Florida Senate - 2009                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 2160
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                 Floor: WD/2R          .                                
             04/23/2009 06:15 PM       .                                
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       Senator Ring moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with directory and title amendments)
    2  
    3         Between lines 1714 and 1715
    4  insert:
    5         (2) Enterprise Florida, Inc., shall establish a separate
    6  small business technology growth account in the Florida
    7  Technology Research Investment Fund for purposes of this
    8  section. Moneys in the account shall consist of appropriations
    9  by the Legislature, proceeds of any collateral used to secure
   10  such assistance, transfers, fees assessed for providing or
   11  processing such financial assistance, grants, interest earning,
   12  and earnings on financial assistance. Enterprise Florida, Inc.,
   13  may advance from the account up to $600,000 in the aggregate to
   14  the Institute for Commercialization of Public Research for its
   15  operations. Subject to the authority and limitations in
   16  subsections (3) and (4), Enterprise Florida, Inc., may grant
   17  awards of assistance to companies under the auspices of the
   18  institute seeking to implement commercial technologies pursuant
   19  to the institute’s programs.
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   21  ====== D I R E C T O R Y  C L A U S E  A M E N D M E N T ======
   22         And the directory clause is amended as follows:
   23         Delete lines 1711 - 1712
   24  and insert:
   25         Section 51. Subsections (2) and (5) of section 288.95155,
   26  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
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   28  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   29         And the title is amended as follows:
   30         Delete line 121
   31  and insert:
   32         Program; authorizing Enterprise Florida, Inc., to
   33         advance up to a specified amount of funds from the
   34         small business technology growth account in the
   35         Florida Technology Research Investment Fund to the
   36         Institute for Commercialization of Public Research for
   37         specified purposes; authorizing the corporation to
   38         grant awards of assistance to certain companies;
   39         amending s. 288.9604, F.S.; deleting a