Emergency fund pitched for governor’s office under Florida pandemic relief measure

“To have that robustly funded so that in a state of emergency — of course, at the time, we were anticipating hurricanes, not this — but in any state of emergency, that would be a fund that we have immediate access to,” Sprowls said. “That’s what it’s for. And that would help us because there’s been massive delays, of course, in the past by FEMA reimbursement, so (it) allows us to be a little bit more fiscally sound.”