| 1 | Representatives Grimsley, Berfield, Kendrick, Hays, Rivera, |
| 2 | Kreegel, Joyner, Gannon, Jennings offered the following: |
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| 4 | Amendment to Amendment (074037) (with title amendment) |
| 5 | Remove lines 713-739 and insert: |
| 6 | (3)(a)(4) Forty percent of the total appropriation in |
| 7 | paragraph (2)(a) shall be used to inspect and improve tie-downs |
| 8 | for mobile homes. Within 30 days after the effective date of |
| 9 | that appropriation, the department shall contract with a public |
| 10 | higher educational institution in this state which has previous |
| 11 | experience in administering the programs set forth in this |
| 12 | subsection to serve as the administrative entity and fiscal |
| 13 | agent pursuant to s. 216.346 for the purpose of administering |
| 14 | the programs set forth in this subsection in accordance with |
| 15 | established policy and procedures. The administrative entity |
| 16 | working with the advisory council set up under subsection (6) |
| 17 | shall develop a list of mobile home parks and counties that may |
| 18 | be eligible to participate in the tie-down program. |
| 19 | (b)1. There is created the Manufactured Housing and Mobile |
| 20 | Home Mitigation and Enhancement Program. The program shall |
| 21 | require the mitigation of damage to or enhancement of homes for |
| 22 | the areas of concern raised by the Department of Highway Safety |
| 23 | and Motor Vehicles in the 2004-2005 Hurricane Reports on the |
| 24 | effects of the 2004 and 2005 hurricanes on manufactured and |
| 25 | mobile homes in this state. The mitigation of damage or |
| 26 | enhancement of homes shall include, but not be limited to, |
| 27 | structural components; site-built additions; or tie-down systems |
| 28 | and may also address any other issues deemed appropriate by |
| 29 | Tallahassee Community College, the Federation of Manufactured |
| 30 | Home Owners of Florida, Inc., the Florida Manufactured Housing |
| 31 | Association, and the Department of Highway Safety and Motor |
| 32 | Vehicles. The program shall include an education and outreach |
| 33 | component to ensure that owners of manufactured and mobile homes |
| 34 | are aware of the benefits of participation. |
| 35 | 2. The program shall be a grant program that ensures |
| 36 | entire manufactured home communities and mobile home parks may |
| 37 | be improved wherever practicable. The moneys appropriated for |
| 38 | this program shall be distributed directly to Tallahassee |
| 39 | Community College for the uses set forth under this act. |
| 40 | 3. Upon evidence of completion of the program, the |
| 41 | Citizens Property Insurance Corporation shall grant, on a pro |
| 42 | rata basis, actuarially reasonable discounts, credits, or other |
| 43 | rate differentials or appropriate reductions in deductibles for |
| 44 | the properties of owners of manufactured homes or mobile homes |
| 45 | on which fixtures or construction techniques that have been |
| 46 | demonstrated to reduce the amount of loss in a windstorm have |
| 47 | been installed or implemented. The discount on the premium shall |
| 48 | be applied to subsequent renewal premium amounts. Premiums of |
| 49 | the Citizens Property Insurance Corporation shall reflect the |
| 50 | location of the home and the fact that the home has been |
| 51 | installed in compliance with building codes adopted after |
| 52 | Hurricane Andrew. Rates resulting from the completion of the |
| 53 | Manufactured Housing and Mobile Home Mitigation and Enhancement |
| 54 | Program are not considered competitive rates for the purposes of |
| 55 | ss. 627.351(6)(d)1. and 2. |
| 56 | 4. On or before January 1 of each year, Tallahassee |
| 57 | Community College shall provide a report of activities under |
| 58 | this section to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and |
| 59 | the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The report shall |
| 60 | set forth the number of homes that have taken advantage of the |
| 61 | program, the types of enhancements and improvements made to the |
| 62 | manufactured or mobile homes and attachments to such homes, and |
| 63 | whether there has been an increase of availability of insurance |
| 64 | products to owners of manufactured homes or mobile homes. |
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| 66 | Tallahassee Community College shall develop the programs set |
| 67 | forth in this subsection in consultation with the Federation of |
| 68 | Manufactured Home Owners of Florida, Inc., the Florida |
| 69 | Manufactured Housing Association, and the Department of Highway |
| 70 | Safety and Motor Vehicles. The moneys appropriated for the |
| 71 | programs set forth in this section shall be distributed directly |
| 72 | to Tallahassee Community College for the uses set forth in this |
| 73 | section. |
| 74 | (4)(5) Of moneys provided to the Department of Community |
| 75 | Affairs in paragraph (2)(a), 10 percent shall be allocated to a |
| 76 | Type I Center within the State University System dedicated to |
| 77 | hurricane research. The Type I Center shall develop a |
| 78 | preliminary work plan approved by the advisory council set forth |
| 79 | in subsection (5) (6) to eliminate the state and local barriers |
| 80 | to upgrading existing mobile homes and communities, research and |
| 81 | develop a program for the recycling of existing older mobile |
| 82 | homes, and support programs of research and development relating |
| 83 | to hurricane loss reduction devices and techniques for site- |
| 84 | built residences. The State University System also shall consult |
| 85 | with the Department of Community Affairs and assist the |
| 86 | department with the report required under subsection (7) (8). |
| 87 | (5)(6) Except for the programs set forth in subsection |
| 88 | (3), the Department of Community Affairs shall develop |
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| 90 | ======== T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ======== |
| 91 | Remove lines 4566-4585 and insert: |
| 92 | public education and consumer awareness requirements; |
| 93 | amending s. 215.559, F.S.; deleting provisions relating to |
| 94 | the development of a low-interest loan program for |
| 95 | homeowners and mobile home owners to retrofit their homes |
| 96 | by the Department of Community Affairs; creating the |
| 97 | Manufactured Housing and Mobile Home Mitigation and |
| 98 | Enhancement Program for certain purposes; requiring |
| 99 | Tallahassee Community College to develop the program in |
| 100 | consultation with certain entities; specifying |
| 101 | requirements of the program; specifying certain |
| 102 | requirements of the program as to certain concerns of the |
| 103 | Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles relating |
| 104 | to manufactured homes and mobile homes; specifying the |
| 105 | program as a grant program for improvement of mobile homes |
| 106 | and manufactured home parks; providing for distribution of |
| 107 | the grants to Tallahassee Community College for certain |
| 108 | purposes; requiring Citizens Property Insurance |
| 109 | Corporation to grant certain insurance discounts, credits, |
| 110 | rate differentials, or deductible reductions for property |
| 111 | insurance premiums for manufactured home or mobile home |
| 112 | owners; specifying criteria for such premiums; requiring a |
| 113 | program report each year to the Governor and Legislature; |
| 114 | providing report requirements; specifying funding for tie- |
| 115 | down enhancement systems; requiring Tallahassee Community |
| 116 | College to provide a program report each year to the |
| 117 | Governor and Legislature; providing report requirements; |
| 118 | creating s. 252.63, F.S.; |