Florida Senate - 2006 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1892
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11 The Committee on Environmental Preservation (Siplin)
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 1. Section 375.075, Florida Statutes, is
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20 375.075 Outdoor recreation; financial assistance to
21 local governments.--
22 (1) The Department of Environmental Protection is
23 authorized to establish the Florida Recreation Development
24 Assistance Program to provide grants to qualified local
25 governmental entities to acquire or develop land for public
26 outdoor recreation purposes. To the extent not needed for debt
27 service on bonds issued pursuant to s. 375.051, each year the
28 department shall develop and plan a program which shall be
29 based upon funding of not less than 5 percent of the money
30 credited to the Land Acquisition Trust Fund pursuant to s.
31 201.15(2) and (3) in that year. Beginning fiscal year
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1 2001-2002, the department shall develop and plan a program
2 which shall be based upon the cumulative total funding
3 provided from this section and from the Florida Forever Trust
4 Fund pursuant to s. 259.105(3)(c).
5 (2)(a) The department shall adopt, by rule, procedures
6 to govern the program, which must shall include, but need not
7 be limited to, a competitive project selection process
8 designed to maximize the outdoor recreation benefit to the
9 public; the number of active projects receiving grant funds
10 which a local government may have during any state fiscal
11 year; the maximum state funds that may be awarded to each
12 grant project; requirements for grant applications; documents
13 and forms that must accompany an application;
14 grant-administration procedures; accountability requirements;
15 site dedication and management requirements; conversion
16 requirements; public-accessibility requirements; entrance
17 fees; native planting requirements; inspection requirements;
18 and compliance requirements.
19 (b) Selection criteria shall, at a minimum, rank:
20 1. The extent to which the project would implement the
21 outdoor recreation goals, objectives, and priorities specified
22 in the state comprehensive outdoor recreation plan; and
23 2. The extent to which the project would provide for
24 priority resource or facility needs in the region as specified
25 in the state comprehensive outdoor recreation plan.
26 (c) No release of funds from the Land Acquisition
27 Trust Fund, or from the Florida Forever Trust Fund beginning
28 in fiscal year 2001-2002, for this program may be made for
29 these public recreation projects until the projects have been
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1 (3) The department shall adopt, by rule, an additional
2 program consistent with the requirements of this section to
3 provide funding for boundless playgrounds. A boundless
4 playground is defined as a playground that is a barrier-free
5 environment designed for children of all abilities, including
6 those with physical, developmental, cognitive, and sensory
7 disabilities, to experience independent, self-directed play,
8 each at his or her own highest level of ability, and that
9 includes play components and equipment that are accessible and
10 engage children who have various motor impairments. A local
11 government may submit up to two grant applications during each
12 application period announced by the department. However, a
13 local government may not have more than three active projects
14 expending grant funds during any state fiscal year. The
15 maximum project grant for each project application may not
16 exceed $200,000 in state funds.
17 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
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22 And the title is amended as follows:
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26 providing for the adoption of additional rules
27 for administering the program; deleting certain
28 restrictions on projects that a local
29 government may have;
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