Florida Senate - 2009             CONFERENCE COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 10-A
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Conference Committee on CS for SB 10-A recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Conference Committee Amendment (with title
    2  amendment)
    3         
    4         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    5  and insert:
    6         Section 1. Subsection (12) of section 215.5602, Florida
    7  Statutes, is amended to read:
    8         215.5602 James and Esther King Biomedical Research
    9  Program.—
   10         (12) For the 2008-2009 Beginning in fiscal year and each
   11  fiscal year thereafter 2006-2007, the sum of $4.5 $6 million is
   12  appropriated annually from recurring funds in the General
   13  Revenue Fund to the Biomedical Research Trust Fund within the
   14  Department of Health for purposes of the James and Esther King
   15  Biomedical Research Program pursuant to this section. From these
   16  funds up to $250,000 shall be available for the operating costs
   17  of the Florida Center for Universal Research to Eradicate
   18  Disease.
   19         Section 2. Subsection (5) of section 381.922, Florida
   20  Statutes, is amended to read:
   21         381.922 William G. “Bill” Bankhead, Jr., and David Coley
   22  Cancer Research Program.—
   23         (5) For the 2008-2009 Beginning in fiscal year and each
   24  fiscal year thereafter 2006-2007, the sum of $6.75 $9 million is
   25  appropriated annually from recurring funds in the General
   26  Revenue Fund to the Biomedical Research Trust Fund within the
   27  Department of Health for purposes of the William G. “Bill”
   28  Bankhead, Jr., and David Coley Cancer Research Program and shall
   29  be distributed pursuant to this section to provide grants to
   30  researchers seeking cures for cancer, with emphasis given to the
   31  goals enumerated in s. 381.921. From the total funds
   32  appropriated, an amount of up to 10 percent may be used for
   33  administrative expenses.
   34         Section 3. (1) If, during the 2008-2009 fiscal year, more
   35  than $4.5 million has been transferred from the General Revenue
   36  Fund to the Biomedical Research Trust Fund within the Department
   37  of Health pursuant to s. 215.5602, Florida Statutes, any amount
   38  in excess of $4.5 million shall be transferred from the
   39  Biomedical Research Trust Fund to the General Revenue Fund by
   40  March 15, 2009.
   41         (2) If, during the 2008-2009 fiscal year, more than $6.75
   42  million has been transferred from the General Revenue Fund to
   43  the Biomedical Research Trust Fund within the Department of
   44  Health pursuant to s. 381.922, Florida Statutes, any amount in
   45  excess of $6.75 million shall be transferred from the Biomedical
   46  Research Trust Fund to the General Revenue Fund by March 15,
   47  2009.
   48         Section 4. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.
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   50  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   51         And the title is amended as follows:
   52         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   53  and insert:
   54                        A bill to be entitled                      
   55  An act relating to biomedical research; amending ss. 215.5602
   56  and 381.922, F.S.; revising the amount of annual appropriations
   57  to the Biomedical Research Trust Fund within the Department of
   58  Health; requiring that moneys transferred to the trust fund
   59  during the 2008-2009 fiscal year in excess of specified amounts
   60  be transferred to the General Revenue Fund by a specified date;
   61  providing an effective date.