Bill Text: FL S1420 | 2024 | Regular Session | Enrolled


Bill Title: Department of Commerce

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (? 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2024-06-17 - Chapter No. 2024-234 [S1420 Detail]

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    2         An act relating to the Department of Commerce;
    3         amending s. 163.3167, F.S.; providing that a citizen
    4         led county charter amendment that is not required to
    5         be approved by the board of county commissioners which
    6         preempts certain actions is prohibited unless
    7         expressly authorized in a county charter that was
    8         lawful and in effect on a specified date; amending s.
    9         163.3175, F.S.; conforming a provision to changes made
   10         by the act; amending s. 163.3184, F.S.; revising the
   11         process for adopting comprehensive plan amendments;
   12         providing that amendments are deemed withdrawn if the
   13         local government fails to transmit the comprehensive
   14         plan amendments to the department, in its role as the
   15         state land planning agency, within a certain
   16         timeframe; amending s. 288.066, F.S.; revising the
   17         maximum length of a loan term under the Local
   18         Government Emergency Revolving Bridge Loan Program;
   19         amending s. 288.1229, F.S.; revising the duties of the
   20         Florida Sports Foundation; amending ss. 288.980 and
   21         288.985, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made
   22         by the act; amending s. 288.987, F.S.; requiring the
   23         department to establish a direct-support organization;
   24         replacing the Florida Defense Support Task Force with
   25         the direct-support organization; specifying that the
   26         organization is a direct-support organization of the
   27         department and a corporation not for profit; requiring
   28         the organization to operate under contract with the
   29         Department of Commerce; specifying requirements for
   30         such contract; requiring the department to determine
   31         and annually certify that the organization is
   32         complying with contract terms; specifying the
   33         organization’s fiscal year; specifying audit
   34         requirements applicable to the organization;
   35         authorizing the organization to take certain actions
   36         regarding administration of property and expenditures;
   37         specifying that the organization is not an agency for
   38         purposes of specified provisions of law; authorizing
   39         the department to allow the organization to use
   40         certain departmental resources, if certain conditions
   41         are met; revising the mission of the organization;
   42         modifying provisions governing the composition of the
   43         organization; revising the date by which the
   44         organization’s annual report is due; providing certain
   45         powers and duties of the organization, subject to
   46         certain requirements and limitations; providing for
   47         future repeal; creating s. 288.102, F.S.; creating the
   48         Supply Chain Innovation Grant Program within the
   49         department; providing the purpose of the program;
   50         requiring the Department of Commerce and the
   51         Department of Transportation to consider applications
   52         and select grant awardees; specifying selection
   53         criteria for projects; defining the term “vertiport”;
   54         requiring each grant award made to be matched by
   55         local, federal, or private funds; providing an
   56         exception to the matching requirement; specifying
   57         restrictions on uses of grant funds; requiring the
   58         Department of Transportation and the Department of
   59         Commerce to jointly select projects for grant awards,
   60         and for the Department of Commerce to administer the
   61         grant program; requiring a report on funded projects,
   62         their benefits, and current status; authorizing the
   63         Department of Commerce to adopt rules; providing for
   64         program expiration; amending s. 288.0001, F.S.;
   65         requiring review of the Supply Chain Innovation Grant
   66         Program by the Office of Economic and Demographic
   67         Research and the Office of Program Policy Analysis and
   68         Government Accountability by a certain date and every
   69         3 years thereafter; amending s. 445.003, F.S.;
   70         revising the definition of the term “businesses”;
   71         revising funding priority for purposes of funding
   72         grants under the Incumbent Worker Training Program;
   73         amending s. 445.004, F.S.; specifying that certain
   74         members of the state workforce development board are
   75         voting members of the board; amending s. 720.406,
   76         F.S.; specifying required actions by a certain
   77         committee for a proposed revived declaration and other
   78         governing documents to be submitted to the Department
   79         of Commerce; making technical changes; authorizing the
   80         department to amend certain previously executed loan
   81         agreements under certain circumstances; providing
   82         effective dates.
   83          
   84  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   86         Section 1. Effective upon becoming a law, present paragraph
   87  (d) of subsection (8) of section 163.3167, Florida Statutes, is
   88  redesignated as paragraph (e), and a new paragraph (d) is added
   89  to that subsection, to read:
   90         163.3167 Scope of act.—
   91         (8)
   92         (d) A citizen-led county charter amendment that is not
   93  required to be approved by the board of county commissioners
   94  preempting any development order, land development regulation,
   95  comprehensive plan, or voluntary annexation is prohibited unless
   96  expressly authorized in a county charter that was lawful and in
   97  effect on January 1, 2024.
   98         Section 2. Subsection (3) of section 163.3175, Florida
   99  Statutes, is amended to read:
  100         163.3175 Legislative findings on compatibility of
  101  development with military installations; exchange of information
  102  between local governments and military installations.—
  103         (3) The direct-support organization created in s. 288.987
  104  Florida Defense Support Task Force may recommend to the
  105  Legislature changes to the military installations and local
  106  governments specified in subsection (2) based on a military
  107  base’s potential for impacts from encroachment, and incompatible
  108  land uses and development.
  109         Section 3. Paragraph (c) of subsection (3) and paragraph
  110  (e) of subsection (4) of section 163.3184, Florida Statutes, are
  111  amended to read:
  112         163.3184 Process for adoption of comprehensive plan or plan
  113  amendment.—
  114         (3) EXPEDITED STATE REVIEW PROCESS FOR ADOPTION OF
  115  COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS.—
  116         (c)1. The local government shall hold a its second public
  117  hearing, which shall be a hearing on whether to adopt one or
  118  more comprehensive plan amendments pursuant to subsection (11).
  119  If the local government fails, within 180 days after receipt of
  120  agency comments, to hold the second public hearing, and to adopt
  121  the comprehensive plan amendments, the amendments are shall be
  122  deemed withdrawn unless extended by agreement with notice to the
  123  state land planning agency and any affected person that provided
  124  comments on the amendment. The 180-day limitation does not apply
  125  to amendments processed pursuant to s. 380.06.
  126         2. All comprehensive plan amendments adopted by the
  127  governing body, along with the supporting data and analysis,
  128  shall be transmitted within 10 working days after the final
  129  adoption second public hearing to the state land planning agency
  130  and any other agency or local government that provided timely
  131  comments under subparagraph (b)2. If the local government fails
  132  to transmit the comprehensive plan amendments within 10 working
  133  days after the final adoption hearing, the amendments are deemed
  134  withdrawn.
  135         3. The state land planning agency shall notify the local
  136  government of any deficiencies within 5 working days after
  137  receipt of an amendment package. For purposes of completeness,
  138  an amendment shall be deemed complete if it contains a full,
  139  executed copy of:
  140         a. The adoption ordinance or ordinances;
  141         b. In the case of a text amendment, a full copy of the
  142  amended language in legislative format with new words inserted
  143  in the text underlined, and words deleted stricken with hyphens;
  144         c. In the case of a future land use map amendment, a copy
  145  of the future land use map clearly depicting the parcel, its
  146  existing future land use designation, and its adopted
  147  designation; and
  148         d.a copy of Any data and analyses the local government
  149  deems appropriate.
  150         4. An amendment adopted under this paragraph does not
  151  become effective until 31 days after the state land planning
  152  agency notifies the local government that the plan amendment
  153  package is complete. If timely challenged, an amendment does not
  154  become effective until the state land planning agency or the
  155  Administration Commission enters a final order determining the
  156  adopted amendment to be in compliance.
  157         (4) STATE COORDINATED REVIEW PROCESS.—
  158         (e) Local government review of comments; adoption of plan
  159  or amendments and transmittal.—
  160         1. The local government shall review the report submitted
  161  to it by the state land planning agency, if any, and written
  162  comments submitted to it by any other person, agency, or
  163  government. The local government shall, upon receipt of the
  164  report from the state land planning agency, shall hold its
  165  second public hearing, which shall be a hearing to determine
  166  whether to adopt the comprehensive plan or one or more
  167  comprehensive plan amendments pursuant to subsection (11). If
  168  the local government fails to hold the second hearing and adopt
  169  the amendments within 180 days after receipt of the state land
  170  planning agency’s report, the amendments shall be deemed
  171  withdrawn unless extended by agreement with notice to the state
  172  land planning agency and any affected person that provided
  173  comments on the amendment. The 180-day limitation does not apply
  174  to amendments processed pursuant to s. 380.06.
  175         2. All comprehensive plan amendments adopted by the
  176  governing body, along with the supporting data and analysis,
  177  shall be transmitted within 10 working days after the final
  178  adoption second public hearing to the state land planning agency
  179  and any other agency or local government that provided timely
  180  comments under paragraph (c). If the local government fails to
  181  transmit the comprehensive plan amendments within 10 working
  182  days after the final adoption hearing, the amendments are deemed
  183  withdrawn.
  184         3. The state land planning agency shall notify the local
  185  government of any deficiencies within 5 working days after
  186  receipt of a plan or plan amendment package. For purposes of
  187  completeness, a plan or plan amendment shall be deemed complete
  188  if it contains a full, executed copy of each of the following:
  189         a. The adoption ordinance or ordinances;
  190         b. In the case of a text amendment, a full copy of the
  191  amended language in legislative format with new words inserted
  192  in the text underlined, and words deleted stricken with hyphens;
  193         c. In the case of a future land use map amendment, a copy
  194  of the future land use map clearly depicting the parcel, its
  195  existing future land use designation, and its adopted
  196  designation; and
  197         d.a copy of Any data and analyses the local government
  198  deems appropriate.
  199         4. After the state land planning agency makes a
  200  determination of completeness regarding the adopted plan or plan
  201  amendment, the state land planning agency shall have 45 days to
  202  determine whether if the plan or plan amendment is in compliance
  203  with this act. Unless the plan or plan amendment is
  204  substantially changed from the one commented on, the state land
  205  planning agency’s compliance determination shall be limited to
  206  objections raised in the objections, recommendations, and
  207  comments report. During the period provided for in this
  208  subparagraph, the state land planning agency shall issue,
  209  through a senior administrator or the secretary, a notice of
  210  intent to find that the plan or plan amendment is in compliance
  211  or not in compliance. The state land planning agency shall post
  212  a copy of the notice of intent on the agency’s Internet website.
  213  Publication by the state land planning agency of the notice of
  214  intent on the state land planning agency’s Internet site is
  215  shall be prima facie evidence of compliance with the publication
  216  requirements of this subparagraph.
  217         5. A plan or plan amendment adopted under the state
  218  coordinated review process shall go into effect pursuant to the
  219  state land planning agency’s notice of intent. If timely
  220  challenged, an amendment does not become effective until the
  221  state land planning agency or the Administration Commission
  222  enters a final order determining the adopted amendment to be in
  223  compliance.
  224         Section 4. Effective upon becoming a law, paragraph (c) of
  225  subsection (3) of section 288.066, Florida Statutes, is amended
  226  to read:
  227         288.066 Local Government Emergency Revolving Bridge Loan
  228  Program.—
  229         (3) LOAN TERMS.—
  230         (c) The term of the loan is up to 10 years 5 years.
  231         Section 5. Paragraph (g) of subsection (7) of section
  232  288.1229, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  233         288.1229 Promotion and development of sports-related
  234  industries and amateur athletics; direct-support organization
  235  established; powers and duties.—
  236         (7) To promote amateur sports and physical fitness, the
  237  foundation shall:
  238         (g) Continue the successful amateur sports programs
  239  previously conducted by the Florida Governor’s Council on
  240  Physical Fitness and Amateur Sports created under former s.
  241  14.22.
  242         Section 6. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section
  243  288.980, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  244         288.980 Military base retention; legislative intent; grants
  245  program.—
  246         (2)
  247         (b)1. The department shall, annually by October 1, request
  248  military installations in this the state to provide the
  249  department with a list of base buffering encroachment lands for
  250  fee simple or less-than-fee simple acquisitions before October
  251  1.
  252         2. The department shall submit the list of base buffering
  253  encroachment lands to the direct-support organization Florida
  254  Defense Support Task Force created in s. 288.987.
  255         3. The direct-support organization created in s. 288.987
  256  Florida Defense Support Task Force shall, annually by December
  257  1, review the list of base buffering encroachment lands
  258  submitted by the military installations and provide its
  259  recommendations for ranking the lands for acquisition to the
  260  department.
  261         4. The department shall annually submit the list of base
  262  buffering encroachment lands provided by the direct-support
  263  organization created in s. 288.987 Florida Defense Support Task
  264  Force to the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust
  265  Fund, which may acquire the lands pursuant to s. 253.025. At a
  266  minimum, the annual list must contain all of the following for
  267  each recommended land acquisition:
  268         a. A legal description of the land and its property
  269  identification number.;
  270         b. A detailed map of the land.; and
  271         c. A management and monitoring agreement to ensure the land
  272  serves a base buffering purpose.
  273         Section 7. Subsection (1) and paragraph (a) of subsection
  274  (2) of section 288.985, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  275         288.985 Exemptions from public records and public meetings
  276  requirements.—
  277         (1) The following records held by the direct-support
  278  organization created in s. 288.987 Florida Defense Support Task
  279  Force are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the
  280  State Constitution:
  281         (a) That portion of a record which relates to strengths and
  282  weaknesses of military installations or military missions in
  283  this state relative to the selection criteria for the
  284  realignment and closure of military bases and missions under any
  285  United States Department of Defense base realignment and closure
  286  process.
  287         (b) That portion of a record which relates to strengths and
  288  weaknesses of military installations or military missions in
  289  other states or territories and the vulnerability of such
  290  installations or missions to base realignment or closure under
  291  the United States Department of Defense base realignment and
  292  closure process, and any agreements or proposals to relocate or
  293  realign military units and missions from other states or
  294  territories.
  295         (c) That portion of a record which relates to the state’s
  296  strategy to retain its military bases during any United States
  297  Department of Defense base realignment and closure process and
  298  any agreements or proposals to relocate or realign military
  299  units and missions.
  300         (2)(a) Meetings or portions of meetings of the direct
  301  support organization created in s. 288.987 Florida Defense
  302  Support Task Force, or a workgroup of the direct-support
  303  organization task force, at which records are presented or
  304  discussed that are exempt under subsection (1) are exempt from
  305  s. 286.011 and s. 24(b), Art. I of the State Constitution.
  306         Section 8. Section 288.987, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  307  read:
  308         288.987 Florida Defense Support Task Force.—
  309         (1) The Department of Commerce shall establish a direct
  310  support organization to support Florida’s military and defense
  311  industries and communities The Florida Defense Support Task
  312  Force is created.
  313         (a) The direct-support organization is a corporation not
  314  for profit, as defined in s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
  315  Code, which is incorporated under chapter 617 and approved by
  316  the Department of State. The direct-support organization is
  317  exempt from paying filing fees under chapter 617.
  318         (b) The direct-support organization shall operate under
  319  contract with the department pursuant to s. 20.60. The contract
  320  must provide that:
  321         1. The department may review the direct-support
  322  organization’s articles of incorporation.
  323         2. The direct-support organization shall submit an annual
  324  budget proposal to the department, on a form provided by the
  325  department, in accordance with department procedures for filing
  326  budget proposals based on recommendations of the department.
  327         3. Any funds that the direct-support organization holds in
  328  trust must revert to the state upon the expiration or
  329  cancellation of the contract.
  330         4. The direct-support organization is subject to an annual
  331  financial and performance review by the department to determine
  332  whether the direct-support organization is complying with the
  333  terms of the contract and is acting in a manner consistent with
  334  the goals of the department and in the best interest of the
  335  state.
  336         (c) The department must determine and annually certify that
  337  the direct-support organization is complying with the terms of
  338  the contract and is doing so consistent with the goals and
  339  purposes of the organization and in the best interests of the
  340  state.
  341         (d) The fiscal year of the direct-support organization
  342  begins on July 1 and ends on June 30 of the next succeeding
  343  year. By August 15 of each fiscal year, the department shall
  344  submit a proposed operating budget for the direct-support
  345  organization to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and
  346  the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
  347         (e) The direct-support organization shall provide an annual
  348  financial audit in accordance with s. 215.981.
  349         (f) The direct-support organization is not an agency for
  350  purposes of chapter 120; s. 215.31; chapter 216; ss. 255.21,
  351  255.25, and 255.254, relating to leasing of buildings; and ss.
  352  283.33 and 283.35, relating to bids for printing.
  353         (g) Subject to the approval of the Secretary of Commerce,
  354  the department may allow the direct-support organization to use
  355  the property, facilities, personnel, and services of the
  356  department if the direct-support organization provides equal
  357  employment opportunities to all persons regardless of race,
  358  color, religion, sex, or national origin.
  359         (2)(a) The mission of the direct-support organization task
  360  force is to carry out the provisions of this section, to make
  361  recommendations to preserve and protect military installations,
  362  to assist Florida is for Veterans, Inc., created in s. 295.21,
  363  with economic and workforce development efforts in military
  364  communities, to conduct planning and research and development to
  365  support military missions, businesses, and military families to
  366  support the state’s position in research and development related
  367  to or arising out of military missions and contracting, and to
  368  improve the state’s military-friendly environment for
  369  servicemembers, military dependents, military retirees, and
  370  businesses that bring military and base-related jobs to the
  371  state.
  372         (b) The direct-support organization is organized and
  373  operated to request, receive, hold, invest, and administer
  374  property and to manage and make expenditures related to its
  375  mission and for joint planning with host communities to
  376  accommodate military missions and prevent base encroachment,
  377  provide advocacy on the state’s behalf with federal civilian and
  378  military officials, promotion of the state to military and
  379  related contractors and employers, and support of economic and
  380  product research and development activities of the defense
  381  industry.
  382         (c) As necessary and requested by Florida is for Veterans,
  383  Inc., the direct-support organization may undertake such
  384  activities that assist the corporation with job training and
  385  placement for military spouses in communities with high
  386  proportions of active duty military personnel. As necessary and
  387  requested by the Department of Education, school districts, or
  388  Florida College System institutions and state universities, the
  389  direct-support organization may undertake such activities that
  390  assist in providing a smooth transition for dependents of
  391  military personnel and other military students. The direct
  392  support organization is intended to complement but may not
  393  supplant the activities of other state entities.
  394         (3) The direct-support organization shall be governed by a
  395  board of directors.
  396         (a) The board of directors is composed of the Governor, or
  397  his or her designee, and the following members task force shall
  398  be comprised of the Governor or his or her designee, and 12
  399  members appointed as follows:
  400         1.(a) Four members appointed by the Governor.
  401         2.(b) Four members appointed by the President of the
  402  Senate.
  403         3.(c) Four members appointed by the Speaker of the House of
  404  Representatives.
  405         (b)(d) Appointed members must represent defense-related
  406  industries or communities that host military bases and
  407  installations. All appointments in place as of July 1, 2024,
  408  must continue in effect until the expiration of the term must be
  409  made by August 1, 2011. Members shall serve for a term of 4
  410  years, with the first term ending July 1, 2015. However, if
  411  members of the Legislature are appointed to the task force,
  412  those members shall serve until the expiration of their
  413  legislative term and may be reappointed once. A vacancy shall be
  414  filled for the remainder of the unexpired term in the same
  415  manner as the initial appointment. All members of the council
  416  are eligible for reappointment.
  417         (c) The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the
  418  House of Representatives shall each appoint a current member of
  419  their respective chambers who shall serve ex officio, nonvoting.
  420  An appointed senator or representative shall serve until the
  421  expiration of the member’s legislative term and may be
  422  reappointed once. An appointed senator or representative A
  423  member who serves in the Legislature may participate in all
  424  direct-support organization task force activities but may not
  425  only vote on matters that are advisory.
  426         (d)(4) The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the
  427  House of Representatives shall each designate one of their
  428  appointees under paragraph (a) to serve as chair of the direct
  429  support organization task force. The chair shall serve a 2-year
  430  term, rotating on December 1 of each even-numbered year rotate
  431  each July 1. The appointee designated by the President of the
  432  Senate shall serve as initial chair. If the Governor, instead of
  433  his or her designee, participates in the activities of the
  434  direct-support organization task force, then the Governor shall
  435  serve as chair.
  436         (e)(5) The Secretary of Commerce Economic Opportunity, or
  437  his or her designee, shall serve as the ex officio, nonvoting
  438  executive director of the direct-support organization task
  439  force.
  440         (f) The Executive Director of the Florida Department of
  441  Veterans’ Affairs and the Adjutant General of the Florida
  442  National Guard, or their designees, shall serve as ex officio,
  443  nonvoting members of the direct-support organization.
  444         (g) Any employees and appointed board members, in their
  445  capacity of service on the board, are not public employees for
  446  the purposes of chapter 110 or chapter 112, except that such
  447  employees and appointed board members of the corporation are
  448  subject to the provisions of s. 112.061, related to
  449  reimbursement for travel and per diem exempts incurred while
  450  performing duties, and part III of chapter 112. Otherwise, each
  451  member of the board of directors shall serve without
  452  compensation.
  453         (4)(6) The direct-support organization task force shall
  454  submit an annual progress report and work plan to the Governor,
  455  the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
  456  Representatives each November 1, which may be submitted as a
  457  supplement report with the annual report of the department
  458  pursuant to s. 20.60 February 1.
  459         (5) The direct-support organization, in the performance of
  460  its duties, may:
  461         (a) Make and enter into contracts and assume such other
  462  functions as are necessary to carry out the mission of the
  463  direct-support organization and its contract with the
  464  department, provided that any such contracts and assumptions are
  465  not inconsistent with this section or any other applicable
  466  provision of law governing the direct-support organization. A
  467  proposed contract with a total cost of $750,000 or more is
  468  subject to the notice, review, and objection procedures of s.
  469  216.177. If the chair and vice chair of the Legislative Budget
  470  Commission, or the President of the Senate and the Speaker of
  471  the House of Representatives, timely advise the direct-support
  472  organization in writing that such proposed contract is contrary
  473  to legislative policy and intent, the direct-support
  474  organization may not enter into such proposed contract. The
  475  direct-support organization may not divide one proposed contract
  476  with a total cost of $750,000 or more into multiple contracts to
  477  circumvent the requirements of this paragraph.
  478         (b)Establish grant programs and administer grant awards to
  479  support its mission. The direct-support organization must
  480  publicly adopt guidelines and application procedures and must
  481  publish such guidelines, application procedures, and awards on
  482  its website. The direct-support organization may assist the
  483  department as requested and necessary with any statutorily
  484  established grants or other programs, but may not administer
  485  such grants on behalf of the department.
  486         (7) The department shall support the task force and
  487  contract with the task force for expenditure of appropriated
  488  funds, which may be used by the task force for economic and
  489  product research and development, joint planning with host
  490  communities to accommodate military missions and prevent base
  491  encroachment, advocacy on the state’s behalf with federal
  492  civilian and military officials, assistance to school districts
  493  in providing a smooth transition for large numbers of additional
  494  military-related students, job training and placement for
  495  military spouses in communities with high proportions of active
  496  duty military personnel, and promotion of the state to military
  497  and related contractors and employers. The task force may
  498         (c) Annually spend up to $250,000 of funds appropriated to
  499  the department for the direct-support organization task force
  500  for staffing and administrative expenses of the direct-support
  501  organization task force, including travel and per diem costs
  502  incurred by task force members who are not otherwise eligible
  503  for state reimbursement.
  504         (6) This section is repealed October 1, 2029, unless
  505  reviewed and saved from repeal by the Legislature.
  506         Section 9. Section 288.102, Florida Statutes, is created to
  507  read:
  508         288.102Supply Chain Innovation Grant Program.—
  509         (1)The Supply Chain Innovation Grant Program is created
  510  within the department to fund, subject to appropriation by the
  511  Legislature, proposed projects that support supply chain
  512  innovation.
  513         (2) The department shall accept applications from ports
  514  listed in s. 311.09(1); class I, II, or III freight railroads;
  515  public airports as defined in s. 330.27; and intermodal
  516  logistics centers or inland ports as defined in s. 311.101(2).
  517         (3)(a)The department shall collaborate with the Department
  518  of Transportation review applications submitted and select
  519  projects for awards which create strategic investments in
  520  infrastructure to increase capacity and address freight mobility
  521  to meet the economic development goals of the state.
  522         (b) Priority must be given to projects with innovative
  523  plans, advanced technologies, and development strategies that
  524  focus on future growth and economic prosperity of the supply
  525  chain across the state.
  526         (c) The department, in consultation with the Department of
  527  Transportation, must adopt selection criteria that include, but
  528  are not limited to, consideration of the project’s:
  529         1. Consistency with plans and studies produced by the
  530  department, the Department of Transportation, or another state
  531  entity.
  532         2. Direct increase in efficiency in the delivery of goods.
  533         3. Improvement of freight mobility access while reducing
  534  congestion. This may include overnight truck parking at rest
  535  areas, weigh stations, and intermodal logistics centers.
  536         4. Increase of fuel storage and distribution capacity
  537  across the state, including, but not limited to, petroleum,
  538  hydrogen, ethanol, and natural gas located at seaports and
  539  spaceports.
  540         5. Ability to secure a sustainable logistics transportation
  541  network throughout this state.
  542         6. Development of connections to multimodal transportation
  543  systems.
  544         7. Ability to address emerging supply chain and
  545  transportation industry challenges.
  546         (d)A public or private entity seeking to develop and
  547  establish vertiports in this state may also apply to the
  548  department for funding. For purposes of this subsection, the
  549  term “vertiport” means a system or infrastructure with
  550  supporting services and equipment used for landing, ground
  551  handling, and takeoff of manned or unmanned vertical takeoff and
  552  landing (VTOL) aircraft.
  553         (4) A minimum of a one-to-one match of nonstate resources,
  554  including local, federal, or private funds, to the state
  555  contribution is required. An award may not be made for a project
  556  that is receiving or using state funding from another state
  557  source or statutory program, including tax credits. The one-to
  558  one match requirement is waived for a public entity located in a
  559  fiscally constrained county as defined in s. 218.67(1).
  560         (5) Applicants may seek funding for capital expenditures
  561  and operations but grant funding awarded under this section may
  562  not be used to pay salary and benefits or general business or
  563  office expenses. A project may not be awarded the entirety of
  564  any appropriation in a fiscal year.
  565         (6)The Department of Transportation and the Department of
  566  Commerce shall jointly select projects for award. Grants awarded
  567  under this program shall be administered by the department.
  568         (7)The Department of Commerce, in conjunction with the
  569  Department of Transportation, shall annually provide a list of
  570  each project awarded, the benefit of each project in meeting the
  571  goals and objectives of the program, and the current status of
  572  each project. The department shall include such information in
  573  its annual incentives report required under s. 20.0065.
  574         (8) The department may adopt rules to implement this
  575  section.
  576         (9) This section expires June 30, 2034.
  577         Section 10. Paragraph (e) is added to subsection (2) of
  578  section 288.0001, Florida Statutes, to read:
  579         288.0001 Economic Development Programs Evaluation.—The
  580  Office of Economic and Demographic Research and the Office of
  581  Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA)
  582  shall develop and present to the Governor, the President of the
  583  Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the
  584  chairs of the legislative appropriations committees the Economic
  585  Development Programs Evaluation.
  586         (2) The Office of Economic and Demographic Research and
  587  OPPAGA shall provide a detailed analysis of economic development
  588  programs as provided in the following schedule:
  589         (e) By January 1, 2027, and every 3 years thereafter, an
  590  analysis of the Supply Chain Innovation Grant Program
  591  established under s. 288.102.
  592         Section 11. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section
  593  445.003, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  594         445.003 Implementation of the federal Workforce Innovation
  595  and Opportunity Act.—
  596         (3) FUNDING.—
  597         (a) Title I, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act
  598  funds; Wagner-Peyser funds; and NAFTA/Trade Act funds will be
  599  expended based on the 4-year plan of the state board. The plan
  600  must outline and direct the method used to administer and
  601  coordinate various funds and programs that are operated by
  602  various agencies. The following provisions apply to these funds:
  603         1. At least 50 percent of the Title I funds for Adults and
  604  Dislocated Workers which are passed through to local workforce
  605  development boards shall be allocated to and expended on
  606  Individual Training Accounts unless a local workforce
  607  development board obtains a waiver from the state board.
  608  Tuition, books, and fees of training providers and other
  609  training services prescribed and authorized by the Workforce
  610  Innovation and Opportunity Act qualify as Individual Training
  611  Account expenditures.
  612         2. Fifteen percent of Title I funding shall be retained at
  613  the state level and dedicated to state administration and shall
  614  be used to design, develop, induce, fund, and evaluate the long
  615  term impact of innovative Individual Training Account pilots,
  616  demonstrations, and programs to enable participants to attain
  617  self-sufficiency and to evaluate the effectiveness of
  618  performance-based contracts used by local workforce development
  619  boards under s. 445.024(5) on increasing wages and employment
  620  over the long term. Of such funds retained at the state level,
  621  $2 million may be reserved for the Incumbent Worker Training
  622  Program created under subparagraph 3. Eligible state
  623  administration costs include the costs of funding for the state
  624  board and state board staff; operating fiscal, compliance, and
  625  management accountability systems through the department;
  626  conducting evaluation and research on workforce development
  627  activities; and providing technical and capacity building
  628  assistance to local workforce development areas at the direction
  629  of the state board. Notwithstanding s. 445.004, such
  630  administrative costs may not exceed 25 percent of these funds.
  631  An amount not to exceed 75 percent of these funds shall be
  632  allocated to Individual Training Accounts and other workforce
  633  development strategies for other training designed and tailored
  634  by the state board in consultation with the department,
  635  including, but not limited to, programs for incumbent workers,
  636  nontraditional employment, and enterprise zones. The state
  637  board, in consultation with the department, shall design, adopt,
  638  and fund Individual Training Accounts for distressed urban and
  639  rural communities.
  640         3. The Incumbent Worker Training Program is created for the
  641  purpose of providing grant funding for continuing education and
  642  training of incumbent employees at existing Florida businesses.
  643  The program will provide reimbursement grants to businesses that
  644  pay for preapproved, direct, training-related costs. For
  645  purposes of this subparagraph, the term “businesses” includes
  646  hospitals and health care facilities operated by nonprofit or
  647  local government entities which provide nursing or allied health
  648  care opportunities to acquire new or improved skills.
  649         a. The Incumbent Worker Training Program will be
  650  administered by CareerSource Florida, Inc., which may, at its
  651  discretion, contract with a private business organization to
  652  serve as grant administrator.
  653         b. The program shall be administered under s. 134(d)(4) of
  654  the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. Funding priority
  655  shall be given in the following order:
  656         (I) Businesses that provide employees with opportunities to
  657  acquire new or improved skills by earning a credential on the
  658  Master Credentials List.
  659         (II) Hospitals or health care facilities operated by
  660  nonprofit or local government entities that provide nursing
  661  opportunities in health care to acquire new or improved skills.
  662         (III) Businesses whose grant proposals represent a
  663  significant upgrade in employee skills.
  664         (IV) Businesses with 25 employees or fewer, businesses in
  665  rural areas, and businesses in distressed inner-city areas.
  666         (V) Businesses in a qualified targeted industry or
  667  businesses whose grant proposals represent a significant layoff
  668  avoidance strategy.
  669         c. All costs reimbursed by the program must be preapproved
  670  by CareerSource Florida, Inc., or the grant administrator. The
  671  program may not reimburse businesses for trainee wages, the
  672  purchase of capital equipment, or the purchase of any item or
  673  service that may possibly be used outside the training project.
  674  A business approved for a grant may be reimbursed for
  675  preapproved, direct, training-related costs including tuition,
  676  fees, books and training materials, and overhead or indirect
  677  costs not to exceed 5 percent of the grant amount.
  678         d. A business that is selected to receive grant funding
  679  must provide a matching contribution to the training project,
  680  including, but not limited to, wages paid to trainees or the
  681  purchase of capital equipment used in the training project; must
  682  sign an agreement with CareerSource Florida, Inc., or the grant
  683  administrator to complete the training project as proposed in
  684  the application; must keep accurate records of the project’s
  685  implementation process; and must submit monthly or quarterly
  686  reimbursement requests with required documentation.
  687         e. All Incumbent Worker Training Program grant projects
  688  shall be performance-based with specific measurable performance
  689  outcomes, including completion of the training project and job
  690  retention. CareerSource Florida, Inc., or the grant
  691  administrator shall withhold the final payment to the grantee
  692  until a final grant report is submitted and all performance
  693  criteria specified in the grant contract have been achieved.
  694         f. The state board may establish guidelines necessary to
  695  implement the Incumbent Worker Training Program.
  696         g. No more than 10 percent of the Incumbent Worker Training
  697  Program’s total appropriation may be used for overhead or
  698  indirect purposes.
  699         4. At least 50 percent of Rapid Response funding shall be
  700  dedicated to Intensive Services Accounts and Individual Training
  701  Accounts for dislocated workers and incumbent workers who are at
  702  risk of dislocation. The department shall also maintain an
  703  Emergency Preparedness Fund from Rapid Response funds, which
  704  will immediately issue Intensive Service Accounts, Individual
  705  Training Accounts, and other federally authorized assistance to
  706  eligible victims of natural or other disasters. At the direction
  707  of the Governor, these Rapid Response funds shall be released to
  708  local workforce development boards for immediate use after
  709  events that qualify under federal law. Funding shall also be
  710  dedicated to maintain a unit at the state level to respond to
  711  Rapid Response emergencies and to work with state emergency
  712  management officials and local workforce development boards. All
  713  Rapid Response funds must be expended based on a plan developed
  714  by the state board in consultation with the department and
  715  approved by the Governor.
  716         Section 12. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section
  717  445.004, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  718         445.004 CareerSource Florida, Inc., and the state board;
  719  creation; purpose; membership; duties and powers.—
  720         (3)(a) Members of the state board described in Pub. L. No.
  721  113-128, Title I, s. 101(b)(1)(C)(iii)(I)(aa) are voting
  722  nonvoting members. The number of members is determined by the
  723  Governor, who shall consider the importance of minority, gender,
  724  and geographic representation in making appointments to the
  725  state board. When the Governor is in attendance, he or she shall
  726  preside at all meetings of the state board.
  727         Section 13. Section 720.406, Florida Statutes, is amended
  728  to read:
  729         720.406 Department of Commerce Economic Opportunity;
  730  submission; review and determination.—
  731         (1) Within No later than 60 days after obtaining valid
  732  written consent from a majority of the affected parcel owners,
  733  or within 60 days after the date the proposed revived
  734  declaration and other governing documents are approved by the
  735  affected parcel owners by vote at a meeting, the organizing
  736  committee or its designee must submit the proposed revived
  737  governing documents and supporting materials to the Department
  738  of Commerce Economic Opportunity to review and determine whether
  739  to approve or disapprove of the proposal to preserve the
  740  residential community. The submission to the department must
  741  include:
  742         (a) The full text of the proposed revived declaration of
  743  covenants and articles of incorporation and bylaws of the
  744  homeowners’ association.;
  745         (b) A verified copy of the previous declaration of
  746  covenants and other previous governing documents for the
  747  community, including any amendments thereto.;
  748         (c) The legal description of each parcel to be subject to
  749  the revived declaration and other governing documents and a plat
  750  or other graphic depiction of the affected properties in the
  751  community.;
  752         (d) A verified copy of the written consents of the
  753  requisite number of the affected parcel owners approving the
  754  revived declaration and other governing documents or, if
  755  approval was obtained by a vote at a meeting of affected parcel
  756  owners, verified copies of the notice of the meeting,
  757  attendance, and voting results.;
  758         (e) An affidavit by a current or former officer of the
  759  association or by a member of the organizing committee verifying
  760  that the requirements for the revived declaration set forth in
  761  s. 720.404 have been satisfied.; and
  762         (f) Such other documentation that the organizing committee
  763  believes is supportive of the policy of preserving the
  764  residential community and operating, managing, and maintaining
  765  the infrastructure, aesthetic character, and common areas
  766  serving the residential community.
  767         (2) Within No later than 60 days after receiving the
  768  submission, the department must determine whether the proposed
  769  revived declaration of covenants and other governing documents
  770  comply with the requirements of this act.
  771         (a) If the department determines that the proposed revived
  772  declaration and other governing documents comply with the act
  773  and have been approved by the parcel owners as required by this
  774  act, the department shall notify the organizing committee in
  775  writing of its approval.
  776         (b) If the department determines that the proposed revived
  777  declaration and other governing documents do not comply with,
  778  this act or have not been approved as required by, this act, the
  779  department shall notify the organizing committee in writing that
  780  it does not approve the governing documents and shall state the
  781  reasons for the disapproval.
  782         Section 14. Effective upon becoming a law, the Department
  783  of Commerce is authorized to amend a loan agreement executed
  784  before February 1, 2024, and made pursuant to s. 288.066,
  785  Florida Statutes, in order to increase the loan term to a total
  786  of 10 years from the original date of execution, as authorized
  787  by this act, upon request of the local government and as
  788  determined by the department to be in the best interests of the
  789  state.
  790         Section 15. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
  791  act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon
  792  this act becoming a law, this act shall take effect July 1,
  793  2024.

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