Florida HB 1497: Division of Labor Standards

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to the My Safe Florida Condominium 2
Pilot Program; amending s. 215.55871, F.S.; defining 3
the term "area median income"; removing the definition 4
of the term "service area"; revising eligibility 5
requirements for the My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot 6
Program; requiring the Department of Financial 7
Services to adopt rules to verify household income; 8
authorizing condominiums with mixed-income occupancies 9
to participate in the pilot program under certain 10
circumstances; requiring an application for a 11
mitigation grant to include documentation to verify 12
household income; limiting the award of grant funds; 13
requiring an association to complete a certain 14
percentage of opening protection improvements; 15
providing applicability; providing an effective date. 16
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 18
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Section 1. Subsections (1) and (2) and paragraphs (a) and 20
(j) of subsection (5) of section 215.55871, Florida Statutes, 21
are amended to read: 22
215.55871 My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program.—There 23
is established within the Department of Financial Services the 24
My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program to be implemented 25

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pursuant to appropriations. The department shall provide fiscal 26
accountability, contract management, and strategic leadership 27
for the pilot program, consistent with this section. This 28
section does not create an entitlement for associations or unit 29
owners or obligate the state in any way to fund the inspection 30
or retrofitting of condominiums in the state. Implementation of 31
this pilot program is subject to annual legislative 32
appropriations. It is the intent of the Legislature that the My 33
Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program provide licensed 34
inspectors to perform inspections for and grants to eligible 35
associations as funding allows. 36
(1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term: 37
(a) "Area median income" means the median household 38
income, as published annually by the United States Department of 39
Housing and Urban Development, for the county in which the 40
condominium property is located. 41
(b)(a) "Association" has the same meaning as in s. 42
718.103. 43
(c)(b) "Association property" means property, real and 44
personal, which is owned or leased by, or is dedicated by a 45
recorded plat to, an association for the use and benefit of its 46
members and is located in the service area. 47
(d)(c) "Board of administration" has the same meaning as 48
in s. 718.103. 49
(e)(d) "Condominium" has the same meaning as in s. 50

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718.103. For purposes of this section, the term does not include 51
detached units on individual parcels of land. 52
(f)(e) "Condominium property" means the lands, leaseholds, 53
and personal property that are subjected to condominium 54
ownership, whether or not contiguous, and all improvements 55
thereon and all easements and rights appurtenant thereto 56
intended for use in connection with the condominium and are 57
located in the service area. 58
(g)(f) "Department" means the Department of Financial 59
Services. 60
(h)(g) "Property" means association property and 61
condominium property, as applicable, located in the service 62
area. 63
(h) "Service area" means the area of the state which is 15 64
miles inward of a coastline, as that term is defined in s. 65
376.031. 66
(i) "Unit" has the same meaning as in s. 718.103. 67
(j) "Unit owner" has the same meaning as in s. 718.103. 68
(2) PARTICIPATION.— 69
(a) Participation in the pilot program is limited to: 70
1. Condominium associations in which at least 80 percent 71
of the occupied units within the condominium are owned or 72
occupied by a person or family whose annual income is at or 73
below 80 percent of the area median income, adjusted for 74
household size, applicable to the county in which the 75

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condominium is located. Eligibility must be determined using the 76
area median income published at the time an application is 77
submitted. For purposes of determining if a condominium 78
association meets the 80 percent unit-occupied threshold: 79
a. Only occupied residential units may be counted. 80
b. Both owner-occupied and tenant-occupied residential 81
units may be counted as long as the persons or families