SENATE AMENDMENT
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Amendment No. ___ Barcode 694670
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11 Senator Smith moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 2. Section 257.191, Florida Statutes, is
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20 257.191 Public library construction grants.--
21 (1) The Division of Library and Information Services
22 may accept and administer library construction moneys
23 appropriated to it and shall allocate such appropriation to
24 municipal, county, and regional libraries in the form of
25 public library construction grants on a matching basis. The
26 local matching portion shall be no less than the grant amount,
27 on a dollar-for-dollar basis, up to the maximum grant amount
28 50 percent. The division shall waive the matching requirement
29 if a county or municipality requests a waiver of the matching
30 requirement and has been designated a rural community in
31 accordance with ss. 288.0656(2)(b) and 288.06561. Initiation
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1 of a library construction project 12 months or less prior to
2 the grant award under this section shall not affect the
3 eligibility of an applicant to receive a public library
4 construction grant.
5 (2)(a) The Division of Library and Information
6 Services may accept and administer moneys appropriated to it
7 for small county public library construction grants. The
8 purpose of the grants is to assist counties and municipalities
9 that have been designated rural communities in accordance with
10 ss. 288.0656(2)(b) and 288.06561 to construct, expand, or
11 renovate public library facilities to meet the requirement of
12 0.6 square feet per capita of total library floor space.
13 (b) To be eligible to compete for funds under this
14 section, a county or municipality shall:
15 1. Comply with the definition of rural community as
16 provided in s. 288.0656(2)(b).
17 2. Have less than 0.6 square feet per capita of total
18 library floor space.
19 3. Certify that the county or municipality will
20 appropriate and expend sufficient funds to operate the
21 completed library facility.
22 4. Not apply for a grant under the public library
23 construction grant program provided in subsection (1) during
24 the same fiscal year.
25 (c) The implementation of the provisions of the small
26 county public library construction grants under this
27 subsection shall be contingent upon specific appropriations
28 provided to the Department of State for funding of these
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30 (3) The division shall adopt rules for the
31 administration of library construction grants. For the
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7 And the title is amended as follows:
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11 amending s. 257.191, F.S.; revising provisions
12 relating to public library construction grants;
13 providing for waiver of local matching
14 requirement under certain circumstances;
15 authorizing the Division of Library and
16 Information Services to administer certain
17 funds; providing for eligibility for grant
18 funding; providing for the adoption of rules;
19 providing for effect contingent upon certain
20 appropriations; amending s.
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