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SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 1844
Amendment No. ___ Barcode 340276
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11 Senator Klein moved the following amendment:
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18 (2) "Center of excellence," as used in this section,
19 means an organization of personnel, facilities, and equipment
20 established at or in collaboration with one or more
21 universities in Florida to accomplish the purposes and
22 objectives of this section. The purposes and objectives of a
23 center of excellence include:
24 (a) Identifying and pursuing opportunities for
25 university scholars, research center scientists and engineers,
26 and private businesses to form collaborative partnerships to
27 foster and promote the research required to develop
28 commercially promising, advanced, and innovative technologies
29 and to transfer those technologies to commercial sectors.
30 (b) Acquiring and leveraging public and private-sector
31 funding to provide the totality of funds, personnel,
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1 facilities, equipment, and other resources needed to support
2 the research required to develop commercially promising,
3 advanced, and innovative technologies and to transfer those
4 technologies to commercial sectors.
5 (c) Recruiting and retaining world-class scholars,
6 high-performing students, and leading scientists and engineers
7 in technology disciplines to engage in research in this state
8 to develop commercially promising, advanced, and innovative
9 technologies.
10 (d) Enhancing and expanding technology curricula and
11 laboratory resources at universities and research centers in
12 this state.
13 (e) Increasing the number of high-performing students
14 in technology disciplines who graduate from universities in
15 this state and pursue careers in this state.
16 (f) Stimulating and supporting the inception, growth,
17 and diversification of technology-based businesses and
18 ventures in Florida and increasing employment opportunities
19 for the workforce needed to support such businesses.
20 (3) Subject to legislative appropriation, the Emerging
21 Technology Commission, or "commission," is created within the
22 Executive Office of the Governor to guide the establishment of
23 centers of excellence.
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27 And the title is amended as follows:
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31 Technology Development Act"; providing a
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