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By Senator Rodriguez
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A bill to be entitled
An act relating to the Small Business Roadway
Construction Mitigation Grant Program; creating s.
339.28154, F.S.; providing legislative findings;
requiring the Department of Transportation to create a
Small Business Roadway Construction Mitigation Grant
Program; defining the terms "construction mitigation
zone" and "qualified business"; requiring the program
to disburse grants using funds allocated to the
department by the Legislature to certain qualified
businesses for the purpose of maintaining the
businesses during a construction project of the
department; providing restrictions on the amount of
each grant; providing application requirements;
providing eligibility criteria; requiring the
department to make a report and to submit the report
to the Legislature by a specified date; requiring the
department to initiate rulemaking by a specified date;
providing an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
Section 1. Section 339.28154, Florida Statutes, is created
to read:
339.28154 Small Business Roadway Construction Mitigation
Grant Program.—
(1) The Legislature finds that it is in the best interest
of the state to support small businesses that are negatively
impacted by state construction protects and to mitigate the
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30 negative impacts on such businesses. While the benefit of
31 construction and development by the state ultimately helps small
32 business growth, small businesses may experience in the short -
33 term decreased revenue that may decrease economic activity,
34 state revenue, and employment.
35 (2) The department shall create a Small Business Roadway
36 Construction Mitigation Grant Program to provide support for
37 small businesses that are impacted by state construction
38 projects.
39 (3) As used in this section, the term:
40 (a) "Construction mitigation zone" means a geographic area
41 with a high concentration of qualified businesses which is
42 designated by the department as being impacted by a construction
43 project of the department.
44 (b) "Qualified business" means an entity that:
45 1. Is engaged in a for-profit business enterprise;
46 2. Employs up to 40 full-time or part-time employees; and
47 3. Is located in a construction mitigation zone.
48 (4)(a) The Small Business Roadway Construction Mitigation
49 Grant Program shall disburse grants using funds allocated to the
50 department by the Legislature to any qualified business located
51 in a construction mitigation zone which is affected by a
52 construction project of the department for the purpose of
53 maintaining the business during the construction.
54 (b) The grant to each qualified business may not exceed the
55 decline in profits demonstrated by the business or $15,000 per
56 calendar year, whichever is less.
57 (c) A qualified business may apply for a construction
58 mitigation grant only for a construction project lasting 90 days
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application a significant decline in revenue, including
timelines connecting the loss of revenue to the project, in a
format and manner prescribed by the department.
(5) The department shall determine the eligibility of a
alified business for a construction mitigation Grant on a
case-by-case basis using all of the following criteria:
(a) Construction duration.
(b) Proximity to construction.
(c) Severity of traffic disruption.
(d) Lack of access to parking.
(e) Lack of access for pedestrian traffic.
(f) Any other criteria that the department determines to be
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(6) The department shall make a report detailing best
practices and methods to reduce the negative impacts of
construction projects on qualified businesses in construction
mitigation zones. By January 31, 2019, the department shall
submit the report, including a list of recommendations, to the
President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
Representatives.
(7) By August 31, 2018, the department shall initiate
rulemaking to implement this section.
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018.
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