The $114.5 billion budget for the next fiscal year (HB 5001E) was delivered to Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday.

DeSantis has 15 days to act on the fiscal package, which took 77 days to complete after the end of the regular session, and other bills he received Tuesday.

But the fiscal year begins July 1, so a partial government shutdown would ensue if he doesn’t sign the measure before that date.

Also arriving on his desk Tuesday were related budget bills, a tax cut measure (HB 7031E), and the last piece of legislation from the regular session, which resurrects the emergency trust fund used to pay for declared emergencies (SB 7040).

 An upward trend in the state’s unemployment rate paused in May, with hiring by small businesses considered “flat.”

The Department of Commerce on Friday posted a 4.8 percent jobless rate for the state.

The rate is unchanged from April and marks the first time the figure didn’t go up since the rate held at 3.7 percent from June 2025 to July 2025.

Nationally, the unemployment rate held at 4.3 percent from April to May.

Commenting after the U.S. Department of Labor’s June 5 jobs report showing the U.S. economy added 172,000 jobs in May, the National Federation of Independent Businesses stated their figures showed little change in the jobs market, with the small business employment index being “essentially flat” in May compared to April.

“Florida’s small businesses continue to feel the pressures from increased costs across business operations, with rising labor costs as a top concern,” NFIB Florida executive director Bill Herrle said in a released statement. “Small business hiring stalled in May as owners continue to report challenges finding qualified workers.”

The latest state figures show an estimated 531,000 Floridians are unemployed out of a workforce of 11.45 million. Both numbers are slightly down from April, but the number of unemployed has grown by 118,000 over the past year.

Also in the last 12 months, the state has seen seven of 10 major employment fields post negative growth, with the private sector adding just 20,200 jobs.

The number of private sector jobs declined from April to May by 2,200.

The report estimated jobs within the area of education and health services grew by 31,400 over the past year. Those gains were driven by a projected 25,800 new jobs in health care and social assistance.

Professional and business services added 17,600 over the past year, followed by 5,300 in leisure and hospitality related jobs.

Those numbers were partially offset by a drop of 15,500 positions over the year involving financial activities, 9,200 among government workers, and 6,900 in the area of trade, transportation, and utilities. Also, construction jobs decreased by 2,900 over the year and manufacturing dropped 500 positions.

South Florida continues to have the lowest unemployment rate, with the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach metro area at 3.6 percent, followed by the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford region at 4.4 percent.

The Tampa-St. Petersburg, Panama City and Naples regions were each at 4.5 percent.

The Melbourne, Jacksonville and Sarasota regions were each at 4.7 percent.

Pensacola was at 4.8 percent, followed Tallahassee at 4.9 percent, Daytona Beach at 5.2 percent and Gainesville at 5.3 percent.

Lakeland was at 5.5 percent.

The Wildwood area that includes The Villages remains at the other end with a 7.6 percent jobless rate, ahead of Homosassa Springs at 6.4 percent and Sebring at 6.2 percent.

 The State University System’s Board of Governors has no legal basis to delay the confirmation vote for Dr. Stuart Bell as president of the University of Florida, Attorney General James Uthmeier’s office has determined.

BOG Chairman Alan Levine wrote to Chancellor Ray Rodrigues outlining “governance issues” at UF concerning the school’s board’s deferral to chairman Mori Hosseini on key decisions. That held up the BOG’s confirmation of Bell, who was unanimously approved by the UF Board of Trustees earlier this month.

In a letter sent Friday and addressed to BOG member Nicholas Sinatra and written on behalf of Uthmeier, general counsel Greg Slemp stated the university’s board is “not out of compliance,” and Levine is “incorrect to withhold consideration of the Trustees’ nomination on that basis.”

“Chairman Levine’s assertions are not a legally correct basis on which to withhold consideration of the Board of Trustees’ nomination of Dr. Stuart Bell to be the president of the University of Florida,” the letter reads.

Uthmeier is a UF graduate who teaches at the school, a role that pays him $100,000 per year.

Trustees unanimously approved Bell as the school’s 14th president, and Bell was set to be confirmed by the BOG at its next meeting until Levine removed the item from the agenda, saying he was concerned about the “sweeping authority” granted to Hosseini.

In his letter to Rodrigues, Levine alleged Hosseini has been granted “financial, contractual and other delegations that I feel are problematic, inconsistent with best practices in governance,” and run afoul of state regulations.

“One board member may not substitute his or her judgment for that of the other duly appointed board members,” Levine wrote.

Uthmeier’s office, however, said Florida law “provides broad discretion for a university board of trustees to require university presidents to perform various duties, including obtaining approval of the board chair for the hiring and compensation of university personnel or for any other lawful purpose.”

Rahul Patel, vice chair of UF’s board, called Levine’s letter “unfair” and said Bell’s candidacy was being dragged into a dispute “unrelated to his candidacy.”

“Delaying consideration of the unanimously approved president designate of Florida’s flagship university is a consequential action that should be decided by the Board of Governors as a body, not by a single individual acting alone,” Patel said.

UF has been searching for a president for two years after former president Ben Sasse resigned in 2024. Initially, former UF president Kent Fuchs took over on an interim basis, then Donald Landry took over the job – also on an interim basis – on Sept. 1, 2025.

In its search for a permanent president, the university approved former University of Michigan president Santa Ono in 2025, but the BOG rejected their pick with a 10-6 vote.

BOG members questioned Ono’s avowed reversal on diversity, equity and inclusion programs, which he embraced at UM when he was president.

Bell has been criticized for the same thing by online activists, who say he backed DEI initiatives during his 10-year tenure as president of the University of Alabama.

Uthmeier has come to the defense of Bell and Hosseini on social media, slamming conservative activist Chris Rufo for questioning Hosseini’s actions and calling for an investigation by the BOG

“You can debate Stuart Bell’s candidacy, but if you want to defame and smear a good man’s name, you’re going to have a real problem with me,” Uthmeier said in response to Rufo.

In his meeting with UF leaders last week, Bell assured the board he would not enact DEI programs as president.

“Let me be clear. I am not coming to Florida to bring DEI or ‘woke’ back, period,” he said.

Before serving as president of the University of Alabama, Bell served as provost and professor of engineering at Louisiana State University and as dean of the School of Engineering and professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Kansas.

The University of Florida has hit another snag in the push to install a new president.

Even though the school’s board unanimously approved Stuart Bell as the school’s 14th president, the chairman of the Board of Governors said Bell would not be confirmed until “governance issues” at UF are reviewed.

In a May 20 letter to State University System Chancellor Ray Rodrigues, BOG Chairman Alan Levine wrote he was concerned about the “sweeping authority” granted to UF’s Board of Trustees chairman Mori Hosseini and therefore would not put any item on the agenda from a university that is “out of compliance.”

Levine alleged Hosseini has been granted “financial, contractual and other delegations that I feel are problematic, inconsistent with best practices in governance,” and run afoul of state regulations.

“One board member may not substitute his or her judgment for that of the other duly appointed board members,” Levine wrote.

Now, UF’s board plans to name Bell as an interim president until Levine’s concerns are resolved, said Rahul Patel, vice chair of UF’s board.

In a statement the university posted on X, Patel called Levine’s move “unfair” and that his candidacy is being dragged into a dispute “unrelated to his candidacy.”

“Equally concerning is that a decision of this magnitude has been made unilaterally rather than by the full Board of Governors,” Patel said. “Delaying consideration of the unanimously approved president designate of Florida’s flagship university is a consequential action that should be decided by the Board of Governors as a body, not by a single individual acting alone.”

UF’s board will meet on Monday so the university can “continue to move forward while the issue is addressed,” Patel added.

Last week, Bell was confirmed as the next UF president after a volatile two-year search. The university’s first choice in 2025, former University of Michigan president Santa Ono, was approved by UF’s board of trustees, but was later rejected by the BOG with a 10-6 vote.

BOG members questioned Ono’s avowed reversal on diversity, equity and inclusion programs, which he embraced at UM when he was president.

Bell has been criticized for the same thing by online activists, who say he backed DEI initiatives during his 10-year tenure as president of the University of Alabama.

In his meeting with UF leaders last week, Bell assured the board he would not enact DEI programs as president.

“Let me be clear. I am not coming to Florida to bring DEI or ‘woke’ back, period,” he said.

Before serving as president of the University of Alabama, Bell served as provost and professor of engineering at Louisiana State University and as dean of the School of Engineering and professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Kansas.

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a series of law enforcement-related measures Tuesday, with many of them designed to increase penalties for criminals and give police and prosecutors more options to pursue them.

The bills range from making it easier for police to identify an individual as a gang member to requiring criminals deemed “career offenders” have the designation on their driver’s license.

DeSantis also used the bill signing event at the Winter Haven Police Department to warn of a state crackdown on “teen takeover” events where large groups of young people swarm public areas.

“We do not recognize any teen takeover. If you try that, you are doing that at your peril,” DeSantis said. “And if the local officials are not holding you accountable, I’ll put somebody in there who will hold you accountable.”

Last week, Attorney General James Uthmeier announced a statewide initiative under the Office of Statewide Prosecution focused on “teen takeover” events.

“If you organize these destructive takeovers, we will find you, we will dismantle your network, and we will prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law,” Uthmeier said in a release.

None of the bills signed Tuesday involved teen takeover events. But they do address a variety of law enforcement requests.

“I love a redemption arc. I love rehabilitation. But when you have some of these people that are career criminals, they are going to re-offend. And so you have to keep them off the street and make them serve their entire sentence,” DeSantis said prior to signing the bills on Tuesday. 

One of the bills signed Tuesday is an increase in registration requirements for individuals designated as a habitual violent felony offender, a violent career criminal, or a three-time violent felony offender (SB 1332).

Among the changes intended to make “career offender” registration similar to the sexual offender registry, those repeat offenders must annually provide the local sheriff with their address, phone number, employment, vehicles, professional licenses and immigration status. They must also report changes of address, phone numbers and employment within 48 hours.

The law, effective Oct. 1, also requires a career offender to obtain the marking of “775.261,” on their driver license or identification card. The numbers refer to the section of state statutes defining “career offenders.”

Florida Department of Law Enforcement Commissioner Mark Glass said the mark will help law enforcement officers.

“The career offender is not little Johnny going to steal a candy bar at the food store,” Glass said. “The career offender is the one who’s been deemed by the court that continuously keeps coming through here, and these are your violent ones.”

Another measure (HB 429) signed by DeSantis eases the criteria to determine if a person is a criminal gang member.

The bill allows someone’s spouse to identify them as a gang member, accepting online admissions of gang membership, and reducing the number of times a person must be seen in the company of gang members from four to two.

DeSantis also signed a bill (SB 156) requiring someone convicted of manslaughter against an active duty law enforcement officer to serve life in prison.

The bill is named after Daytona Beach Police Officer Jason Raynor who was shot and later died while questioning a suspect in 2021. Jurors found Othal Wallace, who resisted being detained, guilty of manslaughter, which carried a 30-year sentence.

A measure (SB 432) making it a first-degree felony to manufacture, sell or deliver xylazine outside its allowed use as animal drug products for veterinary purposes was also among the bills signed by DeSantis.

The bill also makes it a third-degree felony to sell or possess nitrous oxide, except for its approved uses at grocery stores and supermarkets.

Under another bill (SB 436) signed by DeSantis, someone with a prior conviction for “resisting an officer with violence” can see a first-degree misdemeanor battery charge upgraded to a third-degree felony.

 If voters approve the property tax cut on the November ballot, cities, counties and special taxing districts will lose nearly $5 billion the first year, and nearly $12 billion in the fifth year, according to projections developed by state economists Friday.

Homestead owners will be the initial beneficiaries of the amendment, but non-homestead owners, including businesses and those who own vacation homes and condos, will reap rewards as well in future years.

Under the estimates approved by the Legislative Office of Economic and Demographic Research, local governments will see a $5 billion hit in the 2027-2028 fiscal year, followed by a nearly $8.8 billion cut the next year.

In the third and fourth years after the approval of the amendment, local governments will get a $9.7 billion cut and $10.75 billion hit, respectively.

The amendment needs 60 percent support from voters to pass. Lawmakers took the measure drafted by Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office and changed it to exempt school taxes from the hike in the homestead exemption, which rises from $50,000 to $150,000 in 2027, then $250,000 in 2028.

Another piece of the proposal lowers the cap on annual assessment increases on non-homestead properties. The current cap is 10 percent and the amendment would lower it to 5 percent.

Also, to benefit from the jump in the homestead exemption, a person must be a resident of Florida as of Dec. 31, 2026. If someone moves to the Sunshine State after that date and buys a homestead, they’ll have to wait five years to get the higher exemption.

DeSantis has been the driving force for property tax cuts, stressing the need for relief for homeowners amid rising costs and surging home valuations that have sent tax bills soaring in the last six years.

“The proposal will increase constitutional protection against taxes for homestead properties and will be the biggest property tax cut in Florida history,” DeSantis posted on X earlier this month. “Floridians looking for help with affordability will have a great opportunity to vote for it.”

Local government officials, though, have warned the drastic cuts will impair their ability to provide basic services.

Lawmakers tried to address that concern by requiring property taxes to only be spent on “core services” such as public safety, education and environmental and infrastructure projects. But that provision doesn’t address the main worry of city and county officials – that there will be much less money to pay for those services.

Small, rural counties and towns with a large percentage of homestead properties in their tax base are especially concerned what the measure could do to their bottom line.

A lawsuit has been filed by an activist group and two former local elected officials against the state over the ballot measure, alleging it is misleading.

But even if the courts rule against the state, that wouldn’t automatically remove the measure from the ballot. Under state law, Attorney General James Uthmeier would be required to amend the ballot summary if it is found to be defective.

Gas prices fell for a third straight week in Florida and the trend should continue as the U.S. announced a framework on Sunday for an agreement expected to end its war with Iran and reopen the flow of oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz.

The auto club AAA put the average gallon of gas in Florida at $3.81 on Monday, ranging from a low of $3.48 in Escambia County at the western end of the Panhandle to $4.17 in Monroe County, which includes the Florida Keys.

The average, down 3 cents over the past week, has fallen 71 cents since May 20, when market optimism grew upon the latest round of ceasefire talks.

Still, Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, cautioned it may take a few days to “see if the agreement sticks, and if traffic begins moving in the Strait.”

“Beyond that, the national average could fall below $3.75/gal by July 4, under a optimistic timeline, but hurricane season could be a major wildcard for the rest of summer-tight global inventories mean it will take months or beyond to fully restore global oil inventories,” De Haan posted on X.

The U.S. has sought to counter pump prices by drawing down reserves to the lowest levels since the early 1980s.

The national average stood at $4.07 a gallon on Monday, according to AAA. The average is down 9 cents over the week and 49 cents since May 20.

The state average was $2.90 a gallon on February 28, with the national average at $2.98, when the U.S. and Israel began military operations against Iran.

U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds’ campaign raised $14 million in the last two months, easily outpacing his Republican and Democratic rivals in the race to replace term-limited Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Between his campaign account and political committee, Donalds has $65.8 million cash on hand as of June 1, according to campaign finance reports tracking fundraising from April 1 to May 31.

Qualifying for the governor’s race is set to end at noon Friday, and Donalds’ opponents are lagging him in fundraising. But GOP rival Lt. Gov. Jay Collins pulled in a $5 million contribution to give his campaign a boost.

Propel Florida LLC, a group formed to combat Big Tech firms, made the $5 million donation. In all, Collins has nearly $6 million in his campaign account and political committee combined as of June 1.

Former House Speaker Paul Renner, a Palm Coast Republican, raised $105,000 in the last two months in his campaign and political committee, and has nearly $3.2 million cash on hand.

Conservative activist James Fishback raised about $450,000 in the reporting period but has spent most of it, and has $112,000 cash on hand as of June 1. His campaign finance report shows nearly $1,600 in expenses May 27-29 at the Dolphin Resort in Lake Buena Vista. Social media posts show he spent his honeymoon at nearby Disney World at that time after getting married.

For Democratic field, it was largely cleared when Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings announced earlier this month he’s dropping his gubernatorial campaign after being diagnosed with prostate cancer.

That leaves former U.S. Rep. David Jolly as the only major Democratic candidate.

Jolly raised $1.2 million in April and May but has spent much of the $6 million he’s raised in the campaign so far, leaving him with $2 million cash on hand entering June.

When Demings made his announcement stepping out of the race, Jolly and Donalds each expressed well wishes to him and his family, then pivoted to the general election.

“With the announcement of Jerry Demings dropping out of the Democrat primary for Governor, the general election starts today,” Donalds posted on X.

Jolly on Wednesday named former U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham as his running mate, an announcement typically reserved for after the primary.

Donalds leads in most reputable polls but could need to spend some of his war chest to contend with his GOP primary opponents.

The primary election is Aug. 18, and the general election is Nov. 3.

Florida saw a jump in first-time jobless claims last week, ending a three-week slide.

The U.S. Department of Labor on Thursday estimated 7,447 initial unemployment applications were filed in Florida last week, up from 5,363 the Memorial Day shortened week ending May 30.

The state had seen its weekly numbers slide since 8,164 applications came the week after Dania Beach-based Spirit Airlines shutdown operations on May 2.

The latest weekly estimate did little to change the pace of claims since the start of the year, which now averages 5,955 a week. However, Florida’s overall unemployment rate has steadily grown for eight consecutive months.

The state jobless rate stood at 4.8 percent in April, with 532,000 unemployed Floridians from a labor force of 11.15 million. Those numbers are to be updated on June 19.

Nationwide, 229,000 claims were filed last week.

Former U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham, who fell 3.1 percentage points short of being the Democratic gubernatorial nominee in 2018, could be on the ballot again this year, but in a supporting role.

David Jolly, another former U.S. House member, announced Graham, the daughter of former Gov. Bob Graham, as his running mate, putting a northern Democrat on the ticket days after his anticipated biggest primary challenger, Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings, dropped out of the race.

Jolly, 53, noted he has been friends with Gwen Graham, 63, for more than a decade. They served together on opposite sides of the aisle in Congress, working on issues from gun reform after the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando in 2016 to education and the environment. He said he wanted a running mate with the skills to oversee the state.

“We are at a crossroads, and there is an opportunity to do something very differently. This is a moment where we need new leadership in the state of Florida,” Jolly said during an event outside the Old Capitol. “We need capable, responsible leaders willing to put the people of Florida first.” 

Graham said the November election will be a choice between candidates “who will listen to the voices of all Floridians, or do you want a governor who just plays to the political extremes?”

“The connection David and I have built is on the simple belief that public service and public servants should focus and deliver on improving people’s lives,” Graham said.

The selection wasn’t a surprise. The two had appeared together at several events in the past year and on Monday the USA Today Network reported Rev. R.B. Holmes Jr., pastor of Bethel Missionary Baptist Church in Tallahassee, revealed Graham as Jolly’s running mate in his Sunday sermon.

Jolly said he isn’t waiting to set up his team.

On Tuesday, he named lobbyist Sean Pittman as his transition chairman.

Jolly and Graham served in Congress together from 2015 to 2017. Jolly at the time was a Republican representing Florida’s 13th congressional district, which covered part of the Tampa area.

Largely in reaction to the rise of Donald Trump and the GOP’s embrace of him as president, Jolly left the Republican Party and later became a Democrat.

The Republican Party of Florida quickly responded to the report by characterizing Jolly a “political chameleon” and Graham a “liberal (nepotism) baby.”

“Together, Jolly and Graham represent everything Florida voters have spent the last decade rejecting: career politicians, Washington insiders, and a far-left agenda that is out of step with the values of Florida families,” the party said in a statement on Monday.

Gates McGavick, the campaign communications director for U.S. Rep. Bryon Donalds the GOP frontrunner to replace the term-limited Gov. Ron DeSantis, issued a statement that “this might have been an interesting ticket 10 years ago.”

Jolly on Wednesday said he wasn’t convinced Donalds will become the Republican party nominee.

Besides Donalds, the Republican primary includes former House Speaker Paul Renner and conservative activist James Fishback, who have already qualified. Lt. Gov. Jay Collins, who has announced his bid for the office, has until noon on Friday to qualify.

Democrats Evelyn Castillo-Bach of Pembroke Pines and Thomas Eloy Fernandez of Homestead have already qualified for the primary, paying the $8,480 filing fee. Still, the Democratic field cleared a little on Friday when Demings suspended his campaign after being diagnosed with prostate cancer.

Florida also hasn’t elected a Democrat as governor since Lawton Chiles was reelected in 1994. The last Democrat to win a statewide contest was Nikki Fried as agriculture commissioner in 2018. Fried is now the Florida Democratic Party chairwoman.

Jolly said he considered five or six “strong” candidates to be his running mate.

Graham served in President Joe Biden’s administration as an assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Education for legislation and congressional affairs.

Her father, Bob Graham, who died in 2024, served as Florida’s governor from 1979 to 1987 before moving to the U.S. Senate, where he served until 2005.

An attorney, Gwen Graham worked on her father’s 2004 presidential campaign and later the campaigns of Howard Dean and John Kerry.

She defeated Republican incumbent U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland in 2014, only to leave Congress to pursue the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in 2018. She finished second in a seven-person primary with 31.3 percent of the vote, 47,289 votes behind former Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum.

Gillum lost the general election to DeSantis, in his first run for governor, by 32,463 votes out of more than 8 million cast.

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday signed 17 bills into law, and formally received 20 more pieces of legislation.

The bills he signed are known as local bills, dealing with a piece of law affecting only specific city or county jurisdictions.

For instance, one bill (HB 4029) puts a referendum on the November ballot for Hillsborough County voters, giving them the option to increase their county commission from seven members to nine members, with further expansion to 11 members if their population hits 2.5 million. As of the 2020 census, Hillsborough County had 1.58 million people.

Another bill (HB 4027) asks Hillsborough voters if they want to move from an appointed school district superintendent to an elected one.

Among the bills DeSantis received Tuesday are measures to increase the penalty for the manslaughter death of a law enforcement officer to life without parole (SB 156) and adding the existence of an illegal gambling house to the places that qualify as a public nuisance (SB 168).

DeSantis has until June 30 to act on the bills he received.

Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Cabinet on Tuesday approved $90 million in grants for local law enforcement agencies for items related to enforcement of illegal immigration.

The $90 million is for new and amended grants to 56 county and city police departments for radios, body cameras, riot gear, ballistic helmets, X-ray machines, inmate restraint chairs and other items.

DeSantis, Attorney General James Uthmeier, Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia and Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson, who comprise the State Board of Immigration Enforcement, unanimously approved the funding.

Out of the $90 million in grants, $30.3 million is for new awards and $57 million are additional funds for law enforcement agencies that had already asked for assistance.

In the latest batch of requests, Orange County and Polk County sheriff offices asked for the most money. The bulk of Orange County’s $10 million proposal is for equipment, with $9 million of those funds going to 910 portable radios.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office asked for $10 million, with $8.7 million being spent on encrypted radio device systems and servers. The current radios the sheriff’s office uses cannot communicate with ICE agents because they lack encryption capabilities, the request says.

“With the proposed upgrades, communication with ICE will be enabled, ultimately reducing the risk of our officers and ICE agents, and strengthening the overall security of our sensitive communications,” the request states.

The Walton County Sheriff’s Office south about $9 million, which includes more than $2.5 million for a rapid DNA testing system and 2,000 DNA processing swabs.

“With DNA results available quickly, we can reduce detention and processing times, resolve immigration status faster, and reallocate resources to more critical enforcement and investigative tasks,” Walton County’s request says.

The Collier County Sheriff’s Office requested more than $8 million, with about $5 million to be used for communication equipment, including radios. Notably, the county is asking for $600,000 for two Skywatch mobile towers to “enhance situation awareness and support immigration enforcement operations.”

The state has approved $147 million in immigration enforcement grants and disbursed almost $5 million to 25 local law enforcement agencies, according to Transparency Florida, a state website that tracks government spending.

Lawmakers in 2025 set aside $250 million to reimburse local law enforcement for purchases related to illegal immigration enforcement, including overtime for officers who participate in operations with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The board also extended an emergency rule allowing funds to reimburse agencies with an agreement with ICE for vehicle purchases.

Local law enforcement agencies are allowed to buy one multi-passenger van to transport immigrants between county, state and federal detention facilities.