HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 1E CS
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2	Senate House
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12	Representative Ausley offered the following:
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14	Amendment to Amendment (565379) (with title amendment)
15	Between lines 760 and 761, insert:
16	Section 5. For the 2003-2004 fiscal year, the sum of $10
17	million is appropriated from nonrecurring general revenue to
18	state universities for infrastructure improvements to the
19	National High Magnetic Field Laboratory. From this
20	appropriation, $7.5 million shall be allocated to Florida State
21	University and $2.5 million shall be allocated to the University
22	of Florida to address infrastructure requirements identified in
23	consultation with the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
24	Executive Committee.
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27	Remove line(s) 766-800, and insert:
28	An act relating to research institutions and campuses;
29	creating s. 288.955, F.S.; providing definitions; creating
30	the Scripps Florida Funding Corporation to facilitate the
31	establishment and operation of a biomedical research
32	institution for the purposes of enhancing education and
33	research and promoting economic development and diversity;
34	providing for a board of directors; prohibiting conflicts
35	of interest; providing penalties; providing powers and
36	duties of the corporation; providing for investment of
37	funds; requiring an operating plan; requiring the
38	corporation and a grantee entity to enter into a contract;
39	providing contract requirements; providing for performance
40	expectations and performance measures; providing
41	requirements and criteria; providing for disbursement and
42	reinvestment of funds; requiring reports, audits, and
43	evaluations; limiting the use of funds; providing that the
44	appropriation of funds does not constitute a debt of the
45	state or a subdivision of the state, nor does it subject
46	the state or a subdivision to liability; providing for
47	extension of certain deadlines in certain situations in
48	which the grantee cannot meet contract conditions, with
49	limitations; providing for resumption of such deadlines;
50	amending s. 20.435, F.S.; providing for additional funds
51	to be deposited into the Biomedical Research Trust Fund;
52	deleting a provision for future termination date of the
53	fund; amending s. 403.973, F.S.; specifying that projects
54	that are part of the biomedical research institution and
55	campus are eligible for the expedited permitting process;
56	providing for challenges to state agency action in
57	expedited permitting related to the institution and
58	campus; providing legislative intent with respect to
59	creating economic opportunity and improving public health
60	through the establishment of a biomedical research
61	institution; providing appropriations; providing an
62	effective date.