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ENROLLED HB 5001, ENGROSSED 1 2024 LEGISLATURE ______________________________________________________________________________ SECTION 200. The unexpended balance of funds provided to the Department of Management Services in Specific Appropriation 3013A of chapter 2023-239, Laws of Florida, shall revert and is appropriated to the department in Fiscal Year 2024-2025, in the Grants and Aids Cybersecurity Grants appropriation category, to provide nonrecurring assistance to local governments for the development and enhancement of cybersecurity risk management programs. The department shall include language in the local government agreements that releases the state from all liability related to cybersecurity incidents impacting the local government recipient. The funding shall be placed in reserve and the department is authorized to submit budget amendments requesting the release of these funds pursuant to chapter 216, Florida Statutes. Release of these funds is contingent upon submission of a detailed spend plan, which shall include the vendors, services provided, and local government recipients. No funds shall be distributed to contracts not competitively procured. SECTION 201. The nonrecurring sum of $3,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund is appropriated to the Department of Management Services in Fixed Capital Outlay for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 to complete security updates of the Capitol Complex, including entry turnstiles. This section is effective upon becoming law. SECTION 202. The nonrecurring sum of $1,487,961 from the State Employees Health Insurance Trust Fund and $3,843,276 from the State Personnel System Trust Fund is appropriated to the Department of Management Services for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 for administrative expenses associated with the inclusion of the Florida College System into the State Group Insurance Program. This section is effective upon becoming law. Any unexpended balance of funds remaining on June 30, 2024, shall revert and are appropriated for the same purpose for Fiscal Year 2024-2025. SECTION 203. The nonrecurring sum of $4,171,800 from the Purchasing Account within the Operating Trust Fund is appropriated to the Department of the Management Services for Cloud Migration and Modernization in Fiscal Year 2023-2024. The funds shall be placed in reserve. The department is authorized to submit quarterly budget amendments requesting release of these funds pursuant to the provisions of chapter 216, Florida Statutes, and based on the department’s planned quarterly expenditures. Release is contingent upon approval of a detailed operational work plan and monthly spend plan that identifies all project activities and costs budgeted for Fiscal Year 2024-2025. The department shall provide monthly status reports to the department, the Executive Office of the Governor’s Office of Policy and Budget, the chair of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, and the chair of the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee. Each status report must include progress made to date for each project milestone, deliverable, and task order, planned and actual completion dates, planned and actual costs incurred, and project issues and risks. Funds remaining at the end of Fiscal Year 2023-2024 shall revert and are appropriated for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 for the same purpose. This section is effective upon becoming law. SECTION 204. The recurring sums of $169,391 from the General Revenue Fund and $346,214 from the Federal Grants Trust Fund are appropriated for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 to the Department of Revenue for the Child Support Program partner agencies’ distribution of the Discretionary Pay Plan effective October 1, 2023, and for legal services costs. This section is effective upon becoming law. SECTION 205. The nonrecurring sum of $16,202,335 from the General Revenue Fund is appropriated to the Department of Revenue for the purpose of mitigating deficits in the Fiscally Constrained Counties distributions as determined by the January 11, 2024, Revenue Estimating Conference. This section is effective upon becoming law. SECTION 206. The unexpended balance of funds appropriated to the Department of Commerce for the American Rescue Plan Act’s Homeowner Assistance Fund in section 188 of chapter 2023-239, Laws of Florida, shall revert and is appropriated to the department for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 for the same purpose. SECTION 207. The unexpended balance of funds appropriated to the Department of Commerce for the Capital Projects Fund Program in section 187 of chapter 2023-239, Laws of Florida, shall revert and is appropriated to the department for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 for the same purpose. 496