OGSR/Security or Firesafety System Plans; Amending a provision which provides an exemption from public records requirements for certain security or firesafety system plans; revising legislative intent; amending a provision which provides an exemption from public meeting requirements for the portion of a meeting that would reveal a security or firesafety system plan or portion thereof; removing the scheduled repeal of the exemption, etc.
Year-round School Pilot Program; Creating the Year-round School Pilot Program for a period of 4 school years beginning with a specified school year; providing an application process for school districts seeking to participate in the program; requiring the Commissioner of Education to select a certain number of school districts to participate in the program; providing requirements for participating school districts, etc.
Space Florida; Requiring the Secretary of Economic Opportunity to serve as the manager for the state with respect to contracts with Space Florida; requiring the Office of Economic and Demographic Research and the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to provide to the Governor and the Legislature an analysis of Space Florida; requiring the Department of Economic Opportunity to annually submit a proposed operating budget by a specified date; revising membership of the board of directors of Space Florida; providing that open meeting and public records laws apply to Space Florida and its board of directors, etc.
Regional Transportation Planning; Requiring the Department of Transportation, or its consultant, to conduct a study regarding the potential dissolution or transfer of the governance, staff, operations, funding, and facilities of the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority; specifying requirements of the study; requiring the department to submit a report to the Governor and Legislature by a specified date, etc.
Real Property Fraud; Requiring the clerk of the circuit court to create, maintain, and operate an opt-in recording notification service; requiring such clerk to ensure that registration for such service is possible through an electronic registration portal; clarifying that an action may be brought under ch. 65, F.S., to quiet title after a fraudulent attempted conveyance; requiring the court to quiet title and award certain title and rights under certain circumstances; requiring a real estate licensee to send a fraud prevention notice under specified circumstances, etc.
OGSR/Citizens Property Insurance Corporation/Cybersecurity Data and Information; Amending a provision which provides an exemption from public record and public meeting requirements for certain data and information relating to cybersecurity; repealing exemptions relating to data and information from technology systems; revising specified information that is required to be made available to certain entities; removing the scheduled repeal of the exemption, etc.
Ratification of Rules of the Department of Environmental Protection; Ratifying specified rules relating to standards for onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems and for domestic wastewater facility planning for facilities expansion, collection/transmission systems, and an operation and maintenance manual for the sole and exclusive purpose of satisfying any condition on effectiveness pursuant to s. 120.541(3), F.S., which requires ratification of any rule exceeding the specified thresholds for likely adverse impact or increase in regulatory costs, etc.
Student Outcomes; Revising the responsibilities of the Just Read, Florida! Office; providing that a charter school application must include certain reading instructional strategies; providing that district school board instructional materials must include certain reading instructional strategies; revising requirements for an individualized progress monitoring plan; requiring a school district to evaluate the students at the end of each grading period for a mathematics deficiency; revising training requirements for reading coaches, classroom teachers, and school administrators to include certain instructional strategies, etc.
Economic Programs; Providing for a type two transfer of the duties and functions of Enterprise Florida, Inc., to the Department of Commerce; requiring the department and Enterprise Florida, Inc., to coordinate the development and implementation of a transition plan; renaming the Department of Economic Opportunity as the Department of Commerce; designating the head of the department as the Secretary of Commerce; requiring the secretary to serve as the Governor’s chief negotiator for certain purposes, etc. APPROPRIATION: $12,000,000
Telehealth Practice Standards; Revising the definition of the term “telehealth”, etc.
Continuing Care Contracts; Revising a requirement for specified information that must be submitted by a provider applying for expansion of a certificated continuing care facility; revising financial institutions in which escrow accounts must be established; revising the timeframe during which the office may exempt certain providers from certain regulatory actions; providing that certain documents relating to a provider’s debt service reserve must require certain notice to the office before the withdrawal of debt service reserve funds; specifying the authority of residents’ councils and the eligibility of persons to participate in residents’ council matters, etc.
Driver License, Identification Card, and Motor Vehicle Registration Applications; Requiring that the motor vehicle registration form and registration renewal form and the driver license or identification card application form, respectively, include an option to make a voluntary contribution to Best Buddies International, etc.