Florida Senate - 2009                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 2034
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/16/2009           .                                
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       The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability
       (Ring) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (359802) (with title
    2  amendment)
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    4         Between lines 1649 and 1650
    5  insert:
    6         Section 21. Subsection (2) of section 288.95155, Florida
    7  Statutes, is amended to read:
    8         288.95155 Florida Small Business Technology Growth
    9  Program.—
   10         (2) Enterprise Florida, Inc., shall establish a separate
   11  small business technology growth account in the Florida
   12  Technology Research Investment Fund for purposes of this
   13  section. Moneys in the account shall consist of appropriations
   14  by the Legislature, proceeds of any collateral used to secure
   15  such assistance, transfers, fees assessed for providing or
   16  processing such financial assistance, grants, interest earnings,
   17  and earnings on financial assistance. Enterprise Florida, Inc.
   18  may advance from the account up to $600,000 in the aggregate to
   19  the Institute for Commercialization of Public Research for its
   20  operations. Subject to the authority and limitations in
   21  subsections (3) and (4), Enterprise Florida, Inc. may grant
   22  awards of assistance to companies under the auspices of the
   23  Institute which are seeking to commercial technologies pursuant
   24  to programs of the Institute.
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   27         And the title is amended as follows:
   28         Delete line 1771
   29  and insert:
   30         reporting requirement; amending s. 288.95155, F.S.;
   31         authorizing Enterprise Florida, Inc. to advance a
   32         specified amount of money from a business technology
   33         growth account to the Institute for Commercialization
   34         of Public Research; authorizing Enterprise Florida,
   35         Inc. to grant awards; providing an effective date.