Florida Senate - 2025                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 312
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/11/2025           .                                
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       The Committee on Education Postsecondary (Gaetz) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) and subsections
    6  (4) and (9) of section 1004.447, Florida Statutes, are amended
    7  to read:
    8         1004.447 Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition,
    9  Inc.—
   10         (1)
   11         (b) The corporation is authorized to create not-for-profit
   12  corporate subsidiaries that are organized under the provisions
   13  of chapter 617 upon the prior approval of its board of directors
   14  the Board of Governors, as necessary, to fulfill its mission.
   15         (4) The articles of incorporation of the corporation or any
   16  authorized and approved subsidiary must be approved in a written
   17  agreement by the Board of Governors. The agreement and the
   18  articles of incorporation must shall:
   19         (a) Provide that the corporation and any authorized and
   20  approved subsidiary shall provide equal employment opportunities
   21  for all persons regardless of race, color, religion, gender,
   22  national origin, age, handicap, or marital status.
   23         (b) Provide that the corporation and any authorized and
   24  approved subsidiary are subject to the public records and
   25  meeting requirements of s. 24, Art. I of the State Constitution.
   26         (c) Provide that all officers, directors, and employees of
   27  the corporation and any authorized and approved subsidiary shall
   28  be governed by the code of ethics for public officers and
   29  employees as set forth in part III of chapter 112.
   30         (d) Provide that members of the board of directors of the
   31  corporation are responsible for the prudent use of all public
   32  and private funds and that they will ensure that the use of
   33  funds is in accordance with all applicable laws, bylaws, and
   34  contractual requirements.
   35         (e) Provide that the fiscal year of the corporation and any
   36  authorized and approved subsidiary is from July 1 to June 30.
   37         (9) The corporation Board of Trustees of the University of
   38  West Florida shall annually certify to the Governor, the
   39  President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
   40  Representatives, and the Board of Governors that the corporation
   41  and its authorized subsidiaries are complying with the
   42  requirements of this section and are acting in the best
   43  interests of the state.
   44         Section 2. Section 1004.4471, Florida Statutes, is amended
   45  to read:
   46         1004.4471 Florida Institute for Human and Machine
   47  Cognition; affiliation with other universities.—The corporation
   48  created pursuant to s. 1004.447(1) and any authorized and
   49  approved subsidiary of the corporation may enter into
   50  affiliation agreements similar to the agreement described in s.
   51  1004.447(6) with the boards of trustees of other public or
   52  private universities.
   53         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.
   54  
   55  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   56  And the title is amended as follows:
   57         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   58  and insert:
   59                        A bill to be entitled                      
   60         An act relating to the Florida Institute for Human and
   61         Machine Cognition, Inc.; amending s. 1004.447, F.S.;
   62         requiring the board of directors of the Florida
   63         Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, Inc.,
   64         rather than the Board of Governors, to authorize the
   65         creation of a subsidiary of the corporation; requiring
   66         that the articles of incorporation of the corporation,
   67         rather than of the corporation and any authorized and
   68         approved subsidiary, be approved in a written
   69         agreement by the Board of Governors; requiring the
   70         corporation, rather than the Board of Trustees of the
   71         University of West Florida, to certify specified
   72         information annually to the Governor and Legislature;
   73         amending s. 1004.4471, F.S.; authorizing subsidiaries
   74         of the corporation to enter into certain affiliation
   75         agreements; providing an effective date.