Senate Bill sb1892c1

    Florida Senate - 2006                           CS for SB 1892

    By the Committee on Environmental Preservation; and Senator
    Margolis




    592-2271-06

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Florida Recreation

  3         Development Assistance Program; amending s.

  4         375.075, F.S.; revising the number of grant

  5         applications that a local government is

  6         authorized to submit; revising the amount of

  7         money in state funds which may be granted for a

  8         project application; providing an effective

  9         date.

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11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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13         Section 1.  Subsection (3) of section 375.075, Florida

14  Statutes, is amended, and subsection (4) is added to that

15  section, to read:

16         375.075  Outdoor recreation; financial assistance to

17  local governments.--

18         (3)  A local government may submit up to three two

19  grant applications during each application period announced by

20  the department.  However, a local government may not have more

21  than three active projects expending grant funds during any

22  state fiscal year.  The maximum project grant for each project

23  application may not exceed $500,000 $200,000 in state funds.

24         (4)  The department shall adopt by rule a determination

25  of the appropriate incentive for encouraging the construction

26  of inclusive playgrounds. As used in this subsection, the term

27  "inclusive playground" means a playground that is a

28  barrier-free environment designed for children of all

29  abilities, including those with physical, developmental,

30  cognitive, and sensory disabilities, to experience

31  independent, self-directed play, each at his or her own

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    Florida Senate - 2006                           CS for SB 1892
    592-2271-06




 1  highest level of ability, and includes play components and

 2  equipment that are accessible and engage children who have

 3  various motor impairments.

 4         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

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 7          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
 8                         Senate Bill 1892

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10  The committee substitute allows a local government to submit
    up to three grant applications under the Florida Recreation
11  Development Assistance Program during each application period
    instead of two. The maximum project grant amount for each
12  project application is increased from  $200,000 to $500,000.

13  The Department of Environmental Protection shall adopt, by
    rule, a determination of the appropriate incentive for
14  encouraging the construction of inclusive playgrounds. Defines
    "inclusive playground."
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