Florida Senate - 2012 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1684
Barcode 105714
LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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The Committee on Military Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security
(Storms) recommended the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 37 - 180
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5 division for the purposes set forth in this section. Of the
6 amount:
7 (a) Seven million dollars in funds shall be used for
8 programs to improve the wind resistance of residences and mobile
9 homes, including loans, subsidies, grants, demonstration
10 projects, and direct assistance; educating persons concerning
11 the Florida Building Code cooperative programs with local
12 governments and the Federal Government; and other efforts to
13 prevent or reduce losses or reduce the cost of rebuilding after
14 a disaster.
15 (b) Three million dollars in funds shall be used to
16 retrofit existing facilities used as public hurricane shelters.
17 Each year the division shall prioritize the use of these funds
18 for projects included in the annual report of the Shelter
19 Retrofit Report prepared in accordance with s. 252.385(3). The
20 division must give funding priority to projects in regional
21 planning council regions that have shelter deficits and to
22 projects that maximize the use of state funds.
23 (2)(a) Forty percent of the total appropriation in
24 paragraph (1)(a) shall be used to inspect and improve tie-downs
25 for mobile homes.
26 (b)1. The Manufactured Housing and Mobile Home Mitigation
27 and Enhancement Program is established. The program shall
28 require the mitigation of damage to or the enhancement of homes
29 for the areas of concern raised by the Department of Highway
30 Safety and Motor Vehicles in the 2004-2005 Hurricane Reports on
31 the effects of the 2004 and 2005 hurricanes on manufactured and
32 mobile homes in this state. The mitigation or enhancement must
33 include, but need not be limited to, problems associated with
34 weakened trusses, studs, and other structural components caused
35 by wood rot or termite damage; site-built additions; or tie-down
36 systems and may also address any other issues deemed appropriate
37 by Tallahassee Community College, the Federation of Manufactured
38 Home Owners of Florida, Inc., the Florida Manufactured Housing
39 Association, and the Department of Highway Safety and Motor
40 Vehicles. The program shall include an education and outreach
41 component to ensure that owners of manufactured and mobile homes
42 are aware of the benefits of participation.
43 2. The program shall be a grant program that ensures that
44 entire manufactured home communities and mobile home parks may
45 be improved wherever practicable. The moneys appropriated for
46 this program shall be distributed directly to Tallahassee
47 Community College for the uses set forth under this subsection.
48 3. Upon evidence of completion of the program, the Citizens
49 Property Insurance Corporation shall grant, on a pro rata basis,
50 actuarially reasonable discounts, credits, or other rate
51 differentials or appropriate reductions in deductibles for the
52 properties of owners of manufactured homes or mobile homes on
53 which fixtures or construction techniques that have been
54 demonstrated to reduce the amount of loss in a windstorm have
55 been installed or implemented. The discount on the premium must
56 be applied to subsequent renewal premium amounts. Premiums of
57 the Citizens Property Insurance Corporation must reflect the
58 location of the home and the fact that the home has been
59 installed in compliance with building codes adopted after
60 Hurricane Andrew. Rates resulting from the completion of the
61 Manufactured Housing and Mobile Home Mitigation and Enhancement
62 Program are not considered competitive rates for the purposes of
63 s. 627.351(6)(d)1. and 2.
64 4. On or before January 1 of each year, Tallahassee
65 Community College shall provide a report of activities under
66 this subsection to the Governor, the President of the Senate,
67 and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The report must
68 set forth the number of homes that have taken advantage of the
69 program, the types of enhancements and improvements made to the
70 manufactured or mobile homes and attachments to such homes, and
71 whether there has been an increase in availability of insurance
72 products to owners of manufactured or mobile homes.
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74 Tallahassee Community College shall develop the programs set
75 forth in this subsection in consultation with the Federation of
76 Manufactured Home Owners of Florida, Inc., the Florida
77 Manufactured Housing Association, and the Department of Highway
78 Safety and Motor Vehicles. The moneys appropriated for the
79 programs set forth in this subsection shall be distributed
80 directly to Tallahassee Community College to be used as set
81 forth in this subsection.
82 (3) Of moneys provided to the division in paragraph (1)(a),
83 10 percent shall be allocated to the Florida International
84 University center dedicated to hurricane research. The center
85 shall develop a preliminary work plan approved by the advisory
86 council set forth in subsection (4) to eliminate the state and
87 local barriers to upgrading existing mobile homes and
88 communities, research and develop a program for the recycling of
89 existing older mobile homes, and support programs of research
90 and development relating to hurricane loss reduction devices and
91 techniques for site-built residences. The State University
92 System also shall consult with the division and assist the
93 division with the report required under subsection (6).
94 (4) Except for the programs set forth in subsection (3),
95 the division shall develop the programs set forth in this
96 section in consultation with an advisory council consisting of a
97 representative designated by the Chief Financial Officer, a
98 representative designated by the Florida Home Builders
99 Association, a representative designated by the Florida
100 Insurance Council, a representative designated by the Federation
101 of Manufactured Home Owners, a representative designated by the
102 Florida Association of Counties, a representative designated by
103 the Florida Manufactured Housing Association, and a
104 representative designated by the Florida Building Commission.
105 (5) Moneys provided to the division under this section are
106 intended to supplement, not supplant, the division’s other
107 funding sources.
108 (6) An advisory council shall be established to provide
109 advice and assistance regarding the administration of the
110 program. The advisory council shall consist of:
111 (a) The Director of the Office of Insurance Regulation, or
112 his or her designee, who may not serve as chair of the
113 committee;
114 (b) The Insurance Consumer Advocate, or his or her
115 designee;
116 (c) Two representatives of homeowners’ insurance companies,
117 one of whom represents small companies and is appointed by the
118 President of the Senate, and one of whom represents large
119 companies and is appointed by the Speaker of the House of
120 Representatives;
121 (d) Two scientists, one of whom has experience and training
122 in the sciences related to wind or the building code and is
123 appointed by the President of the Senate, and one of whom has a
124 background in engineering and is appointed by the Speaker of the
125 House of Representatives;
126 (e) Two legislators, one appointed by the President of the
127 Senate, and one appointed by the Speaker of the House of
128 Representatives;
129 (f) One representative of the reinsurance industry, who is
130 appointed jointly by the President of the Senate and the Speaker
131 of the House of Representatives; and
132 (f) One scientist who has a background in modeling
133 appointed by the division.
134 (7)(6) On January 1st of each year, the division shall
135 provide a full report and accounting of activities under this
136 section and an evaluation of such activities to the Speaker of
137 the House of Representatives, the President of the Senate, and
138 the Majority and Minority Leaders of the House of
139 Representatives and the Senate. Upon completion of the report,
140 the division shall deliver the report to the Office of Insurance
141 Regulation. The Office of Insurance Regulation shall review the
142 report and shall make such recommendations available to the
143 insurance industry as the Office of Insurance Regulation deems
144 appropriate. These recommendations may be used by insurers for
145 potential discounts or rebates pursuant to s. 627.0629. The
146 Office of Insurance Regulation shall make such recommendations
147 within 1 year after receiving the report.
148 (8)(7) This section expires is repealed June 30, 2021.
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151 And the title is amended as follows:
152 Delete lines 6 - 9
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154 advisory council; providing an effective date.