| 1 | Representative Rivera offered the following: | 
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) | 
| 4 | Between lines 61 and 62, insert: | 
| 5 | Section 2.  Section 624.46226, Florida Statutes, is created | 
| 6 | to read: | 
| 7 | 624.46226  Public housing authorities self-insurance funds; | 
| 8 | exemption from taxation and assessments.-- | 
| 9 | (1)  Any two or more public housing authorities in the | 
| 10 | state as defined in chapter 421 may also create a self-insurance | 
| 11 | fund pursuant to s. 624.4622 for the purpose of self-insuring | 
| 12 | real or personal property of every kind and every interest in | 
| 13 | such property against loss or damage from any hazard or cause | 
| 14 | and against any loss consequential to such loss or damage, | 
| 15 | provided all the provisions of s. 624.4622 are met. | 
| 16 | (2)  Any public housing authority in the state as defined | 
| 17 | in chapter 421 that is a member of a self-insurance fund | 
| 18 | pursuant to this section shall be exempt from the taxes and | 
| 19 | assessments imposed under ss. 215.555, 624.509, 627.351(6), and | 
| 20 | 631.57. | 
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| 23 | Between lines 14 and 15, insert: | 
| 24 | creating s. 624.46226, F.S.; authorizing certain public housing | 
| 25 | authorities to create a self-insurance fund; exempting such | 
| 26 | authorities from certain taxes and assessments; |