Florida Senate - 2006                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1388
                        Barcode 344894
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11  The Committee on Government Efficiency Appropriations
12  (Campbell) recommended the following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 17, between lines 26 and 27,
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18         Section 14.  Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
19  Challenge Grants; purpose; matching funds; duties of
20  Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; restrictions
21  on expenditures; duties of donors.--
22         (1)  There is created within the Department of
23  Agriculture and Consumer Services the Agricultural and
24  Environmental Sciences Challenge Grants. The purpose and
25  intent of this program is to encourage the active
26  participation of the private sector with government in
27  research and development. Private donations must be matched
28  dollar for dollar for each donation. The department shall
29  notify the State University System of the availability of
30  funds for research and development. Research proposals must be
31  submitted to the donors of the matching grant program. The
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Florida Senate - 2006 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1388 Barcode 344894 1 donors, based on the respective amount of their donations, may 2 individually or jointly select those proposals that they 3 consider worthy of funding. A research proposal selected for 4 funding may exceed 1 year in duration. Funds may be expended 5 for allied technical personnel costs but not to employ 6 full-time personnel of the State University System. Funds that 7 are not expended within a fiscal year will be carried over to 8 the next fiscal year. Matching funds not expended within 3 9 years revert to the State Treasury. 10 (2) By October 1 of each year, the donors must notify 11 the department of the amount of donations actually made for 12 the preceding fiscal year to the State University System for 13 research and development and any additional donations pledged 14 for the next fiscal year. The department shall notify the 15 Legislature of the total amount of funds pledged and the 16 amount of the matching funds requested for the next fiscal 17 year. 18 (3) Matching funds and donations shall not be included 19 in the department's annual appropriation, nor shall the 20 department be obligated to fund any shortfall in matching 21 grants requested. Matching funds and donations shall be 22 deposited in the department's Contracts and Grants Trust Fund. 23 24 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 25 26 27 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 28 And the title is amended as follows: 29 On page 2, line 27, after the first semicolon, 30 31 insert: 2 11:04 AM 04/21/06 s1388c2c-ge32-c8h
Florida Senate - 2006 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1388 Barcode 344894 1 creating the Agricultural and Environmental 2 Sciences Challenge Grants in the department; 3 providing purpose; providing for private 4 donations and matching government funds; 5 providing duties of the department and of 6 donors; restricting the expenditure of funds; 7 providing for the deposit of matching funds and 8 donations into the department's Contracts and 9 Grants Trust Fund; 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 3 11:04 AM 04/21/06 s1388c2c-ge32-c8h