995082                                                     
GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL                          Committee       Amendment
SB2500                                                   GG              69


Senator(s): Dawson and Holzendorf
moved the following amendment:

Section: 06              EXPLANATION:

On Page: 275             Earmarks $100,000 from funds allocated to Front Porch
                         Florida to contract for a study on assisted-living
Spec App: 2481           services to minority persons in at least one Front
                         Porch Community in at least one of the following
                         counties:  Miami-Dade, Pinellas, Orange, Hillsborough,
                         Duval, or Leon.

NET IMPACT ON:            Total Funds       General Revenue          Trust Funds
    Recurring -                    0                     0                    0 
Non-Recurring -                    0                     0                    0 
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                                                  Positions & Amount   Positions & Amount
                                                      DELETE         INSERT

        GOVERNOR, EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE
        Program: Office Of Tourism, Trade And 
        Economic Development
        Economic Development Programs And 
        Projects  31800600

        In Section 06  On Page 275
2481    Lump Sum  098015
        Communities With Special Needs/Economic                
        Opportunities  IOEA

At the end of existing proviso language, following Specific 
Appropriation 2481, INSERT:

From funds in Specific Appropriation 2481 allocated to Front Porch
Florida, $100,000  shall be used by the Office of Urban Opportunity
within the Executive Office of the Governor to  contract with the
University of South Florida's Policy Exchange Center on Aging to study
the adequacy and availability of affordable assisted-living services to
minority persons in at least one Front Porch Community in at least one
of the following counties:  Miami-Dade, Pinellas, Orange, Hillsborough,
Duval, or Leon.
Line item amendments are accepted as part of the amendatory process.  However, due to the necessity of using computerized systems this may entail a different placement
within a budget entity or the renumbering of the specific appropriation items.


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