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Florida Senate - 1999 SB 224
By the Committee on Fiscal Policy
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to grant proposals for lake
3 restoration; authorizing the Department of
4 Environmental Protection to administer a grant
5 program for funding lake-restoration projects
6 that are not proposed under the Surface Water
7 Improvement and Management Act; authorizing
8 counties, municipalities, and certain nonprofit
9 corporations to apply for such grants;
10 requiring that the recipient provide certain
11 matching funds; providing for a review panel to
12 review grant applications; providing for
13 membership of the review panel and terms of
14 office; requiring the review panel to annually
15 recommend grant recipients to the Secretary of
16 Environmental Protection; providing that the
17 department may not allocate a project grant
18 unless the project is approved by the
19 Legislature; authorizing the Department of
20 Environmental Protection to adopt rules;
21 providing an effective date.
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23 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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25 Section 1. Lake-restoration projects; grants for
26 funding; approval; allocation.--
27 (1) The Department of Environmental Protection may
28 accept and administer moneys appropriated to it for providing
29 grants to counties, municipalities, and qualifying nonprofit
30 corporations for funding lake-restoration projects that are
31 not proposed or requested under the Surface Water Improvement
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1 and Management Act, sections 373.451-373.4595, Florida
2 Statutes.
3 (2) A county, municipality, or qualified corporation
4 may apply for a grant of state funds for a lake-restoration
5 project. As used in this section, the term "qualified
6 corporation" means a corporation that is designated as a
7 not-for-profit corporation pursuant to s. 501(c)(3) or (4) of
8 the Internal Revenue Code of 1954; is described in, and
9 allowed to receive contributions pursuant to, s. 170 of the
10 Internal Revenue Code of 1954; and is a corporation not for
11 profit incorporated under chapter 617, Florida Statutes. The
12 state grant must be matched by a contribution from the county,
13 municipality, or nonprofit corporation in the amount required
14 by rule of the department or as otherwise specified by law.
15 (3)(a) A review panel shall review each application
16 for a grant to fund a lake-restoration project which is
17 submitted under subsection (2). The Governor, the President of
18 the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives
19 shall each appoint two members to serve on the review panel,
20 and those six members shall jointly appoint a seventh member
21 to the panel. Members of the panel shall be appointed to
22 3-year terms and may not be reappointed to the panel within 1
23 year after completing a 3-year term. In order to provide for
24 staggered terms, the Governor, the President of the Senate,
25 and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall each
26 initially appoint one member to a 1-year term. A vacancy on
27 the panel shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the
28 term in the same manner as the original appointment. The
29 review panel shall elect a chairperson from among its members
30 to serve a 1-year term and the chairperson may be reelected.
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1 (b) The review panel shall annually submit to the
2 Secretary of Environmental Protection for approval a list of
3 all applications that the panel recommends be included by the
4 Department of Environmental Protection in its legislative
5 budget request for an award of grants, arranged in order of
6 priority. The department may allocate grants only for projects
7 for which the Legislature has appropriated funds. Any project
8 that is approved and recommended by the Secretary of
9 Environmental Protection but which is not funded by the
10 Legislature shall be retained on the project list for the
11 subsequent grant cycle. Thereafter, the grant applicant must
12 submit the information required by the department in
13 compliance with the established deadline date of the latest
14 grant cycle in order to adequately indicate the current status
15 of the project.
16 (4) The Department of Environmental Protection shall
17 adopt by rule criteria to be applied by the review panel in
18 recommending applications for the award of grants and shall
19 adopt rules for administering this section.
20 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
21 law.
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24 SENATE SUMMARY
25 Provides for the Department of Environmental Protection
to administer a grant program to fund lake-restoration
26 projects that do not qualify for funding under the
Surface Water Improvement and Management Act. Provides
27 for grants to be awarded to counties, municipalities, and
nonprofit corporations. Establishes a panel to review
28 grant proposals and make recommendations to the Secretary
of Environmental Protection for awarding grants. Provides
29 rulemaking authority to the Department of Environmental
Protection.
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