Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 2284
                        Barcode 094032
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11  The Committee on Community Affairs (Bennett) recommended the
12  following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment 
15         On page 2, lines 2-28, delete those lines
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17  and insert:  out effective community development and project
18  planning and design activities to arrest and reverse community
19  decline and restore community vitality. Community development
20  and project planning activities to maintain viable
21  communities, revitalize existing communities, expand economic
22  development and employment opportunities, and improve housing
23  conditions and expand housing opportunities, providing direct
24  benefit to persons of low or moderate income, are the primary
25  purposes of ss. 290.0401-290.049. The Legislature, therefore,
26  declares that the development, redevelopment, preservation,
27  and revitalization of communities in this state and all the
28  purposes of ss. 290.0401-290.049 are public purposes for which
29  public money may be borrowed, expended, loaned, pledged to
30  guarantee loans, and granted.
31         Section 2.  Subsections (3) and (4) of section 290.044,
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Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2284 Barcode 094032 1 Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 2 290.044 Florida Small Cities Community Development 3 Block Grant Program Fund; administration; distribution.-- 4 (3) The department shall define the broad community 5 development objective to be achieved by the activities in each 6 of the following grant program categories, and require 7 applicants for grants to compete against each other in these 8 grant program categories: 9 (a) Housing. 10 (b) Economic development. 11 (c) Neighborhood revitalization. 12 (d) Commercial revitalization. 13 (e) Project planning and design. 14 (4) The percentage of funds distributed in each of the 15 grant program categories from federal funds for federal fiscal 16 year 1985 shall be established by the Legislature in the 17 appropriation process for the 1984 regular session and shall 18 be established annually thereafter in the same manner. The 19 department shall submit its recommendation on the distribution 20 percentages to the Governor and Legislature as part of its 21 regular budget proposals. The department may set aside shall 22 provide for the set-aside of an amount of up to 5 10 percent 23 of the federal funds annually allocated to the 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2 10:09 AM 03/28/05 s2284.ca21.00a