Plan to eliminate Enterprise Florida moves forward
A House plan to eliminate the business-recruitment agency Enterprise Florida and relocate tourism-marketing efforts also would lead to a change in the name of the state Department of Economic Opportunity.
The House Appropriations Committee on Friday voted 19-7 to approve a bill (HB 5) that would do away with Enterprise Florida and change the name of the Department of Economic Opportunity to the Department of Commerce.
The department, whose roles include administering unemployment benefits, was rebranded from the Agency for Workforce Innovation in 2011.
The bill would put the commerce secretary in charge of business-recruitment and expansion efforts, move the Visit Florida tourism-marketing a...
