| 1 | Representative Rehwinkel Vasilinda offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment to Amendment (261751) |
| 4 | Remove lines 7-38 and insert: |
| 5 | $150 million from state income from offshore oil and natural gas |
| 6 | activities shall be equally distributed as follows: |
| 7 | (a) Up to $25 million annually shall be appropriated to |
| 8 | the Florida Energy and Climate Commission to be used for |
| 9 | enhancements to the Solar Energy System Incentives Program. |
| 10 | (b) Up to $25 million annually shall be appropriated to |
| 11 | the Board of Governors of the State University System to fund |
| 12 | research and development of technologies, systems, and processes |
| 13 | to solve the nation's dependency on foreign fossil fuels and |
| 14 | expand the use of alternative, biomass, and renewable |
| 15 | alternative fuels through a peer-reviewed grant process. |
| 16 | (c) Up to $25 million annually shall be appropriated to |
| 17 | the Internal Improvement Trust Fund for enhanced funding of the |
| 18 | management of public lands and state parks or the funding of |
| 19 | beach nourishment, or both, as determined by the Board of |
| 20 | Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund. |
| 21 | (d) Up to $25 million annually shall be appropriated to |
| 22 | fund environmental science programs in elementary and middle |
| 23 | schools in preparation for 10th grade and higher science testing |
| 24 | and for promoting science in high schools, to be spread |
| 25 | equitably between each school district. |
| 26 | (e) Up to $25 million annually shall be appropriated in |
| 27 | equal amounts to establish hands-on oil and natural gas industry |
| 28 | training academies in 25 counties using current state-of-the-art |
| 29 | industry-provided materials, technological training, and |
| 30 | instructors. Up to $15 million of the appropriation under this |
| 31 | paragraph shall be used to fund high school oil and natural gas |
| 32 | industry training academies. Up to $10 million of the |
| 33 | appropriation under this paragraph shall be used to fund |
| 34 | community college oil and natural gas industry training |
| 35 | academies, spread as evenly as possible geographically across |
| 36 | the state. |
| 37 | (f) Up to $25 million annually shall be appropriated to |
| 38 | veteran's programs to provide care and rehabilitation services |
| 39 | and educational opportunities for veterans and their dependents |
| 40 | who are residents of this state. |