Tax Administration; Revises provisions relating to taxation including taxpayer records; notices of rule development; administrative proceedings; transferring real property; audits of taxpayers; legal presumption relating to failure of taxpayer to produce documents; tax exemptions; subpoena procedures; taxpayer liability for penalties; calculation of penalties; requests to settle or compromise; tolling period for filing claims for refunds; & employer reemployment assistance contribution rate calculation; creates workgroup for specified purposes.
Department of Business and Professional Regulation; Requires department to certify for licensure qualified individuals who practice mold assessment or mold remediation & hold certain licenses issued by other states or territories; requires department to certify asbestos consultants & asbestos contractors for licensure who meet certain exam & other state licensure requirements; authorizes use of certain outdoor kitchen equipment; removes time limitation for applying for certain contracting licenses under certain provisions; deletes requirement limiting types of boxing exhibitions which require specified maximum difference in participant weights.
Establishing the Congressional Districts of the State; Redistricts state's congressional districts in accordance with U.S. Decennial Census of 2020 (plans H000C8017 & H000C8015); amends provisions relating to inclusion of unlisted territory in contiguous districts; reenacts provisions which provide for election of representatives to U.S. House of Representatives; provides effect of district held invalid; provides for applicability; requires certain actions challenging district to be commenced within specified period; bars certain claims.
Public Employment; Authorizing Special Risk Class members who are law enforcement officers and meet certain criteria to participate in the deferred retirement option program for an additional time period; revising required employer retirement contribution rates for each membership class and subclass of the Florida Retirement System; revising allocations to investment plan member accounts, etc.
Environmental Resources; Providing that certain land acquisitions are not required to meet specified valuation procedures; providing requirements for budget amendments requesting the release of state funds for specified water project components; requiring the South Florida Water Management District to make a specified certification to the Legislature regarding its recommendations to the United States Army Corps of Engineers for new or modified Lake Okeechobee provisions, etc.
Implementing the 2022-2023 General Appropriations Act; Incorporating by reference certain calculations of the Florida Education Finance Program; authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration, in consultation with the Department of Health, to submit a budget amendment to realign funding for a component of the Children’s Medical Services program to reflect actual enrollment changes; extending for 1 year the exemption of certain rules pertaining to the medical use of marijuana from certain rulemaking requirements; specifying the manner by which state funds for postsecondary workforce programs may be used for inmate education, etc.
Appropriations; Providing moneys for the annual period beginning July 1, 2022, and ending June 30, 2023, and supplemental appropriations for the period ending June 30, 2022, to pay salaries, and other expenses, capital outlay - buildings, and other improvements, and for other specified purposes of the various agencies of state government, etc. APPROPRIATION: $108,596,897,427
Information Technology; Providing for a type two transfer of the specified functions and components of the Florida Digital Service to the Executive Office of the Governor; creating the Enterprise Florida First Technology Center within the Executive Office of the Governor; requiring the center to consult with the Department of Management Services to establish an information technology policy for specified procurement activities; providing that the director of the Office of Policy and Budget, rather than the Secretary of Management Services, is the executive director of the Florida Cybersecurity Advisory Council, etc.
Education; Revising the maximum number of students for whom scholarships are established under the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program, beginning in specified school years; requiring the Department of Education to provide incentives to school readiness personnel and prekindergarten instructors who meet specified requirements, subject to the appropriation of funds for that purpose; revising requirements for materials assigned for use within dual enrollment courses; creating the Inclusive Transition and Employment Management Program; creating the Seal of Excellence in Advancing Literacy, etc.
Health; Providing an appropriation to the Board of Directors of the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute for a specified purpose; authorizing pharmacists and wholesalers employed by or under contract with forensic facilities managed by the Agency for Persons with Disabilities to import prescription drugs under the Canadian Prescription Drug Importation Program for dispensing to clients in such facilities; requiring that the Department of Children and Families’ contracts with managing entities be made available on the department’s website; deleting a requirement that the Agency for Health Care Administration collect and publish on its website certain data related to the retail prices of specified prescribed medicines, etc.
Motor Vehicle Title Fees; Requiring that a specified amount of certain excess motor vehicle title fee collections in any fiscal year be deposited into the Highway Safety Operating Trust Fund, etc.
Office of the Judges of Compensation Claims; Deleting a requirement for the Office of the Judges of Compensation Claims to maintain certain offices and personnel, etc.
