Florida Senate - 2018                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1328
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/21/2018           .                                
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and
       Economic Development (Gibson) recommended the following:
       
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (437732) (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Between lines 460 and 461
    5  insert:
    6         Section 13. Section 423.02, Florida Statutes, is amended to
    7  read:
    8         423.02 Housing projects exempted from taxes, user fees, and
    9  assessments; payments in lieu thereof.—The housing projects,
   10  including all property of housing authorities used for or in
   11  connection therewith or appurtenant thereto, of housing
   12  authorities, or their nonprofit instrumentalities as authorized
   13  by s. 421.08(8), shall be exempt from all taxes, user fees, and
   14  special assessments of the state or any city, town, county, or
   15  political subdivision of the state, provided, however, that in
   16  lieu of such taxes, user fees, or special assessments, a housing
   17  authority or its nonprofit instrumentality may agree to make
   18  payments to any city, town, county, or political subdivision of
   19  the state for services, improvements, or facilities furnished by
   20  such city, town, county, or political subdivision for the
   21  benefit of a housing project owned by the housing authority or
   22  its nonprofit instrumentality, but in no event shall such
   23  payments exceed the estimated cost to such city, town, county,
   24  or political subdivision of the services, improvements, or
   25  facilities to be so furnished.
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   28  And the title is amended as follows:
   29         Delete line 520
   30  and insert:
   31         process for affordable housing; amending s. 423.02,
   32         F.S.; exempting housing projects, including certain
   33         property, of housing authorities or their nonprofit
   34         instrumentalities from all taxes, user fees, and
   35         special assessments of the state or any city, town,
   36         county, or political subdivision of the state;
   37         providing that, in lieu of such taxes, user fees, or
   38         special assessments, a housing authority or its
   39         nonprofit instrumentality may agree to make payments
   40         to any city, town, county, or political subdivision of
   41         the state for services, improvements, or facilities
   42         furnished by such city, town, county, or political
   43         subdivision for the benefit of a housing project owned
   44         by the housing authority or its nonprofit
   45         instrumentality; providing an effective