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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1254

    Amendment No. 2

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11  The Committee on Fiscal Policy recommended the following

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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

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18         Section 14.  (1)  There is hereby created the Florida

19  Space Research Institute, the principal purposes of which are

20  to function as a customer-driven, academic center of

21  excellence for sponsored research and development activities

22  supporting the space industry; to expose individuals to

23  knowledge and skills conducive to employment in space-related

24  occupations and thereby help address the workforce development

25  needs of the space industry; and to facilitate linkages

26  between the private-sector, government, and educational

27  institutions that will help foster the development of the

28  commercial space industry in this state.

29         (2)  The institute shall be managed by the University

30  of Florida and shall be operated on property at Cape Canaveral

31  owned or leased by the Spaceport Florida Authority, or

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 1  otherwise under the authority's control.

 2         (3)  Florida State University, the University of

 3  Central Florida, the Florida Institute of Technology, and the

 4  University of Miami may serve as partners in the institute

 5  under agreements executed with the University of Florida.

 6         (4)  The institute shall function as a public-private

 7  partnership, and to that end, the research activities of the

 8  institute shall be based upon sponsored research contracts

 9  executed between the institute and space-industry businesses.

10  Such contracts shall govern issues including, but not limited

11  to, the scope of research projects, the time frames for

12  completion of research projects, and the financing of research

13  projects.

14         (5)  By August 1, 1999, the institute shall establish

15  an advisory committee comprised, at a minimum, of

16  representatives of space-related businesses, a representative

17  of the Spaceport Florida Authority, and a representative of

18  Enterprise Florida, Inc., to provide strategic guidance on the

19  mission and activities of the institute.

20         (6)  By December 1, of each year, the institute shall

21  submit a report on its activities and accomplishments for the

22  prior fiscal year to the Governor, the President of the

23  Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.  As

24  part of this report, the institute shall make findings and

25  recommendations, in consultation with the advisory committee,

26  regarding actions the state should take to enhance the

27  effectiveness of the institute and to further the development

28  of space-related business in the state.

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    Amendment No. 2





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 2  And the title is amended as follows:

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 6         creating the Florida Space Research Institute;

 7         prescribing the purposes of the institute;

 8         providing for management of the institute;

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