Florida Senate - 2017                                     SB 854
       
       
        
       By Senator Brandes
       
       24-00811-17                                            2017854__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to a task force on affordable housing;
    3         creating a task force on affordable housing; directing
    4         the task force to be assigned to the Florida Housing
    5         Finance Corporation for administrative purposes;
    6         directing the task force to convene no later than a
    7         specified date; providing membership requirements;
    8         directing the corporation to provide administrative
    9         and staff support services to the task force;
   10         requiring members of the task force to serve without
   11         compensation; providing members certain entitlements
   12         to reimbursement, subject to certain requirements;
   13         directing the task force to develop recommendations
   14         for the state’s affordable housing needs, subject to
   15         certain requirements; directing the task force to
   16         submit a report to the Governor and the Legislature by
   17         a specified date; terminating the task force by a
   18         specified date; providing an effective date.
   19          
   20  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   21  
   22         Section 1. (1) There is created a task force on affordable
   23  housing. The task force is assigned to the Florida Housing
   24  Finance Corporation for administrative purposes only.
   25         (2) The task force shall convene no later than September 1,
   26  2017, and shall be composed of the following 10 members:
   27         (a) The executive director of the Florida Housing Finance
   28  Corporation, who shall serve as chair of the task force.
   29         (b) The executive director of the Department of Economic
   30  Opportunity or his or her designee.
   31         (c) Two members appointed by the Governor.
   32         (d) Two members appointed by the President of the Senate.
   33         (e) Two members appointed by the Speaker of the House of
   34  Representatives.
   35         (f) The executive director of the Florida Association of
   36  Counties or his or her designee.
   37         (g) The executive director of the Florida League of Cities
   38  or his or her designee.
   39         (3)(a) The Florida Housing Finance Corporation shall
   40  provide administrative and staff support services to the task
   41  force which relate to its functions.
   42         (b) Members of the task force shall serve without
   43  compensation but are entitled to reimbursement for per diem and
   44  travel expenses in accordance with s. 112.061, Florida Statutes.
   45  Per diem and travel expenses incurred by a member of the task
   46  force shall be paid from funds budgeted to the state agency or
   47  entity that the member represents.
   48         (4)(a) The task force shall develop recommendations for
   49  addressing the state’s affordable housing needs. The
   50  recommendations shall be presented to and approved by the board
   51  of directors of the Florida Housing Finance Corporation. The
   52  recommendations shall include, but are not limited to:
   53         1. A review of market rate developments.
   54         2. A review of affordable housing developments.
   55         3. A review of land use for affordable housing
   56  developments.
   57         4. A review of building codes for affordable housing
   58  developments.
   59         5. A review of the states’ implementation of the low-income
   60  housing tax credit.
   61         6. A review of private and public sector development and
   62  construction industries.
   63         7. A review of the rental market for assisted rental
   64  housing.
   65         8. The development of strategies and pathways for low
   66  income housing.
   67         (b) The task force shall submit a report containing the
   68  approved recommendations to the Governor, the President of the
   69  Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by
   70  January 1, 2018.
   71         (5) The task force is abolished June 30, 2018, or at an
   72  earlier date as provided by the task force.
   73         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.