| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to Space Florida; creating s. 331.3081, |
| 3 | F.S.; revising provisions for the governing board of Space |
| 4 | Florida to terminate the existing board and replace it |
| 5 | with a new board meeting the requirements of this section; |
| 6 | providing for membership; providing for appointment of |
| 7 | certain voting members by the Governor subject to |
| 8 | confirmation by the Senate; providing for appointment of |
| 9 | nonvoting members by the President of the Senate and the |
| 10 | Speaker of the House of Representatives; providing for |
| 11 | terms of the members and organization of the board; |
| 12 | providing for reappointment or removal of members; |
| 13 | providing for meetings and actions of the board; providing |
| 14 | for reimbursement of expenses incurred by members and |
| 15 | staff of the board; requiring members to file disclosure |
| 16 | of financial interests; repealing s. 331.308, F.S., |
| 17 | relating to the board of directors of Space Florida; |
| 18 | providing an effective date. |
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| 20 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 22 | Section 1. Section 331.3081, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 23 | to read: |
| 24 | 331.3081 Board of directors.- |
| 25 | (1) Space Florida shall be governed by a board of |
| 26 | directors consisting of 13 voting members and 2 nonvoting |
| 27 | members. |
| 28 | (a) The Governor shall appoint nine voting members of the |
| 29 | board of directors pursuant to the requirements of this section. |
| 30 | (b) The Governor shall appoint members so that the |
| 31 | membership of the board reflects the statewide presence of |
| 32 | Florida's aerospace industry. When making appointments to the |
| 33 | board, the Governor shall consider whether the membership |
| 34 | reflects the racial, ethnic, and gender diversity, as well as |
| 35 | the geographic distribution, of the population of the state. |
| 36 | (c) Designees of voting members described in subparagraph |
| 37 | (f)1. shall have authority to vote. Designees of voting members |
| 38 | described in subparagraph (f)2. shall not have authority to |
| 39 | vote. |
| 40 | (d) All appointees must have demonstrated knowledge and |
| 41 | experience in the field of aerospace or have experience which is |
| 42 | directly applicable to the state's aerospace endeavors. |
| 43 | (e) All voting members of the board who are newly |
| 44 | appointed by the Governor must be residents of the state or have |
| 45 | a business enterprise in the state. |
| 46 | (f)1. The board of directors shall include the following |
| 47 | ex officio voting members: |
| 48 | a. The Governor or the Lieutenant Governor as the |
| 49 | Governor's designee. |
| 50 | b. The Secretary of Transportation or the secretary's |
| 51 | designee. |
| 52 | c. The president of Workforce Florida, Inc., or the |
| 53 | president's designee. |
| 54 | d. The president of Enterprise Florida, Inc., or the |
| 55 | president's designee. |
| 56 | 2. The Governor shall appoint the following voting members |
| 57 | to the board, subject to confirmation by the Senate: |
| 58 | a. One member from organized labor with experience in the |
| 59 | aerospace industry. |
| 60 | b. Two members from the state's aerospace-related |
| 61 | industries at large across the state. |
| 62 | c. Two members from two separate commercial aerospace |
| 63 | companies involved in human space flight programs or commercial |
| 64 | access to space. |
| 65 | d. Two members from two separate commercial companies |
| 66 | working under Federal Government contracts to conduct space- |
| 67 | related business. |
| 68 | e. One member from an alternative energy enterprise with |
| 69 | potential for aerospace applications. |
| 70 | f. One member from the aerospace industry whose primary |
| 71 | client is the United States Department of Defense. |
| 72 | 3. The President of the Senate shall appoint one |
| 73 | nonvoting, ex officio member from the members of the Senate. |
| 74 | 4. The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall |
| 75 | appoint one nonvoting, ex officio member from the members of the |
| 76 | House of Representatives. |
| 77 | (2) The terms of the current members of the Space Florida |
| 78 | board of directors shall expire 90 days after this section takes |
| 79 | effect. |
| 80 | (3) The initial appointments under this section and Senate |
| 81 | confirmations of the appointments shall occur 91 days after this |
| 82 | section takes effect. New appointees shall have interim status |
| 83 | pending the next called meeting of the Senate. |
| 84 | (4) The terms of four of the Governor's initial |
| 85 | appointments under this section shall be for 2 years, at the |
| 86 | discretion of the Governor. |
| 87 | (5) The terms of five of the Governor's initial |
| 88 | appointments under this section shall be for 4 years, at the |
| 89 | discretion of the Governor. |
| 90 | (6) At the expiration of the initial terms under this |
| 91 | section, subsequent members appointed by the Governor shall each |
| 92 | serve 4-year terms. |
| 93 | (7) Vacancies on the board shall be filled for the |
| 94 | unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment. |
| 95 | (8) The appointees of the President of the Senate and the |
| 96 | Speaker of the House of Representatives shall serve at the |
| 97 | pleasure of the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the |
| 98 | House of Representatives, respectively. |
| 99 | (9) Any member appointed under this section is eligible |
| 100 | for reappointment. |
| 101 | (10) Appointed members may be removed by the Governor for |
| 102 | cause or by a simple majority of the board of directors voting |
| 103 | at a properly noticed meeting of the board. |
| 104 | (11) The board of directors shall meet at least four times |
| 105 | each year upon the call of the Governor, at the request of the |
| 106 | Lieutenant Governor, or at the request of a majority of the |
| 107 | board members. |
| 108 | (12) The board of directors may take official action by a |
| 109 | majority vote of the members present at any meeting at which a |
| 110 | quorum is present. |
| 111 | (13) Members of the board of directors shall serve without |
| 112 | compensation; however, members and support staff may be |
| 113 | reimbursed for all reasonable, necessary, and actual expenses as |
| 114 | determined by the board of directors pursuant to s. 112.061. |
| 115 | (14) Each member of the board of directors who is not |
| 116 | otherwise required to file financial disclosure pursuant to s. |
| 117 | 8, Art. II of the State Constitution or s. 112.3144 shall file |
| 118 | disclosure of financial interests pursuant to s. 112.3145. |
| 119 | Section 2. Section 331.308, Florida Statutes, is repealed. |
| 120 | Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |