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  2         An act relating to hurricane loss mitigation;

  3         providing a short title; creating s. 215.559,

  4         F.S.; creating the Hurricane Loss Mitigation

  5         Program; requiring the Legislature to annually

  6         appropriate certain moneys from the Hurricane

  7         Catastrophe Fund to the Department of Community

  8         Affairs for certain purposes; specifying

  9         purposes and allocations; requiring allocation

10         of certain moneys to the Operations and

11         Maintenance Trust Fund of the Board of Regents

12         for certain purposes; requiring the department

13         to develop certain programs in consultation

14         with an advisory council; specifying council

15         membership; providing construction; requiring

16         the department to annually provide reports and

17         accounting of certain activities; providing for

18         future repeal; providing an effective date.

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20  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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22         Section 1.  This act may be cited as the "Bill Williams

23  Residential Safety and Preparedness Act."

24         Section 2.  Section 215.559, Florida Statutes, is

25  created to read:

26         215.559  Hurricane Loss Mitigation Program.--

27         (1)  There is created a Hurricane Loss Mitigation

28  Program. The Legislature shall annually appropriate $7 million

29  of the moneys authorized for appropriation under s.

30  215.555(7)(c) from the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund to

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  1  the Department of Community Affairs for the purposes set forth

  2  in this section.

  3         (2)  The funds provided in subsection (1) shall be used

  4  for programs to improve the wind resistance of residences and

  5  mobile homes, including loans, subsidies, grants,

  6  demonstration projects, and direct assistance; cooperative

  7  programs with local governments and the Federal Government;

  8  and other efforts to prevent or reduce losses or reduce the

  9  cost of rebuilding after a disaster.

10         (3)  At least 40 percent of the total appropriation for

11  loans, subsidies, grants, demonstration projects, and direct

12  assistance for the first year of the programs shall be used

13  for mobile homes, including programs to inspect and improve

14  tie-downs, construct and provide safety structures, and

15  provide other means to reduce losses. In the second year of

16  the programs, at least 30 percent of the total appropriation

17  shall be used for mobile homes, and thereafter at least 20

18  percent shall be used for such purposes.

19         (4)  Of moneys provided to the Department of Community

20  Affairs, 10 percent shall be allocated to the Operations and

21  Maintenance Trust Fund in the general office of the Board of

22  Regents, to be used by the Type I Center within the State

23  University System dedicated to hurricane research, to support

24  programs of research and development relating to hurricane

25  loss reduction devices and techniques for residences and

26  mobile homes and relating to the development of credible data

27  on potential loss reductions. The State University System

28  shall consult with the Department of Community Affairs and

29  assist the department with the report required under

30  subsection (7).

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  1         (5)  The Department of Community Affairs shall develop

  2  the programs in consultation with an advisory council

  3  appointed by the secretary consisting of a representative of

  4  the Department of Insurance, a representative of home

  5  builders, a representative of insurance companies, a

  6  representative of the Federation of Mobile Home Owners, a

  7  representative of the Florida Association of Counties, and a

  8  representative of the Florida Manufactured Housing Association

  9  who is a mobile home manufacturer or supplier.

10         (6)  Moneys provided to the Department of Community

11  Affairs under this section are intended to supplement other

12  funding sources of the Department of Community Affairs and may

13  not supplant other funding sources of the Department of

14  Community Affairs.

15         (7)  On January 1st of 2001 and 2002, the Department of

16  Community Affairs shall provide a full report and accounting

17  of activities under this section and an evaluation of such

18  activities to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the

19  President of the Senate, and the Majority and Minority Leaders

20  of the House of Representatives and the Senate.

21         (8)  This section is repealed June 30, 2002.

22         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2000.

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