SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 1225, 2nd Eng.
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11 Senator Bronson moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 107. The sum of $650,000 is appropriated to
18 the Florida Commercial Space Financing Corporation from the
19 General Revenue Fund for fiscal year 2001-2002, and the sum of
20 $650,000 is appropriated to the Spaceport Florida Authority
21 from the General Revenue Fund for fiscal year 2001-2002. The
22 funds distributed to the Florida Commercial Space Financing
23 Corporation pursuant to this section shall be used solely for
24 funding aerospace infrastructure as defined in this
25 sub-subparagraph. These funds distributed to the Spaceport
26 Florida Authority shall be used solely for aerospace
27 infrastructure funding purposes based on recommendations made
28 to the authority by the director of the Office of Tourism,
29 Trade, and Economic Development. For purposes of this
30 sub-subparagraph, "aerospace infrastructure" means land,
31 buildings and other improvements, fixtures, machinery,
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SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 1225, 2nd Eng.
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1 equipment, instruments, and software that will improve the
2 state's capability to support, expand, or attract the launch,
3 construction, processing, refurbishment, or manufacturing of
4 rockets, missiles, capsules, spacecraft, satellites, satellite
5 control facilities, ground support equipment and related
6 tangible personal property, launch vehicles, modules, space
7 stations or components destined for space station operation,
8 and space flight research and development facilities,
9 instruments, and equipment, together with any engineering,
10 permitting, and other expenses directly related to such land,
11 buildings, improvements, fixtures, machinery, equipment,
12 instruments, or software. The funds distributed to the Florida
13 Commercial Space Financing Corporation shall be used solely
14 for funding aerospace infrastructure as defined in this
15 sub-subparagraph. The funds distributed to the Spaceport
16 Florida Authority pursuant to this section shall be used
17 solely for aerospace infrastructure funding purposes based on
18 recommendations made to the authority by the director of the
19 Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development. Proposals
20 for aerospace infrastructure funding through the authority
21 shall be submitted to the Space Industry Committee created
22 pursuant to s. 331.367, or any successor organization, and the
23 committee shall, at least once each quarter, submit a written
24 report to the director of the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
25 Economic Development delineating the committee's
26 recommendation for prioritizing those proposals that it has
27 reviewed. The director of the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
28 Economic Development shall take into consideration the
29 prioritization reports of the Space Industry Committee. For
30 purposes of this sub-subparagraph, "aerospace infrastructure"
31 means land, buildings and other improvements, fixtures,
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SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 1225, 2nd Eng.
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1 machinery, equipment, instruments, and software that will
2 improve the state's capability to support, expand, or attract
3 the launch, construction, processing, refurbishment, or
4 manufacturing of rockets, missiles, capsules, spacecraft,
5 satellites, satellite control facilities, ground support
6 equipment and related tangible personal property, launch
7 vehicles, modules, space stations or components destined for
8 space station operation, and space flight research and
9 development facilities, instruments, and equipment, together
10 with any engineering, permitting, and other expenses directly
11 related to such land, buildings, improvements, fixtures,
12 machinery, equipment, instruments, or software.
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18 And the title is amended as follows:
19 On page 7, line 2, after the semicolon,
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22 providing appropriations; providing funding to
23 the Florida Commercial Space Financing
24 Corporation and the Spaceport Florida Authority
25 and used for funding aerospace infrastructure;
26 providing duties of the corporation, the
27 authority, the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
28 Economic Development, and the Space Industry
29 Committee; providing a definition; providing an
30 appropriation;
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