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CS/SB 856: Affordable Housing Tax Reductions

GENERAL BILL by Community Affairs ; Pizzo

Affordable Housing Tax Reductions; Authorizing counties, municipalities, and special districts to provide an exception or waiver of impact fees for certain not-for-profit corporations for specified purposes; providing a tax reduction to certain entities that provide affordable housing to identified groups; requiring a taxpayer who receives a tax reduction to file an annual report; providing penalties for falsification of reports; authorizing a county to limit the number of qualifying projects that may be approved under specified conditions, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2020
 Last Action: 3/14/2020 Senate - Died in Finance and Tax
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Community Affairs (CA)
  2. Finance and Tax (FT)
  3. Appropriations (AP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    11/12/2019 Senate • Filed
    11/21/2019 Senate • Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Appropriations -SJ 65
    1/14/2020 Senate • Introduced -SJ 65
    1/29/2020 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 02/03/20, 4:00 pm, 301 Senate Building
    2/3/2020 Senate • CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 240
    2/5/2020 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    2/6/2020 Senate • Now in Finance and Tax
    • CS by Community Affairs read 1st time -SJ 246
    3/14/2020 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died in Finance and Tax

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  • CS/SB 856, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/5/2020 at 1:27 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1459 Affordable Housing Tax Reductions Silvers Similar Last Action: 3/14/2020 H Died in Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (2)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    163.31801 Impact fees; short title; intent; minimum requirements; audits; challenges. Page 1 (pdf)
    196.1978 Affordable housing property exemption. Page 2 (pdf)

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  • SB 856, Original Filed Version Posted 11/12/2019 at 9:03 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Community Affairs (Pre-Meeting) 1/31/2020 (pdf)
    Community Affairs (Post-Meeting) 2/5/2020 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1459 Affordable Housing Tax Reductions Silvers Similar Last Action: 3/14/2020 H Died in Local, Federal and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    796642 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Community Affairs
    (Pizzo)     		2/3/2020
    3:23 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    2/5/2020     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    2/3/2020 4:00 PM Community Affairs 5 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    196.1979 Page 1 (pdf)

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