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¹257.191  Construction grants.--The Division of Library and Information Services may accept and administer library construction moneys appropriated to it and shall allocate such appropriation to municipal, county, and regional libraries in the form of library construction grants on a matching basis. The local matching portion shall be no less than the grant amount, on a dollar-for-dollar basis, up to the maximum grant amount, unless the matching requirement is waived by s. 288.06561 Initiation of a library construction project 12 months or less prior to the grant award under this section shall not affect the eligibility of an applicant to receive a library construction grant. The division shall adopt rules for the administration of library construction grants. For the purposes of this section, s. 257.21 does not apply.

History.--s. 4, ch. 73-138; s. 5, ch. 83-24; s. 23, ch. 86-163; s. 2, ch. 2003-126.

¹Note.--Section 57, ch. 2004-269, amended s. 11, ch. 2003-401, "[i]n order to implement Specific Appropriation 2871AU of the 2004-2005 General Appropriations Act," to read:

"Section 11.  A project that is ranked but not funded for the fiscal year 2003-2004 grant cycle under the Department of State's Historical Facilities Special Category Fixed Capital Outlay Grants Program, Cultural Facilities Fixed Capital Outlay Grants Program, or Regional Cultural Facilities Grants Program shall, if it continues to meet applicable criteria for the grant program for which it is ranked, maintain its relative ranking for the fiscal year 2004-2005 grant cycle and shall receive priority ranking over new projects applying for the fiscal year 2004-2005 grant cycle. A project that is ranked but not funded for the fiscal year 2003-2004 grant cycle under the Department of State's Library Construction Fixed Capital Outlay Grants Program shall, if it continues to meet applicable criteria for the grant program for which it is ranked, and notwithstanding the requirements of Chapter 1B-2, Florida Administrative Code, be carried forward as the 2003-2004 list of ranked projects recommended to the 2004 Legislature along with the 2004-2005 list of ranked projects submitted by the department. Each list may be considered separately for funding by the 2004 Legislature."