SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 1940

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Kurth moved the following substitute for amendment

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14         Senate Amendment 

15         On page 4, line 30, through page 5, line 20, delete

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19         Section 2.  There is appropriated to the Office of

20  Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development from the General

21  Revenue Fund $3.75 million in fiscal year 1999-2000 and $3.75

22  million in fiscal year 2000-2001, to be used as a grant to a

23  unit of local government for the acquisition, construction,

24  reconstruction, or renovation of a privately owned retained

25  spring training franchise facility. No funds shall be released

26  until the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development

27  determines that a unit of local governmental, as defined in s.

28  218.369, Florida Statutes, is responsible for the acquisition,

29  construction, management, or operation of the retained spring

30  training franchise facility or holds title to the property on

31  which the retained spring training franchise facility is

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 1940

    Amendment No.    





 1  located; that the unit of local government has a verified copy

 2  of a signed agreement with a retained spring training

 3  franchise for the use of the facility for a term of at least

 4  15 years; that the unit of local government has a financial

 5  commitment to provide 50 percent or more of the funds required

 6  by an agreement for the use of the facility by the retained

 7  spring training franchise; and that the unit of local

 8  government has projections, verified by the Office of Tourism,

 9  Trade, and Economic Development, which demonstrate that the

10  facility will attract a paid attendance of at least 50,000

11  annually.

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