2023 LEGISLATIVE SESSION RESOURCES

Elected municipal officials will need to file Form 6 beginning in 2024 with the Florida Commission on Ethics. The Florida League of Cities held a webinar on June 20 related to the new law and Form 6, and that webinar can be accessed by clicking here. Note that elected municipal officials in office now will still file Form 1 for this year and then file Form 6 next year instead of Form 1. 

If your councils/commissions are asking for specific information on the form and its content, there are helpful resources on the Commission on Ethics’ website, including a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) column here. Staff members at the Commission on Ethics can answer specific questions related to Form 6 by calling 850.488.7864.

Municipalities seeking information about financing and income qualification requirements for affordable housing should visit the Florida Housing Coalition’s webpage at flhousing.org. You will find a host of resources and training, including the following:

• All Florida Housing Coalition webinars are available here.
• Proficiency in Income Qualification webinars:
  • Part 1 Recording – PowerPoint (November 2022)
  • Part 2 Recording – PowerPoint (November 2022)
• Rental Housing Monitoring (the second half of this recording): Financing and Monitoring Rental Housing with SHIP – Recording – PowerPoint (January 2023)
• Live Local Act One Pager
• Live Local Act (SB 102) Bill Summary 

The Live Local Act, SB 102, was signed by the Governor and becomes law effective July 1, 2023 (Ch. 2023-17, Laws of Florida). Section 5 of SB 102 imposes both incentives and mandates relating to local government regulation of the use, height, and density of qualifying affordable housing projects. Many municipal attorneys, planners, and elected officials have a variety of questions about the implementation of the provisions of Section 5 of SB 102. This is a link to a Memorandum of Law and FAQ document that may assist you with some of the most common questions pertaining to Section 5 of SB 102.