Florida Senate - 2018 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 1328 Ì715560ÊÎ715560 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: WD . 02/21/2018 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development (Gibson) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Between lines 509 and 510 4 insert: 5 Section 14. Section 423.02, Florida Statutes, is amended to 6 read: 7 423.02 Housing projects exempted from taxes, user fees, and 8 assessments; payments in lieu thereof.—The housing projects, 9 including all property of housing authorities used for or in 10 connection therewith or appurtenant thereto, of housing 11 authorities, or their nonprofit instrumentalities as authorized 12 by s. 421.08(8), shall be exempt from all taxes, user fees, and 13 special assessments of the state or any city, town, county, or 14 political subdivision of the state, provided, however, that in 15 lieu of such taxes, user fees, or special assessments, a housing 16 authority or its nonprofit instrumentality may agree to make 17 payments to any city, town, county, or political subdivision of 18 the state for services, improvements, or facilities furnished by 19 such city, town, county, or political subdivision for the 20 benefit of a housing project owned by the housing authority or 21 its nonprofit instrumentality, but in no event shall such 22 payments exceed the estimated cost to such city, town, county, 23 or political subdivision of the services, improvements, or 24 facilities to be so furnished. 25 26 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 27 And the title is amended as follows: 28 Between lines 43 and 44 29 insert: 30 amending s. 423.02, F.S.; exempting housing projects, 31 including certain property, of housing authorities or 32 their nonprofit instrumentalities from all taxes, user 33 fees, and special assessments of the state or any 34 city, town, county, or political subdivision of the 35 state; providing that, in lieu of such taxes, user 36 fees, or special assessments, a housing authority or 37 its nonprofit instrumentality may agree to make 38 payments to any city, town, county, or political 39 subdivision of the state for services, improvements, 40 or facilities furnished by such city, town, county, or 41 political subdivision for the benefit of a housing 42 project owned by the housing authority or its 43 nonprofit instrumentality;