Senate Amendment 1A
S 284 - Session 125 (2023-2024)
Development of Workforce Housing

Senator Bennett proposes the following amendment (SR-284.JG0005S):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, SECTION 1, by striking Section 6-1-530(A)(7) and inserting:

(7) development of workforce housing, which must include programs to promote home ownership.

Amend the bill further, SECTION 2, by striking Section 6-1-730(A)(9) and inserting:

(9) development of workforce housing, which must include programs to promote home ownership.

Amend the bill further, SECTION 3, by striking Section 6-4-10(4)(b)(viii) and (ix) and inserting:

(viii) operating visitor information centers .; or

(ix) development of workforce housing, which must include programs to promote home ownership.

Amend the bill further, SECTION 3, by striking Section 6-4-10(4)(c)(ii) and inserting:

(ii) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsubitem (i), upon a two-thirds affirmative vote of the membership of the appropriate local governing body, a county or municipality may carry forward unexpended allocations to the special fund beyond two years provided that the county or municipality commits use of the funds exclusively to the control and repair of waterfront erosion, including beach renourishment or development of workforce housing, which must include programs to promote home ownership. The county or municipality annually shall notify the oversight committee, established pursuant to Section 6-4-35, of the basic activity of the committed funds, including beginning balance, deposits, expenditures, and ending balance.

Amend the bill further, SECTION 4, Section 6-4-15, by striking the first undesignated paragraph and inserting:

A municipality or county may issue bonds, enter into other financial obligations, or create reserves to secure obligations to finance all or a portion of the cost of constructing facilities for civic activities, the arts, and cultural events, or workforce housing, which must include programs to promote home ownership which fulfill the purpose of this chapter. The annual debt service of indebtedness incurred to finance the facilities or lease payments for the use of the facilities may be provided from the funds received by a municipality or county from the accommodations tax in an amount not to exceed the amount received by the municipality or county after deduction of the accommodations tax funds dedicated to the general fund and the advertising and promotion fund. However, none of the revenue received by a municipality or county from the accommodations tax may be used to retire outstanding bonded indebtedness unless accommodations tax revenue was obligated for that purpose when the debt was incurred.