Rep. Will Robinson

Local Tax Referenda Requirements; Requires referenda elections related to tourist development taxes, tourist impact taxes, children's services & independent special district property taxes, increases in county & municipal ad valorem tax millages, ninth-cent fuel tax, local option fuel taxes, & certain school district millage elections to be held on day of general elections.

Manatee County - Pedestrian Overpass Across US 41; Provides an appropriation for the Manatee County - Pedestrian Overpass Across US 41. APPROPRIATION: $2,500,000

Holmes Beach Flood Mitigation Improvements; Provides an appropriation for the Holmes Beach Flood Mitigation Improvements. APPROPRIATION: $2,000,000

Manatee County Palmetto Green Bridge Fishing Pier Replacement; Provides an appropriation for the Manatee County Palmetto Green Bridge Fishing Pier Replacement. APPROPRIATION: $900,000

St. Armands Circle Streetscape Improvements; Provides an appropriation for the St. Armands Circle Streetscape Improvements. APPROPRIATION: $700,000

Bradenton Beach Underground Power Infrastructure; Provides an appropriation for the Bradenton Beach Underground Power Infrastructure. APPROPRIATION: $3,000,000

Reducing Fetal and Infant Mortality; Revises purpose & requirements for Comprehensive Statewide Tobacco Education & Use Prevention Program; requires DOH to contract with local healthy start coalitions for creation of fetal & infant mortality review committees; prohibits physician from performing abortion if gestational age of fetus is determined to be more than specified number of weeks; provides exception; requires directors of certain medical facilities & certain physicians to submit monthly report to AHCA electronically; requires hospitals participate in minimum number of quality improvement initiatives. APPROPRIATION: $1,602,000

Law Enforcement ; Authorizes a sheriff to transfer funds between specified categories and code levels after his or her budget is approved; revises salary minimums for county sheriffs; provides for adoption benefits for law enforcements officers; creates Florida Law Enforcement Recruitment Bonus Payment Program; provides exemption from certain law enforcement officer training requirements for military veterans; provides requirements for skills training for law enforcement officers relating to officer health & safety; makes children of law enforcement officers eligible for Family Empowerment Scholarships; encourages school districts to establish public safety telecommunication training programs & offer law enforcement explorer programs; requires Board of Governors & State Board of Education to create process that enables eligible law enforcement officers or former officers to earn credit for college-level training & education acquired while serving an officer; creates Florida Law Enforcement Academy Scholarship Program; provides for reimbursement for out-of-state & special operations forces law enforcement equivalency training.

Additional Homestead Property Tax Exemption for Specified Critical Public Service Workforce; Proposes amendment to State Constitution to authorize Legislature, for all levies other than school district levies, to grant additional homestead property tax exemption on $50,000 of assessed value of homestead property owned by classroom teachers, law enforcement officers, correctional officers, firefighters, emergency medical technicians, paramedics, child welfare services professionals, active duty members of United States Armed Forces, & Florida National Guard members.

Expansion of Manatee Rehabilitation at The Bishop Museum of Science and Nature; Provides an appropriation for the Expansion of Manatee Rehabilitation at The Bishop Museum of Science and Nature. APPROPRIATION: $547,000