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| 14 | 14 | | A bill to be entitled 1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to housing developments; amending s. 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | 163.3164, F.S.; revising the definition of the term 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | "urban infill"; amending s. 196.1978, F.S.; conforming 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | 380.093, F.S.; authorizing the Department of 6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | community development districts for specified 8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | department; amending s. 420.0004, F.S.; revising the 11 |
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| 25 | 25 | | definition of the term "moderate -income persons"; 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | amending s. 420.50871, F.S.; requiring the total 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | number of units for certain new developments or 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | redevelopments to be based on plans that include 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | certain factors; prohibiting certain projects from 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | requiring certain tax credits or bond financing; 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | amending s. 420.50872, F.S.; authorizing the 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | corporation to use certain contributions for certain 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | new construction projects to replace obsolete homes in 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | mobile home parks and manufactured home communities; 21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Flo rida: 26 |
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| 53 | 53 | | Section 1. Subsection (49) of section 163.3164, Florida 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | Statutes, is amended to read: 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | 163.3164 Community Planning Act; definitions. —As used in 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | this act: 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (49) "Urban infill" means the development of vacant 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | parcels in otherwise built -up areas where public facilities such 33 |
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| 59 | 59 | | as sewer systems, roads, schools, and recreation areas are 34 |
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| 60 | 60 | | already in place and the average residential density is at least 35 |
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| 61 | 61 | | five dwelling units per acre, the average nonresidential 36 |
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| 62 | 62 | | intensity is at least a floor area ratio of 1. 0, and vacant, 37 |
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| 63 | 63 | | developable land does not constitute more than 10 percent of the 38 |
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| 64 | 64 | | area. The term also includes the development or redevelopment of 39 |
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| 65 | 65 | | mobile home parks and manufactured home communities that meet 40 |
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| 66 | 66 | | the urban infill criteria. 41 |
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| 67 | 67 | | Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 42 |
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| 68 | 68 | | 196.1978, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 43 |
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| 69 | 69 | | 196.1978 Affordable housing property exemption. — 44 |
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| 70 | 70 | | (2)(a) Notwithstanding ss. 196.195 and 196.196, property 45 |
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| 71 | 71 | | in a multifamily project that meets the requirements of this 46 |
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| 72 | 72 | | subsection is considered property used for a charitable purpose 47 |
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| 73 | 73 | | and is exempt from ad valorem tax beginning with the January 1 48 |
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| 74 | 74 | | assessment after the 15th completed year from the earliest of: 49 |
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| 75 | 75 | | 1. The effective date of the recorded agreement on those 50 |
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| 88 | 88 | | portions of the affordable housing property that provide housing 51 |
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| 89 | 89 | | to natural persons or families meeting the extremely -low-income, 52 |
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| 90 | 90 | | very-low-income, or low-income, or moderate-income limits 53 |
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| 91 | 91 | | specified in s. 420.0004; 54 |
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| 92 | 92 | | 2. The first day of the first taxable year in wh ich the 55 |
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| 93 | 93 | | property was placed in service as an affordable housing property 56 |
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| 94 | 94 | | that provides housing to natural persons or families meeting the 57 |
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| 95 | 95 | | extremely-low-income, very-low-income, or low-income, or 58 |
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| 96 | 96 | | moderate-income limits specified in s. 420.0004; or 59 |
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| 97 | 97 | | 3. The date the property received a certificate of 60 |
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| 98 | 98 | | occupancy or a certificate of substantial completion, as 61 |
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| 99 | 99 | | applicable, allowing the property to be used as an affordable 62 |
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| 100 | 100 | | housing property that provides housing to natural persons or 63 |
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| 101 | 101 | | families meeting the extremely -low-income, very-low-income, or 64 |
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| 102 | 102 | | low-income, or moderate-income limits specified in s. 420.0004. 65 |
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| 103 | 103 | | Section 3. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) and paragraph 66 |
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| 104 | 104 | | (d) of subsection (5) of section 380.093, Florida Statutes, are 67 |
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| 105 | 105 | | amended to read: 68 |
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| 106 | 106 | | 380.093 Resilient Florida Grant Program; comprehensive 69 |
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| 107 | 107 | | statewide flood vulnerability and sea level rise data set and 70 |
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| 108 | 108 | | assessment; Statewide Flooding and Sea Level Rise Resilience 71 |
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| 109 | 109 | | Plan; regional resilience entities. — 72 |
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| 110 | 110 | | (3) RESILIENT FLORIDA GRANT PROGRAM. — 73 |
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| 111 | 111 | | (b) Subject to appropriation, the department may provide 74 |
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| 112 | 112 | | grants to each of the following entities: 75 |
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| 125 | 125 | | 1. A county or municipality to fund: 76 |
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| 126 | 126 | | a. The costs of community resilience planning and 77 |
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| 127 | 127 | | necessary data collection for such planning, including 78 |
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| 128 | 128 | | comprehensive plan amendments and necessary corresponding 79 |
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| 129 | 129 | | analyses that address the requirements of s. 163.3178(2)(f). 80 |
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| 130 | 130 | | b. Vulnerability assessments that identify or address 81 |
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| 131 | 131 | | risks of inland or coastal flooding and sea level rise. 82 |
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| 132 | 132 | | c. The development of projects, p lans, and policies that 83 |
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| 133 | 133 | | allow communities to prepare for threats from flooding and sea 84 |
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| 134 | 134 | | level rise. 85 |
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| 135 | 135 | | d. Preconstruction activities for projects to be submitted 86 |
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| 136 | 136 | | for inclusion in the Statewide Flooding and Sea Level Rise 87 |
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| 137 | 137 | | Resilience Plan that are located in a municipality that has a 88 |
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| 138 | 138 | | population of 10,000 or fewer or a county that has a population 89 |
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| 139 | 139 | | of 50,000 or fewer, according to the most recent April 1 90 |
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| 140 | 140 | | population estimates posted on the Office of Economic and 91 |
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| 141 | 141 | | Demographic Research's website. 92 |
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| 142 | 142 | | e. Feasibility studies and the cost of permitting for 93 |
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| 143 | 143 | | nature-based solutions that reduce the impact of flooding and 94 |
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| 144 | 144 | | sea level rise. 95 |
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| 145 | 145 | | 2. A water management district identified in s. 373.069 to 96 |
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| 146 | 146 | | support local government adaptation planning, which may be 97 |
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| 147 | 147 | | conducted by the water management district or by a third party 98 |
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| 148 | 148 | | on behalf of the water management district. Such grants must be 99 |
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| 149 | 149 | | used for the express purpose of supporting the Florida Flood Hub 100 |
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| 162 | 162 | | for Applied Research and Innovation and the department in 101 |
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| 163 | 163 | | implementing this section th rough data creation and collection, 102 |
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| 164 | 164 | | modeling, and the implementation of statewide standards. 103 |
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| 165 | 165 | | Priority must be given to filling critical data gaps identified 104 |
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| 166 | 166 | | by the Florida Flood Hub for Applied Research and Innovation 105 |
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| 167 | 167 | | under s. 380.0933(2)(a). 106 |
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| 168 | 168 | | 3. A community development district, as defined in s. 107 |
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| 169 | 169 | | 190.003, which is authorized under chapter 190 to fund the 108 |
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| 170 | 170 | | construction or reconstruction of critical assets as authorized 109 |
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| 171 | 171 | | by the enabling ordinance that created the community development 110 |
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| 172 | 172 | | district or as required b y a county or municipal development 111 |
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| 173 | 173 | | order. 112 |
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| 174 | 174 | | (5) STATEWIDE FLOODING AND SEA LEVEL RISE RESILIENCE 113 |
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| 175 | 175 | | PLAN.— 114 |
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| 176 | 176 | | (d)1. By September 1, 2021, and each September 1 115 |
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| 177 | 177 | | thereafter, the following entities may submit to the department 116 |
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| 178 | 178 | | a list of proposed projects that add ress risks of flooding or 117 |
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| 179 | 179 | | sea level rise identified in vulnerability assessments that meet 118 |
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| 180 | 180 | | the requirements of subsection (3): 119 |
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| 181 | 181 | | a. Counties. 120 |
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| 182 | 182 | | b. Municipalities. 121 |
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| 183 | 183 | | c. Special districts as defined in s. 189.012 that are 122 |
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| 184 | 184 | | responsible for the management and m aintenance of inlets and 123 |
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| 185 | 185 | | intracoastal waterways or for the operation and maintenance of a 124 |
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| 186 | 186 | | potable water facility, a wastewater facility, an airport, or a 125 |
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| 199 | 199 | | seaport facility. 126 |
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| 200 | 200 | | d. A community development district, as defined in s. 127 |
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| 201 | 201 | | 190.003, which is authorized under chapter 190 to fund the 128 |
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| 202 | 202 | | construction or reconstruction of critical assets as authorized 129 |
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| 203 | 203 | | by the enabling ordinance that created the community development 130 |
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| 204 | 204 | | district or as required by a county or municipal development 131 |
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| 205 | 205 | | order. 132 |
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| 207 | 207 | | For the plans submitted by December 1, 2021; December 1, 2022; 134 |
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| 208 | 208 | | and December 1, 2023, such entities may submit projects 135 |
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| 209 | 209 | | identified in existing vulnerability assessments that do not 136 |
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| 210 | 210 | | comply with subsection (3). A regional resilience entity may 137 |
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| 211 | 211 | | also submit proposed projects to the depar tment pursuant to this 138 |
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| 212 | 212 | | subparagraph on behalf of one or more member counties or 139 |
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| 213 | 213 | | municipalities. 140 |
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| 214 | 214 | | 2. By September 1, 2021, and each September 1 thereafter, 141 |
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| 215 | 215 | | the following entities may submit to the department a list of 142 |
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| 216 | 216 | | any proposed projects that mitigate th e risks of flooding or sea 143 |
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| 217 | 217 | | level rise on water supplies or water resources of the state and 144 |
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| 218 | 218 | | a corresponding evaluation of each project: 145 |
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| 219 | 219 | | a. Water management districts. 146 |
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| 220 | 220 | | b. Drainage districts. 147 |
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| 221 | 221 | | c. Erosion control districts. 148 |
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| 222 | 222 | | d. Flood control districts. 149 |
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| 223 | 223 | | e. Regional water supply authorities. 150 |
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| 236 | 236 | | f. A community development district, as defined in s. 151 |
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| 237 | 237 | | 190.003, which is authorized under chapter 190 to fund the 152 |
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| 238 | 238 | | construction or reconstruction of critical assets as authorized 153 |
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| 239 | 239 | | by the enabling ordinance that create d the community development 154 |
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| 240 | 240 | | district or as required by a county or municipal development 155 |
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| 241 | 241 | | order. 156 |
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| 242 | 242 | | 3. Each project submitted to the department pursuant to 157 |
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| 243 | 243 | | this paragraph for consideration by the department for inclusion 158 |
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| 244 | 244 | | in the plan must include: 159 |
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| 245 | 245 | | a. A description of the project. 160 |
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| 246 | 246 | | b. The location of the project. 161 |
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| 247 | 247 | | c. An estimate of how long the project will take to 162 |
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| 248 | 248 | | complete. 163 |
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| 249 | 249 | | d. An estimate of the cost of the project. 164 |
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| 250 | 250 | | e. The cost-share percentage available for the project. 165 |
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| 251 | 251 | | f. The project sponsor. 166 |
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| 252 | 252 | | Section 4. Subsection (12) of section 420.0004, Florida 167 |
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| 254 | 254 | | 420.0004 Definitions. —As used in this part, unless the 169 |
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| 256 | 256 | | (12) "Moderate-income persons" means one or more natural 171 |
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| 257 | 257 | | persons or a family, the total annual adjusted gross household 172 |
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| 258 | 258 | | income of which is less than 120 percent of the median annual 173 |
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| 259 | 259 | | adjusted gross income for households within the state , or 120 174 |
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| 260 | 260 | | percent of the median annual adjusted gross income for 175 |
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| 273 | 273 | | households within the metropolitan sta tistical area (MSA) or, if 176 |
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| 274 | 274 | | not within an MSA, within the county in which the person or 177 |
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| 275 | 275 | | family resides, whichever is greater. In counties with a 178 |
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| 276 | 276 | | population of 1 million or more, the term means one or more 179 |
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| 277 | 277 | | natural persons or a family, the total annual adjust ed gross 180 |
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| 278 | 278 | | household income of which is less than 140 percent of the median 181 |
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| 279 | 279 | | annual adjusted gross income for households within the state or 182 |
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| 280 | 280 | | 140 percent of the median annual adjusted gross income for 183 |
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| 281 | 281 | | households within the MSA, whichever is greater. 184 |
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| 282 | 282 | | Section 5. Subsection (5) of section 420.50871, Florida 185 |
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| 283 | 283 | | Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (6), paragraphs (a) and 186 |
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| 284 | 284 | | (b) of subsection (1) are amended, and a new subsection (5) is 187 |
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| 285 | 285 | | added to that section, to read: 188 |
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| 286 | 286 | | 420.50871 Allocation of increased revenues deri ved from 189 |
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| 287 | 287 | | amendments to s. 201.15 made by ch. 2023 -17.—Funds that result 190 |
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| 288 | 288 | | from increased revenues to the State Housing Trust Fund derived 191 |
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| 289 | 289 | | from amendments made to s. 201.15 made by chapter 2023 -17, Laws 192 |
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| 290 | 290 | | of Florida, must be used annually for projects under the State 193 |
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| 291 | 291 | | Apartment Incentive Loan Program under s. 420.5087 as set forth 194 |
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| 292 | 292 | | in this section, notwithstanding ss. 420.507(48) and (50) and 195 |
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| 293 | 293 | | 420.5087(1) and (3). The Legislature intends for these funds to 196 |
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| 294 | 294 | | provide for innovative projects that provide affordable and 197 |
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| 295 | 295 | | attainable housing for persons and families working, going to 198 |
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| 296 | 296 | | school, or living in this state. Projects approved under this 199 |
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| 297 | 297 | | section are intended to provide housing that is affordable as 200 |
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| 311 | 311 | | in s. 420.5087(2). Beginning in the 2023 -2024 fiscal year and 202 |
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| 313 | 313 | | (1) The corporation shall allocate 70 percent of the funds 204 |
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| 314 | 314 | | provided by this section to issue competitive requests for 205 |
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| 315 | 315 | | application for the affordable housing project purposes 206 |
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| 316 | 316 | | specified in this subsection. The corporation shall finance 207 |
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| 317 | 317 | | projects that: 208 |
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| 318 | 318 | | (a) Both redevelop an existing affordable housing 209 |
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| 319 | 319 | | development and provide for the construction of a new 210 |
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| 320 | 320 | | development within close proximity to the existing development 211 |
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| 321 | 321 | | to be rehabilitated. Each project must provide for building the 212 |
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| 323 | 323 | | of the existing development to the new development, and then 214 |
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| 324 | 324 | | demolishing the existing development for reconstruction of an 215 |
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| 325 | 325 | | affordable housing development with more overall and affordable 216 |
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| 326 | 326 | | units. The total number of units for a new development or the 217 |
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| 328 | 328 | | which includes more overall and affordable units must be based 219 |
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| 329 | 329 | | on plans presented by the developer which include factors 220 |
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| 330 | 330 | | related to existing or proposed zoning, financing, and housing 221 |
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| 331 | 331 | | supply needs of the county in which the project is located. 222 |
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| 332 | 332 | | (b) Address urban infill, as defined in s. 163.3164, 223 |
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| 334 | 334 | | obsolete buildings or the use of underused commercial property. 225 |
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| 351 | 351 | | Section 6. Subsection (2) of section 420.50872, Florida 230 |
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| 353 | 353 | | 420.50872 Live Local Program. — 232 |
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| 358 | 358 | | Loan Program under s. 420.5087. However, the corporation may use 237 |
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| 359 | 359 | | up to $25 million of eligible contributions to provide loans for 238 |
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| 361 | 361 | | impact, including new construction projects that have received 240 |
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| 362 | 362 | | development assistance from the federal government to replace 241 |
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| 363 | 363 | | obsolete homes in mobile home parks and manufactured home 242 |
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| 364 | 364 | | communities based on a comprehensive redevelopment plan . Such 243 |
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| 365 | 365 | | projects must include a substantial civic, educational, or 244 |
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| 366 | 366 | | health care use and may include a commercial use, any of which 245 |
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| 367 | 367 | | must be incorporated within or contiguous to the project 246 |
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| 368 | 368 | | property. Such a loan m ust be made, except as otherwise provided 247 |
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| 369 | 369 | | in this subsection, in accordance with the practices and 248 |
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| 370 | 370 | | policies of the State Apartment Incentive Loan Program. Such a 249 |
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| 371 | 371 | | loan is subject to the competitive application process and may 250 |
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| 380 | 380 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 384 | 384 | | not exceed 25 percent of the to tal project cost. The corporation 251 |
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| 385 | 385 | | must find that the loan provides a unique opportunity for 252 |
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| 386 | 386 | | investment alongside local government participation that would 253 |
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| 387 | 387 | | enable creation of a significant amount of affordable housing. 254 |
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| 388 | 388 | | Projects approved under this section a re intended to provide 255 |
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| 389 | 389 | | housing that is affordable as defined in s. 420.0004, 256 |
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| 390 | 390 | | notwithstanding the income limitations in s. 420.5087(2). 257 |
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| 391 | 391 | | 2.(b) Upon receipt of an eligible contribution, provide 258 |
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| 392 | 392 | | the taxpayer that made the contribution with a certificate of 259 |
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| 393 | 393 | | contribution. A certificate of contribution must include the 260 |
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| 394 | 394 | | taxpayer's name; its federal employer identification number, if 261 |
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| 395 | 395 | | available; the amount contributed; and the date of contribution. 262 |
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| 396 | 396 | | 3.(c) Within 10 days after issuing a certificate of 263 |
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| 397 | 397 | | contribution, provide a copy to the Department of Revenue. 264 |
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| 398 | 398 | | (b) A project financed under this section may not require 265 |
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| 399 | 399 | | that low-income housing tax credits under s. 42 of the Internal 266 |
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| 400 | 400 | | Revenue Code or tax-exempt bond financing be a part of the 267 |
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| 401 | 401 | | financing structure for the project. 268 |
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| 402 | 402 | | Section 7. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 269 |
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