HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 49
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12	Representative Garcia offered the following:
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14	Amendment (with directory and title amendments)
15	Remove line(s) 112-127, and insert:
16	Section 2. Section 257.191, Florida Statutes, is amended
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18	257.191 Public libraryconstruction grants.--
19	(1)The Division of Library and Information Services may
20	accept and administer library construction moneys appropriated
21	to it and shall allocate such appropriation to municipal,
22	county, and regional libraries in the form of publiclibrary
23	construction grants on a matching basis. The local matching
24	portion shall be no less than the grant amount, on a dollar-for-
25	dollar basis, up to the maximum grant amount50 percent. The
26	division shall waive the matching requirement if a county or
27	municipality requests a waiver of the matching requirement and
28	has been designated a rural community in accordance with ss.
29	288.0656(2)(b) and 288.06561. Initiation of a library
30	construction project 12 months or less prior to the grant award
31	under this section shall not affect the eligibility of an
32	applicant to receive a public library construction grant.
33	(2)(a) The Division of Library and Information Services
34	may accept and administer moneys appropriated to it for small
35	county public library construction grants. The purpose of the
36	grants is to assist counties and municipalities that have been
37	designated rural communities in accordance with ss.
38	288.0656(2)(b) and 288.06561 to construct, expand, or renovate
39	public library facilities to meet the requirement of 0.6 square
40	feet per capita of total library floor space.
41	(b) To be eligible to compete for funds under this
42	section, a county or municipality shall:
43	1. Comply with the definition of rural community as
44	provided in s. 288.0656(2)(b).
45	2. Have less than 0.6 square feet per capita of total
46	library floor space.
47	3. Certify that the county or municipality will
48	appropriate and expend sufficient funds to operate the completed
49	library facility.
50	4. Not apply for a grant under the public library
51	construction grant program provided in subsection (1) during the
52	same fiscal year.
53	(c) The implementation of the provisions of the small
54	county public library construction grants under this subsection
55	shall be contingent upon specific appropriations provided to the
56	Department of State for funding of these grants.
57	(3)The division shall adopt rules for the administration
58	of library construction grants. For the purposes of this
59	section, s. 257.21 does not apply.
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63	Remove line(s) 7 & 8, and insert:
64	s. 257.191, F.S.; revising provisions relating to public
65	library construction grants; providing for waiver of local
66	matching requirement under certain circumstances;
67	authorizing the Division of Library and Information
68	Services to administer certain funds; providing for
69	eligibility for grant funding; providing for the adoption
70	of rules; providing for effect contingent upon certain
71	appropriations; amending s. 257.22, F.S.; permitting