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>> Speaker: THE HOUSE WILL COME TO ORDER. MEMBERS AND VISITORS IN THE GALLERY PLEASE RISE FOR THE PRAYER. WE ARE PLEASED TO HAVE WITH US TODAY PASTOR JOSH HALL FROM FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF TALLAHASSEE AT MY INVITATION. PLEASE APPROACH THE WELL. >> LET US PRAY. ALMIGHTY GOD BEFORE WE BEGIN THE BUSINESS OF THIS DAY WE PAUSE TO THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US AND THE MANY BLESSINGS THAT COME WITH IT. FROM THE BREATH AND OUR LUNGS TO THE WORK OF OUR HANDS MAY WE USE EVERY GOOD GIFT HONOR YOU AND TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF OTHERS. IN YOUR PROVIDENCE AND GRACE YOU'VE GIVEN US GOVERNING AUTHORITY TO PURSUE JUSTICE AND THE FLOURISHING OF OUR SOCIETY SO WE PRAY NOW ESPECIALLY FOR THE MEMBERS AND STAFF OF THE FLORIDA HOUSE. WE ASK YOU HONOR THE SACRIFICES THE MEN AND WOMEN HAVE EACH MADE AS THEY SEEK TO FAITHFULLY SERVE OUR STATE. WE ASK YOU GIVE THEM COMPASSION FOR EVERY NEED AND GRANT THEM EVERY WISDOM FOR EVERY CHALLENGE AND ASK THAT YOU FEEL THEM WITH THE COURAGE TO DO IT IS RIGHT, RATHER THAN WHAT MAY SEEM EASY OR POPULAR. IN THE MIDST OF OUR SHARP DISAGREEMENTS BORN OF DEEP CONVICTIONS WE ASK THESE DISCUSSIONS AND DEBATES TO BE MARKED BY CIVILITY THAT HONORS YOUR IMAGE AND EACH OF US. WE ASK ABOVE ALL THAT WE FIND COMMON GROUND ACROSS ANY BATTLE LINES AND DISPLAY UNITY, PURPOSE, STRENGTH, AND DIVERSITY. WE THANK YOU FOR THE BLESSING OF LIVING IN THE GREAT STATE OF FLORIDA, AND FOR THE PRIVILEGE WE EACH HAVE TO STEWARD THAT. MAY WE EACH BE FOUND FAITHFUL TODAY AND ALWAYS. AMEN. >> Speaker: THANK YOU. AS YOU ARE AWARE THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS MILITARY FORCES HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST. FOR MANY OF US THIS CONFLICT HITS CLOSE TO HOME. THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN SERVING ARE NOT JUST TROOPS BUT FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS. DURING THIS TIME I ASK YOU KEEP SERVICE MEMBERS IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ESPECIALLY AS WE REMEMBER AND HONOR THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES IN THE LINE OF DUTY. I ASK YOU JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR SERGEANT FIRST CLASS NICHOL MOORE. SERGEANT DECLAN COE, SERGEANT FIRST CLASS NOAH TEGAN, AND CAPT CHOE CORE OF WINTER HAVEN FLORIDA. THANK YOU. THE CLERK WILL UNLOCK THE MACHINE AND MEMBERS WILL RECORD THEIR PRESENCE. HAVE ALL MEMBERS RECORDED THEIR PRESENCE? LOCK THE MACHINE AND ANNOUNCE THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM. >> 108 MEMBERS VOTING. A QUORUM IS PRESENT. >> Speaker: MEMBERS AND VISITORS PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL BE LED BY SADIE HUMAN SATELLITE BEACH OF THE INVITATION OF REPRESENTATIVE HODGERS, OLIVE JOHNSON FROM TALLAHASSEE AT THE INVITATION OF REPRESENTATIVE TANT, VERA JOHNSON TALLAHASSEE AT THE INVITATION OF REPRESENTATIVE TANT, SOPHIA PROVO FROM MIAMI AT MY INVITATION, AND SAMANTHA ROACH FROM LAKE CITY AT THE INVITATION OF REPRESENTATIVE DUGGAN. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. WE ARE HONORED TODAY TO BE JOINED BY OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OF THE DAY DEPUTY JASON REGISTER WITH THE COLUSA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AT THE INVITATION OF REPRESENTATIVE MANEY. DEPUTY REGISTER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND WELCOME TO THE FLORIDA HOUSE. [APPLAUSE]. ARE THERE CORRECTIONS TO THE JOURNAL? HEARING NONE SHOW APPROVED. ARE THERE REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEE AND SUBCOMMITTEES. >> ON THE DESK. >> READ THE REPORT. >> HONORABLE DANIEL PEREZ SPEAKER HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DEAR MR. SPEAKER, THE RULES AND ETHICS COMMITTEE SUBMIT SPECIAL ORDER FOR WEDNESDAY MARCH 4th, 2026, CONSIDERATION OF THE HOUSE BILLS AND SPECIAL ORDER SHALL INCLUDE THE SENATE COMPANION MEASURES ON HOUSE CALENDAR, READING THE REPORT MR. SPEAKER. >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE GARRISON YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> Rep. Garrison: THE COURT SETS A SPECIAL CALENDAR TO ADOPT THE SPECIAL REPORT FOR MARCH 4th, 2026. >> Speaker: QUESTIONS? DEBATE? THOSE IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? SPECIAL ORDER REPORT ADOPTED. OTHER REPORTS? >> NONE ON THE DESK. >> Speaker: MOTIONS RELATED TO COMMITTEE AND SUBCOMMITTEE REFERENCES? MATTERS ON RECONSIDERATION? BILLS OR JOINT RESOLUTIONS ON THIRD READING? >> NONE ON THE DESK. >> Speaker: BILLS ON SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR? >> ON THE DESK. >> Speaker: BEFORE THE FIRST BILL WITHOUT OBJECTION MEMBERS SHOW CS FOR HB 639, CS FOR SP 246, CS FOR CS HB 979, CS FOR HB 1231 TEMPORARILY POSTPONED. READ THE FIRST BILL. >> STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, NATURAL RESOURCE AND DISASTER SUBCOMMITTEE, REPRESENTATIVE A DUGGAN AND OTHERS CS CS HOUSE BILL 981 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT RELATING TO TRIBUTARIES OF THE ST. JOHNS RIVER. >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE DUGGAN YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> Rep. Duggan: IN THIS BILL, EXCUSE ME, OFFERS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE OCKLAWAHA RIVER BALANCING CONSERVATION ECONOMIC GROWTH AND RECREATION. >> Speaker: QUESTIONS OF THE SPONSOR? SEEING NONE ARE THERE AMENDMENTS? >> ON THE DESK. >> Speaker: READ THE FIRST AMENDMENT. >> REPRESENTATIVE DUGGAN OFFERS THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENT WITH TITLE AMENDMENT BAR CODE 048673. REMOVE LINE 65 THROUGH 197 AND INSERT AMENDMENT. >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE DUGGAN YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO EXPLAIN THE AMENDMENT. >> Rep. Duggan: THE AMENDMENT REMOVES SOME SPECIFIC REFERENCES FOR PLANNING DOCUMENTS TO ALLOW FOR MORE CURRENT DAY TO DAY INCORPORATION INTO THE PLAN AND ADDITIONALLY INCREASES THE SIZE OF THE ADVISORY COUNCIL FROM 16 TO 19 MEMBERS. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: QUESTIONS OF THE SPONSOR? SEEING NONE THERE ARE AMENDMENTS TO THE AMENDMENT? >> NONE. >> Speaker: SUBSTITUTE? >> NONE. >> Speaker: DEBATE ON THE AMENDMENT? SEEING NO DEBATE REPRESENTATIVE DUGGAN YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO CLOSE ON THE AMENDMENT. >> Rep. Duggan: WAIVE CLOSE. >> Speaker: THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE ADOPTION OF THE AMENDMENT? THOSE OPPOSED? SHOW THE AMENDMENT ADOPTED. SHOW THE BILL ROLLED OVER FOR THIRD READING. REPRESENTATIVE DUGGAN YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR A MOTION. >> Rep. Duggan: I MOVE RULES BE WAIVED IN CS FOR CS FOR HB 981 BE READ A THIRD TIME BY TITLE AND PLACE ON FINAL PASSAGE. >> Speaker: MOVE RULES BE WAIVED IN CS FOR CS FOR HB 981 BE READ A THIRD TIME BY TITLE AND PLACED ON FINAL PASSAGE? THOSE IN FAVOR? THOSE OPPOSED? SHOW THIS ADOPTED READ A THIRD TIME BY TITLE. >> BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE NATURAL RESOURCES AND DISASTER SUBCOMMITTEE AND REPRESENTATIVE DUGGAN AND OTHERS CS CS HOUSE BILL 981 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT RELATING TO TRIBUTARIES OF THE ST. JOHNS RIVER. >> Speaker: AMENDMENTS? >> NONE. >> Speaker: DEBATE? REPRESENTATIVE SAPP IN DEBATE. >> Rep. Sapp: OKAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TODAY AS I RISE IN OPPOSITION OF HB 981. I STAND REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE WHO ELECTED ME EVEN IF I MUST AND ALONE. I RESPECT THE SPONSOR I TRULY DO. THE SPONSOR HAS BEEN A FRIEND AND A MENTOR TO ME. BUT HERE IS WHAT MANY PEOPLE DO NOT SEE FROM OTHER PARTS OF FLORIDA INCLUDING RIGHT HERE IN TALLAHASSEE. PARTS OF MY DISTRICT OUR RURAL INCLUDING PUTNAM COUNTY. THE RURAL AREAS STRUGGLE ECONOMICALLY. I REPRESENT FAMILIES WHO HAVE TROUBLE FEEDING KIDS, PEOPLE WHO CANNOT AFFORD TO CONDUCT TO GO TO THE DENTIST, VETERANS AND RETIREES ON A FIXED INCOME WHO CALL MY OFFICE LOOKING FOR FOOD BANKS. FAMILIES WERE UNABLE TO BUY SHOES FOR THEIR CHILDREN TO GO TO SCHOOL AND PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT GET TO GIVE KIDS A GIFT FOR CHRISTMAS BECAUSE TO DO SO WOULD BE A LUXURY. THIS IS RURAL FLORIDA. THAT IS RURAL AMERICA. EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR WE BRING HOME MATTERS IN A WAY THAT WEALTHIER PARTS OF FLORIDA MAY NOT TRULY UNDERSTAND. ONE THING MY COMMUNITY HAS HAD FOR GENERATIONS IS THE ROBIN RESERVOIR. IT IS OUR PLACE. IT IS WHERE PEOPLE FELL IN LOVE. IT'S WHERE KIDS LEARN TO FISH. IT'S WERE EVEN TODAY SOME FAMILIES STILL PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE. MANY OF MY DISTRICT DO NOT HAVE MUCH BUT WHAT THEY DO HAVE THEY CHERISH. RODMAN ATTRACTS TOURISTS WHO COME FOR WORLD CLASS BASS FISHING AND THAT MATTERS FOR SMALL BUSINESS AND LOCAL JOBS AND A RURAL COMMUNITY THAT CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE ANOTHER THING. THIS BILL THREATENS A HUGE SUPPLY OF FRESH WATER THAT HELPS REFILL AND PROTECT OUR WATER RESOURCES. IT THREATENS WATERFRONT HOMES THAT WILL NO LONGER BE WATERFRONT AND THREATENS HOMES BETWEEN THE ST. JOHNS RIVER AND LAKE GEORGE WITH DIMINISHED PROPERTY VALUES POTENTIAL FLOODING AND NO CLEAR PROVEN LONG TERM PLAN FOR WHAT THIS MEANS FOR THEIR FUTURE. MEMBERS, THE TRUTH IS IT CAN BE 50 YEARS BEFORE WE TRULY KNOW HOW THIS PLAYS OUT. ALL THE WHILE WE ARE DESTROYING THE THRIVING ECOSYSTEM IN HOPES IT MIGHT I REPEAT MIGHT IMPROVE ANOTHER. FIFTY YEARS IT. THAT IS AN ENTIRE LIFETIME WITH NO GUARANTEE ON THE OUTCOME. WHAT HURTS THE MOST AS THIS, I WISH THIS BILL HAD ADDRESSED THE REALITIES OF ACTUAL FUNDING TIED TO THE COMMUNITIES BEING IMPACTED. NOT PROMISES, NOT WE WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU LATER, NOT WE WILL GET YOU DOWN THE ROAD BECAUSE RURAL FLORIDA HAS HEARD THAT BEFORE. RURAL FLORIDA IS STILL WAITING. YES MEMBERS I UNDERSTAND I MAY STAND ALONE TODAY BUT I ASKED RESPECTFULLY PLEASE DO NOT FORGET RURAL FLORIDA. THINK ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD FEEL LIKE IF SOMETHING YOUR COMMUNITY LOVED AND GREW UP ON AND GAVE THEM PRIDE WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM. AND WHAT WAS GIVEN TO THEM AND RETURN WAS A? WITH WORK AS WE GO THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS WHEN YOU SEE ME COME TO YOU ASKING FOR HELP I ASK YOU TO REMEMBER WHAT HAS TAKEN FROM THAT THAT'S TAKEN FROM US AT THIS BILL PASSES. REMEMBER WHAT YOU'RE ASKING THEM TO GIVE UP AND GIVE LITTLE IN RETURN. MY COMMUNITY WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN OF HIS PASSES AND I ASK YOU KEEP THAT IN MIND. REMEMBER RODMAN. REMEMBER RURAL FLORIDA. THANK YOU MEMBERS. >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE CROSS. >> Rep. Cross: THANK YOU MADAM SPEAKER. REPRESENTATIVE DUGGAN I WANT TO COMMEND YOU ON BRINGING THIS BILL TO US ON THE HOUSE FLOOR AND TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE GOOD PARTS OF THIS LEGISLATION. MEMBERS WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE RESTORATION OF THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES OR OUR NATION'S EVERGLADES WE ARE SO PROUD OF WHAT WE HAVE DONE TO HELP WRITE SOME OF THE WRONGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED THROUGHOUT THE RESTORATION OF THE OCKLAWAHA RIVER WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REUNITE RIVERS. AND TO RESTORE SOME OF OUR VIBRANT SPRINGS COMMUNITIES AND BRING MANATEE BACK TO PLACES WHERE THEY ONCE LIVED. THIS BILL INCLUDES A GRANT PROGRAM FOR SOME OF THESE COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE RIVER TO INCREASE OUTDOOR RECREATION AND ACCESS, WHICH WILL HELP TO REVITALIZE THE COMMUNITY OF THIS SMALL TOWN. I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS BY REPRESENTATIVE SAPP, BUT I THINK THAT THIS IS A VISION FOR THE LONG TERM FUTURE OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT LIVE ON AND ALONG THESE RIVER SYSTEMS AND WILL ULTIMATELY HELP TO PROVIDE MORE FRESHWATER TO REVITALIZE THESE SYSTEMS AND TO REVITALIZE THESE COMMUNITIES. THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITY AND MANY OF THOSE IN LOCAL AREAS HAVE FOUGHT FOR YEARS AND THIS IS AN EXCITING STEP FORWARD. REPRESENTATIVE DUGGAN THANK YOU FOR WORKING SO HARD ON THIS A BILL. IT IS TIME WE REUNITE THE RIVERS AND TO CELEBRATE THE NEW RESTORATION OF THE OCKLAWAHA RIVER. THIS WILL BE SOMETHING WE LOOK BACK AT DECADES FROM NOW AS A CROWNING JEWEL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA. I AM EXCITED TO VOTE YES AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO VOTE YES WITH ME. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: FURTHER DEBATE? SEEING NONE REPRESENTATIVE DUGGAN YOU MAY CLOSE. >> Rep. Duggan: THANK YOU REPRESENTATIVE CROSS FOR THOSE NICE WORDS. REPRESENTATIVE SAPP I DO UNDERSTAND YOUR POSITION AND I RESPECT YOU FOR FIGHTING IN YOUR CORNER. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE SOME FOLKS IN THE GALLERY WHO HAVE BEEN FIGHTING THIS FOR SOME TIME SOME STAKEHOLDERS IN THE AREA. THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SEE THIS TODAY. MEMBERS FLORIDA HAS A PROUD TRADITION OF DOING THE HARD RIGHT THING PROTECT OUR NATURAL HERITAGE. FROM THE EVERGLADES TO THE KISSIMMEE RIVER AND THE OCKLAWAHA RIVER DESERVES THAT SAME COMMITMENT. FOR NEARLY 60 YEARS FLORIDIANS CHAMPION THE RIVERS RESTORATION AND WAITED FOR THEIR LEADERS TO ACT. THIS LEGISLATION BUILT ON COLLABORATION WITH COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, LEGISLATURE, AND THE GOVERNOR IS LONG OVERDUE. I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. >> Speaker: THE QUESTION OCCURS ON FINAL PASSAGE CS FOR CS FOR HB 981 CLERK UNLOCK THE MACHINE AND MEMBERS PROCEED TO VOTE. HAVE ALL MEMBERS VOTED? LOCK THE MACHINE AND ANNOUNCE THE VOTE. >> 107 YES, THREE NO. >> Speaker: SHOW THIS PASSES. READ THE NEXT BILL. >> BY COMMERCE COMMITTEE HOUSING AGRICULTURE AND TOURISM SUBCOMMITTEE AND REPRESENTATIVE REDONDO AND OTHER CS CS HOUSE BILL 1389 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE REDONDO YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO EXPLAIN THE BILL. >> Rep. Redondo: THIS AMENDS LOCAL ACT AUTHORIZING MULTIFAMILY MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL SET BACKS ALLOWANCES FOR PROPERTIES OWNED BY COUNTIES, MUNICIPALITIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES AND PROHIBITS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO USE IT SET BACKS AND SPECIFIES FARM AND FARM OPERATIONS ARE NOT CONSIDERED COMMERCIAL USES OR INDUSTRIAL USES FOR PURPOSES OF THE ACT AND EXEMPTS CERTAIN CRITICAL CONCERN FROM REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT AND MOVES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO OPT OUT FROM THE ACT AND WAIVES OF SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY FOR THE STATE AND GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY AND PREVENTS DISCRIMINATION IF LAND USE DECISION OCCURS. THAT'S THE BILL. >> Speaker: QUESTIONS OF THE SPONSOR? REPRESENTATIVE HUNSCHOFSKY IN QUESTIONS. >> Rep. Hunschofsky: REPRESENTATIVE REDONDO I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT PORTION OF THE BILL. COULD YOU EXPLAIN THE RATIONALE OF NOT WANTING TO HAVE A RESTRICTION ON THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AUTHORITY TO HAVE MINIMUM DAYS OF RENTAL FOR THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT? >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE REDONDO. >> Rep. Redondo: BASICALLY THE VERSION OF THE LANGUAGE WE HAVE WILL KEEP IN PLACE THE EXISTING PREEMPTIONS WITH RESPECT TO SHORT TERM RENTAL. IF THE COUNTY OR CITY IS CURRENTLY HAVING A CURRENT PROHIBITION ON THE SHORT TERM RENTALS THIS BILL CHANGES IT FOR THE PURPOSE OF USE SO WERE LEAVING IT AS STATUS QUO. WHATEVER CURRENTLY EXISTS WE WILL CONTINUE TO USE. >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE HUNSCHOFSKY. >> Rep. Hunschofsky: I GUESS MY QUESTION IS DEALING WITH THERE WAS A VERSION OF THE ADU BILL THAT ALLOWED LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO SAY THAT THE RENTAL NEEDED TO BE 30 DAYS OR MORE BECAUSE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH THAT USUALLY MEANS SOMEONE WOULD BE LIVING THERE FOR A WHILE AND IF THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE MINIMUM DAYS OF RENTAL IT WOULD GO TOWARD VACATION RENTALS SO CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY THE CHOICE WAS MADE TO BE NOT GIVING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THAT OPTION? >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE REDONDO. >> Rep. Redondo: THANK YOU. PART OF THE PURPOSE FOR THIS IS NOT JUST FOR FOLKS TO HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE ADU BUT MANY ARE STRUGGLING TO MAINTAIN AND LIVE IN THEIR HOME SO AGAIN AND 80 YOU COULD BE USE RENTALS TO HELP GENERATE INCOME FOR THE PERSON LIVING IN THE MAIN HOME AND THE THOUGHT PROCESS HERE WAS TO PLACE EXISTING PREEMPTIONS AND REGULATIONS FOR RENTALS SO IF IT'S CURRENTLY PROHIBITED AND IF NOT THEY WILL BE. >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE ROBINSON. >> Rep. Robinson: MY QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY WHEN WE FIRST DID LIVE LOCAL WE HAVE THE OPTION FOR CITIES TO OPT OUT WHY DID WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT NOW? WE HAVE 67 COUNTIES EVERYTHING IS DIFFERENT WHY ARE THESE CITIES GOING TO OPT OUT? >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE REDONDO. >> Rep. Redondo: BASICALLY THE THOUGHT PROCESS IS THAT THE OPT PROVISION THAT WAS ADDED AFTER THE LIVE LOCAL ACT WAS INITIALLY PASSED AND AS WE LOOK AT HOUSING NEEDS ACROSS THE STATE ARE COUNTY AND CITY MUNICIPALITY LINES ON A MAP. MANY PEOPLE I KNOW CAN MOVE FROM ONE COUNTY TO ANOTHER FOR PURPOSES OF WORK AND WE HAVE NEARLY 700,000 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING WE ARE SHORT RIGHT NOW IN THE STATE SO IT IS MY OPINION WE WANT TO HAVE AS MUCH AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS WE CAN. >> Speaker: FURTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE OTHER AMENDMENTS? >> NONE. >> Speaker: BILL ROLLED OVER FOR THIRD READING. REPRESENTATIVE REDONDO YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR MOTION. >> Rep. Redondo: MOVE THE RULES BE WAIVED IN CS FOR CS FOR HB 1359 AND BE READ A THIRD TIME BY TITLE IN ON FINAL PASSAGE. >> Speaker: MOVE THE RULES BE WAIVED IN CS FOR CS FOR HB 1389 BE READ A THIRD TIME BY TITLE AND PLACED ON FINAL PASSAGE. THOSE IN FAVOR? THOSE OPPOSED? SHOW THIS MOTION ADOPTED. READ THE BILL A THIRD TIME BY TITLE. >> BY COMMERCE COMMITTING HOUSING AGRICULTURE TOURISM SUBCOMMITTEE AND REPRESENTATIVE REDONDO AND OTHERS CS CS HOUSE BILL 1389 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT RELATING TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. >> Speaker: AMENDMENTS? >> NONE. >> DEBATE? REPRESENTATIVE ROBINSON S IN DEBATE. >> Rep. Robinson: THANK YOU. AND I DO HAVE US TAKING AWAY AND PREEMPTING THE COUNTIES IN THAT MANNER. WE HAVE 67 COUNTIES AND YOU HAVE A RESIDENCE IN FLORIDA THAT VOTE FOR THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND NOW AGAIN ONCE AGAIN WE ARE THE STATE TAKING OPTION AWAY. EVERYTHING IS NOT THE SAME. WE CANNOT DO EVERYTHING AT THE STATE LEVEL. I UNDERSTAND THE THING WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I THINK LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS UNDERSTAND THAT AS WELL AND I THINK THEY ARE DOING THE BEST THEY CAN WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES BUT NOW WE ARE TAKING AWAY THEIR OPTION TO DECIDE AND I THINK IT IS WRONG. I THINK IT IS WRONG. >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE HUNSCHOFSKY IN DEBATE. >> Rep. Hunschofsky: I WAS UP ON THE ORIGINAL VERSION UNTIL THE ADU PORTION CAME IN AND WHY DO YOU UNDERSTAND IT IS STATUS QUO FROM THE PREEMPTIONS THAT ARE ALREADY ON THE LOCALS WE ARE ADDING ANOTHER BURDEN ON TO THE LOCAL SAYING YOU MUST HAVE AN ADU ORDINANCE AND WE ARE NOT ALLOWING THEM ANY FLEXIBILITY FOR THEIR COMMUNITY. FOR EXAMPLE IF YOU ARE IN A COMMUNITY THAT IS MORE TOWARDS DRIVEN AND THAT IS ACCEPTABLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU LIVE IN HAVING THE ABILITY TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THERE IS NO MINIMUM RENTAL TIME WE DON'T NEED TO THAT. BUT IN AREAS WHERE THERE IS LESS TRAFFIC AND IT'S A MORE QUIET COMMUNITY WHERE IT COULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE TO HAVE 30 DAYS OR MORE RENTAL WE NOW TAKING AWAY THE LOCAL OPTION FOR THE LOCALS TO SAY OKAY WE ARE FORCED TO DO AN ORDINANCE FOR ADU BUT LET'S BE ABLE TO DO IN A WAY THAT MATCHES THE COMMUNITY WE LIVE IN. BUT THAT'S ARE MY CONCERN COMES IN WITH THIS BILL. >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE SKIDMORE IN DEBATE. >> Rep. Skidmore: THANK YOU MADAM SPEAKER. MEMBERS, WHEN MY DAUGHTER WAS YOUNG I READ THIS ARTICLE ABOUT HOW LETTING HER MAKE HER OWN DECISIONS BUILD CONFIDENCE IN HER AND MAKE HER A BETTER DECISION MAKER AND WOULD GIVE HER WHAT SHE NEEDED TO THRIVE. THAT WAS A REAL WAKE UP CALL FOR ME TO NOT BE A HELICOPTER MOM. WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH THESE CONSTANT PREEMPTIONS HONOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS DEATH BY A THOUSAND PAPER CUTS OF WHO WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR. OUR CITIES. ARE COUNTIES. TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS SO THAT THEY HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THEIR DECISION MAKING PROCESS AND CAN THRIVE. THE MORE THAT WE THINK THAT WE KNOW BEST HERE IN TALLAHASSEE EVEN THOUGH MANY OF YOU HAVE COME FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND KNOW THAT THAT IS NOT TRUE THE WORST WE ARE MAKING IT FOR OUR COMMUNITIES AT HOME. THIS IS JUST ONE MORE PAPER CUT THAT OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS DO NOT NEED. AND I THINK THAT THEY ARE TIRED OF IT. DO NOT VOTE YES ON THIS BILL. >> Speaker: ANY FURTHER DEBATE? SEEING NONE REPRESENTATIVE REDONDO YOU MAY CLOSE. >> Rep. Redondo: I WILL SAY OBVIOUSLY I RESPECT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AS WELL BUT I THINK THROUGHOUT THE SESSION AND THROUGHOUT MY TIME IN THIS LEGISLATURE AS SHORT AS IT HAS BEEN I HEAR ABOUT THIS CONSTANT NEED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WE HAVE THIS PROBLEM NOT IN MY BACKYARD IS A REAL THING AND WE HAVE OVER 6,000 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WE ARE SHORT TODAY IN THE STATE AND PART OF THE BILL WE HAVE AN EXEMPTION WAITING SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY BECAUSE WE HAVE DOCUMENTED INSTANCES WERE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE COMMITTING HOUSING DISCRIMINATION RIGHT NOW AGAINST AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS AND ACTUALLY THE REASON THAT THEY WERE UNSUCCESSFUL AND PEOPLE WERE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST WAS BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE A WAIVER OF SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY. IT WAS CONFIRMED TO HAPPEN. WERE FIXING IN THIS BILL. I THINK THE PURPOSE OF THE BILL IS TO ENSURE THAT FLORIDIANS HAVE ACCESS TO OPTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO HOUSING AND, SO, ALTHOUGH WE DO HAVE GREAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS DOING THE BEST THEY ARE AND THAT IS WHY THE VOTERS ELECTED US TO COME APPEAR AND TRY TO FIX THAT ISSUE. WITH THAT I ASK FOR YOUR FAVORABLE SUPPORT. >> Speaker: THE QUESTION OCCURS ON FINAL PASSAGE CS FOR CS FOR HB 1389 CLERK UNLOCK THE MACHINE AND MEMBERS PROCEED TO VOTE. HAVE ALL MEMBERS VOTED? HAVE ALL MEMBERS VOTED? THE CLERK WILL LOCK THE MACHINE AND ANNOUNCE THE VOTE. >> 76 YES, 29 NO. >> Speaker: SHOW THIS PASSES. READ THE NEXT BILL. >> INDUSTRY AND PROFESSIONAL SUBCOMMITTEE AND REPRESENTATIVE YEAGER AND OTHERS CS HOUSE BILL 989 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS AND DISTRIBUTORS AND FRANCHISE MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS. >> Speaker: SHOW THAT BILL TP'D READ THE NEXT BILL. >> STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE STATE AFFAIRS POLICY COMMITTEE CS FOR HOUSE BILL 1085 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT RELATING TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CYBER SECURITY. >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE MILLER YOU MAY EXPLAIN THE BILL. >> Rep. Miller: THANK YOU. THE CYBERSECURITY GRANT PROGRAM FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL IT PROGRAMS IN FLORIDA HISTORY. TO DATE IT HAS PROTECTED THE IT SYSTEMS OF OVER 200 LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND THIS INTERACTS WITH THE STATE SYSTEM. THE BILL CODIFIES PROGRAM IN A STATUTE AND GIVES PREFERENCE TO ENTITIES LOCATED WITHIN THE FISCAL PHYSICALLY CONSTRAINED COUNTIES. THAT IS THE BILL. >> Speaker: QUESTIONS OF THE SPONSOR? SEEING NONE ARE THERE AMENDMENTS? >> NONE ON THE DESK. >> Speaker: THE BILL WILL BE ROLLED OVER FOR A THIRD READING. REPRESENTATIVE MILLER YOU ARE RECOGONIZED FOR MOTION. >> Rep. Miller: MOVE THE RULES BE WAIVED AND CS FOR CS FOR HB 1085 BE READ A THIRD TIME BY TITLE AND PLACED ON FINAL PASSAGE. >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE MILLER MOVES RULES BE WAIVED IN CS FOR CS HB 1085 BE READ A THIRD TIME BY TITLE AND PLACED ON FINAL PASSAGE. THOSE IN FAVOR? THOSE OPPOSED? THE MOTION IS ADOPTED. READ THE BILL A THIRD TIME BY TITLE. >> BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE INFORMATION POLICY SUBCOMMITTEE AND REPRESENTATIVE MILLER 885 AN ACT RELATING TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT CYBERSECURITY. >> Speaker: AMENDMENTS? >> NONE ON THE DESK. >> Speaker: DEBATE? REPRESENTATIVE MILLER YOU MAY CLOSE. HAVING WAIVED CLOSE THE QUESTION OCCURS ON FINAL PASSAGE FOR CS FOR CS FOR HB 1085. CLERK UNLOCK THE MACHINE AND MEMBERS PROCEED TO VOTE. HAVE ALL MEMBERS VOTED? HAVE ALL MEMBERS VOTED? LOCK THE MACHINE AND ANNOUNCE THE VOTE. >> 109 YES, ZERO NO. >> Speaker: SHOW THE BILL PASSES READ THE NEXT BILL. >> BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE AND REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON CS HOUSE BILL 273 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT RELATING TO SPECIAL DISTRICTS. >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON YOU MAY EXPLAIN THE BILL. >> Rep. Johnson: THANK YOU. CS HB 273 ALLOWS AGREEMENTS BETWEEN STATE AGENCIES AND SPECIAL DISTRICTS LOCATED IN RURAL AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY AS WELL AS SPECIAL DISTRICTS THAT PROVIDE WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICES IN THOSE AREAS. THIS BILL ALSO HAS REVISED REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS LADIES AND GENTLEMEN THAT IS THE BILL. >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE GANTT FOR QUESTION. >> Rep. Gantt: THANK YOU MADAM SPEAKER. REP, HOW MANY DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS EXIST IN THE STATE? >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> Rep. Johnson: UNFORTUNATELY, I DO NOT HAVE THE ANSWER. >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE GANTT FOR FOLLOW UP. >> Rep. Gantt: THANK YOU. REGARDING LINES 57 THROUGH 63 ON LINE 62 IT SAYS DIRECTLY BENEFIT. WHAT DOES DIRECTLY BENEFIT MEAN IN THAT CONTEXT? >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> Rep. Johnson: DIRECTLY BENEFIT I WOULD SAY THE EXACT INTERPRETATION OF THE LANGUAGE. IT DIRECTLY BENEFITS THE DOWNTOWN AREA. >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE GANTT. >> Rep. Gantt: REPRESENTATIVE, FOR THE LINES I'M STILL ON 57 THROUGH 63. ARE THERE INSTANCES THAT CURRENTLY EXIST WHERE THERE ARE FUNDS BEING USED OUTSIDE OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA? >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> Rep. Johnson: I PERSONALLY DO NOT HAVE FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE OF THAT HAPPENING ARE NOT HAPPENING. >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE GANTT FOR QUESTION. >> Rep. Gantt: THANK YOU. THE LINE 70 THROUGH 72 DO YOU HAVE KNOWLEDGE OR ARE THERE DOWNTOWN DISTRICTS THAT ARE LOCATED WITHIN A MUNICIPALITY IN PORTIONS OF IT THAT ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE COUNTYWIDE DISTRICT OR BOUNDARY? >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON. >> Rep. Johnson: THERE ARE SEVERAL DOWNTOWN DISTRICTS LOCATED WITHIN A MUNICIPALITY. >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE GANTT. >> Rep. Gantt: IN THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT LOCATED WITHIN A MUNICIPALITY OR PART OF A MUNICIPALITY AND THE OTHER PART IS IF THAT'S WITHIN THE COUNTY WHICH WOULD BE THE GOVERNING BODY THAT WOULD HAVE TO VOTE ON THE BUDGET AS STATED IN LINES 70 THROUGH 72? >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> Rep. Johnson: THIS IS WHAT THIS DBA LANGUAGE CLARIFIES. >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE GANTT. >> Rep. Gantt: THANK YOU. MY QUESTION FOR CLARITY SAYS THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE MUNICIPALITY. SO IF THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT HAS A MUNICIPALITY AND THE COUNTY THAT IS THE GOVERNING BODY, WHICH ONE OF THOSE WOULD BE THE GOVERNING BODY TO GO ON THE ANNUAL BUDGET IN THESE LINES? >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON. >> Rep. Johnson: THANK YOU. I AM NOT PRIVY TO THAT EXACT LANGUAGE AND DO NOT HAVE THE EXACT ANSWER. >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE GANTT. >> Rep. Gantt: I DO UNDERSTAND THE REST OF THE BILL THAT PARTICULARLY DEALS WITH RURAL AREAS BUT COULD YOU EXPLAIN TO ME THE IMPETUS AND RATIONALE FOR INCLUDING DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS IN THE SPECIAL DISTRICT LANGUAGE OF THE BILL? >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON. >> Rep. Johnson: THANK YOU. BASICALLY THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY. WE ALL HAVE TO HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE IN OUR HOMES AND OUR MARRIAGE AND HER BUSINESSES. THIS CONTINUES TO EXPAND THAT WITH IN THE DBA. >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE GANTT FOR QUESTION. >> Rep. Gantt: THANK YOU SO MUCH. REGARDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE OVERHEAD EXPENDITURES FROM LINE 64 TO LINE 69 IT DELINEATES A 10 PERCENT CAP FOR EMPLOYEES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES MARKETING AND CONSULTING WHERE WE GET THE 10 PERCENT FIGURE FROM? >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON. >> Rep. Johnson: IT SEEMS LIKE A GOOD PERCENTAGE RATE TO APPLY AT THE TIME. >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE GANTT YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> Rep. Gantt: SO IF THERE IS A DBA OR DDD IN THIS BILL THAT HAS 12 PERCENT THAT EMPLOYS A CERTAIN NUMBER OF THAT HAS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF WOULD THE DBA BE REQUIRED TO FIRE PEOPLE? OR WHAT WIGGLE ROOM FOR FLEXIBILITY WHAT THEY HAVE? >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON. >> Rep. Johnson: OF THIS DEPENDS UPON THE SIZE OF THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT WHETHER IT IS MORE OR LESS THAN 400,000 RESIDENTS. >> Speaker: LEADER SIROIS FOR QUESTION. >> Rep. Sirois: GOOD MORNING REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON. MY QUESTION IS WHAT IS THE FISCAL IMPACT OF THIS LEGISLATION? >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON. >> Rep. Johnson: FISCAL IMPACT IS MAINTAINING LIKE WE SAID THE TRANSPARENCY OF THE DBA IN THIS AREA. >> FOLLOW UP. REPRESENTATIVE SIROIS YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> Rep. Sirois: THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME HOW THIS BILL IMPACTS ANNUAL BUDGET OF THESE DISTRICTS? >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON. >> Rep. Johnson: IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE IS NO FISCAL IMPACT BASED ON THE LANGUAGE THAT WE ARE PRESENTING HERE TODAY. >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE SIROIS FOR FOLLOW UP. >> Rep. Sirois: THANK YOU. I WANT TO FOLLOW UP BY CLARIFYING MY SECOND QUESTION. HOW DOES YOUR LEGISLATION AFFECT THE BUDGET OF SPECIAL DISTRICTS? >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON. >> Rep. Johnson: MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE IS NO IMPACT ON THE BUDGET OF THE DBA. >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE REDONDO FOR QUESTION. >> Rep. Redondo: THANK YOU. REPRESENTATIVE, I REPRESENT A PRIMARILY URBAN AREA IN MIAMI DADE COUNTY. AND I KNOW THE BILL ADDRESSES RURAL IN PART SOME LANGUAGE REGARDING RURAL DISTRICTS AND URBAN DISTRICT IN MIAMI SO WHY WAS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO HAVE THIS LANGUAGE IN HERE? >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON. >> Rep. Johnson: IF YOU HAVE MUNICIPALITY THAT WANTS TO COMBINE WITH ANOTHER LOCAL MUNICIPALITY TO PUT TOGETHER A RURAL PROJECT BE IT WASTEWATER WATER OR WATER TREATMENT THEY CANNOT APPLY FOR BOND AS TO INDIVIDUAL MUNICIPALITIES. THIS ALLOWS THEM TO FORM A SPECIAL DISTRICT AND APPLY FOR THE BONDS TO GET THE PROJECTS FUNDED AND THEN ALLOWS THEM TO HAVE ADVANCED FUNDING ON IT RATHER THAN A PHYSICALLY CONSTRAINED AREA OF NOT BEING ABLE TO PUT OF THE MONEY AT FIRST. >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE DANIELS. >> Rep. Daniels: THANK YOU. I WANT TO BE UP ON THIS LEGISLATION. BUT THERE WAS AN AMENDMENT DONE AND THEY HAD SOME CHANGES IN A FEW SENTENCES CAN YOU TELL ME HOW THE AMENDMENT OR THE CHANGES AFFECT THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE? >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON. >> Rep. Johnson: THE AMENDMENT BASICALLY CONTINUES TO DEAL WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND MAINTAINS ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY. >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE GANTT FOR QUESTION. >> Rep. Gantt: THANK YOU. WHAT DATA DO YOU HAVE THAT SUBSTANTIATES THE CHANGES IN HOW DDD ARE CURRENTLY FUNCTIONING THAT WILL REQUIRE THE MODIFICATION AND THE 10 PERCENT AS WELL AS MINUTES A POLITY APPROVING THE ANNUAL BUDGET? >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> Rep. Johnson: IT HAS NO FISCAL IMPACT HOWEVER, IT IS CLARIFYING TRANSPARENCY AND IT IS LIMITING THE SCOPE OF EXPANSION WITHOUT ACCOUNTABILITY AND AN INCREASE IN THE TRANSPARENCY OF WHAT THE DDD'S ARE DOING IN THOSE PROJECTS. >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE SIROIS YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR QUESTION. >> Rep. Sirois: REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON CAN YOU EXPAND MORE ON THE TERM RURAL AREA OF OPPORTUNITY? >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> Rep. Johnson: A RURAL AREA OF OPPORTUNITY IS GENERALLY IDENTIFIED AS AN AREA FISCALLY CONSTRAINED IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA MEANING THAT ONE MILL WILL NOT GENERATE $500 MILLION IN AD VALOREM. IT IS FISCALLY CONSTRAINED AREA, A RURAL AREA OF OPPORTUNITY, OR AN AREA THAT HAS EITHER BEEN IMPACTED BY ECONOMIC DEVASTATION, BY RURAL ECONOMY, OR NATURAL DISASTERS. >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE SIROIS. >> Rep. Sirois: THANK YOU REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON FOR THIS ANSWER. WOULD MIAMI DADE COUNTY FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY? >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON. >> Rep. Johnson: NO IT WOULD NOT. >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE SAPP FOR QUESTION. >> Rep. Sapp: THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THIS. THERE IS A SECTION REFERRING TO PAYING INVOICES DIRECTLY. FROM THE AGENCY WILL PAY DIRECTLY TO SPECIAL DISTRICTS AND RURAL THE HARDSHIPS ARE DEMONSTRATED. CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH WHAT EXACTLY THAT MEANS? I APPRECIATE IT. >> Speaker: FIFTEEN SECONDS IF YOU CAN WALK THROUGH WHAT THAT IS. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> Rep. Johnson: THANK YOU. I'M SORRY YOU SAID THEME. >> Speaker: PLEASE CLARIFY. >> PAYING THE INVOICES DIRECTLY TO THE AGENCIES TO PLACES THAT DEMONSTRATE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP. >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON. >> Rep. Johnson: THANK YOU. IT IS THE DIFFERENCE OF BEING ABLE TO PAY THE MONEY UP FRONT OR GETTING A REIMBURSEMENT ON THE BACKSIDE. >> Speaker: OKAY. QUESTION TIME HAVING EXPIRED MEMBERS IF WE COULD PLEASE BE A LITTLE QUIET. ARE THERE AMENDMENTS? >> ON THE DESK. >> Speaker: FIRST AMENDMENT. >> REPRESENTATIVE GANTT OFFERED THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENT WITH TITLE AMENDMENT BAR CODE 285203 REMOVE LINES 24 THROUGH 72 AND INSERT AMENDMENT. >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE GANTT YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> Rep. Gantt: THANK YOU MA'AM SPEAKER. MEMBERS OF THIS SIMPLY REMOVES THE LANGUAGE ADDED IN THE BILLS FINAL COMMITTEE THAT GREATLY ADVERSELY AFFECTS THE MIAMI DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY DDA. IT DOES THIS BY INCREASING OPERATIONAL CONSTRAINTS, SOMEONE CALLED UP DUPLICATIVE AND PROVIDES A 10 PERCENT CAP FOR SALARIES AND OVERHEAD FOR HOMELESS AND STAND AS A SUCCESS STORY ABOUT THE GREAT WORK THAT THE DDA DOES AND HAS BEEN DOING SINCE THE LATE 1960s. MEMBERS, THE LANGUAGE OF MY AMENDMENT REMOVES WHAT WAS NOT AT ALL DISCUSSED WITH THE DDA BEFORE IT'S INTRODUCTION. I AM THE ONLY MEMBER OF THIS BODY THAT REPRESENTS ANY PORTION OF THE MIAMI DOWNTOWN AREA AND THE DDA. THIS AMENDMENT FIXES A GRAVE CONCERN IN MY DISTRICT THAT MY CONSTITUENTS HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME ABOUT AND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOUR ORIGINAL POINT OF YOUR BILL WHICH WAS FOR RURAL AREAS WHICH I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH. THAT IS THE AMENDMENT. >> Speaker: QUESTIONS OF THE SPONSOR? REPRESENTATIVE ROBINSON F FOR QUESTION. >> Rep. Robinson: PLEASE EXPLAIN A BIT ABOUT WHY THIS IS NECESSARY. >> REPRESENTATIVE GANTT YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> Rep. Gantt: I REPRESENT THE ENTIRETY OF DOWNTOWN MIAMI AND WE HAVE THE DOWNTOWN MIAMI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY WHICH I BELIEVE WAS STARTED IN THE 1960s. AND PART OF THE INITIATIVES WAS OF HUGE SIGNIFICANT SUCCESS STORY AND PART OF THE INITIATIVES OF THE DDA IS EMPLOYING PREVIOUSLY UN HOUSED PEOPLE. TO GIVING THEM JOBS, GIVING THEM SALARIES, BENEFITS, AND IT DRASTICALLY CHANGING THEIR LIVES AND WHY THE TRAJECTORY WAS AND SUPPORTING BUSINESSES IN DOWNTOWN AREAS. THERE HAVE BEEN DECADES OF SIGNIFICANT WORK BY THE DDA. I DON'T BELIEVE THIS LANGUAGE AS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THE BILL SPONSORS BILL WHICH I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH AND AGAIN IT WAS ADDED AT THE LAST MINUTE. NO CONSULTATION WITH ME OR MY CONSTITUENTS ON ADDING THIS LANGUAGE. THEREFORE I AM PROFFERING THIS AMENDMENT TO REMOVE THAT LANGUAGE SO I CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH MY DDA AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON AND IF THERE IS AN ISSUE WE CAN COME TO AN AMENABLE RESOLUTION AS OPPOSED TO HIJACKING THEIR ABILITY TO DO WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING FOR DECADES. >> Speaker: FOLLOW UP? YOU ARE RECOGNIZED REPRESENTATIVE ROBINSON F. >> Rep. Robinson: I THINK IT WAS ASKED EARLIER BUT I WAS UNCLEAR IS THERE ANY OTHER DBA IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA? >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE GANTT YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> Rep. Gantt: FROM MY UNDERSTANDING THERE IS NOT. >> Speaker: ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? >> Rep. Gantt: WAIT THERE ARE, THERE ARE. >> Speaker: ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? REPRESENTATIVE HINSON? >> Rep. Hinson: THANK YOU MADAM SPEAKER. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION, REPRESENTATIVE GANTT. I DON'T BELIEVE THE SPONSOR DID UNDERSTAND THAT. HOPEFULLY, HE WILL ACCEPT YOUR AMENDMENT. BUT WILL YOU PLEASE ELABORATE AGAIN THE IMPACT OF THIS BILL AND WHAT WILL HAPPEN ON YOUR PARTICULAR DOWNTOWN DISTRICT. I HEARD YOU SAY THE HOMELESS IS BEING EMPOWERED. CAN YOU ELABORATE UPON THIS AGAIN? >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE GANTT. >> Rep. Gantt: PART OF THE INITIATIVE OF OUR DOWNTOWN DISTRICT IS WE ARE NO DIFFERENT DOWNTOWN. DOWNTOWNS LOOK DIFFERENT. WE HAVE ON HOUSE PEOPLE OR HOMELESS PEOPLE AND SO PART OF THE INITIATIVE WAS TAKING THESE PEOPLE AND PROVIDING THEM WITH JOB SKILLS. PROVIDING THEM WITH A JOB AND SOME OF THE JOBS ARE ACTUALLY TO CLEAN UP THE DOWNTOWN AREA. WE HAVE SEEN SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN THE AESTHETIC OF DOWNTOWN BECAUSE THOSE PEOPLE WHO WERE PREVIOUSLY ON HOUSE AND NOW HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE A HOME. HAVE A SALARY. AND THEY ALSO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY IN THAT CAPACITY BY MAKING SURE THAT OUR ENVIRONMENT IS CLEAN. I WOULD ALSO STATE THAT THIS IS PART OF HUMAN DIGNITY. IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ELIMINATING AND ERADICATE HOMELESSNESS THIS IS A TANGIBLE FRAMEWORK THAT HAS SUCCESS STORIES THAT CAN BE EMULATED ACROSS THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO GET A JOB AND BE FUNCTIONING TAXPAYER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WENT BEFORE THEY HAD NOTHING. >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE HINSON FURTHER QUESTION. >> Rep. Hinson: THANK YOU. REPRESENTATIVE, THE FACT THAT IT IS COMING UP LATE HAS IMPACTED QUITE A FEW OF US IN THIS PARTICULAR SESSION HOWEVER, I AM GOING TO SUGGEST AND MAYBE YOU COULD TELL ME IF THIS WILL HELP IF WE TP THIS BILL AND YOU HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH A SPONSOR. THANK YOU MADAM SPEAKER. >> Speaker: ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OF THE SPONSORS? SEEING NONE ARE THERE AMENDMENTS TO THE AMENDMENT? >> NONE. >> Speaker: SUBSTITUTE? >> NONE. >> Speaker: DEBATE? REPRESENTATIVE NIXON. >> THANK YOU MA'AM SPEAKER. REPRESENTATIVE GANTT I APPRECIATE YOU HIS AMENDMENT. COLLEAGUES, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US NOT TO PUBLISH BILLS OR SNEAK CERTAIN THINGS IN THAT COULD NEGATIVELY IMPACT PART OF OUR DISTRICT WITHOUT EVEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH US. IF WE ARE GOING TO BE GOOD COLLEAGUES IN THIS PROCESS A HEADS UP WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT. THIS WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT HARD WORKING PEOPLE IN REPRESENTATIVE GANTT'S DISTRICT AS WELL AS LOW INCOME PEOPLE PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE AND THOSE WHO ARE ON HOUSTON HOMELESS. IF WE REALLY CARE ABOUT GETTING PEOPLE OFF THE STREET THIS AMENDMENT SHOULD BE TAKEN. THERE IS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT PEOPLE WANTING TO MAKE THEIR CITIES THE BEST CITIES AND A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH A STRONG DOWNTOWN AREA. AND I KNOW FOLKS DON'T NECESSARILY WANT THE MOST VULNERABLE LIKE BEING ON HOUSE ANYWHERE IN OUR CITY. SO, IF THIS COULD ACTUALLY HELP GET PEOPLE OFF THE STREET LIKE LET'S ACCEPT THIS AMENDMENT. I KNOW IT IS NOT I KNOW SHE MAY NOT WHATEVER. JUST ACCEPT THE AMENDMENT. IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. I WAS GONNA SAY IT MIGHT NOT BE SEEN AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT BUT IT REALLY IS ONE. SO IF WE REALLY DO CARE ABOUT GETTING PEOPLE OFF THE STREET AND MAKING SURE THEY HAVE A ROOF ABOVE THEIR HEAD BOWED UP ON THIS. >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE ROBINSON F IN DEBATE. >> Rep. Robinson: THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK YOU REPRESENTATIVE GANTT FOR STANDING UP FOR YOUR COMMUNITY. THAT IS WHAT YOU SEEM TO DO. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR AMENDMENT I WOULD HOPE THAT REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON WOULD LOOK AT THIS BECAUSE YOUR AMENDMENT DOES NOT AFFECT THE UNDERLYING BILL AND FROM SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED I REALLY DO NOT THINK THAT IT IS NECESSARY. SO, I AM HOPING THAT THEY THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT THIS WILL AFFECT. NOT YOU PER SE BUT ACTUALLY THINK ABOUT THE HOMELESS PEOPLE THAT ARE BENEFITING FROM THIS AND THIS WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR US TO GO AHEAD AND ALLOW TO HAPPEN. >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE HINSON IN DEBATE. >> Rep. Hinson: THANK YOU. THANK YOU REPRESENTATIVE GANTT. I WAS STIRRED BY WHAT YOU SAID YOU WERE DOING IN YOUR DOWNTOWN DISTRICT. BECAUSE I BELIEVE ALL OF US MEMBERS ARE LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS FOR OUR HOMELESS POPULATION. ESPECIALLY LEADER GARRISON WHO HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB IN STIRRING HOMELESS, THE PLIGHT OF THE HOMELESS. I BELIEVE WE ALL WANT TO REPLICATE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU HAVE GOING ON DOWNTOWN IN YOUR DISTRICT. I WOULD HATE TO SEE ONE BILL ROB YOU OF THAT BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING WE ALL NEED TO REPLICATE IN OUR OWN DISTRICTS. THANK YOU MADAM SPEAKER. >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON IN DEBATE. >> Rep. Johnson: THANK YOU. I RECOGNIZE THE PASSION IN THIS BUT THIS TO BE RECOGNIZED AS AN UNFRIENDLY AMENDMENT. >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE LONG FOR DEBATE. >> Rep. Long: I WANT TO JOIN SOME COLLEAGUES FOR THINKING REPRESENTATIVE GANTT FOR FLAGGING THIS IN HER AMENDMENT. DELLA BEACH HAS A DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND NOT ONLY DOES THIS AUGMENT THE BETTER THE HOMELESS POPULATION BUT DOES MUCH TO PROMOTE DOWNTOWN AND BRING TOURISM AND HELP TO STRENGTHEN THE ECONOMY OF THE DOWNTOWN. THIS AMENDMENT CAME SO LAST MINUTE TO THIS BILL THAT I HAVE HAD NO TIME TO ANALYZE THIS AND TRIED TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT THAT THIS COULD HAVE TO DELRAY BEACH DBA. BECAUSE OF THAT IF THIS AMENDMENT IS NOT ACCEPTED I WILL HAVE TO GO DOWN THIS A BILL BUT OTHERWISE I THINK IT IS A BILL I WOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF. IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT THIS AMENDMENT WAS ADDED AT THE LAST AMENDMENT. WITHOUT ANY CHANCE TO ANALYZE THE IMPACT IT WOULD HAVE A MY COMMUNITY. >> Speaker: ANY FURTHER DEBATE? SEEING NONE REPRESENTATIVE GANTT YOU MAY CLOSE. >> Rep. Gantt: THANK YOU. SO, REPRESENTATIVE, TO THE BILL SPONSOR, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF YOUR BILL AT ALL. IT IS A LANGUAGE THAT IMPACTS THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS, THE DDA. LIKE I SAID, I AM THE ONLY ONE THAT REPRESENTS THE ENTIRETY OF MIAMI DADE DOWNTOWN. SO, I CANNOT IN GOOD CONSCIENCE NOT MAKE A GOOD FAITH ATTEMPT TO ENSURE THAT THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE REMAINS THE SAME AND IF THERE IS AN ISSUE I DON'T THINK ANYONE HAS A PROBLEM WITH HAVING A DISCUSSION BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS THE AVENUE WHERE WE JUST SUPERSEDE AND USURP AN INTENTIONAL PROCESS OF FIXING WHATEVER ISSUES THERE MAY BE BECAUSE MIAMI DADE WE CANNOT FILE LOCAL BILLS WHICH MEANS OUR BILLS HAVE TO BE FILED STATEWIDE AND THEY WILL IMPACT THE ENTIRE STATE. MY BLUNDER WITH REPRESENTATIVE ROBINSON'S RESPONSE WHEN SHE SAID AND I THE ONLY ONE WITH THE DDA, I DID NOT EVEN KNOW MEANING LIKE I DID NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EVEN EDUCATE MYSELF ON WHAT THE OTHER DDA'S ARE DOING AND HOW THIS WOULD IMPACT THEM. LIKE I WAS YESTERDAY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT TODAY I WILL BE THE ENVIRONMENT FOR DDA AND FIGHT TO PRESERVE THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING. AND MAKE SURE THAT GAINESVILLE, DELRAY BEACH AND WHOMEVER ELSE ACROSS THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS THE ABILITY TO MAINTAIN WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING IN THEIR CAPACITY. THAT IS THE PURPOSE OF MY AMENDMENT. I WISH I COULD CHANGE HEARTS AND MINDS TO ACCEPT THIS AMENDMENT BUT TO THE PEOPLE OF DOWNTOWN JUST NOW I WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR YOU AND ADVOCATE FOR YOU AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN MAKE SURE THE GOOD WORK THAT IS BEING DONE CONTINUES TO BE DONE. >> Speaker: THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE ADOPTION OF THE AMENDMENT? THOSE OPPOSED. THE AMENDMENT HAS FAILED. READ THE NEXT AMENDMENT. >> NONE. >> Speaker: SHOW THE BILL ROLLED OVER FOR THIRD READING. REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR A MOTION. >> Rep. Johnson: I MOVE THE RULES BE WAIVED FOR CS FOR HB 273 AND BE READ A THIRD TIME BY TITLE AND PLACED ON FINAL PASSAGE. >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON MOVES THE RULES BE WAIVED IN HB 273 BE READ A THIRD TIME BY TITLED AND PLACED ON FINAL PASSAGE. THOSE IN FAVOR? THOSE IN FAVOR? THOSE OPPOSED? SHOW THE MOTION ADOPTED. READ THE BILL A THIRD TIME BY TITLE. >> BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE AND REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON CS HOUSE BILL 273 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT RELATING TO SPECIAL DISTRICTS. >> Speaker: AMENDMENTS? >> NONE. >> Speaker: DEBATE? REPRESENTATIVE ROBINSON F IN DEBATE. >> Rep. Johnson: THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. >> Speaker: DEBATE? REPRESENTATIVE ROBINSON F IN DEBATE. >> Rep. Robinson: THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. I RISE TO SAY THAT I DID NOT GET TO SEE THIS BILL IN COMMITTEE SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY COMMITTEES IT WENT THROUGH HOWEVER WHEN WE WERE HERE ON THE FLOOR THERE WERE SEVERAL QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED THAT WAS NOT CLEARLY ANSWERED. IN MY DEBATE I WOULD TRY TO ADDRESS ONE OF THEM AND ONE HAD TO DO DDA IN THE COUNTY, PART IS IN THE COUNTY AND PART IS IN MUNICIPALITIES THEY BOTH SHARE THE DDA. AND IT WAS ASKED WHO WOULD BE THE AUTHORITY BOARD TO MAKE DECISIONS, WOULD BE THE COUNTY? OR THE CITY? THE ANSWER WAS UNCLEAR. OR IT WAS NOT GIVEN. I THINK THERE IS A MAJOR PROBLEM WHEN WE HAVE 120 REPRESENTATIVES WHO SIT HERE AND WE KNOW WE DO NOT SEE ALL OF THE BILLS THAT GO THROUGH COMMITTEE AND WE ARE NOT ABLE TO ASK ALL THE QUESTIONS THEN WHEN WE COME ON THE FLOOR A LOT OF TIMES QUESTIONS ARE ASKED THAT ARE NOT ANSWERED BECAUSE WE ARE SUPPOSED TO STILL KEEP ON MOVING IT THROUGH. THAT IS NOT FAIR TO US AND IT'S NOT FAIR TO OUR CONSTITUENTS. THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF LEGISLATION HAD AN AMENDMENT PUT ON IT LATE THAT IS GOING TO HAVE AN EFFECT ON AT LEAST I KNOW THREE MEMBERS DISTRICTS BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES TO THINK ABOUT WHAT MAY HAPPEN IN THEIR DDA. SO MANY PEOPLE ARE TALKING. I CANNOT EVEN HEAR MYSELF THINK. WE DON'T KNOW HOW IT WILL AFFECT OUR DDA BECAUSE MOST OF YOU PROBABLY HAVE NOT EVEN HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK INTO IT. ALTHOUGH I KNOW YOU HAVE ALREADY DECIDED YOU COULD NOT DO THE AMENDMENT BEING LEGISLATORS WE TRULY ARE THINKING ABOUT THE PEOPLE OF FLORIDA AND WE OUGHT TO DO BETTER AND SOMETIMES JUST ACKNOWLEDGE HEY WE WENT TO FAST ON THIS AND TAKE A STEP BACK. FOR THOSE REASONS I WILL BE DOWN ON THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION WHEN INITIALLY I WAS GOING TO BE UP. I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES TO TAKE A LOOK AND POSSIBLY BE DOWN ALSO. >> Speaker: REPRESENTATIVE GANTT IN DEBATE. >> Rep. Gantt: THANK YOU MR. SPEAKER. REPRESENTATIVE, I HAD NO PROBLEM, ZERO NONE WITH YOUR BILL. I THOUGHT YES RURAL COMMUNITIES GREAT. THAN THE LANGUAGE FOR THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICTS WAS ADDED. AND I WANT TO KNOW WHERE IT CAME FROM. THERE IS A MEME OF A GUY DOING A SURFING LOOK LIKE WHERE DID IT COME FROM AND THAT'S LIKE EXACTLY WHAT I WAS. THE PASSION THAT I HAVE IS NOT AGAINST YOU OR YOUR EFFORT OR YOUR MISSION FOR YOUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE LISTEN I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE A GOING ON IN RULE 40 AND A PREACHER THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN AND I SUPPORT YOU IN THAT BUT WHEN THERE IS LANGUAGE THAT IS ADDED THAT DIRECTLY IMPACTS MY DISTRICT THEN I HAVE AN ISSUE. AND I HAD VERY LITTLE TIME TO ACTUALLY DISCUSS. ACTUALLY I HAD NO TIME TO DISCUSS THIS WITH MY DDA TO BE QUITE HONEST AND SEE WHAT IS ACTUALLY GOING ON. I HAVE HEARD DIFFERING POSITIONS FROM PEOPLE BACK HOME IN A LIMITED CAPACITY. I NEED MORE TIME TO ACTUALLY SEE WHAT IS GOING ON TO INVESTIGATE AND UNDERSTAND WHY THIS WOULD BE NECESSARY HERE. THAT IS THE REASON I RISE WITH MY AMENDMENT AND I RISE WITH THE DEBATE AGAINST THIS BILL IN TOTALITY BECAUSE WE DO HAVE. THERE IS OFTEN A PHRASE A PIERCING PERFECT CANNOT BE THE ENEMY OF GOOD BUT WE DO HAVE THE POWER TO BE PERFECT AND WE CAN USE OUR DRAFTING STAFF TO THE UTMOST ABILITY OF THEIR GENIUS. AND WHEN WE INCLUDE LANGUAGE LIKE THIS THAT REALLY DILUTES THE PURPOSE OF THE ORIGINAL BILL THEN IT IMPACTS OTHER DISTRICTS AND I WOULD LIKE THIS TO BE TP. MY BIRTHDAY IS IN APRIL SO YOU COULD GIVE ME AN EARLY BIRTHDAY GIFT I DON'T KNOW. BUT THIS LANGUAGE WILL DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACT MY DISTRICT AND I KNOW THAT WAS NOT YOUR ORIGINAL INTENT AND I AM DOWN THANK YOU. >> Speaker: TIME FOR DEBATE HAS EXPIRED REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON YOU MAY CLOSE. >> Rep. Johnson: THANK YOU. I WILL GO BACK TO TRY TO ADDRESS SOME QUESTIONS. NUMBER ONE, THE DISTRICT'S ANNUAL BUDGET IN ANY AMENDMENT MUST BE APPROVED BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNING BODY THAT CREATED THE DISTRICT. HOPEFULLY, THAT WILL ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT DDA FIRST AND FOREMOST THIS BILL ONLY ADDRESSES THOSE DDA WITH POPULATIONS CLOSER TO 400 THAT'S CLOSER THAN 400,000. THIS ESTABLISHES BOUNDARY CHANGE REQUIREMENTS. IT IDENTIFIES BUDGET TRANSPARENCY AND THE DETAILS OF HOW WE ARE SPENDING THE MONEY ON PROJECTS THAT WE ARE ENGAGED IN DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT. IT ALSO LIMITS THE AMOUNT OF ADMINISTRATION COSTS SO WE CAN UTILIZE MORE OF THE FUNDS TO ACTUALLY DO WITH THE DDA WAS INSPIRED TO DO AND THAT IS REBUILD THE DOWNTOWN DO A CENTER FOR EMPLOYMENT BUT A PROJECT AND ENHANCEMENT OF OUR DOWNTOWN COMMUNITIES. I WILL TELL YOU FROM A PHYSICALLY CONSTRAINED COUNTY AT ONE MEAL IT GENERATES 5 MILLION AND MAYBE THIS CREATES A CHALLENGE OF HOW THEY GO TOGETHER BUT I REMIND EVERYONE IN THIS CHAMBER THAT WE REPRESENT OUR DISTRICTS BUT WE ALSO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ENTIRE STATE OF FLORIDA AND THE PEOPLE IN IT AND OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE CONCERNED WHO LIVE IN THESE DISTRICTS, THE DDD THAT ARE CONTACTING US HERE IN TALLAHASSEE EXPRESSING CONCERN ABOUT DOUBLE PAY ON CERTAIN IDEAS THAT THEY ARE BEING PRESENTED WITH AND THEY DON'T HAVE REPRESENTATION. THAT IS WHY WE PRESENT THESE. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I THINK THIS IS SOLID LEGISLATION AND I HOPE TO HAVE YOUR FAVORABLE SUPPORT. WITH THAT MR. SPEAKER I CLOSE. >> Speaker: QUESTION ON FINAL PASSAGE CS FOR HB 273. UNLOCK THE MACHINE AND MEMBERS PROCEED TO VOTE. HAVE ALL MEMBERS VOTED? LOCK THE MACHINE AN ANNOUNCE A VOTE. >> 83 YES, 23 NO. >> Speaker: SHOW THIS PASSES. WE WILL DO SOME BRIEF RECOGNITIONS. REPRESENTATIVE CHAMBERLIN YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR RECOGNITION. >> Rep. Chamberlin: IN THE WEST GALLERY IS A GENTLEMAN THAT SERVED THE GEORGIA HOUSE IN THE LATE 70s AND EARLY 80S. IN ADDITION HE WAS AN EARLY INSPIRATION FOR ME TO GET INVOLVED POLITICALLY. EVERYONE, I WANT YOU TO MEET MY DAD RICHARD CHAMBERLIN. DAD, WELCOME TO THE FLORIDA HOUSE. [APPLAUSE]. >> Speaker: WELCOME TO THE FLORIDA HOUSE. REPRESENTATIVE CHANEY YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR RECOGNITION. >> Rep. Chaney: THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE GHOST OF SARAH MALOTT, WHO WAS IN THE EAST GALLERY. SHE IS THE PINELLAS COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER AND I WANT TO THANK HER FOR HER SERVICE. [APPLAUSE]. >> Speaker: WELCOME TO THE FLORIDA HOUSE. MEMBERS, WE WILL GET INTO FAREWELL REMARKS ONCE AGAIN. WE WILL START WITH REPRESENTATIVE RAYNER. >> Rep. Rayner: THANK YOU MR. SPEAKER. I HAVE ALWAYS SAID THIS WORK IS ABOUT THE PEOPLE. SO IT WOULD BE FITTING THAT MY SECOND FINAL FAREWELL WOULD BE ABOUT THE PEOPLE. I DID NOT RUN FOR OFFICE BECAUSE I WANTED TO BE SOMETHING OR HAVE A TITLE. I RAN BECAUSE I KNEW THE COLLECTIVE POWER OF US. I KNEW BECAUSE IT WORKED TO ME. BENJAMIN CRUMP THANK YOU FOR BELIEVING IN ME THEN AND NOW. YOU ALWAYS ANSWER MY CALLS WITH MY LEADER AND THAT HAS BEEN IMPORTANT TO ME MORE THAN YOU KNOW. WHEN I WAS FIRST ELECTED I WAS GIVEN EVERY PIECE OF ADVICE LIKE MANY OF US HAVE. ABOUT HOW TO SHOW UP AND BE SUCCESSFUL. DON'T SAY THIS, SAY THAT, WHERE THIS, IT WON'T LOOK RESPECTABLE IF YOU WEAR AND WHERE THAT INSTEAD. BUT WHEN THE NOISE FADED I LEANED INTO WHAT I KNEW TO BE TRUE AND WHAT MY PARENTS TAUGHT ME TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE. TO WHOM MUCH IS GIVEN MUCH IS REQUIRED AND YOU LIFT AS YOU CLIMB. SO THAT IS WHAT I DID AND I DID IT IN THE FACE OF OPPOSITION. A LOT OF TIMES FROM THE MAJORITY PARTY AND SOMETIMES IN THE FACE OF OPPOSITION FROM MY OWN PARTY. I CAME INTO THIS CHAMBER CONFIDENT IN MY ABILITY TO ADVOCATE. I LEAVE THIS CHAMBER KNOWING EXACTLY WHO I AM. AND READ THE PEOPLE, WE TOOK SOME RISKS AND THEY PAID OFF. THERE ARE MOMENTS IN THE MIDDLE WHEN I DIDN'T KNOW HOW THINGS WERE GOING TO TURN OUT, BUT I ALWAYS SAY EVERYTHING IS FIGURE-OUTABLE. AND TOGETHER WE FIGURED IT OUT. WE PASS BY LEGISLATION TO GREAT JOBS. MAN SAM GARRISON. A PROGRAM STILL GOING STRONG ACROSS THE STATE. SENATOR ROUSON AND I PASS LEGISLATION TO ENSURE FOOD IN FOOD INSECURE AREAS. WE PASSED SWEEPING SOCIAL MEDIA LEGISLATION THAT IS BEING MODELED ALL OVER THE WORLD. THANK YOU McFARLANE AND TYLER. TYLER, YOU AND I BECAME FRIENDS AND YOU BECAME AN EAR I DIDN'T KNOW I NEEDED. YOUR LAST COMMIT YOUR JOKES, YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT, YOUR DISAGREEMENT ON POLICY AND PROCEDURE. WAS ALWAYS DONE WITH MUTUAL RESPECT AND LOVE. PLUS, YOU ARE THE ONLY REPUBLICAN ON MY PICTURE WHILE. AND FRIEND, THANK YOU. AND SPEAKING OF LAWRENCE McCLURE, I DON'T KNOW HOW OUR FRIENDSHIP HAPPENED. IT'S AN UNLIKELY FRONT OF THAT LED ME TO FACE TIME WITH YOUR UNCLE AND ME CALLING YOU WHEN I THOUGHT THERE WAS A POSSUM IN MY CEILING. YES, THERE WAS A POSSUM IN MY CEILING. AND YOU CALLING TELLING ME TO SMOKE IT OUT. DIDN'T DO THAT. I LOVE OUR FRIENDSHIP HAS NOT BEEN TRANSACTIONAL BUT ONE OF DEEP CARE. YOU HAVE MADE ME BETTER AND I LOVE YOU, FRIEND. SPEAKER PEREZ, THANK YOU FOR TRULY BEING A FRIEND IN THIS PROCESS. WHILE THERE IS NOT A LOT WE AGREE ON, I HAVE ALWAYS APPRECIATED YOUR CANDOR AND YOUR HUMANITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR YES BEING YOUR YES AND YOUR NO BE IN YOUR NO. THAT IS RARE IN THIS PROCESS. THANK YOU FOR BEING AN OPEN DOOR AND LISTENING EAR. INCORPORATED YOU FOR ALLOWING THIS CHAMBER TO TRULY FUNCTION AS THE HOUSE. I BELIEVE HISTORY WILL LOOK WELL UPON YOUR LEADERSHIP. IS A DEEP THANKS AND GRATITUDE TO THE SERGEANTS OFFICE AND FINDING OUT HALF OF YOU ALL WORKED FOR MY UNCLE, WHICH IS WILD. THANK YOU FOR KEEPING US SAFE. THANK YOU FOR KEEPING US ENCOURAGED. THANKS TO THE SERGEANTS WHO MADE SURE WE WERE FED AND CARED FOR. THE LADIES IN THE BACK, THANK YOU. AND CLERK, YOU ARE IT. YOU ARE THAT MAN. I HAVE LOVED OUR CONVERSATIONS AND NERD OUT SESSIONS. SHOUT OUT TO THE 3AM CAUCUS. IF YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW. DURING MY TIME HERE WE EXPERIENCED TREMENDOUS LOSS. BACK TO BACK HURRICANES DEVASTATED BOTH SIDES OF MY DISTRICT. ST. PETE AND TAMPA. WE STOOD KNEE-DEEP IN WATER 10 TOES DOWN AND MEMBERS LIKE REPRESENTATIVE CAN'T HELP DENTURE 2500 PEOPLE WERE FED. REP CROSS CAME ALL THE WAY FROM HER DISTRICT THAT WAS ALSO DEVASTATED TO HELP. BUT THAT IS JUST YOUR WAY. IT WASN'T JUST ELECTED OFFICIALS. IT WAS COMMUTING THE NEIGHBORS HELPING PEOPLE. I WANT TO THINK SO MANY. THIS IS WHERE I GET IN TROUBLE NAMING NAMES BUT RENÉE EDWARDS, CARLY, MARIZ KEN WELCH AND GENG JANE, KATHY CASTOR, ESTHER, COMMISSIONERS GWEN MYERS, RENÉE FLOWERS, SENATOR ROUSON, JC PRITCHETT, ANDY OLIVER, AALIYAH McDUFFIE, PRESIDENT OF AND DOUBLE CP EVENT LEWIS, JAMAAL STEELE, JULIAN HOLT, JENISON ROBINSON, FRANK PETERMAN: SEAN, MORGAN. THE PICKLES. ENTERED THE ST. PETE CHAPTER AND SO MANY MORE. MANY OF YOU IN THE CHAMBER WALKED WITH ME THROUGH SOME OF MY DARKEST MOMENTS. AND ALLOWED ME TO SHOW UP HOW I NEEDED. WHEN MY FATHER PASSED DECEMBER 30 FROM THIS CHAMBER, CHRISTINA YOU WERE MY FIRST CALL. FROM THAT TIME UNTIL NOW YOU HAVE BEEN MY FIRST CALL FOR MANY THINGS AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR OUR FRIENDSHIP. IT HAS BEEN MY NORTH STAR. ALLISON TANT THEN AND NOW WILL CALL ME RANDOMLY AT 6:00 A.M. TO MAKE SURE I WAS OKAY AND EATING. IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD A 6:45 AM CHAT WITH ALLISON TANT BEFORE YOUR COFFEE KICKED IN, YOU HAVEN'T LIVED. ELLISON, YOU ARE MY, I CAN'T SAY WHAT I WANT TO SAY. MISS JUDY AND MISS AND, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING ME THROUGH AND PRAYING ME OVER. IN MAY 2023 TWO WEEKS AFTER SESSION MY WORLD SHATTERED. MY MOTHER DIED. I WAS LOST AND SO MANY OF YOU IN THIS ROOM STEPPED UP. FROM CHRISTINE TO STARTING A BIPARTISAN MILL TRAIN. THANK YOU. FROM ALLISON CARTER, MY FOREVER CHIEF OF STAFF AND NO DEAR FRIEND FOR CALLING AND PRAYING WITH ME, TEXTING ME AND LETTING ME CRY. YOU ALWAYS SEEM TO SAY THE EXACT THINGS MY MOM WOULD TELL ME. YOU ARE THE SALT OF THE EARTH. THANK YOU FOR LOVING AND SEEING ME. DIANE, I FELT LIKE YOU HAD ALL THESE AT MY MOTHER'S HOUSE. IT BECAME A DEAR FRIEND AND SOUNDING BOARD. YOUR CONSISTENCY AND BEAUTY INSIDE AND OUT I'M GRATEFUL AND I LOVE YOU. MARIE WOODSON AND FELICIA ROBINSON TRAVELING DOWN SOUTH TO BE PRESENT AND THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN PRESENT TRUE AND I APPRECIATE YOU BOTH. WELL WE HAVE BEEN FRIENDS SINCE 2018, WE OFTEN JOKE BUT TAKE IT SERIOUSLY. MAY 18, 2023 THE DAY MY MOTHER TRANSITIONED IS THE DAY MY MOM GAVE ME TO YOU. ASHLEY, OUR FRIENDSHIP IS TRANSCENDENT. WE ARE MORE THAN LEGISLATURES. WE ARE MORE THAN JUST LAW PARTNERS. WE ARE MORE THAN JUST SISTERS. YOU ARE A FRIEND OF MY SOUL. YOU'VE GATHERED MY BROKEN PIECES TO PUT THEM BACK TOGETHER. YOU HAVE YELLED AT ME AND SEMI-NAME JUST LIKE MY MOM WOULD. YOU HAVE CALLED FORTH MY GREATNESS AND HELPED IN MY DOUBTS. YOUR LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP HAS SAVED ME. THERE IS NO ME WITHOUT YOU, ESPECIALLY IN THE PROCESS. AS MY BEST DEEP BYRON SAYS, YOU ARE ACTUALLY THE BOYFRIEND I DESERVE BUT AS MOTHER TONI MORRISON TEACHES US, YOU ARE A FRIEND OF MY MIND. YOU GATHER ME. THE PIECES I AM, YOU GATHER ME AND GIVE THEM BACK TO ME IN THE RIGHT ORDER. IT'S GOOD TO KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE A WOMAN WHO IS A FRIEND OF YOUR MIND. YOU ARE BRILLIANT, YOU ARE AMAZING, YOU ARE THE BADDEST. ALWAYS WALK IN THAT. TO MY BLACK GIRL MAGIC CREW, WHAT EVIDENCE. SENATOR LAVONNE BRACEY DAVIS, I SAW HER WALK IN HEAR THEIR'S NO ONE BETTER THAN YOU IN THIS PROCESS. YOU ARE THE EPITOME OF GRACE, CLASS, FIERCENESS AND PRAYER. IT WAS AN HONOR TO BE YOUR SEATMATE AS YOU ENCOURAGE MY SHENANIGANS AND PRAYED OVER MY FEARS. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE YOUR PARTNER AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING WITH YOU AGAIN. NIXON, JESUS, YOU CHALLENGED ME. YOU PUSHED ME TO BE BETTER, TO BE MORE PRINCIPAL. I'M A BETTER LEGISLATOR BECAUSE OF YOU. SENATOR SHEVRIN JONES:THAT'S THE TWEET. THANK YOU FOR BEING A BROTHER, MELTDOWN PARTNER. THANK YOU FOR CALLING FORTH THE BEST IN ME. I LOVE YOU REAL BAD. SENATOR TRACIE DAVIS, I LOVE ME SOME YOU. FROM THE MOMENT I STEPPED IN THE HOUSE HE TOOK ME UNDER YOUR WING AND BECAME A BIG SISTER TO ME, A MENTOR AND VAULT. TO MY AMAZING STAFF, ARIEL SUMMERS, RYAN LYNN, OLIVIA, TIFFANY, SAM, UPTON FISHER, COURTNEY WILLIAM, MOSE AND CURRENTLY OUR INTERN RACQUEL DE LA CRUZ, THANK YOU. YOU HELD THE OFFICE TOGETHER. YOU ARE THE ACTUAL GLUE. I'M GRATEFUL THE ONLY WAY IS BECAUSE I HAD TO PUSH THEM OUT FOR BRIGHTER OPPORTUNITIES. THANK YOU FOR BEING CRAZY ENOUGH TO RUN ON THE JOURNEY WITH ME. AND TO LEAH LEROY, YOU HAVE BEEN WITH ME SINCE BEFORE I GOT SWORN IN. YOU ARE MY LEFT AND RIGHT. YOU ARE THE MOST CONSISTENT PERSON I KNOW. I KNOW I KEEP YOU IN A LOT OF PRAYER. YOU ARE A BEAUTIFUL HUMAN AND SOUL AND I'M SO GLAD YOU TURNED DOWN A LOT OF MONEY TO STAY WITH ME. YOU ARE ALL THE THINGS AND I'M GRATEFUL DOESN'T BEGIN TO DESCRIBE HOW I FEEL, BUT WE DID THIS THING. THANK YOU. TO MY CHOSEN FAMILY, BYRON, ELLIOT, ELI, AMBER J5, I LOVE YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING THE PEOPLE CONSISTENTLY CHOOSING ME EVEN WHEN I DIDN'T MAKE IT EASY. THANK YOU FOR TELLING ME HARD TRUTHS AND LOVE. BEFORE MY MOTHER TRANSITIONED I ASKED HER WHAT ISSUE I GOING TO DO WHEN SHE LEFT. I SAID I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE ANYONE AND SHE SAID SHE WAS GOING TO FIX THAT BEFORE SHE LEFT IT WITH MY CHOSEN FAMILY SHE FIXED THAT AND SO MUCH MORE. TO MY BROTHER MICHAEL AND NEPHEW MATTHEW, THANK YOU FOR SHOWING ME WHAT REDEMPTION AND GRACE LOOKS LIKE AND FINALLY TO MY PARENTS. I MISS YOU MORE THAN WORDS CAN EXPRESS. WHEN PEOPLE WALK IN MY OFFICE THEY SEE MY MOTHER. WHEN THEY LEAVE MY OFFICE THEY SEE MY MOTHER AGAIN AND WHEN THEY LOOK AROUND THEY SEE MY FATHER. I AM BECAUSE THEY WERE. I AM BECAUSE THEY ARE. THEY ARE A PART OF THE GREAT CLOUD OF WITNESSES THAT STILL WATCH OVER ME INCURRING ME IN THEIR PRAYERS. I HOPE I CAN CONTINUE TO MAKE YOU PROUD. TO THE MEMBERS OF THE FLORIDA HOUSE, IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO SERVE ALONGSIDE YOU. SOMEONE SAID REFERRING TO THIS MOMENT THIS ISN'T A FAREWELL, IT IS MORE OF A SEE YOU ACROSS THE HALL THEY ARE RIGHT BECAUSE SERVICE DOESN'T END WITH TITLE, LEADERSHIP DOESN'T END WITH THE CHAMBER AND THE WORK OF THE PEOPLE NEVER ENDS. SET TO THIS CHAMBER THANK YOU. TO THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS, POWER CONCEDES NOTHING WITHOUT A DEMAND. TO MY DISTRICT, THANK YOU. TO THE PEOPLE WHO BELIEVED IN ME, THANK YOU. WHATEVER THE NEXT CHAPTER TAKES ME, I WILL ALWAYS BE FIGHTING FOR THE PEOPLE BECAUSE IN THE END, THIS IS WHAT THE WORK WAS ALL ABOUT. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: YOU HAVE NEVER HESITATED TO USE YOUR VOICE IN THIS CHAMBER. [LAUGHTER] BEST OF LUCK IN YOUR FUTURE AND THE HOUSE IS PROUD OF YOU. [SILENCE APPROX 5 MINUTES] >> Speaker: MEMBERS, WE ARE GOING TO GET BACK TO REGULAR ORDER. WE ARE GOING TO START WITH THE RECOGNITION BY REPRESENTATIVE HINSON. REPRESENTED HINSON, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. >> Rep. Hinson: THANK YOU MR. SPEAKER. I KNOW EVERYBODY IS EXCITED FOR REPRESENTATIVE RAYNER. CONGRATULATIONS REPRESENTATIVE RAYNER. I WANT TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO MY EAST GALLERY, I GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT IN LIFE. MY CHILDREN. THEY'VE SURPRISED ME AND THEY ARE HERE FOR MY FAREWELL SPEECH. I DID NOT KNOW THEY WERE COMING SO THEY ARE NOT IN MY SCRIPT. MY OLDEST CAM. IVAN WHO NEVER HAS TIME FOR ANYTHING HAS COME IN TODAY. AND MY GRANDDAUGHTER, FIRSTBORN MIA. WELCOME TO THE FLORIDA HOUSE. [APPLAUSE] >> Speaker: CONGRATULATIONS. WELCOME TO THE FLORIDA HOUSE. MEMBERS, WE ARE GOING TO GO BACK TO A BILL TEMPORARILY POSTPONE. PLEASE TAKE UP AND READ CS FOR HB 989. >> BY INDUSTRIES AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY SUBCOMMITTEE AND REPRESENTATIVE YEAGER AND OTHERS. CS HOUSE BILL 989 A BILL ENTITLED AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS, IMPORTERS AND DISTAL BIDDERS AND FRANCHISE MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS. >> Speaker: REPRESENTED A BUSATTA, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED EXPLAIN THE BILL. >> Rep. Busatta: THIS BILL PROVIDES IT'S AN AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURER INTRODUCES A OR MAKE AFTER JANUARY 1, 2026 AND SELLS MORE THAN 1000 VEHICLES OF THAT LINE TO DEALERS IN FLORIDA, THE MANUFACTURER MAY NOT ALLOCATE MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF THE INVENTORY TO ANY SINGLE DEALER OR COMMONLY CONTROL DEALER GROUP IN THE STATE. THE INTENT IS TO PREVENT MANUFACTURERS FROM CONCENTRATING DISTRIBUTION WITH ONE DEALER OR DEALER GROUP IN A MANNER THAT WOULD UNDERMINE COMPETITION, HARM THE DEALER NETWORK AND LIMIT CONSUMER CHOICE. THAT IS THE BILL. >> Speaker: QUESTIONS OF THE SPONSOR? ARE THERE AMENDMENTS? SHOW THE BILL ROLLED OVER. YOU ARE RECO