By Sandra Pedicini
Orlando Sentinel (FL)
March 13, 2013
Legislation that would tighten Florida's "brownfield" tax-incentive
program unanimously passed a Senate committee in Tallahassee on Wednesday.
Sen. Andy Gardiner, R-Orlando, proposed the amendment addressing brownfields to a bill requiring more extensive review of state tax-break programs (SB 406). The overall bill was approved by Senate's Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism and Economic Development.
Though it was created to redevelop contaminated areas, Florida's brownfield program doesn't require documented proof of pollution for
businesses to get incentives. A "perception" of contamination is all
that's needed. State law provides no definition of what perception
means.
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