| 1 | Representative(s) Evers offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 1909 and 1910, insert: |
| 5 | Section 57. (1) There is created the Manufactured Housing |
| 6 | Regulatory Study Commission. The study commission shall be |
| 7 | composed of 11 members who shall be appointed as follows: |
| 8 | (a) Four members appointed by the Florida Manufactured |
| 9 | Housing Association, one member representing publicly owned |
| 10 | manufacturers of manufactured housing, one member representing |
| 11 | privately owned manufacturers of manufactured housing, and two |
| 12 | members who are retail sellers of manufactured housing, one of |
| 13 | whom must also sell residential manufactured buildings approved |
| 14 | by the Department of Community Affairs. |
| 15 | (b) Two members from the Senate, appointed by the |
| 16 | President of the Senate. |
| 17 | (c) Two members from the House of Representatives, |
| 18 | appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. |
| 19 | (d) The secretary of the Department of Community Affairs |
| 20 | or the secretary's designee. |
| 21 | (e) The executive director of the Department of Highway |
| 22 | Safety and Motor Vehicles or the director's designee. |
| 23 | (f) The commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and |
| 24 | Consumer Services or the commissioner's designee. |
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| 26 | The commission members representing the departments of Community |
| 27 | Affairs, Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, and Agriculture and |
| 28 | Consumer Services shall serve as ex officio, nonvoting members |
| 29 | of the study commission. |
| 30 | (2) The study commission shall review the programs |
| 31 | regulating manufactured and mobile homes which are currently |
| 32 | located at the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles |
| 33 | and must include a review of the following programs and |
| 34 | activities: |
| 35 | (a) The federal construction and inspection programs. |
| 36 | (b) The installation program, including the regulation and |
| 37 | inspection functions. |
| 38 | (c) The Mobile Home and Recreational Vehicle Protection |
| 39 | Trust Fund. |
| 40 | (d) The licensing of manufacturers, retailers, and |
| 41 | installers of manufactured and mobile homes. |
| 42 | (e) The titling of manufactured and mobile homes. |
| 43 | (f) Dispute resolution. |
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| 45 | During the course of the study, the study commission must review |
| 46 | the sources funding the programs to determine if the |
| 47 | manufactured and mobile home programs are or can be self- |
| 48 | sustaining. The study commission shall also consider the impact |
| 49 | changes in regulation may have on the industry and its |
| 50 | consumers. |
| 51 | (3) The study commission shall be administratively |
| 52 | supported by the staff of the transportation committees of the |
| 53 | Senate and the House of Representatives. |
| 54 | (4)(a) The study commission must hold its initial meeting |
| 55 | no later than August 15, 2005, in Tallahassee. Staff of the |
| 56 | commission shall schedule and organize the initial meeting. |
| 57 | Subsequent meetings of the study commission must be held in |
| 58 | Tallahassee according to a schedule developed by the chair. |
| 59 | (b) At the initial meeting, the study commission shall |
| 60 | elect a chair from one of the elected official members. |
| 61 | (5) The study commission must submit a final report |
| 62 | setting forth its findings and recommendations to the Governor, |
| 63 | the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of |
| 64 | Representatives on or before January 1, 2006. |
| 65 | (6) Members of the study commission shall serve without |
| 66 | compensation but are entitled to be reimbursed for per diem and |
| 67 | travel expenses under section 112.061, Florida Statutes. |
| 68 | (7) The study commission terminates after submitting its |
| 69 | final report but not later than February 15, 2006. |
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| 73 | Remove line 157 and insert: |
| 74 | titling fees; providing certain penalties; creating the |
| 75 | Manufactured Housing Regulatory Study Commission; providing for |
| 76 | membership; providing duties; requiring the commission to file a |
| 77 | report with the Governor and the Legislature; amending s. |