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GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL                          Committee       Amendment
SB2500                                                  ATD              1


Senator(s) Simon moved the following amendment:

Section: XX              EXPLANATION:

On Page: 465             Provides $33,000,000 for the required match of local 
                         governments within fiscally constrained counties for 
Spec App:                Hazard Mitigation Assistance grants related to 
                         Hurricane Idalia. Reverts the same amount from funds 
                         provided in the 2022-2023 fiscal year for match 
                         requirements for Public Assistance Programs grants.

NET IMPACT ON:            Total Funds       General Revenue          Trust Funds
    Recurring -                    0                     0                    0 
Non-Recurring -                    0                     0                    0 
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        GOVERNOR, EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE
        Program: Emergency Management  31700000

        In Section XX  On Page 465

INSERT:

Section XX. From the funds appropriated to the Division of Emergency 
Management within the Executive Office of the Governor in section 8 of 
chapter 2022-272, Laws of Florida, $33,000,000 shall revert and is 
appropriated for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 to the division to provide the 
full amount of the required match of local governments within fiscally 
constrained counties for Hazard Mitigation Assistance grants related to 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster declaration for 
Hurricane Idalia to offset the costs that such local governments would 
otherwise be required to provide pursuant to s. 252.37(6), Florida 
Statutes. Such local governments must enter into agreements with the 
division to have their portions of the match requirements waived. The 
division shall report quarterly to the chair of the Senate 
Appropriations Committee, the chair of the House Appropriations 
Committee, and the Executive Office of the Governor's Office of Policy 
and Budget on the amount of match requirements waived, agreements 
entered into with local governments, and the amount of remaining 
appropriated funds. The unexpended balance of funds remaining on June 
30, 2024, shall revert and is appropriated to the division for Fiscal 

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Year 2024-2025 for the same purpose. This section is effective upon 
becoming a law.

















































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