Florida Senate - 2017                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1306
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/17/2017           .                                
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       The Committee on Commerce and Tourism (Montford) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 221 and 222
    4  insert:
    5         Section 3. Section 288.9937, Florida Statutes, is amended
    6  to read:
    7         288.9937 Evaluation of programs.—The Office of Economic and
    8  Demographic Research and the Office of Program Policy Analysis
    9  and Government Accountability shall analyze and, evaluate, and
   10  determine the economic benefits, as defined in s. 288.005, of
   11  the first 3 years of the Microfinance Loan Program and the
   12  Microfinance Guarantee Program. The analysis by the Office of
   13  Economic and Demographic Research must determine the economic
   14  benefits, as defined in s. 288.005, and also evaluate the number
   15  of jobs created, the increase or decrease in personal income,
   16  and the impact on state gross domestic product from the direct,
   17  indirect, and induced effects of the state’s investment. The
   18  analysis by the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government
   19  Accountability must also identify any inefficiencies in the
   20  programs and provide recommendations for changes to the
   21  programs. Each The office shall submit a report to the President
   22  of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by
   23  January 15 1, 2018. This section expires January 31, 2018.
   24  
   25  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   26  And the title is amended as follows:
   27         Delete lines 2 - 40
   28  and insert:
   29         An act relating to economic programs; amending s.
   30         20.60, F.S.; requiring the Department of Economic
   31         Opportunity to contract with a direct-support
   32         organization to promote the sports industry and the
   33         participation of residents in certain athletic
   34         competitions in this state and to promote the state as
   35         a host for certain athletic competitions; reviving,
   36         reenacting, and amending s. 288.1229, F.S., relating
   37         to the promotion and development of sports-related
   38         industries and amateur athletics; requiring the
   39         department to establish a direct-support organization
   40         known as the “Florida Sport Foundation,” rather than
   41         authorizing the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
   42         Development to authorize a direct-support
   43         organization, to assist the department in certain
   44         promotion and development activities; specifying the
   45         purpose of the foundation; specifying requirements for
   46         the foundation, including appointment of its board of
   47         directors; deleting a provision prohibiting board
   48         members from serving more than two consecutive terms;
   49         requiring that the foundation operate under written
   50         contract with the department; specifying provisions
   51         that must be included in the contract; authorizing the
   52         department to allow the foundation to use certain
   53         facilities, personnel, and services if it complies
   54         with certain provisions; requiring an annual financial
   55         audit of the foundation; providing that the foundation
   56         is not granted any taxing power; deleting certain
   57         provisions related to the Office of Tourism, Trade,
   58         and Economic Development and a specified direct
   59         support organization; specifying the duties of the
   60         foundation; deleting residency requirements for
   61         participants of the Sunshine State Games; deleting
   62         certain competition requirements; authorizing the
   63         department, rather than the Executive Office of the
   64         Governor, to allow the use of certain property,
   65         facilities, and personal services under certain
   66         circumstances; conforming provisions to changes made
   67         by the act; amending s. 288.9937, F.S.; requiring the
   68         Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government
   69         Accountability to analyze and evaluate the first 3
   70         years of certain programs; requiring the Office of
   71         Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability,
   72         rather than the Office of Economic and Demographic
   73         Research, to identify inefficiencies in certain
   74         programs and to recommend changes to such programs;
   75         revising the date by which the Office of Economic and
   76         Demographic Research must submit a report to the
   77         Legislature; requiring the Office of Program Policy
   78         Analysis and Government Accountability to submit a
   79         report to the Legislature by a specified date;
   80         amending s. 320.08058, F.S.; conforming