1 | Representative Rehwinkel Vasilinda offered the following: |
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3 | Amendment to Amendment (261751) |
4 | Remove lines 7-38 and insert: |
5 | $150 million from state income from offshore oil and natural gas |
6 | activities shall be equally distributed as follows: |
7 | (a) Up to $25 million annually shall be appropriated to |
8 | the Florida Energy and Climate Commission to be used for |
9 | enhancements to the Solar Energy System Incentives Program. |
10 | (b) Up to $25 million annually shall be appropriated to |
11 | the Board of Governors of the State University System to fund |
12 | research and development of technologies, systems, and processes |
13 | to solve the nation's dependency on foreign fossil fuels and |
14 | expand the use of alternative, biomass, and renewable |
15 | alternative fuels through a peer-reviewed grant process. |
16 | (c) Up to $25 million annually shall be appropriated to |
17 | the Internal Improvement Trust Fund for enhanced funding of the |
18 | management of public lands and state parks or the funding of |
19 | beach nourishment, or both, as determined by the Board of |
20 | Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund. |
21 | (d) Up to $25 million annually shall be appropriated to |
22 | fund environmental science programs in elementary and middle |
23 | schools in preparation for 10th grade and higher science testing |
24 | and for promoting science in high schools, to be spread |
25 | equitably between each school district. |
26 | (e) Up to $25 million annually shall be appropriated in |
27 | equal amounts to establish hands-on oil and natural gas industry |
28 | training academies in 25 counties using current state-of-the-art |
29 | industry-provided materials, technological training, and |
30 | instructors. Up to $15 million of the appropriation under this |
31 | paragraph shall be used to fund high school oil and natural gas |
32 | industry training academies. Up to $10 million of the |
33 | appropriation under this paragraph shall be used to fund |
34 | community college oil and natural gas industry training |
35 | academies, spread as evenly as possible geographically across |
36 | the state. |
37 | (f) Up to $25 million annually shall be appropriated to |
38 | veteran's programs to provide care and rehabilitation services |
39 | and educational opportunities for veterans and their dependents |
40 | who are residents of this state. |