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                    HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL AMENDMENT
                                  HB5001

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Representative(s): Attkisson
offered the following amendment:

In Section: 05 On Page: 218 Specific Appropriation: 1695
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Explanation:
Deletes proviso requiring  $1,000,000 in non-recurring funds for the 
Teachers' Down Payment Assistance Pilot Program be contingent upon the 
passage of legislation and adds proviso establishing the pilot program.
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        COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF
        Program: Florida Housing Finance 
        Corporation
        Affordable Housing Financing

        In Section 05  On Page 218
1695    Special Categories
        Grants And Aids - Housing Finance 
        Corporation (Hfc) - State Housing 
        Initiatives Partnership (Ship) Program

DELETE the proviso immediately following Specific Appropriation 1695:

Contingent on passage of HB 259 or similar legislation, from the 
non-recurring funds in Specific Appropriation 1695, $1,000,000 shall be 
used for the Teachers' Down Payment Assistance Pilot Program.

and insert in lieu thereof:

From the non-recurring funds in Specific Appropriation 1695, $1,000,000 
shall be used for the Teachers' Down Payment Assistance Pilot Project.  
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In order to assist in the recruitment and retention of teachers, the 
following shall be included in the local housing assistance plan: (a)  
Down payment assistance shall be provided to eligible personal who meet 
the following criteria, in addition to other requirements of the plan:  
1.  The person shall be employed full time as a K-12 classroom teacher 
in the state; 2.  The person shall be state certified in a critical need 
area of exceptional student education, mathematics, or science; 3.  The 
person shall declare his or her homestead and maintain residency at his 
or her homestead; 4.  The person shall be employed in a full-time, 
permanent capacity; 5.  The person shall demonstrate a 5-year minimum 
commitment to continued employment as a K-12 classroom teacher in a 
school within the county of current employment.  (b)  Compliance with 
the employment eligibility criteria shall be verified during the life of 
the loan by the school district in which the teacher is employed.  (c)  
The program shall provide $4,000 as down payment assistance if the city, 
county, or appropriate governmental subdivision or agency within which 
an eligible recipient is employed and resides waives all impact fees 
that occur incidental to the recipient's home purchase.  In addition to 
the amount provided, the program shall provide $4,000 as down payment 
assistance if the county or eligible municipality within which an 
eligible recipient is employed provides funding through the State 
Housing Initiatives Partnership Program to the eligible recipient.  (d)  
Any lien on the recipient's property securing the assistance provided 
under this program shall be released if the recipient fulfills the 
5-year commitment

Line item amendments are accepted as part of the amendatory process.  However, due to the necessity of using computerized systems this may entail a different placement within a budget entity or the renumbering of the specific appropriation items.



























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