Florida Senate - 2024 CS for CS for SB 1420
By the Committees on Rules; and Commerce and Tourism; and
Senator Burgess
595-03600-24 20241420c2
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the Department of Commerce;
3 amending s. 163.3175, F.S.; conforming a provision to
4 changes made by the act; amending s. 163.3184, F.S.;
5 revising the process for adopting comprehensive plan
6 amendments; providing that amendments are deemed
7 withdrawn if the local government fails to transmit
8 the comprehensive plan amendments to the department,
9 in its role as the state land planning agency, within
10 a certain timeframe; amending s. 288.066, F.S.;
11 revising the maximum length of a loan term under the
12 Local Government Emergency Revolving Bridge Loan
13 Program; amending s. 288.1229, F.S.; revising the
14 duties of the Florida Sports Foundation; amending ss.
15 288.980 and 288.985, F.S.; conforming provisions to
16 changes made by the act; amending s. 288.987, F.S.;
17 requiring the department to establish a direct-support
18 organization; replacing the Florida Defense Support
19 Task Force with the direct-support organization;
20 specifying that the organization is a direct-support
21 organization of the department and a corporation not
22 for profit; requiring the organization to operate
23 under contract with the Department of Commerce;
24 specifying requirements for such contract; requiring
25 the department to determine and annually certify that
26 the organization is complying with contract terms;
27 specifying the organization’s fiscal year; specifying
28 audit requirements applicable to the organization;
29 authorizing the organization to take certain actions
30 regarding administration of property and expenditures;
31 specifying that the organization is not an agency for
32 purposes of specified provisions of law; authorizing
33 the department to allow the organization to use
34 certain departmental resources, if certain conditions
35 are met; revising the mission of the organization;
36 modifying provisions governing the composition of the
37 organization; revising the date by which the
38 organization’s annual report is due; providing certain
39 powers and duties of the organization, subject to
40 certain requirements and limitations; providing for
41 future repeal; creating s. 288.102, F.S.; creating the
42 Supply Chain Innovation Grant Program within the
43 department; providing the purpose of the program;
44 requiring the Department of Commerce and the
45 Department of Transportation to consider applications
46 and select grant awardees; specifying selection
47 criteria for projects; defining the term “vertiport”;
48 requiring each grant award made to be matched by
49 local, federal, or private funds; providing an
50 exception to the matching requirement; specifying
51 restrictions on uses of grant funds; requiring the
52 Department of Transportation and the Department of
53 Commerce to jointly select projects for grant awards,
54 and for the Department of Commerce to administer the
55 grant program; requiring a report on funded projects,
56 their benefits, and current status; authorizing the
57 Department of Commerce to adopt rules; providing for
58 program expiration; amending s. 288.0001, F.S.;
59 requiring review of the Supply Chain Innovation Grant
60 Program by the Office of Economic and Demographic
61 Research and the Office of Program Policy Analysis and
62 Government Accountability by a certain date and every
63 3 years thereafter; amending s. 445.003, F.S.;
64 revising the definition of the term “businesses”;
65 revising funding priority for purposes of funding
66 grants under the Incumbent Worker Training Program;
67 amending s. 445.004, F.S.; specifying that certain
68 members of the state workforce development board are
69 voting members of the board; amending s. 720.406,
70 F.S.; specifying required actions by a certain
71 committee for a proposed revived declaration and other
72 governing documents to be submitted to the Department
73 of Commerce; making technical changes; authorizing the
74 department to amend certain previously executed loan
75 agreements under certain circumstances; providing
76 effective dates.
77
78 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
79
80 Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 163.3175, Florida
81 Statutes, is amended to read:
82 163.3175 Legislative findings on compatibility of
83 development with military installations; exchange of information
84 between local governments and military installations.—
85 (3) The direct-support organization created in s. 288.987
86 Florida Defense Support Task Force may recommend to the
87 Legislature changes to the military installations and local
88 governments specified in subsection (2) based on a military
89 base’s potential for impacts from encroachment, and incompatible
90 land uses and development.
91 Section 2. Paragraph (c) of subsection (3) and paragraph
92 (e) of subsection (4) of section 163.3184, Florida Statutes, are
93 amended to read:
94 163.3184 Process for adoption of comprehensive plan or plan
95 amendment.—
96 (3) EXPEDITED STATE REVIEW PROCESS FOR ADOPTION OF
97 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS.—
98 (c)1. The local government shall hold a its second public
99 hearing, which shall be a hearing on whether to adopt one or
100 more comprehensive plan amendments pursuant to subsection (11).
101 If the local government fails, within 180 days after receipt of
102 agency comments, to hold the second public hearing, and to adopt
103 the comprehensive plan amendments, the amendments are shall be
104 deemed withdrawn unless extended by agreement with notice to the
105 state land planning agency and any affected person that provided
106 comments on the amendment. The 180-day limitation does not apply
107 to amendments processed pursuant to s. 380.06.
108 2. All comprehensive plan amendments adopted by the
109 governing body, along with the supporting data and analysis,
110 shall be transmitted within 10 working days after the final
111 adoption second public hearing to the state land planning agency
112 and any other agency or local government that provided timely
113 comments under subparagraph (b)2. If the local government fails
114 to transmit the comprehensive plan amendments within 10 working
115 days after the final adoption hearing, the amendments are deemed
116 withdrawn.
117 3. The state land planning agency shall notify the local
118 government of any deficiencies within 5 working days after
119 receipt of an amendment package. For purposes of completeness,
120 an amendment shall be deemed complete if it contains a full,
121 executed copy of:
122 a. The adoption ordinance or ordinances;
123 b. In the case of a text amendment, a full copy of the
124 amended language in legislative format with new words inserted
125 in the text underlined, and words deleted stricken with hyphens;
126 c. In the case of a future land use map amendment, a copy
127 of the future land use map clearly depicting the parcel, its
128 existing future land use designation, and its adopted
129 designation; and
130 d. a copy of Any data and analyses the local government
131 deems appropriate.
132 4. An amendment adopted under this paragraph does not
133 become effective until 31 days after the state land planning
134 agency notifies the local government that the plan amendment
135 package is complete. If timely challenged, an amendment does not
136 become effective until the state land planning agency or the
137 Administration Commission enters a final order determining the
138 adopted amendment to be in compliance.
139 (4) STATE COORDINATED REVIEW PROCESS.—
140 (e) Local government review of comments; adoption of plan
141 or amendments and transmittal.—
142 1. The local government shall review the report submitted
143 to it by the state land planning agency, if any, and written
144 comments submitted to it by any other person, agency, or
145 government. The local government shall, upon receipt of the
146 report from the state land planning agency, shall hold its
147 second public hearing, which shall be a hearing to determine
148 whether to adopt the comprehensive plan or one or more
149 comprehensive plan amendments pursuant to subsection (11). If
150 the local government fails to hold the second hearing and adopt
151 the amendments within 180 days after receipt of the state land
152 planning agency’s report, the amendments shall be deemed
153 withdrawn unless extended by agreement with notice to the state
154 land planning agency and any affected person that provided
155 comments on the amendment. The 180-day limitation does not apply
156 to amendments processed pursuant to s. 380.06.
157 2. All comprehensive plan amendments adopted by the
158 governing body, along with the supporting data and analysis,
159 shall be transmitted within 10 working days after the final
160 adoption second public hearing to the state land planning agency
161 and any other agency or local government that provided timely
162 comments under paragraph (c). If the local government fails to
163 transmit the comprehensive plan amendments within 10 working
164 days after the final adoption hearing, the amendments are deemed
165 withdrawn.
166 3. The state land planning agency shall notify the local
167 government of any deficiencies within 5 working days after
168 receipt of a plan or plan amendment package. For purposes of
169 completeness, a plan or plan amendment shall be deemed complete
170 if it contains a full, executed copy of each of the following:
171 a. The adoption ordinance or ordinances;
172 b. In the case of a text amendment, a full copy of the
173 amended language in legislative format with new words inserted
174 in the text underlined, and words deleted stricken with hyphens;
175 c. In the case of a future land use map amendment, a copy
176 of the future land use map clearly depicting the parcel, its
177 existing future land use designation, and its adopted
178 designation; and
179 d. a copy of Any data and analyses the local government
180 deems appropriate.
181 4. After the state land planning agency makes a
182 determination of completeness regarding the adopted plan or plan
183 amendment, the state land planning agency shall have 45 days to
184 determine whether if the plan or plan amendment is in compliance
185 with this act. Unless the plan or plan amendment is
186 substantially changed from the one commented on, the state land
187 planning agency’s compliance determination shall be limited to
188 objections raised in the objections, recommendations, and
189 comments report. During the period provided for in this
190 subparagraph, the state land planning agency shall issue,
191 through a senior administrator or the secretary, a notice of
192 intent to find that the plan or plan amendment is in compliance
193 or not in compliance. The state land planning agency shall post
194 a copy of the notice of intent on the agency’s Internet website.
195 Publication by the state land planning agency of the notice of
196 intent on the state land planning agency’s Internet site is
197 shall be prima facie evidence of compliance with the publication
198 requirements of this subparagraph.
199 5. A plan or plan amendment adopted under the state
200 coordinated review process shall go into effect pursuant to the
201 state land planning agency’s notice of intent. If timely
202 challenged, an amendment does not become effective until the
203 state land planning agency or the Administration Commission
204 enters a final order determining the adopted amendment to be in
205 compliance.
206 Section 3. Effective upon becoming a law, paragraph (c) of
207 subsection (3) of section 288.066, Florida Statutes, is amended
208 to read:
209 288.066 Local Government Emergency Revolving Bridge Loan
210 Program.—
211 (3) LOAN TERMS.—
212 (c) The term of the loan is up to 10 years 5 years.
213 Section 4. Paragraph (g) of subsection (7) of section
214 288.1229, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
215 288.1229 Promotion and development of sports-related
216 industries and amateur athletics; direct-support organization
217 established; powers and duties.—
218 (7) To promote amateur sports and physical fitness, the
219 foundation shall:
220 (g) Continue the successful amateur sports programs
221 previously conducted by the Florida Governor’s Council on
222 Physical Fitness and Amateur Sports created under former s.
223 14.22.
224 Section 5. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section
225 288.980, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
226 288.980 Military base retention; legislative intent; grants
227 program.—
228 (2)
229 (b)1. The department shall, annually by October 1, request
230 military installations in this the state to provide the
231 department with a list of base buffering encroachment lands for
232 fee simple or less-than-fee simple acquisitions before October
233 1.
234 2. The department shall submit the list of base buffering
235 encroachment lands to the direct-support organization Florida
236 Defense Support Task Force created in s. 288.987.
237 3. The direct-support organization created in s. 288.987
238 Florida Defense Support Task Force shall, annually by December
239 1, review the list of base buffering encroachment lands
240 submitted by the military installations and provide its
241 recommendations for ranking the lands for acquisition to the
242 department.
243 4. The department shall annually submit the list of base
244 buffering encroachment lands provided by the direct-support
245 organization created in s. 288.987 Florida Defense Support Task
246 Force to the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust
247 Fund, which may acquire the lands pursuant to s. 253.025. At a
248 minimum, the annual list must contain all of the following for
249 each recommended land acquisition:
250 a. A legal description of the land and its property
251 identification number.;
252 b. A detailed map of the land.; and
253 c. A management and monitoring agreement to ensure the land
254 serves a base buffering purpose.
255 Section 6. Subsection (1) and paragraph (a) of subsection
256 (2) of section 288.985, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
257 288.985 Exemptions from public records and public meetings
258 requirements.—
259 (1) The following records held by the direct-support
260 organization created in s. 288.987 Florida Defense Support Task
261 Force are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the
262 State Constitution:
263 (a) That portion of a record which relates to strengths and
264 weaknesses of military installations or military missions in
265 this state relative to the selection criteria for the
266 realignment and closure of military bases and missions under any
267 United States Department of Defense base realignment and closure
268 process.
269 (b) That portion of a record which relates to strengths and
270 weaknesses of military installations or military missions in
271 other states or territories and the vulnerability of such
272 installations or missions to base realignment or closure under
273 the United States Department of Defense base realignment and
274 closure process, and any agreements or proposals to relocate or
275 realign military units and missions from other states or
276 territories.
277 (c) That portion of a record which relates to the state’s
278 strategy to retain its military bases during any United States
279 Department of Defense base realignment and closure process and
280 any agreements or proposals to relocate or realign military
281 units and missions.
282 (2)(a) Meetings or portions of meetings of the direct
283 support organization created in s. 288.987 Florida Defense
284 Support Task Force, or a workgroup of the direct-support
285 organization task force, at which records are presented or
286 discussed that are exempt under subsection (1) are exempt from
287 s. 286.011 and s. 24(b), Art. I of the State Constitution.
288 Section 7. Section 288.987, Florida Statutes, is amended to
289 read:
290 288.987 Florida Defense Support Task Force.—
291 (1) The Department of Commerce shall establish a direct
292 support organization to support Florida’s military and defense
293 industries and communities The Florida Defense Support Task
294 Force is created.
295 (a) The direct-support organization is a corporation not
296 for profit, as defined in s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
297 Code, which is incorporated under chapter 617 and approved by
298 the Department of State. The direct-support organization is
299 exempt from paying filing fees under chapter 617.
300 (b) The direct-support organization shall operate under
301 contract with the department pursuant to s. 20.60. The contract
302 must provide that:
303 1. The department may review the direct-support
304 organization’s articles of incorporation.
305 2. The direct-support organization shall submit an annual
306 budget proposal to the department, on a form provided by the
307 department, in accordance with department procedures for filing
308 budget proposals based on recommendations of the department.
309 3. Any funds that the direct-support organization holds in
310 trust must revert to the state upon the expiration or
311 cancellation of the contract.
312 4. The direct-support organization is subject to an annual
313 financial and performance review by the department to determine
314 whether the direct-support organization is complying with the
315 terms of the contract and is acting in a manner consistent with
316 the goals of the department and in the best interest of the
317 state.
318 (c) The department must determine and annually certify that
319 the direct-support organization is complying with the terms of
320 the contract and is doing so consistent with the goals and
321 purposes of the organization and in the best interests of the
322 state.
323 (d) The fiscal year of the direct-support organization
324 begins on July 1 and ends on June 30 of the next succeeding
325 year. By August 15 of each fiscal year, the department shall
326 submit a proposed operating budget for the direct-support
327 organization to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and
328 the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
329 (e) The direct-support organization shall provide an annual
330 financial audit in accordance with s. 215.981.
331 (f) The direct-support organization is not an agency for
332 purposes of chapter 120; s. 215.31; chapter 216; ss. 255.21,
333 255.25, and 255.254, relating to leasing of buildings; and ss.
334 283.33 and 283.35, relating to bids for printing.
335 (g) Subject to the approval of the Secretary of Commerce,
336 the department may allow the direct-support organization to use
337 the property, facilities, personnel, and services of the
338 department if the direct-support organization provides equal
339 employment opportunities to all persons regardless of race,
340 color, religion, sex, or national origin.
341 (2)(a) The mission of the direct-support organization task
342 force is to carry out the provisions of this section, to make
343 recommendations to preserve and protect military installations,
344 to assist Florida is for Veterans, Inc., created in s. 295.21,
345 with economic and workforce development efforts in military
346 communities, to conduct planning and research and development to
347 support military missions, businesses, and military families to
348 support the state’s position in research and development related
349 to or arising out of military missions and contracting, and to
350 improve the state’s military-friendly environment for
351 servicemembers, military dependents, military retirees, and
352 businesses that bring military and base-related jobs to the
353 state.
354 (b) The direct-support organization is organized and
355 operated to request, receive, hold, invest, and administer
356 property and to manage and make expenditures related to its
357 mission and for joint planning with host communities to
358 accommodate military missions and prevent base encroachment,
359 provide advocacy on the state’s behalf with federal civilian and
360 military officials, promotion of the state to military and
361 related contractors and employers, and support of economic and
362 product research and development activities of the defense
363 industry.
364 (c) As necessary and requested by Florida is for Veterans,
365 Inc., the direct-support organization may undertake such
366 activities that assist the corporation with job training and
367 placement for military spouses in communities with high
368 proportions of active duty military personnel. As necessary and
369 requested by the Department of Education, school districts, or
370 Florida College System institutions and state universities, the
371 direct-support organization may undertake such activities that
372 assist in providing a smooth transition for dependents of
373 military personnel and other military students. The direct
374 support organization is intended to complement but may not
375 supplant the activities of other state entities.
376 (3) The direct-support organization shall be governed by a
377 board of directors.
378 (a) The board of directors is composed of the Governor, or
379 his or her designee, and the following members task force shall
380 be comprised of the Governor or his or her designee, and 12
381 members appointed as follows:
382 1.(a) Four members appointed by the Governor.
383 2.(b) Four members appointed by the President of the
384 Senate.
385 3.(c) Four members appointed by the Speaker of the House of
386 Representatives.
387 (b)(d) Appointed members must represent defense-related
388 industries or communities that host military bases and
389 installations. All appointments in place as of July 1, 2024,
390 must continue in effect until the expiration of the term must be
391 made by August 1, 2011. Members shall serve for a term of 4
392 years, with the first term ending July 1, 2015. However, if
393 members of the Legislature are appointed to the task force,
394 those members shall serve until the expiration of their
395 legislative term and may be reappointed once. A vacancy shall be
396 filled for the remainder of the unexpired term in the same
397 manner as the initial appointment. All members of the council
398 are eligible for reappointment.
399 (c) The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the
400 House of Representatives shall each appoint a current member of
401 their respective chambers who shall serve ex officio, nonvoting.
402 An appointed senator or representative shall serve until the
403 expiration of the member’s legislative term and may be
404 reappointed once. An appointed senator or representative A
405 member who serves in the Legislature may participate in all
406 direct-support organization task force activities but may not
407 only vote on matters that are advisory.
408 (d)(4) The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the
409 House of Representatives shall each designate one of their
410 appointees under paragraph (a) to serve as chair of the direct
411 support organization task force. The chair shall serve a 2-year
412 term, rotating on December 1 of each even-numbered year rotate
413 each July 1. The appointee designated by the President of the
414 Senate shall serve as initial chair. If the Governor, instead of
415 his or her designee, participates in the activities of the
416 direct-support organization task force, then the Governor shall
417 serve as chair.
418 (e)(5) The Secretary of Commerce Economic Opportunity, or
419 his or her designee, shall serve as the ex officio, nonvoting
420 executive director of the direct-support organization task
421 force.
422 (f) The Executive Director of the Florida Department of
423 Veterans’ Affairs and the Adjutant General of the Florida
424 National Guard, or their designees, shall serve as ex officio,
425 nonvoting members of the direct-support organization.
426 (g) Any employees and appointed board members, in their
427 capacity of service on the board, are not public employees for
428 the purposes of chapter 110 or chapter 112, except that such
429 employees and appointed board members of the corporation are
430 subject to the provisions of s. 112.061, related to
431 reimbursement for travel and per diem exempts incurred while
432 performing duties, and part III of chapter 112. Otherwise, each
433 member of the board of directors shall serve without
434 compensation.
435 (4)(6) The direct-support organization task force shall
436 submit an annual progress report and work plan to the Governor,
437 the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
438 Representatives each November 1, which may be submitted as a
439 supplement report with the annual report of the department
440 pursuant to s. 20.60 February 1.
441 (5) The direct-support organization, in the performance of
442 its duties, may:
443 (a) Make and enter into contracts and assume such other
444 functions as are necessary to carry out the mission of the
445 direct-support organization and its contract with the
446 department, provided that any such contracts and assumptions are
447 not inconsistent with this section or any other applicable
448 provision of law governing the direct-support organization. A
449 proposed contract with a total cost of $750,000 or more is
450 subject to the notice, review, and objection procedures of s.
451 216.177. If the chair and vice chair of the Legislative Budget
452 Commission, or the President of the Senate and the Speaker of
453 the House of Representatives, timely advise the direct-support
454 organization in writing that such proposed contract is contrary
455 to legislative policy and intent, the direct-support
456 organization may not enter into such proposed contract. The
457 direct-support organization may not divide one proposed contract
458 with a total cost of $750,000 or more into multiple contracts to
459 circumvent the requirements of this paragraph.
460 (b) Establish grant programs and administer grant awards to
461 support its mission. The direct-support organization must
462 publicly adopt guidelines and application procedures and must
463 publish such guidelines, application procedures, and awards on
464 its website. The direct-support organization may assist the
465 department as requested and necessary with any statutorily
466 established grants or other programs, but may not administer
467 such grants on behalf of the department.
468 (7) The department shall support the task force and
469 contract with the task force for expenditure of appropriated
470 funds, which may be used by the task force for economic and
471 product research and development, joint planning with host
472 communities to accommodate military missions and prevent base
473 encroachment, advocacy on the state’s behalf with federal
474 civilian and military officials, assistance to school districts
475 in providing a smooth transition for large numbers of additional
476 military-related students, job training and placement for
477 military spouses in communities with high proportions of active
478 duty military personnel, and promotion of the state to military
479 and related contractors and employers. The task force may
480 (c) Annually spend up to $250,000 of funds appropriated to
481 the department for the direct-support organization task force
482 for staffing and administrative expenses of the direct-support
483 organization task force, including travel and per diem costs
484 incurred by task force members who are not otherwise eligible
485 for state reimbursement.
486 (6) This section is repealed October 1, 2029, unless
487 reviewed and saved from repeal by the Legislature.
488 Section 8. Section 288.102, Florida Statutes, is created to
489 read:
490 288.102 Supply Chain Innovation Grant Program.—
491 (1) The Supply Chain Innovation Grant Program is created
492 within the department to fund, subject to appropriation by the
493 Legislature, proposed projects that support supply chain
494 innovation.
495 (2) The department shall accept applications from ports
496 listed in s. 311.09(1); class I, II, or III freight railroads;
497 public airports as defined in s. 330.27; and intermodal
498 logistics centers or inland ports as defined in s. 311.101(2).
499 (3)(a) The department shall collaborate with the Department
500 of Transportation review applications submitted and select
501 projects for awards which create strategic investments in
502 infrastructure to increase capacity and address freight mobility
503 to meet the economic development goals of the state.
504 (b) Priority must be given to projects with innovative
505 plans, advanced technologies, and development strategies that
506 focus on future growth and economic prosperity of the supply
507 chain across the state.
508 (c) The department, in consultation with the Department of
509 Transportation, must adopt selection criteria that include, but
510 are not limited to, consideration of the project’s:
511 1. Consistency with plans and studies produced by the
512 department, the Department of Transportation, or another state
513 entity.
514 2. Direct increase in efficiency in the delivery of goods.
515 3. Improvement of freight mobility access while reducing
516 congestion. This may include overnight truck parking at rest
517 areas, weigh stations, and intermodal logistics centers.
518 4. Increase of fuel storage and distribution capacity
519 across the state, including, but not limited to, petroleum,
520 hydrogen, ethanol, and natural gas located at seaports and
521 spaceports.
522 5. Ability to secure a sustainable logistics transportation
523 network throughout this state.
524 6. Development of connections to multimodal transportation
525 systems.
526 7. Ability to address emerging supply chain and
527 transportation industry challenges.
528 (d) A public or private entity seeking to develop and
529 establish vertiports in this state may also apply to the
530 department for funding. For purposes of this subsection, the
531 term “vertiport” means a system or infrastructure with
532 supporting services and equipment used for landing, ground
533 handling, and takeoff of manned or unmanned vertical takeoff and
534 landing (VTOL) aircraft.
535 (4) A minimum of a one-to-one match of nonstate resources,
536 including local, federal, or private funds, to the state
537 contribution is required. An award may not be made for a project
538 that is receiving or using state funding from another state
539 source or statutory program, including tax credits. The one-to
540 one match requirement is waived for a public entity located in a
541 fiscally constrained county as defined in s. 218.67(1).
542 (5) Applicants may seek funding for capital expenditures
543 and operations but grant funding awarded under this section may
544 not be used to pay salary and benefits or general business or
545 office expenses. A project may not be awarded the entirety of
546 any appropriation in a fiscal year.
547 (6) The Department of Transportation and the Department of
548 Commerce shall jointly select projects for award. Grants awarded
549 under this program shall be administered by the department.
550 (7) The Department of Commerce, in conjunction with the
551 Department of Transportation, shall annually provide a list of
552 each project awarded, the benefit of each project in meeting the
553 goals and objectives of the program, and the current status of
554 each project. The department shall include such information in
555 its annual incentives report required under s. 20.0065.
556 (8) The department may adopt rules to implement this
557 section.
558 (9) This section expires June 30, 2034.
559 Section 9. Paragraph (e) is added to subsection (2) of
560 section 288.0001, Florida Statutes, to read:
561 288.0001 Economic Development Programs Evaluation.—The
562 Office of Economic and Demographic Research and the Office of
563 Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA)
564 shall develop and present to the Governor, the President of the
565 Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the
566 chairs of the legislative appropriations committees the Economic
567 Development Programs Evaluation.
568 (2) The Office of Economic and Demographic Research and
569 OPPAGA shall provide a detailed analysis of economic development
570 programs as provided in the following schedule:
571 (e) By January 1, 2027, and every 3 years thereafter, an
572 analysis of the Supply Chain Innovation Grant Program
573 established under s. 288.102.
574 Section 10. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section
575 445.003, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
576 445.003 Implementation of the federal Workforce Innovation
577 and Opportunity Act.—
578 (3) FUNDING.—
579 (a) Title I, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
580 funds; Wagner-Peyser funds; and NAFTA/Trade Act funds will be
581 expended based on the 4-year plan of the state board. The plan
582 must outline and direct the method used to administer and
583 coordinate various funds and programs that are operated by
584 various agencies. The following provisions apply to these funds:
585 1. At least 50 percent of the Title I funds for Adults and
586 Dislocated Workers which are passed through to local workforce
587 development boards shall be allocated to and expended on
588 Individual Training Accounts unless a local workforce
589 development board obtains a waiver from the state board.
590 Tuition, books, and fees of training providers and other
591 training services prescribed and authorized by the Workforce
592 Innovation and Opportunity Act qualify as Individual Training
593 Account expenditures.
594 2. Fifteen percent of Title I funding shall be retained at
595 the state level and dedicated to state administration and shall
596 be used to design, develop, induce, fund, and evaluate the long
597 term impact of innovative Individual Training Account pilots,
598 demonstrations, and programs to enable participants to attain
599 self-sufficiency and to evaluate the effectiveness of
600 performance-based contracts used by local workforce development
601 boards under s. 445.024(5) on increasing wages and employment
602 over the long term. Of such funds retained at the state level,
603 $2 million may be reserved for the Incumbent Worker Training
604 Program created under subparagraph 3. Eligible state
605 administration costs include the costs of funding for the state
606 board and state board staff; operating fiscal, compliance, and
607 management accountability systems through the department;
608 conducting evaluation and research on workforce development
609 activities; and providing technical and capacity building
610 assistance to local workforce development areas at the direction
611 of the state board. Notwithstanding s. 445.004, such
612 administrative costs may not exceed 25 percent of these funds.
613 An amount not to exceed 75 percent of these funds shall be
614 allocated to Individual Training Accounts and other workforce
615 development strategies for other training designed and tailored
616 by the state board in consultation with the department,
617 including, but not limited to, programs for incumbent workers,
618 nontraditional employment, and enterprise zones. The state
619 board, in consultation with the department, shall design, adopt,
620 and fund Individual Training Accounts for distressed urban and
621 rural communities.
622 3. The Incumbent Worker Training Program is created for the
623 purpose of providing grant funding for continuing education and
624 training of incumbent employees at existing Florida businesses.
625 The program will provide reimbursement grants to businesses that
626 pay for preapproved, direct, training-related costs. For
627 purposes of this subparagraph, the term “businesses” includes
628 hospitals and health care facilities operated by nonprofit or
629 local government entities which provide nursing or allied health
630 care opportunities to acquire new or improved skills.
631 a. The Incumbent Worker Training Program will be
632 administered by CareerSource Florida, Inc., which may, at its
633 discretion, contract with a private business organization to
634 serve as grant administrator.
635 b. The program shall be administered under s. 134(d)(4) of
636 the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. Funding priority
637 shall be given in the following order:
638 (I) Businesses that provide employees with opportunities to
639 acquire new or improved skills by earning a credential on the
640 Master Credentials List.
641 (II) Hospitals or health care facilities operated by
642 nonprofit or local government entities that provide nursing
643 opportunities in health care to acquire new or improved skills.
644 (III) Businesses whose grant proposals represent a
645 significant upgrade in employee skills.
646 (IV) Businesses with 25 employees or fewer, businesses in
647 rural areas, and businesses in distressed inner-city areas.
648 (V) Businesses in a qualified targeted industry or
649 businesses whose grant proposals represent a significant layoff
650 avoidance strategy.
651 c. All costs reimbursed by the program must be preapproved
652 by CareerSource Florida, Inc., or the grant administrator. The
653 program may not reimburse businesses for trainee wages, the
654 purchase of capital equipment, or the purchase of any item or
655 service that may possibly be used outside the training project.
656 A business approved for a grant may be reimbursed for
657 preapproved, direct, training-related costs including tuition,
658 fees, books and training materials, and overhead or indirect
659 costs not to exceed 5 percent of the grant amount.
660 d. A business that is selected to receive grant funding
661 must provide a matching contribution to the training project,
662 including, but not limited to, wages paid to trainees or the
663 purchase of capital equipment used in the training project; must
664 sign an agreement with CareerSource Florida, Inc., or the grant
665 administrator to complete the training project as proposed in
666 the application; must keep accurate records of the project’s
667 implementation process; and must submit monthly or quarterly
668 reimbursement requests with required documentation.
669 e. All Incumbent Worker Training Program grant projects
670 shall be performance-based with specific measurable performance
671 outcomes, including completion of the training project and job
672 retention. CareerSource Florida, Inc., or the grant
673 administrator shall withhold the final payment to the grantee
674 until a final grant report is submitted and all performance
675 criteria specified in the grant contract have been achieved.
676 f. The state board may establish guidelines necessary to
677 implement the Incumbent Worker Training Program.
678 g. No more than 10 percent of the Incumbent Worker Training
679 Program’s total appropriation may be used for overhead or
680 indirect purposes.
681 4. At least 50 percent of Rapid Response funding shall be
682 dedicated to Intensive Services Accounts and Individual Training
683 Accounts for dislocated workers and incumbent workers who are at
684 risk of dislocation. The department shall also maintain an
685 Emergency Preparedness Fund from Rapid Response funds, which
686 will immediately issue Intensive Service Accounts, Individual
687 Training Accounts, and other federally authorized assistance to
688 eligible victims of natural or other disasters. At the direction
689 of the Governor, these Rapid Response funds shall be released to
690 local workforce development boards for immediate use after
691 events that qualify under federal law. Funding shall also be
692 dedicated to maintain a unit at the state level to respond to
693 Rapid Response emergencies and to work with state emergency
694 management officials and local workforce development boards. All
695 Rapid Response funds must be expended based on a plan developed
696 by the state board in consultation with the department and
697 approved by the Governor.
698 Section 11. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section
699 445.004, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
700 445.004 CareerSource Florida, Inc., and the state board;
701 creation; purpose; membership; duties and powers.—
702 (3)(a) Members of the state board described in Pub. L. No.
703 113-128, Title I, s. 101(b)(1)(C)(iii)(I)(aa) are voting
704 nonvoting members. The number of members is determined by the
705 Governor, who shall consider the importance of minority, gender,
706 and geographic representation in making appointments to the
707 state board. When the Governor is in attendance, he or she shall
708 preside at all meetings of the state board.
709 Section 12. Section 720.406, Florida Statutes, is amended
710 to read:
711 720.406 Department of Commerce Economic Opportunity;
712 submission; review and determination.—
713 (1) Within No later than 60 days after obtaining valid
714 written consent from a majority of the affected parcel owners,
715 or within 60 days after the date the proposed revived
716 declaration and other governing documents are approved by the
717 affected parcel owners by vote at a meeting, the organizing
718 committee or its designee must submit the proposed revived
719 governing documents and supporting materials to the Department
720 of Commerce Economic Opportunity to review and determine whether
721 to approve or disapprove of the proposal to preserve the
722 residential community. The submission to the department must
723 include:
724 (a) The full text of the proposed revived declaration of
725 covenants and articles of incorporation and bylaws of the
726 homeowners’ association.;
727 (b) A verified copy of the previous declaration of
728 covenants and other previous governing documents for the
729 community, including any amendments thereto.;
730 (c) The legal description of each parcel to be subject to
731 the revived declaration and other governing documents and a plat
732 or other graphic depiction of the affected properties in the
733 community.;
734 (d) A verified copy of the written consents of the
735 requisite number of the affected parcel owners approving the
736 revived declaration and other governing documents or, if
737 approval was obtained by a vote at a meeting of affected parcel
738 owners, verified copies of the notice of the meeting,
739 attendance, and voting results.;
740 (e) An affidavit by a current or former officer of the
741 association or by a member of the organizing committee verifying
742 that the requirements for the revived declaration set forth in
743 s. 720.404 have been satisfied.; and
744 (f) Such other documentation that the organizing committee
745 believes is supportive of the policy of preserving the
746 residential community and operating, managing, and maintaining
747 the infrastructure, aesthetic character, and common areas
748 serving the residential community.
749 (2) Within No later than 60 days after receiving the
750 submission, the department must determine whether the proposed
751 revived declaration of covenants and other governing documents
752 comply with the requirements of this act.
753 (a) If the department determines that the proposed revived
754 declaration and other governing documents comply with the act
755 and have been approved by the parcel owners as required by this
756 act, the department shall notify the organizing committee in
757 writing of its approval.
758 (b) If the department determines that the proposed revived
759 declaration and other governing documents do not comply with,
760 this act or have not been approved as required by, this act, the
761 department shall notify the organizing committee in writing that
762 it does not approve the governing documents and shall state the
763 reasons for the disapproval.
764 Section 13. Effective upon becoming a law, the Department
765 of Commerce is authorized to amend a loan agreement executed
766 before February 1, 2024, and made pursuant to s. 288.066,
767 Florida Statutes, in order to increase the loan term to a total
768 of 10 years from the original date of execution, as authorized
769 by this act, upon request of the local government and as
770 determined by the department to be in the best interests of the
771 state.
772 Section 14. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
773 act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon
774 this act becoming a law, this act shall take effect July 1,
775 2024.