Financial Institutions; Provides that imposition of fees or charges upon consumers for online audit verifications of financial institution accounts is violation of Florida Deceptive & Unfair Trade Practices Act; revises entities that may assume liabilities, & liabilities that may be assumed; specifies basis for calculating percentages of assets or liabilities; requires OFR, upon receiving applications for authority to organize bank or trust company, to investigate need for new bank facilities in primary service area or target market & ability of such service area or target market to support new & existing bank facilities; revises type of institution with which certain family trust companies are required to maintain deposit account; revises banks with which international bank agencies or branches shall maintain certain deposits.
Sponsored bills
Medical Treatment of Animals; Authorizes use of veterinary telemedicine; prohibits prescription of specified drugs & controlled substances under certain circumstances; revises grounds for disciplinary action against veterinarian; provides supervising veterinarian assumes responsibility for person working at his or her discretion or under his or her supervision; provides exception to certain vaccination requirements; authorizes employees, agents, or contractors of animal control authorities to administer rabies vaccinations.
Automatic Renewal and Continuous Service Offers; Specifies unlawful practices relating to automatic renewal & continuous service offers; provides requirements for automatic renewal offers, continuous service offers, & unconditional consumer gifts; provides applicability, penalties, & exemptions.
State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota - Science and Technology Building; Provides an appropriation for the State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota - Science and Technology Building. APPROPRIATION: $2,927,839
Veterans' Preference in Employment; Authorizes state & political subdivisions to waive certain postsecondary educational requirements for employment for certain servicemembers & veterans; revises list of positions that are exempt from veterans' preference requirements; requires each political subdivision to develop & implement veterans' recruitment plan; modifies point preferences given to veterans & their family members when numerically based selection process is used for hiring.