1999 Florida Code
TITLE XVIII PUBLIC LANDS AND PROPERTY
Chapter 267 Historical Resources  
267.0617   Historic Preservation Grant Program.

267.0617  Historic Preservation Grant Program.--

(1)  There is hereby created within the division the Historic Preservation Grant Program, which shall make grants of moneys appropriated by the Legislature, moneys deposited pursuant to ss. 550.0351(2) and 607.1901(2)(g), and moneys contributed for that purpose from any other source. The program funds shall be used by the division for the purpose of financing grants in furtherance of the purposes of this section.

(2)  The division is authorized to conduct and carry out a program of historic preservation grants-in-aid, including matching grants, to any department or agency of the state; any unit of county, municipal, or other local government; any corporation, partnership, or other organization, whether public or private or whether or not for profit; or any individual for projects having as their purpose the identification, acquisition, protection, preservation, rehabilitation, restoration, or construction of historic sites and properties, or Florida history, or the planning of such activities. Funds appropriated from general revenue for the historic preservation grants-in-aid program shall not be provided for a project owned by private individuals or owned by for-profit corporations. All moneys received from any source as appropriations, deposits, or contributions to this program shall be paid and credited to the Historical Resources Operating Trust Fund.

(3)  All grants of state funds to assist the preservation of historic properties shall be made from the Historical Resources Operating Trust Fund and may be awarded only pursuant to applications for such assistance made to the Division of Historical Resources. The Historic Preservation Advisory Council shall review each application for a historic preservation grant-in-aid and shall submit annually to the Secretary of State for approval lists of all applications that are recommended by the council for the award of grants, arranged in order of priority. The division may allocate grants only for projects that are approved or for which funds are appropriated by the Legislature.

(4)  The Division of Historical Resources may accept and administer moneys appropriated to it for the purpose of providing grants for the projects approved by the Secretary of State.

(5)  The Division of Historical Resources shall adopt rules prescribing the criteria to be applied by the Historic Preservation Advisory Council in recommending applications for the award of grants and rules providing for the administration of the other provisions of this section.

History.--s. 3, ch. 78-357; s. 1, ch. 81-126; s. 170, ch. 81-259; s. 1, ch. 84-248; s. 49, ch. 86-163; s. 8, ch. 88-137; s. 2, ch. 90-26; s. 3, ch. 90-267; s. 5, ch. 91-429; s. 59, ch. 92-348; s. 5, ch. 94-190; ss. 28, 31, ch. 95-242; s. 10, ch. 96-418.