RULE NO: RULE TITLE
14B-1.002: Port Project Funding Application Procedures and Requirements
14B-1.006: Eligible Port Funding Requirements

Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 36 No. 18, May 7, 2010 issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly.

14B-1.002 Port Project Funding Application Procedures and Requirements.

(1) An application shall be accepted only from an eligible port. The port shall apply for the grant by submitting to the Council an Aapplication Form 14B, entitled “Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic Development Project Application,” Form FSTED-1, hereby incorporated by reference, effective August 1, 2009 which contains five separate elements as described in subsection (7) below. Applications for program funds shall be submitted in electronic format and can be obtained utilizing SeaCIP (www.seacip.com). Applications shall be submitted by the appropriate duly authorized official of such port. Beginning in 1991, Tthe submission deadline period for submitting applications for the applicable Department of Transportation fiscal-year funding cycle shall be determined by the Council in consultation with the Department each calendar year. from January 1 to February 15 in each calendar year. Application forms may be obtained from and completed applications submitted in five (5) copies to: Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic Development Council, P. O. Box 10137, Tallahassee, FL 32302.

Applications for other Department of Transportation fiscal funding cycles may be electronically submitted utilizing SeaCIP by an eligible port at any time during the calendar year.

14B-1.006 Eligible Port Funding Requirements.

(4) Program Ffunds received by eligible ports from the Trust Fund shall be expended on eligible costs only. If program funds are not expended on eligible costs, the port shall immediately reimburse the Council for the ineligible costs.

(5) Upon legislative approval of the Department of Transportation’s budget request as provided in Rule 14B-1.004, F.A.C., and upon entering into a written grant agreement with an eligible port, the Department of Transportation will reimburse the eligible port an amount equal to 50 percent of eligible costs incurred on an approved project. This reimbursement will be made upon receipt of an invoice showing total eligible costs incurred to date, less the port’s 50 percent share, less reimbursements received to date. These reimbursements will be made in compliance with the payment requirements set forth in Section 215.422, F.S. The final reimbursement to the port will be released upon the satisfactory completion of a final audit conducted by the Florida Department of Transportation.

Rulemaking Specific Authority 120.53, 311.09(4) FS. Law Implemented 311.07, 320.20(3), (4) FS. History–New 12-19-90, Amended________.