of this subsection, the pervasive poverty criteria may be set aside for the addition of a noncontiguous area.

(3)  The local enterprise zone development agency must request the amendment from Enterprise Florida, Inc., prior to December 30, 2001. The request must contain maps and sufficient information to allow the office to determine the number of noncontiguous areas and the total size of the rural enterprise zone.