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An act relating to the Hurricane Loss Mitigation 2
Program; amending s. 215.559, F.S.; revising the use 3
of certain funds from the Florida Hurricane 4
Catastrophe Fund to include construction of certain 5
facilities; revising the title of a certain annual 6
report; revising provisions to require the 7
Manufactured Housing and Mobile Home Mitigation and 8
Enhancement Program to be operated by Gulf Coast State 9
College; deleting construction related to Citizens 10
Property Insurance Corporation coverage rates; 11
delaying the future repeal of the Hurricane Loss 12
Mitigation Program; directing the transfer of 13
specified powers, duties, functions, records, 14
property, issues, an d funds relating to the 15
Manufactured Housing and Mobile Home Mitigation and 16
Enhancement Program from Tallahassee Community College 17
to the Gulf Coast State College; providing an 18
effective date. 19
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 21
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Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1), subsection 23
(2), and subsection (7) of section 215.559, Florida Statutes, 24
are amended to read: 25
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215.559 Hurricane Loss Mitigation Program. —A Hurricane 26
Loss Mitigation Program is established in the Division of 27
Emergency Management. 28
(1) The Legislature shall annually appropriate $10 million 29
of the moneys authorized for appropriation under s. 30
215.555(7)(c) from the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund to the 31
division for the purposes set forth in this section. Of the 32
amount: 33
(b) Three million dollars in funds shall be used to 34
construct or retrofit existing facilities used as public 35
hurricane shelters. Each year the division shall prioritize the 36
use of these funds for projects included in the annual report of 37
the Shelter Development Retrofit Report prepared in accordance 38
with s. 252.385(3). The division must give funding priority to 39
projects in regional planning council regions that have shelter 40
deficits and to projects that maximize the use of state funds. 41
(2)(a) Forty percent of the total appropriation in 42
paragraph (1)(a) shall be used to inspect and improve tie -downs 43
for mobile homes. 44
(b)1. The Manufactured Housing and Mobile Home Mitigation 45
and Enhancement Program is established. The program shall 46
require the mitigation of damage to or the enhancement of homes 47
for the areas of concern raised by the Department of Highway 48
Safety and Motor Vehicles in the 2004 -2005 Hurricane Reports on 49
the effects of the 2004 and 2005 hurricanes on manufactured and 50
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mobile homes in this state. The mitigation or enhancement must 51
include, but need not be limited to, problems associated with 52
weakened trusses, studs, and other structural components caused 53
by wood rot or termite damage; site -built additions; or tie -down 54
systems and may also address any other issues deemed appropriate 55
by the Gulf Coast State College Tallahassee Community College , 56
the Federation of Manufactured Home Owners of Florida, Inc., the 57
Florida Manufactured Housing Association, and the Department of 58
Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. The program shall include an 59
education and outreach component to ensure that owners of 60
manufactured and mobile homes are aware of the benefits of 61
participation. 62
2. The program shall be a grant program that ensures that 63
entire manufactured home communities and mobile home parks may 64
be improved wherever practicable. The moneys appropriated for 65
this program shall be distributed directly to the Gulf Coast 66
State College Tallahassee Community College for the uses set 67
forth under this subsection. 68
3. Upon evidence of completion of the program, the 69
Citizens Property Insurance Corporation shall grant, on a pro 70
rata basis, actuarially reasonable discounts, credits, or other 71
rate differentials or appropriate reductions in deductibles for 72
the properties of owners of manufactured homes or mobile homes 73
on which fixtures or construction techniques that have been 74
demonstrated to reduce the amount of loss in a windstorm have 75
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been installed or implemented. The discount on the premium must 76
be applied to subsequent renewal premium amounts. Premiums of 77
the Citizens Property Insurance Corporation must reflect the 78
location of the home and the fact that the home has been 79
installed in compliance with building codes adopted after 80
Hurricane Andrew. Rates resulting from the completion of the 81
Manufactured Housing and Mobile Home Mitigation and Enhancement 82
Program are not considered competitive rates for the purposes of 83
s. 627.351(6)(d)1. and 2. 84
4. On or before January 1 of each year, the Gulf Coast 85
State College Tallahassee Community College shall provide a 86
report of activities under this subsection to the Governor, the 87
President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of 88
Representatives. The report must set forth the number of homes 89
that have taken advanta ge of the program, the types of 90
enhancements and improvements made to the manufactured or mobile 91
homes and attachments to such homes, and whether there has been 92
an increase in availability of insurance products to owners of 93
manufactured or mobile homes. 94
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The Gulf Coast State College Tallahassee Community College shall 96
develop the programs set forth in this subsection in 97
consultation with the Federation of Manufactured Home Owners of 98
Florida, Inc., the Florida Manufactured Housing Association, and 99
the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. The moneys 100
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appropriated for the programs set forth in this subsection shall 101
be distributed directly to the Gulf Coast State College 102
Tallahassee Community College to be used as set forth in this 103
subsection. 104
(7) This section is repealed June 30, 2032 2022. 105
Section 2. Effective July 1, 2022, all powers, duties, 106
functions, records, property, pending issues, and unexpended 107
balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds in 108
Tallahassee Community College related to the programs authorized 109
under s. 215.559(2), Florida Statutes, are transferred to the 110
Gulf Coast State College. 111
Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 112