Florida Statute 252.37 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XVII
MILITARY AFFAIRS AND RELATED MATTERS

Chapter 252
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

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F.S. 252.37

252.37 Financing.—

(1) The Legislature intends and declares it to be the policy of the state that funds to meet emergencies shall always be available.

(2)(a) It is the legislative intent that the first recourse be made to funds specifically appropriated to state and local agencies for disaster relief or response.

(b) If the Governor finds that the demands placed upon these funds in coping with a particular disaster declared by the Governor as a state of emergency are unreasonably great, she or he may make funds available by transferring and expending moneys from the Emergency Preparedness and Response Fund created under s. 252.3711. The Governor may request that additional funds be transferred or appropriated to the Emergency Preparedness and Response Fund by a budget amendment, subject to approval of the Legislative Budget Commission.

(c) Following the expiration or termination of the state of emergency, the Governor may transfer moneys with a budget amendment, subject to approval by the Legislative Budget Commission, to satisfy the budget authority granted for such emergency. The transfers and expenditures supporting the amendment must be directly related to the declared disaster or emergency.

(3) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to limit the authority of the Governor to apply for, administer, and expend any grants, gifts, or payments in aid of emergency prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response, or recovery.

(4)(a) Whenever the Federal Government or any agency or officer thereof offers to the state or, through the state, to any political subdivision thereof services, equipment, supplies, materials, or funds by way of gift, grant, or loan for the purposes of emergency management, the state, acting through the division, or such political subdivision, acting with the consent of the Governor or the Governor’s authorized representative, may accept such offer. Upon such acceptance, the division or the presiding officer or governing body of such political subdivision may authorize receipt of the gift, grant, or loan on behalf of the state or such political subdivision, subject to the terms of the offer and the rules and regulations of the agency making the offer.

(b) Whenever any person, firm, or corporation offers to the state or to any political subdivision thereof services, equipment, supplies, materials, or funds by way of gift, grant, loan, or other agreement for the purpose of emergency management, the state, acting through the division, or such political subdivision, acting through its governing body or a local emergency management agency, may accept such offer. Upon such acceptance, the division or the presiding officer or governing body of the political subdivision may authorize receipt of the gift, grant, or loan on behalf of the state or such political subdivision, subject to the terms of the offer.

(5) Unless otherwise specified in the General Appropriations Act:

(a) Whenever the state accepts financial assistance from the Federal Government or its agencies under the federal Public Assistance Program and such financial assistance is conditioned upon a requirement for matching funds, the state shall provide the entire match requirement for state agencies and one-half of the required match for grants to local governments. The affected local government shall be required to provide one-half of the required match prior to receipt of such financial assistance.

(b) The Executive Office of the Governor may approve a waiver, subject to the requirement for legislative notice and review under s. 216.177, of all or a portion of the required match for public assistance projects for local governments if the Executive Office of the Governor determines that such a match requirement cannot be provided, or that doing so would impose a documented hardship on the local government, and if the local government applies for the waiver within the first 18 months after the disaster is declared.

(c) Subject to appropriation, and notwithstanding paragraph (a), the Legislature intends to provide the entire match requirement for Public Assistance Program grants to local governments within a county designated in the Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster declarations for Hurricane Ian or Hurricane Nicole. Local governments named in such Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster declarations must enter into agreements with the division to have their portions of the match requirements waived and must agree to use an equal amount of funds toward further disaster recovery or mitigation. Funds shall be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a local government in an agreement with the division under this paragraph is not required to provide one-half of the required match prior to receipt of Public Assistance Program financial assistance. The division shall report quarterly to the Executive Office of the Governor and the chair of each legislative appropriations committee on the amount of match requirements waived, agreements entered into with local governments, and the amount of remaining appropriated funds. This paragraph expires June 30, 2027.

(d) Subject to appropriation, and notwithstanding paragraph (a), the Legislature intends to provide the entire match requirement for Public Assistance Program grants to local governments within a county designated for individual assistance and public assistance (categories A-G) in the Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster declaration for Hurricane Idalia. Such local governments must enter into agreements with the division to have their portions of the match requirements waived and must agree to use an equal amount of funds toward further disaster recovery or mitigation. Funds shall be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a local government in an agreement with the division under this paragraph is not required to provide one-half of the required match before it receives Public Assistance Program financial assistance. The division shall report quarterly to the Executive Office of the Governor and the chair of each legislative appropriations committee on the amount of match requirements waived, agreements entered into with local governments, and the amount of remaining appropriated funds. This paragraph expires June 30, 2028.

(6) Whenever the state accepts financial assistance from the Federal Government or its agencies under the federal Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grant Program and such financial assistance is conditioned upon a requirement for matching funds, the eligible subgrantee recipient shall be required to provide the full amount of the required match prior to receipt of such financial assistance unless otherwise specified in the General Appropriations Act.

History.—s. 1, ch. 74-285; s. 20, ch. 83-334; s. 5, ch. 93-128; s. 131, ch. 95-148; s. 14, ch. 98-73; s. 52, ch. 2000-371; s. 1, ch. 2004-482; s. 42, ch. 2005-152; s. 37, ch. 2006-122; s. 2, ch. 2022-1; s. 5, ch. 2022-272; s. 7, ch. 2023-349.

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Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases Citing Statute 252.37

Total Results: 17

Blackwelder v. D'Ercole Enterprises, Inc.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1963-01-22

Citation: 148 So. 2d 721

Snippet: Equitable Building & Loan Association v. King, 48 Fla. 252, 37 So. 181; Holmberg v. Hardee, 90 Fla. 787, 108 So

Zaucha v. Town of Medley

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1953-07-03

Citation: 66 So. 2d 238, 1953 Fla. LEXIS 1394

Snippet: Equitable Building & Loan Association v. King, 48 Fla. 252, 37 So. 181, a case in which a recorded deed contained

United Mercantile Agencies v. Bissonnette

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1944-10-17

Citation: 19 So. 2d 466, 155 Fla. 22, 155 A.L.R. 916, 1944 Fla. LEXIS 458

Snippet: Building and Loan Association v. King, 48 Fla. 252, 37 So. 181; Baggett v. Davis, 124 Fla. 701, 169 So

Marcus v. Hull

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1939-05-09

Citation: 195 So. 170, 142 Fla. 306, 1939 Fla. LEXIS 2054

Snippet: Equitable Building Loan Assn. v. King, 48 Fla. 252,37 So. 181; Bartlett v. De Wilson, 52 Fla. 497, 42

Protective Holding Corp. v. Cornwall Co.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1936-10-30

Citation: 173 So. 804, 127 Fla. 252

Snippet: Equitable Building Loan Co. v. King, 48 Fla. 252, 37 So. 181. A mortgage that is executed or assumed

Gross v. Hammond

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1936-03-25

Citation: 167 So. 373, 123 Fla. 471

Snippet: Equitable Bldg., etc., Assn. v. King, 48 Fla. 252, 37 So. 181; McKinney v. Gainey, 96 Fla. 547, 118

Morrow v. Jefferson Standard Life Insurance

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1933-05-30

Citation: 150 So. 229, 110 Fla. 331

Snippet: Equitable Building Loan Association v. King,48 Fla. 252, 37 So. 181; Blood v. Hunt, 97 Fla. 551, 121 So. 886

Kerman's v. Strobhar

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1932-07-12

Citation: 143 So. 138, 106 Fla. 148

Snippet: 2d 158; Equitable B. L. Asso. v. King, 48 Fla. 252, 37 So.2d 181; Sumner v. Osborne, 101 Fla. 742, 135

Sumner Et Vir. v. Osborne

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1931-05-29

Citation: 135 So. 513, 101 Fla. 742

Snippet: also Equitable Bldg. Loan Ass'n v. King, 48 Fla. 252, 37 So. 181; Virginia-Carolina Chem. Co. vs. Fisher

Schmidt v. Kibben

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1931-01-10

Citation: 132 So. 194, 100 Fla. 1684

Snippet: Equitable Bldg. Loan Association v. King, 48 Fla. 252, 37 So. R. 181. The suggestion has been made in the

Thaden v. Swartz

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1930-05-13

Citation: 128 So. 425, 99 Fla. 1082

Snippet: Association, a corporation, etc., v. King, 48 Fla. 252, 37 So. R. 181. When the married woman agreed to purchase

Morgan v. Simpson

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1929-12-30

Citation: 125 So. 350, 98 Fla. 1155

Snippet: 16 Fla. 86; Equitable B. . L. v. King, 48 Fla. 252, 37 So. R. 181. This is in general now the law in Florida

Blood v. Hunt

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1929-04-16

Citation: 121 So. 886, 97 Fla. 551

Snippet: Fla. 86; Eq. *Page 571 B. L. v. King, 48 Fla. 252, 37 So. R. 181. This is in general now the law in Florida

Phillips v. Lowenstein

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1926-01-23

Citation: 107 So. 350, 91 Fla. 89

Snippet: Equitable Building Loan Ass'n v. King, 48 Fla. 252,37 South. Rep. 181; Walling v. Christian Craft Grocery

State ex rel. Buford v. Daniel

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1924-03-19

Citation: 87 Fla. 270, 99 So. 804

Snippet: Equitable Building & Loan Ass’n. v. King, 48 Fla. 252, 37 South. Rep. 181. I regard such a provision, as

Wilkins v. Lewis

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1919-07-01

Citation: 78 Fla. 78, 82 So. 762

Snippet: Equitable Building & Loan Ass’n v. King, 48 Fla. 252, 37 South. *84Rep. 181; Walling v. Christian & Craft

Vance v. Jacksonville Realty & Mortgage Co.

Court: Supreme Court of Florida | Date Filed: 1915-01-21

Citation: 69 Fla. 33, 67 So. 636

Snippet: Equitable Building & Loan Association v. King, 48 Fla. 252, 37 South, Rep. 181. We do not think that there is