Florida Senate - 2017 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2-A Ì293618?Î293618 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: FAV . 06/08/2017 . . Floor: 4/AD/2R . 06/08/2017 04:46 PM . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Appropriations (Brandes) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Delete lines 298 - 300 4 and insert: 5 (5) To be eligible for funds from the Florida Job Growth 6 Grant Fund, a project must: 7 (a) Be in an industry, as referenced in s. 288.106. 8 (b) Have a positive economic benefit ratio of at least 2 to 9 1. 10 (c) Induce economic expansion in the project’s location or 11 in the state. 12 (d) Be supported by the local community in which the 13 project is to be located. 14 (e) Be certified by the Department of Transportation as 15 compatible with the adopted 5-year work program. 16 (f) Not be included as a specific appropriations line item 17 in the most recent General Appropriations Act. 18 (g) Not have been vetoed by the Governor for funding in the 19 most recent General Appropriations Act. 20 (6)(a) The department and Enterprise Florida, Inc., shall 21 jointly review submitted applications and determine the 22 eligibility of each project, consistent with the criteria in 23 subsection (5). 24 (b)1. Within 7 business days after evaluating a project, 25 the department shall recommend to the Governor approval or 26 disapproval of the project for funding from the Florida Job 27 Growth Grant Fund. When recommending a project, the department 28 must include proposed performance conditions that the project 29 must meet to obtain grant funds. 30 2. The Governor may approve grant requests for projects 31 without consulting the Legislature for projects requiring less 32 than $2 million in funding. 33 3. For projects requiring funding in the amount of $2 34 million to $5 million, the Governor shall provide a written 35 description and evaluation of a project recommended for approval 36 to the chair and vice chair of the Legislative Budget Commission 37 at least 10 days before giving final approval for the project. 38 The recommendation must include proposed performance conditions 39 that the project must meet to obtain grant funds. 40 4. If the chair or vice chair of the Legislative Budget 41 Commission, the President of the Senate, or the Speaker of the 42 House of Representatives timely advises the Executive Office of 43 the Governor in writing that such action or proposed action 44 exceeds the delegated authority of the Executive Office of the 45 Governor or is contrary to legislative policy or intent, the 46 Executive Office of the Governor must void the release of funds 47 and instruct the department to immediately change such action or 48 proposed action until the Legislative Budget Commission or the 49 Legislature addresses the issue. Notwithstanding such 50 requirement, any project exceeding $5 million must be approved 51 by the Legislative Budget Commission before the funds are 52 released. 53 (c) Upon the approval of the Governor, the department and 54 the grant recipient shall enter into a contract that sets forth 55 the conditions for payment of moneys from the fund. The contract 56 must include the total amount of funds awarded; the authorized 57 use of grant funds; the current baseline service the project 58 addresses and the measure of enhanced capacity or capability it 59 will achieve; the methodology for validating project 60 performance; the schedule of payments from the fund; and 61 sanctions for failure to meet performance objectives. The 62 contract must specify that payment of moneys from the fund is 63 contingent upon a sufficient appropriation by the Legislature. 64 (7) Funds appropriated by the Legislature to implement this 65 section shall be placed in reserve and may only be released 66 pursuant to the legislative consultation and review requirements 67 set forth in this section. 68 (8) The department shall establish an application process 69 for receiving grant requests. 70 (9) The department shall establish a methodology for making 71 grant award recommendations. This methodology must be ratified 72 by the Legislature before any grant funds are proposed pursuant 73 to paragraph (6)(b). 74 (10) All contracts executed by the department shall be made 75 publicly available on the department’s website. All contracts 76 with the department valued at $500,000 or more shall be made 77 publicly available for review on the department’s website 14 78 days before execution. A contract entered into between the 79 department and any other public or private entity must include: 80 (a) The purpose of the contract. 81 (b) Specific performance standards and responsibilities for 82 each entity. 83 (c) A detailed project or contract budget, if applicable. 84 (d) The value of any services provided. 85 (e) The value of the matching funds provided. 86 (11) Funds appropriated to the Florida Job Growth Grant 87 Fund may not be transferred to any account outside the State 88 Treasury before payments are made for a project in accordance 89 with this section. 90 91 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 92 And the title is amended as follows: 93 Delete lines 24 - 25 94 and insert: 95 training; providing definitions; providing eligibility 96 criteria for projects to receive funds from the 97 Florida Job Growth Grant Fund; requiring the 98 department and Enterprise Florida, Inc., to jointly 99 review applications and determine the eligibility of 100 each project; requiring the department to make its 101 recommendations to the Governor within a specified 102 timeframe; requiring the Governor to obtain certain 103 approval for projects requiring funding that exceeds a 104 specified amount; requiring the department and a grant 105 recipient to enter into a contract for the payment of 106 moneys from the fund under certain circumstances; 107 providing requirements for the contract; requiring 108 certain funds to be placed in reserve and to be 109 released only pursuant to certain legislative 110 consultation and review requirements; requiring the 111 department to establish an application process; 112 requiring the department to establish a methodology 113 for making grant award recommendations; requiring that 114 the methodology be approved by the Legislature; 115 requiring that certain contracts be made publicly 116 available on the department’s website before or after 117 execution; providing requirements for the contracts; 118 prohibiting funds appropriated to the Florida Job 119 Growth Grant Fund from being transferred to certain 120 accounts under certain circumstances; amending