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2011 Florida Statutes

Title XXV AVIATION
Chapter 331 AVIATION AND AEROSPACE FACILITIES AND COMMERCE Entire Chapter
SECTION 3081
Board of directors; advisory board.
F.S. 331.3081
331.3081 Board of directors; advisory board.—
(1) Space Florida shall be governed by a 12-member independent board of directors that consists of the members appointed to the board of directors of Enterprise Florida, Inc., by the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives pursuant to s. 288.901(5)(a)5.
(2) Space Florida shall have a 15-member advisory council, appointed by the Governor from a list of nominations submitted by the board of directors. The advisory council shall be composed of Florida residents with expertise in the space industry, and each of the following areas of expertise or experience must be represented by at least one advisory council member: human space-flight programs, commercial launches into space, organized labor with experience working in the aerospace industry, aerospace-related industries, a commercial company working under Federal Government contracts to conduct space-related business, an aerospace company whose primary client is the United States Department of Defense, and an alternative energy enterprise with potential for aerospace applications. The advisory council shall elect a member to serve as the chair of the council.
(3) The advisory council shall make recommendations to the board of directors of Enterprise Florida, Inc., on the operation of Space Florida, including matters pertaining to ways to improve or enhance Florida’s efforts to expand its existing space and aerospace industry, to improve management and use of Florida’s state-owned real property assets related to space and aerospace, how best to retain and, if necessary, retrain Florida’s highly skilled space and aerospace workforce, and how to strengthen bonds between this state, NASA, the Department of Defense, and private space and aerospace industries.
(4) The term for an advisory council member is 4 years. A member may not serve more than two consecutive terms. The Governor may remove any member for cause and shall fill all vacancies that occur.
(5) Advisory council members shall serve without compensation but may be reimbursed for all reasonable, necessary, and actual expenses as determined by the board of directors of Enterprise Florida, Inc.
History.—s. 1, ch. 2010-105; s. 236, ch. 2011-142.