Florida Senate - 2019 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 670
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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The Committee on Rules (Rader) recommended the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete everything after the enacting clause
4 and insert:
5 Section 1. Section 420.5075, Florida Statutes, is created
6 to read:
7 420.5075 Independent Living Task Force.—
8 (1) The Independent Living Task Force, a task force as
9 defined in s. 20.03(e), is established within the Florida
10 Housing Finance Corporation for administrative purposes only.
11 The corporation shall use existing and available resources to
12 administer and support the activities of the task force under
13 this section.
14 (2) The task force shall develop and evaluate policy
15 proposals that incentivize building contractors and developers
16 to create units within mixed-use developments which may be used
17 as low-cost, supportive, and affordable housing for individuals
18 who are in need of such housing and who have a developmental
19 disability, as defined in s. 393.063, or a mental illness, as
20 defined in s. 394.455.
21 (3) The task force consists of the following members:
22 (a) The director of the Florida Housing Finance Corporation
23 or his or her designee, who shall serve as chair of the task
24 force.
25 (b) The director of the Agency for Persons with
26 Disabilities or his or her designee.
27 (c) The Secretary of Children and Families or his or her
28 designee.
29 (d) The executive director of the Department of Economic
30 Opportunity or his or her designee.
31 (e) The Secretary of Business and Professional Regulation
32 or his or her designee.
33 (f) The executive director of the Commission for the
34 Transportation Disadvantaged or his or her designee.
35 (g) An individual appointed by the Governor.
36 (h) The following members appointed by the director of the
37 Florida Housing Finance Corporation:
38 1. A representative from the Florida Supportive Housing
39 Coalition.
40 2. A representative from the Florida Housing Coalition.
41 3. A representative from the Florida Independent Living
42 Council.
43 4. A representative from the ARC of Florida.
44 5. A representative from the National Alliance on Mental
45 Illness-Florida.
46 6. A representative from the Florida League of Cities.
47 7. A representative from the Florida Association of
48 Counties.
49 8. A representative from the Association of Florida
50 Community Developers.
51 9. A representative from the Associated Builders and
52 Contractors of Florida.
53 10. A representative from the Florida Association of
54 Rehabilitation Facilities.
55 11. A representative from the Florida Developmental
56 Disabilities Council.
57 12. A representative from the banking industry who finances
58 mixed-used developments.
59 13. A representative from the Coalition of Affordable
60 Housing Providers.
61 14. A representative from the Commercial Real Estate
62 Development Association.
63 15. An attorney who is a member in good standing of the
64 Elder Law Section of the Florida Bar.
65 (4) Members of the task force shall serve without
66 compensation and are not entitled to reimbursement for per diem
67 or travel expenses. The task force shall convene its first
68 meeting by August 1, 2019, and shall meet as often as necessary
69 to fulfill its responsibilities under this section. Meetings may
70 be conducted in person, by teleconference, or by other
71 electronic means.
72 (5) In consultation with the applicable local and state
73 governmental entities, the task force shall:
74 (a) Identify potential barriers and opportunities in
75 existing policies, rules, or laws to incentivize building
76 contractors and developers to create low-cost, supportive, and
77 affordable housing units for individuals with developmental
78 disabilities or mental illness within mixed-use developments.
79 (b) Recommend modifications to existing policies, rules, or
80 laws or propose new policies, rules, or laws, such as allowing
81 greater density, which would allow for the creation of low-cost,
82 supportive, and affordable housing units for individuals with
83 developmental disabilities or mental illness within mixed-use
84 developments.
85 (c) Recommend financial and regulatory incentives to
86 encourage building contractors and developers to create low
87 cost, supportive, and affordable housing units for individuals
88 with developmental disabilities or mental illness within mixed
89 use developments.
90 (d) Propose funding mechanisms for the development and
91 maintenance of spaces for low-cost, supportive, and affordable
92 housing units for individuals with developmental disabilities or
93 mental illness within mixed-use developments.
94 (6) The task force shall submit a report by December 1,
95 2020, to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the
96 Speaker of the House of Representatives which includes its
97 findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
98 (7) This section expires February 2, 2021.
99 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.
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102 And the title is amended as follows:
103 Delete everything before the enacting clause
104 and insert:
105 A bill to be entitled
106 An act relating to the Independent Living Task Force;
107 creating s. 420.5075, F.S.; establishing the
108 Independent Living Task Force within the Florida
109 Housing Finance Corporation; providing for duties,
110 membership, and meetings of the task force; requiring
111 the task force to submit a report to the Governor and
112 Legislature by a specified date; providing for
113 expiration of the task force; providing an effective
114 date.