Florida Senate - 2023                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1480
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/18/2023           .                                
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       The Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and
       Economic Development (Calatayud) recommended the following:
       
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 32 - 48
    4  and insert:
    5         (2) The division shall award grants to applicants who were
    6  deemed eligible for but did not receive funding from the United
    7  States Department of Homeland Security’s Nonprofit Security
    8  Grant Program within the federal fiscal year.
    9         (3) The minimum amount of any grant award is $10,000, and
   10  the maximum grant award amount is $150,000. The total amount of
   11  funds available for the program is limited to the amount
   12  appropriated by the Legislature.
   13         (4) The division may use up to 3 percent of the total
   14  amount appropriated to administer the grant program.
   15         (5) The division shall adopt rules to administer this
   16  section, including rules providing criteria for all of the
   17  following:
   18         (a) Awarding of grant funds to an owner of a facility for
   19  hardening security measures.
   20         (b) Awarding of grant funds to an owner or a renter of a
   21  facility for nonhardening security measures.
   22         (c) Establishing the need for grant funds to be awarded to
   23  an owner or a renter of a facility that has been operational for
   24  a period of at least 6 months or that has received a sufficient
   25  number of threats.
   26         (6) This section is repealed January 1, 2028, unless
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   28  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   29  And the title is amended as follows:
   30         Delete line 7
   31  and insert:
   32         certain purposes; providing for eligibility; providing
   33         limitations on the amount