HB 1489

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the state's aerospace industry;
3	redesignating the "Florida Space Authority" as "Space
4	Florida"; providing legislative intent; providing
5	definitions; revising and consolidating the roles,
6	purposes, responsibilities, assets, and duties of the
7	Florida Space Authority as those of Space Florida;
8	deleting authority to establish facilities and
9	complementary activities; providing additional powers and
10	duties of Space Florida; prohibiting Space Florida from
11	endorsing political candidates or making campaign
12	contributions; characterizing certain property as Space
13	Florida territory; providing additional powers and
14	responsibilities of Space Florida relating to the state's
15	aerospace industry; deleting authority to exercise eminent
16	domain powers; requiring Space Florida to create a
17	business plan and a marketing campaign; requiring Space
18	Florida to coordinate its activities with federal and
19	state agencies; replacing provisions providing for a board
20	of supervisors with provisions providing for a board of
21	directors of Space Florida; providing for designation and
22	appointment of members; providing for terms, removal of
23	members, and filling of vacancies; providing for board
24	meetings; specifying service without compensation;
25	providing for reimbursement of certain expenses; providing
26	financial disclosure requirements; revising powers and
27	duties of the board; creating ss. 331.3011 and 331.3051,
28	F.S.; amending ss. 331.301, 331.302, 331.303, 331.305,
29	331.306, 331.308, 331.309, 331.310, 331.3101, 331.311,
30	331.312, 331.313, 331.315, 331.316, 331.317, 331.318,
31	331.319, 331.320, 331.321, 331.322, 331.323, 331.324,
32	331.325, 331.326, 331.327, 331.328, 331.329, 331.331,
33	331.333, 331.334, 331.335, 331.336, 331.337, 331.338,
34	331.339, 331.340, 331.343, 331.345, 331.346, 331.347,
35	331.348, 331.349, 331.350, 331.351, 331.354, 331.355,
36	331.360, and 331.369, F.S., to conform; amending ss.
37	14.2015, 74.011, 196.012, 212.02, 288.063, 288.075,
38	288.35, and 288.9415, F.S., to conform; amending s.
39	212.08, F.S.; expanding the exemption from the sales and
40	use tax on certain machinery and equipment; amending s.
41	212.20, F.S.; requiring dealers at certain business
42	locations to file returns with the Department of Revenue
43	disclosing certain sales tax information; specifying
44	return requirements; requiring the department to
45	distribute certain proceeds to Space Florida; requiring
46	expenditure of such proceeds for certain purposes;
47	creating s. 1004.86, F.S.; requiring the Department of
48	Education to establish the Florida Center for Mathematics
49	and Science Education Research at a public state
50	university; specifying requirements for the center;
51	repealing s. 331.314, F.S., relating to the exclusive
52	authority of the Florida Space Authority to regulate
53	spaceports; repealing s. 331.367, F.S., relating to the
54	Spaceport Management Council; repealing s. 331.368, F.S.,
55	relating to the Florida Space Research Institute;
56	repealing ss. 331.401, 331.403, 331.405, 331.407, 331.409,
57	331.411, 331.415, 331.417, and 331.419, F.S., relating to
58	the Florida Aerospace Finance Corporation; providing that
59	the Florida Space Authority, the Florida Space Research
60	Institute, and the Florida Aerospace Finance Corporation
61	are dissolved on a specified date; providing that Space
62	Florida assumes the records, property, and unexpended
63	balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds
64	from the dissolved entities; requiring the Governor, the
65	President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
66	Representatives to appoint the board of directors of Space
67	Florida by a specified date; requiring the board of
68	directors of Space Florida to hold its first meeting by a
69	specified date; amending ss. 228.1224, 288.9015, 445.004,
70	and 1001.10, F.S.; requiring the Florida Commission on
71	Tourism, Enterprise Florida, Inc., Workforce Florida,
72	Inc., and the Commissioner of Education to enter into
73	memoranda of agreement with Space Florida; providing an
74	effective date.
75
76	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
77
78	Section 1.  Section 331.301, Florida Statutes, is amended
79	to read:
80	331.301  Short title.--This act may be cited as the "Space
81	Florida Space Authority Act."
82	Section 2.  Section 331.3011, Florida Statutes, is created
83	to read:
84	331.3011  Legislative findings and intent.--
85	(1)  The Legislature finds and declares that the aerospace
86	industry of this state is integral to the state's long-term
87	success in diversifying its economy and building a knowledge-
88	based economy that is able to support the creation of high
89	value-added businesses and jobs. Further, under the direction
90	and leadership of a single, private-public board, this state has
91	the opportunity to strengthen its existing leadership in civil
92	and military aerospace activity and emerge as a leader in the
93	nation's new vision for space exploration and commercial
94	aerospace opportunities, including the integration of space,
95	aeronautics, and aviation technologies. As the leading location
96	for talent, research, advanced technologies and systems
97	development, launch, and other aerospace-based industry
98	activities, this state can position itself for sustainable
99	economic growth and prosperity.
100	(2)  The Legislature finds that attaining this vision
101	requires a strong public and private commitment to a world class
102	aerospace and aeronautics industry. It is the intent of the
103	Legislature that Space Florida will encourage the public and
104	private sectors to work together to implement an aggressive
105	strategy that enhances the state's workforce, education, and
106	research capabilities, with emphasis on mathematics, science,
107	engineering, and related fields; will focus on the state's
108	economic development efforts in order to capture a larger share
109	of activity in aerospace research, technology, production, and
110	commercial operations, while maintaining the state's historical
111	leadership in space launch activities; and will preserve the
112	unique national role served by the Cape Canaveral Air Force
113	Station and Kennedy Space Center by reducing costs and improving
114	the regulatory flexibility for commercial sector launches while
115	pursuing the development of alternative sites for commercial
116	horizontal launches.
117	(3)  It is the intent of the Legislature that aerospace
118	activities be highly visible and coordinated within this state.
119	To that end, it is the intent of the Legislature that Space
120	Florida provide a single point of contact for state aerospace-
121	related activities with federal agencies, the military, state
122	agencies, businesses, and the private sector.
123	Section 3.  Section 331.302, Florida Statutes, is amended
124	to read:
125	(Substantial rewording of section. See
126	s. 331.302, F.S., for present text.)
127	331.302  Space Florida; creation; purpose.--
128	(1)  There is established, formed, and created Space
129	Florida, which is created and incorporated as a public
130	corporation, body politic, and subdivision of the state to
131	foster the growth and development of a sustainable and world-
132	leading aerospace industry in this state. Space Florida shall
133	promote aerospace business development by facilitating business
134	financing, spaceport operations, research and development,
135	workforce development, and innovative education programs. Space
136	Florida has all the powers, rights, privileges, and authority as
137	provided under the laws of this state.
138	(2)  In carrying out its duties and responsibilities, Space
139	Florida shall advise, coordinate, cooperate, and, when
140	necessary, enter into memoranda of agreement with
141	municipalities, counties, regional authorities, state agencies
142	and organizations, appropriate federal agencies and
143	organizations, and other interested persons and groups.
144	(3)  Space Florida may not endorse any candidate for any
145	elected public office or contribute money to the campaign of any
146	candidate for public office.
147	(4)  Space Florida is not an agency as defined in ss.
148	216.011 and 287.012.
149	Section 4.  Section 331.303, Florida Statutes, is amended
150	to read:
151	331.303  Definitions.--
152	(1)  "Aerospace" means the industry that designs and
153	manufactures aircraft related to space flight, rockets,
154	missiles, spacecraft, satellites, space vehicles, space
155	stations, space facilities or components thereof, and equipment,
156	systems, facilities, simulators, programs, and related
157	activities. "Authority" means the Florida Space Authority
158	created by this act.
159	(2)  "Board" or "board of directors supervisors" means the
160	governing body of Space Florida the authority.
161	(3)  "Bonds" means revenue bonds, assessment bonds, or
162	other bonds or obligations issued by Space Florida the authority
163	for the purpose of raising financing for its projects.
164	(4)  "Business client" means any person, other than a state
165	official or state employee, who receives the services of, or is
166	the subject of solicitation by, representatives of Space Florida
167	the authority in connection with the performance of its
168	statutory duties, including purchasers or prospective purchasers
169	of Space Florida authority services, persons or representatives
170	of firms considering or being solicited for investment in Space
171	Florida authority projects, persons or representatives of firms
172	considering or being solicited for location, relocation, or
173	expansion of an aerospace-related a space-related business
174	within the state, and business, financial, or other persons
175	connected with the aerospace space industry.
176	(5)  "Complementary activity" means any aerospace space
177	business incubator, aerospace space tourism activity,
178	educational involvement in an incubator, or space tourism and
179	aerospace-related space-related research and development.
180	(6)  "Conduit bond" means any bond of Space Florida that
181	the authority which is a nonrecourse obligation of Space Florida
182	the authority payable from the proceeds of the such bonds and
183	related financing agreements.
184	(7)  "Cost" means all costs, fees, charges, expenses, and
185	amounts associated with the development of projects by Space
186	Florida the authority.
187	(8)  "Entertainment expenses" means the actual, necessary,
188	and reasonable costs of providing hospitality for business
189	clients or guests, which costs are defined and prescribed by
190	rules adopted by Space Florida the authority, subject to
191	approval by the Chief Financial Officer.
192	(9)  "Federal aid" means any property, funding, or other
193	financial assistance provided by the Federal Government to Space
194	Florida the authority for its projects.
195	(10)  "Financing agreement" means a lease, lease-purchase
196	agreement, lease with option to purchase, sale or installment
197	sale agreement, whether title passes in whole or in part at any
198	time before prior to, at, or after completion of the project,
199	loan agreement, or other agreement forming the basis for the
200	financing under this act, including any agreements, guarantees,
201	or security instruments forming part of or related to providing
202	assurance of payment of the obligations under the such financing
203	agreement.
204	(11)  "Guest" means a person, other than a state official
205	or state employee, authorized by the board or its designee to
206	receive the hospitality of Space Florida the authority in
207	connection with the performance of its statutory duties.
208	(12)  "Landing area" means the geographical area designated
209	by Space Florida the authority within the spaceport territory
210	for or intended for the landing and surface maneuvering of any
211	launch or other space vehicle.
212	(13)  "Launch pad" means any launch pad, runway, airstrip,
213	or similar facility used by the spaceport or spaceport user for
214	launching of space vehicles.
215	(14)  "Payload" means any property or cargo to be
216	transported aboard any vehicle launched by or from the
217	spaceport.
218	(15)  "Person" means any individual, child, community
219	college, college, university, firm, association, joint venture,
220	partnership, estate, trust, business trust, syndicate,
221	fiduciary, corporation, nation, government (federal, state, or
222	local), agency (government or other), subdivision of the state,
223	municipality, county, business entity, or any other group or
224	combination.
225	(16)  "Project" means any development, improvement,
226	property, launch, utility, facility, system, works, road,
227	sidewalk, enterprise, service, or convenience, which may include
228	coordination with state partners or agencies Enterprise Florida,
229	Inc., the Board of Education, the Florida Aerospace Finance
230	Corporation, and the Florida Space Research Institute; any
231	rocket, capsule, module, launch facility, assembly facility,
232	operations or control facility, tracking facility,
233	administrative facility, or any other type of space-related
234	transportation vehicle, station, or facility; any type of
235	equipment or instrument to be used or useful in connection with
236	any of the foregoing; any type of intellectual property and
237	intellectual property protection in connection with any of the
238	foregoing including, without limitation, any patent, copyright,
239	trademark, and service mark for, among other things, computer
240	software; any water, wastewater, gas, or electric utility
241	system, plant, or distribution or collection system; any small
242	business incubator initiative, including any startup aerospace
243	company, and any aerospace business proposing to expand or
244	locate its business in this state, research and development
245	company, research and development facility, education and
246	workforce training facility, storage facility, and consulting
247	service; or any tourism initiative, including any space
248	experience attraction, microgravity flight program, aerospace
249	space-launch-related activity, and space museum sponsored or
250	promoted by Space Florida the authority.
251	(17)  "Range" means the geographical area designated by
252	Space Florida the authority or other appropriate body as the
253	area for the launching of rockets, missiles, launch vehicles,
254	and other vehicles designed to reach high altitude.
255	(18)  "Recovery" means the recovery of space vehicles and
256	payloads which have been launched from or by a the spaceport.
257	(19)  "Spaceport" means any area of land or water, or any
258	manmade object or facility located therein, developed by Space
259	Florida the authority under this act, which area is intended for
260	public use or for the launching, takeoff, and landing of
261	spacecraft and aircraft, and includes any appurtenant areas
262	which are used or intended for public use, for spaceport
263	buildings, or for other spaceport facilities, spaceport
264	projects, or rights-of-way.
265	(20)  "Spaceport Florida" means the authority or its
266	facilities and projects.
267	(20)(21)  "Spaceport launch facilities" means shall be
268	defined as industrial facilities as described in accordance with
269	s. 380.0651(3)(c) and include any launch pad, launch control
270	center, and fixed launch-support equipment.
271	(21)(22)  "Spaceport system" means the programs,
272	organizations, and infrastructure developed by Space Florida the
273	authority for the development of facilities or activities to
274	enhance and provide commercial aerospace space-related
275	development opportunities for business, education, workforce
276	development, and government within the state.
277	(22)(23)  "Spaceport territory" means the geographical area
278	designated in s. 331.304 and as amended or changed in accordance
279	with s. 331.329.
280	(23)(24)  "Spaceport user" means any person who uses the
281	facilities or services of any spaceport; and, for the purposes
282	of any exemptions or rights granted under this act, the said
283	spaceport user shall be deemed a spaceport user only during the
284	time period in which the such person has in effect a contract,
285	memorandum of understanding, or agreement with the spaceport,
286	and such rights and exemptions shall be granted with respect to
287	transactions relating only to spaceport projects.
288	(24)(25)  "Travel expenses" means the actual, necessary,
289	and reasonable costs of transportation, meals, lodging, and
290	incidental expenses normally incurred by a traveler, which costs
291	are defined and prescribed by rules adopted by Space Florida the
292	authority, subject to approval by the Chief Financial Officer.
293	(25)(26)  "Spaceport discretionary capacity improvement
294	projects" means capacity improvements that enhance space
295	transportation capacity at spaceports that have had one or more
296	orbital or suborbital flights during the previous calendar year
297	or have an agreement in writing for installation of one or more
298	regularly scheduled orbital or suborbital flights upon the
299	commitment of funds for stipulated spaceport capital
300	improvements.
301	Section 5.  Section 331.305, Florida Statutes, is amended
302	to read:
303	331.305  Powers of Space Florida the authority.--Space
304	Florida may The authority shall have the power to:
305	(1)  Exercise all powers granted to corporations under the
306	Florida Business Corporation Act, chapter 607.
307	(2)  Sue and be sued by its name in any court of law or in
308	equity.
309	(3)  Adopt and use a corporate seal and alter the same at
310	pleasure.
311	(4)  Review and make recommendations with respect to a
312	strategy to guide and facilitate the future of space-related
313	educational and commercial development. The authority shall in
314	coordination with the Federal Government, private industry, and
315	Florida universities develop a business plan which shall address
316	the expansion of Spaceport Florida locations, space launch
317	capacity, spaceport projects, and complementary activities,
318	which shall include, but not be limited to, a detailed analysis
319	of:
320	(a)  The authority and the commercial space industry.
321	(b)  Products, services description--potential,
322	technologies, skills.
323	(c)  Market research and evaluation--customers,
324	competition, economics.
325	(d)  Marketing plan and strategy.
326	(e)  Design and development plan--tasks, difficulties,
327	costs.
328	(f)  Manufacturing locations, facilities, and operations
329	plan.
330	(g)  Management organization--roles and responsibilities.
331	(h)  Overall schedule (monthly).
332	(i)  Important risks, assumptions, and problems.
333	(j)  Community impact--economic, human development,
334	community development.
335	(k)  Financial plan (monthly for first year; quarterly for
336	next 3 years).
337	(l)  Proposed authority offering--financing,
338	capitalization, use of funds.
339	(4)(5)  Acquire property, real, personal, intangible,
340	tangible, or mixed, within or without its territorial limits, in
341	fee simple or any lesser interest or estate, by purchase, gift,
342	devise, or lease, on such terms and conditions as the board may
343	deem necessary or desirable, and sell or otherwise dispose of
344	the same and of any of the assets and properties of Space
345	Florida the authority.
346	(5)(6)  Make and execute any and all contracts and other
347	instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of its
348	powers, including financing agreements with persons or spaceport
349	users to facilitate the financing, construction, leasing, or
350	sale of any project.
351	(6)(7)  Whenever deemed necessary by the board, lease as
352	lessor or lessee to or from any person, public or private, any
353	facilities or property for the use of Space Florida the
354	authority and carry out any of the purposes of Space Florida the
355	authority.
356	(7)(8)  Appoint, through its board of directors
357	supervisors, a president an executive director.
358	(8)(9)  Own, acquire, construct, develop, create,
359	reconstruct, equip, operate, maintain, extend, and improve
360	launch pads, landing areas, ranges, payload assembly buildings,
361	payload processing facilities, laboratories, aerospace space
362	business incubators, launch vehicles, payloads, space flight
363	hardware, facilities and equipment for the construction of
364	payloads, space flight hardware, rockets, and other launch
365	vehicles, and other spaceport facilities and other aerospace-
366	related space-related systems, including educational, cultural,
367	and parking facilities and space-related initiatives.
368	(9)  Insure, coinsure, lend, and guarantee loans and to
369	originate for sale direct aerospace-related loans, pursuant to
370	criteria, bylaws, policies, and procedures adopted by the board.
371	(10)  Capitalize, underwrite, and secure funding for
372	aerospace infrastructure, satellites, launch vehicles, and any
373	service that supports aerospace launches.
374	(11)  Construct, lease, or sell aerospace infrastructure,
375	satellites, launch vehicles, and any other related activities
376	and services.
377	(12)  Acquire, accept, or administer grants, contracts, and
378	fees from other organizations to perform activities that are
379	consistent with the purposes of this section.
380	(10)  Undertake a program of advertising to the public
381	promoting space-related businesses or any spaceport projects of
382	the authority, and expend moneys and undertake such activities
383	to carry out such advertising and promotional program as the
384	board from time to time may determine.
385	(13)(11)  Own, acquire, construct, reconstruct, equip,
386	operate, maintain, extend, or and improve transportation
387	facilities appropriate to meet the transportation requirements
388	of Space Florida the authority and activities conducted within
389	the spaceport territory.
390	(14)(12)  Own, acquire, construct, reconstruct, equip,
391	operate, maintain, extend, or and improve electric power plants,
392	transmission lines and related facilities, gas mains and
393	facilities of any nature for the production or distribution of
394	natural gas, transmission lines and related facilities and
395	plants and facilities for the generation and transmission of
396	power through traditional and new and experimental sources of
397	power and energy; purchase electric power, natural gas, and
398	other sources of power for distribution within any spaceport
399	territory; develop and operate water and sewer systems and waste
400	collection and disposal consistent with chapter 88-130, Laws of
401	Florida; and develop and operate such new and experimental
402	public utilities, including, but not limited to, centrally
403	distributed heating and air-conditioning facilities and
404	services, closed-circuit television systems, and computer
405	services and facilities, as the board may from time to time
406	determine. However, Space Florida may the authority shall not
407	construct any system, work, project, or utility authorized to be
408	constructed under this paragraph in the event that a system,
409	work, project, or utility of a similar character is being
410	actually operated by a municipality or private company in the
411	municipality or territory adjacent thereto, unless such
412	municipality or private company consents to such construction.
413	(15)(13)  Designate, set aside, and maintain lands and
414	areas within or without the territorial limits of any spaceport
415	territory as conservation areas or bird and wildlife
416	sanctuaries; stock such areas with animal and plant life and
417	stock water areas with fish and other aquatic life; adopt
418	pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 promulgate and enforce
419	rules and regulations with respect thereto and protect and
420	preserve the natural beauty thereof; and do all acts necessary
421	or desirable in order to qualify such lands and areas as
422	conservation areas and sanctuaries under any of the laws of the
423	state or under federal law.
424	(16)(14)  Establish a program for the control, abatement,
425	and elimination of mosquitoes and other noxious insects,
426	rodents, reptiles, and other pests throughout the spaceport
427	territory and undertake such works and construct such facilities
428	within or without the spaceport territory as may be determined
429	by the board to be needed to effectuate such program; abate and
430	suppress mosquitoes and other arthropods, whether disease-
431	bearing or pestiferous, within any spaceport territory when in
432	the judgment of the board such action is necessary or desirable
433	for the health and welfare of the inhabitants of or visitors to
434	any spaceport; and take any and all temporary or permanent
435	eliminative measures that the board may deem advisable. The
436	Legislature hereby finds and declares Space Florida the
437	authority eligible to receive state funds, supplies, services,
438	and equipment available or that may in the future become
439	available to mosquito or pest control districts, the provisions
440	of s. 388.021 notwithstanding.
441	(17)(15)  Subject to the rules and regulations of the
442	appropriate water management district, own, acquire, construct,
443	reconstruct, equip, maintain, operate, extend, and improve water
444	and flood control facilities. The Legislature hereby finds and
445	declares Space Florida the authority eligible to receive moneys,
446	disbursements, and assistance from the state available to flood
447	control or water management districts and navigation districts
448	or agencies.
449	(18)(16)  Own, acquire, construct, reconstruct, equip,
450	maintain, operate, extend, and improve public safety facilities
451	for the spaceport, including security stations, security
452	vehicles, fire stations, water mains and plugs, and fire trucks
453	and other vehicles and equipment; hire employees, security
454	officers, and firefighters; and undertake such works and
455	construct such facilities determined by the board to be
456	necessary or desirable to promote and ensure public safety
457	within the spaceport territory.
458	(19)(17)  Hire, through its president executive director, a
459	safety officer with substantial experience in public safety
460	procedures and programs for space vehicle launching and related
461	hazardous operations. The safety officer shall monitor and
462	report on the safety and hazards of ground-based space
463	operations to the president executive director.
464	(18)  Establish a personnel management system for hiring
465	employees and setting employee benefit packages. The personnel
466	of the authority shall not be considered to be within the state
467	employment system.
468	(19)  Establish procedures, rules, and rates governing per
469	diem and travel expenses of its employees, the members of the
470	board of supervisors, and other persons authorized by the board
471	to incur such expenses. Except as otherwise provided in s.
472	331.3101, such rules are subject to provisions of state law or
473	rules pertaining to per diem and travel expenses of public
474	officers, employees, or other persons authorized by an agency
475	head to incur such expenses.
476	(20)  Examine, develop, and use utilize new concepts,
477	designs, and ideas; own, acquire, construct, reconstruct, equip,
478	operate, maintain, extend, and improve experimental spaceport
479	facilities and services; and otherwise undertake, sponsor,
480	finance, and maintain such research activities, experimentation,
481	and development as the board may from time to time determine, in
482	connection with any of the projects that Space Florida the
483	authority is authorized to undertake pursuant to the powers and
484	authority vested in it by this act, and in order to promote the
485	development and utilization of new concepts, designs, and ideas
486	in the fields of space exploration, commercialization of the
487	space industry, and spaceport facilities.
488	(21)  Issue revenue bonds, assessment bonds, or any other
489	bonds or obligations authorized by the provisions of this act or
490	any other law, or any combination of the foregoing, and pay all
491	or part of the cost of the acquisition, construction,
492	reconstruction, extension, repair, improvement, or maintenance
493	of any project or combination of projects, including payloads
494	and space flight hardware, and equipment for research,
495	development, and educational activities, to provide for any
496	facility, service, or other activity of Space Florida the
497	authority, and provide for the retirement or refunding of any
498	bonds or obligations of Space Florida the authority, or for any
499	combination of the foregoing purposes. Space Florida The
500	authority must provide 14 days' notice to the presiding officers
501	and appropriations chairs of both houses of the Legislature
502	prior to presenting a bond proposal to the Governor and Cabinet.
503	If either presiding officer or appropriations chair objects to
504	the bonding proposal within the 14-day-notice period, the bond
505	issuance may be approved only by a vote of two-thirds of the
506	members of the Governor and Cabinet.
507	(22)  Make expenditures for entertainment and travel
508	expenses and business clients, guests, and other authorized
509	persons as provided in this act.
510	(23)  In connection with any financing agreement, fix and
511	collect fees, loan payments, rental payments, and other charges
512	for the use of any project in such amount as to provide
513	sufficient moneys to pay the principal of and interest on bonds
514	as the same shall become due and payable, if so provided in the
515	bond resolution or trust agreement, and to create reserves for
516	such purposes. The fees, rents, payments, and charges and all
517	other revenues and proceeds derived from the project in
518	connection with which the bonds of any issue shall have been
519	issued, except such part thereof as may be necessary for such
520	reserves or any expenditures as may be provided in the
521	resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds or in the trust
522	agreement securing the same, shall be set aside, at the time as
523	may be specified in the resolution or trust agreement, in a
524	sinking fund which may be pledged to and charged with the
525	payment of the principal of and the interest on such bonds as
526	the same shall become due and the redemption price or the
527	purchase price of bonds retired by call or purchase as therein
528	provided. Such pledge is shall be valid and binding from the
529	time the pledge is made. The fees, rents, charges, and other
530	revenues and moneys so pledged and thereafter received by or on
531	behalf of Space Florida the authority shall immediately be
532	subject to the lien of any such pledge without any physical
533	delivery thereof or further act, and the lien of any such pledge
534	is shall be valid and binding as against all parties having
535	claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against Space
536	Florida the authority, irrespective of whether such parties have
537	notice thereof. Neither the resolution nor any trust agreement
538	by which a pledge is created need be filed or recorded, except
539	in the records of Space Florida the authority. The use and
540	disposition of money to the credit of the sinking fund shall be
541	subject to the provisions of the resolution authorizing the
542	issuance of such bonds or the provisions of such trust
543	agreement.
544	(24)  Exercise the right and power of eminent domain in
545	spaceport territory as defined in s. 331.304. In exercising such
546	power, the authority shall comply with the procedures and
547	requirements of chapters 73 and 74.
548	Section 6.  Section 331.3051, Florida Statutes, is created
549	to read:
550	331.3051  Duties of Space Florida.--Space Florida shall:
551	(1)  Create a business plan to foster the growth and
552	development of the aerospace industry. The business plan must
553	address business development; finance; spaceport operations;
554	research and development; workforce development; and education.
555	The business plan must be completed by March 1, 2007, and be
556	revised when determined as necessary by the board.
557	(2)  Enter into memoranda of agreement with the Department
558	of Education, the Department of Transportation, Enterprise
559	Florida, Inc., the Florida Tourism Commission and its direct-
560	support organization, and Workforce Florida, Inc., for the
561	purpose of implementing this act.
562	(3)  In cooperation with Enterprise Florida, Inc., develop
563	a plan to retain, expand, attract, and create aerospace industry
564	entities, public or private, which results in the creation of
565	high-value-added businesses and jobs in this state.
566	(4)  Create a marketing campaign to help attract, develop,
567	and retain aerospace businesses, aerospace research and
568	technology, and other related activities in this state. The
569	campaign must be coordinated with any existing economic-
570	development-promotion efforts in this state and may use private
571	resources. Marketing strategies may include developing
572	promotional materials, Internet and print advertising, public
573	relations and media placement, trade show attendance, and other
574	activities.
575	(5)  Develop, in conjunction with Enterprise Florida, Inc.,
576	and the Florida Commission on Tourism and its direct-support
577	organization, a public advertising program promoting aerospace-
578	related activities, businesses, or any Space Florida projects.
579	(6)  In cooperation with Enterprise Florida, Inc., develop
580	a plan to finance aerospace businesses. The plan may include the
581	following activities:
582	(a)  Assembling, publishing, and disseminating information
583	concerning financing opportunities and techniques for aerospace
584	projects, programs, and activities; sources of public and
585	private aerospace financing assistance; and sources of
586	aerospace-related financing.
587	(b)  Organizing, hosting, and participating in seminars and
588	other forums designed to disseminate information and technical
589	assistance regarding aerospace-related financing.
590	(c)  Coordinating with programs and goals of the Department
591	of Defense, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration,
592	the Export-Import Bank, the International Trade Administration
593	of the United States Department of Commerce, the Foreign Credit
594	Insurance Association, and other private and public programs and
595	organizations, domestic and foreign.
596	(d)  Establishing a network of contacts among those
597	domestic and foreign public and private organizations that
598	provide information, technical assistance, and financial support
599	to the aerospace industry.
600	(7)  In carrying out its responsibilities for spaceport
601	operations:
602	(a)  Seek federal support to renew and upgrade the
603	infrastructure and technologies at the Cape Canaveral Air Force
604	Station, the Kennedy Space Center, and the Eastern Range that
605	will enhance space and military programs of the Federal
606	Government, and improve access for commercial launch activities.
607	(b)  Support federal efforts to clarify roles and
608	responsibilities of federal agencies, and eliminate duplicative
609	federal rules and policies, in an effort to streamline access
610	for commercial launch users.
611	(c)  Pursue the development of additional commercial
612	spaceports in the state through a competitive request for
613	proposals in partnership with counties or municipalities, the
614	Federal Government, or private entities.
615	(d)  Promote and facilitate launch activity within the
616	state by supporting and assisting commercial launch operators in
617	completing and submitting required documentation and gaining
618	approvals and authorization from the required federal agencies
619	for launching from Florida.
620	(e)  Consult, as necessary, with the appropriate federal,
621	state, and local authorities, including the National Aeronautics
622	and Space Administration, the Federal Aviation Administration,
623	the Department of Defense, the Department of Transportation, the
624	Florida National Guard, and industry on all aspects of
625	establishing and operating spaceport infrastructure and related
626	facilities within the state.
627	(8)  In carrying out its responsibility for research and
628	development:
629	(a)  Manage the contract for the operators of the state's
630	Space Life Sciences Laboratory.
631	(b)  Work in collaboration with one or more universities
632	and other public or private entities to develop a proposal for a
633	Center of Excellence for Aerospace that will foster and promote
634	the research necessary to develop commercially promising,
635	advanced, and innovative science and technology and will
636	transfer those discoveries to the commercial sector.
637	(9)  In carrying out its responsibility for workforce
638	development, coordinate with Workforce Florida, Inc., community
639	colleges, colleges, universities, and other public and private
640	partners to develop a plan to retain and retrain workers, from
641	entry-level skills training through to technician-level, and 4-
642	year degrees and higher, with the skills most relevant to space
643	and aeronautics employers, and further enhance the Florida
644	Aviation/Aerospace Banner Center to ensure that graduates from
645	the institution meet the needs of the space and aeronautics
646	industry.
647	(10)  In carrying out its responsibility for creating
648	innovative education programs, fund programs developed in
649	conjunction with the Department of Education, targeting grades
650	K-20 in an effort to promote mathematics and science education
651	programs, which may include the Florida-NASA Matching Grant
652	Program, aerospace-focused education programs for teachers,
653	education-oriented microgravity flight programs for teachers and
654	students, and Internet-based aerospace education. Funds for
655	these programs shall include tax revenues distributed to Space
656	Florida under s. 212.20(6)(d) and may also include private-
657	sector support or in-kind contributions. In its annual report,
658	Space Florida shall include, at a minimum, a description of
659	programs funded, the number of students served, and private-
660	sector support.
661	Section 7.  Section 331.306, Florida Statutes, is amended
662	to read:
663	331.306  Federal airspace notification.--In coordination
664	with the Florida Department of Transportation, Space Florida the
665	authority shall develop and file the federal airspace
666	notification required for priority airspace use.
667	Section 8.  Section 331.308, Florida Statutes, is amended
668	to read:
669	331.308  Board of directors supervisors.--
670	(1)  Space Florida shall be governed by a board of
671	directors. Designees of appointed members do not have voting
672	authority. The board of directors shall consist of the following
673	members:
674	(a)  The Governor or the Governor's designee.
675	(b)  The Secretary of Transportation or the secretary's
676	designee.
677	(c)  The president of Workforce Florida, Inc., or the
678	president's designee.
679	(d)  The president of Enterprise Florida, Inc., or the
680	president's designee.
681	(e)  The president of the Florida Tourism Commission's
682	direct-support organization or the president's designee.
683	(f)  The Commissioner of Education or the commissioner's
684	designee.
685	(g)  Seven members from the private sector appointed by the
686	Governor. In making these appointments, the Governor shall
687	ensure that the composition of the board reflects the diversity
688	of the aerospace industry community of this state and, to the
689	greatest degree possible, that the composition of the board
690	includes, but is not limited to, individuals representing the
691	industries of business, finance, marketing, space, aerospace,
692	aviation, defense, research and development, and education. The
693	Governor shall also consider whether the current members of the
694	board, together with potential appointees, reflect the racial,
695	ethnic, and gender diversity, as well as the geographic
696	distribution, of the population of the state.
697	(h)  Two ex officio, nonvoting members, one of whom shall
698	be a member of the Senate, selected by the President of the
699	Senate, and one of whom shall be a member of the House of
700	Representatives, selected by the Speaker of the House of
701	Representatives.
702	(i)  Six members from the private sector, three of whom
703	shall be appointed by the President of the Senate and three of
704	whom shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of
705	Representatives.
706	(2)(a)  Vacancies on the board shall be filled for the
707	unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointments
708	to the board.
709	(b)  Each member of the board of directors shall serve for
710	a term of 4 years, except that the initial terms shall be
711	staggered.
712	1.  The Governor shall appoint two members for a 1-year
713	term, two members for 2-year terms, and three members for 4-year
714	terms.
715	2.  The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the
716	House of Representatives shall each appoint one member for a 1-
717	year term, one member for a 2-year term, and one member for a 4-
718	year term.
719	(c)  Any member is eligible for reappointment.
720	(3)  Appointed members may be removed by the Governor for
721	cause. Absence from three consecutive meetings without good
722	cause shall result in automatic removal.
723	(4)  All regular members are subject to confirmation by the
724	Senate at the next regular session of the Legislature.
725	(5)  The Governor shall serve as chair of the board of
726	directors. The board of directors shall biennially elect one of
727	its members as vice chair to serve in the absence of the
728	Governor and to perform such other duties as may be designated.
729	The president shall keep a record of the proceedings of the
730	board of directors and shall be the custodian of all books,
731	documents, and papers filed with the board of directors, the
732	minutes of the board of directors, and the official seal of
733	Space Florida.
734	(6)  The board of directors shall meet at least four times
735	each year, upon the call of the chair, at the request of the
736	vice chair, or at the request of a majority of the membership. A
737	majority of the total number of current voting directors shall
738	constitute a quorum. The board of directors may take official
739	action by a majority vote of the members present at any meeting
740	at which a quorum is present.
741	(7)  Members of the board of directors shall serve without
742	compensation, but members, the president, and staff may be
743	reimbursed for all reasonable, necessary, and actual expenses,
744	as determined by the board of directors of Space Florida
745	pursuant to s. 112.061.
746	(8)  Each member of the board of directors of Space Florida
747	who is not otherwise required to file financial disclosure
748	pursuant to s. 8, Art. II of the State Constitution or s.
749	112.3144, shall file disclosure of financial interests pursuant
750	to s. 112.3145. There is created within the Florida Space
751	Authority a board of supervisors consisting of eight regular
752	members, who shall be appointed by the Governor, and two ex
753	officio nonvoting members, one of whom shall be a state senator
754	selected by the President of the Senate and one of whom shall be
755	a state representative selected by the Speaker of the House of
756	Representatives. The Lieutenant Governor, who is the state's
757	space policy leader, shall serve as chair of the board of
758	supervisors, and shall cast the deciding vote if the votes of
759	the eight regular members result in a tie. The board shall elect
760	a vice chair to preside in the absence of the Lieutenant
761	Governor and to perform such other duties as may be designated.
762	All regular members shall be subject to confirmation by the
763	Senate at the next regular session of the Legislature. Existing
764	board members are not prohibited from reappointment. Each of the
765	regular board members must be a resident of the state and must
766	have experience in the aerospace or commercial space industry or
767	in finance or have other significant relevant experience. A
768	private sector legal entity may not have more than one person
769	serving on the board at any one time. One regular member shall
770	represent organized labor interests, one regular member shall
771	represent minority interests, and four regular members must
772	represent space industry, at least one of whom must also be from
773	a small business, as defined in s. 288.703. For the purpose of
774	this section, "space industry" includes private sector entities
775	engaged in space flight business, as defined in s. 212.031,
776	research and technology development of space-based products and
777	services, space station commercialization, development of
778	spaceport and range technology, remote sensing products and
779	services, space biotechnology, measurement and calibration of
780	space assets, space-related software and information technology
781	development, design and architecture of space-based assets and
782	facilities for manufacturing and other purposes, space-related
783	nanotechnology, space tourism, and other commercial enterprises
784	utilizing uniquely space-based capabilities.
785	(2)  Each regular member shall serve a term of 4 years or
786	until a successor is appointed and qualified. The term of each
787	such member shall be construed to commence on the date of
788	appointment and to terminate on June 30 of the year of the end
789	of the term. Appointment to the board shall not preclude any
790	such member from holding any other private or public position.
791	(3)  The ex officio nonvoting legislative members shall
792	serve on the board for 2-year terms.
793	(4)  Any vacancy on the board shall be filled for the
794	balance of the unexpired term.
795	(5)  The board shall appoint an executive director.
796	Meetings shall be held quarterly or more frequently at the call
797	of the chair. A majority of the regular members of the board
798	shall constitute a quorum, and a majority vote of such members
799	present is necessary for any action taken by the board.
800	(6)  The Governor has the authority to remove from the
801	board any regular member in the manner and for cause as defined
802	by the laws of this state and applicable to situations that may
803	arise before the board. Unless excused by the chair of the
804	board, a regular member's absence from two or more consecutive
805	board meetings creates a vacancy in the office to which the
806	member was appointed.
807	Section 9.  Section 331.309, Florida Statutes, is amended
808	to read:
809	331.309  Treasurer; depositories; fiscal agent.--
810	(1)  The board shall designate an individual who is a
811	resident of the state, or a qualified public depository as
812	defined in s. 280.02, as treasurer of Space Florida the
813	authority, who shall have charge of the funds of Space Florida
814	the authority. Such funds shall be disbursed only upon the order
815	of or pursuant to the resolution of the board by warrant, check,
816	authorization, or direct deposit pursuant to s. 215.85, signed
817	or authorized by the treasurer or his or her representative or
818	by such other persons as may be authorized by the board. The
819	board may give the treasurer such other or additional powers and
820	duties as the board may deem appropriate and shall establish the
821	treasurer's compensation. The board may require the treasurer to
822	give a bond in such amount, on such terms, and with such
823	sureties as may be deemed satisfactory to the board to secure
824	the performance by the treasurer of his or her powers and
825	duties. The board shall audit or have audited the books of the
826	treasurer at least once a year.
827	(2)  The board is authorized to select as depositories in
828	which the funds of the board and of Space Florida the authority
829	shall be deposited any qualified public depository as defined in
830	s. 280.02, upon such terms and conditions as to the payment of
831	interest by such depository upon the funds so deposited as the
832	board may deem just and reasonable. Funds of the authority may
833	also be deposited with the Florida Commercial Space Financing
834	Corporation created by s. 331.407. The funds of Space Florida
835	the authority may be kept in or removed from the State Treasury
836	upon written notification from the chair of the board to the
837	Chief Financial Officer.
838	(3)  The board may employ a fiscal agent, who shall be
839	either a resident of the state or a corporation organized under
840	the laws of this or any other state and authorized by such laws
841	to act as such fiscal agent in the state.
842	Section 10.  Section 331.310, Florida Statutes, is amended
843	to read:
844	331.310  Powers and duties of the board of directors
845	supervisors.--Except as otherwise provided in this act, all of
846	the powers and duties of the authority shall be exercised by and
847	through the board of supervisors, including the power and duty
848	to:
849	(1)  The board may: Adopt bylaws, rules, resolutions, and
850	orders prescribing the powers, duties, and functions of the
851	officers of the authority, the conduct of the business of the
852	authority, the maintenance of records, and the form of all
853	documents and records of the authority. The board may adopt
854	administrative rules and regulations with respect to any of the
855	projects of the authority, with notice and public hearing.
856	(2)  Maintain an executive office and authority offices in
857	close proximity to Kennedy Space Center.
858	(a)(3)  Enter, and authorize any agent or employee of Space
859	Florida the authority to enter, upon any lands, waters, and
860	premises, upon giving reasonable notice and due process to the
861	land owner, for the purposes of making surveys, soundings,
862	drillings, appraisals, and examinations necessary to perform its
863	duties and functions. Any such entry shall not be deemed a
864	trespass or an entry that would constitute a taking in an
865	eminent domain proceeding. Space Florida The authority shall
866	make reimbursement for any actual damages to such lands, waters,
867	and premises as a result of such activity.
868	(b)(4)  Execute all contracts and other documents, adopt
869	all proceedings, and perform all acts determined by the board to
870	be necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this act.
871	The board may authorize one or more members of the board to
872	execute contracts and other documents on behalf of the board or
873	Space Florida the authority.
874	(c)(5)  Establish and create such departments, committees,
875	or other entities agencies as from time to time the board may
876	deem necessary or desirable in the performance of any acts or
877	other things necessary to the exercise of the powers provided in
878	this act, and delegate to such departments, boards, or other
879	agencies such administrative duties and other powers as the
880	board may deem necessary or desirable.
881	(6)  Appoint a person to act as executive director of the
882	authority, having such official title, functions, duties,
883	powers, and salary as the board may prescribe.
884	(d)(7)  Examine, and authorize any officer or agent of
885	Space Florida the authority to examine, the county tax rolls
886	with respect to the assessed valuation of the real and personal
887	property within any spaceport territory.
888	(e)(8)  Engage in the planning and implementation of space-
889	related economic and educational development within the state.
890	(f)  Provide the strategic direction for the aerospace-
891	related research priorities of the state and its aerospace-
892	related businesses, the scope of research projects for Space
893	Florida, and the timeframe for completion of the projects.
894	(g)(9)  Execute intergovernmental agreements and
895	development agreements consistent with prevailing statutory
896	provisions, including, but not limited to, special benefits or
897	tax increment financing initiatives.
898	(h)(10)  Establish reserve funds for future board
899	operations.
900	(i)(11)  Adopt rules pursuant to chapter 120 to carry out
901	the purposes of this act.
902	(2)  The board of directors shall:
903	(a)  Adopt bylaws, rules, resolutions, and orders
904	prescribing the powers, duties, and functions of Space Florida
905	to conduct the business of Space Florida, the maintenance of
906	records, and the form of all documents and records of Space
907	Florida. The board may adopt rules with respect to any of the
908	projects of Space Florida with notice and a public hearing.
909	(b)  Maintain a Space Florida office or offices in
910	locations that are strategically advantageous to creating or
911	expanding aerospace activities within the state.
912	(c)  Appoint a person to act as the president of Space
913	Florida, having such official title, functions, duties, powers,
914	and salary as the board may prescribe.
915	(d)(12)  Abide by all applicable federal labor laws in the
916	construction and day-to-day operations of Space Florida the
917	authority and any spaceport. Further, the board shall establish,
918	by rule and regulation, pursuant to chapter 120, policies and
919	procedures for the construction and operation of Space Florida
920	the authority and any spaceport. The Said policies and
921	procedures shall be such that when Space Florida the authority
922	expends federal funds for construction or operation of any
923	spaceport project, Space Florida the authority will be subject
924	to the federal labor laws observed at the Kennedy Space Center
925	and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, applicable as a
926	result of such federal expenditures.
927	(e)(13)  Prepare an annual report of operations. The Said
928	report shall include, but not be limited to, a balance sheet, an
929	income statement, a statement of changes in financial position,
930	a reconciliation of changes in equity accounts, a summary of
931	significant accounting principles, the auditor's report, a
932	summary of the status of existing and proposed bonding projects,
933	comments from management about the year's business, and
934	prospects for the next year, which shall be submitted each year
935	by December 31 November 30 to the Governor, the President of the
936	Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the
937	minority leader of the Senate, and the minority leader of the
938	House of Representatives.
939	(f)  Establish a personnel management system for hiring
940	employees and establishing employee's benefit packages.
941	Personnel of Space Florida are not state employees.
942	(g)  Establish procedures, rules, and rates governing per
943	diem and travel expenses of its employees, the members of the
944	board of directors, and other persons authorized by the board to
945	incur such expenses. Except as otherwise provided in s.
946	331.3101, such rules are subject to the laws and rules
947	pertaining to per diem and travel expenses of public officers,
948	employees, or other persons authorized by an agency head to
949	incur such expenses.
950	(14)  Change the name of the authority.
951	Section 11.  Section 331.3101, Florida Statutes, is amended
952	to read:
953	331.3101  Space Florida Space Authority; travel and
954	entertainment expenses.--
955	(1)  Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 112.061, Space
956	Florida the authority shall adopt rules by which it may make
957	expenditures by advancement or reimbursement, or a combination
958	thereof, to authority officers and employees; reimburse business
959	clients, guests, and authorized persons as defined in s.
960	112.061(2)(e); and make direct payments to third-party vendors:
961	(a)  For travel expenses of such business clients, guests,
962	and authorized persons incurred by Space Florida the authority
963	in connection with the performance of its statutory duties, and
964	for travel expenses incurred by state officials and state
965	employees while accompanying such business clients, guests, or
966	authorized persons or when authorized by the board or its
967	designee.
968	(b)  For entertainment expenses of such guests, business
969	clients, and authorized persons incurred by Space Florida the
970	authority in connection with the performance of its statutory
971	duties, and for entertainment expenses incurred for authority
972	officials and employees when such expenses are incurred while in
973	the physical presence of such business clients, guests, or
974	authorized persons.
975	(2)  The rules shall be subject to approval by the Chief
976	Financial Officer before adoption prior to promulgation. The
977	rules shall require the submission of paid receipts, or other
978	proof prescribed by the Chief Financial Officer, with any claim
979	for reimbursement, and shall require, as a condition for any
980	advancement, an agreement to submit paid receipts or other proof
981	and to refund any unused portion of the advancement within 15
982	days after the expense is incurred or, if the advancement is
983	made in connection with travel, within 15 days after completion
984	of the travel. However, with respect to an advancement made
985	solely for travel expenses, the rules may allow paid receipts or
986	other proof to be submitted, and any unused portion of the
987	advancement to be refunded, within 30 days after completion of
988	the travel.
989	(3)  An annual report shall be made to the Legislature not
990	later than December 31 November 30 of each year for the previous
991	fiscal year, which shall consist of a synopsis concisely
992	summarizing all travel, entertainment, and incidental expenses
993	incurred within the United States and, separately, all travel,
994	entertainment, and incidental expenses incurred outside the
995	United States.
996	(4)  A No claim submitted under this section is not shall
997	be required to be sworn to before a notary public or other
998	officer authorized to administer oaths, but any claim authorized
999	or required to be made under any provision of this section must
1000	shall contain a statement that the expenses were actually
1001	incurred as necessary travel or entertainment expenses in the
1002	performance of official duties of Space Florida the authority
1003	and shall be verified by written declaration that it is true and
1004	correct as to every material matter. Any person who willfully
1005	makes and subscribes to any such claim which the person does not
1006	believe to be true and correct as to every material matter or
1007	who willfully aids or assists in, or procures, counsels, or
1008	advises, the preparation or presentation of a claim pursuant to
1009	this section, which claim is fraudulent or false as to any
1010	material matter, whether or not such falsity or fraud is with
1011	the knowledge or consent of the person authorized or required to
1012	present such claim, commits a misdemeanor of the second degree,
1013	punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. Whoever
1014	receives an advancement or reimbursement by means of a false
1015	claim is civilly liable, in the amount of the overpayment, for
1016	the reimbursement of the public fund from which the claim was
1017	paid.
1018	Section 12.  Section 331.311, Florida Statutes, is amended
1019	to read:
1020	331.311  Exercise by authority of its powers within
1021	municipalities and other political subdivisions.--Space Florida
1022	may The authority shall have the power to exercise any of its
1023	rights, powers, privileges, and authority in any and all
1024	portions of any spaceport territory lying within the boundaries
1025	of any municipal corporation or other political subdivision,
1026	heretofore or hereafter created or organized, whose boundaries
1027	lie wholly or partly within the geographical limits of the
1028	spaceport territory, to the same extent and in the same manner
1029	as in areas of the spaceport territory not incorporated as part
1030	of a municipality or other political subdivision. With respect
1031	to any municipal corporation or other political subdivision
1032	whose boundaries lie partly within and partly without the
1033	geographical limits of the spaceport territory, Space Florida
1034	may the authority shall have the power to exercise its rights,
1035	powers, privileges, and authority only within the portion of the
1036	such municipal corporation or other political subdivision lying
1037	within the boundaries of the spaceport territory.
1038	Section 13.  Section 331.312, Florida Statutes, is amended
1039	to read:
1040	331.312  Furnishing facilities and services within the
1041	spaceport territory.--Space Florida may The authority shall have
1042	the power to construct, develop, create, maintain, and operate
1043	its projects within the geographical limits of the spaceport
1044	territory, including any portions of the spaceport territory
1045	located inside the boundaries of any incorporated municipality
1046	or other political subdivision, and to offer, supply, and
1047	furnish the facilities and services provided for in this act to,
1048	and to establish and collect fees, rentals, and other charges
1049	from, persons, public or private, within the geographical limits
1050	of the spaceport territory and for the use of Space Florida the
1051	authority itself.
1052	Section 14.  Section 331.313, Florida Statutes, is amended
1053	to read:
1054	331.313  Power of Space Florida the authority with respect
1055	to roads.--Within the territorial limits of any spaceport
1056	territory, Space Florida may the authority has the right to
1057	acquire, through purchase or interagency agreement, or as
1058	otherwise provided in law, and to construct, control, and
1059	maintain, roads deemed necessary by Space Florida the authority
1060	and connections thereto and extensions thereof now or hereafter
1061	acquired, constructed, or maintained in accordance with
1062	established highway safety standards; provided that, in the
1063	event a road being addressed by Space Florida the authority is
1064	owned by another agency or jurisdiction, Space Florida the
1065	authority, before prior to proceeding with the proposed project
1066	or work activity, shall have either coordinated the desired work
1067	with the owning agency or jurisdiction or shall have
1068	successfully executed an interagency agreement with the owning
1069	agency or jurisdiction.
1070	Section 15.  Section 331.315, Florida Statutes, is amended
1071	to read:
1072	331.315  Maintenance of projects across rights-of-
1073	way.--Space Florida may The authority shall have the right to
1074	construct and operate its projects in, along, or under any
1075	streets, alleys, highways, or other public places or ways, and
1076	across any drain, ditch, canal, floodway, holding basin,
1077	excavation, railroad right-of-way, track, grade, fill, or cut;
1078	provided, however, Space Florida shall pay that just
1079	compensation, including fees, shall be paid by the authority for
1080	any damages arising from or private property taken by the
1081	exercise of such power.
1082	Section 16.  Section 331.316, Florida Statutes, is amended
1083	to read:
1084	331.316  Rates, fees, rentals, tolls, fares, and charges;
1085	procedure for adoption and modification; minimum revenue
1086	requirements.--
1087	(1)  To recover the costs of the spaceport facility or
1088	system, Space Florida may the authority shall have the power to
1089	prescribe, fix, establish, and collect rates, fees, rentals,
1090	tolls, fares, or other charges (hereinafter referred to as
1091	"revenues"), and to revise the same from time to time, for the
1092	facilities and services furnished or to be furnished by Space
1093	Florida the authority and the spaceport, including, but not
1094	limited to, launch pads, ranges, payload assembly and processing
1095	facilities, visitor and tourist facilities, transportation
1096	facilities, and parking and other related facilities, and may
1097	shall have the power to provide for reasonable penalties against
1098	any user or property for any such rates, fees, rentals, tolls,
1099	fares, or other charges that are delinquent.
1100	(2)  The board may shall have the power to enter into
1101	contracts for the use of the projects of Space Florida the
1102	authority and for the services and facilities furnished or to be
1103	furnished by Space Florida the authority, including, but not
1104	limited to, launch services, payload assembly and processing,
1105	and other aerospace-related space-related services, for such
1106	consideration and on such other terms and conditions as the
1107	board may approve. Such contracts, and revenues or service
1108	charges received or to be received by Space Florida the
1109	authority thereunder, may be pledged as security for any of the
1110	bonds of Space Florida the authority.
1111	Section 17.  Section 331.317, Florida Statutes, is amended
1112	to read:
1113	331.317  Recovery of delinquent charges.--In the event that
1114	any of the rates, fees, rentals, tolls, fares, other charges, or
1115	delinquent penalties shall not be paid as and when due and shall
1116	be in default for 30 days or more, the unpaid balance thereof
1117	and all interest accrued thereon, together with attorney's fees
1118	and costs, may be recovered by Space Florida the authority in a
1119	civil action.
1120	Section 18.  Section 331.318, Florida Statutes, is amended
1121	to read:
1122	331.318  Discontinuance of service.--In the event that the
1123	rates, fees, rentals, tolls, fares, or other charges for the
1124	services and facilities of any project are not paid when due,
1125	the board may shall have the power to discontinue and shut off
1126	the same until such rates, fees, rentals, tolls, fares, or other
1127	charges, including interest, penalties, and charges for the
1128	shutting off and discontinuance and the restoration of such
1129	services and facilities, are fully paid. Such delinquent rates,
1130	fees, rentals, tolls, fares, or other charges, together with
1131	interest, penalties, and charges for the shutting off and
1132	discontinuance and the restoration of such services and
1133	facilities, and reasonable attorney's fees and other expenses,
1134	may be recovered by Space Florida the authority by suit in any
1135	court of competent jurisdiction. Space Florida The authority may
1136	also enforce payment of such delinquent rates, fees, rentals,
1137	tolls, fares, or other charges by any other lawful method of
1138	enforcement.
1139	Section 19.  Section 331.319, Florida Statutes, is amended
1140	to read:
1141	331.319  Comprehensive planning; building and safety
1142	codes.--The board of directors may supervisors shall have the
1143	power to:
1144	(1)  Adopt, and from time to time review, amend,
1145	supplement, or repeal, a comprehensive general plan for the
1146	physical development of the area within the spaceport territory
1147	in accordance with the objectives and purposes of this act and
1148	consistent with the comprehensive plans of the applicable county
1149	or counties and municipality or municipalities adopted pursuant
1150	to the Local Government Comprehensive Planning and Land
1151	Development Regulation Act, part II of chapter 163.
1152	(2)  Prohibit within the spaceport territory the
1153	construction, alteration, repair, removal, or demolition, or the
1154	commencement of the construction, alteration, repair (except
1155	emergency repairs), removal, or demolition, of any building or
1156	structure, including, but not by way of limitation, public
1157	utility poles, lines, pipes, and facilities, without first
1158	obtaining a permit from the board or such other officer or
1159	agency as the board may designate, and to prescribe the
1160	procedure with respect to the obtaining of such permit.
1161	Section 20.  Section 331.320, Florida Statutes, is amended
1162	to read:
1163	331.320  Additional powers of board.--The board of
1164	directors may shall have the power within any spaceport
1165	territory to:
1166	(1)  Adopt regulations to prohibit or control the pollution
1167	of air and water, and require certain location and placement of
1168	electrical power, telephone, and other utility lines, cables,
1169	pipes, and ducts.
1170	(2)  Divide the spaceport territory into zones or districts
1171	of such number, shape, and area as the board may deem best
1172	suited to carry out the purposes of this act, and within and for
1173	each such district make regulations and restrictions as provided
1174	for in subsection (1).
1175	Section 21.  Section 331.321, Florida Statutes, is amended
1176	to read:
1177	331.321  Federal and other funds and aid.--Space Florida
1178	may The authority is authorized to accept, receive, and receipt
1179	for federal moneys, property, and other moneys or properties,
1180	either public or private, for the acquisition, planning,
1181	operation, construction, enlargement, improvement, maintenance,
1182	equipment, or development of programs, facilities, and sites
1183	therefor, and to comply with the provisions of the laws of the
1184	United States and any rules and regulations made thereunder for
1185	the expenditure of federal moneys.
1186	Section 22.  Section 331.322, Florida Statutes, is amended
1187	to read:
1188	331.322  Agreements with municipalities within any
1189	spaceport territory.--The board of directors and the governing
1190	body or bodies of any one or more municipalities located wholly
1191	or partly within any spaceport territory, whether now in
1192	existence or hereafter created, may are authorized to enter into
1193	and carry into effect contracts and agreements relating to the
1194	common powers, duties, and functions of the board and other
1195	officers, agents, and employees of Space Florida the authority,
1196	and the respective governing body or bodies of one or more such
1197	municipalities, and their respective officers, agents, and
1198	employees, to the end that there may be effective cooperation
1199	between and coordination of the efforts of such municipality or
1200	municipalities and Space Florida the authority in discharging
1201	their common functions, powers, and duties and in rendering
1202	services to the respective residents and property owners of such
1203	municipality or municipalities and Space Florida the authority.
1204	The board and the governing body or bodies of one or more such
1205	municipalities are further authorized to enter into and carry
1206	into effect contracts and agreements for the performance of any
1207	of their common functions, powers, and duties by a central
1208	agency or common agent of the contracting parties.
1209	Section 23.  Section 331.323, Florida Statutes, is amended
1210	to read:
1211	331.323  Cooperative agreements with the state, counties,
1212	and municipalities.--
1213	(1)  The state and the counties, municipalities, and other
1214	political subdivisions, public bodies, and agencies thereof, or
1215	any of them, whether now existing or hereafter created, are
1216	authorized to aid and cooperate with Space Florida the authority
1217	in carrying out any of the purposes and projects of Space
1218	Florida the authority, to enter into cooperative agreements with
1219	Space Florida the authority, to provide in any such cooperative
1220	agreement for the making of loans, gifts, grants, or
1221	contributions to Space Florida the authority and the granting
1222	and conveyance to Space Florida the authority of real or
1223	personal property of any kind or nature, or any interest
1224	therein, for the carrying out of the purpose and projects of
1225	Space Florida the authority; to covenant in any such cooperative
1226	agreement to pay all or any part of the costs of acquisition,
1227	planning, development, construction, reconstruction, extension,
1228	improvement, operation, and maintenance of any projects of Space
1229	Florida the authority; and to pay all or any part of the
1230	principal and interest on any bonds of Space Florida the
1231	authority.
1232	(2)  The state and the counties, municipalities, and other
1233	political subdivisions, public bodies, and agencies thereof, or
1234	any of them, whether now existing or hereafter created, and
1235	Space Florida the authority created by this act, are further
1236	authorized to enter into cooperative agreements to provide for
1237	the furnishing by Space Florida the authority to the state or
1238	any county, municipality, or other political subdivision, public
1239	body, or agency thereof of any of the facilities and services of
1240	Space Florida the authority, or by the state or any county,
1241	municipality, or other political subdivision, public body, or
1242	agency thereof to Space Florida the authority and to persons
1243	within the spaceport territory of facilities and services of the
1244	type that Space Florida the authority is authorized to furnish
1245	or undertake, or such other facilities and services as may be
1246	determined necessary or desirable by the board for the carrying
1247	out of the purposes of this act. Without limitation of the
1248	foregoing, such cooperative agreements may provide for the
1249	furnishing by any county, municipality, or other political
1250	subdivision of fire and police protection for Space Florida the
1251	authority and persons and property within Space Florida the
1252	authority, and for the providing to Space Florida the authority
1253	of any services deemed necessary or desirable by the board for
1254	the proper functioning of Space Florida the authority.
1255	(3)  Without limitation of the foregoing, the board may
1256	undertake and finance any of the projects of Space Florida the
1257	authority, in whole or in part, jointly with any municipality or
1258	municipalities, now existing or hereafter created, or in any
1259	other manner combine the projects of Space Florida the authority
1260	with the projects of such municipality or municipalities.
1261	(4)  Any agreement of the type authorized by this section
1262	may be made and entered into under pursuant to this act for such
1263	time or times, not exceeding 40 years.
1264	Section 24.  Section 331.324, Florida Statutes, is amended
1265	to read:
1266	331.324  Contracts, grants, and contributions.--Space
1267	Florida may The authority shall have the power to make and enter
1268	all contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the
1269	performance of the functions of Space Florida the authority and
1270	the execution of its powers, and to contract with, and to accept
1271	and receive grants or loans of money, material, or property
1272	from, any person, private or public, as the board shall
1273	determine to be necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes
1274	of this act, and in connection with any such contract, grant, or
1275	loan to stipulate and agree to such covenants, terms, and
1276	conditions as the board shall deem appropriate.
1277	Section 25.  Section 331.325, Florida Statutes, is amended
1278	to read:
1279	331.325  Environmental permits.--Space Florida The
1280	authority shall obtain required environmental permits in
1281	accordance with federal and state law and shall comply with the
1282	provisions of chapter 380.
1283	Section 26.  Section 331.326, Florida Statutes, is amended
1284	to read:
1285	331.326  Information relating to trade secrets
1286	confidential.--The records of Space Florida the authority
1287	regarding matters encompassed by this act are public records
1288	subject to the provisions of chapter 119. Any information held
1289	by Space Florida the authority which is a trade secret, as
1290	defined in s. 812.081, including trade secrets of Space Florida
1291	the authority, any spaceport user, or the space industry
1292	business, is confidential and exempt from the provisions of s.
1293	119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution and may
1294	not be disclosed. If Space Florida the authority determines that
1295	any information requested by the public will reveal a trade
1296	secret, it shall, in writing, inform the person making the
1297	request of that determination. The determination is a final
1298	order as defined in s. 120.52. Any meeting or portion of a
1299	meeting of Space Florida's the authority's board of supervisors
1300	is exempt from the provisions of s. 286.011 and s. 24(b), Art. I
1301	of the State Constitution when the board is discussing trade
1302	secrets. Any public record generated during the closed portions
1303	of the such meetings, such as minutes, tape recordings, and
1304	notes, is confidential and exempt from the provisions of s.
1305	119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.
1306	Section 27.  Section 331.327, Florida Statutes, is amended
1307	to read:
1308	331.327  Foreign trade zone.--Space Florida may The
1309	authority shall have the power to apply to the Federal
1310	Government for a grant allowing the designation of any spaceport
1311	territory as a foreign trade zone pursuant to ss. 288.36 and
1312	288.37. However, the designation of any spaceport territory as a
1313	foreign trade zone does shall not be deemed to authorize an
1314	exemption from any tax imposed by the state or by any political
1315	subdivision, agency, or instrumentality thereof.
1316	Section 28.  Section 331.328, Florida Statutes, is amended
1317	to read:
1318	331.328  Sovereign immunity.--Space Florida The authority
1319	shall be granted sovereign immunity in the same manner as the
1320	state under the laws and Constitution of the State of Florida.
1321	The state, by this section, hereby waives the sovereign immunity
1322	granted to the same extent as waived by the state under state
1323	law.
1324	Section 29.  Section 331.329, Florida Statutes, is amended
1325	to read:
1326	331.329  Changing boundary lines; annexation and exclusion
1327	of lands; creation of municipalities within the geographical
1328	limits of any spaceport territory; limitations on the furnishing
1329	of services within annexed areas.--
1330	(1)  The board of directors may at any time strike out or
1331	correct the description of any land within or claimed to be
1332	within the boundary lines of any spaceport territory upon the
1333	written consent of the owners of all the land that would be
1334	included or excluded from the boundary lines of any spaceport
1335	territory or otherwise affected by the taking of such action,
1336	and of the owners of not less than the majority in acreage of
1337	all lands within any spaceport territory.
1338	(a)  The board may enlarge the geographical limits of any
1339	spaceport territory to include any lands not then within any
1340	spaceport territory:
1341	1.  Upon the written consent of the owners of all the land
1342	to be included in any spaceport territory and of the owners of
1343	not less than a majority in acreage of all the land then within
1344	any spaceport territory; or
1345	2.  By resolution of the board approved at a special
1346	election called for such purpose, by vote of a majority of
1347	freeholders residing within the area to be annexed and a
1348	majority of freeholders residing within any spaceport territory.
1349	(b)  The board of directors may contract the geographical
1350	limits of any spaceport territory so as to exclude from any
1351	spaceport territory any land then within any spaceport
1352	territory:
1353	1.  Upon the written consent of the owners of all the land
1354	to be so excluded and of the owners of not less than a majority
1355	in acreage of all the land then within any spaceport territory;
1356	or
1357	2.  By resolution of the board approved at a special
1358	election called for such purpose, by vote of a majority of
1359	freeholders residing within the area to be excluded and a
1360	majority of the freeholders residing within any spaceport
1361	territory.
1362	(2)  Land, including property situated thereon, added to
1363	any spaceport territory in the manner provided in subsection (1)
1364	shall from the time of its inclusion within such spaceport
1365	territory be subject to all assessments thereafter levied and
1366	assessed on all other land or property of any spaceport
1367	territory similarly situated. Land, including property situated
1368	thereon, excluded from any spaceport territory in the manner
1369	provided in subsection (1) shall from the date of such exclusion
1370	be exempt from assessments thereafter imposed by Space Florida
1371	the authority but shall not be exempt from assessments
1372	theretofore levied or due with respect to such land or property,
1373	or from subsequent installments of assessments theretofore
1374	levied or assessed with respect thereto, and such assessments
1375	may be enforced and collected by or on behalf of Space Florida
1376	the authority in the same manner as if such land or property
1377	continued to be within the geographical limits of any spaceport
1378	territory.
1379	(3)  In the event that the geographical limits of any
1380	spaceport territory as set forth in s. 331.304 are revised so as
1381	to include within any spaceport territory any areas not
1382	presently contained within any spaceport territory, Space
1383	Florida may the authority shall not engage in the business of
1384	furnishing electric power for sale in such annexed area, unless
1385	Space Florida the authority shall offer to purchase from any
1386	person who is at the time engaged in the business of making,
1387	generating, or distributing electricity for sale within such
1388	annexed area, such portion of its electric plant and property
1389	suitable and used for such business in connection therewith as
1390	lies within the limits of such annexed area, in a manner
1391	consistent with law.
1392	(4)  Space Florida The authority shall designate new launch
1393	pads outside the present designated spaceport territories by
1394	statutory amendment of s. 331.304.
1395	Section 30.  Section 331.331, Florida Statutes, is amended
1396	to read:
1397	331.331  Revenue bonds.--
1398	(1)  Revenue bonds issued by Space Florida the authority
1399	shall not be deemed revenue bonds issued by the state or its
1400	agencies for purposes of s. 11, Art. VII of the State
1401	Constitution and ss. 215.57-215.83. Space Florida The authority
1402	shall include in its annual report to the Governor and
1403	Legislature, as provided in s. 331.310, a summary of the status
1404	of existing and proposed bonding projects.
1405	(2)  The issuance of revenue bonds may be secured by or
1406	payable from the gross or net pledge of the revenues to be
1407	derived from any project or combination of projects, from the
1408	rates, fees, rentals, tolls, fares, or other charges to be
1409	collected from the users of any project or projects; from any
1410	revenue-producing undertaking or activity of Space Florida the
1411	authority; or from any source of pledged security. Such bonds
1412	shall not constitute an indebtedness of Space Florida the
1413	authority unless such bonds are additionally secured by the full
1414	faith and credit of Space Florida the authority. Bonds issued by
1415	Space Florida the authority are not secured by the full faith
1416	and credit of the State of Florida and do not constitute an
1417	obligation, either general or special, thereof.
1418	(3)  Any two or more projects may be combined and
1419	consolidated into a single project, and may thereafter be
1420	operated and maintained as a single project. The revenue bonds
1421	authorized herein may be issued to finance any one or more such
1422	projects separately, or to finance two or more such projects,
1423	regardless whether or not such projects have been combined and
1424	consolidated into a single project. If the board deems it
1425	advisable, the proceedings authorizing such revenue bonds may
1426	provide that Space Florida the authority may thereafter combine
1427	the projects then being financed or theretofore financed with
1428	other projects to be subsequently financed by Space Florida the
1429	authority shall be on a parity with the revenue bonds then being
1430	issued, all on such terms, conditions, and limitations as shall
1431	be provided, and may further provide that the revenues to be
1432	derived from the subsequent projects shall at the time of the
1433	issuance of such parity revenue bonds be also pledged to the
1434	holders of any revenue bonds theretofore issued to finance the
1435	revenue undertakings which are later combined with such
1436	subsequent projects. Space Florida The authority may pledge for
1437	the security of the revenue bonds a fixed amount, without regard
1438	to any fixed proportion of the gross revenues of any project.
1439	Section 31.  Section 331.333, Florida Statutes, is amended
1440	to read:
1441	331.333  Refunding bonds.--Space Florida The authority
1442	through its board may shall have the power to issue bonds to
1443	provide for the retirement or refunding of any bonds or
1444	obligations of Space Florida the authority that at the time of
1445	such issuance are or subsequently thereto become due and
1446	payable, or that at the time of issuance have been called or are
1447	or will be subject to call for redemption within 10 years
1448	thereafter, or the surrender of which can be procured from the
1449	holders thereof at prices satisfactory to the board. Refunding
1450	bonds may be issued at any time when in the judgment of the
1451	board such issuance will be advantageous to Space Florida the
1452	authority. The provisions of this act pertaining to bonds of
1453	Space Florida the authority shall, unless the context otherwise
1454	requires, govern the issuance of refunding bonds, the form and
1455	other details thereof, the rights of the holders thereof, and
1456	the duties of the board with respect to the same.
1457	Section 32.  Section 331.334, Florida Statutes, is amended
1458	to read:
1459	331.334  Pledging assessments and other revenues and
1460	properties as additional security on bonds.--Space Florida The
1461	authority may pledge as additional security for the payment of
1462	any of the bonds of Space Florida the authority its full faith
1463	and credit, and provide that such bonds shall be payable as to
1464	both principal and interest, and as to any reserve or other
1465	funds provided therefor, to the full extent that any revenues as
1466	defined in this act, assessments, or other funds, or any
1467	combination thereof, pledged therefor are insufficient for the
1468	full payment of the same, and provided further that no bonds
1469	shall be issued to the payment of which the full faith and
1470	credit of Space Florida the authority is pledged unless approved
1471	at an election in the manner provided by law. Space Florida The
1472	authority by resolution of the board may also pledge as
1473	additional security for said bonds the revenues from any project
1474	of Space Florida the authority, utility service, assessments,
1475	and any other sources of revenue or funds, or any combination of
1476	the foregoing, and may pledge or mortgage any of the properties,
1477	rights, interest, or other assets of Space Florida the
1478	authority. Bonds issued by Space Florida the authority are not
1479	secured by the full faith and credit of the State of Florida and
1480	do not constitute an obligation, either general or special,
1481	thereof. The board may also provide with respect to any bonds of
1482	Space Florida the authority that such bonds shall be payable, in
1483	whole or in part, as to principal amount or interest, or both,
1484	out of rates, fees, rentals, tolls, fares, or other charges
1485	collected with respect to any of the projects of Space Florida
1486	the authority.
1487	Section 33.  Section 331.335, Florida Statutes, is amended
1488	to read:
1489	331.335  Lien of pledges.--All pledges of revenues and
1490	assessments made pursuant to the provisions of this act shall be
1491	valid and binding from the time when such pledges are made. All
1492	such revenues and assessments so pledged and thereafter
1493	collected shall immediately be subject to the lien of such
1494	pledges without any physical delivery thereof or further action,
1495	and the lien of such pledges shall be valid and binding as
1496	against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract,
1497	or otherwise against Space Florida the authority, irrespective
1498	of whether such parties have notice thereof.
1499	Section 34.  Section 331.336, Florida Statutes, is amended
1500	to read:
1501	331.336  Issuance of bond anticipation notes.--In addition
1502	to the other powers provided for in this act and not in
1503	limitation thereof, Space Florida may the authority shall have
1504	the power, at any time from time to time after the issuance of
1505	any bonds of Space Florida the authority shall have been
1506	authorized, to borrow money for the purposes for which such
1507	bonds are to be issued in anticipation of the receipt of the
1508	proceeds of the sale of such bonds and to issue bond
1509	anticipation notes in a principal amount not in excess of the
1510	authorized maximum amount of such bond issue. Such notes shall
1511	be in such denomination or denominations, bear interest at such
1512	rate or rates, mature at such time or times, be renewable for
1513	such additional term or terms, and be in such form and executed
1514	in such manner as the board shall prescribe. Such notes may be
1515	sold at public sale, or if such notes shall be renewable notes,
1516	may be exchanged for notes then outstanding on such terms as the
1517	board shall determine. Such notes shall be paid from the
1518	proceeds of such bonds when issued. The board may in its
1519	discretion, in lieu of retiring the notes by means of bonds,
1520	retire them by means of current revenues or from any assessments
1521	levied for the payment of such bonds, but in such event a like
1522	amount of the bonds authorized shall not be issued.
1523	Section 35.  Section 331.337, Florida Statutes, is amended
1524	to read:
1525	331.337  Short-term borrowing.--Space Florida The authority
1526	at any time may obtain loans, in such amount and on such terms
1527	and conditions as the board may approve, for the purpose of
1528	paying any of the expenses of Space Florida the authority or any
1529	costs incurred or that may be incurred in connection with any of
1530	the projects of Space Florida the authority, which loans shall
1531	have such term or terms, be renewable for such term or terms,
1532	bear interest at such rate or rates, and be payable from and
1533	secured by a pledge of such funds, revenues, and assessments as
1534	the board may determine. For the purpose of defraying such costs
1535	and expenses, Space Florida the authority may issue negotiable
1536	notes, warrants, or other evidences of debt signed on behalf of
1537	Space Florida the authority by any one of the board, such notes
1538	or other evidences of indebtedness to be payable at such time or
1539	times, to bear interest at such rate or rates, and to be sold or
1540	discounted at such price or prices and on such term or terms as
1541	the board may deem advisable. The board may shall have the right
1542	to provide for the payment thereof by pledging the whole or any
1543	part of the funds, revenues, and assessments of Space Florida
1544	the authority.
1545	Section 36.  Section 331.338, Florida Statutes, is amended
1546	to read:
1547	331.338  Trust agreements.--In the discretion of the board,
1548	any issue of bonds may be secured by a trust agreement by and
1549	between Space Florida the authority and a corporate trustee
1550	which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a
1551	trust company within or without the state. The resolution
1552	authorizing the issuance of the bonds or such trust agreement
1553	may pledge the revenues to be received from any projects of
1554	Space Florida the authority and any other authorized moneys to
1555	be used for the repayment of bonds, and may contain such
1556	provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies
1557	of the bondholders as the board may approve, including without
1558	limitation covenants setting forth the duties of Space Florida
1559	the authority in relation to the acquisition, planning,
1560	development, construction, reconstruction, improvement,
1561	maintenance, repair, operation, and insurance of any projects,
1562	the fixing and revision of the rates, fees, rentals, tolls,
1563	fares, and charges, and the custody, safeguarding, and
1564	application of all moneys, and for the employment of consulting
1565	engineers in connection with such acquisition, planning,
1566	development, construction, reconstruction, improvement,
1567	maintenance, repair, or operation. It shall be lawful for any
1568	bank or trust company incorporated under the laws of the state
1569	or the United States which may act as a depository of the
1570	proceeds of bonds or of revenues to furnish such indemnifying
1571	bonds or to pledge such securities as may be required by Space
1572	Florida the authority. Such resolution or trust agreement may
1573	set forth the rights and remedies of the bondholders and of the
1574	trustee, if any, and may restrict the individual right of action
1575	by bondholders. The board may provide for the payment of the
1576	proceeds of the sale of the bonds and the revenues of any
1577	project to such officer, board, or depository as it may
1578	designate for the custody thereof, and for the method of
1579	disbursement thereof, with such safeguards and restrictions as
1580	it may determine. All expenses incurred in carrying out the
1581	provisions of such resolution or trust agreement may be treated
1582	as part of the cost of the project to which such trust agreement
1583	pertains.
1584	Section 37.  Section 331.339, Florida Statutes, is amended
1585	to read:
1586	331.339  Sale of bonds.--Bonds may be sold in blocks or
1587	installments at different times, or an entire issue or series
1588	may be sold at one time. Bonds may only be sold at public sale
1589	after being advertised and publicly noticed, unless Space
1590	Florida the authority has previously complied with the
1591	provisions of s. 218.385. Bonds may be sold or exchanged for
1592	refunding bonds. Special assessment and revenue bonds may be
1593	delivered as payment by Space Florida the authority of the
1594	purchase price or lease of any project or part thereof, or a
1595	combination of projects or parts thereof, or as the purchase
1596	price of, or exchange for, any property, real, personal, or
1597	mixed, including franchises, or services rendered by any
1598	contractor, engineer, or other person, all at one time or in
1599	blocks from time to time, in such manner and upon such terms as
1600	the board in its discretion shall determine. The price or prices
1601	for any bonds sold, exchanged, or delivered may be:
1602	(1)  The money paid for the bonds.
1603	(2)  The principal amount, plus accrued interest to date of
1604	redemption or exchange, of outstanding obligations exchanged for
1605	refunding bonds.
1606	(3)  In the case of special assessment or revenue bonds,
1607	the amount of any indebtedness to contractors or other persons
1608	paid with such bonds, or the fair value of any properties
1609	exchanged for the bonds, as determined by the board.
1610	Section 38.  Section 331.340, Florida Statutes, is amended
1611	to read:
1612	331.340  Authorization and form of bonds.--Bonds may be
1613	authorized by resolution or resolutions of the board which shall
1614	be adopted by a majority of all of the members thereof then in
1615	office and present at the meeting at which the resolution or
1616	resolutions are adopted and shall be approved as provided in s.
1617	331.305. The resolution or resolutions of the board may be
1618	adopted at the same meeting at which they are introduced, and
1619	shall be published and noticed. The board may by resolution
1620	authorize the issuance of bonds, fix the aggregate amount of
1621	bonds to be issued, the purpose or purposes for which the moneys
1622	derived therefrom shall be expanded, the rate or rates of
1623	interest, the denomination of the bonds, whether or not the
1624	bonds are to be issued in one or more series, the date or dates
1625	thereof, the date or dates of maturity, which shall not exceed
1626	40 years from their respective dates of issuance, the medium of
1627	payment, the place or places within or without the state where
1628	payment shall be made, registration privileges, redemption terms
1629	and privileges (whether with or without premium), the manner of
1630	execution, the form of the bonds including any interest coupons
1631	to be attached thereto, the manner of execution of bonds and
1632	coupons, and any and all other terms, covenants, and conditions
1633	thereof, and the establishment of reserve or other funds. Such
1634	authorizing resolution may further provide that such bonds may
1635	be executed manually or by engraved, lithographed, or facsimile
1636	signature, provided that where signatures are engraved,
1637	lithographed, or facsimile no bond shall be valid unless
1638	countersigned by a registrar or other officer designated by
1639	appropriate resolution of the board. The seal of Space Florida
1640	the authority may be affixed, lithographed, engraved, or
1641	otherwise reproduced in facsimile on such bonds. In case any
1642	officer whose signature or a facsimile of whose signature shall
1643	appear on any bonds or coupons shall cease to be such officer
1644	before the delivery of such bonds, such signature or facsimile
1645	shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes the
1646	same as if the officer had remained in office until such
1647	delivery.
1648	Section 39.  Section 331.343, Florida Statutes, is amended
1649	to read:
1650	331.343  Defeasance.--The board may make such provision
1651	with respect to the defeasance of the right, title, and interest
1652	of the holders of any of the bonds and obligations of Space
1653	Florida the authority in any revenues, funds, or other
1654	properties by which such bonds are secured as the board deems
1655	appropriate and, without limitation on the foregoing, may
1656	provide that when such bonds or obligations become due and
1657	payable or shall have been called for redemption, and the whole
1658	amount of the principal and the interest and premium, if any,
1659	due and payable upon the bonds or obligations when outstanding
1660	shall be paid, or sufficient moneys or direct obligations of the
1661	United States Government the principal of and the interest on
1662	which when due will provide sufficient moneys, shall be held or
1663	deposited in trust for such purpose, and provision shall also be
1664	made for paying all other sums payable in connection with such
1665	bonds or other obligations, then and in such event the right,
1666	title, and interest of the holders of the bonds in any revenues,
1667	funds, or other properties by which such bonds are secured shall
1668	thereupon cease, terminate, and become void; and the board may
1669	apply any surplus in any sinking fund established in connection
1670	with such bonds or obligations and all balances remaining in all
1671	other funds or accounts other than money held for the redemption
1672	or payment of the bonds or other obligations to any lawful
1673	purpose of Space Florida the authority as the board shall
1674	determine.
1675	Section 40.  Section 331.345, Florida Statutes, is amended
1676	to read:
1677	331.345  Covenants.--Any resolution authorizing the
1678	issuance of bonds may contain such covenants as the board may
1679	deem advisable and all such covenants shall constitute valid and
1680	legally binding and enforceable contracts between Space Florida
1681	the authority and the bondholders, regardless of the time of
1682	issuance thereof. Such covenants may include, without
1683	limitation, covenants concerning the disposition of the bond
1684	proceeds, the use and disposition of project revenues, the
1685	pledging of revenues, and assessments, the obligations of Space
1686	Florida the authority with respect to the operation of the
1687	project and the maintenance of adequate project revenues, the
1688	issuance of additional bonds, the appointment, powers, and
1689	duties of trustees and receivers, the acquisition of outstanding
1690	bonds and obligations, restrictions on the establishing of
1691	competing projects or facilities, restrictions on the sale or
1692	disposal of the assets and property of Space Florida the
1693	authority, the priority of assessment liens, the priority of
1694	claims by bondholders on the taxing power of Space Florida the
1695	authority, the maintenance of deposits to assure the payment of
1696	revenues by users of spaceport facilities and services, the
1697	discontinuance of authority services by reason of delinquent
1698	payments, acceleration upon default, the execution of necessary
1699	instruments, the procedure for amending or abrogating covenants
1700	with the bondholders, and such other covenants as may be deemed
1701	necessary or desirable for the security of the bondholders.
1702	Section 41.  Section 331.346, Florida Statutes, is amended
1703	to read:
1704	331.346  Validity of bonds; validation proceedings.--Any
1705	bonds issued by Space Florida the authority shall be
1706	incontestable in the hands of bona fide purchasers or holders
1707	for value and shall not be invalid because of any irregularity
1708	or defect in the proceedings for the issue and sale thereof.
1709	Prior to the issuance of any bonds, Space Florida the authority
1710	shall publish a notice at least once in a newspaper or
1711	newspapers published or of general circulation in the
1712	appropriate counties in the state, stating the date of adoption
1713	of the resolution authorizing such obligations, the amount,
1714	maximum rate of interest, and maturity of such obligations, and
1715	the purpose in general terms for which such obligations are to
1716	be issued, and further stating that no action or proceeding
1717	questioning the validity of such obligations or of the
1718	proceedings authorizing the issuance thereof, or of any
1719	covenants made therein, must be instituted within 20 days after
1720	the first publication of such notice, or the validity of such
1721	obligations, proceedings, and covenants shall not be thereafter
1722	questioned in any court whatsoever. If no such action or
1723	proceeding is so instituted within such 20-day period, then the
1724	validity of such obligations, proceedings, and covenants shall
1725	be conclusive, and all persons or parties whatsoever shall be
1726	forever barred from questioning the validity of such
1727	obligations, proceedings, or covenants in any court whatsoever.
1728	Section 42.  Section 331.347, Florida Statutes, is amended
1729	to read:
1730	331.347  Act furnishes full authority for issuance of
1731	bonds.--This act constitutes full and complete authority for the
1732	issuance of bonds and the exercise of the powers of Space
1733	Florida the authority provided herein. Any and all bonds issued
1734	by Space Florida the authority shall not be secured by the full
1735	faith and credit of the State of Florida and do not constitute
1736	an obligation, either general or special, thereof.
1737	Section 43.  Section 331.348, Florida Statutes, is amended
1738	to read:
1739	331.348  Investment of funds.--The board may in its
1740	discretion invest funds of Space Florida the authority through
1741	the Chief Financial Officer or in:
1742	(1)  Direct obligations of or obligations guaranteed by the
1743	United States or for the payment of the principal and interest
1744	of which the faith and credit of the United States is pledged;
1745	(2)  Bonds or notes issued by any of the following federal
1746	agencies: Bank for Cooperatives; federal intermediate credit
1747	banks; federal home loan bank system; federal land banks; or the
1748	Federal National Mortgage Association (including debentures or
1749	participating certificates issued by such association);
1750	(3)  Public housing bonds issued by public housing
1751	authorities and secured by a pledge or annual contributions
1752	under an annual contribution contract or contracts with the
1753	United States;
1754	(4)  Bonds or other interest-bearing obligations of any
1755	county, district, city, or town located in the state for which
1756	the full faith and credit of such political subdivision is
1757	pledged;
1758	(5)  Any investment authorized for insurers by ss. 625.306-
1759	625.316 and amendments thereto; or
1760	(6)  Any investment authorized under s. 17.57 and
1761	amendments thereto.
1762	Section 44.  Section 331.349, Florida Statutes, is amended
1763	to read:
1764	331.349  Fiscal year of Space Florida the authority.--The
1765	board may has the power to establish and from time to time
1766	redetermine the fiscal year of Space Florida the authority.
1767	Unless the board otherwise provides, Space Florida's the
1768	authority's fiscal year shall be July 1 through June 30.
1769	Section 45.  Section 331.350, Florida Statutes, is amended
1770	to read:
1771	331.350  Insurance coverage of Space Florida the authority;
1772	safety program.--
1773	(1)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State
1774	Risk Management Trust Fund established under s. 284.30 may shall
1775	not insure buildings and property owned or leased by Space
1776	Florida the authority.
1777	(2)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State
1778	Risk Management Trust Fund established under s. 284.30 may shall
1779	not insure against any liability of Space Florida the authority.
1780	(3)  Space Florida The authority shall establish a safety
1781	program. The safety program shall include:
1782	(a)  The development and implementation of a loss
1783	prevention program which shall consist of a comprehensive
1784	authority wide safety program, including a statement,
1785	established by the board of directors supervisors, of safety
1786	policy and responsibility.
1787	(b)  Provision for regular and periodic facility and
1788	equipment inspections.
1789	(c)  Investigation of job-related employee accidents and
1790	other accidents occurring on the premises of Space Florida the
1791	authority or within areas of its jurisdiction.
1792	(d)  Establishment of a program to promote increased safety
1793	awareness among employees, agents, and subcontractors of Space
1794	Florida the authority.
1795	(4)(a)  Space Florida The authority shall, if available,
1796	secure insurance coverage within reasonable limits for liability
1797	which may arise as a consequence of its responsibilities.
1798	(b)  Space Florida The authority shall, if available, and
1799	if cost-effective, secure insurance coverage on its buildings,
1800	facilities, and property at reasonable levels.
1801	(c)  Space Florida The authority, with respect to the
1802	purchase of insurance, shall be subject to the applicable
1803	provisions of chapter 287 and other applicable law.
1804	Section 46.  Section 331.351, Florida Statutes, is amended
1805	to read:
1806	331.351  Participation by women, minorities, and socially
1807	and economically disadvantaged business enterprises
1808	encouraged.--It is the intent of the Legislature and the public
1809	policy of this state that women, minorities, and socially and
1810	economically disadvantaged business enterprises be encouraged to
1811	participate fully in all phases of economic and community
1812	development. Accordingly, to achieve such purpose, Space Florida
1813	the authority shall, in accordance with applicable state and
1814	federal law, involve and utilize women, minorities, and socially
1815	and economically disadvantaged business enterprises in all
1816	phases of the design, development, construction, maintenance,
1817	and operation of spaceports developed under this act.
1818	Section 47.  Section 331.354, Florida Statutes, is amended
1819	to read:
1820	331.354  Tax exemption.--The exercise of the powers granted
1821	by this act in all respects shall be for the benefit of the
1822	people of the state, for the increase of their industry and
1823	prosperity, for the improvement of their health and living
1824	conditions, and for the provision of gainful employment and
1825	shall constitute the performance of essential public functions.
1826	Space Florida is The authority shall not be required to pay any
1827	taxes on any project or any other property owned by Space
1828	Florida the authority under the provisions of this act or upon
1829	the income therefrom. The bonds issued under the provisions of
1830	this act or upon the income therefrom (including any profit made
1831	on the sale thereof), and all notes, mortgages, security
1832	agreements, letters of credit, or other instruments which arise
1833	out of or are given to secure the repayment of bonds issued in
1834	connection with a project financed under this act, shall at all
1835	times be free from taxation by the state or any local unit,
1836	political subdivision, or other instrumentality of the state.
1837	Nothing in This section, however, does not exempt shall be
1838	construed as exempting from taxation or assessments the
1839	leasehold interest of a lessee in any project or any other
1840	property or interest owned by the lessee. The exemption granted
1841	by this section is shall not be applicable to any tax imposed by
1842	chapter 220 on interest, income, or profits on debt obligations
1843	owned by corporations.
1844	Section 48.  Section 331.355, Florida Statutes, is amended
1845	to read:
1846	331.355  Use of name; ownership rights to intellectual
1847	property.--
1848	(1)(a)  The corporate name of a corporation incorporated or
1849	authorized to transact business in this state, or the name of
1850	any person or business entity transacting business in this
1851	state, may not use the words "Florida Space Authority," "Florida
1852	Aerospace Finance Corporation," "Florida Space Research
1853	Institute," "spaceport Florida," or "Florida spaceport" in its
1854	name unless Space Florida the authority gives written approval
1855	for such use.
1856	(b)  The Department of State may dissolve, pursuant to s.
1857	607.1421, any corporation that violates paragraph (a).
1858	(2)  Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 286, the
1859	legal title and every right, interest, claim, or demand of any
1860	kind in and to any patent, trademark, copyright, certification
1861	mark, or other right acquired under the patent and trademark
1862	laws of the United States or this state or any foreign country,
1863	or the application for the same, as is owned or held, acquired,
1864	or developed by Space Florida the authority, under the authority
1865	and directions given it by this part, is vested in Space Florida
1866	the authority for the use, benefit, and purposes provided in
1867	this part. Space Florida The authority is vested with and is
1868	authorized to exercise any and all of the normal incidents of
1869	such ownership, including the receipt and disposition of
1870	royalties. Any sums received as royalties from any such rights
1871	are hereby appropriated to Space Florida the authority for any
1872	and all of the purposes and uses provided in this part.
1873	Section 49.  Section 331.360, Florida Statutes, is amended
1874	to read:
1875	331.360  Joint project agreement or assistance; spaceport
1876	master plan.--
1877	(1)  It shall be the duty, function, and responsibility of
1878	the Department of Transportation to promote the further
1879	development and improvement of aerospace transportation
1880	facilities; to address intermodal requirements and impacts of
1881	the launch ranges, spaceports, and other space transportation
1882	facilities; to assist in the development of joint-use facilities
1883	and technology that support aviation and aerospace operations;
1884	and to facilitate and promote cooperative efforts between
1885	federal and state government entities to improve space
1886	transportation capacity and efficiency. In carrying out this
1887	duty and responsibility, the department may assist and advise,
1888	cooperate with, and coordinate with federal, state, local, or
1889	private organizations and individuals. The department may
1890	administratively house its space transportation responsibilities
1891	within an existing division or office.
1892	(2)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
1893	Department of Transportation may enter into a joint project
1894	agreement with, or otherwise assist, the Florida Space Florida
1895	Authority as necessary to effectuate the provisions of this
1896	chapter and may allocate funds for such purposes in its 5-year
1897	work program. However, the department may not fund the
1898	administrative or operational costs of Space Florida the
1899	authority.
1900	(3)  Space Florida The authority shall develop a spaceport
1901	master plan for expansion and modernization of space
1902	transportation facilities within spaceport territories as
1903	defined in s. 331.303(22)(23). The plan shall contain
1904	recommended projects to meet current and future commercial,
1905	national, and state space transportation requirements. Space
1906	Florida The authority shall submit the plan to any appropriate
1907	metropolitan planning organization M.P.O. for review of
1908	intermodal impacts. Space Florida The authority shall submit the
1909	spaceport master plan to the Department of Transportation, and
1910	such plan may be included within the department's 5-year work
1911	program of qualifying aerospace discretionary capacity
1912	improvement under subsection (4). The plan shall identify
1913	appropriate funding levels and include recommendations on
1914	appropriate sources of revenue that may be developed to
1915	contribute to the State Transportation Trust Fund.
1916	(4)  Subject to the availability of appropriated funds, the
1917	department may participate in the capital cost of eligible
1918	spaceport discretionary capacity improvement projects. The
1919	annual legislative budget request shall be based on the proposed
1920	funding requested for approved spaceport discretionary capacity
1921	improvement projects.
1922	Section 50.  Section 331.369, Florida Statutes, is amended
1923	to read:
1924	331.369  Space Industry Workforce Initiative.--
1925	(1)  The Legislature finds that the aerospace space
1926	industry is critical to the economic future of the state and
1927	that the competitiveness of the industry in the state depends
1928	upon the development and maintenance of a qualified workforce.
1929	The Legislature further finds that the aerospace space industry
1930	in this state has diverse and complex workforce needs,
1931	including, but not limited to, the need for qualified entry-
1932	level workers, the need to upgrade the skills of technician-
1933	level incumbent workers, and the need to ensure continuing
1934	education opportunities for workers with advanced educational
1935	degrees. It is the intent of the Legislature to support programs
1936	designed to address the workforce development needs of the
1937	aerospace space industry in this state.
1938	(2)  The Workforce Development Board of Enterprise Florida,
1939	Inc., or it successor entity, shall coordinate development of a
1940	Space Industry Workforce Initiative in partnership with Space
1941	Florida, the Florida Space Research Institute, the institute's
1942	consortium of public and private universities, community
1943	colleges, and other training providers approved by the board.
1944	The purpose of the initiative is to use or revise existing
1945	programs and to develop innovative new programs to address the
1946	workforce needs of the aerospace space industry.
1947	(3)  The initiative shall emphasize:
1948	(a)  Curricula content and timeframes developed with
1949	industry participation and endorsed by the industry;
1950	(b)  Programs that certify persons completing training as
1951	meeting industry-approved standards or competencies;
1952	(c)  Use of distance-learning and computer-based training
1953	modules as appropriate and feasible;
1954	(d)  Industry solicitation of public and private
1955	universities to develop continuing education programs at the
1956	master's and doctoral levels;
1957	(e)  Agreements with the National Aeronautics and Space
1958	Administration to replicate on a national level successful
1959	training programs developed through the initiative; and
1960	(f)  Leveraging of state and federal workforce funds.
1961	(4)  The Workforce Development Board of Enterprise Florida,
1962	Inc., or its successor entity, with the assistance of Space
1963	Florida the Florida Space Research Institute, shall convene
1964	representatives from the aerospace space industry to identify
1965	the priority training and education needs of the industry and to
1966	appoint a team to design programs to meet the such priority
1967	needs.
1968	(5)  The Workforce Development Board of Enterprise Florida,
1969	Inc., or its successor entity, as part of its statutorily
1970	prescribed annual report to the Legislature, shall provide
1971	recommendations for policies, programs, and funding to enhance
1972	the workforce needs of the aerospace space industry.
1973	Section 51.  Paragraph (g) of subsection (2) of section
1974	14.2015, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
1975	14.2015  Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
1976	Development; creation; powers and duties.--
1977	(2)  The purpose of the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
1978	Economic Development is to assist the Governor in working with
1979	the Legislature, state agencies, business leaders, and economic
1980	development professionals to formulate and implement coherent
1981	and consistent policies and strategies designed to provide
1982	economic opportunities for all Floridians. To accomplish such
1983	purposes, the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development
1984	shall:
1985	(g)  Serve as contract administrator for the state with
1986	respect to contracts with Enterprise Florida, Inc., the Florida
1987	Commission on Tourism, Space Florida, and all direct-support
1988	organizations under this act, excluding those relating to
1989	tourism. To accomplish the provisions of this act and applicable
1990	provisions of chapter 288, and notwithstanding the provisions of
1991	part I of chapter 287, the office shall enter into specific
1992	contracts with Enterprise Florida, Inc., the Florida Commission
1993	on Tourism, and other appropriate direct-support organizations.
1994	Such contracts may be multiyear and shall include specific
1995	performance measures for each year.
1996	Section 52.  Section 74.011, Florida Statutes, is amended
1997	to read:
1998	74.011  Scope.--In any eminent domain action, properly
1999	instituted by and in the name of the state; the Department of
2000	Transportation; any county, school board, municipality,
2001	expressway authority, regional water supply authority,
2002	transportation authority, flood control district, or drainage or
2003	subdrainage district; the ship canal authority; any lawfully
2004	constituted housing, port, or aviation authority; the Florida
2005	Space Authority; or any rural electric cooperative, telephone
2006	cooperative corporation, or public utility corporation, the
2007	petitioner may avail itself of the provisions of this chapter to
2008	take possession and title in advance of the entry of final
2009	judgment.
2010	Section 53.  Subsection (6) of section 196.012, Florida
2011	Statutes, is amended to read:
2012	196.012  Definitions.--For the purpose of this chapter, the
2013	following terms are defined as follows, except where the context
2014	clearly indicates otherwise:
2015	(6)  Governmental, municipal, or public purpose or function
2016	shall be deemed to be served or performed when the lessee under
2017	any leasehold interest created in property of the United States,
2018	the state or any of its political subdivisions, or any
2019	municipality, agency, special district, authority, or other
2020	public body corporate of the state is demonstrated to perform a
2021	function or serve a governmental purpose which could properly be
2022	performed or served by an appropriate governmental unit or which
2023	is demonstrated to perform a function or serve a purpose which
2024	would otherwise be a valid subject for the allocation of public
2025	funds. For purposes of the preceding sentence, an activity
2026	undertaken by a lessee which is permitted under the terms of its
2027	lease of real property designated as an aviation area on an
2028	airport layout plan which has been approved by the Federal
2029	Aviation Administration and which real property is used for the
2030	administration, operation, business offices and activities
2031	related specifically thereto in connection with the conduct of
2032	an aircraft full service fixed base operation which provides
2033	goods and services to the general aviation public in the
2034	promotion of air commerce shall be deemed an activity which
2035	serves a governmental, municipal, or public purpose or function.
2036	Any activity undertaken by a lessee which is permitted under the
2037	terms of its lease of real property designated as a public
2038	airport as defined in s. 332.004(14) by municipalities,
2039	agencies, special districts, authorities, or other public bodies
2040	corporate and public bodies politic of the state, a spaceport as
2041	defined in s. 331.303(19), or which is located in a deepwater
2042	port identified in s. 403.021(9)(b) and owned by one of the
2043	foregoing governmental units, subject to a leasehold or other
2044	possessory interest of a nongovernmental lessee that is deemed
2045	to perform an aviation, airport, aerospace, maritime, or port
2046	purpose or operation shall be deemed an activity that serves a
2047	governmental, municipal, or public purpose. The use by a lessee,
2048	licensee, or management company of real property or a portion
2049	thereof as a convention center, visitor center, sports facility
2050	with permanent seating, concert hall, arena, stadium, park, or
2051	beach is deemed a use that serves a governmental, municipal, or
2052	public purpose or function when access to the property is open
2053	to the general public with or without a charge for admission. If
2054	property deeded to a municipality by the United States is
2055	subject to a requirement that the Federal Government, through a
2056	schedule established by the Secretary of the Interior, determine
2057	that the property is being maintained for public historic
2058	preservation, park, or recreational purposes and if those
2059	conditions are not met the property will revert back to the
2060	Federal Government, then such property shall be deemed to serve
2061	a municipal or public purpose. The term "governmental purpose"
2062	also includes a direct use of property on federal lands in
2063	connection with the Federal Government's Space Exploration
2064	Program or spaceport activities as defined in s. 212.02(22).
2065	Real property and tangible personal property owned by the
2066	Federal Government or Space Florida the Florida Space Authority
2067	and used for defense and space exploration purposes or which is
2068	put to a use in support thereof shall be deemed to perform an
2069	essential national governmental purpose and shall be exempt.
2070	"Owned by the lessee" as used in this chapter does not include
2071	personal property, buildings, or other real property
2072	improvements used for the administration, operation, business
2073	offices and activities related specifically thereto in
2074	connection with the conduct of an aircraft full service fixed
2075	based operation which provides goods and services to the general
2076	aviation public in the promotion of air commerce provided that
2077	the real property is designated as an aviation area on an
2078	airport layout plan approved by the Federal Aviation
2079	Administration. For purposes of determination of "ownership,"
2080	buildings and other real property improvements which will revert
2081	to the airport authority or other governmental unit upon
2082	expiration of the term of the lease shall be deemed "owned" by
2083	the governmental unit and not the lessee. Providing two-way
2084	telecommunications services to the public for hire by the use of
2085	a telecommunications facility, as defined in s. 364.02(15), and
2086	for which a certificate is required under chapter 364 does not
2087	constitute an exempt use for purposes of s. 196.199, unless the
2088	telecommunications services are provided by the operator of a
2089	public-use airport, as defined in s. 332.004, for the operator's
2090	provision of telecommunications services for the airport or its
2091	tenants, concessionaires, or licensees, or unless the
2092	telecommunications services are provided by a public hospital.
2093	However, property that is being used to provide such
2094	telecommunications services on or before October 1, 1997, shall
2095	remain exempt, but such exemption expires October 1, 2004.
2096	Section 54.  Subsection (22) of section 212.02, Florida
2097	Statutes, is amended to read:
2098	212.02  Definitions.--The following terms and phrases when
2099	used in this chapter have the meanings ascribed to them in this
2100	section, except where the context clearly indicates a different
2101	meaning:
2102	(22)  "Spaceport activities" means activities directed or
2103	sponsored by Space Florida the Florida Space Authority on
2104	spaceport territory pursuant to its powers and responsibilities
2105	under the Space Florida Act Florida Space Authority Act.
2106	Section 55.  Subsection (7) of section 288.063, Florida
2107	Statutes, is amended to read:
2108	288.063  Contracts for transportation projects.--
2109	(7)  For the purpose of this section, Space Florida the
2110	Florida Space Authority may serve as the local government or as
2111	the contracting agency for transportation projects within
2112	spaceport territory as defined by s. 331.304.
2113	Section 56.  Subsection (1) of section 288.075, Florida
2114	Statutes, is amended to read:
2115	288.075  Confidentiality of records.--
2116	(1)  As used in this section, the term "economic
2117	development agency" means the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
2118	Economic Development, any industrial development authority
2119	created in accordance with part III of chapter 159 or by special
2120	law, Space Florida the Florida Space Authority created in part
2121	II of chapter 331, the Florida Aerospace Finance Corporation
2122	created in part III of chapter 331, the public economic
2123	development agency of a county or municipality, or any research
2124	and development authority created in accordance with part V of
2125	chapter 159. The term also includes any private agency, person,
2126	partnership, corporation, or business entity when authorized by
2127	the state, a municipality, or a county to promote the general
2128	business interests or industrial interests of the state or that
2129	municipality or county.
2130	Section 57.  Subsection (2) of section 288.35, Florida
2131	Statutes, is amended to read:
2132	288.35  Definitions.--The following terms, wherever used or
2133	referred to in this part, shall have the following meanings:
2134	(2)  "Government agency" means the state or any county or
2135	political subdivision thereof; any state agency; any
2136	consolidated government of a county, and some or all of the
2137	municipalities located within the said county; any chartered
2138	municipality in the state; and any of the institutions of such
2139	consolidated governments, counties, or municipalities.
2140	Specifically included are airports, port authorities, industrial
2141	authorities, and Space Florida the Florida Space Authority.
2142	Section 58.  Subsection (2) of section 288.9415, Florida
2143	Statutes, is amended to read:
2144	288.9415  International Trade Grants.--
2145	(2)  A county, municipality, economic development council,
2146	Space Florida the Florida Space Authority, or a not-for-profit
2147	association of businesses organized to assist in the promotion
2148	of international trade may apply for a grant of state funds for
2149	the promotion of international trade.
2150	Section 59.  Paragraph (j) of subsection (5) of section
2151	212.08, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
2152	212.08  Sales, rental, use, consumption, distribution, and
2153	storage tax; specified exemptions.--The sale at retail, the
2154	rental, the use, the consumption, the distribution, and the
2155	storage to be used or consumed in this state of the following
2156	are hereby specifically exempt from the tax imposed by this
2157	chapter.
2158	(5)  EXEMPTIONS; ACCOUNT OF USE.--
2159	(j)  Machinery and equipment used in semiconductor,
2160	defense, or space technology production and research and
2161	development.--
2162	1.a.  Industrial machinery and equipment used in
2163	semiconductor technology facilities certified under subparagraph
2164	6. to manufacture, process, compound, or produce semiconductor
2165	technology products for sale or for use by these facilities are
2166	exempt from the tax imposed by this chapter. For purposes of
2167	this paragraph, industrial machinery and equipment includes
2168	molds, dies, machine tooling, other appurtenances or accessories
2169	to machinery and equipment, testing equipment, test beds,
2170	computers, and software, whether purchased or self-fabricated,
2171	and, if self-fabricated, includes materials and labor for
2172	design, fabrication, and assembly.
2173	b.  Industrial machinery and equipment used in defense or
2174	space technology facilities certified under subparagraph 6. to
2175	design, manufacture, assemble, process, compound, or produce
2176	defense technology products or space technology products for
2177	sale or for use by these facilities are exempt from 25 percent
2178	of the tax imposed by this chapter.
2179	2.a.  Machinery and equipment are exempt from the tax
2180	imposed by this chapter if used predominately in semiconductor
2181	wafer research and development activities in a semiconductor
2182	technology research and development facility certified under
2183	subparagraph 6. For purposes of this paragraph, machinery and
2184	equipment includes molds, dies, machine tooling, other
2185	appurtenances or accessories to machinery and equipment, testing
2186	equipment, test beds, computers, and software, whether purchased
2187	or self-fabricated, and, if self-fabricated, includes materials
2188	and labor for design, fabrication, and assembly.
2189	b.  Machinery and equipment are exempt from 25 percent of
2190	the tax imposed by this chapter if used predominately in defense
2191	or space research and development activities in a defense or
2192	space technology research and development facility certified
2193	under subparagraph 6.
2194	3.  Building materials purchased for use in manufacturing
2195	or expanding clean rooms in semiconductor-manufacturing
2196	facilities are exempt from the tax imposed by this chapter.
2197	4.  In addition to meeting the criteria mandated by
2198	subparagraph 1., subparagraph 2., or subparagraph 3., a business
2199	must be certified by the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
2200	Development as authorized in this paragraph in order to qualify
2201	for exemption under this paragraph.
2202	5.  For items purchased tax exempt pursuant to this
2203	paragraph, possession of a written certification from the
2204	purchaser, certifying the purchaser's entitlement to exemption
2205	pursuant to this paragraph, relieves the seller of the
2206	responsibility of collecting the tax on the sale of such items,
2207	and the department shall look solely to the purchaser for
2208	recovery of tax if it determines that the purchaser was not
2209	entitled to the exemption.
2210	6.a.  To be eligible to receive the exemption provided by
2211	subparagraph 1., subparagraph 2., or subparagraph 3., a
2212	qualifying business entity shall apply to Enterprise Florida,
2213	Inc. The application shall be developed by the Office of
2214	Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development in consultation with
2215	Enterprise Florida, Inc.
2216	b.  Enterprise Florida, Inc., shall review each submitted
2217	application and information and determine whether or not the
2218	application is complete within 5 working days. Once an
2219	application is complete, Enterprise Florida, Inc., shall, within
2220	10 working days, evaluate the application and recommend approval
2221	or disapproval of the application to the Office of Tourism,
2222	Trade, and Economic Development.
2223	c.  Upon receipt of the application and recommendation from
2224	Enterprise Florida, Inc., the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
2225	Economic Development shall certify within 5 working days those
2226	applicants who are found to meet the requirements of this
2227	section and notify the applicant, Enterprise Florida, Inc., and
2228	the department of the certification. If the Office of Tourism,
2229	Trade, and Economic Development finds that the applicant does
2230	not meet the requirements of this section, it shall notify the
2231	applicant and Enterprise Florida, Inc., within 10 working days
2232	that the application for certification has been denied and the
2233	reasons for denial. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
2234	Development has final approval authority for certification under
2235	this section.
2236	7.a.  A business may apply once each year for the
2237	exemption.
2238	b.  The application must indicate, for program evaluation
2239	purposes only, the average number of full-time equivalent
2240	employees at the facility over the preceding calendar year, the
2241	average wage and benefits paid to those employees over the
2242	preceding calendar year, the total investment made in real and
2243	tangible personal property over the preceding calendar year, and
2244	the total value of tax-exempt purchases and taxes exempted
2245	during the previous year. The department shall assist the Office
2246	of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development in evaluating and
2247	verifying information provided in the application for exemption.
2248	c.  The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development
2249	may use the information reported on the application for
2250	evaluation purposes only and shall prepare an annual report on
2251	the exemption program and its cost and impact. The annual report
2252	for the preceding fiscal year shall be submitted to the
2253	Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the
2254	House of Representatives by September 30 of each fiscal year.
2255	8.  A business certified to receive this exemption may
2256	elect to designate one or more state universities or community
2257	colleges as recipients of up to 100 percent of the amount of the
2258	exemption for which they may qualify. To receive these funds,
2259	the institution must agree to match the funds so earned with
2260	equivalent cash, programs, services, or other in-kind support on
2261	a one-to-one basis in the pursuit of research and development
2262	projects as requested by the certified business. The rights to
2263	any patents, royalties, or real or intellectual property must be
2264	vested in the business unless otherwise agreed to by the
2265	business and the university or community college.
2266	9.  As used in this paragraph, the term:
2267	a.  "Predominately" means at least 50 percent of the time
2268	in qualifying research and development.
2269	b.  "Research and development" means basic and applied
2270	research in the science or engineering, as well as the design,
2271	development, and testing, of prototypes or processes of new or
2272	improved products, including the design, development, and
2273	testing of space launch vehicles, space flight vehicles,
2274	missiles, satellites, or research payloads, avionics, and
2275	associated control systems and processing systems, and
2276	components of any of the foregoing. Research and development
2277	does not include market research, routine consumer product
2278	testing, sales research, research in the social sciences or
2279	psychology, or similar nontechnological activities, or technical
2280	services.
2281	c.  "Semiconductor technology products" means raw
2282	semiconductor wafers or semiconductor thin films that are
2283	transformed into semiconductor memory or logic wafers, including
2284	wafers containing mixed memory and logic circuits; related
2285	assembly and test operations; active-matrix flat panel displays;
2286	semiconductor chips; semiconductor lasers; optoelectronic
2287	elements; and related semiconductor technology products as
2288	determined by the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
2289	Development.
2290	d.  "Clean rooms" means manufacturing facilities enclosed
2291	in a manner that meets the clean manufacturing requirements
2292	necessary for high-technology semiconductor-manufacturing
2293	environments.
2294	e.  "Defense technology products" means products that have
2295	a military application, including, but not limited to, weapons,
2296	weapons systems, guidance systems, surveillance systems,
2297	communications or information systems, munitions, aircraft,
2298	vessels, or boats, or components thereof, which are intended for
2299	military use and manufactured in performance of a contract with
2300	the United States Department of Defense or the military branch
2301	of a recognized foreign government or a subcontract thereunder
2302	which relates to matters of national defense.
2303	f.  "Space technology products" means products that are
2304	specifically designed or manufactured for application in space
2305	activities, including, but not limited to, space launch
2306	vehicles, space flight vehicles, missiles, satellites or
2307	research payloads, avionics, and associated control systems and
2308	processing systems and components of any of the foregoing. The
2309	term does not include products that are designed or manufactured
2310	for general commercial aviation or other uses even though those
2311	products may also serve an incidental use in space applications.
2312	Section 60.  Paragraph (d) of subsection (6) of section
2313	212.20, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
2314	212.20  Funds collected, disposition; additional powers of
2315	department; operational expense; refund of taxes adjudicated
2316	unconstitutionally collected.--
2317	(6)  Distribution of all proceeds under this chapter and s.
2318	202.18(1)(b) and (2)(b) shall be as follows:
2319	(d)  The proceeds of all other taxes and fees imposed
2320	pursuant to this chapter or remitted pursuant to s. 202.18(1)(b)
2321	and (2)(b) shall be distributed as follows:
2322	1.  In any fiscal year, the greater of $500 million, minus
2323	an amount equal to 4.6 percent of the proceeds of the taxes
2324	collected pursuant to chapter 201, or 5 percent of all other
2325	taxes and fees imposed pursuant to this chapter or remitted
2326	pursuant to s. 202.18(1)(b) and (2)(b) shall be deposited in
2327	monthly installments into the General Revenue Fund.
2328	2.  Two-tenths of one percent shall be transferred to the
2329	Ecosystem Management and Restoration Trust Fund to be used for
2330	water quality improvement and water restoration projects.
2331	3.  After the distribution under subparagraphs 1. and 2.,
2332	8.814 percent of the amount remitted by a sales tax dealer
2333	located within a participating county pursuant to s. 218.61
2334	shall be transferred into the Local Government Half-cent Sales
2335	Tax Clearing Trust Fund. Beginning July 1, 2003, the amount to
2336	be transferred pursuant to this subparagraph to the Local
2337	Government Half-cent Sales Tax Clearing Trust Fund shall be
2338	reduced by 0.1 percent, and the department shall distribute this
2339	amount to the Public Employees Relations Commission Trust Fund
2340	less $5,000 each month, which shall be added to the amount
2341	calculated in subparagraph 4. and distributed accordingly.
2342	4.  After the distribution under subparagraphs 1., 2., and
2343	3., 0.095 percent shall be transferred to the Local Government
2344	Half-cent Sales Tax Clearing Trust Fund and distributed pursuant
2345	to s. 218.65.
2346	5.  After the distributions under subparagraphs 1., 2., 3.,
2347	and 4., 2.0440 percent of the available proceeds pursuant to
2348	this paragraph shall be transferred monthly to the Revenue
2349	Sharing Trust Fund for Counties pursuant to s. 218.215.
2350	6.  After the distributions under subparagraphs 1., 2., 3.,
2351	and 4., 1.3409 percent of the available proceeds pursuant to
2352	this paragraph shall be transferred monthly to the Revenue
2353	Sharing Trust Fund for Municipalities pursuant to s. 218.215. If
2354	the total revenue to be distributed pursuant to this
2355	subparagraph is at least as great as the amount due from the
2356	Revenue Sharing Trust Fund for Municipalities and the former
2357	Municipal Financial Assistance Trust Fund in state fiscal year
2358	1999-2000, no municipality shall receive less than the amount
2359	due from the Revenue Sharing Trust Fund for Municipalities and
2360	the former Municipal Financial Assistance Trust Fund in state
2361	fiscal year 1999-2000. If the total proceeds to be distributed
2362	are less than the amount received in combination from the
2363	Revenue Sharing Trust Fund for Municipalities and the former
2364	Municipal Financial Assistance Trust Fund in state fiscal year
2365	1999-2000, each municipality shall receive an amount
2366	proportionate to the amount it was due in state fiscal year
2367	1999-2000.
2368	7.  Of the remaining proceeds:
2369	a.  In each fiscal year, the sum of $29,915,500 shall be
2370	divided into as many equal parts as there are counties in the
2371	state, and one part shall be distributed to each county. The
2372	distribution among the several counties shall begin each fiscal
2373	year on or before January 5th and shall continue monthly for a
2374	total of 4 months. If a local or special law required that any
2375	moneys accruing to a county in fiscal year 1999-2000 under the
2376	then-existing provisions of s. 550.135 be paid directly to the
2377	district school board, special district, or a municipal
2378	government, such payment shall continue until such time that the
2379	local or special law is amended or repealed. The state covenants
2380	with holders of bonds or other instruments of indebtedness
2381	issued by local governments, special districts, or district
2382	school boards prior to July 1, 2000, that it is not the intent
2383	of this subparagraph to adversely affect the rights of those
2384	holders or relieve local governments, special districts, or
2385	district school boards of the duty to meet their obligations as
2386	a result of previous pledges or assignments or trusts entered
2387	into which obligated funds received from the distribution to
2388	county governments under then-existing s. 550.135. This
2389	distribution specifically is in lieu of funds distributed under
2390	s. 550.135 prior to July 1, 2000.
2391	b.  The department shall distribute $166,667 monthly
2392	pursuant to s. 288.1162 to each applicant that has been
2393	certified as a "facility for a new professional sports
2394	franchise" or a "facility for a retained professional sports
2395	franchise" pursuant to s. 288.1162. Up to $41,667 shall be
2396	distributed monthly by the department to each applicant that has
2397	been certified as a "facility for a retained spring training
2398	franchise" pursuant to s. 288.1162; however, not more than
2399	$208,335 may be distributed monthly in the aggregate to all
2400	certified facilities for a retained spring training franchise.
2401	Distributions shall begin 60 days following such certification
2402	and shall continue for not more than 30 years. Nothing contained
2403	in this paragraph shall be construed to allow an applicant
2404	certified pursuant to s. 288.1162 to receive more in
2405	distributions than actually expended by the applicant for the
2406	public purposes provided for in s. 288.1162(6). However, a
2407	certified applicant is entitled to receive distributions up to
2408	the maximum amount allowable and undistributed under this
2409	section for additional renovations and improvements to the
2410	facility for the franchise without additional certification.
2411	c.  Beginning 30 days after notice by the Office of
2412	Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development to the Department of
2413	Revenue that an applicant has been certified as the professional
2414	golf hall of fame pursuant to s. 288.1168 and is open to the
2415	public, $166,667 shall be distributed monthly, for up to 300
2416	months, to the applicant.
2417	d.  Beginning 30 days after notice by the Office of
2418	Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development to the Department of
2419	Revenue that the applicant has been certified as the
2420	International Game Fish Association World Center facility
2421	pursuant to s. 288.1169, and the facility is open to the public,
2422	$83,333 shall be distributed monthly, for up to 168 months, to
2423	the applicant. This distribution is subject to reduction
2424	pursuant to s. 288.1169. A lump sum payment of $999,996 shall be
2425	made, after certification and before July 1, 2000.
2426	e.  Every dealer conducting business at a fixed location at
2427	the John F. Kennedy Space Center or Cape Canaveral Air Force
2428	Station and selling admissions to the John F. Kennedy Space
2429	Center or Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, or any part of
2430	either location, under a contract with the National Aeronautics
2431	and Space Administration or under a subcontract to such
2432	contract, shall file returns each month in accordance with this
2433	sub-subparagraph. Each dealer must file a separate return each
2434	month which reports, separately from any other sales and use
2435	taxes due under this chapter, the sale of admissions to the John
2436	F. Kennedy Space Center or Cape Canaveral Air Force Station or
2437	any part of the facilities or to any event held at either
2438	location, together with sales at retail of tangible personal
2439	property from such fixed place of business, and leases and
2440	licenses by the dealer at the John F. Kennedy Space Center or
2441	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station taxable under s. 212.031, and
2442	the taxes collected by the dealer with respect to such
2443	admissions, leases, licenses, and sales. All amounts due under
2444	this chapter with respect to these transactions shall be timely
2445	remitted to the department. The dealer shall simultaneously file
2446	a copy of the return with Space Florida and a copy with the
2447	director of the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
2448	Development, all of which return copies and information
2449	contained in such copies are subject to the same confidentiality
2450	provisions as are applicable to returns and information filed
2451	with the department under s. 213.053. Each month the department
2452	shall distribute to Space Florida all such proceeds collected
2453	and remitted to the department as shown on the returns required
2454	by this sub-subparagraph. However, the monthly distributions may
2455	not include proceeds of discretionary surtaxes due under this
2456	chapter. The proceeds of the monthly distributions shall be
2457	expended for aerospace education projects authorized in s.
2458	331.305. If the department collects any additional amounts under
2459	this chapter with respect to any transactions for which a
2460	separate return is required by this sub-subparagraph, no later
2461	than 30 days after the collection, the proceeds shall be
2462	distributed by the department to Space Florida for the uses
2463	specified in this sub-subparagraph. This sub-subparagraph does
2464	not affect any dealer's liability for other taxes imposed by and
2465	due under this chapter.
2466	8.  All other proceeds shall remain with the General
2467	Revenue Fund.
2468	Section 61.  Section 1004.86, Florida Statutes, is created
2469	to read:
2470	1004.86  Florida Center for Mathematics and Science
2471	Education Research.--
2472	(1)  The Department of Education shall establish at a
2473	public state university the Florida Center for Mathematics and
2474	Science Education Research to increase student achievement in
2475	science and mathematics. The center shall:
2476	(a)  Provide technical assistance and support to school
2477	districts and schools in the development and implementation of
2478	mathematics and science instruction.
2479	(b)  Conduct applied research on policy and practices
2480	related to mathematics and science instruction and assessment in
2481	the state.
2482	(c)  Conduct or compile basic research regarding student
2483	acquisition of mathematics and science knowledge and skills.
2484	(d)  Develop comprehensive course frameworks for
2485	mathematics and science courses that emphasize rigor and
2486	relevance at the elementary, middle, and high school levels.
2487	(e)  Disseminate information regarding research-based
2488	teaching practices in mathematics and science to teachers and
2489	teacher educators in the state.
2490	(f)  Collect, manage, and report on assessment information
2491	regarding student achievement in mathematics and science.
2492	(g)  Establish partnerships with state universities,
2493	community colleges, and school districts.
2494	(h)  Collaborate with the Florida Center for Reading
2495	Research in order to provide research-based practices that
2496	integrate the teaching of reading within mathematics and
2497	sciences courses.
2498	(2)  The department shall monitor the center through the
2499	Division of K-12 Public Schools.
2500	Section 62.  Sections 331.314, 331.367, 331.368, 331.401,
2501	331.403, 331.405, 331.407, 331.409, 331.411, 331.415, 331.417,
2502	and 331.419, Florida Statutes, are repealed.
2503	Section 63.  The Florida Space Authority, the Florida Space
2504	Research Institute, and the Florida Aerospace Finance
2505	Corporation are dissolved effective September 1, 2006. Space
2506	Florida, as created by this act, is the successor organization
2507	to, and as such shall assume the records, property, obligations,
2508	and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, or other
2509	funds of, the Florida Space Authority, the Florida Space
2510	Research Institute, and the Florida Aerospace Finance
2511	Corporation.
2512	Section 64.  The Governor, the President of the Senate, and
2513	the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint the
2514	board of directors of Space Florida no later than July 1, 2006.
2515	The board of directors of Space Florida shall hold its first
2516	meeting no later than August 1, 2006. The board of directors of
2517	Space Florida shall appoint a president no later than September
2518	1, 2006. The Executive Office of the Governor shall provide
2519	staffing, and transitional support to Space Florida until
2520	December 31, 2006.
2521	Section 65.  Subsection (12) is added to section 288.1224,
2522	Florida Statutes, to read:
2523	288.1224  Powers and duties.--The commission:
2524	(12)  Shall enter into a memorandum of agreement with Space
2525	Florida and Enterprise Florida, Inc., to develop a public
2526	advertising program promoting aerospace-related activities,
2527	businesses, or any Space Florida project.
2528	Section 66.  Subsections (7) and (8) are added to section
2529	288.9015, Florida Statutes, to read:
2530	288.9015  Enterprise Florida, Inc.; purpose; duties.--
2531	(7)  Enterprise Florida, Inc., shall enter into a
2532	memorandum of agreement with Space Florida to:
2533	(a)  Develop a plan to retain, expand, attract, and create
2534	aerospace industry entities, public or private, which result in
2535	the creation of high-value-added businesses and jobs in this
2536	state.
2537	(b)  Develop a plan to assist in the financing of aerospace
2538	businesses.
2539	(8)  Enterprise Florida, Inc., shall enter into a
2540	memorandum of agreement with Space Florida and the Florida
2541	Commission on Tourism and its direct-support organization to
2542	develop a public advertising program promoting aerospace-related
2543	activities, businesses, and any Space Florida project.
2544	Section 67.  Subsection (12) is added to section 445.004,
2545	Florida Statutes, to read:
2546	445.004  Workforce Florida, Inc.; creation; purpose;
2547	membership; duties and powers.--
2548	(12)  Workforce Florida, Inc., shall enter into a
2549	memorandum of agreement with Space Florida, and collaborate with
2550	Florida vocational institutes, community colleges, colleges, and
2551	universities, to develop a workforce development strategy to
2552	implement s. 331.3051.
2553	Section 68.  Subsection (17) is added to section 1001.10,
2554	Florida Statutes, read:
2555	1001.10  Commissioner of Education; general powers and
2556	duties.--The Commissioner of Education is the chief educational
2557	officer of the state, and is responsible for giving full
2558	assistance to the State Board of Education in enforcing
2559	compliance with the mission and goals of the seamless K-20
2560	education system. To facilitate innovative practices and to
2561	allow local selection of educational methods, the State Board of
2562	Education may authorize the commissioner to waive, upon the
2563	request of a district school board, State Board of Education
2564	rules that relate to district school instruction and school
2565	operations, except those rules pertaining to civil rights, and
2566	student health, safety, and welfare. The Commissioner of
2567	Education is not authorized to grant waivers for any provisions
2568	in rule pertaining to the allocation and appropriation of state
2569	and local funds for public education; the election,
2570	compensation, and organization of school board members and
2571	superintendents; graduation and state accountability standards;
2572	financial reporting requirements; reporting of out-of-field
2573	teaching assignments under s. 1012.42; public meetings; public
2574	records; or due process hearings governed by chapter 120. No
2575	later than January 1 of each year, the commissioner shall report
2576	to the Legislature and the State Board of Education all approved
2577	waiver requests in the preceding year. Additionally, the
2578	commissioner has the following general powers and duties:
2579	(17)  To enter into a memorandum of agreement with Space
2580	Florida to develop innovative aerospace-related education
2581	programs that promote mathematics and science education for
2582	grades K-20.
2583
2584	The commissioner's office shall operate all statewide functions
2585	necessary to support the State Board of Education and the K-20
2586	education system, including strategic planning and budget
2587	development, general administration, and assessment and
2588	accountability.
2589	Section 69.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a
2590	law.

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