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Florida Statute 20.241 - Full Text and Legal Analysis Florida Statute 20.241 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research
Fla. Stat. § 20.241 (2026) Copy Cite Official Site Syfertize CourtListener Amendments
20.241 Federal Grants Trust Fund; Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.
(1) The Federal Grants Trust Fund is created within the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.
(2) The trust fund is established for use as a depository for funds to be used for allowable grant activities funded by restricted program revenues from federal sources. Moneys to be credited to the trust fund shall consist of grants and funding from the Federal Government, interest earnings, and cash advances from other trust funds. Funds shall be expended only pursuant to legislative appropriation or an approved amendment to the department’s operating budget pursuant to the provisions of chapter 216.
History.s. 1, ch. 2007-22; s. 2, ch. 2011-31.

Cases Citing F.S. 20.241

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·Wendel v. Florida Dep't of High. Saf. & Motor Vehs., 80 F. Supp. 3d 1297 (M.D. Fla. 2015).

Published | District Court, M.D. Florida | 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 6720, 2015 WL 263445

...§ 2000d-7 (“A State shall not be immune under the” Eleventh Amendment of the United States from suit in Federal court for a violation of section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act ... by recipients of Federal financial assistance.”). Pursuant to Florida Statute § 20.241, the Department is a recipient of federal funding; as such, it has waived its sovereign immunity against a § 504 claim....
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DistinguishedSchwarz (2016)
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Cited as authoritySchwarz (2016)
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