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The Committee on Transportation and Economic Development

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Appropriations (Fasano) recommended the following amendment:

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     Senate Amendment (with title amendment)

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     Between lines 88 and 89,

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insert:

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     Section 3.  Subsection (17) is added to section 420.5095,

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Florida Statutes, to read:

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     420.5095  Community Workforce Housing Innovation Pilot

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Program.--

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     (17) Funds that were appropriated by s. 33, chapter 2006-

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69, Laws of Florida, and that were declined or returned after

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being awarded shall be made available for workforce-housing

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projects as provided in this subsection.

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     (a) To be eligible for such funds, a project must be

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created to provide workforce housing for teachers and

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instructional personnel employed by the school district of the

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county where the project is located and otherwise comply with

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this section. The corporation shall give an eligible project

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priority for funding if the project:

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     1. Is on land provided by a school district under s.

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1001.43;

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     2. Involves a public-private partnership that includes the

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school district and a national nonprofit organization created by

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Congress to provide financial support, technical assistance, and

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training for community-based revitalization efforts; and

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     3. Is located in a county where a project that had been

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previously selected for funding under this section did not go

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forward.

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     (b) The corporation shall select projects for funding under

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this subsection through a competitive request for proposals.

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And the title is amended as follows:

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     On line 6, after the semicolon,

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insert:

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amending s. 420.5095, F.S.; requiring that certain funds

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related to the Community Workforce Housing Innovation

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Pilot Program be made available for workforce housing  for

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teachers and instructional personnel; requiring that the

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Florida Housing Finance Corporation select projects for

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funding based on certain criteria;

4/9/2008  8:12:00 AM     11-06865-08