HB 1427: Rural Communities
GENERAL BILL by Griffitts
Rural Communities; Creates Office of Rural Prosperity and provides duties; revises distributions from the documentary stamp tax revenues; revises criteria for determining which counties qualify as fiscally constrained counties for funding purposes; revises uses of additional funds provided to such counties; requiring the EDR and OPPAGA to provide report on rural communities to Legislature; requires certain state funds to develop specified activity plans; requires certain local counties to issue reports; creates Renaissance Grants Program and Public Infrastructure Smart Technology Grant Program; waiving certain financial match requirements for projects for certain rural communities; revising provisions addressing REDI; revising provisions concerning deployment of broadband in rural, unserved, or underserved counties; revising distributions of funds from State Transportation Trust Fund; creating the Florida Arterial Road Modernization Program to improve 2-lane arterial roads in rural communities; requiring the DOT to allocate additional funds to the Small County Road Assistance Program; creating multiple programs designed to assist rural communities, including telehealth. APPROPRIATION: $197,343,293
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 2/28/2025 House • Filed
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HB 1427, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/28/2025 at 11:04 AM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: None Citations - Statutes (73)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 20.60 Department of Commerce; creation; powers and duties. 125.0104 Tourist development tax; procedure for levying; authorized uses; referendum; enforcement. 163.3168 Planning innovations and technical assistance. 163.3177 Required and optional elements of comprehensive plan; studies and surveys. 163.3187 Process for adoption of small scale comprehensive plan amendment. 193.624 Assessment of renewable energy source devices. 196.182 Exemption of renewable energy source devices. 201.15 Distribution of taxes collected. 202.18 Allocation and disposition of tax proceeds. 212.20 Funds collected, disposition; additional powers of department; operational expense; refund of taxes adjudicated unconstitutionally collected. 212.205 Sales tax distribution reporting. 215.211 Service charge; elimination or reduction for specified proceeds. 215.971 Agreements funded with federal or state assistance. 216.301 Appropriations; undisbursed balances. 216.351 Subsequent inconsistent laws. 218.12 Appropriations to offset reductions in ad valorem tax revenue in fiscally constrained counties. 218.125 Offset for tax loss associated with certain constitutional amendments affecting fiscally constrained counties. 218.135 Offset for tax loss associated with reductions in value of certain citrus fruit packing and processing equipment. 218.136 Offset for ad valorem revenue loss affecting fiscally constrained counties. 218.67 Distribution for fiscally constrained counties. 252.35 Emergency management powers; Division of Emergency Management. 257.191 Construction grants. 257.193 Community Libraries in Caring Program. 265.283 Definitions. 288.0001 Economic Development Programs Evaluation. 288.001 The Florida Small Business Development Center Network. 288.007 Inventory of communities seeking to recruit businesses. 288.013 288.014 288.0175 288.018 Regional Rural Development Grants Program. 288.019 Rural considerations in grant review and evaluation processes. 288.021 Economic development liaison. 288.065 Rural Community Development Revolving Loan Fund. 288.0655 Rural Infrastructure Fund. 288.0656 Rural Economic Development Initiative. 288.06561 Reduction or waiver of financial match requirements. 288.0657 Florida rural economic development strategy grants. 288.102 Supply Chain Innovation Grant Program. 288.11621 Spring training baseball franchises. 288.11631 Retention of Major League Baseball spring training baseball franchises. 288.9935 Microfinance Guarantee Program. 288.9961 Promotion of broadband adoption; Florida Office of Broadband. 288.9962 Broadband Opportunity Program. 290.06561 Designation of rural enterprise zone as catalyst site. 319.32 Fees; service charges; disposition. 334.044 Powers and duties of the department. 339.0801 Allocation of increased revenues derived from amendments to s. 319.32(5)(a) by ch. 2012-128. 339.2816 Small County Road Assistance Program. 339.2818 Small County Outreach Program. 339.66 Upgrade of arterial highways with controlled access facilities. 339.68 Arterial rural highway projects. 381.403 381.9856 395.6061 Rural hospital capital improvement. 403.064 Reuse of reclaimed water. 403.0741 Grease waste removal and disposal. 408.07 Definitions. 420.9072 State Housing Initiatives Partnership Program. 420.9073 Local housing distributions. 420.9075 Local housing assistance plans; partnerships. 420.9076 Adoption of affordable housing incentive strategies; committees. 420.9079 Local Government Housing Trust Fund. 443.191 Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund; establishment and control. 571.26 Florida Agricultural Promotional Campaign Trust Fund. 571.265 Promotion of Florida thoroughbred breeding and of thoroughbred racing at Florida thoroughbred tracks; distribution of funds. 589.08 Land acquisition restrictions. 1001.451 Regional consortium service organizations. 1001.4511 1009.635 1011.62 Funds for operation of schools. 1013.62 Charter schools capital outlay funding. 1013.64 Funds for comprehensive educational plant needs; construction cost maximums for school district capital projects.