Department of Commerce

Summary

SB 998 repealed several sections of the Florida Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Program and made the Department of Commerce the agency to receive and manage HUD funding for that program. It also revised the definition of “rural community,” added land‑conveyance exemptions for federal military uses, and created new E‑Verify compliance rules with penalties and hearing procedures for employers. The measure would have impacted small cities, rural counties, state land transactions, and employers, but it failed in the Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development.

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