Florida Senate - 2024 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 1420
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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The Committee on Rules (Burgess) recommended the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 275 - 417
4 and insert:
5 Section 7. Section 288.987, Florida Statutes, is amended to
6 read:
7 288.987 Florida Defense Support Task Force.—
8 (1) The Department of Commerce shall establish a direct
9 support organization to support Florida’s military and defense
10 industries and communities The Florida Defense Support Task
11 Force is created.
12 (a) The direct-support organization is a corporation not
13 for profit, as defined in s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
14 Code, which is incorporated under chapter 617 and approved by
15 the Department of State. The direct-support organization is
16 exempt from paying filing fees under chapter 617.
17 (b) The direct-support organization shall operate under
18 contract with the department pursuant to s. 20.60. The contract
19 must provide that:
20 1. The department may review the direct-support
21 organization’s articles of incorporation.
22 2. The direct-support organization shall submit an annual
23 budget proposal to the department, on a form provided by the
24 department, in accordance with department procedures for filing
25 budget proposals based on recommendations of the department.
26 3. Any funds that the direct-support organization holds in
27 trust must revert to the state upon the expiration or
28 cancellation of the contract.
29 4. The direct-support organization is subject to an annual
30 financial and performance review by the department to determine
31 whether the direct-support organization is complying with the
32 terms of the contract and is acting in a manner consistent with
33 the goals of the department and in the best interest of the
34 state.
35 (c) The department must determine and annually certify that
36 the direct-support organization is complying with the terms of
37 the contract and is doing so consistent with the goals and
38 purposes of the organization and in the best interests of the
39 state.
40 (d) The fiscal year of the direct-support organization
41 begins on July 1 and ends on June 30 of the next succeeding
42 year. By August 15 of each fiscal year, the department shall
43 submit a proposed operating budget for the direct-support
44 organization to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and
45 the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
46 (e) The direct-support organization shall provide an annual
47 financial audit in accordance with s. 215.981.
48 (f) The direct-support organization is not an agency for
49 purposes of chapter 120; s. 215.31; chapter 216; ss. 255.21,
50 255.25, and 255.254, relating to leasing of buildings; and ss.
51 283.33 and 283.35, relating to bids for printing.
52 (g) Subject to the approval of the Secretary of Commerce,
53 the department may allow the direct-support organization to use
54 the property, facilities, personnel, and services of the
55 department if the direct-support organization provides equal
56 employment opportunities to all persons regardless of race,
57 color, religion, sex, or national origin.
58 (2)(a) The mission of the direct-support organization task
59 force is to carry out the provisions of this section, to make
60 recommendations to preserve and protect military installations,
61 to assist Florida is for Veterans, Inc., created in s. 295.21,
62 with economic and workforce development efforts in military
63 communities, to conduct planning and research and development to
64 support military missions, businesses, and military families to
65 support the state’s position in research and development related
66 to or arising out of military missions and contracting, and to
67 improve the state’s military-friendly environment for
68 servicemembers, military dependents, military retirees, and
69 businesses that bring military and base-related jobs to the
70 state.
71 (b) The direct-support organization is organized and
72 operated to request, receive, hold, invest, and administer
73 property and to manage and make expenditures related to its
74 mission and for joint planning with host communities to
75 accommodate military missions and prevent base encroachment,
76 advocacy on the state’s behalf with federal civilian and
77 military officials, promotion of the state to military and
78 related contractors and employers, and support of economic and
79 product research and development activities of the defense
80 industry.
81 (c) As necessary and requested by Florida is for Veterans,
82 Inc., the direct-support organization may undertake such
83 activities that assist the corporation with job training and
84 placement for military spouses in communities with high
85 proportions of active duty military personnel. As necessary and
86 requested by the Department of Education, school districts, or
87 Florida state colleges and universities, the direct-support
88 organization may undertake such activities that assist in
89 providing a smooth transition for dependents of military
90 personnel and other military students. The direct-support
91 organization is intended to complement but may not supplant the
92 activities of other state entities.
93 (3) The direct-support organization shall be governed by a
94 board of directors.
95 (a) The board of directors is composed of the Governor, or
96 his or her designee, and the following members task force shall
97 be comprised of the Governor or his or her designee, and 12
98 members appointed as follows:
99 1.(a) Four members appointed by the Governor.
100 2.(b) Four members appointed by the President of the
101 Senate.
102 3.(c) Four members appointed by the Speaker of the House of
103 Representatives.
104 (b)(d) Appointed members must represent defense-related
105 industries or communities that host military bases and
106 installations. All appointments in place as of July 1, 2024,
107 must continue in effect until the expiration of the term must be
108 made by August 1, 2011. Members shall serve for a term of 4
109 years, with the first term ending July 1, 2015. However, if
110 members of the Legislature are appointed to the task force,
111 those members shall serve until the expiration of their
112 legislative term and may be reappointed once. A vacancy shall be
113 filled for the remainder of the unexpired term in the same
114 manner as the initial appointment. All members of the council
115 are eligible for reappointment.
116 (c) The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the
117 House of Representatives shall each appoint a current member of
118 their respective chambers who shall serve ex officio, nonvoting.
119 An appointed Senator or Representative shall serve until the
120 expiration of the member’s legislative term and may be
121 reappointed once. An appointed Senator or Representative A
122 member who serves in the Legislature may participate in all
123 direct-support organization task force activities but may not
124 only vote on matters that are advisory.
125 (d)(4) The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the
126 House of Representatives shall each designate one of their
127 appointees under paragraph (b) to serve as chair of the direct
128 support organization task force. The chair shall serve a 2-year
129 term, rotating on December 1 of each even-numbered year rotate
130 each July 1. The appointee designated by the President of the
131 Senate shall serve as initial chair. If the Governor, instead of
132 his or her designee, participates in the activities of the
133 direct-support organization task force, then the Governor shall
134 serve as chair.
135 (e)(5) The Secretary of Commerce Economic Opportunity, or
136 his or her designee, shall serve as the ex officio, nonvoting
137 executive director of the direct-support organization task
138 force.
139 (f) The Executive Director of Florida Department of
140 Veterans’ Affairs and the Adjutant General of the Florida
141 National Guard, or their designees, shall serve as ex officio,
142 nonvoting members of the direct-support organization.
143 (g) Any employees and appointed board members, in their
144 capacity of service on the board, are not public employees for
145 the purposes of chapter 110 or chapter 112, except that such
146 employees and appointed board members of the corporation are
147 subject to the provisions of s. 112.061, related to
148 reimbursement for travel and per diem exempts incurred while
149 performing duties, and part III of chapter 112. Otherwise, each
150 member of the board of directors shall serve without
151 compensation.
152 (4)(6) The direct-support organization task force shall
153 submit an annual progress report and work plan to the Governor,
154 the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
155 Representatives each November 1, which may be submitted as a
156 supplement report with the annual report of the department
157 pursuant to s. 20.60 February 1.
158 (5) The direct-support organization, in the performance of
159 its duties, may:
160 (a) Make and enter into contracts and assume such other
161 functions as are necessary to carry out the mission of the
162 direct-support organization and its contract with the
163 department, provided that any such contracts and assumptions are
164 not inconsistent with this section or any other applicable
165 provision of law governing the direct-support organization. A
166 proposed contract with a total cost of $750,000 or more is
167 subject to the notice, review, and objection procedures of s.
168 216.177. If the chair and vice chair of the Legislative Budget
169 Commission, or the President of the Senate and the Speaker of
170 the House of Representatives, timely advise the direct-support
171 organization in writing that such proposed contract is contrary
172 to legislative policy and intent, the direct-support
173 organization may not enter into such proposed contract. The
174 direct-support organization may not divide one proposed contract
175 with a total cost of $750,000 or more into multiple contracts to
176 circumvent the requirements of this paragraph.
177 (b) Establish grant programs and administer grant awards to
178 support its mission. The direct-support organization must
179 publicly adopt guidelines and application procedures and must
180 publish such guidelines, application procedures, and awards on
181 its website. The direct-support organization may assist the
182 department as requested and necessary with any statutorily
183 established grants or other programs, but may not administer
184 such grants on behalf of the department.
185 (7) The department shall support the task force and
186 contract with the task force for expenditure of appropriated
187 funds, which may be used by the task force for economic and
188 product research and development, joint planning with host
189 communities to accommodate military missions and prevent base
190 encroachment, advocacy on the state’s behalf with federal
191 civilian and military officials, assistance to school districts
192 in providing a smooth transition for large numbers of additional
193 military-related students, job training and placement for
194 military spouses in communities with high proportions of active
195 duty military personnel, and promotion of the state to military
196 and related contractors and employers. The task force may
197 (c) Annually spend up to $250,000 of funds appropriated to
198 the department for the direct-support organization task force
199 for staffing and administrative expenses of the direct-support
200 organization task force, including travel and per diem costs
201 incurred by task force members who are not otherwise eligible
202 for state reimbursement.
203 (6) This section is repealed October 1, 2029, unless
204 reviewed and saved from repeal by the Legislature.
205 Section 8. Section 288.102, Florida Statutes, is created to
206 read:
207 288.102 Supply Chain Innovation Grant Program.—
208 (1) The Supply Chain Innovation Grant Program is created
209 within the department to fund, subject to appropriation by the
210 legislature, proposed projects that support supply chain
211 innovation.
212 (2) The department shall accept applications from ports
213 listed in s. 311.09(1); class I, II, or III freight railroads;
214 public airports as defined in s. 330.27; and intermodal
215 logistics centers or inland ports as defined in s. 311.101(2).
216 (3)(a) The department shall collaborate with the Department
217 of Transportation review applications submitted and select
218 projects for awards that create strategic investments in
219 infrastructure to increase capacity and address freight mobility
220 to meet the economic development goals of the state.
221 (b) Priority must be given to projects with innovative
222 plans, advanced technologies, and development strategies that
223 focus on future growth and economic prosperity of the supply
224 chain across the state.
225 (c) The department, in consultation with the Department of
226 Transportation, must adopted selection criteria that includes,
227 but is not limited to, consideration of the project’s:
228 1. Consistency with plans and studies produced by the
229 department, the Department of Transportation, or another state
230 entity.
231 2. Direct increase efficiency in the delivery of goods.
232 3. Improvement of freight mobility access while reducing
233 congestion. This may include overnight truck parking at rest
234 areas, weigh stations, and intermodal logistics centers.
235 4. Increase of fuel storage and distribution capacity
236 across the state, including, but not limited to, petroleum,
237 hydrogen, ethanol, and natural gas located at seaports and
238 spaceports.
239 5. Ability to secure a sustainable logistics transportation
240 network throughout this state.
241 6. Development of connections to multimodal transportation
242 systems.
243 7. Ability to address emerging supply chain and
244 transportation industry challenges.
245 (d) A public or private entity seeking to develop and
246 establish vertiports in this state may also apply to the
247 department for funding. For purposes of this subsection, the
248 term “vertiport” means a system or infrastructure with
249 supporting services and equipment used for landing, ground
250 handling, and takeoff of manned or unmanned vertical takeoff and
251 landing (VTOL) aircraft.
252 (4) A minimum of a one-to-one match of nonstate resources,
253 including local, federal, or private funds, to the state
254 contribution is required. An award may not be made for a project
255 that is receiving or using state funding from another state
256 source or statutory program, including tax credits. The one-to
257 one match requirement is waived for a public entity located in
258 fiscally constrained county as defined in s. 218.67(1).
259 (5) Projects may apply for funding for capital expenditures
260 and operations but funding awarded under this section may not be
261 used to pay salary and benefits or general business or office
262 expenses. A project may not be awarded the entirety of any
263 appropriation in a fiscal year.
264 (6) The Department of Transportation and the Department of
265 Commerce shall jointly select projects for award. Grants awarded
266 under this program shall be administered by the department.
267 (7) The Department of Commerce, in conjunction with the
268 Department of Transportation, shall annually provide a list of
269 each project awarded, the benefit of each project toward meeting
270 the goals and objectives of the program, and the current status
271 of each project. The department shall include such information
272 in its annual incentives report required under s. 20.0065.
273 (8) The department may adopt rules to implement this
274 section.
275 (9) This section expires June 30, 2034.
276 Section 9. Paragraph (e) of subsection (2) of section
277 288.0001, Florida Statutes, is created to read:
278 288.0001 Economic Development Programs Evaluation.—The
279 Office of Economic and Demographic Research and the Office of
280 Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA)
281 shall develop and present to the Governor, the President of the
282 Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the
283 chairs of the legislative appropriations committees the Economic
284 Development Programs Evaluation.
285 (2) The Office of Economic and Demographic Research and
286 OPPAGA shall provide a detailed analysis of economic development
287 programs as provided in the following schedule:
288 (e) By January 1, 2027, and every 3 years thereafter, an
289 analysis of the Supply Chain Innovation Grant Program
290 established under s. 288.102.
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293 And the title is amended as follows:
294 Delete line 39
295 and insert:
296 future repeal; creating s. 288.102, F.S.; creating the
297 Supply Chain Innovation Grant Program within the
298 Department of Commerce; providing the purpose of the
299 program; requiring the Department of Commerce and the
300 Department of Transportation to consider applications
301 and select grant awardees; requiring each award made
302 to be matched by private funds; providing selection
303 criteria; defining the term “vertiport”; authorizing
304 the Department of Commerce to adopt rules; requiring a
305 report; providing for expiration; amending s.
306 288.0001, F.S.; requiring review of the Supply Chain
307 Innovation Grant Program Office of Economic and
308 Demographic Research and the Office of Program Policy
309 Analysis and Government Accountability; amending s.
310 445.003, F.S.; revising the