Florida Senate - 2019                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1118
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/27/2019           .                                
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       The Committee on Innovation, Industry, and Technology (Hutson)
       recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 37 - 58
    4  and insert:
    5         (a) The proceeds from this surcharge, less the service
    6  charge imposed under s. 215.20, shall be allocated equally to
    7  fund the Florida Homeowners’ Construction Recovery Fund
    8  established by s. 489.140 and the functions of the Building Code
    9  Administrators and Inspectors Board.
   10         (b) On a quarterly calendar basis, one-quarter of the
   11  proceeds allocated to the Building Code Administrators and
   12  Inspectors Fund from the surcharge shall be distributed to the
   13  M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Construction Management at the
   14  University of Florida and may be used for the following
   15  purposes:
   16         1. Project coordination with institutional partners,
   17  including the Department of Education, the Department of
   18  Economic Opportunity, the Department of Corrections, and
   19  CareerSource Florida, Inc.
   20         2. Project coordination with the Florida Construction
   21  Workforce Consortium, Inc.
   22         3. Research into construction education issues.
   23         4. Advocacy of construction employment at the K-12 school
   24  levels.
   25         5. Development and maintenance of a Build Your Future
   26  Florida website.
   27         6. Construction careers job fairs.
   28         7. Sponsorship of K-12 after-school activities that focus
   29  on construction careers.
   30         (c) The