Land Development Initiative and Referendum Processes; Prohibits an initiative or referendum process in regard to any land development regulation.
Education for Children and Young Adults in Out-of-home Care; Requires case manager or other staff member to provide child with verbal & written information about certain topics; removes limitations on type of questions child may ask; establishes Office of Children's Ombudsman within DCF; specifies responsibilities of office; requires DCF to consult with specified children & young adults when creating or revising certain print or digital written information.
Insurance; Prohibits liveries from leasing or renting or offering to lease or to rent livery vessels unless certain duties relating to insurance are fulfilled; specifies qualification for local governmental entity's representative on self-insurer's governing body; revises requirements for residential property insurance rate filings; revises & specifies alternative hurricane deductible amounts for personal lines residential property insurance policies covering risks with specified dwelling limits; provides for foreign pure captive insurance company to do business in state; revises circumstances under which service agreement companies do not have to establish & maintain unearned premium reserves.
Relief/Kristin A. Stewart/Sarasota County; Provides for relief of Kristin A. Stewart by Sarasota County; provides for appropriation of funds to pay Kristin A. Stewart for injuries sustained as result of negligence of employee of Sarasota County; provides legislative intent regarding waiver of certain liens; provides limitations on compensation & payment of attorney fees, lobbying fees, & costs or other similar expenses. CLAIM: $5,750,000
Building Construction; Prohibiting local enforcing agencies from making or requiring substantive changes to plans or specifications after a permit has been issued; providing that a plans examiner, inspector, or building code administrator is subject to disciplinary action under certain circumstances; requiring local fire officials to provide certain information to a permit applicant if building plans do not comply with the Florida Fire Prevention Code or the Life Safety Code; prohibiting a municipality, county, or special district from making or requiring substantive changes to building plans after a permit has been issued, etc.
Elections; Provides & revises provisions relating to signature matching training, third-party voter registration organizations, public records exemption, voter information cards, voter registration records maintenance activities, duty of officials to furnish certain information, candidate oath, ballots, signature verification, vote-by-mail ballots, vote-by-mail ballot requests, canvass of vote-by-mail ballots, Elections Canvassing Commission, presidential electors, write-in candidates, political party office candidate qualifying, Office of Election Crimes, prosecution of election crimes, certain notices, reporting schedules, & voter guides; provides criminal penalties & fines.
Florida Retirement System; Authorizing employers to establish post-employment volunteer programs to allow retirees to provide certain services during a specified timeframe; requiring such programs to meet specified criteria, etc.
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; Revising requirements for applicants for a Class “K” license; revising the circumstances under which the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Affairs may waive firearms training requirements; revising requirements relating to registration fees for certain charitable organizations, sponsors, and parent organizations; revising the definitions of the terms “Category I liquefied petroleum gas dealer” and “Category V LP gas installer”; providing criminal penalties for certain actions relating to retail fuel theft, etc.
Relief/Jamiyah Mitchell/South Broward Hospital District; Provides for relief of Jamiyah Mitchell, Latricia Mitchell, & Jerald Mitchell by South Broward Hospital District; provides appropriation to compensate Jamiyah Mitchell for injuries & damages sustained as result of negligence of South Broward Hospital District; provides limitation on payment of compensation & attorney fees, lobbying fees, & other similar expenses. CLAIM: $795,000
Solicitation of Minors to Commit Lewd or Lascivious Acts; Prohibiting a person 24 years of age or older from soliciting a person 16 or 17 years of age in writing to commit a lewd or lascivious act, etc.
Department of Financial Services; Revising powers and duties of the department’s Division of Investigative and Forensic Services; authorizing, rather than requiring, a judge of compensation claims to order an injured employee’s evaluation by an expert medical advisor under certain circumstances; revising eligibility requirements for the board of directors of the Florida Self-Insurers Guaranty Association, Incorporated; deleting the authority of designated examination centers to take fingerprints of applicants for a license as an agent, customer representative, adjuster, service representative, or reinsurance intermediary; authorizing certain persons to obtain a limited license to sell only policies of life insurance covering the expense of a prearrangement for funeral services or merchandise; adding grounds for discretionary disciplinary actions taken by the department against a title insurance agent or agency; authorizing the department in receivership proceedings to take certain actions as a domiciliary receiver, etc.
Fees in Lieu of Security Deposits; Authorizing a landlord to offer a tenant the option to pay a fee in lieu of a security deposit; requiring the landlord to notify the tenant of certain unpaid fees and costs within a specified time after the conclusion of the tenancy; requiring a written agreement signed by the landlord, or the landlord’s agent, and the tenant if the tenant decides to pay a fee in lieu of the security deposit; specifying that certain fees, insurance products, and surety bonds are not security deposits; prohibiting a landlord from approving or denying an application for occupancy based on a prospective tenant’s choice to pay a fee in lieu of a security deposit, etc.
