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Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 311.22 - Florida Seaport Transportation And Economic Development - Additional authorization for funding certain dredging projects.Legal Research Home > Florida Lawyer > Ports and Harbors > Florida Ports And Harbors Code Section 311.22 - Florida Seaport Transportation And Economic Development - Additional authorization for funding certain dredging projects. Title XXII PORTS AND HARBORSChapter 311 FLORIDA SEAPORT TRANSPORTATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT311.22 Additional authorization for funding certain dredging projects.-- (1) The Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic Development Council shall establish a program to fund dredging projects in counties having a population of fewer than 300,000 according to the last official census. Funds made available under this program 1may be used to fund approved projects for the dredging or deepening of channels, turning basins, or harbors on a 50-50 matching basis with any port authority, as such term is defined in s. 315.02(2), which complies with the 2permitting requirements in part IV of chapter 373 and the local financial management and reporting provisions of part III of chapter 218. 3(2) The council shall adopt rules for evaluating the projects that may be funded pursuant to this section. The rules must provide criteria for evaluating the economic benefit of the project. The rules must include the creation of an administrative review process by the council which is similar to the process 4described in s. 311.09(5)-(12), and provide for a review by the Department of Community Affairs, the Department of Transportation, and the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development of all projects submitted for funding under this section. 5(3) For the 2006-2007 fiscal year only and notwithstanding the matching basis specified in subsection (1), funding for projects in subsection (1) shall require a minimum 25 percent match of funds received pursuant to this section. This subsection expires July 1, 2007. History.--ss. 42, 55, ch. 2005-71; s. 1, ch. 2005-261; s. 1, ch. 2005-281; s. 39, ch. 2006-26. 1Note.--As enacted by s. 42, ch. 2005-71, and s. 1, ch. 2005-281. The s. 1, ch. 2005-261, version used the word "shall" instead of the word "may." 2Note.--As enacted by s. 1, ch. 2005-261, and s. 1, ch. 2005-281. The s. 42, ch. 2005-71, version references "water quality provisions of s. 403.061" instead of "permitting requirements in part IV of chapter 373." 3Note.--As enacted by s. 42, ch. 2005-71, and s. 1, ch. 2005-281. For a description of multiple acts in the same session affecting a statutory provision, see preface to the Florida Statutes, "Statutory Construction." Subsection (2) was also enacted by s. 1, ch. 2005-261, and that version reads: (2) The council shall adopt rules for evaluating projects submitted for funding pursuant to this section and establish criteria for evaluating the economic benefit of such projects. The rules shall also establish and require an administrative review process similar to the process contained in s. 311.09(5)-(9) for projects approved for funding pursuant to this section to be reviewed by the Department of Community Affairs, the Department of Transportation, and the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development. 4Note.--As enacted by s. 1, ch. 2005-281. The s. 42, ch. 2005-71, version uses the word "contained" instead of "described." 5Note.--Section 39, ch. 2006-26, added subsection (3) "[i]n order to implement Specific Appropriation 2132 of the 2006-2007 General Appropriations Act." Florida Lawyers
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