Florida Senate - 2016 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 7099, 2nd Eng.
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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03/10/2016 10:38 AM .
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Senator Flores moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment to Amendment (673118) (with title
2 amendment)
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4 Between lines 4 and 5
5 insert:
6 Section 1. Subsection (6) of section 163.387, Florida
7 Statutes, is amended to read:
8 163.387 Redevelopment trust fund.—
9 (6)(a) Moneys in the redevelopment trust fund may be
10 expended from time to time for undertakings of a community
11 redevelopment agency as described in the community redevelopment
12 plan for the following purposes, including, but not limited to:
13 1.(a) Administrative and overhead expenses necessary or
14 incidental to the implementation of a community redevelopment
15 plan adopted by the agency.
16 2.(b) Expenses of redevelopment planning, surveys, and
17 financial analysis, including the reimbursement of the governing
18 body or the community redevelopment agency for such expenses
19 incurred before the redevelopment plan was approved and adopted.
20 3.(c) The acquisition of real property in the redevelopment
21 area.
22 4.(d) The clearance and preparation of any redevelopment
23 area for redevelopment and relocation of site occupants within
24 or outside the community redevelopment area as provided in s.
25 163.370.
26 5.(e) The repayment of principal and interest or any
27 redemption premium for loans, advances, bonds, bond anticipation
28 notes, and any other form of indebtedness.
29 6.(f) All expenses incidental to or connected with the
30 issuance, sale, redemption, retirement, or purchase of bonds,
31 bond anticipation notes, or other form of indebtedness,
32 including funding of any reserve, redemption, or other fund or
33 account provided for in the ordinance or resolution authorizing
34 such bonds, notes, or other form of indebtedness.
35 7.(g) The development of affordable housing within the
36 community redevelopment area.
37 8.(h) The development of community policing innovations.
38 (b) For any community redevelopment agency located in a
39 county as defined in s. 125.011(1), the community redevelopment
40 agency shall expend no less than 5 percent of the trust fund
41 revenues annually to support youth centers if:
42 1. More than 50 percent of the persons younger than 18
43 years of age living in the community redevelopment area served
44 by the agency are in families with incomes below the federal
45 poverty level;
46 2. The youth center submits a written request for support
47 to the community redevelopment agency; and
48 3. The expenditures do not materially impair any bonds
49 outstanding as of March 11, 2016.
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51 As used in this paragraph, the term “youth center” means a
52 facility that is owned and operated by a governmental entity or
53 a corporation not for profit registered pursuant to chapter 617,
54 the primary purpose of which is to provide year-round
55 supplemental educational programs, recreational and after-school
56 activities, counseling, and social and adult transitional
57 programming and other services to children 5 to 18 years of age
58 and adults 18 to 24 years of age; and that has operated for at
59 least 2 years before its request for support from the community
60 redevelopment agency. The term includes indoor recreational
61 facilities, as defined in s. 402.302, which are owned and
62 operated by a governmental entity or corporation not for profit
63 registered pursuant to chapter 617. The term does not include
64 public or private schools, child care facilities as defined in
65 s. 402.302, or private prekindergarten providers as defined in
66 s. 1002.51. As used in this paragraph, the term “year-round”
67 means operating a minimum of 225 service days per year. The
68 youth center must be open and accessible to the general public
69 for community-based meetings focused on educational
70 opportunities and providing college, career, and vocational
71 readiness programming.
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74 And the title is amended as follows:
75 Delete line 1288
76 and insert:
77 An act relating to taxation; amending s. 163.387,
78 F.S.; specifying uses of redevelopment trust fund
79 moneys for certain community redevelopment agencies
80 that support youth centers; defining the terms “youth
81 center” and “year-round”; amending s. 125.0104,