Florida Senate - 2013                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 954
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  03/06/2013           .                                
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       The Committee on Transportation (Evers) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 29 - 62
    4  and insert:
    5         (b) Seventy fiveFifty percent of The Challenger/Columbia
    6  license plate annual use fee must be distributed to the
    7  Astronauts Memorial Foundation, Inc., to support the operations
    8  of the Center for Space Education and the Education Technology
    9  Institute. Funds received by the Astronauts Memorial Foundation,
   10  Inc., may be used for administrative costs directly associated
   11  with the operation of the center and the institute. These funds
   12  must be used for the maintenance and support of the operations
   13  of the Center for Space Education and the Education Technology
   14  Institute operated by the Astronauts Memorial Foundation, Inc.
   15  These operations must include preservice and inservice training
   16  in the use of technology for the state’s instructional personnel
   17  in a manner consistent with state training programs and approved
   18  by the Department of Education. Up to 20 percent of funds
   19  received by the Center for Space Education and the Education
   20  Technology Institute may be expended for administrative costs
   21  directly associated with the operation of the center and the
   22  institute.
   23         (c) Fifty percent must be distributed to the Technological
   24  Research and Development Authority created by s. 2, chapter 87
   25  455, Laws of Florida, for the purpose of funding space-related
   26  research grants, the Teacher/Quest Scholarship Program under s.
   27  1009.61 as approved by the Florida Department of Education, and
   28  space-related economic development programs. The Technological
   29  Research and Development Authority shall coordinate and
   30  distribute available resources among state universities and
   31  independent colleges and universities based on the research
   32  strengths of such institutions in space science technology,
   33  community colleges, public school districts, and not-for-profit
   34  educational organizations. Twenty percent of the
   35  Challenger/Columbia license plate annual use fee must be
   36  distributed to the Challenger Learning Center in Tallahassee to
   37  support the operations and maintenance of their K-12 STEM
   38  outreach and teacher professional development. Funds received by
   39  the Challenger Learning Center in Tallahassee, may be used for
   40  administrative costs directly associated with the operation of
   41  the center and their educational outreach programs. Up to 20
   42  percent of funds received by the Challenger Learning Center may
   43  be expended for administrative costs directly associated with
   44  the operation of the center and the institute.
   45         (d)(c) Five percent of the Challenger/Columbia license
   46  plate annual use fee must be distributed to the Challenger
   47  Learning Center in Jacksonville to support the operations and
   48  maintenance of their K-12 STEM outreach and teacher professional
   49  development. Funds received by the Challenger Learning Center in
   50  Jacksonville, may be used for administrative costs directly
   51  associated with the operation of the center and their
   52  educational outreach programs. Up to 20 percent of funds
   53  received by the Challenger Learning Center may be expended for
   54  administrative costs directly associated with the operation of
   55  the center and the institute.
   56         (e)(d) Up to 10 percent of the funds distributed under
   57  paragraphs (b), and (c) and (d) may be used for continuing
   58  promotion and marketing of the license plate.
   59         (f)(e) The Auditor General has the authority to examine any
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   62         And the title is amended as follows:
   63         Between lines 6 and 7
   64  insert:
   65         redistributing Challenger/Columbia annual use fees;