Florida Senate - 2016                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 868
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/03/2016           .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Flores) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Before line 16
    4  insert:
    5         Section 1. Paragraph (i) is added to subsection (6) of
    6  section 163.387, Florida Statutes, to read:
    7         163.387 Redevelopment trust fund.—
    8         (6) Moneys in the redevelopment trust fund may be expended
    9  from time to time for undertakings of a community redevelopment
   10  agency as described in the community redevelopment plan for the
   11  following purposes, including, but not limited to:
   12         (i)1. Supporting youth centers, provided that a community
   13  redevelopment agency must spend no less than 5 percent of the
   14  trust fund revenues annually to support youth centers if:
   15         a. More than 50 percent of the persons younger than 18
   16  years of age living in the community redevelopment area served
   17  by the agency are in families with incomes below the federal
   18  poverty level;
   19         b. The youth center submits a written request for support
   20  to the community redevelopment agency; and
   21         c. The expenditures do not materially impair any bonds
   22  outstanding as of March 11, 2016.
   23         2. For purposes of this paragraph, the term “youth center”
   24  means a facility owned and operated by a governmental entity or
   25  a corporation not for profit registered pursuant to chapter 617
   26  whose primary purpose is to provide year-round supplemental
   27  educational programs, recreational and after-school activities,
   28  counseling, social and adult transitional programming, and other
   29  services to children 5 to 18 years of age and adults 18 to 24
   30  years of age; which has operated for at least 2 years before its
   31  request for support from the community redevelopment agency; and
   32  which is open and accessible to the general public for
   33  community-based meetings focused on educational opportunities
   34  and providing college, career, and vocational readiness
   35  programming. The term includes indoor recreational facilities,
   36  as defined in s. 402.302, which are owned and operated by a
   37  governmental entity or a corporation not for profit registered
   38  pursuant to chapter 617. The term does not include public or
   39  private schools, child care facilities as defined in s. 402.302,
   40  or private prekindergarten providers as defined in s. 1002.51.
   41  For purposes of this subparagraph, “year-round” means operating
   42  with a minimum of 225 service days per year.
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   44  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   45  And the title is amended as follows:
   46         Delete line 2
   47  and insert:
   48         An act relating to community redevelopment; amending
   49         s. 163.387, F.S.; specifying uses of redevelopment
   50         trust fund moneys for certain community redevelopment
   51         agencies that support youth centers;