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CHAMBER ACTION
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11 Senator Latvala moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 8. Section 215.559, Florida Statutes, is
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19 215.559 Hurricane Loss Mitigation Program.--
20 (1) There is created a Hurricane Loss Mitigation
21 Program. The Legislature shall annually appropriate $10
22 million of the moneys authorized for appropriation under s.
23 215.555(7)(c) from the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund to
24 the Department of Community Affairs for the purposes set forth
25 in this section.
26 (2)(a) Seven million dollars in funds provided in
27 subsection (1) shall be used for programs to improve the wind
28 resistance of residences and mobile homes, including loans,
29 subsidies, grants, demonstration projects, and direct
30 assistance; cooperative programs with local governments and
31 the Federal Government; and other efforts to prevent or reduce
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1 losses or reduce the cost of rebuilding after a disaster.
2 (b) Three million dollars in funds provided in
3 subsection (1) shall be used to retrofit existing facilities
4 used as public hurricane shelters. The department must
5 prioritize the use of these funds for projects included in the
6 September 1, 2000, version of the Shelter Retrofit Report
7 prepared in accordance with s. 252.385(3), and each annual
8 report thereafter. The department must give funding priority
9 to projects in regional planning council regions that have
10 shelter deficits and to projects that maximize use of state
11 funds.
12 (3) Forty At least 40 percent of the total
13 appropriation in paragraph (2)(a) must be used to inspect and
14 improve tie-downs for manufactured/mobile homes. Within 30
15 days after the effective date of that appropriation, the
16 department shall contract with a public higher educational
17 institution in this state which has previous experience
18 administering the programs set forth in this subsection to
19 serve as the administrative entity and fiscal agent under s.
20 216.346 for the purpose of administering the programs set
21 forth in this subsection in accordance with established policy
22 and procedures. The administrative entity working with the
23 advisory council set up under subsection (5) shall develop a
24 list of mobile home parks and counties that may be eligible to
25 participate in the tie-down program. for loans, subsidies,
26 grants, demonstration projects, and direct assistance for the
27 first year of the programs shall be used for mobile homes,
28 including programs to inspect and improve tie-downs, construct
29 and provide safety structures, and provide other means to
30 reduce losses. In the second year of the programs, at least 30
31 percent of the total appropriation shall be used for mobile
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1 homes, and thereafter at least 20 percent shall be used for
2 such purposes.
3 (4) Of moneys provided to the Department of Community
4 Affairs, 10 percent shall be allocated to a the Operations and
5 Maintenance Trust Fund in the general office of the Board of
6 Regents, to be used by the Type I Center within the State
7 University System dedicated to hurricane research. The Type I
8 Center shall, as approved by the advisory council under
9 subsection (5), develop a preliminary work plan to eliminate
10 the state and local barriers to upgrading existing
11 manufactured/mobile homes and communities, research and
12 develop a program for the recycling of existing, older
13 manufactured/mobile homes, and to support programs of research
14 and development relating to hurricane loss reduction devices
15 and techniques for site-built residences and mobile homes and
16 relating to the development of credible data on potential loss
17 reductions. The State University System shall also consult
18 with the Department of Community Affairs and assist the
19 department with the report required under subsection (7).
20 (5) The Department of Community Affairs shall develop
21 the programs in consultation with an advisory council
22 appointed by the secretary consisting of a representative
23 designated by of the Department of Insurance, a representative
24 designated by the Florida Home Builders Association of home
25 builders, a representative designated by the Florida Insurance
26 Council of insurance companies, a representative designated by
27 of the Federation of Manufactured Mobile Home Owners, a
28 representative designated by of the Florida Association of
29 Counties, and a representative designated by of the Florida
30 Manufactured Housing Association who is a mobile home
31 manufacturer or supplier.
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1 (6) Moneys provided to the Department of Community
2 Affairs under this section are intended to supplement other
3 funding sources of the Department of Community Affairs and may
4 not supplant other funding sources of the Department of
5 Community Affairs.
6 (7) On January 1st of each year 2001 and 2002, the
7 Department of Community Affairs shall provide a full report
8 and accounting of activities under this section and an
9 evaluation of such activities to the Speaker of the House of
10 Representatives, the President of the Senate, and the Majority
11 and Minority Leaders of the House of Representatives and the
12 Senate.
13 (8) This section is repealed June 30, 2006 June 30,
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20 And the title is amended as follows:
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24 An act relating to mobile homes; amending s.
25 215.559, F.S.; specifying the amount of funds
26 to be used to inspect and improve tie-downs for
27 manufactured/mobile homes; requiring the
28 Department of Community Affairs to contract
29 with an administrative entity; revising the
30 process for establishing an advisory council;
31 providing for an annual report; extending the
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