Florida Senate - 2025                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 184
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/20/2025           .                                
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       The Committee on Community Affairs (Gaetz) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (559016) (with title
    2  amendment)
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    4         Delete lines 5 - 38
    5  and insert:
    6         Section 1. Present subsection (5) of section 163.31771,
    7  Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (6), new
    8  subsection (5) is added to that section, and subsection (3) of
    9  that section is amended, to read:
   10         163.31771 Accessory dwelling units.—
   11         (3) A local government shall may adopt an ordinance to
   12  allow accessory dwelling units, without any corresponding
   13  increase in parking requirements, in any area zoned for single
   14  family residential use. Such ordinance may not require that the
   15  owner of a parcel on which an accessory dwelling unit is
   16  constructed reside on such parcel and does not apply to a
   17  planned unit development or master planned community as those
   18  terms are defined in s. 163.3202(5)(b)2.
   19         (5) The owner of a property with an accessory dwelling unit
   20  may not be denied a homestead exemption for those portions of
   21  property on which the owner maintains a permanent residence
   22  solely on the basis of the property containing an accessory
   23  dwelling unit that is or may be rented to another person.
   24  However, if the accessory dwelling unit is rented to another
   25  person, the accessory dwelling unit must be assessed separately
   26  from the homestead property.
   27         Section 2. The Office of Program Policy Analysis and
   28  Government Accountability (OPPAGA) shall evaluate the efficacy
   29  of using mezzanine finance, or second-position short-term debt,
   30  to stimulate the construction of owner-occupied housing that is
   31  affordable as defined in s. 420.0004(3), Florida Statutes, in
   32  this state. OPPAGA shall also evaluate the potential of tiny
   33  homes in meeting the need for affordable housing in this state.
   34  OPPAGA shall consult with the Florida
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   37  And the title is amended as follows:
   38         Delete lines 53 - 62
   39  and insert:
   40         applicability of such an ordinance; prohibiting the
   41         denial of a homestead exemption for certain portions
   42         of property on a specified basis; requiring that a
   43         rented accessory dwelling unit be assessed separately
   44         from the homestead property; requiring the Office of
   45         Program