| 1 | Representative Weatherford offered the following: | 
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) | 
| 4 | Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert: | 
| 5 | Section 1. Section 288.097, Florida Statutes, is created to | 
| 6 | read: | 
| 7 | 288.097  Building Florida's Future Revolving Loan Guarantee | 
| 8 | Program.-- | 
| 9 | (1)  As used in this section, the term "targeted | 
| 10 | industries" means those industries referenced in s. | 
| 11 | 288.106(1)(o). | 
| 12 | (2)  There is created within the Office of Tourism, Trade, | 
| 13 | and Economic Development the Building Florida's Future Revolving | 
| 14 | Loan Guarantee Program. The purpose of the program is to provide | 
| 15 | loan guarantees or credit enhancements to units of local | 
| 16 | government or private entities seeking financing to construct or | 
| 17 | modernize facilities and infrastructure necessary to attract or | 
| 18 | expand targeted industries as part of an economic-development | 
| 19 | project. | 
| 20 | (3)  The program may provide loan guarantees or other | 
| 21 | credit enhancements to applicants seeking financing for the | 
| 22 | following purposes: | 
| 23 | (a)  The acquisition of land, buildings, or fixed | 
| 24 | equipment; | 
| 25 | (b)  Site preparation and the construction or | 
| 26 | reconstruction of buildings; or | 
| 27 | (c)  The installation of or provision of access to | 
| 28 | telecommunications, energy sources, or other water supply | 
| 29 | utilities. | 
| 30 | (4)(a)  All moneys available within the program's trust | 
| 31 | fund, including investment earnings, are designated to carry out | 
| 32 | the purposes of this section. | 
| 33 | (b)  Any funds within the trust fund that are not needed on | 
| 34 | an immediate basis for loan guarantees or credit enhancements | 
| 35 | may be invested pursuant to s. 215.49. The cost of administering | 
| 36 | the program may be paid from reasonable service fees that may be | 
| 37 | imposed upon applicants so as to enhance program perpetuity. | 
| 38 | (5)  The office shall consider, but need not be limited to, | 
| 39 | the following criteria in evaluating projects for assistance: | 
| 40 | (a)  A demonstration that the project would create or | 
| 41 | enhance economic benefits. | 
| 42 | (b)  The likelihood that the loan guarantee or credit | 
| 43 | enhancement would enable the project to proceed. | 
| 44 | (c)  The extent to which assistance would foster innovative | 
| 45 | public-private partnerships and attract private debt or equity | 
| 46 | investment. | 
| 47 | (d)  The creditworthiness of the entity or entities | 
| 48 | applying to the program. | 
| 49 | (e)  Whether the project is consistent, to the maximum | 
| 50 | extent feasible, with local government comprehensive plans. | 
| 51 | (6)  Enterprise Florida, Inc., shall assist the office in | 
| 52 | evaluating applications and determining whether an applicant | 
| 53 | meets the criteria of subsection (5). | 
| 54 | (7)  The office shall adopt rules pursuant to ss. | 
| 55 | 120.536(1) and 120.54 to administer the program which specify | 
| 56 | the application forms, deadlines for submitting applications, | 
| 57 | requirements for the selection process, service fees, and | 
| 58 | requirements for audits. | 
| 59 | (8)  The office shall submit to the President of the Senate | 
| 60 | and the Speaker of the House of Representatives an annual report | 
| 61 | concerning activity within the program. The first report shall | 
| 62 | be submitted on January 5, 2009, and subsequent reports shall be | 
| 63 | submitted on January 5 every year thereafter, so long as the | 
| 64 | revolving fund exists. | 
| 65 | (9)  The fund shall be created if CS/CS/SB Senate Bill 2712 | 
| 66 | or similar legislation is adopted in the same legislative | 
| 67 | session or an extension thereof and becomes law. | 
| 68 | Section 2.  Subsection (8) is added to section 288.1254, | 
| 69 | Florida Statutes, to read: | 
| 70 | 288.1254  Entertainment industry financial incentive | 
| 71 | program.-- | 
| 72 | (8)  REVERSION OF FUNDS; USE FOR FILM OR ARTS | 
| 73 | FESTIVALS.--Notwithstanding any provision of s. 216.301 to the | 
| 74 | contrary, funds appropriated for the purposes of implementing | 
| 75 | this section shall not revert until the end of the second fiscal | 
| 76 | year of the appropriation. Of funds appropriated in fiscal year | 
| 77 | 2008-2009, $1.5 million shall be used for international cultural | 
| 78 | festival planning and programming that generates significant | 
| 79 | regional or statewide return on investment and uses existing | 
| 80 | state-owned cultural facilities. | 
| 81 | Section 3.  Subsections (1), (5), (6), and (9) of section | 
| 82 | 288.1162, Florida Statutes, are amended, and subsections (10), | 
| 83 | (11), and (12) are added to that section, to read: | 
| 84 | 288.1162  Professional sports franchises; spring training | 
| 85 | franchises; duties.-- | 
| 86 | (1)  The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development | 
| 87 | shall serve as the state agency for screening applicantsfor  | 
| 88 | state funding pursuant to s. 212.20 and forcertifying an | 
| 89 | applicant as a "facility for a new professional sports | 
| 90 | franchise," a "facility for a retained professional sports | 
| 91 | franchise," or a "facility for a retained spring training | 
| 92 | franchise ." to receive state funding pursuant to s. 212.20. | 
| 93 | (5)(a)  As used in this section, the term "retained spring | 
| 94 | training franchise" means a spring training franchise that has | 
| 95 | been based in this state prior to January 1, 2000. | 
| 96 | (b)  Prior to certifying an applicant as a "facility for a | 
| 97 | retained spring training franchise," the Office of Tourism, | 
| 98 | Trade, and Economic Development must determine that: | 
| 99 | 1.  A "unit of local government" as defined in s. 218.369 | 
| 100 | is responsible for the acquisition, construction, management, or | 
| 101 | operation of the facility for a retained spring training | 
| 102 | franchise or holds title to the property on which the facility | 
| 103 | for a retained spring training franchise is located. | 
| 104 | 2.  The applicant has a verified copy of a signed agreement | 
| 105 | with a retained spring training franchise for the use of the | 
| 106 | facility for a term of at least 15 years. | 
| 107 | 3.  The applicant has a financial commitment to provide 50 | 
| 108 | percent or more of the funds required by an agreement for the | 
| 109 | acquisition, construction, or renovation of the facility for a | 
| 110 | retained spring training franchise. The agreement can be | 
| 111 | contingent upon the awarding of funds under this section and | 
| 112 | other conditions precedent to use by the spring training | 
| 113 | franchise. | 
| 114 | 4.  The applicant has projections, verified by the Office | 
| 115 | of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development, which demonstrate | 
| 116 | that the facility for a retained spring training franchise will | 
| 117 | attract a paid attendance of at least 50,000 annually. | 
| 118 | 5.  The facility for a retained spring training franchise | 
| 119 | is located in a county that is levying a tourist development tax | 
| 120 | pursuant to s. 125.0104. | 
| 121 | (c) 1.The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic | 
| 122 | Development shall competitively evaluate applications for | 
| 123 | funding of a facility for a retained spring training franchise. | 
| 124 | The total number of certifications made by the Office of | 
| 125 | Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development shall not exceed 10. If | 
| 126 | the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development withdraws | 
| 127 | certification for any given facility or unit of local | 
| 128 | government, the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic | 
| 129 | Development may accept applications for an additional | 
| 130 | certification. A facility or unit of local government shall not | 
| 131 | be certified for more than one spring training franchise at any | 
| 132 | one time. Applications must be submitted by October 1, 2000,  | 
| 133 | with certifications to be made by January 1, 2001. If the number  | 
| 134 | of applicants exceeds five and the aggregate funding request of  | 
| 135 | all applications exceeds $208,335 per month, the office shall  | 
| 136 | rank the applications according to a selection criteria,  | 
| 137 | certifying the highest ranked proposals.The evaluation criteria | 
| 138 | shall include, with priority given in descending order to the | 
| 139 | following items: | 
| 140 | 1. a.The intended use of the funds by the applicant for | 
| 141 | acquisition of a facility, construction of a new facility, or | 
| 142 | renovation of an existing facility, with priority given to the | 
| 143 | construction of a new facility. | 
| 144 | 2. b.The length of time that the existing franchise has | 
| 145 | been located in the state, with priority given to retaining | 
| 146 | franchises that have been in the same location the longest. | 
| 147 | 3. c.The length of time that a facility to be used by a | 
| 148 | retained spring training franchise has been used by one or more | 
| 149 | spring training franchises, with priority given to a facility | 
| 150 | that has been in continuous use as a facility for spring | 
| 151 | training the longest. | 
| 152 | 4. d.For those teams leasing a spring training facility | 
| 153 | from a unit of local government, the remaining time on the lease | 
| 154 | for facilities used by the spring training franchise, with | 
| 155 | priority given to the shortest time period remaining on the | 
| 156 | lease. | 
| 157 | 5. e.The duration of the future-use agreement with the | 
| 158 | retained spring training franchise, with priority given to the | 
| 159 | future-use agreement having the longest duration. | 
| 160 | 6. f.The amount of the local match, with priority given to | 
| 161 | the largest percentage of local match proposed. | 
| 162 | 7. g.The net increase of total active recreation space | 
| 163 | owned by the applying unit of local government following the | 
| 164 | acquisition of land for the spring training facility, with | 
| 165 | priority given to the largest percentage increase of total | 
| 166 | active recreation space. | 
| 167 | 8. h.The location of the facility in a brownfield, an | 
| 168 | enterprise zone, a community redevelopment area, or other area | 
| 169 | of targeted development or revitalization included in an Urban | 
| 170 | Infill Redevelopment Plan, with priority given to facilities | 
| 171 | located in these areas. | 
| 172 | 9. i.The projections on paid attendance attracted by the | 
| 173 | facility and the proposed effect on the economy of the local | 
| 174 | community, with priority given to the highest projected paid | 
| 175 | attendance. | 
| 176 | 2.  Beginning July 1, 2006, the Office of Tourism, Trade,  | 
| 177 | and Economic Development shall competitively evaluate  | 
| 178 | applications for funding of facilities for retained spring  | 
| 179 | training franchises in addition to those certified and funded  | 
| 180 | under subparagraph 1. An applicant that is a unit of government  | 
| 181 | that has an agreement for a retained spring training franchise  | 
| 182 | for 15 or more years which was entered into between July 1,  | 
| 183 | 2003, and July 1, 2004, shall be eligible for funding.  | 
| 184 | Applications must be submitted by October 1, 2006, with  | 
| 185 | certifications to be made by January 1, 2007. The office shall  | 
| 186 | rank the applications according to selection criteria,  | 
| 187 | certifying no more than five proposals. The aggregate funding  | 
| 188 | request of all applicants certified shall not exceed an  | 
| 189 | aggregate funding request of $208,335 per month. The evaluation  | 
| 190 | criteria shall include the following, with priority given in  | 
| 191 | descending order: | 
| 192 | a.  The intended use of the funds by the applicant for  | 
| 193 | acquisition or construction of a new facility. | 
| 194 | b.  The intended use of the funds by the applicant to  | 
| 195 | renovate a facility. | 
| 196 | c.  The length of time that a facility to be used by a  | 
| 197 | retained spring training franchise has been used by one or more  | 
| 198 | spring training franchises, with priority given to a facility  | 
| 199 | that has been in continuous use as a facility for spring  | 
| 200 | training the longest. | 
| 201 | d.  For those teams leasing a spring training facility from  | 
| 202 | a unit of local government, the remaining time on the lease for  | 
| 203 | facilities used by the spring training franchise, with priority  | 
| 204 | given to the shortest time period remaining on the lease. For  | 
| 205 | consideration under this subparagraph, the remaining time on the  | 
| 206 | lease shall not exceed 5 years, unless an agreement of 15 years  | 
| 207 | or more was entered into between July 1, 2003, and July 1, 2004. | 
| 208 | e.  The duration of the future-use agreement with the  | 
| 209 | retained spring training franchise, with priority given to the  | 
| 210 | future-use agreement having the longest duration. | 
| 211 | f.  The amount of the local match, with priority given to  | 
| 212 | the largest percentage of local match proposed. | 
| 213 | g.  The net increase of total active recreation space owned  | 
| 214 | by the applying unit of local government following the  | 
| 215 | acquisition of land for the spring training facility, with  | 
| 216 | priority given to the largest percentage increase of total  | 
| 217 | active recreation space. | 
| 218 | h.  The location of the facility in a brownfield area, an  | 
| 219 | enterprise zone, a community redevelopment area, or another area  | 
| 220 | of targeted development or revitalization included in an urban  | 
| 221 | infill redevelopment plan, with priority given to facilities  | 
| 222 | located in those areas. | 
| 223 | i.  The projections on paid attendance attracted by the  | 
| 224 | facility and the proposed effect on the economy of the local  | 
| 225 | community, with priority given to the highest projected paid  | 
| 226 | attendance. | 
| 227 | (d)  Funds may not be expended to subsidize privately owned | 
| 228 | and maintained facilities for use by the spring training | 
| 229 | franchise. | 
| 230 | (e)  Funds may be used to relocate a retained spring | 
| 231 | training franchise to another unit of local government if | 
| 232 | approved by the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic | 
| 233 | Development upon a review of documentation showing that the | 
| 234 | local government currently certified as the host for the | 
| 235 | franchise seeking to move no longer meets the criteria for | 
| 236 | certification and state funding and has been decertified | 
| 237 | pursuant to subsection (10) and only if the existing unit of | 
| 238 | local government with the retained spring training franchise | 
| 239 | agrees to the relocation. | 
| 240 | (6)(a)  An applicant certified as a facility for a new | 
| 241 | professional sports franchise or a facility for a retained | 
| 242 | professional sports franchise or as a facility for a retained | 
| 243 | spring training franchise may use funds provided pursuant to s. | 
| 244 | 212.20 only for the public purpose of paying for the | 
| 245 | acquisition, construction, reconstruction, or renovation of a | 
| 246 | facility for a new professional sports franchise, a facility for | 
| 247 | a retained professional sports franchise, or a facility for a | 
| 248 | retained spring training franchise or to pay or pledge for the | 
| 249 | payment of debt service on, or to fund debt service reserve | 
| 250 | funds, arbitrage rebate obligations, or other amounts payable | 
| 251 | with respect to, bonds issued for the acquisition, construction, | 
| 252 | reconstruction, or renovation of such facility or for the | 
| 253 | reimbursement of such costs or the refinancing of bonds issued | 
| 254 | for such purposes. | 
| 255 | (b)  Beginning September 1, 2008, and every year | 
| 256 | thereafter, each local governmental entity certified to receive | 
| 257 | funding for a facility for a retained spring training franchise | 
| 258 | shall submit to the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic | 
| 259 | Development a report that includes, but is not limited to, a | 
| 260 | copy of its most recent annual audit, a detailed report on all | 
| 261 | local and state funds expended to date on the project being | 
| 262 | financed pursuant to this section, a copy of the contract | 
| 263 | between the certified local governmental entity and the spring | 
| 264 | training team, a cost-benefit analysis of the team's impact on | 
| 265 | the community, and evidence that the certified applicant | 
| 266 | continues to meet the criteria in paragraph (5)(b). | 
| 267 | (9)  An applicant is not qualified for certification under | 
| 268 | this section if the franchise formed the basis for a previous | 
| 269 | certification, unless the previous certification was withdrawn | 
| 270 | by the facility or invalidated by the Office of Tourism, Trade, | 
| 271 | and Economic Development or the Department of Commerce before | 
| 272 | any funds were distributed pursuant to s. 212.20 or has been | 
| 273 | decertified pursuant to subsection (10). This subsection does | 
| 274 | not disqualify an applicant if the previous certification | 
| 275 | occurred between May 23, 1993, and May 25, 1993; however, any | 
| 276 | funds to be distributed pursuant to s. 212.20 for the second | 
| 277 | certification shall be offset by the amount distributed to the | 
| 278 | previous certified facility. Distribution of funds for the | 
| 279 | second certification shall not be made until all amounts payable | 
| 280 | for the first certification have been distributed. | 
| 281 | (10)(a) The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic | 
| 282 | Development may decertify an applicant for funding pursuant to | 
| 283 | s. 212.20 upon approval of the local government or upon receipt | 
| 284 | of information that the applicant no longer meets the following | 
| 285 | criteria: | 
| 286 | 1.  The local government has a valid, unexpired legal | 
| 287 | agreement with a baseball spring-training franchise; or | 
| 288 | 2. The local government is continuing to meet its financial | 
| 289 | obligations originally approved during the certification | 
| 290 | process. | 
| 291 | (b)  A local government opposing a decertification shall | 
| 292 | have 60 days to demonstrate to the office that the information | 
| 293 | is incorrect, prior to decertification becoming official. The | 
| 294 | Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development shall notify | 
| 295 | the Department of Revenue within 10 days after the | 
| 296 | decertification has become official. | 
| 297 | (c)  The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development | 
| 298 | shall order a decertified local government to repay the total | 
| 299 | amount of unencumbered state funds received and any interest | 
| 300 | earnings on those funds within 60 days after the decertification | 
| 301 | becomes official. These funds and their interest earnings shall | 
| 302 | be deposited into the General Revenue Fund. | 
| 303 | (11)  For the purpose of retaining the tradition of spring | 
| 304 | training baseball in this state, by December 31, 2008, the | 
| 305 | Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development shall develop | 
| 306 | a comprehensive strategic plan related to the following: | 
| 307 | (a)  Financing of spring training facilities. | 
| 308 | (b)  Certification and decertification processes, including | 
| 309 | development of the contract or funding agreement to be signed by | 
| 310 | the office and local governments, including local governments | 
| 311 | currently certified. | 
| 312 | (c)  Recovery of state funds from decertified local | 
| 313 | governments. | 
| 314 | (d)  Monitoring and oversight of the state funds awarded to | 
| 315 | applicants. | 
| 316 | (e)  Identification of the financial impact spring training | 
| 317 | has on the state. | 
| 318 | (f)  Identification of efforts made by other states to | 
| 319 | develop or grow their baseball spring training efforts and the | 
| 320 | effect of those efforts on this state's relationship with | 
| 321 | professional baseball. | 
| 322 | (g)  Legislative recommendations on how to sustain or | 
| 323 | improve this state's spring training tradition. | 
| 324 | (h)  Recommendations for the role and responsibilities for | 
| 325 | a Florida Commissioner of Baseball. | 
| 326 |  | 
| 327 | A copy of the strategic plan shall be submitted to the Governor, | 
| 328 | the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of | 
| 329 | Representatives. | 
| 330 | (12)  The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic | 
| 331 | Development may adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and | 
| 332 | 120.54 to administer this section. | 
| 333 | Section 4.  Subsection (2) of section 288.9622, Florida | 
| 334 | Statutes, is amended to read: | 
| 335 | (2)  It is the intent of the Legislature that ss. 288.9621- | 
| 336 | 288.9625 serve to mobilize private investment in a broad variety | 
| 337 | of venture capital partnerships in diversified industries and | 
| 338 | geographies; retain private sector investment criteria focused | 
| 339 | on rate of return; use the services of highly qualified managers | 
| 340 | in the venture capital industry regardless of location; | 
| 341 | facilitate the organization of the Florida Opportunity Fund as | 
| 342 | an afund-of-fundsinvestor in seed and early stage businesses, | 
| 343 | venture capital, or andangel funds; and precipitate capital | 
| 344 | investment and extensions of credit to and in the Florida | 
| 345 | Opportunity Fund. | 
| 346 | Section 5.  Subsection (2) and paragraphs (a) and (d) of | 
| 347 | subsection (4) of section 288.9624, Florida Statutes, are | 
| 348 | amended to read: | 
| 349 | 288.9624  Florida Opportunity Fund; creation; duties.-- | 
| 350 | (2)  Upon organization, the board shall conduct a national | 
| 351 | solicitation for investment plan proposals from qualified | 
| 352 | venture capital investment managers for the raising and | 
| 353 | investing of capital by the Florida Opportunity Fund. Any | 
| 354 | proposed investment plan must address the applicant's level of | 
| 355 | experience, quality of management, investment philosophy and | 
| 356 | process, provability of success in fundraising, prior investment | 
| 357 | fund results, and plan for achieving the purposes of ss. | 
| 358 | 288.9621-288.9624. The board shall select only venture capital | 
| 359 | investment managers having demonstrated expertise in the | 
| 360 | management of and investment in companies. | 
| 361 | (4)  For the purpose of mobilizing investment in a broad | 
| 362 | variety of Florida-based, new technology companies and | 
| 363 | generating a return sufficient to continue reinvestment, the | 
| 364 | fund shall: | 
| 365 | (a)1.  Invest directly onlyin seed and early stage venture | 
| 366 | capital funds that have experienced managers or management teams | 
| 367 | with demonstrated experience, expertise, and a successful | 
| 368 | history in the investment of venture capital funds. Investments | 
| 369 | must be focused , focusingon opportunities in this state. The | 
| 370 | fund may notmake direct investments in individual, Florida- | 
| 371 | based businesses or businesses that have potential to create | 
| 372 | significant economic benefit by creating jobs in Florida or | 
| 373 | solving significant economic problems for Florida communities | 
| 374 | with strategic technologies businesses. While not precluded from | 
| 375 | investing in venture capital funds that have investments outside | 
| 376 | this state, the fund must require a venture capital fund to show | 
| 377 | a record of successful investment in this state, to be based in | 
| 378 | this state, or to have an office in this state staffed with a | 
| 379 | full-time, professional venture investment executive in order to | 
| 380 | be eligible for investment. | 
| 381 | 2.  In entering into partnerships with state universities | 
| 382 | that are designated as research universities having very high | 
| 383 | research activity by the 2005 Carnegie Classifications, invest | 
| 384 | directly in state-based seed or early stage venture capital | 
| 385 | funds. These investments shall be used to support companies that | 
| 386 | are developing the commercialization of a particular product or | 
| 387 | service and that are operating from laboratory or office space | 
| 388 | on a university campus which has been constructed by a private | 
| 389 | developer who is providing a minimum match of $3 for every $1 of | 
| 390 | state funds for constructions and investment. | 
| 391 | (d)  Invest only in funds or businesses that haveraised  | 
| 392 | capital from other sources so that the amount invested in such | 
| 393 | funds or businesses in an entity in this stateis at least twice | 
| 394 | the amount invested by the fund. Investments must be made in | 
| 395 | Florida-based companies or businesses that have potential to | 
| 396 | create significant economic benefit by creating jobs in Florida | 
| 397 | or solving significant economic problems for Florida communities | 
| 398 | with strategic technologies. Strategic technologies include ,  | 
| 399 | including, but are not limited to, enterprises in life sciences, | 
| 400 | information technology, advanced manufacturing processes, | 
| 401 | aviation and aerospace, and homeland security and defense, as | 
| 402 | well as other strategic technologies. | 
| 403 | Section 6.  For the 2008-2009 fiscal year, the sum of $20 | 
| 404 | million is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the | 
| 405 | Building Florida's Future Revolving Trust Fund which shall be | 
| 406 | used by the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development | 
| 407 | for the purpose of administering this act. Notwithstanding the | 
| 408 | provisions of s. 2163.301, Florida Statutes, the unexpended | 
| 409 | balance of this appropriation shall not revert. | 
| 410 | Section 7.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2008. | 
| 411 | 
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| 413 | T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T | 
| 414 | Remove the entire title and insert: | 
| 415 | 
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| 416 | A bill to be entitled | 
| 417 | An act relating to economic development; creating s. 288.097, | 
| 418 | F.S.; establishing Building Florida's Future Revolving Loan | 
| 419 | Guarantee Program within the Office of Tourism, Trade, and | 
| 420 | Economic Development; providing for the program to provide loan | 
| 421 | guarantees or credit enhancements to units of local government | 
| 422 | or to private entities for use in constructing or modernizing | 
| 423 | facilities and infrastructure necessary to attract or expand | 
| 424 | certain industries as part of an economic-development project; | 
| 425 | providing requirements and criteria for the office to consider | 
| 426 | in evaluating requests; requiring Enterprise Florida, Inc., to | 
| 427 | assist the office in its evaluation; requiring the Office of | 
| 428 | Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development to adopt rules; | 
| 429 | requiring that the office provide an annual report to the | 
| 430 | Legislature regarding the program; providing that the fund is | 
| 431 | contingent on passage of a companion bill; amending s. 288.1254, | 
| 432 | F.S., relating to the reversion of appropriations for film | 
| 433 | incentives; providing a limited amount of funds to be used for | 
| 434 | international cultural festivals upon certain determinations; | 
| 435 | amending s. 288.1162, F.S.; revising provisions relating to | 
| 436 | funding for relocation of spring training franchises; requiring | 
| 437 | local governments receiving funds to submit annual reports; | 
| 438 | providing for decertification of an applicant; requiring the | 
| 439 | Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development to develop a | 
| 440 | comprehensive strategic plan including the use of financial | 
| 441 | resources for the purpose of retaining the tradition of spring | 
| 442 | training in this state; providing rulemaking authority; amending | 
| 443 | s. 288.9622, F.S.; revising legislative intent; amending s. | 
| 444 | 288.9624, F.S., relating to the Florida Opportunity Fund, | 
| 445 | providing that venture capital funds affiliated with certain | 
| 446 | state universities are eligible for investment by the fund; | 
| 447 | providing for specified direct business investments by the fund; | 
| 448 | providing an appropriation; providing for nonreversion of | 
| 449 | certain unexpended balances; providing an effective date. |