| 1 | Representative(s) Grimsley offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove lines 1024-1050 and insert: |
| 5 | (3)(a)(4) Forty percent of the total appropriation in |
| 6 | paragraph (2)(a) shall be used to inspect and improve tie-downs |
| 7 | for mobile homes. Within 30 days after the effective date of |
| 8 | that appropriation, the department shall contract with a public |
| 9 | higher educational institution in this state which has previous |
| 10 | experience in administering the programs set forth in this |
| 11 | subsection to serve as the administrative entity and fiscal |
| 12 | agent pursuant to s. 216.346 for the purpose of administering |
| 13 | the programs set forth in this subsection in accordance with |
| 14 | established policy and procedures. The administrative entity |
| 15 | working with the advisory council set up under subsection (6) |
| 16 | shall develop a list of mobile home parks and counties that may |
| 17 | be eligible to participate in the tie-down program. |
| 18 | (b)1. There is created the Manufactured Housing and Mobile |
| 19 | Home Mitigation and Enhancement Program. The program shall |
| 20 | require the mitigation of damage to or enhancement of homes for |
| 21 | the areas of concern raised by the Department of Highway Safety |
| 22 | and Motor Vehicles in the 2004-2005 Hurricane Reports on the |
| 23 | effects of the 2004 and 2005 hurricanes on manufactured and |
| 24 | mobile homes in this state. The mitigation of damage or |
| 25 | enhancement of homes shall include, but not be limited to, |
| 26 | structural components; site-built additions; or tie-down systems |
| 27 | and may also address any other issues deemed appropriate by |
| 28 | Tallahassee Community College, the Federation of Manufactured |
| 29 | Home Owners of Florida, Inc., the Florida Manufactured Housing |
| 30 | Association, and the Department of Highway Safety and Motor |
| 31 | Vehicles. The program shall include an education and outreach |
| 32 | component to ensure that owners of manufactured and mobile homes |
| 33 | are aware of the benefits of participation. |
| 34 | 2. The program shall be a grant program that ensures |
| 35 | entire manufactured home communities and mobile home parks may |
| 36 | be improved wherever practicable. |
| 37 | 3. Upon evidence of completion of the program, the |
| 38 | Citizens Property Insurance Corporation shall grant, on a pro |
| 39 | rata basis, actuarially reasonable discounts, credits, or other |
| 40 | rate differentials or appropriate reductions in deductibles for |
| 41 | the properties of owners of manufactured homes or mobile homes |
| 42 | on which fixtures or construction techniques that have been |
| 43 | demonstrated to reduce the amount of loss in a windstorm have |
| 44 | been installed or implemented. The discount on the premium shall |
| 45 | be applied to subsequent renewal premium amounts. Premiums of |
| 46 | the Citizens Property Insurance Corporation shall reflect the |
| 47 | location of the home and the fact that the home has been |
| 48 | installed in compliance with building codes adopted after |
| 49 | Hurricane Andrew. Rates resulting from the completion of the |
| 50 | Manufactured Housing and Mobile Home Mitigation and Enhancement |
| 51 | Program are not considered competitive rates for the purposes of |
| 52 | ss. 627.351(6)(d)1. and 2. |
| 53 | 4. On or before January 1 of each year, Tallahassee |
| 54 | Community College shall provide a report of activities under |
| 55 | this section to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and |
| 56 | the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The report shall |
| 57 | set forth the number of homes that have taken advantage of the |
| 58 | program, the types of enhancements and improvements made to the |
| 59 | manufactured or mobile homes and attachments to such homes, and |
| 60 | whether there has been an increase of availability of insurance |
| 61 | products to owners of manufactured homes or mobile homes. |
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| 63 | Tallahassee Community College shall develop the programs set |
| 64 | forth in this subsection in consultation with the Federation of |
| 65 | Manufactured Home Owners of Florida, Inc., the Florida |
| 66 | Manufactured Housing Association, and the Department of Highway |
| 67 | Safety and Motor Vehicles. The moneys appropriated for the |
| 68 | programs set forth in this section shall be distributed by the |
| 69 | Department of Financial Servces directly to Tallahassee |
| 70 | Community College for the uses set forth in this section. |
| 71 | (4)(5) Of moneys provided to the Department of Community |
| 72 | Affairs in paragraph (2)(a), 10 percent shall be allocated to a |
| 73 | Type I Center within the State University System dedicated to |
| 74 | hurricane research. The Type I Center shall develop a |
| 75 | preliminary work plan approved by the advisory council set forth |
| 76 | in subsection (5) (6) to eliminate the state and local barriers |
| 77 | to upgrading existing mobile homes and communities, research and |
| 78 | develop a program for the recycling of existing older mobile |
| 79 | homes, and support programs of research and development relating |
| 80 | to hurricane loss reduction devices and techniques for site- |
| 81 | built residences. The State University System also shall consult |
| 82 | with the Department of Community Affairs and assist the |
| 83 | department with the report required under subsection (7) (8). |
| 84 | (5)(6) Except for the programs set forth in subsection |
| 85 | (3), the Department of Community Affairs shall develop |
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| 89 | Remove lines 37-58 and insert: |
| 90 | education and consumer awareness requirements; amending s. |
| 91 | 215.559, F.S.; deleting provisions relating to the |
| 92 | development of a low-interest loan program for homeowners |
| 93 | and mobile home owners to retrofit their homes by the |
| 94 | Department of Community Affairs; creating the Manufactured |
| 95 | Housing and Mobile Home Mitigation and Enhancement Program |
| 96 | for certain purposes; requiring Tallahassee Community |
| 97 | College to develop the program in consultation with |
| 98 | certain entities; specifying requirements of the program; |
| 99 | specifying certain requirements of the program as to |
| 100 | certain concerns of the Department of Highway Safety and |
| 101 | Motor Vehicles relating to manufactured homes and mobile |
| 102 | homes; specifying the program as a grant program for |
| 103 | improvement of mobile homes and manufactured home parks; |
| 104 | requiring the Department of Financial Services to |
| 105 | distribute the grants to Tallahassee Community College for |
| 106 | certain purposes; requiring Citizens Property Insurance |
| 107 | Corporation to grant certain insurance discounts, credits, |
| 108 | rate differentials, or deductible reductions for property |
| 109 | insurance premiums for manufactured home or mobile home |
| 110 | owners; specifying criteria for such premiums; requiring a |
| 111 | program report each year to the Governor and Legislature; |
| 112 | providing report requirements; specifying funding for tie- |
| 113 | down enhancement systems; requiring Tallahassee Community |
| 114 | College to provide a program report each year to the |
| 115 | Governor and Legislature; providing report requirements; |
| 116 | creating s. 252.63, F.S.; providing purpose and intent; |
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