Rep. Ashley Gantt

Affordable Housing; Authorizes municipalities to create community land bank programs to sell eligible real property by private sale for purposes of affordable housing & provides requirements for such programs; authorizes Florida Housing Finance Corporation to allocate tax credit to certain projects; authorizes tax credit to be transferred by recipient; authorizes corporation to establish procedures, exercise powers, & prepare annual plan; requires plan to be approved by Governor; provides FHFC with certain powers & responsibilities relating to Affordable Housing Construction Loan Program; provides requirements for program.

Small Business Investment Corporation; Creates Small Business Investment Corporation; provides purpose; provides for board of directors appointed by Secretary of Economic Opportunity; provides that Secretary of Economic Opportunity shall serve as chief executive officer; provides powers of corporation; requires corporation to establish certain fund; authorizes & requires deposit of certain moneys into fund; requires certain moneys to be used for certain purpose.

Assistant State Attorney and Assistant Public Defender Student Loan Repayment Program; Establishes program within DOE; provides purpose of program; requires DOE to administer program; provides eligibility requirements; provides procedures for payments; provides payments are not considered taxable income; requires DOE to reduce payments for all program participants by proportional amount if appropriated funds are insufficient to provide maximum payment for all participants' loans.

Citizens Collaborative Council; Creates Citizens Collaborative Council within DOC; provides for membership & terms; specifies duties & responsibilities concerning adult correctional facilities; prohibits interference with day-to-day operations of certain facilities.

Restoration of Voting Rights Information on Sentencing Scoresheets; Specifies information to be provided on sentencing scoresheets concerning restoration of voting rights; requires scoresheet to be provided to defendant before sentence is imposed.

Weapons And Firearms; Requires background checks on all persons involved in firearm sales or other transfers; requires firearm sales or other transfers to be conducted through, & processed by, licensed dealer; revises requirements for safe storage of firearms; revises criminal penalties for violations; requires firearms to be sold by dealers with trigger locks or gun cases; provides exceptions; revises warnings to be posted in gun dealerships; requires certain materials to be given to gun purchasers; prohibits specified acts involving unfinished firearm frames or receivers; prohibits certain activities involving three-dimensional printer or CNC milling machine.

Vacating Premises After Rental Agreement Termination; Requires landlords to provide certain tenants specified amount of time to vacate premises after delivery of notice to terminate rental agreement before bring specified action.

Divine Nine Specialty License Plate; Revises eligibility requirements for Divine Nine license plate.

Insurance; Creates Property Insurance Commission; provides for election of Commissioner of Insurance Regulation; revises homeowners' eligibility criteria for mitigation grants; requires interests earned on insurance proceeds received by mortgagees & assignees to be paid to insureds; prohibits property insurers from claiming insolvency under certain circumstances; authorizes persons that engage in property insurance activities in other states to engage in insurance activities in this state only under certain circumstances; requires property insurers to cap premiums or to create sliding fee scales for premium rates; prohibits property insurers from using certain defenses as claims denials; revises requirements for risk assignment agreements; requires OPPAGA to conduct study of effectiveness of property insurance mediation program. APPROPRIATION: $300,000,000

Financial Accountability in Publicly Funded Education; Revises requirements for private school to participate in certain educational scholarship programs; requires DOE to suspend payment of funds to participating private schools; creates K-12 Education Funding Task Force within department; & provides requirements for such task force.