SB 68 — Homelessness

Florida Senate - 2020 CS for SB 68 By Senatorthe BookCommittee 32-00059-20on 202068__Appropriations; A bill to be entitled An act relating to homelessness;

and Senator Book 576-04577-20 202068c1 A bill to be entitled An act relating to homelessness;

201.15, F.S.;

requiring that certain taxes of a specified amount be transferred annually to the Grants and Donations Trust Fund within the Department of Children and Families for the purpose of funding challenge grants;

amending s.

clarifying the source of such appropriation;

119114 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

121116 Section 1. Paragraph1. Section (c)420.621, of subsection (4) of section 201.15, Florida Statutes, is amended,amended and subsection (5) of that section is republished, to read:

201.15 Distribution of taxes collected.—All taxes collected under this chapter are hereby pledged and shall be first made available to make payments when due on bonds issued pursuant to s.

215.618 or s.

215.619, or any other bonds authorized to be issued on a parity basis with such bonds.

Such pledge and availability for the payment of these bonds shall have priority over any requirement for the payment of service charges or costs of collection and enforcement under this section.

All taxes collected under this chapter, except taxes distributed to the Land Acquisition Trust Fund pursuant to subsections (1) and (2), are subject to the service charge imposed in s.

215.20(1).

Before distribution pursuant to this section, the Department of Revenue shall deduct amounts necessary to pay the costs of the collection and enforcement of the tax levied by this chapter.

The costs and service charge may not be levied against any portion of taxes pledged to debt service on bonds to the extent that the costs and service charge are required to pay any amounts relating to the bonds.

All of the costs of the collection and enforcement of the tax levied by this chapter and the service charge shall be available and transferred to the extent necessary to pay debt service and any other amounts payable with respect to bonds authorized before January 1, 2017, secured by revenues distributed pursuant to this section.

All taxes remaining after deduction of costs shall be distributed as follows:

(4) After the required distributions to the Land Acquisition Trust Fund pursuant to subsections (1) and (2) and deduction of the service charge imposed pursuant to s.

215.20(1), the remainder shall be distributed as follows:

(c) Eleven and twenty-four hundredths percent of the remainder in each fiscal year shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the State Housing Trust Fund.

Of such funds, the first $35 million shall be transferred annually, subject to any distribution required under subsection (5), to the State Economic Enhancement and Development Trust Fund within the Department of Economic Opportunity.

The next $10 million shall be transferred annually, subject to any distribution required under subsection (5), to the Grants and Donations Trust Fund within the Department of Children and Families for the purpose of funding the challenge grants established in s.

420.622(4).

The remainder shall be used as follows:

1. Half of that amount shall be used for the purposes for which the State Housing Trust Fund was created and exists by law.

2. Half of that amount shall be paid into the State Treasury to the credit of the Local Government Housing Trust Fund and used for the purposes for which the Local Government Housing Trust Fund was created and exists by law.

(5) Distributions to the State Housing Trust Fund pursuant to paragraphs (4)(c) and (d) must be sufficient to cover amounts required to be transferred to the Florida Affordable Housing Guarantee Program’s annual debt service reserve and guarantee fund pursuant to s.

420.5092(6)(a) and (b) up to the amount required to be transferred to such reserve and fund based on the percentage distribution of documentary stamp tax revenues to the State Housing Trust Fund which is in effect in the 2004-2005 fiscal year.

Section 2. Section 420.621, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

236171 The terms do not refer to an individual imprisoned pursuant to state or federal law or to individuals or families who are sharing housing due to cultural preferences, voluntary arrangements, or traditional networks of support.

Section 3. Section2. Section 420.622, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

(4) The State Office on Homelessness, with the concurrence of the Council on Homelessness, shall accept and administer moneys appropriated to it to provide annual “challenge grants” to lead agencies of homeless assistance continuums of care designated by the State Office on Homelessness pursuant to s.

201.15(4)(c) to provide annual “challenge grants” to lead agencies of homeless assistance continuums of care designated by the State Office on Homelessness pursuant to s.

Section 4. Section3. Section 420.6225, Florida Statutes, is created to read:

Section 5. Section4. Section 420.6227, Florida Statutes, is created to read:

Section 6. Section5. Section 420.623, Florida Statutes, is repealed.

Section 7. Section6. Section 420.624, Florida Statutes, is repealed.

Section 8. Section7. Section 420.625, Florida Statutes, is repealed.

Section 9. Subsection8. Subsection (3) of section 420.626, Florida Statutes, is amended, and subsection (2) of that section is republished, to read: