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%„'% Cherry Bekaert 400 Report of Independent Auditor on Internal Control over Financial Reporting and on Compliance and Other Matters Based on an Audit of Financial Statements Performed in Accordance with Government Auditing Standards To the Board of Directors, Florida Development Finance Corporation: We have audited, in accordance with the auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America and the standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government Auditing Standards issued by the Comptroller General of the United States, the financial statements of Florida Development Finance Corporation ("FDFC") as of and for the year ended June 30, 2017 and the related notes to the financial statements, and have issued our report thereon dated October 6, 2017. Internal Control over Financial Reporting In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements, we considered FDFC's internal control over financial reporting (internal control) to determine the audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances for the purpose of expressing our opinions on the financial statements, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of FDFC's internal control. Accordingly, we do not express an opinion on the effectiveness of FDFC's internal control. A deficiency in internal control exists when the design or operation of a control does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent, or detect and correct misstatements on a timely basis. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the entity's financial statements will not be prevented, or detected and corrected on a timely basis. A significant deficiency is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control that is less severe than a material weakness, yet important enough to merit attention by those charged with governance. Our consideration of internal control over financial reporting was for the limited purpose described in the first paragraph of this section and was not designed to identify all deficiencies in internal control that might be material weaknesses or significant deficiencies and therefore, material weakness or significant deficiencies may exit that were not identified. We identified a deficiency in internal control over financial reporting, identified as Finding No. 2017-001 in the accompanying schedule of findings and responses, that we consider to be a material weakness. 14