CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.





                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 80

    Amendment No.    

                            CHAMBER ACTION
              Senate                               House
                                   .
                                   .
 1                                 .
                                   .
 2                                 .
                                   .
 3                                 .
                                   .
 4                                                                

 5

 6

 7

 8

 9

10                                                                

11  Senator Hargrett moved the following amendment:

12

13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 5, between lines 14 and 15,

15

16  insert:

17         Section 2.  There is created an Inner City

18  Redevelopment Assistance Grants Program to be administered by

19  the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development. The

20  office shall develop criteria for awarding these grants which

21  give weighted consideration to urban high-crime areas as

22  identified by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. These

23  criteria shall also be weighted to immediate creation of jobs

24  for residents in the targeted areas.

25         Section 3.  Eligibility requirements for grant

26  proposals are as follows:

27         (1)  An eligible grant recipient must serve within one

28  of the 13 urban high-crime job tax credit areas and be:

29         (a)  A community-based organization;

30         (b)  A community development corporation;

31         (c)  A faith-based organization;

                                  1
    5:28 PM   04/19/00                              s0080c1c-21j02




                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 80

    Amendment No.    





 1         (d)  A nonprofit community development organization;

 2         (e)  A nonprofit economic development organization; or

 3         (f)  Another nonprofit organization serving the

 4  nominated area.

 5         (2)  Each applicant must submit a letter of support

 6  from the local government serving the targeted urban area.

 7         (3)  Each applicant must submit a proposal response

 8  outlining the work plan proposed using the grant funding, as

 9  well as proposed performance measures and expected, measurable

10  outcomes.

11         (4)  Eligible uses of grant funding must result in the

12  creation of job opportunities for residents of targeted areas.

13         (5)  Applicants are urged to leverage grant funds with

14  other existing resources.

15         Section 4.  In order to enhance public participation

16  and involvement in the redevelopment of inner city areas,

17  there is created within the Office of Tourism, Trade, and

18  Economic Development the Inner City Redevelopment Review

19  Panel.

20         (1)  The review panel shall consist of seven members

21  who represent different areas of the state, who are appointed

22  by the Director of the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic

23  Development, and who are qualified, through the demonstration

24  of special interest, experience, or education, in the

25  redevelopment of the state's inner-city areas, as follows:

26         (a)  One member must be affiliated with the Black

27  Business Investment Board;

28         (b)  One member must be affiliated with the Institute

29  on Urban Policy and Commerce at Florida Agricultural and

30  Mechanical University;

31         (c)  One member must be affiliated with the Office of

                                  2
    5:28 PM   04/19/00                              s0080c1c-21j02




                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 80

    Amendment No.    





 1  Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development;

 2         (d)  One member must be the president of Enterprise

 3  Florida, Inc., or the president's designee;

 4         (e)  One member must be the Secretary of Community

 5  Affairs or the secretary's designee;

 6         (f)  One member must be affiliated with Better

 7  Jobs/Better Wages of Workforce Florida, Inc., if such body is

 8  created. Otherwise, one member must be the president and chief

 9  operating officer of the Florida Workforce Development Board;

10  and

11         (g)  One member must be affiliated with the First

12  Job/First Wages Council of Workforce Florida, Inc., if such

13  body is created. Otherwise, one member must be the Secretary

14  of Labor and Employment Security or the secretary's designee.

15         (2)  The importance of minority and gender

16  representation must be considered when making appointments to

17  the panel, and the geographic representation of panel members

18  must also be considered.

19         (3)  Members of the review panel shall be appointed for

20  4-year terms. A person may not serve more than two consecutive

21  terms on the panel.

22         (4)  Members shall elect a chairperson annually. A

23  member may not be elected to consecutive terms as chairperson.

24         (5)  All action taken by the review panel shall be by

25  majority vote of those present. The Director of the Office of

26  Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development or the director's

27  designee shall serve without voting rights as secretary to the

28  panel. The Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development

29  shall provide necessary staff assistance to the panel.

30         (6)  It is the responsibility of the panel to evaluate

31  proposals for awards of inner city redevelopment grants

                                  3
    5:28 PM   04/19/00                              s0080c1c-21j02




                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 80

    Amendment No.    





 1  administered by the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic

 2  Development. The panel shall review and evaluate all proposals

 3  for grants and shall make recommendations, including a

 4  priority ranking, reflecting such evaluation.

 5         Section 5.  The sum of $5.7 million is appropriated to

 6  the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development from

 7  the General Revenue Fund for fiscal year 2000-2001 to

 8  administer sections 2-4 of this act.

 9

10  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

11

12

13  ================ T I T L E   A M E N D M E N T ===============

14  And the title is amended as follows:

15         On page 1, line 23, after the semicolon,

16

17  insert:

18         creating an inner city redevelopment assistance

19         grants program; providing duties of the Office

20         of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development;

21         prescribing eligibility requirements for

22         grants; providing expected outcomes from

23         grants; creating the Inner City Redevelopment

24         Review Panel and providing its membership and

25         duties; providing an appropriation;

26

27

28

29

30

31

                                  4
    5:28 PM   04/19/00                              s0080c1c-21j02