Contracts Entered into by the Department of Children and Families; Revises requirements for contracts between department & lead agencies.
Emergency Communications; Renames E911 Board as Emergency Communications Board; revises composition of board; requires board to administer fees; authorizes board to establish schedules for implementing certain wireless NG911 systems; provides for board's authority to implement changes to allocation percentages & adjust fees; revises provisions relating to public safety emergency communications systems fee; revises factors board considers when setting percentages or adjustments to fee; revises types of emergency communications equipment & services that are eligible for moneys derived from fee; renames Communications Number E911 System Fund as Emergency Communications Trust Fund; revises percent distribution of fund used for payment of authorized expenditures; removes percent distribution to wireless providers.
Removal of Unknown Parties in Possession; Revising requirements for service on unknown parties in possession, etc.
Pub. Rec./Investigations by the Department of Legal Affairs; Provides exemption from public records requirements for information relating to investigations by DLA & law enforcement agencies of certain data privacy violations; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemption; provides statement of public necessity.
Vessels; Authorizing counties and municipalities to establish slow speed, minimum wake boating-restricted areas within a specified distance from certain sewage pumpout facilities at public or private nonresidential marinas within certain portions of the Florida Intracoastal Waterway; removing a provision authorizing local governments to require permitting for certain floating vessel platforms; revising conditions under which local governments may require one-time registrations of floating vessel platforms, etc.
Liens and Bonds; Requiring the clerk of the court to serve a copy of a notice of contest of claim on certain persons after it has been recorded; requiring service of documents to be made in a specified manner; revising the process for notarizing a notice of commencement; requiring the clerk to serve a copy of a notice of contest of lien on certain persons after it has been recorded; revising the amount required in addition to the deposit or bond which applies toward attorney fees and court costs, etc.
Rural Development; Requiring certain agency agreements to include a provision authorizing the agency to provide for the payment of specified invoices to certain counties or municipalities for certain verified and eligible performance; revising the percentages of total infrastructure project cost which the Department of Economic Opportunity may award through grants from the Rural Infrastructure Fund; deleting provisions allowing eligible funds to be used for broadband Internet service and access; authorizing the department to award grants up to a specified amount for specified planning and preparation activities, etc.
Issuance of Special Beverage Licenses; Revising requirements relating to the issuance of special food service licenses and certain club licenses, etc.
Facility Requirements Based on Sex; Creating the “Safety in Private Spaces Act”; requiring certain entities that maintain water closets or changing facilities to meet specified requirements; authorizing persons to enter a restroom or changing facility designated for the opposite sex only under certain circumstances; providing that specified persons who enter certain restrooms or changing facilities and refuse to depart when asked to do so commit the criminal offense of trespass, etc.
Pub. Rec./Human Trafficking Victim Expunction; Provides that petition for human trafficking victim expunction & all pleadings & documents related to petition are confidential & exempt from public records requirements; provides for future legislative review & repeal; provides statement of public necessity.
Exploitation of Vulnerable Persons; Specifies conditions under which person commits exploitation of person 65 years of age or older; specifies not knowing age of victim is not defense; provides circumstances under which trial for criminal action arising from specified violations may be advanced on docket; authorizes persons who are in imminent danger of exploitation to petition for injunction for protection; provides penalties for violations of injunction; provides time limitations for commencing prosecution.
Postsecondary Educational Institutions; Requiring the Board of Governors of the State University System to establish a Committee on Public Policy Events; requiring offices to report to specified state university offices; prohibiting public institutions of higher education from requiring the completion of a political loyalty test or for persons to meet certain qualifications; designating the Florida Student Association as the nonprofit advocacy organization for students of the State University System; requiring the board of directors to adopt certain bylaws, etc.
