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11  Senator Childers moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 2, lines 25 and 26, delete those lines

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17         Section 2.  Subsection (9) is added to section 14.2015,

18  Florida Statutes, to read:

19         14.2015  Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic

20  Development; creation; powers and duties.--

21         (9)(a)  Subject to the cooperative recommendations of

22  Enterprise Florida, Inc., and the Florida Commission on

23  Tourism and to the approval of the Governor, the Office of

24  Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development is authorized to

25  expend appropriated state and federal funds for general

26  economic development grants. The office shall establish

27  criteria for the award of grants, including criteria relating

28  to highest economic return for the state as a whole, or a

29  particular region, county, city, or community, ability to

30  properly administer grant funds, and such other matters deemed

31  necessary and appropriate to further the purposes of this

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 1  subsection. The office shall expend all funds in accordance

 2  with state law and shall use such appropriations to supplement

 3  the financial support of:

 4         1.  Programs that have a substantial economic

 5  significance, giving emphasis to programs that benefit the

 6  state as a whole.

 7         2.  Programs with a high potential for match funding

 8  from nonstate sources.

 9         3.  Economic development programs for which no other

10  state grants are available.

11         4.  Rural areas and distressed urban areas.

12         (b)  Grants shall be made by contract with any

13  nonprofit corporation or local or state governmental entity.

14  Of the total amount of funds available from all sources for

15  grants, 70 percent of such funds shall be awarded on a

16  50-percent matching basis. Up to 30 percent of such funds

17  available may be awarded on a nonmatching basis.

18         (c)  In administering grants, contracts, and funds

19  appropriated for economic development programs, the office may

20  release moneys in advance on a quarterly basis. By the end of

21  the contract period, the grantee or contractee shall furnish

22  to the office a complete and accurate accounting of how all

23  grant funds were expended. Postaudits to be conducted by an

24  independent certified public accountant may be required in

25  accordance with criteria adopted by the office.

26         (d)  The office shall not award any new grant which

27  will, in whole or in part, inure to the personal benefit of

28  any board member of Enterprise Florida, Inc., or the Florida

29  Commission on Tourism during that member's term of office, if

30  the board member participated in the vote of the board or

31  panel thereof recommending the award. However, this subsection

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 1  does not prohibit the office from awarding a grant to an

 2  entity with which a board member is associated.

 3         Section 3.  Paragraph (e) of subsection (6) of section

 4  288.108, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

 5         288.108  High-impact business.--

 6         (6)  SELECTION AND DESIGNATION OF HIGH-IMPACT

 7  SECTORS.--

 8         (e)  The study and its findings and recommendations and

 9  the recommendations gathered from the sector-business network

10  must be discussed and considered during at least one of the

11  quarterly meetings required in s. 14.2015(2)(f)(h).

12         Section 4.  Subsection (7) of section 288.90152,

13  Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

14         288.90152  Pilot matching grant program.--

15         (7)  Upon completing all training funded under this

16  pilot program, the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic

17  Development shall report on the outputs and outcomes for this

18  program as part of the annual report prepared under s.

19  14.2015(2)(e)(g). Such report must include a recommendation on

20  whether it would be sound public policy to continue or

21  discontinue funding for the program.

22         Section 5.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

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27  And the title is amended as follows:

28         On page 1, lines 2-5, delete those lines

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31         An act relating to economic development;

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 1         amending s. 14.2015, F.S.; establishing an

 2         economic development grant program under the

 3         Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic

 4         Development; providing criteria, requirements,

 5         and restrictions with respect thereto; amending

 6         ss. 288.108 and 288.90152, F.S.; correcting

 7         cross-references; creating a committee to

 8         review and make recommendations concerning

 9         funding requests for fairs, agricultural

10         centers, pavilions, and multi-use facilities;

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