SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. HB 2403, 2nd Eng.

    Amendment No. ___

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11  Senator Latvala moved the following amendment to amendment

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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

15         On page 36, line 27, through page 38, line 2, delete

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19         (c)  Twenty-two Twenty-four percent to the Department

20  of Community Affairs for use by the Florida Communities Trust

21  for the purposes of part III of chapter 380, as described and

22  limited by this subsection, and grants to local governments or

23  nonprofit environmental organizations that are tax exempt

24  under s. 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code

25  for the acquisition of community-based projects, urban open

26  spaces, parks, and greenways to implement local government

27  comprehensive plans.  From funds available to the trust, 8

28  percent shall be transferred annually to the Land Acquisition

29  Trust Fund for grants pursuant to s. 375.075.  From funds

30  available to the trust and used for land acquisition, 75

31  percent shall be matched by local governments on a

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  1  dollar-for-dollar basis.  The Legislature intends that the

  2  Florida Communities Trust emphasize funding projects in

  3  low-income or otherwise disadvantaged communities.  At least

  4  30 Thirty percent of the total allocation provided to the

  5  trust shall be used in Standard Metropolitan Statistical

  6  Areas, but one-half of that amount shall be used in localities

  7  in which the project site is located in built-up commercial,

  8  industrial, or mixed-use areas and functions to intersperse

  9  open spaces within congested urban core areas.  From funds

10  allocated to the trust, no less than 5 percent shall be used

11  to acquire lands for recreational trail systems, provided that

12  in the event these funds are not needed for such projects,

13  they will be available for other trust projects.  Local

14  governments may use federal grants or loans, private

15  donations, or environmental mitigation funds, including

16  environmental mitigation funds required pursuant to s.

17  338.250, for any part or all of any local match required for

18  acquisitions funded through the Florida Communities Trust.

19  Any lands purchased by nonprofit organizations using funds

20  allocated under this paragraph must provide for such lands to

21  remain permanently in public use through a reversion of title

22  to local or state government, conservation easement, or other

23  appropriate mechanism.  Projects funded with funds allocated

24  to the Trust shall be selected in a competitive process

25  measured against criteria adopted in rule by the Trust.

26         (d)  Two percent to the Department of Environmental

27  Protection for grants pursuant to s. 375.075.

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  2  And the title is amended as follows:

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  6         revising the funding of the Florida Communities

  7         Trust and the Florida Recreation Development

  8         Assistance Program;

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