Florida Senate - 2022 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for SB 578
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: RCS .
03/02/2022 .
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The Committee on Appropriations (Hooper) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 45 - 90
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5 by the Gulf Coast State College Tallahassee Community College,
6 the Federation of Manufactured Home Owners of Florida, Inc., the
7 Florida Manufactured Housing Association, and the Department of
8 Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. The program shall include an
9 education and outreach component to ensure that owners of
10 manufactured and mobile homes are aware of the benefits of
11 participation.
12 2. The program shall be a grant program that ensures that
13 entire manufactured home communities and mobile home parks may
14 be improved wherever practicable. The moneys appropriated for
15 this program shall be distributed directly to the Gulf Coast
16 State College Tallahassee Community College for the uses set
17 forth under this subsection.
18 3. Upon evidence of completion of the program, the Citizens
19 Property Insurance Corporation shall grant, on a pro rata basis,
20 actuarially reasonable discounts, credits, or other rate
21 differentials or appropriate reductions in deductibles for the
22 properties of owners of manufactured homes or mobile homes on
23 which fixtures or construction techniques that have been
24 demonstrated to reduce the amount of loss in a windstorm have
25 been installed or implemented. The discount on the premium must
26 be applied to subsequent renewal premium amounts. Premiums of
27 the Citizens Property Insurance Corporation must reflect the
28 location of the home and the fact that the home has been
29 installed in compliance with building codes adopted after
30 Hurricane Andrew. Rates resulting from the completion of the
31 Manufactured Housing and Mobile Home Mitigation and Enhancement
32 Program are not considered competitive rates for the purposes of
33 s. 627.351(6)(d)1. and 2.
34 4. On or before January 1 of each year, the Gulf Coast
35 State College Tallahassee Community College shall provide a
36 report of activities under this subsection to the Governor, the
37 President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
38 Representatives. The report must set forth the number of homes
39 that have taken advantage of the program, the types of
40 enhancements and improvements made to the manufactured or mobile
41 homes and attachments to such homes, and whether there has been
42 an increase in availability of insurance products to owners of
43 manufactured or mobile homes.
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45 The Gulf Coast State College Tallahassee Community College shall
46 develop the programs set forth in this subsection in
47 consultation with the Federation of Manufactured Home Owners of
48 Florida, Inc., the Florida Manufactured Housing Association, and
49 the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. The moneys
50 appropriated for the programs set forth in this subsection shall
51 be distributed directly to the Gulf Coast State College
52 Tallahassee Community College to be used as set forth in this
53 subsection.
54 (7) This section is repealed June 30, 2032 2022.
55 Section 2. Effective July 1, 2022, all powers, duties,
56 functions, records, property, pending issues, and unexpended
57 balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds in
58 Tallahassee Community College related to the programs authorized
59 under s. 215.559(2), Florida Statutes, are transferred to the
60 Gulf Coast State College.
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63 And the title is amended as follows:
64 Delete lines 7 - 10
65 and insert:
66 annual report; revising provisions to require the
67 Manufactured Housing and Mobile Home Mitigation and
68 Enhancement Program to be operated by Gulf Coast State
69 College; deleting construction related to Citizens
70 Property Insurance Corporation coverage rates;
71 delaying the future repeal of the Hurricane Loss
72 Mitigation Program; directing the transfer of
73 specified powers, duties, functions, records,
74 property, issues, and funds relating to the
75 Manufactured Housing and Mobile Home Mitigation and
76 Enhancement Program from Tallahassee Community College
77 to the Gulf Coast State College; providing an
78 effective date.