Florida Senate - 2026                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1614
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  02/03/2026           .                                
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       The Committee on Community Affairs (Leek) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 64 - 86
    4  and insert:
    5  prohibited from carrying forward to rebate and reduce fees, to
    6  upgrade technology hardware and software systems to enhance
    7  service delivery, to pay for the construction of a building or
    8  structure that houses a local government’s building code
    9  enforcement agency, or for training programs for building
   10  officials, inspectors, or plans examiners associated with the
   11  enforcement of the Florida Building Code. Excess funds used to
   12  construct such a building or structure must be designated for
   13  such purpose by the local government and may not be carried
   14  forward for more than 4 consecutive years. A local government is
   15  not eligible to receive state funds through a local funding
   16  initiative request if the local government has been subject to a
   17  legislative committee’s audit within 1 year after the local
   18  government’s request, or if the local government does not submit
   19  in its local funding initiative request to its legislative
   20  delegation an affirmation stating that it is no longer the
   21  subject of a state audit.
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   23  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   24  And the title is amended as follows:
   25         Delete lines 3 - 9
   26  and insert:
   27         s. 553.80, F.S.; revising how a local government is
   28         authorized to spend excess funds; providing that a
   29         local government is not eligible to receive state
   30         funds through a local funding initiative request if it
   31         has