Municipal Water and Sewer Utility Rates; Requires municipality to charge customers receiving its utility services in another municipality same rates, fees, & charges as it charges consumers within its own municipal boundaries under certain circumstances.
Rep. Rita Harris
Sponsored bills
Parole; Requires Florida Commission on Offender Review to provide specified statistical analysis to Legislature; requires DOC to provide specified information to commission; requires commission to review specified information in certain circumstances.
Comprehensive Waste Reduction and Recycling Plan; Requires DEP to develop comprehensive waste reduction & recycling plan, create & convene technical assistance group, & submit report to Legislature.
Parkinson's Disease; Establishes the Consortium for Parkinson's Disease Research within the University of South Florida; establishes the Parkinson's Disease Research Board; requires the board to direct the operations of the consortium and to annually adopt a plan for Parkinson's disease research; provides duties of the consortium director; provides research requirements for the plan.
Florida Institute for Pediatric Rare Diseases; Establishes Florida Institute for Pediatric Rare Diseases within FSU College of Medicine; & provides goals of institute; establishes Sunshine Genetics Pilot Program & Sunshine Genetics Consortium.
Restoration of Voting Rights Database; Requires Florida Commission on Offender Review to develop & maintain database containing certain information for certain purpose; requires certain governmental entities to provide certain information to commission; requires DMS, acting through Florida Digital Service, to provide certain technical assistance to commission; requires commission to make database available to public on Internet website by certain date; requires commission to update database monthly & publish certain information on website; requires commission to provide comprehensive plan to Governor & Legislature by certain date; provides that person who takes certain actions in reasonable reliance on database may not be charged with certain violations of criminal law.
Elections Impacted by Emergencies; Requires counties & municipalities affected by emergency to provide specified information on their websites & through all means possible; provides that emergency contingency plan is public record & must be presented to Legislature in certain years; requires Secretary of State to consult with specified entities; provides voter rights with respect to participating in election in county that has been designated as being in state of emergency or eligible for individual or public assistance from Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); requires Division of Elections to take certain actions if election is scheduled within certain timeframe after emergency; requires division to maintain certain number of strategic elections equipment reserves in certain areas of this state; authorizes division to contract with certain vendors for provision of reserve equipment; specifies certain equipment be included in reserve equipment; requires election officials to take certain actions if county has been designated as being in state of emergency or eligible for individual or public assistance; specifies that certain criminal penalties do not apply if county has been designated as being in state of emergency or eligible for individual or public assistance; prohibits supervisor from requiring certain voters to use certain uniform statewide application.
Objections to Instructional Materials; Removes provisions authorizing parents & residents to object to instructional materials, requirements for certain meetings of committees related to such objections, provisions authorizing Commissioner of Education to appoint special magistrate, & district school board reporting requirements relating to such objections.
Transportation Facility Designations; Designates Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson Boulevard in Miami-Dade County; directs DOT to erect suitable markers.
Specific Medical Diagnoses in Child Protective Investigations; Provides exception to requirement that DCF immediately forward certain allegations to law enforcement agency; requires child protective investigator to inform subject of investigation of certain duty; requires Child Protection Teams to consult with licensed physician or APRN when evaluating certain reports; authorizes, under certain circumstance, parent or legal custodian from whom child was removed to request specified examinations of child; requires that certain examinations be paid for by parent or legal custodian making request or as otherwise covered by insurance or Medicaid.