| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to hurricane-relief funding; amending s. |
| 3 | 252.37, F.S.; extending the deadline for local governments |
| 4 | to apply for a waiver of local match for disaster funds |
| 5 | related to specific hurricanes; providing for expiration |
| 6 | of the deadline extension; providing an effective date. |
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| 8 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 10 | Section 1. Subsection (5) of section 252.37, Florida |
| 11 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 12 | 252.37 Financing.-- |
| 13 | (5) Unless otherwise specified in the General |
| 14 | Appropriations Act: |
| 15 | (a) Whenever the state accepts financial assistance from |
| 16 | the Federal Government or its agencies under the federal Public |
| 17 | Assistance Program and such financial assistance is conditioned |
| 18 | upon a requirement for matching funds, the state shall provide |
| 19 | the entire match requirement for state agencies and one-half of |
| 20 | the required match for grants to local governments. The affected |
| 21 | local government shall be required to provide one-half of the |
| 22 | required match prior to receipt of such financial assistance. |
| 23 | (b)1. The Executive Office of the Governor may approve a |
| 24 | waiver, subject to the requirement for legislative notice and |
| 25 | review under s. 216.177, of all or a portion of the required |
| 26 | match for public assistance projects for local governments if |
| 27 | the Executive Office of the Governor determines that such a |
| 28 | match requirement cannot be provided, or that doing so would |
| 29 | impose a documented hardship on the local government, and if the |
| 30 | local government applies for the waiver within the first 18 |
| 31 | months after the disaster is declared. |
| 32 | 2.a. Notwithstanding subparagraph 1., and for the 2007- |
| 33 | 2008 fiscal year only, the deadline for local governments to |
| 34 | apply for a waiver of the local match for disaster funds related |
| 35 | to Hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne is extended |
| 36 | until August 1, 2007. The Executive Office of the Governor may |
| 37 | approve a waiver, subject to the requirement for legislative |
| 38 | notice, review, and objection under s. 216.177, of all or a |
| 39 | portion of the required local match for public assistance |
| 40 | projects for local governments if the Executive Office of the |
| 41 | Governor determines that such a local match requirement cannot |
| 42 | be provided, or that doing so would impose a documented hardship |
| 43 | on the local government, and if the local government applies for |
| 44 | the waiver by August 1, 2007. |
| 45 | b. This subparagraph shall take effect upon becoming a law |
| 46 | and shall expire on July 1, 2008. |
| 47 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |