SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. SB 846

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11  Senator Hargrett moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 6, between lines 27 and 28,

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17         Section 5.  (1)  State agencies shall give priority to

18  applicants for assistance in state housing, economic

19  development, and community revitalization programs where that

20  application supports the objectives of redeveloping HOPE VI

21  grant neighborhoods. The following programs shall provide

22  priority consideration to HOPE VI applications; SAIL, State

23  Housing Tax Credit, Federal Low Income Housing Tax Credit,

24  HOME program, Urban Infill Program, Urban High Crime Tax

25  Credits, brownfields, state empowerment zone.

26         (2)  To qualify for priority consideration in the above

27  mentioned programs, a HOPE VI project applicant must document

28  the following actions in the application for assistance.

29         (a)  There is an active and open grant award from the

30  United States Department of Housing and Urban Development

31  under the HOPE VI program in the community.

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 1         (b)  There is tangible and documented support committed

 2  by the unit of local government to redeveloping the

 3  neighborhoods surrounding the HOPE VI project.

 4         (c)  There is a written agreement between the public

 5  housing authority and the unit of local government that

 6  outlines the joint agreement to redevelop the entire HOPE VI

 7  neighborhoods and not to focus solely upon the public housing

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 9         (d)  There is a clearly defined plan with goals and

10  objectives to promote the redevelopment of the HOPE VI

11  neighborhoods to be a mixed income neighborhood, and to

12  deconcentrate the location of publicly assisted housing within

13  the neighborhood, promote home ownership, and involve the

14  residents of the neighborhood in the redevelopment planning

15  and improvement process.

16         (3)  The Department of Community Affairs shall annually

17  submit to the Legislature a summary of all assistance provided

18  to local HOPE VI applicants, and the percentage of HOPE VI

19  projects to all program awards.

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21  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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25  And the title is amended as follows:

26         On page 1, line 16, after the semicolon

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29         requiring that applicants for assistance in

30         state housing, economic development, and

31         community revitalization programs who support

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 1         the objectives of redeveloping HOPE VI grant

 2         neighborhoods be given priority; providing

 3         application requirements; requiring the

 4         Department of Community Affairs to submit to

 5         the Legislature an annual summary of certain

 6         HOPE VI assistance provided;

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