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ENROLLED HB 5001, ENGROSSED 1 2024 LEGISLATURE ______________________________________________________________________________ (Public Law 117-2), in section 233 and section 234 of chapter 2023-239, Laws of Florida, remaining on June 30, 2024, shall revert and are appropriated for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 for the same purposes, except for the Department of Transportation’s unexpended balances from all prior years of appropriations received under this award, which shall be included in the department’s Roll-Forward amendment as authorized in section 339.135(6)(c), Florida Statutes, and the following unexpended balances which shall revert immediately: Acquisition of Rattlesnake Key Recreational Park.......... 23,000,000 Broadband Opportunity Program............................. 75,000,000 Derelict Vessel Removal Program........................... 15,000,000 Green Heart of the Everglades Land Acquisition............ 5,150,000 Special Facility Construction Account - Baker............. 5,312,500 Special Facility Construction Account - Levy.............. 482,325 Workforce Information System.............................. 129,053,035 This section is effective upon becoming a law. SECTION 272. From the funds received and deposited into the General Revenue Fund from the state’s award from the federal Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund (Public Law 117-2), the following nonrecurring appropriations from the General Revenue Fund are authorized for the 2023-2024 fiscal year: MENTAL HEALTH FORENSIC BED CAPACITY The nonrecurring sum of $77,812,537 from the General Revenue Fund is appropriated to the Department of Children and Families to sustain and expand forensic bed capacity to support admissions to state mental health facilities and reduce the waitlist for admission. PUBLIC EDUCATION CAPITAL OUTLAY - SPECIAL FACILITY CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNT PROJECTS The nonrecurring sum of $41,814,517 from the General Revenue Fund is appropriated to the Department of Education as Fixed Capital Outlay for the following projects that received previous funding from the State Fiscal Recovery Fund and have experienced inflationary cost increases: Calhoun Construction Cost Increases (SF 2924)............. 2,143,474 Jackson Construction Cost Increases (SF 2951)............. 15,000,000 Okeechobee Construction Cost Increases (HF 2228)(SF 2572). 24,671,043 EMERGENCY GENERATORS FOR FISCALLY CONSTRAINED COUNTIES The nonrecurring sum of $20,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund is appropriated to the Division of Emergency Management within the Executive Office of the Governor to assist fiscally constrained counties, as defined in s. 218.67(1), Florida Statutes, with providing air-conditioned sheltering for their general population and special needs population during emergency declarations. To qualify for funding assistance, a fiscally constrained county must demonstrate that it has at least one school that serves as an emergency shelter but does not have a generator capable of powering the full facility including the air-conditioning system. Funds shall be used to purchase, install, and/ or retrofit an emergency generator that can fully power the emergency shelter facility. The amount of funding assistance may not exceed $1,500,000 per qualifying fiscally constrained county. This section is effective upon becoming a law. Any unexpended balances of funds appropriated in this section remaining on June 30, 2024, shall revert and are appropriated for the same purposes for Fiscal Year 2024-2025. SECTION 273. The following funds appropriated from the state’s award from the federal Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund (Public Law 117-2) in section 233 and section 234 of chapter 2023-239, Laws of Florida, shall be transferred from an American Rescue Plan (ARP) appropriation category to a non-ARP appropriation category for the same purpose: Resilient Florida Grant Program........................... 150,000,000 Wastewater Grant Program.................................. 100,000,000 Camp Blanding Readiness Center............................ 70,000,000 Florida National Guard Armory - Zephyrhills............... 20,000,000 STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM PROJECTS - UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA West Palm Beach Global Center for Technology and Innovation.............................................. 100,000,000 Dental Science Building - Remodel and Renovation or New Construction............................................ 58,300,000 504