Florida Senate - 2017 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 2-A
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: FAV .
06/08/2017 .
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Floor: 4/AD/2R .
06/08/2017 04:46 PM .
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The Committee on Appropriations (Brandes) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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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.
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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