Florida Senate - 2013 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1852
Barcode 543746
LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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Floor: WD/2R .
04/25/2013 11:21 AM .
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Senator Soto moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment to Amendment (754392) (with title
2 amendment)
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4 Delete lines 57 - 152
5 and insert:
6 Section 7. (1) The nonrecurring sum of $10 million is
7 appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of
8 Economic Opportunity to provide a grant to Habitat for Humanity
9 of Florida for the acquisition and rehabilitation or
10 reconstruction of existing housing stock to provide affordable
11 housing to low-income applicants. Habitat for Humanity of
12 Florida may use up to 1 percent of the grant award for direct
13 administrative costs.
14 (2) Habitat for Humanity of Florida shall provide
15 compliance and oversight for the grant award and shall:
16 (a) Provide to the Department of Economic Opportunity the
17 name and contact information for the Habitat for Humanity of
18 Florida compliance officer, to be updated within 10 business
19 days after any change.
20 (b) Develop a request for proposals to be released to the
21 58 Habitat for Humanity of Florida affiliates no later than 60
22 days after the effective date of this act. The request for
23 proposals shall be limited to projects that undertake the
24 acquisition and rehabilitation or reconstruction of existing
25 housing stock and provide affordable housing to low-income
26 applicants.
27 (c) Use the grant award within 2 years, the start date of
28 which is 30 days after the request for proposals is released to
29 the 58 Habitat for Humanity of Florida affiliates.
30 (d) Provide the 58 Habitat for Humanity of Florida
31 affiliates a minimum of 30 days to respond to the request for
32 proposals.
33 (e) Establish a volunteer committee of at least six members
34 from any of the 58 Habitat for Humanity of Florida affiliates to
35 evaluate and rank project proposals received and determine
36 project awards based on that evaluation and ranking.
37 1. Project awards shall be provided on a cost-reimbursement
38 basis for work completed and paid for by the Habitat for
39 Humanity of Florida affiliate for a qualifying home that was
40 acquired and rehabilitated or reconstructed for a low-income
41 applicant.
42 2. The Habitat for Humanity of Florida compliance officer
43 is responsible for verifying that all project work is completed
44 and has been paid for by the Habitat for Humanity of Florida
45 affiliate before a cost reimbursement.
46 3. A Habitat for Humanity of Florida affiliate may not
47 receive cost reimbursements in excess of 10 percent of the total
48 appropriation, except that an affiliate may receive cost
49 reimbursements in excess of 10 percent during the second year if
50 the only project proposals remaining are from Habitat for
51 Humanity of Florida affiliates that have reached the 10-percent
52 cap.
53 (f) Provide technical support and assistance for the use of
54 grant award funds by the Habitat for Humanity of Florida
55 affiliates, which shall not exceed 2 percent of the grant award.
56 (g) Submit a quarterly progress report to the Department of
57 Economic Opportunity within 30 days after the end of each
58 quarter until all grant award funds have been expended. The
59 quarterly progress report shall include, but need not be limited
60 to:
61 1. Events occurring during the quarter, or anticipated to
62 occur in the near future, which affect the ability of Habitat
63 for Humanity of Florida to use the grant award for the intended
64 purpose pursuant to this section.
65 2. Action plans for addressing any policy and
66 administrative issues.
67 3. Habitat for Humanity of Florida efforts related to
68 collecting and verifying data.
69 4. Data collected and verified, such as the number of
70 existing housing stock acquired and rehabilitated or
71 reconstructed for the quarter and to date, the number of
72 requests for proposals received, and income data on applicants
73 who are using the provided housing.
74 5. Grant award data disaggregated by recipient and
75 activity, such as technical support and assistance, direct
76 administrative costs, housing acquisition, and housing
77 rehabilitation or reconstruction.
78 6. Activities related to technical support and assistance.
79 7. The name of each volunteer committee member and his or
80 her Habitat for Humanity of Florida affiliate.
81 8. Progress toward meeting the goal of spending the full
82 grant award within 2 years, the start date of which is 30 days
83 after the request for proposals is released to the 58 Habitat
84 for Humanity of Florida affiliates.
85 (h) Submit annually by September 1 to the Department of
86 Economic Opportunity a financial audit performed by an
87 independent certified public accountant for the most recently
88 completed fiscal year which establishes that no material
89 weaknesses or instances of material noncompliance exist.
90 (3) The Department of Economic Opportunity shall submit a
91 copy of each financial audit from Habitat for Humanity of
92 Florida to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the
93 House of Representatives within 15 days after its receipt.
94 (4) Any funds that are not expended or encumbered by June
95 30, 2015, and any funds that were deemed encumbered on June 30,
96 2015, and not expended by September 30, 2015, shall be repaid by
97 Habitat for Humanity of Florida to the Department of Financial
98 Services for deposit into the State Housing Trust Fund within
99 the Department of Economic Opportunity. A final audit shall be
100 submitted to the Department of Economic Opportunity by January
101 30, 2016, for any expenditures made after June 30, 2015.
102 Section 8. The nonrecurring sum of $10 million is
103 appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of
104 Economic Opportunity for transfer to the Florida Housing Finance
105 Corporation for foreclosure counseling programs.
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108 And the title is amended as follows:
109 Delete line 301
110 and insert:
111 Finance Corporation to provide funding for foreclosure
112 counseling programs; providing an appropriation from
113 the General Revenue Fund to the Florida Housing
114 Finance Corporation to provide funding to reduce rents