Florida Senate - 2006 SENATOR AMENDMENT
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11 Senator King moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 34. Subsections (4) and (6) of section
18 215.559, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
19 215.559 Hurricane Loss Mitigation Program.--
20 (4)(a) Forty percent of the total appropriation in
21 paragraph (2)(a) shall be used to inspect and improve
22 tie-downs for mobile homes. Within 30 days after the effective
23 date of that appropriation, the department shall contract with
24 a public higher educational institution in this state which
25 has previous experience in administering the programs set
26 forth in this subsection to serve as the administrative entity
27 and fiscal agent pursuant to s. 216.346 for the purpose of
28 administering the programs set forth in this subsection in
29 accordance with established policy and procedures. The
30 administrative entity working with the advisory council set up
31 under subsection (6) shall develop a list of mobile home parks
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1 and counties that may be eligible to participate in the
2 tie-down program.
3 (b)1. There is created the Manufactured Housing and
4 Mobile Home Mitigation and Enhancement Program. The program
5 shall require the mitigation of damage to or the enhancement
6 of homes for the areas of concern raised by the Department of
7 Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles in the 2004-2005 Hurricane
8 Reports on the effects of the 2004 and 2005 hurricanes on
9 manufactured and mobile homes in this state. The mitigation or
10 enhancement must include, but need not be limited to, problems
11 associated with weakened trusses, studs, and other structural
12 components caused by wood rot or termite damage; site-built
13 additions; or tie-down systems and may also address any other
14 issues deemed appropriate by Tallahassee Community College,
15 the Federation of Manufactured Home Owners of Florida, Inc.,
16 the Florida Manufactured Housing Association, and the
17 Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. The program
18 shall include an education and outreach component to ensure
19 that owners of manufactured and mobile homes are aware of the
20 benefits of participation.
21 2. The program shall be a grant program that ensures
22 that entire manufactured home communities and mobile home
23 parks may be improved wherever practicable. The moneys
24 appropriated for this program shall be distributed directly to
25 Tallahassee Community College for the uses set forth under
26 this subsection.
27 3. Upon evidence of completion of the program, the
28 Citizens Property Insurance Corporation shall grant, on a
29 pro-rata basis, actuarially reasonable discounts, credits, or
30 other rate differentials or appropriate reductions in
31 deductibles for the properties of owners of manufactured homes
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1 or mobile homes on which fixtures or construction techniques
2 that have been demonstrated to reduce the amount of loss in a
3 windstorm have been installed or implemented. The discount on
4 the premium must be applied to subsequent renewal premium
5 amounts. Premiums of the Citizens Property Insurance
6 Corporation must reflect the location of the home and the fact
7 that the home has been installed in compliance with building
8 codes adopted after Hurricane Andrew. Rates resulting from the
9 completion of the Manufactured Housing and Mobile Home
10 Mitigation and Enhancement Program are not considered
11 competitive rates for the purposes of s. 627.351(6)(d)1. and
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13 4. On or before January 1 of each year, Tallahassee
14 Community College shall provide a report of activities under
15 this subsection to the Governor, the President of the Senate,
16 and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The report
17 must set forth the number of homes that have taken advantage
18 of the program, the types of enhancements and improvements
19 made to the manufactured or mobile homes and attachments to
20 such homes, and whether there has been an increase in
21 availability of insurance products to owners of manufactured
22 or mobile homes.
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24 Tallahassee Community College shall develop the programs set
25 forth in this subsection in consultation with the Federation
26 of Manufactured Home Owners of Florida, Inc., the Florida
27 Manufactured Housing Association, and the Department of
28 Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. The moneys appropriated for
29 the programs set forth in this subsection shall be distributed
30 directly to Tallahassee Community College to be used as set
31 forth in this subsection.
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1 (6) Except for the programs set forth in subsection
2 (4), the Department of Community Affairs shall develop the
3 programs set forth in this section in consultation with an
4 advisory council consisting of a representative designated by
5 the Chief Financial Officer, a representative designated by
6 the Florida Home Builders Association, a representative
7 designated by the Florida Insurance Council, a representative
8 designated by the Federation of Manufactured Home Owners, a
9 representative designated by the Florida Association of
10 Counties, and a representative designated by the Florida
11 Manufactured Housing Association.
12 Section 35. Of the funds appropriated for the Home
13 Retrofit Hardening Program specified in s. 215.558, Florida
14 Statutes, $7.5 million shall be appropriated to the Department
15 of Financial Services for the Manufacturing Housing and Mobile
16 Home Mitigation and Enhancement Program specified in s.
17 215.559(4)(b)1., Florida Statutes, as created by this act. The
18 Department of Financial Services shall contract with
19 Tallahassee Community College to implement the Manufactured
20 Housing and Mobile Home Mitigation and Enhancement Program.
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26 And the title is amended as follows:
27 On page 10, lines 21-25, delete those lines
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30 for a violation; defining terms; amending s.
31 215.559, F.S.; requiring an annual
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1 appropriation; requiring the use of
2 appropriated moneys for a specified purpose;
3 deleting obsolete language; creating the
4 Manufactured Housing and Mobile Home Mitigation
5 and Enhancement Program for specified purposes;
6 requiring Tallahassee Community College to
7 develop the program in consultation with
8 certain entities; specifying certain
9 requirements of the program as to certain
10 concerns of the Department of Highway Safety
11 and Motor Vehicles relating to manufactured
12 homes and mobile homes; specifying that the
13 program is a grant program for the improvement
14 of mobile home and manufactured home parks;
15 providing for the distribution of the grants to
16 Tallahassee Community College for specified
17 purposes; requiring the Citizens Property
18 Insurance Corporation to grant certain
19 insurance discounts, credits, rate
20 differentials, or reductions in deductibles for
21 property insurance premiums for owners of
22 manufactured homes or mobile homes; specifying
23 criteria for such premiums; specifying funding
24 for tie-down enhancement systems; requiring
25 Tallahassee Community College to provide an
26 annual report on the program to the Governor
27 and the Legislature; providing requirements
28 relating to the report; providing an
29 appropriation; providing effective dates.
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