Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Grants Program  

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    FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION

    RULE NO: RULE TITLE
    68-1.003: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Grants Program

    NOTICE OF CHANGE

    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. 34, No. 8, February 22, 2008 issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly.

    Subsection (8) of the proposed rule has been amended to read:

    (8) Florida Boating Safety and Education Grant Program grants shall meet all additional program requirements of Rules 62D-5.031-039, F.A.C. set forth in the Boating Safety and Education Grant Program Guidelines (dated Jan. 2008), which are hereby incorporated by reference. The following form is hereby adopted and incorporated by reference: FWC/FBSEG, Florida Boating Safety and Education Grant Application, 07/08. The guidelines and form are available from the Commission at 620 S. Meridian Street, 1M, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1600 or www.myfwc.com/boating/grants/.

    Subsection (9) of the proposed rule has been amended to read:

    (9) Florida Boating Improvement Program grants shall meet all additional program requirements set forth in the Florida Boating Improvement Program Guidelines (dated Jan. 2008), which are hereby incorporated by reference. The following forms are hereby adopted and incorporated by reference: FWC/FBIP-A, Florida Boating Improvement Program Grant Application for Recreational Channel Markers and Other Uniform Waterway Markers, 07/08; FWC/FBIP-B, Florida Boating Improvement Program Grant Application for Boating Access Facilities, 07/08; FWC/FBIP-C, Florida Boating Improvement Program Grant Application for Derelict Vessel Removal, 07/08; FWC/FBIP-D, Florida Boating Improvement Program Boater Education Grant Application, 07/08; FWC/FBIP-E, Florida Boating Improvement Program Grant Application for Economic Initiatives and Other Local Boating Related Projects, 07/08. The guidelines and forms are available from the Commission at 620 S. Meridian Street, 1M, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1600 or www.myfwc.com/boating/grants/fbip.htm. be similar to eligible projects determined under the program administered by the Department of Environmental Protection and established in Rules 62D-5.031-.036, F.A.C.

    Subsection (12) of the proposed rule has been amended to read:

    (12) Boating Infrastructure Grant Program grants shall meet all additional requirements set forth in the Boating Infrastructure Grant Program Guidelines (dated Jan. 2008), which are hereby incorporated by reference. The following form is hereby adopted and incorporated by reference: FWC/BIGP-APP, Boating Infrastructure Grant Program Grant Application, 07/08. The guidelines and form are available from the Commission at 620 S. Meridian St., 1M, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1600 or www.myfwc.com/boating/grants/bigp.htm.

    The forms adopted by reference in subsections (8), (9) and (12) have been revised to remove the requirement that the application form be sworn to and notarized. That requirement is replaced with a warning that Section 837.06, Florida Statutes, prohibits and provides criminal penalties for making a false statement in writing with the intent to mislead a public servant in the performance of his or her official duty.