Florida Senate - 2016                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. HB 7099, 2nd Eng.
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Flores moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (673118) (with title
    2  amendment)
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    4         Between lines 4 and 5
    5  insert:
    6         Section 1. Subsection (6) of section 163.387, Florida
    7  Statutes, is amended to read:
    8         163.387 Redevelopment trust fund.—
    9         (6)(a) Moneys in the redevelopment trust fund may be
   10  expended from time to time for undertakings of a community
   11  redevelopment agency as described in the community redevelopment
   12  plan for the following purposes, including, but not limited to:
   13         1.(a) Administrative and overhead expenses necessary or
   14  incidental to the implementation of a community redevelopment
   15  plan adopted by the agency.
   16         2.(b) Expenses of redevelopment planning, surveys, and
   17  financial analysis, including the reimbursement of the governing
   18  body or the community redevelopment agency for such expenses
   19  incurred before the redevelopment plan was approved and adopted.
   20         3.(c) The acquisition of real property in the redevelopment
   21  area.
   22         4.(d) The clearance and preparation of any redevelopment
   23  area for redevelopment and relocation of site occupants within
   24  or outside the community redevelopment area as provided in s.
   25  163.370.
   26         5.(e) The repayment of principal and interest or any
   27  redemption premium for loans, advances, bonds, bond anticipation
   28  notes, and any other form of indebtedness.
   29         6.(f) All expenses incidental to or connected with the
   30  issuance, sale, redemption, retirement, or purchase of bonds,
   31  bond anticipation notes, or other form of indebtedness,
   32  including funding of any reserve, redemption, or other fund or
   33  account provided for in the ordinance or resolution authorizing
   34  such bonds, notes, or other form of indebtedness.
   35         7.(g) The development of affordable housing within the
   36  community redevelopment area.
   37         8.(h) The development of community policing innovations.
   38         (b) For any community redevelopment agency located in a
   39  county as defined in s. 125.011(1), the community redevelopment
   40  agency shall expend no less than 5 percent of the trust fund
   41  revenues annually to support youth centers if:
   42         1. More than 50 percent of the persons younger than 18
   43  years of age living in the community redevelopment area served
   44  by the agency are in families with incomes below the federal
   45  poverty level;
   46         2. The youth center submits a written request for support
   47  to the community redevelopment agency; and
   48         3. The expenditures do not materially impair any bonds
   49  outstanding as of March 11, 2016.
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   51  As used in this paragraph, the term “youth center” means a
   52  facility that is owned and operated by a governmental entity or
   53  a corporation not for profit registered pursuant to chapter 617,
   54  the primary purpose of which is to provide year-round
   55  supplemental educational programs, recreational and after-school
   56  activities, counseling, and social and adult transitional
   57  programming and other services to children 5 to 18 years of age
   58  and adults 18 to 24 years of age; and that has operated for at
   59  least 2 years before its request for support from the community
   60  redevelopment agency. The term includes indoor recreational
   61  facilities, as defined in s. 402.302, which are owned and
   62  operated by a governmental entity or corporation not for profit
   63  registered pursuant to chapter 617. The term does not include
   64  public or private schools, child care facilities as defined in
   65  s. 402.302, or private prekindergarten providers as defined in
   66  s. 1002.51. As used in this paragraph, the term “year-round”
   67  means operating a minimum of 225 service days per year. The
   68  youth center must be open and accessible to the general public
   69  for community-based meetings focused on educational
   70  opportunities and providing college, career, and vocational
   71  readiness programming.
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   73  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   74  And the title is amended as follows:
   75         Delete line 1288
   76  and insert:
   77         An act relating to taxation; amending s. 163.387,
   78         F.S.; specifying uses of redevelopment trust fund
   79         moneys for certain community redevelopment agencies
   80         that support youth centers; defining the terms “youth
   81         center” and “year-round”; amending s. 125.0104,