SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1994

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Cowin moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment 

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15            page 11, line 17, delete those lines

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17  and insert:  Governor or the Governor's designee, who shall be

18  an ex officio nonvoting member. Each of the following entities

19  shall submit a list of three nominees to the Governor:

20         (a)  The Florida Farm Bureau Federation.

21         (b)  The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences of

22  the University of Florida.

23         (c)  The Florida Agricultural and Mechanical

24  University.

25         (d)  The Florida Agricultural Resources and

26  Mobilization Foundation, Inc. (FARM Foundation).

27         (e)  The Technological Research and Development

28  Authority.

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30  The Governor shall appoint one person from each list to the

31  board and shall appoint two members to the board at large; the

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1994

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 1  at-large members must represent financial institutions with

 2  experience in agricultural lending, farmers, or beginning

 3  farmers or must otherwise be persons especially interested in

 4  agriculture and family farm development. Additionally, the

 5  initial appointee from the Institute of Food and Agricultural

 6  Sciences must be an agriculturalist and the initial appointee

 7  from the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University must

 8  be an economist; thereafter, the appointees from the nominees

 9  of these two entities shall alternate between agriculturists

10  and economists.

11         (3)  Initially, three members of the board shall be

12  appointed for terms of 4 years each, two members of the board

13  shall be appointed for terms of 3 years each, and two members

14  of the board shall be appointed for terms of 2 years each.

15  Thereafter, each member shall be appointed for a 4-year term.

16  Following the initial appointment of members to the board,

17  each subsequent appointee must be confirmed by the serving

18  members. A person appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve only

19  for the unexpired portion of the term.  A member of the board

20  is eligible for reappointment.  An appointed member may be

21  removed from office by the Governor

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