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S250 · Rural Communities

2026 Session
Last action March 13, 2026
Sponsor: Simon, Corey Companion: H273 (Compare)

Rural Communities; Requiring the state land planning agency to give preference for technical assistance funding to local governments located in a rural area of opportunity; revising the conditions required for a county to be considered a fiscally constrained county; creating the Office of Rural Prosperity within the Department of Commerce; requiring the Office of Rural Prosperity to administer the Renaissance Grants Program to provide block grants to eligible communities; creating the Public Infrastructure Smart Technology Grant Program within the Office of Rural Prosperity; creating the Florida Arterial Road Modernization Program within the Department of Transportation, etc.

APPROPRIATION:
$144,813,977

Died in Messages; Companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 273 (Ch. 2026-167 ) Effective July 1, 2026 View original ↗