Florida Senate - 2012 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 1204
Barcode 968704
LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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Floor: 1/AD/2R .
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Senator Detert moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 2498 - 2572
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5 3. The Attorney General or his or her designee.
6 4. The Commissioner of Agriculture of his or her designee.
7 5.3. The chairperson of the board of directors of Workforce
8 Florida, Inc.
9 6.4. The Secretary of State or the secretary’s designee.
10 7.5. Twelve members from the private sector, six of whom
11 shall be appointed by the Governor, three of whom shall be
12 appointed by the President of the Senate, and three of whom
13 shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of
14 Representatives. Members appointed by the Governor All
15 appointees are subject to Senate confirmation.
16 Section 80. Paragraph (d) of subsection (2) and subsection
17 (3) of section 288.980, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
18 288.980 Military base retention; legislative intent; grants
19 program.—
20 (2)
21 (d) In making grant awards the department office shall
22 consider, at a minimum, the following factors:
23 1. The relative value of the particular military
24 installation in terms of its importance to the local and state
25 economy relative to other military installations vulnerable to
26 closure.
27 2. The potential job displacement within the local
28 community should the military installation be closed.
29 3. The potential adverse impact on industries and
30 technologies which service the military installation.
31 (3) The Florida Economic Reinvestment Initiative is
32 established to respond to the need for this state and defense
33 dependent communities in this state to develop alternative
34 economic diversification strategies to lessen reliance on
35 national defense dollars in the wake of base closures and
36 reduced federal defense expenditures and the need to formulate
37 specific base reuse plans and identify any specific
38 infrastructure needed to facilitate reuse. The initiative shall
39 consist of the following three two distinct grant programs to be
40 administered by the department:
41 (a) The Florida Defense Planning Grant Program, through
42 which funds shall be used to analyze the extent to which the
43 state is dependent on defense dollars and defense infrastructure
44 and prepare alternative economic development strategies. The
45 state shall work in conjunction with defense-dependent
46 communities in developing strategies and approaches that will
47 help communities make the transition from a defense economy to a
48 nondefense economy. Grant awards may not exceed $250,000 per
49 applicant and shall be available on a competitive basis.
50 (b) The Florida Defense Implementation Grant Program,
51 through which funds shall be made available to defense-dependent
52 communities to implement the diversification strategies
53 developed pursuant to paragraph (a). Eligible applicants include
54 defense-dependent counties and cities, and local economic
55 development councils located within such communities. Grant
56 awards may not exceed $100,000 per applicant and shall be
57 available on a competitive basis. Awards shall be matched on a
58 one-to-one basis.
59 (c) The Florida Military Installation Reuse Planning and
60 Marketing Grant Program, through which funds shall be used to
61 help counties, cities, and local economic development councils
62 develop and implement plans for the reuse of closed or realigned
63 military installations, including any necessary infrastructure
64 improvements needed to facilitate reuse and related marketing
65 activities.
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67 Applications for grants under this subsection must include
68 a coordinated program of work or plan of action delineating how
69 the eligible project will be administered and accomplished,
70 which must include a plan for ensuring close cooperation between
71 civilian and military authorities in the conduct of the funded
72 activities and a plan for public involvement.
73 Section 81. Section 331.3081, Florida Statutes, is amended
74 to read:
75 331.3081 Board of directors; advisory board.—
76 (1) Space Florida shall be governed by a 13member 12
77 member independent board of directors that consists of the
78 members appointed to the board of directors of Enterprise
79 Florida, Inc., by the Governor, the President of the Senate, and
80 the Speaker of the House of Representatives pursuant to s.
81 288.901(5)(a)7 288.901(5)(a)5. The Governor or the Governor’s
82 designee shall be
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86 And the title is amended as follows:
87 Delete line 31
88 and insert:
89 s. 288.901, F.S.; adding the Attorney General and the
90 Commissioner of Agriculture to the board of directors
91 of Enterprise Florida, Inc.; limiting the requirement
92 that