HB 0019A

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to hurricane-relief funding; amending s.
3	252.37, F.S., relating to emergency management; requiring
4	that the state and the affected local government provide
5	certain amounts of matching funds following acceptance of
6	federal public assistance funds that are conditioned upon
7	such match; authorizing the Executive Office of the
8	Governor to waive the requirement under certain
9	circumstances; requiring that the recipient provide a
10	required match before receiving federal hazard-mitigation
11	funds; providing for certain exceptions; providing for
12	retroactive application of the requirements for providing
13	matching funds; providing appropriations; providing
14	requirements for local governments with respect to
15	matching funds; authorizing future payments or a deduction
16	from the local government's revenue-sharing allocation;
17	specifying that the nonrecurring appropriations are to
18	meet needs caused by hurricanes and a tropical storm;
19	requiring that the Executive Office of the Governor
20	provide prior notice to the Legislative Budget Commission
21	of allocations from lump-sum appropriations to
22	appropriation categories; providing an effective date.
23
24	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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26	Section 1.  Effective upon this act becoming a law and
27	applying retroactively to July 1, 2004, subsections (5) and (6)
28	are added to section 252.37, Florida Statutes, to read:
29	252.37  Financing.--
30	(5)  Unless otherwise specified in the General
31	Appropriations Act:
32	(a)  Whenever the state accepts financial assistance from
33	the Federal Government or its agencies under the federal Public
34	Assistance Program and such financial assistance is conditioned
35	upon a requirement for matching funds, the state shall provide
36	the entire match requirement for state agencies and one-half of
37	the required match for grants to local governments. The affected
38	local government shall be required to provide one-half of the
39	required match prior to receipt of such financial assistance.
40	(b)  The Executive Office of the Governor may approve a
41	waiver, subject to the requirement for legislative notice and
42	review under s. 216.177, of all or a portion of the required
43	match for public assistance projects for local governments if
44	the Executive Office of the Governor determines that such a
45	match requirement cannot be provided, or that doing so would
46	impose a documented hardship on the local government, and if the
47	local government applies for the waiver within the first 18
48	months after the disaster is declared.
49	(6)  Whenever the state accepts financial assistance from
50	the Federal Government or its agencies under the federal Hazard
51	Mitigation Assistance Grant Program and such financial
52	assistance is conditioned upon a requirement for matching funds,
53	the eligible subgrantee recipient shall be required to provide
54	the full amount of the required match prior to receipt of such
55	financial assistance unless otherwise specified in the General
56	Appropriations Act.
57	Section 2.  For the 2004-2005 fiscal year only, $55,722,888
58	is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund for deposit into
59	the Grants and Donations Trust Fund in the Department of
60	Community Affairs and $55,722,888 is appropriated in lump sum
61	from the Grants and Donations Trust Fund to the Department of
62	Community Affairs for the purpose of meeting the state's portion
63	of the match requirements of the Individuals and Households,
64	Other Needs Assistance Program administered by the Federal
65	Government.
66	Section 3.  (1)  For the 2004-2005 fiscal year only,
67	$578,193,040 is appropriated in lump sum from the U.S.
68	Contributions Trust Fund in the Department of Community Affairs
69	to the Department of Community Affairs to provide supplemental
70	federal disaster grant assistance to eligible recipients.
71	(2)  Prior to the release of the funds appropriated in this
72	section, the department shall ensure that the affected local
73	government has provided a 5-percent local match. Because the
74	location, type of disaster, and severity of the event can
75	materially affect the magnitude of costs, a local government's
76	share of public assistance projects may be initially provided by
77	the state, with future payment being provided by the appropriate
78	local government or deducted from the local government's state
79	revenue-sharing allocation.
80	Section 4.  For the 2004-2005 fiscal year only, $35,526,935
81	is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund for deposit into
82	the Grants and Donations Trust Fund in the Department of
83	Community Affairs and $35,526,935 is appropriated in lump sum
84	from the Grants and Donations Trust Fund to the Department of
85	Community Affairs for the purpose of meeting the state's portion
86	of the match requirements for the public assistance grant
87	program.
88	Section 5.  For the 2004-2005 fiscal year only, $305,405 is
89	appropriated from the General Revenue Fund for deposit into the
90	Grants and Donations Trust Fund in the Department of Community
91	Affairs, $305,405 is appropriated in lump sum from the Grants
92	and Donations Trust Fund to the Department of Community Affairs,
93	and $916,214 is appropriated in lump sum from the U.S.
94	Contributions Trust Fund in the Department of Community Affairs
95	to the Department of Community Affairs for the purpose of paying
96	the state management administrative costs of the Hazard
97	Mitigation Grant Program. The funds appropriated in this section
98	from the General Revenue Fund are provided to meet the state's
99	portion of the match requirements for state management
100	administrative costs of the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.
101	Section 6.  All appropriations authorized by this act are
102	nonrecurring and are intended to address needs caused by
103	Tropical Storm Bonnie and Hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan, and
104	Jeanne.
105	Section 7.  Notwithstanding the provisions of section
106	216.177, Florida Statutes, requiring a 14-day notice for interim
107	budget actions, and pursuant to section 216.351, Florida
108	Statutes, the Executive Office of the Governor shall provide
109	notice of the allocation of the lump sum appropriations
110	authorized by this act into traditional appropriation categories
111	to the chair and vice chair of the Legislative Budget Commission
112	at least 3 working days prior to the effective date of such
113	allocation.
114	Section 8.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.

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