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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 2540

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Bronson moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 35, line 24, through page 39, line 15, delete

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18         (4)  Each member shall be appointed to serve for a

19  3-year term, beginning July 1. Initial appointments shall be

20  made no later than 60 days after the effective date of this

21  act.

22         (5)  The executive board shall hold its initial meeting

23  no later than 30 days after the members have been appointed.

24  The Space Industry Committee shall hold its initial meeting no

25  later than 60 days after the members have been appointed.

26         (6)  All council members must be residents of the

27  state.

28         (7)  The council shall adopt bylaws governing the

29  manner in which the business of the council shall be

30  conducted. The bylaws shall specify the procedure by which the

31  chairperson of the council is elected.

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 1         (8)  The council shall provide infrastructure and

 2  program requirements and develop other information to be

 3  utilized in a 5-year spaceport master plan. The council shall

 4  define goals and objectives concerning the development of

 5  spaceport facilities and an intermodal transportation system

 6  consistent with the goals of the Florida Transportation Plan

 7  developed pursuant to s. 339.155.

 8         (9)  The council shall provide requirements and other

 9  information to be utilized in the development of a 5-year

10  Spaceport Economic Development Plan, defining the goals and

11  objectives of the council concerning the development of space

12  manufacturing, research and development, and educational

13  facilities.

14         (10)(a)  The council shall adopt procedures for

15  evaluating projects which may be funded under s. 331.365. The

16  rules shall provide criteria for evaluating the economic

17  benefit of the project, measured by the potential for the

18  proposed project to increase manufacturing activity,

19  international commerce, spaceport revenues, and the number of

20  jobs.

21         (b)  The council shall review and recommend projects

22  eligible to be funded pursuant to the Florida Space Industry

23  and Research Facility Development Program.

24         (c)  The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic

25  Development shall review the list of projects approved by the

26  council to evaluate the economic benefit of the projects. The

27  office shall identify those projects that it determines do not

28  offer an economic benefit to the state, and shall notify the

29  council of its findings.

30         (11)  The council shall meet at the call of its

31  chairperson, at the request of a majority of its membership,

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 1  or at such times as may be prescribed in its bylaws. However,

 2  the council must meet at least semiannually. A majority of

 3  voting members of the council constitutes a quorum for the

 4  purpose of transacting the business of the council. A vote of

 5  the majority of the voting members present is sufficient for

 6  any action of the council, unless the bylaws of the council

 7  require a greater vote for a particular action.

 8         (12)  Members of the council shall serve without

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12  And the title is amended as follows:

13         On page 3, lines 16-30, delete those lines

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16         board and the membership thereof; providing

17         duties of the council; providing duties with

18         respect to a spaceport master plan; providing

19         for development of a Spaceport Economic

20         Development Plan; providing that the council

21         shall recommend projects to be funded pursuant

22         to the Florida Space Industry and Research

23         Facility Development Program; creating the

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