The Florida Senate

288.8155  International Trade Data Resource and Research Center.--Enterprise Florida, Inc., and the Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic Development Council may establish a comprehensive trade data resource and research center to be known as the "International Trade Data Resource and Research Center." The center may join with other public sector or private sector entities, domestic or foreign, to accomplish its purposes.

(1)  Enterprise Florida, Inc., and the council shall prepare an operational plan for the management and establishment of the International Trade Data Resource and Research Center. The operational plan shall contain a pro forma budget that includes, but is not limited to, the acquisition of equipment, data, personnel, and other related services.

(2)  Enterprise Florida, Inc., shall contract with the center for the purpose of developing a trade information system that may include, but is not limited to, timely import and export information; trade opportunities; intermodal transportation information that measures cargo flow by transportation mode; commodity trends; trade activity between Florida and specific countries; and other information as determined by Enterprise Florida, Inc., and the council. In addition, this agreement may:

(a)  Provide the budget and cost for operating the center.

(b)  Provide that Enterprise Florida, Inc., will assist in providing research on trade opportunities in specific countries; that Enterprise Florida, Inc., will have complete access to all information produced by the center; that Enterprise Florida, Inc., and the foreign offices of the state may provide a computer linkup with the center; that Enterprise Florida, Inc., and the center will develop a plan that provides for the sale, promotion, and packaging of information provided by the center to both Florida and non-Florida businesses; that the center will set fees to be charged for trade data information or research developed by the center; and that fees may be paid by cash, credit card, or electronic transfer.

(c)  Provide any other terms and conditions required to effect the intent of the Legislature to ensure the general availability of trade data and research to Florida users and to promote the development of a center for the purposes enumerated in this section.

History.--s. 8, ch. 92-277; s. 76, ch. 96-320.