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11 Senator Kirkpatrick moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 11. Section 288.905, Florida Statutes, is
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20 288.905 Duties of the board of directors of Enterprise
21 Florida, Inc.--
22 (1) In the performance of its functions and duties,
23 the board of directors may establish, and implement, and
24 manage policies, strategies, and programs for Enterprise
25 Florida, Inc., and its boards. These policies, strategies, and
26 programs shall promote business formation, expansion,
27 recruitment, and retention through aggressive marketing;
28 international development and export assistance; and workforce
29 development, which together lead to more and better jobs with
30 higher wages for all geographic regions and communities of the
31 state, including rural areas and urban-core areas, and for all
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1 residents, including minorities. In developing such policies,
2 strategies, and programs, the board of directors shall solicit
3 advice from and consider the recommendations of its boards,
4 any advisory committees or similar groups created by
5 Enterprise Florida, Inc., and local and regional partners.
6 (2) The board of directors shall, in conjunction with
7 the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development, the
8 Office of Urban Opportunities, and local and regional economic
9 development partners, develop a strategic plan for economic
10 development for the State of Florida. Such plan shall be
11 submitted to the Governor, the President of the Senate, the
12 Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Senate Minority
13 Leader, and the House Minority Leader by January 1, 1997, and
14 shall be updated or modified before January 1 of each year,
15 1998, and annually thereafter. The plan must be approved by
16 the board of directors prior to submission to the Governor and
17 Legislature. The plan shall include, but is not limited to:
18 (3)(a) The strategic plan required under this section
19 shall include, but is not limited to, strategies for the
20 promotion of business formation, expansion, recruitment, and
21 retention through aggressive marketing, international
22 development and export assistance, and workforce development
23 programs which lead to more and better jobs and higher wages
24 for all geographic regions and disadvantaged communities and
25 populations of the state, including rural areas, minority
26 businesses, and urban core areas. Further, the strategic plan
27 shall give consideration to the economic diversity of the
28 state and its regions and their associated industrial clusters
29 and develop realistic policies and programs to further their
30 development.
31 (a) Allocation of public and private resources to
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1 specific activities that will return the greatest benefit to
2 the economy of this state. Including delineation on the amount
3 of funds that should be expended on each component of the
4 plan.
5 (b) Identification of programs that will enhance the
6 capabilities of small and minority businesses. The plan
7 should include ways to improve and increase the access to
8 information, services, and assistance for small and minority
9 businesses.
10 (b)(c)1. The strategic plan required under this
11 section shall include specific Specific provisions for the
12 stimulation of economic development and job creation in rural
13 areas and midsize cities and counties of the state. These
14 provisions shall include, but are not limited to, the
15 identification of all rural counties in the state and rural
16 cities located in nonrural counties; the identification of all
17 midsize cities and counties in the state; the identification
18 of the economic development and job creation goals of the
19 rural cities and counties and midsize cities; the
20 identification of rural areas of critical concern; the
21 identification of specific local, state, and federal financial
22 and technical assistance resources available to rural cities
23 and counties and midsize cities and counties for economic and
24 community development; the identification of private sector
25 resources available to rural cities and counties and midsize
26 cities and counties for economic and community development;
27 and specific methods for the use of the resources identified
28 in the plan to meet the goals identified in the plan.
29 2. Enterprise Florida, Inc., shall involve the local
30 governments, local and regional economic development
31 organizations, and of the cities and counties identified
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1 pursuant to subparagraph 1., as well as any other local,
2 state, and federal economic, international, and workforce
3 rural development entities, both public and private, in
4 developing and carrying out policies, strategies, and
5 programs, seeking to partner and collaborate to produce
6 enhanced public benefit at a lesser cost any provisions.
7 (d)1. Specific provisions for the stimulation of
8 economic development and job creation in small businesses and
9 minority businesses. These provisions shall include, but are
10 not limited to, the identification of federal, state, and
11 local financial and technical resources available for small
12 businesses and minority businesses; and specific methods for
13 the use of the resources identified in the plan to meet the
14 goal of job creation in small businesses and minority
15 businesses in the state.
16 3.2. Enterprise Florida, Inc., shall involve rural,
17 urban, small-business, and minority-business local, state, and
18 federal small business and minority business development
19 agencies and organizations, both public and private, in
20 developing and carrying out policies, strategies, and programs
21 any provisions.
22 (c)(e) The strategic plan required under this section
23 shall include the creation Creation of workforce training
24 programs that lead to better employment opportunities and
25 higher wages.
26 (f) Promotion of business formation, expansion,
27 recruitment, and retention, including programs that enhance
28 access to appropriate forms of financing for businesses in
29 this state.
30 (d)(g) The strategic plan required under this section
31 shall include the promotion Promotion of the successful
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1 long-term economic development of the state with increased
2 emphasis in market research and information to local economic
3 development entities and generation of foreign investment in
4 the state that creates jobs with above-average wages,
5 internationalization of this state, with strong emphasis in
6 reverse investment that creates high wage jobs for the state
7 and its many regions, including programs that establish viable
8 overseas markets, generate foreign investment, assist in
9 meeting the financing requirements of export-ready firms,
10 broaden opportunities for international joint venture
11 relationships, use the resources of academic and other
12 institutions, coordinate trade assistance and facilitation
13 services, and facilitate availability of and access to
14 education and training programs which will assure requisite
15 skills and competencies necessary to compete successfully in
16 the global marketplace.
17 (h) Promotion of the growth of high technology and
18 other value-added industries and jobs.
19 (i) Addressing the needs of blighted inner-city
20 communities that have unacceptable levels of unemployment and
21 economic disinvestment, with the ultimate goal of creating
22 jobs for the residents of such communities.
23 (e)(j) Identifying business sectors that are of
24 current or future importance to the state's economy and to the
25 state's worldwide business image, and developing specific
26 strategies to promote the development of such sectors.
27 (4)(a)(3)(a) The strategic plan shall also include
28 recommendations regarding specific performance standards and
29 measurable outcomes. By July 1, 1997, Enterprise Florida,
30 Inc., in consultation with the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
31 Economic Development and the Office of Program Policy Analysis
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1 and Government Accountability, shall establish
2 performance-measure outcomes for Enterprise Florida, Inc., and
3 its boards and advisory committees. Enterprise Florida, Inc.,
4 in consultation with the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
5 Economic Development and the Office of Program Policy Analysis
6 and Government Accountability, shall develop a plan for
7 monitoring its operations to ensure that performance data are
8 maintained and supported by records of the organization. On a
9 biennial basis, By July 1, 1998, and biennially thereafter,
10 Enterprise Florida, Inc., in consultation with the Office of
11 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development and the Office of
12 Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability, shall
13 review the performance-measure outcomes for Enterprise
14 Florida, Inc., and its boards, and make any appropriate
15 modifications to them. In developing measurable objectives and
16 performance outcomes, Enterprise Florida, Inc., shall consider
17 the effect of its programs, activities, and services on its
18 client population. Enterprise Florida, Inc., shall establish
19 standards such as job growth among client firms, growth in the
20 number and strength of businesses within targeted sectors,
21 client satisfaction, including the satisfaction of its local
22 and regional economic development partners, venture capital
23 dollars invested in small and minority businesses, businesses
24 retained and recruited statewide and within rural and urban
25 core communities, employer wage growth, minority business
26 participation in technology assistance and development
27 programs, and increased export sales among client companies to
28 use in evaluating performance toward accomplishing the mission
29 of Enterprise Florida, Inc.
30 (b) The performance standards and measurable outcomes
31 established and regularly reviewed by Enterprise Florida,
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1 Inc., under this subsection must also include benchmarks and
2 goals to measure the impact of state economic development
3 policies and programs. Such benchmarks and goals may include,
4 but are not limited to:
5 1. Net annual job growth rate in this state compared
6 to neighboring southern states and the United States as a
7 whole.
8 2. Unemployment rate in this state compared to
9 neighboring southern states and the United States as a whole.
10 3. Wage distribution based on the percentage of people
11 working in this state who earned 15 percent below the state
12 average, within 15 percent of the state average, and 15
13 percent or more above the state average.
14 4. Annual percentage of growth in the production of
15 goods and services within Florida compared to neighboring
16 southern states and the United States as a whole.
17 5. Changes in jobs in this state by major industry
18 based on the percentage of growth or decline in the number of
19 full-time or part-time jobs in this state.
20 6. Number of new business startups in this state.
21 7. Goods produced in this state that are exported to
22 other countries.
23 8. Capital investment for commercial and industrial
24 purposes, agricultural production and processing, and
25 international trade.
26 (c) Prior to the 2002 1999 Regular Session of the
27 Legislature, the Office of Program Policy Analysis and
28 Government Accountability shall conduct a review of Enterprise
29 Florida, Inc., and its boards and shall submit a report by
30 January 1, 2002, to the President of the Senate, the Speaker
31 of the House of Representatives, the Senate Minority Leader,
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1 and the House Minority Leader. The review shall be
2 comprehensive in its scope, but, at a minimum, must be
3 conducted in such a manner as to specifically determine:
4 1. The progress towards achieving the established
5 outcomes.
6 2. The circumstances contributing to the
7 organization's ability to achieve, not achieve, or exceed its
8 established outcomes.
9 3. The progress towards achieving the established
10 goals of the Cypress Equity Fund and whether the strategy
11 underlying the fund is appropriate.
12 3.4. Whether it would be sound public policy to
13 continue or discontinue funding the organization, and the
14 consequences of discontinuing the organization. The report
15 shall be submitted by January 1, 1999, to the President of the
16 Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the
17 Senate Minority Leader, and the House Minority Leader.
18 (d) Prior to the 2003 Regular Session of the
19 Legislature, the Office of Program Policy Analysis and
20 Government Accountability, shall conduct another review of
21 Enterprise Florida, Inc., and its boards using the criteria in
22 paragraph (c). The report shall be submitted by January 1,
23 2003, to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House
24 of Representatives, the Senate Minority Leader, and the House
25 Minority Leader.
26 (5)(4) The board of directors shall coordinate and
27 collaborate the economic development activities and policies
28 of Enterprise Florida, Inc., with local municipal, county, and
29 regional economic development organizations, which shall be to
30 establish and further develop the role of local economic
31 development organizations as the state's primary
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1 service-delivery agents for the direct delivery of economic
2 development and international development services. Where
3 feasible, the board shall work with regional economic
4 development organizations in the delivery of services of
5 Enterprise Florida, Inc., and its boards.
6 (5) Enterprise Florida, Inc., shall deposit into
7 African-American-qualified public depositories and
8 Hispanic-American-qualified public depositories a portion of
9 any moneys received by Enterprise Florida, Inc., and its
10 boards from the state.
11 (6) Any employee leased by Enterprise Florida, Inc.,
12 from the state, or any employee who derives his or her salary
13 from funds appropriated by the Legislature, may not receive a
14 pay raise or bonus in excess of a pay raise or bonus that is
15 received by similarly situated state employees. However, this
16 subsection does not prohibit the payment of a pay raise or
17 bonus from funds received from sources other than the Florida
18 Legislature.
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22 And the title is amended as follows:
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26 revising the duties of the board of directors
27 of Enterprise Florida, Inc.; revising the
28 required content of the board's strategic plan;
29 requiring the involvement of
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