Florida § 290.0475 - Rejection of grant applications; penalties for failure to meet application conditions.

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§ 290.0475. Rejection of grant applications; penalties for failure to meet application conditions.

Applications are ineligible for funding if any of the following circumstances arise: (1) The application is not received by the department by the application deadline; (2) The proposed project does not meet one of the three national objectives as contained in federal and state legislation; (3) The proposed project is not an eligible activity as contained in the federal legislation; (4) The application is not consistent with the local government’s comprehensive plan adopted pursuant to s. 163.3184; (5) The applicant has an open community development block grant, except as provided in s. 290.046(2)(a)-(c) and department rules; (6) The local government is not in compliance with the citizen participation requirements prescribed in ss. 104(a)(1) and (2) and 106(d)(5)(c) of Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, s. 290.046(4), and department rules; or (7) Any information provided in the application that affects eligibility or scoring is found to have been misrepresented, and the information is not a mathematical error which may be discovered and corrected by readily computing available numbers or formulas provided in the application.

Source: official Florida text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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What does Florida Statutes § 290.0475 cover?

Section 290.0475 ("Rejection of grant applications; penalties for failure to meet application conditions.") is part of the Florida Statutes, the codified statutory law of Florida. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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