Florida Senate - 2017 SB 924
By Senator Rouson
19-01188-17 2017924__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to children’s initiatives; amending s.
3 409.147, F.S.; creating the Tampa Success Zone within
4 the City of Tampa; providing for the projects to be
5 managed by a corporation not for profit that is not
6 subject to control, supervision, or direction by any
7 agency of the state; providing legislative intent;
8 requiring the corporation to be subject to state
9 public records and public meeting requirements and to
10 requirements for the procurement of commodities and
11 contractual services; providing that the area included
12 in the success zone be determined based on the
13 corporation’s ability to provide programs and services
14 to participants; providing for implementation of the
15 success zone; providing an effective date.
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17 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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19 Section 1. Present subsection (11) of section 409.147,
20 Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (12) and
21 amended, and a new subsection (11) is added to that section, to
22 read:
23 409.147 Children’s initiatives.—
24 (11) CREATION OF THE TAMPA SUCCESS ZONE.—
25 (a) There is created within the City of Tampa in
26 Hillsborough County a 10-year project that must be managed by an
27 entity organized, registered, incorporated, and operated in
28 compliance with chapter 617. The Tampa Success Zone is not
29 subject to control, supervision, or direction by any agency of
30 the state. The Legislature intends that, in the interest of
31 sound public policy, the corporation operate in an open and
32 accessible manner consistent with its public purpose, and, to
33 that end, the corporation is subject to chapter 119, relating to
34 public records; chapter 286, relating to public meetings and
35 records; and chapter 287, relating to procurement of commodities
36 or contractual services.
37 (b) The Tampa Success Zone must encompass an area that is
38 large enough to include all of the necessary components of
39 community life, including, but not limited to, schools, places
40 of worship, recreational facilities, commercial areas, and
41 common space, yet small enough to allow participation in
42 programs by and delivery of services to everyone in the success
43 zone who wishes to participate.
44 (12)(11) IMPLEMENTATION.—
45 (a) The Miami Children’s Initiative, Inc., the New Town
46 Success Zone, and the Parramore Kidz Zone, and the Tampa Success
47 Zone have been designated as Florida Children’s Initiatives
48 consistent with the legislative intent and purpose of s. 16,
49 chapter 2009-43, Laws of Florida, and as such shall each assist
50 the disadvantaged areas of the state in creating a community
51 based service network and programming that develops,
52 coordinates, and provides quality education, accessible health
53 care, youth development programs, opportunities for employment,
54 and safe and affordable housing for children and families living
55 within their boundaries.
56 (b) In order to implement this section for the Miami
57 Children’s Initiative, Inc., the Department of Children and
58 Families shall contract with a not-for-profit corporation, to
59 work in collaboration with the governing body to adopt the
60 resolution described in subsection (4), to establish the
61 planning team as provided in subsection (5), and to develop and
62 adopt the strategic community plan as provided in subsection
63 (6). The not-for-profit corporation is also responsible for the
64 development of a business plan and for the evaluation, fiscal
65 management, and oversight of the Miami Children’s Initiative,
66 Inc.
67 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.