HB 1489

CS

CHAMBER ACTION

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

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