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Legislative Appropriation • Portable generators
Highlights in District 100 • Smoke detectors, smoke alarms, carbon monoxide detectors,
These projects were passed through the Legislature and signed and fire extinguishers
by The Governor: • Tarps and waterproof sheeting
Broward Sheriff’s Office Forensic Services Division Crime • Tie-down kits
Lab Upgrades
• Fuel Cans
Deerfield Beach Tedder Neighborhood Pocket Park
Reimburses fiscally constrained counties for property tax
Fort Lauderdale Galt Mile Street Safety Improvements refunds made to residences damaged last year by hurricanes.
Fort Lauderdale SE 13th Street Bridge Replacement
Makes the Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday permanent and
Helping Advance and Nurture the Development of for the entire month of August - ensuring families can count on
Youth (HANDY) these savings every school year.
Hillsboro Beach: Sample Road Bridge Water Main Relocation
• Clothing items priced $100 or less
Hillsboro Beach: WTP Clearwell Storage Tank Replacement • School supplies priced $50 or less
Las Olas Chabad Jewish Ctr: Friendship Circle Grill-Job • Computers and related accessories priced $1,500 or less
Skills Training
• Learning aids and puzzles priced $30 or less
Lighthouse Point Dredging Project
• Ends the business rent tax - a tax on commercial leases of
Lighthouse Point NE 28th Street Bridge Replacement Project real property that no other state charges, allowing businesses
Lighthouse Point Stormwater Improvement Project to invest in jobs and salaries
Pompano Beach Dixie Highway Safety Corridor- Phase 3 • Boosts tech investment and high-wage jobs by extending
Stranahan House Center of the Community Initiative Florida’s data center tax exemption through 2037 and
increasing the energy threshold to 100 megawatts
Tri-County Child Welfare Collaborative
• Extends the tax-free window for natural gas fuel to keep
Urban League Regional Entrepreneurship Centers
energy and transportation costs low to support shipping fleets
and consumers
Transportation and Economic
Development:
• The Transportation & Economic Development Budget
Subcommittee’s budget totals $17.9 billion.
• Transportation Work Program $13.8 billion - Provides full
funding for the department’s 5-year Transportation Work
Program.
• Federally Declared Disaster Funding $203.8 million
- Provides federal budget authority for the Division of
Emergency Management to manage and continue
public assistance and mitigation programs for disasters
throughout the state. Based on expected reversions, up
to $646 million is included in the Back of the Bill for a total
2025 Legislative Budget Highlights of approximately $850 million to assist the state and

communities.
Tax Package: • Federal Workforce and Community Development Programs
The 2025 Tax package include historic tax cuts of 1.3 billion $657.7 million - Provides full federal funding to maintain the
dollars. With some of the main highlights below.
following programs:
Permanently eliminates sales tax on Disaster Preparedness - Community Development Block Grant Program $36.5 million
Supplies: - Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery
• Batteries Program $149.9 million

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