Section 62-43.050 - Release of Funds(1) The Department shall release money from the Fund to each District for the development of priority lists or plans or for implementation of Adopted Plans. Implementation funds, including matching funds, are only to be used for new activities or the expansion of current activities, and not to continue previously funded District activities.(2) A District requesting release of money from the Fund shall submit to the Department a request from the District governing board. The District governing board may delegate funding request authority for implementing Adopted Plans to the District Executive Director by resolution. Requests from the District governing board shall bear the District seal. Requests from the District Executive Director shall be notarized and shall cite the delegation authority. The request shall certify that the money is needed to reimburse the District for expenditures during a specified time period or to meet the reasonably expected cash needs of the District within the next 90 days and that the money was or will be used for either Priority Planning or implementation of an Adopted Plan and shall specifically include: (a) The amount of money being requested;(b) The total cost of the activity for which funds are requested;(c) A statement that the District has deposited and presently made available in the District's separate Surface Water Improvement and Management Fund 20 percent of the amount identified in paragraph (b), above;(d) Selected technical project designs and other scopes-of-work and descriptions for verification of the achievement of the original purposes of the Adopted Plan or portion thereof for which the money is requested including reference to the specific portion of the Adopted Plan being addressed; and,(e) A statement that the proposed use of requested money is consistent with the Adopted Plan; Chapter 187, F.S. (the State Comprehensive Plan); and Chapter 62-40, F.A.C. (the State Water Policy).(f) The quarterly report required in subsection 62-43.070(2), F.A.C.(3) The Department shall review the request for money using the criteria specified in the Procedures Manual. Within 30 days after receipt of the certifying resolution, the Secretary shall authorize the release of the requested money or shall notify the District in writing why the money cannot be released.(4) District expenditures, for purposes set out in subsection (1), above, made after July 1, 1987, to implement the provisions of Sections 373.451 through 373.459, F.S., and this rule shall be eligible for reimbursement from the Fund. Only upon written approval of the Secretary may projects which were initiated prior to July 1, 1987 be eligible for reimbursement of expenditures incurred after July 1, 1987 or be applied to the District's 20 percent match requirement.(5) Any money released from the Fund shall be accounted for in a separate District fund together with the District's 20 percent match requirement to provide for segregated accountability. Any District fund money shall be continuously invested, and any accrued interest shall be credited to the District fund.Fla. Admin. Code Ann. R. 62-43.050
Rulemaking Authority 373.043 FS. Law Implemented 373.026, 373.451, 373.457, 373.459 FS.
New 12-7-87, Amended 2-21-90, 5-3-90, Formerly 17-43.050.New 12-7-87, Amended 2-21-90, 5-3-90, Formerly 17-43.050.