HOUSE AMENDMENT
                                     Bill No. CS/HB 1937, 1st Eng.
    Amendment No. 10 (for drafter's use only)
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11  Representative(s) Hart offered the following:
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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 
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17         Section 3.  Subsection (10) of section 159.705, Florida
18  Statutes, is amended to read:
19         159.705  Powers of the authority.--The authority is
20  authorized and empowered:
21         (10)  Other provisions of law to the contrary
22  notwithstanding, to acquire by lease, without consideration,
23  purchase, or option any lands owned, administered, managed,
24  controlled, supervised, or otherwise protected by the state or
25  any of its agencies, departments, boards, or commissions for
26  the purpose of establishing a research and development park,
27  subject to being first designated a research and development
28  authority under the provisions of ss. 159.701-159.7095.  The
29  authority may cooperate with state and local political
30  subdivisions and with private profit and nonprofit entities to
31  implement the public purposes set out in s. 159.701.  Such
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    File original & 9 copies    03/22/02                          
    hit0001                     10:30 am         01937-0057-703797

HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS/HB 1937, 1st Eng. Amendment No. 10 (for drafter's use only) 1 cooperation may include agreements for the use of the 2 resources of state and local political subdivisions, agencies, 3 or entities on a fee-for-service basis or on a cost-recovery 4 basis. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a 5 project that is located in a research and development park and 6 is financed under the provisions of the Florida Industrial 7 Development Financing Act may be operated by a research and 8 development authority, a state university, a Florida community 9 college, or a governmental agency if the purpose and operation 10 of the project is consistent with the purposes and policies 11 specified in ss. 159.701-159.7095. 12 13 14 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 15 And the title is amended as follows: 16 On page 1, line 2, after the semicolon, 17 18 insert: 19 amending s. 159.705, F.S.; specifying that 20 certain entities may operate a project located 21 in a research and development park and financed 22 under the Florida Industrial Development 23 Financing Act; 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2 File original & 9 copies 03/22/02 hit0001 10:30 am 01937-0057-703797