Florida Senate - 2006 SENATOR AMENDMENT
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11 Senator Bennett moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment
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15 page 88, line 23, delete those lines
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18 Section 39. The Florida Housing Finance Corporation is
19 authorized to provide funds to eligible entities for
20 affordable housing recovery in those areas of the state which
21 sustained housing damage due to hurricanes during 2004 and
22 2005. The Florida Housing Finance Corporation shall utilize
23 data provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to
24 assist in its allocation of funds to local jurisdictions. To
25 administer these programs, the Florida Housing Finance
26 Corporation shall be guided by the "Hurricane Housing Work
27 Group Recommendations to Assist in Florida's Long Term Housing
28 Recovery Efforts" report dated February 16, 2005, and may
29 adopt emergency rules pursuant to s. 120.54, Florida Statutes.
30 The Legislature finds that emergency rules adopted pursuant to
31 this section meet the health, safety, and welfare requirement
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1 of s. 120.54(4), Florida Statutes. The Legislature finds that
2 such emergency rulemaking power is necessary for the
3 preservation of the rights and welfare of the people in order
4 to provide additional funds to assist those areas of the state
5 that sustained housing damage due to hurricanes during 2004
6 and 2005. Therefore, in adopting such emergency rules, the
7 corporation need not make the findings required by s.
8 120.54(4)(a), Florida Statutes. Emergency rules adopted under
9 this section are exempt from s. 120.54(4)(c), Florida
10 Statutes. The sum of $15 million is appropriated from the
11 Local Government Housing Trust Fund to the Florida Housing
12 Finance Corporation for the Farmworker Housing Recovery
13 Program and the Special Housing Assistance and Development
14 Program, the sum of $100,000 for technical and training
15 assistance, the sum of $60.9 million for the Rental Recovery
16 Loan Program, and an additional $32 million from the State
17 Housing Trust Fund for the Rental Recovery Loan Program.
18 Section 40. The sum of $82,904,000 is appropriated
19 from the Florida Small Cities Community Development Block
20 Grant Program Fund to the Department of Community Affairs.
21 These funds shall be used consistent with the Federal
22 Register, Vol. 71, No. 29, February 13, 2006, Docket No.
23 FR-5051-N-01, and the Action Plan for Disaster Recovery
24 approved by the United States Department of Housing and Urban
25 Development to meet the needs of communities impacted by
26 Hurricanes Wilma and Katrina, with a prioritization toward
27 affordable housing in the most impacted areas of the state.
28 Section 41. The sum of $50 million is appropriated
29 from the Local Government Housing Trust Fund to the Florida
30 Housing Finance Corporation for fiscal year 2006-2007 to
31 implement the Community Workforce Housing Innovation Pilot
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1 Program.
2 Section 42. The sum of $30 million is appropriated
3 from the Local Government Housing Trust Fund to the Florida
4 Housing Finance Corporation for fiscal year 2006-2007 to
5 assist in the production of housing units for
6 extremely-low-income persons as defined in s. 420.0004(8),
7 Florida Statutes.
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