Florida Senate - 2007 SENATOR AMENDMENT
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CHAMBER ACTION
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11 Senator Bennett moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 35. Research and demonstration cellulosic
18 ethanol plant.--
19 (1) There shall be constructed a multifaceted research
20 and demonstration cellulosic ethanol plant designed to conduct
21 research and to demonstrate and advance the commercialization
22 of cellulose-to-ethanol technology, including technology
23 licensed from the University of Florida, and to facilitate
24 further research and testing of multiple cellulosic feedstocks
25 in the state.
26 (2) The University of Florida shall act as the owner
27 and proprietor of the facility, which shall include a
28 permanent research and development laboratory operated as a
29 satellite facility of the Institute of Food and Agricultural
30 Sciences at the University of Florida. This facility shall be
31 used to convert the initially treated material to the final
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1 ethanol product.
2 (3) The facility shall be located near an industrial
3 site with infrastructure already developed to avoid or reduce
4 significant capital costs for waste treatment and roads, shall
5 be served by a range of suppliers and transportation
6 companies, and shall be in good proximity to gasoline and
7 ethanol blending facilities on either coast of the state. The
8 industrial site shall have the capacity to provide steam and
9 electric power, waste treatment, and a steady stream of
10 feedstocks, including, but not limited to, bagasse, woody
11 biomass, and cane field residues, to allow a commercial scale
12 plant to operate year around.
13 (4) The facility shall be located near preexisting
14 onsite technical support staff and other resources for
15 electrical, mechanical, and instrumentation services. In
16 addition, the facility shall have access to preexisting onsite
17 laboratory facilities and scientific personnel and shall
18 include the critical aspects of connecting to existing
19 facilities and meeting construction codes and permit
20 requirements.
21 (5) There shall be a scientific and technical advisory
22 panel to advise on the technology to be applied.
23 (6) Subject to the rights of any third parties arising
24 under any licenses granted by the university or its affiliates
25 prior to the effective date of this act, ownership of all
26 patents, copyrights, trademarks, licenses, and rights or
27 interests shall vest in the university on behalf of the state.
28 The university, pursuant to s. 1004.23, Florida Statutes,
29 shall have the right to use and the right to retain derived
30 revenues subject to the continuing approval of the
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1 (7) The Senior Vice President for the Institute of
2 Food and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Florida
3 shall ensure that applicable, nonproprietary research results
4 and technologies from the plant authorized under this
5 initiative are adapted, made available, and disseminated
6 through its respective services, as appropriate.
7 (8) Within 2 years after enactment of this act, the
8 Senior Vice President for the Institute of Food and
9 Agricultural Sciences at the University of Florida shall
10 submit to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the
11 House of Representatives a report on the activities conducted
12 under this section.
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16 And the title is amended as follows:
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20 providing for the construction and operation of
21 a research and demonstration cellulosic ethanol
22 plant; providing requirements and procedures
23 therefor;
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