HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 23A
1	CHAMBER ACTION
2	Senate House
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12	Representative Fiorentino offered the following:
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14	Amendment (with title amendment)
15	Between line(s) 1121 and 1122, insert:
16	Section 50. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
17	381 of the 2003-2004 General Appropriations Act, subsection (7)
18	of section 420.625, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
19	420.625 Grant-in-aid program.--
20	(7) DISTRIBUTION TO LOCAL AGENCIES.--
21	(a)District funds so allocated shall be available for
22	distribution by the district administrator to local agencies to
23	fund programs such as those set forth in subsection (3), based
24	upon the recommendations of the local coalitions in accordance
25	with spending plans developed by the coalitions and approved by
26	the district administrator. Not more than 10 percent of the
27	total state funds awarded under a spending plan may be used by
28	the local coalition for staffing and administration.
29	(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a), and
30	for fiscal year 2003-2004 only, the department may establish
31	district spending plans for the homeless grant-in-aid program
32	that allocates up to $25,000 per district for local coalition
33	use for staffing and administration. This paragraph expires July
34	1, 2004.
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37	Between line(s) 120 and 121, insert:
38	amending s. 420.625, F.S.; authorizing the Department of
39	Community Affairs to establish district spending plans for the
40	homeless grant-in-aid program that allocate up to a specified
41	amount per district for local coalition use for staffing and
42	administration;