Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 118, STATEWIDE REVENUE, page 541, proviso 118.17, after line 13, by inserting:
/ In addition, a seasonal processing facility with an NAICS code of 115111 that is located in a Tier IV county and has experienced a verifiable decrease in yield of greater than 85% due to the flooding from Hurricanes Michael and Florence, is eligible to apply for a grant. Eligible entities must present:
(1) a signed affidavit, under penalty of perjury, certifying that each fact of the loss presented by the facility is accurate; and
(2) a signed affidavit, under penalty of perjury, certifying that no federal funds have been received for these specific disasters, and in the event that federal funds are received, the facility will return all state monies received under this program.
(3) an owner or person who has a financial interest in the processing facility may not receive both a grant award for the facility and for individual crop losses.
Each grant awarded by the department may not exceed twenty percent of the facility's verifiable loss of yield. However, a facility, may not receive grants aggregating more than fifty thousand dollars. /
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