Florida Senate - 2009                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 2034
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  04/16/2009           .                                
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       The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability
       (Ring) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 2028 and 2029
    4  insert:
    5         Section 23. Subsection (2) of section 288.95155, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         288.95155 Florida Small Business Technology Growth
    8  Program.—
    9         (2) Enterprise Florida, Inc., shall establish a separate
   10  small business technology growth account in the Florida
   11  Technology Research Investment Fund for purposes of this
   12  section. Moneys in the account shall consist of appropriations
   13  by the Legislature, proceeds of any collateral used to secure
   14  such assistance, transfers, fees assessed for providing or
   15  processing such financial assistance, grants, interest earnings,
   16  and earnings on financial assistance. Enterprise Florida, Inc.
   17  may advance from the account up to $600,000 in the aggregate to
   18  the Institute for Commercialization of Public Research for its
   19  operations. Subject to the authority and limitations in
   20  subsections (3) and (4), Enterprise Florida, Inc. may grant
   21  awards of assistance to companies under the auspices of the
   22  Institute which are seeking to commercial technologies pursuant
   23  to programs of the Institute.
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   26         And the title is amended as follows:
   27         Delete line 129
   28  and insert:
   29         Closing Fund; amending s. 288.95155, F.S.; authorizing
   30         Enterprise Florida, Inc. to advance a specified amount
   31         of money from a business technology growth account to
   32         the Institute for Commercialization of Public
   33         Research; authorizing Enterprise Florida, Inc. to
   34         grant awards; amending ss. 257.193, 288.019, and