HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 1E CS
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2	Senate House
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12	Representative Wishner offered the following:
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14	Amendment to Amendment (565379) (with title amendment)
15	Between line(s) 760 and 761, insert:
16	Section 5. For fiscal year 2003-2004, the sum of $2.5
17	million is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund in
18	nonrecurring general revenue to the workers' compensation joint
19	underwriting plan provided for in s. 627.311(5), Florida
20	Statutes, to reduce Subplan D assessments.
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23	Remove line(s) 766-800, and insert:
24	An act relating to economic development; creating s. 288.955,
25	F.S.; providing definitions; creating the Scripps Florida
26	Funding Corporation to facilitate the establishment and
27	operation of a biomedical research institution for the purposes
28	of enhancing education and research and promoting economic
29	development and diversity; providing for a board of directors;
30	prohibiting conflicts of interest; providing penalties;
31	providing powers and duties of the corporation; providing for
32	investment of funds; requiring an operating plan; requiring the
33	corporation and a grantee entity to enter into a contract;
34	providing contract requirements; providing for performance
35	expectations and disbursement conditions; providing requirements
36	and criteria; providing for disbursement and reinvestment of
37	funds; requiring reports, audits, and evaluations; limiting the
38	use of funds; providing that the appropriation of funds does not
39	constitute a debt of the state or a subdivision of the state nor
40	does it subject the state or a subdivision to liability;
41	providing for extension of certain deadlines in certain
42	situations in which the grantee cannot meet contract conditions
43	with limitations; providing for resumption of such deadlines;
44	amending s. 20.435, F.S.; providing for additional funds to be
45	deposited into the Biomedical Research Trust Fund; deleting a
46	provision for future termination date of the fund; amending s.
47	403.973, F.S.; specifying that projects that are part of the
48	biomedical research institution and campus are eligible for the
49	expedited permitting process; providing for challenges to state
50	agency action in expedited permitting related to the institution
51	and campus; providing legislative intent with respect to
52	creating economic opportunity and improving public health
53	through the establishment of a biomedical research institution;
54	providing appropriations; providing an effective date.