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Florida Senate - 1998 SB 1982
By Senator Hargrett
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to community development
3 corporations; amending ss. 290.0301, 290.0311,
4 290.032, 290.033, 290.034, 290.035, 290.036,
5 290.0365, 290.037, 290.038, 290.039, 290.0395,
6 F.S.; providing for future repeal of those
7 sections; revising criteria for the award of
8 administrative grants; requiring the Secretary
9 of the Department of Community Affairs to
10 develop a funding distribution formula to
11 ensure that administrative grants are made
12 available throughout the state; providing an
13 effective date.
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15 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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17 Section 1. Section 290.0301, Florida Statutes, is
18 amended to read:
19 290.0301 Short title.--Sections 290.0311 through
20 290.0395 shall be known and may be cited as the "Community
21 Development Corporation Support and Assistance Program Act."
22 This section shall stand repealed on June 30, 2008 1998.
23 Section 2. Subsection (11) of section 290.0311,
24 Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
25 290.0311 Legislative findings.--The Legislature finds
26 that:
27 (11) This section shall stand repealed on June 30,
28 2008 1998.
29 Section 3. Section 290.032, Florida Statutes, is
30 amended to read:
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1 290.032 Policy and purpose.--It is the policy of this
2 state to provide the necessary means to preserve and improve
3 the health and vitality of its established communities by
4 enabling them to restore and expand their commercial and
5 industrial base and to reverse the deterioration of their
6 residential and public-facility assets. The purpose of this
7 act is to assist community development corporations in
8 undertaking projects, in concert with state and local
9 government and private enterprise, designed to create and
10 maintain a sound industrial base, to revitalize the health of
11 established commercial areas, to promote employment
12 opportunities, to preserve and rehabilitate existing
13 residential neighborhoods, and to provide safe, decent,
14 affordable housing for residents of these areas. The
15 Legislature, therefore, declares that the development,
16 redevelopment, preservation, restoration, and revitalization
17 of such communities and all the purposes of this act are
18 public purposes for which public money may be used. This
19 section shall stand repealed on June 30, 2008 1998.
20 Section 4. Subsection (9) of section 290.033, Florida
21 Statutes, is amended to read:
22 290.033 Definitions.--As used in this act, the term:
23 (9) This section shall stand repealed on June 30, 2008
24 1998.
25 Section 5. Subsection (3) of section 290.034, Florida
26 Statutes, is amended to read:
27 290.034 Operating Trust Fund; priority of use.--
28 (3) This section shall stand repealed on June 30, 2008
29 1998.
30 Section 6. Subsection (3) of section 290.035, Florida
31 Statutes, is amended to read:
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1 290.035 Eligibility for assistance.--Community
2 development corporations meeting the following requirements
3 shall be eligible for assistance:
4 (3) This section shall stand repealed on June 30, 2008
5 1998.
6 Section 7. Present subsection (7) of section 290.036,
7 Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (11) and
8 amended, and new subsections (7), (8), (9), and (10) are
9 added to that section, to read:
10 290.036 Community development corporation support
11 program.--
12 (7) Beginning June 1, 1998, administrative grants will
13 be available only to those qualified community development
14 corporations that expend at least 50 percent of their budget
15 on economic development activities. Economic development
16 activities include, but are not limited to, the acquisition,
17 construction, reconstruction, and rehabilitation of commercial
18 buildings, structures, and other property and equipment and
19 improvements. Economic development activities also include
20 assistance to private businesses, including loans, loan
21 guarantees, and technical assistance. However, economic
22 development does not include housing development, as defined
23 in s. 159.603(4).
24 (8) The secretary shall develop a funding distribution
25 formula that ensures that administrative grants are made
26 available to qualified community development corporations
27 throughout the state. The funding distribution formula must
28 include the relative rankings of each county, using the latest
29 available U.S. Census information on unemployment and persons
30 below poverty.
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1 (9) The secretary may waive the eligibility
2 requirements specified in s. 290.035(1)(a-e), for a community
3 development corporation located in a county with a population
4 of at least 500,000, if no other community development
5 corporation in that county has received an administrative
6 grant.
7 (10) Any funds for administrative grants appropriated
8 by the Legislature in excess of $800,000 will not be subject
9 to s. 290.036(7) and (8).
10 (11)(7) This section shall stand repealed on June 30,
11 2008 1998.
12 Section 8. Section 290.0365, Florida Statutes, is
13 amended to read:
14 290.0365 Community development corporation planning
15 grants.--In any state fiscal year in which a competitive
16 scoring cycle is not conducted pursuant to s. 290.036(4), the
17 secretary may reserve up to 10 percent of the annual
18 appropriation for administrative grants for distribution to
19 community development corporations which have not received an
20 administrative support grant at any time during the previous
21 history of the program. Grants awarded under this section
22 shall be for planning and organizational purposes and shall be
23 awarded according to the selection process specified in s.
24 290.036. No community development corporation shall be
25 awarded more than two planning grants. Community development
26 corporations receiving funds under this section shall submit
27 the information required by s. 290.036(2) and shall be subject
28 to all applicable requirements of ss. 290.035, 290.036,
29 290.037, 290.038, and 290.039, as determined by the secretary.
30 This section shall stand repealed on June 30, 2008 1998.
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1 Section 9. Subsection (8) of section 290.037, Florida
2 Statutes, is amended to read:
3 290.037 Community development deferred payment loan
4 program.--
5 (8) This section shall stand repealed on June 30, 2008
6 1998.
7 Section 10. Subsection (3) of section 290.038, Florida
8 Statutes, is amended to read:
9 290.038 Authority and duties of the department.--
10 (3) This section shall stand repealed on June 30, 2008
11 1998.
12 Section 11. Subsection (3) of section 290.039, Florida
13 Statutes, is amended to read:
14 290.039 Reporting requirements.--
15 (3) This section shall stand repealed on June 30, 2008
16 1998.
17 Section 12. Section 290.0395, Florida Statutes, is
18 repealed.
19 Section 13. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
20 law.
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23 SENATE SUMMARY
24 Provides for the future repeal of ss. 290.0301-290.0395,
F.S., the "Community Development Corporation Support and
25 Assistance Program Act." Directs the Secretary of the
Department of Community Affairs to develop a funding
26 formula to ensure that administrative grants are made
available throughout the state. Revises criteria for the
27 award of administrative grants.
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