(1) The Legislature shall annually appropriate $10 million of the moneys authorized for appropriation under s. 215.555(7)(c) from the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund to the division for the purposes set forth in this section. Of the amount:
(a) Seven million dollars in funds shall be used for programs to improve the wind resistance of residences and mobile homes, including loans, subsidies, grants, demonstration projects, and direct assistance; educating persons concerning the Florida Building Code cooperative programs with local governments and the Federal Government; and other efforts to prevent or reduce losses or reduce the cost of rebuilding after a disaster.
(b) Three million dollars in funds shall be used to construct or retrofit facilities used as public hurricane shelters. Each year the division shall prioritize the use of these funds for projects included in the annual report of the Shelter Development Report prepared in accordance with s. 252.385(3). The division must give funding priority to projects in regional planning council regions that have shelter deficits and to projects that maximize the use of state funds.
(2)(a) Forty percent of the total appropriation in paragraph (1)(a) shall be used to inspect and improve tie-downs for mobile homes.
1(b)1. The Manufactured Housing and Mobile Home Mitigation and Enhancement Program is established. The program shall require the mitigation of damage to or the enhancement of homes for the areas of concern raised by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles in the 2004-2005 Hurricane Reports on the effects of the 2004 and 2005 hurricanes on manufactured and mobile homes in this state. The mitigation or enhancement must include, but need not be limited to, problems associated with weakened trusses, studs, and other structural components caused by wood rot or termite damage; site-built additions; or tie-down systems and may also address any other issues deemed appropriate by the Gulf Coast State College, the Federation of Manufactured Home Owners of Florida, Inc., the Florida Manufactured Housing Association, and the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. The program shall include an education and outreach component to ensure that owners of manufactured and mobile homes are aware of the benefits of participation.
2. The program shall be a grant program that ensures that entire manufactured home communities and mobile home parks may be improved wherever practicable. The moneys appropriated for this program shall be distributed directly to the Gulf Coast State College for the uses set forth under this subsection.
3. Upon evidence of completion of the program, the Citizens Property Insurance Corporation shall grant, on a pro rata basis, actuarially reasonable discounts, credits, or other rate differentials or appropriate reductions in deductibles for the properties of owners of manufactured homes or mobile homes on which fixtures or construction techniques that have been demonstrated to reduce the amount of loss in a windstorm have been installed or implemented. The discount on the premium must be applied to subsequent renewal premium amounts. Premiums of the Citizens Property Insurance Corporation must reflect the location of the home and the fact that the home has been installed in compliance with building codes adopted after Hurricane Andrew.
4. On or before January 1 of each year, the Gulf Coast State College shall provide a report of activities under this subsection to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The report must set forth the number of homes that have taken advantage of the program, the types of enhancements and improvements made to the manufactured or mobile homes and attachments to such homes, and whether there has been an increase in availability of insurance products to owners of manufactured or mobile homes.
1The Gulf Coast State College shall develop the programs set forth in this subsection in consultation with the Federation of Manufactured Home Owners of Florida, Inc., the Florida Manufactured Housing Association, and the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. The moneys appropriated for the programs set forth in this subsection shall be distributed directly to the Gulf Coast State College to be used as set forth in this subsection.
(3) Of moneys provided to the division in paragraph (1)(a), 10 percent shall be allocated to the Florida International University center dedicated to hurricane research. The center shall develop a preliminary work plan approved by the advisory council set forth in subsection (4) to eliminate the state and local barriers to upgrading existing mobile homes and communities, research and develop a program for the recycling of existing older mobile homes, and support programs of research and development relating to hurricane loss reduction devices and techniques for site-built residences. The State University System also shall consult with the division and assist the division with the report required under subsection (6).
(4) Except for the programs set forth in subsection (3), the division shall develop the programs set forth in this section in consultation with an advisory council consisting of a representative designated by the Chief Financial Officer, a representative designated by the Florida Home Builders Association, a representative designated by the Florida Insurance Council, a representative designated by the Federation of Manufactured Home Owners, a representative designated by the Florida Association of Counties, a representative designated by the Florida Manufactured Housing Association, and a representative designated by the Florida Building Commission.
(5) Moneys provided to the division under this section are intended to supplement, not supplant, the division’s other funding sources.
(6) On January 1st of each year, the division shall provide a full report and accounting of activities under this section and an evaluation of such activities to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President of the Senate, and the Majority and Minority Leaders of the House of Representatives and the Senate. Upon completion of the report, the division shall deliver the report to the Office of Insurance Regulation. The Office of Insurance Regulation shall review the report and shall make such recommendations available to the insurance industry as the Office of Insurance Regulation deems appropriate. These recommendations may be used by insurers for potential discounts or rebates pursuant to s. 627.0629. The Office of Insurance Regulation shall make such recommendations within 1 year after receiving the report.
1(7) This section is repealed 2June 30, 2032.
History.—s. 2, ch. 99-305; s. 1, ch. 2000-140; s. 1, ch. 2001-227; s. 222, ch. 2003-261; s. 10, ch. 2004-283; s. 2, ch. 2005-111; s. 1, ch. 2005-147; ss. 3, 46, ch. 2006-12; s. 18, ch. 2006-122; s. 21, ch. 2007-5; s. 23, ch. 2007-217; s. 41, ch. 2008-4; s. 29, ch. 2008-153; s. 5, ch. 2010-4; s. 45, ch. 2010-153; s. 16, ch. 2011-142; s. 50, ch. 2021-37; s. 1, ch. 2022-137; ss. 71, 99, ch. 2022-157.
1Note.—Section 71, ch. 2022-157, amended paragraph (2)(b), the flush left language at the end of subsection (2), and subsection (7) “[i]n order to implement Specific Appropriations 2637 and 2645 of the 2022-2023 General Appropriations Act.”
2Note.—As amended by s. 1, ch. 2022-137. The amendment by s. 71, ch. 2022-157, the appropriations implementing act, amended the date to read “June 30, 2023.”
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XIV - Taxation and Finance
Chapter 215 - Financial Matters: General Provisions
215.02 - Manner of Paying Money Into the Treasury.
215.03 - Party to Be Reimbursed on Reversal of Judgment for State.
215.04 - Department of Financial Services to Report Delinquents.
215.05 - Department of Financial Services to Certify Accounts of Delinquents.
215.06 - Certified Accounts of Delinquents as Evidence.
215.07 - Preference of State in Case of Insolvency.
215.08 - Delinquent Collectors to Be Reported to State Attorney.
215.09 - Delinquent Collectors; Forfeiture of Commissions.
215.10 - Delinquent Collectors; Suspension.
215.11 - Defaulting Officers; Department of Financial Services to Report to Clerk.
215.12 - Defaulting Officers; Duty of Clerk.
215.15 - School Appropriations to Have Priority.
215.179 - Solicitation of Payment.
215.18 - Transfers Between Funds; Limitation.
215.195 - Agency Deposits Relating to the Statewide Cost Allocation Plan.
215.196 - Architects Incidental Trust Fund; Creation; Assessment.
215.197 - Federal Grants Trust Fund.
215.198 - Operating Trust Fund.
215.199 - Audit and Warrant Clearing Trust Fund.
215.20 - Certain Income and Certain Trust Funds to Contribute to the General Revenue Fund.
215.211 - Service Charge; Elimination or Reduction for Specified Proceeds.
215.22 - Certain Income and Certain Trust Funds Exempt.
215.23 - When Contributions to Be Made.
215.24 - Exemptions Where Federal Contributions or Private Grants.
215.245 - Contracts With Federal Government; Indemnification Authorized in Certain Circumstances.
215.25 - Manner of Contributions; Rules and Regulations.
215.26 - Repayment of Funds Paid Into State Treasury Through Error.
215.31 - State Funds; Deposit in State Treasury.
215.311 - State Funds; Exceptions.
215.32 - State Funds; Segregation.
215.3206 - Trust Funds; Termination or Re-Creation.
215.3207 - Trust Funds; Establishment; Criteria.
215.3208 - Trust Funds; Legislative Review.
215.321 - Regulatory Trust Fund.
215.34 - State Funds; Noncollectible Items; Procedure.
215.35 - State Funds; Warrants and Their Issuance.
215.36 - State Funds; Laws Not Repealed.
215.405 - State Agencies and the Judicial Branch Authorized to Collect Costs of Fingerprinting.
215.42 - Purchases From Appropriations, Proof of Delivery.
215.425 - Extra Compensation Claims Prohibited; Bonuses; Severance Pay.
215.43 - Public Bonds, Notes, and Other Securities.
215.431 - Issuance of Bond Anticipation Notes.
215.44 - Board of Administration; Powers and Duties in Relation to Investment of Trust Funds.
215.4401 - Board of Administration; Public Record Exemptions.
215.441 - Board of Administration; Appointment of Executive Director.
215.442 - Executive Director; Reporting Requirements; Public Meeting.
215.444 - Investment Advisory Council.
215.45 - Sale and Exchange of Securities.
215.47 - Investments; Authorized Securities; Loan of Securities.
215.4701 - Trademarks, Copyrights, or Patents.
215.4702 - Investments in Publicly Traded Companies Operating in Northern Ireland.
215.471 - Divestiture by the State Board of Administration; Reporting Requirements.
215.472 - Prohibited Investments.
215.473 - Divestiture by the State Board of Administration; Sudan; Iran.
215.474 - Analyses of Technology and Growth Investments.
215.475 - Investment Policy Statement.
215.4755 - Certification and Disclosure Requirements for Investment Advisers and Managers.
215.48 - Consent and Ratification of Appropriate Board, Agency, or of the Judicial Branch.
215.49 - Making Funds Available for Investment.
215.50 - Custody of Securities Purchased; Income.
215.51 - Investment Accounts; Changes, Notice, Etc.
215.515 - Investment Accounts; Charges for Services.
215.52 - Rules and Regulations.
215.53 - Powers of Existing Officers and Boards, the Judicial Branch, and Agencies Not Affected.
215.55 - Federal Use of State Lands Trust Fund; County Distribution.
215.551 - Federal Use of State Lands Trust Fund; County Distribution; Requests by Counties.
215.555 - Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund.
215.5551 - Reinsurance to Assist Policyholders Program.
215.557 - Reports of Insured Values.
215.5586 - My Safe Florida Home Program.
215.5588 - Florida Disaster Recovery Program.
215.559 - Hurricane Loss Mitigation Program.
215.5595 - Insurance Capital Build-Up Incentive Program.
215.55952 - Annual Report on Economic Impact of a 1-in-100-Year Hurricane.
215.56005 - Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation.
215.5601 - Lawton Chiles Endowment Fund.
215.5602 - James and Esther King Biomedical Research Program.
215.56021 - Exemptions From Public Records and Public Meetings Requirements; Peer Review Panels.
215.58 - Definitions Relating to State Bond Act.
215.59 - State Bonds, Revenue Bonds; Issuance.
215.60 - State Bonds for Financing Road Acquisition and Construction.
215.605 - State Bonds for Right-of-Way Acquisition or Bridge Construction.
215.61 - State System of Public Education Capital Outlay Bonds.
215.615 - Fixed-Guideway Transportation Systems Funding.
215.616 - State Bonds for Federal Aid Highway Construction.
215.617 - Bonds for State-Funded Infrastructure Bank.
215.619 - Bonds for Everglades Restoration.
215.62 - Division of Bond Finance.
215.64 - Powers of the Division.
215.65 - Bond Fee Trust Fund, Expenditures; Schedule of Fees.
215.655 - Arbitrage Compliance Program, Expenditures; Schedule of Fees.
215.66 - Request for Issuance of Bonds; Procedure Requirements.
215.67 - Issuance of State Bonds.
215.68 - Issuance of Bonds; Form; Maturity Date, Execution, Sale.
215.69 - State Board of Administration to Administer Funds.
215.70 - State Board of Administration to Act in Case of Defaults.
215.71 - Application of Bond Proceeds.
215.72 - Covenants With Bondholders.
215.73 - Approval of Bond Issue by State Board of Administration.
215.75 - Bonds Securities for Public Bodies.
215.76 - Exemption of Bonds From Taxation.
215.82 - Validation; When Required.
215.821 - Issuance of Bonds by State Agencies.
215.83 - Construction of State Bond Act.
215.835 - Rulemaking Authority.
215.84 - Government Bonds; Maximum Rate of Interest.
215.845 - Certain Special Laws Establishing Interest Rates on Bonds Prohibited.
215.85 - Direct Deposit of Public Funds.
215.86 - Management Systems and Controls.
215.91 - Florida Financial Management Information System; Board; Council.
215.92 - Definitions Relating to Florida Financial Management Information System Act.
215.93 - Florida Financial Management Information System.
215.94 - Designation, Duties, and Responsibilities of Functional Owners.
215.95 - Financial Management Information Board.
215.96 - Coordinating Council and Design and Coordination Staff.
215.962 - Standards for State Agency Use of Card-Based Technology.
215.965 - Disbursement of State Moneys.
215.966 - Refinancing of Bonds.
215.97 - Florida Single Audit Act.
215.971 - Agreements Funded With Federal or State Assistance.
215.98 - State Debt Fiscal Responsibility.
215.981 - Audits of State Agency Direct-Support Organizations and Citizen Support Organizations.