Relief/Leonard Cure/State of Florida; Provides for relief of Leonard Cure; provides appropriation to compensate him for being wrongfully incarcerated for 16 years; directs CFO to draw warrant payable directly to Mr. Cure; requires CFO to pay directed funds without requiring Mr. Cure sign liability release; provides for waiver of certain tuition & fees; prohibits funds awarded under act to Mr. Cure from being used for attorney or lobbying fees. CLAIM WITH APPROPRIATION: $817,000
Department of Elderly Affairs; Revises individuals who may not be appointed as ombudsmen under State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program; revises exemptions from level 2 background screening requirements; revises continuing education requirements for professional guardians; requires office to notify complainant within specified timeframe after determining complaint against professional guardian is not legally sufficient; reducing timeframe within which office must complete & provide its initial investigative findings & recommendations to professional guardian who is subject of investigation & to complainant; requires clerks of court to report to office within specified timeframe after court imposes sanctions on professional guardian.
Relief/Maria Garcia/Pinellas County School Board; Provides appropriation to Maria Garcia as compensation for injuries resulting from negligence of employee of Pinellas County School Board; provides legislative intent regarding waiver of certain liens; provides limitation on compensation & payment of attorney fees. CLAIM: $2,800,000
Relief/Estate of Jason Sanchez/Miami-Dade County; Provides for relief of Estate of Jason Sanchez by Miami-Dade County; provides for appropriation to compensate Estate of Jason Sanchez for injuries & damages sustained by Jason Sanchez & his survivors as result of negligence of Miami-Dade County employee; provides limitation on compensation & payment of attorney & lobbying fees. CLAIM: $950,000
Judgment Liens; Citing this act as the "Judgment Lien Improvement Act"; specifying that payment intangibles, accounts, and the proceeds thereof are subject to judgment liens; providing that certain judgment creditors are subject to specified priority of conflicting rights of a secured party; providing construction relating to the effect of liens existing before a specified date on payment intangibles and accounts and the proceeds thereof; requiring a court, under certain circumstances, to order the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to note certain liens on the certificate of title of certain motor vehicles or vessels and in the department’s records, etc.
Residency of Local Elected Officials; Prohibiting the consideration of the residential addresses of certain persons during the district-drawing process for boards of county commissioners; requiring municipalities to fix the boundaries of their districts in a certain manner; specifying that district changes may be made only in odd-numbered years; providing that an elected candidate for district school board must reside in the district school board member residence area by the date she or he assumes office instead of upon qualifying for office, etc.
Transportation-related Facility Designations; Providing honorary designations of certain transportation facilities in specified counties; directing the Department of Transportation to erect suitable markers, etc.
Child Support; Revising requirements for the deferment of payment agreements for child support; revising the procedures for collection and distribution of court depository fees; removing exceptions to the prohibition on treating incarceration as voluntary employment; revising requirements for the Department of Revenue to commence proceedings regarding paternity and child support, etc.
Utility System Rate Base Values; Establishing an alternative procedure by which the Florida Public Service Commission may establish a rate base value for certain acquired utility systems; requiring that the approved rate base value be reflected in the acquiring utility’s next general rate case for ratemaking purposes; establishing a procedure for appraisal of the acquired utility system; providing the contents required for a petition to the commission for approval of the rate base value of the acquired utility system, etc.
Florida Kratom Consumer Protection Act; Creating the "Florida Kratom Consumer Protection Act"; prohibiting processors from selling, preparing, distributing, or exposing for sale certain kratom products; prohibiting processors from distributing, selling, or exposing for sale a kratom product to an individual under 21 years of age; requiring processors to annually register kratom products with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, etc.
Shared Parental Responsibility After the Establishment of Paternity; Authorizing a parent to request certain determinations and the creation of a parenting plan and time-sharing schedule; requiring that the determination of parental responsibility and child support and the creation of a parenting plan and a time-sharing schedule be established through a certain action; specifying that the mother of a child born out of wedlock and a father who has established paternity of such child are the natural guardians of the child and are entitled and subject to the rights and responsibilities of being parents if certain conditions are met, etc.
Bereavement Benefits for State Employees; Citing this act as the "Respecting Their Sacrifice Act"; authorizing the head of a law enforcement agency to grant specified employees a certain number of hours of administrative leave for a specified purpose; authorizing the head of a law enforcement agency to deny such administrative leave under certain circumstances; authorizing travel expenses for certain members of a law enforcement agency for a specified purpose; increasing the amount to be paid toward the funeral and burial expenses of certain officers killed in the line of duty, etc.
