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    Florida Senate - 2002                                  SB 1912

    By Senator Peaden





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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to defense contractors;

  3         amending s. 288.1045, F.S.; redefining the term

  4         "Department of Defense contract"; revising the

  5         required minimum percentage of gross receipts

  6         derived from Department of Defense contracts;

  7         providing an effective date.

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  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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11         Section 1.  Paragraph (e) of subsection (1) and

12  paragraph (e) of subsection (3) of section 288.1045, Florida

13  Statutes, are amended to read:

14         288.1045  Qualified defense contractor tax refund

15  program.--

16         (1)  DEFINITIONS.--As used in this section:

17         (e)  "Department of Defense contract" means a

18  competitively bid Department of Defense contract or

19  subcontract or a competitively bid federal agency contract or

20  subcontract issued on behalf of the Department of Defense for

21  manufacturing, assembling, fabricating, research, development,

22  or design with a duration of 2 or more years, but excluding

23  any contract to provide goods, improvements to real or

24  tangible property, or services directly to or for any

25  particular military base or installation in this state. The

26  term includes contracts for products for military use approved

27  by the Department of Defense or the Department of State.

28         (3)  APPLICATION PROCESS; REQUIREMENTS; AGENCY

29  DETERMINATION.--

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  1         (e)  To qualify for review by the office, the

  2  application of an applicant must, at a minimum, establish the

  3  following to the satisfaction of the office:

  4         1.  The jobs proposed to be provided under the

  5  application, pursuant to subparagraph (b)6. or subparagraph

  6  (c)6., must pay an estimated annual average wage equaling at

  7  least 115 percent of the average wage in the area where the

  8  project is to be located.

  9         2.  The consolidation of a Department of Defense

10  contract must result in a net increase of at least 25 percent

11  in the number of jobs at the applicant's facilities in this

12  state or the addition of at least 80 jobs at the applicant's

13  facilities in this state.

14         3.  The conversion of defense production jobs to

15  nondefense production jobs must result in net increases in

16  nondefense employment at the applicant's facilities in this

17  state.

18         4.  The Department of Defense contract cannot allow the

19  business to include the costs of relocation or retooling in

20  its base as allowable costs under a cost-plus, or similar,

21  contract.

22         5.  A business unit of the applicant must have derived

23  not less than 60 70 percent of its gross receipts in this

24  state from Department of Defense contracts over the

25  applicant's last fiscal year, and must have derived not less

26  than an average of 60 80 percent of its gross receipts in this

27  state from Department of Defense contracts over the 5 years

28  preceding the date an application is submitted pursuant to

29  this section. This subparagraph does not apply to any

30  application for certification based on a contract for reuse of

31  a defense-related facility.

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  1         6.  The reuse of a defense-related facility must result

  2  in the creation of at least 100 jobs at such facility.

  3         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2002.

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  6                          SENATE SUMMARY

  7    Redefines the term "Department of Defense contract" to
      include subcontracts and contracts approved by the
  8    Department of State. Revises the required minimum
      percentage of gross receipts derived from Department of
  9    Defense contracts to qualify for the tax refund program.

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