Florida Senate - 2008 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1544
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Senate
Comm: FAV
3/19/2008
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House
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The Committee on Environmental Preservation and Conservation
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(Dockery) recommended the following amendment to amendment
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(223658):
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Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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Between line(s) 1567 and 1568,
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insert:
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Section 25. State interest.--
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(1) As a condition for the issuance of grants or other
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monetary awards to private companies for energy-related research
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or deployment projects, the Department of Environmental
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Protection may require a negotiated or licensing agreement
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containing a stipulation requiring the return to the state of an
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agreed-upon amount or percentage of profit resulting from
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commercialization of the product or process.
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(2) The Department of Environmental Protection shall
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conduct a study to determine how negotiated or licensing
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agreements may best be used in these situations in order for the
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state to earn a monetary return on energy-related products or
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processes that are ultimately prohibited upon commercialization.
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The department shall submit its study to the Governor, the
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President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
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Representatives by February 1, 2009.
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And the title is amended as follows:
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On line(s) 2310 after the first semicolon,
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insert:
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authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to
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require certain agreements to contain a stipulation
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requiring the return to the state of a portion of the
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profit resulting from commercialization of an energy-
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related product or process; requiring the department to
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conduct a study relating to the state earning a monetary
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return on energy-related products or processes through the
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use of negotiated or licensing agreements; requiring the
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department to submit the study to the Governor and the
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Legislature;
3/19/2008 11:20:00 AM 15-05277-08
CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.