388.261  State aid to counties and districts for arthropod control; distribution priorities and limitations.--

(1)  Every county or district budgeting local funds, derived either by special tax levy or funds appropriated or otherwise made available for the control of mosquitoes and other arthropods under a plan submitted by the county or district and upon approval by the department, shall be eligible to receive state funds, supplies, services, and equipment on a dollar-for-dollar matching basis up to but not exceeding $30,000 for any one county for any one year. A county or district may, without contributing matching funds, receive state funds, supplies, services, or equipment in an amount of no more than $30,000 per year for up to 3 years for any new or expanded program which serves an area not previously served by the county or district. These funds may be expended for any and all types of control measures approved by the department.

(2)  In addition, every county or district budgeting local funds to be used exclusively for the control of mosquitoes and other arthropods under a plan submitted by the county or district and approved by the department, shall be eligible to receive state funds and supplies, services, and equipment for control measures up to but not exceeding 50 percent of the amount of local funds budgeted for such control. Should state funds appropriated by the Legislature be insufficient to grant each county or district 50 percent of the amount budgeted in local funds, the department shall prorate said state funds based on the amount of matchable local funds budgeted for expenditure by each county or district.

(3)  Every county shall be limited to receive a total of $100,000 of state funds, exclusive of state funds brought forward, during any one year, however, a county or district that receives funds under subsection (1) for service to an area not previously served may receive up to $130,000 during any one year.

(4)  Up to 20 percent of the annual funds appropriated to local governments for arthropod control may be used for arthropod control research or demonstration projects as approved by the department.