Operation and Safety of Motor Vehicles and Vessels; Revises & creates provisions relating to tests for alcohol, chemical substances, or controlled substances; vessel safety, operation, & navigation; temporary protection zones on certain water bodies for spaceflight launches & asset recovery; boating safety education courses & certification exams; boating limitation areas; public nuisance, abandoned, or lost vessels; public mooring; no-discharge zones; marine sanitation; & civil & criminal penalties.
Florida Birth-related Neurological Injury Compensation Plan; Requires Auditor General to audit Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association every 3 years; requires Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Plan to be administered in specified way; authorizes certain entities to file DOAH petitions to dispute reimbursement of actual expenses; increases amount that may be awarded for certain infants found to have sustained birth-related neurological injury; revises membership of board of directors of association; provides term limits; authorizes removal of directors; revises powers of directors; requires association to furnish list of compensable expenses to parents receiving benefits; requires association to publish report on its website; requires AHCA to conduct review & develop policies & procedures regarding Medicaid third-party benefits.
Urban Agriculture; Authorizes farm equipment to be stored, maintained, or repaired within specified boundaries; exempts urban agriculture equipment from certain requirements; provides that structures located on lands used for urban agriculture are not exempt from specified regulations; authorizes DACS to approve municipal urban agricultural pilot projects; requires municipalities to submit annual reports to DACS; requires DACS to submit annual report to Legislature; provides that urban agriculture is subject to specified regulation.
Workforce and Postsecondary Education; Renames the Florida Ready to Work Certification Program; provides where program training may be conducted, provides components of program; requires DEO to adopt rules; requires statewide articulation agreement to establish mathematics pathways for students; provides requirements for admissions counseling; revises requirements for admission to associate degree programs & dual enrollment; authorizes use of alternative methods for assessing skills; provides requirements for FCS institutions; revises eligibility requirements for Florida postsecondary student assistance grants.
Purple Alert; Requires Division of Emergency Management to identify & maintain inventory of certain digitally displayed automatic changeable facing signs; requires FDLE, in cooperation with other agencies, to establish & implement Purple Alert concerning certain missing adults. APPROPRIATION: $199,901
Utility and Communication Service Poles; Requires PSC to regulate & enforce rates, charges, terms, & conditions for pole attachments; specifies PSC powers related to pole attachments; requires PSC to apply certain decisions & orders of FCC; provides guidance for use by PSC in making certain determinations; specifies party rights regarding pole attachments; requires PSC to provide certification to FCC upon adoption of certain rules; requires PSC to regulate safety, vegetation management, repair, replacement, maintenance, relocation, emergency response, & storm restoration of certain communications services providers; requires PSC to create process requiring advance hardening project notice; provides requirements for pole attachments & liabilities; requires PSC to adopt rules, including monetary penalties, by specified date.
Pub. Rec./Conviction Integrity Unit Reinvestigation Information; Provides public records exemption for certain conviction integrity unit reinvestigation information; provides for future review & repeal of exemption; provides statement of public necessity.
Preemption of Firearms and Ammunition Regulation; Provides that unwritten policies are subject to provisions allowing for recovery of damages if such policies violate specified provisions; provides that plaintiff challenging local government regulation concerning firearms may be considered prevailing plaintiff for certain purposes in specified circumstances.
Use of Electronic Databases; Prohibits use or release, not authorized by law, of any information contained in Driver & Vehicle Information Database; requires law enforcement accreditation program to address access to & use of personal identification information contained in electronic databases; requires each law enforcement officer receive instruction on authorized access to & use of personal identification information contained in electronic databases.
Education; Revises provisions relating to DOE powers & duties, innovative blended learning, character development curriculum, the statewide assessment program, alternate assessments for certain students; athletic associations, SAT & ACT provided in schools, and postsecondary civics education.
Florida State University President John Thrasher; Expressing appreciation and gratitude to Florida State University President John Thrasher upon completion of his exceptional tenure as the 15th president of Florida State University and for his personal and professional achievements and commending him for his outstanding accomplishments and service, etc.
Scott Rivkees, Rita M. Smith, and Statlab Mobile; Expressing the appreciation of the Florida Senate and all Floridians for the dedicated service of State Health Officer and Surgeon General Scott Rivkees, M.D., Department of Health Nursing Services Director Rita M. Smith, and Florida’s testing partner, Statlab Mobile, during the COVID-19 pandemic, etc.
