[CPEO-BIF] Florida "Senate panel votes to tighten brownfield incentives"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Senate panel votes to tighten brownfield incentives

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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For the entire article, see
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/os-brownfields-florida- 
changes-20130313,0,3633357.story

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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