Florida Senate - 2013                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1024
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
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       Senator Detert moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 1170 - 1237
    4  and insert:
    5         5. For a project that requires local commitment, the total
    6  cumulative local financial commitment and in-kind support for
    7  the project.
    8         (c) Participant business information.—
    9         1. The location of the headquarters of the participant
   10  business or, if a subsidiary, the headquarters of the parent
   11  company.
   12         2. The firm size class of the participant business, or
   13  where owned by a parent company the firm size class of the
   14  participant business’s parent company, using the firm size
   15  classes established by the United States Department of Labor
   16  Bureau of Labor Statistics, and whether the participant business
   17  qualifies as a small business as defined in s. 288.703.
   18         3. The date of the project award.
   19         4. The expected duration of the contract.
   20         5. The anticipated dates when the participant business will
   21  claim the last state investment.
   22         (d) Project evaluation criteria.—Economic benefits
   23  generated by the project.
   24         (e) Project performance goals.—
   25         1. The incremental direct jobs attributable to the project,
   26  identifying the number of jobs generated and the number of jobs
   27  retained.
   28         2. The number of jobs generated and the number of jobs
   29  retained by the project, and for projects commencing after
   30  October 1, 2013, the average annual wage of persons holding such
   31  jobs.
   32         3. The incremental direct capital investment in the state
   33  generated by the project.
   34         (f) Total state investment to date.—The total amount of
   35  state investment disbursed to the participant business to date
   36  under the terms of the contract, itemized by incentive program.
   37         (4) The department shall calculate and publish on its
   38  website the economic benefits of each project within 48 hours
   39  after the conclusion of the agreement between each participant
   40  business and the department. The department shall work with the
   41  Office of Economic and Demographic Research to provide a
   42  description of the methodology used to calculate the economic
   43  benefits of a project, and the department must publish the
   44  information on its website.
   45         (5) At least annually, from the project award date, the
   46  department shall:
   47         (a) Publish verified results to update the information
   48  described in paragraphs (3)(b)-(f) to accurately reflect any
   49  changes in the published information since the project award
   50  date.
   51         (b) Publish on its website the date on which the
   52  information collected and published for each project was last
   53  updated.
   54         (6) Annually, the department shall publish information
   55  relating to the progress of Quick Action Closing Fund projects,
   56  including the average number of days between the date the
   57  department receives a completed application and the date on
   58  which the application is approved.
   59         (7)(a) Within 48 hours after expiration of the period of
   60  confidentiality provided under s. 288.075, the department shall
   61  publish the contract or agreement described in s. 288.061,
   62  redacted to protect the participant business from disclosure of
   63  information that remains confidential or exempt by law.
   64  
   65  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   66         And the title is amended as follows:
   67         Delete lines 137 - 144
   68  and insert:
   69         development programs; requiring the department to work
   70         with the Office of Economic and Demographic Research
   71         to provide a description of specified methodology and
   72         requiring the department to publish such description
   73         on its website; providing