to adopt the amendment to HB 5843.
Representative Tate moved to adopt the amendment to HB 5843. The motion prevailed 28-0- 0: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Hernandez, Miller, Sheppard, Albert, Allor, Brann, VanSingel, Whiteford, Yaroch, Bollin, Glenn, Green, Huizenga, Lightner, Maddock, Slagh, VanWoerkom, Hoadley, Pagan, Hammoud, Peterson, Sabo, Anthony, Brixie, Cherry, Hood, Kennedy, Tate. Nays: None. Pass: None. Representative Hood offered the following amendment to HB 5843: 1. Amend page 3, following line 28, by striking out all of section 301 and inserting: "Sec. 301. (1) Funds appropriated in part 1 from the disaster and emergency contingency fund shall be allocated to a county with a population of more than 80,000 and less than 85,000 and to a city with a population of more than 35,000 located in a county with a population of more than 80,000 and less than 85,000, according to the most recent federal decennial census. Funding shall be used to reimburse project restoration costs and expenses caused by the federally declared disaster in that county. Restoration projects include, but are not limited to, debris removal, emergency protective measures such as road blockades, sheltering, and evacuations, chemical contamination clean-up efforts, and the repaid of real estate and personal property. Expenditures for chemical contamination clean-up efforts must not be made on projects where existing parties are responsible for monitoring and remediating contaminated properties. (2) Funds must be allocated with priority given to supporting housing assistance costs for individuals displaced from their residence.".