The Florida Senate

159.804  Allocation of state volume limitation.--The division shall annually determine the amount of private activity bonds permitted to be issued in this state under the Code and shall make such information available upon request to any person or agency. The total amount of private activity bonds authorized to be issued in this state pursuant to the Code shall be initially allocated as follows on January 1 of each year:

(1)(a)  On January 1, 1993, the first $75 million of the state volume limitation shall be allocated to the manufacturing facility pool established pursuant to s. 159.8081 This allocation shall be increased in subsequent years in increments of $7.5 million as follows: On January 1 of each year, if at least 75 percent of the preceding year's allocation under this subsection was used to issue bonds by November 15 of that year, the allocation to the pool for the current year must equal the sum of the amount that was allocated to the pool in the preceding year plus an additional $7.5 million. If, however, 75 percent of the preceding year's allocation was not used to issue bonds by November 15, the allocation to the pool for the current year must be the same amount as that allocated to the pool in the preceding year.

(b)  If on January 1 of any year, under federal law, bonds for manufacturing facilities no longer require or are eligible for an allocation pursuant to s. 146 of the Code, the allocation of the state volume limitation in the manufacturing facility pool shall be divided among the remaining pools in the following manner: 50 percent to be shared by the 17 regions for use in the manner prescribed in subsection (2); 25 percent for use by the Florida Housing Finance Corporation in the manner prescribed in subsection (3); 5 percent for use in the state allocation pool in the manner prescribed in subsection (4); and 20 percent for use in the Florida First Business allocation pool in the manner prescribed in subsection (5).

(c)  If the state volume limitation imposed on private activity bonds under s. 146 of the Code is decreased, the amount allocated to the manufacturing facility pool shall be decreased in proportion to the percentage the state volume limitation is decreased.

(2)(a)  Fifty percent of the state volume limitation remaining after the allocation made pursuant to subsection (1) shall be allocated among the regions established in paragraph (b) for use by all agencies whose boundaries are coterminous with or contained within each region. The volume limitation for each regional allocation pool must be an amount that bears the same ratio to 50 percent of the state volume limitation remaining after the allocation made pursuant to subsection (1) for such calendar year as the population of the region bears to the population of the entire state.

(b)  The following regions are established for the purposes of this allocation:

1.  Region 1 consisting of Bay, Escambia, Holmes, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton, and Washington Counties.

2.  Region 2 consisting of Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, and Wakulla Counties.

3.  Region 3 consisting of Alachua, Bradford, Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Lafayette, Madison, Suwannee, Taylor, and Union Counties.

4.  Region 4 consisting of Baker, Clay, Flagler, Nassau, Putnam, and St. Johns Counties.

5.  Region 5 consisting of Citrus, Hernando, Levy, Marion, Pasco, and Sumter Counties.

6.  Region 6 consisting of Lake, Osceola, and Seminole Counties.

7.  Region 7 consisting of DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Manatee, Okeechobee, and Polk Counties.

8.  Region 8 consisting of Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Lee, Monroe, and Sarasota Counties.

9.  Region 9 consisting of Indian River, Martin, and St. Lucie Counties.

10.  Region 10 consisting of Broward County.

11.  Region 11 consisting of Dade County.

12.  Region 12 consisting of Duval County.

13.  Region 13 consisting of Hillsborough County.

14.  Region 14 consisting of Orange County.

15.  Region 15 consisting of Palm Beach County.

16.  Region 16 consisting of Pinellas County.

17.  Region 17 consisting of Brevard and Volusia Counties.

(3)(a)  Twenty-five percent of the state volume limitation remaining after the allocation made pursuant to subsection (1) shall be allocated to the Florida Housing Finance Corporation for use in connection with the issuance of housing bonds of that corporation or its assigns.

(b)  The Florida Housing Finance Corporation need not apply to the division for an allocation of its volume limitation granted under paragraph (a) for bonds it issues prior to July 1 of any year and is not subject to the fee required under s. 159.811 However, for bonds it intends to issue between July 1 and September 29 of any year, utilizing the allocation granted under paragraph (a), the Florida Housing Finance Corporation must submit a notice of intent to issue to the division not later than June 30 of such year, and a written confirmation of allocation shall be granted if a sufficient amount of that allocation is available.

(c)  The Florida Housing Finance Corporation, in its discretion, may, prior to July 1 of each year, assign any portion of the Florida Housing Finance Corporation allocation to any agency for the issuance of housing bonds, taking into consideration the ability of the agency to timely issue such bonds, the need and public purpose to be served by the issue, and the ability of the agency to comply with the requirements of federal and state law. Such assignment is not effective until receipt by the division of notification of the assignment. A separate allocation from the division is not needed for bonds issued prior to July 1 utilizing such an assignment. An agency that intends to utilize such an assignment to issue housing bonds between July 1 and September 29 of any year must submit a notice of intent to issue to the division for the amount of such assignment not later than June 30, and a written confirmation of allocation shall be granted if a sufficient amount of the allocation under paragraph (a) is available. Any amounts representing assignments of which the division had been notified by the Florida Housing Finance Corporation but for which an issuance report or notice of intent to issue pursuant to this subsection has not been received by the division by June 30 of any year shall be reallocated to the state allocation pool on July 1 of that year.

(4)  Five percent of the state volume limitation remaining after the allocation made pursuant to subsection (1) shall be allocated to the state allocation pool, for use as provided in s. 159.807

(5)  Twenty percent of the state volume limitation remaining after the allocation made pursuant to subsection (1) shall be allocated to the Florida First Business allocation pool, to be used as provided in s. 159.8083

History.--s. 1, ch. 85-282; s. 9, ch. 86-181; s. 3, ch. 87-222; s. 2, ch. 92-127; s. 7, ch. 95-416; s. 1, ch. 97-20; s. 1, ch. 99-173; s. 22, ch. 2000-151.