Florida Senate - 2007                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 300
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11  The Committee on Military Affairs and Domestic Security
12  (Haridopolos) recommended the following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 3, between lines 18 and 19,
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17  insert:  
18         Section 3.  Disabled-veteran business enterprises;
19  technical assistance programs.--
20         (1)  The Department of Veterans' Affairs shall contract
21  with an entity to provide technical assistance to businesses
22  that may qualify or have already qualified for certification
23  as a disabled-veteran business enterprise.
24         (2)  The entity chosen to contract with the department
25  must have been created by the Legislature and must be governed
26  by a commission that is appointed by the Governor. The entity
27  must have statewide experience and expertise in economic
28  development and must demonstrate statewide experience in
29  providing technical and financial assistance to aid in
30  creating and operating businesses in this state. The entity
31  must also demonstrate that it has previously received federal
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Florida Senate - 2007 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 300 Barcode 421922 1 funding for the development of business enterprises. 2 (3) The entity under contract must: 3 (a) Provide applications to disabled veterans seeking 4 to be certified as a disabled-veteran business enterprise; 5 (b) Assist applicants in obtaining certification as a 6 disabled-veteran business enterprise; 7 (c) Seek out and notify certified disabled-veteran 8 business enterprises of contracting opportunities for such 9 businesses; 10 (d) Track the award of contracts to certified 11 disabled-veteran business enterprises by state agencies, 12 political subdivisions, and other private and public 13 contracting entities; and 14 (e) Coordinate its activities with federal and state 15 agencies and local public and private entities that have an 16 interest in and are involved with promoting disabled-veteran 17 business enterprises. 18 19 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 20 21 22 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 23 And the title is amended as follows: 24 On page 1, line 9, after the semicolon, 25 26 insert: 27 requiring the Department of Veterans' Affairs 28 to contract with an entity to provide technical 29 assistance to disabled-veteran business 30 enterprises; detailing the services that the 31 entity is required to provide to the 2 2:02 PM 02/16/07 s0300c-ms26-t01
Florida Senate - 2007 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 300 Barcode 421922 1 disabled-veteran business enterprises; 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 3 2:02 PM 02/16/07 s0300c-ms26-t01