Florida Retirement System; Revises provisions relating to Special Risk Class normal retirement date, DROP participation, interest accrual rates, COLA, employer retirement contribution rates, investment plan member accounts, member disability coverage, & line-of-duty death benefit coverage.
Summer Youth Service Learning; Creates summer youth service learning program; provides purpose of program; provides student eligibility; provides requirements for participating employers; requires specified entities to participate in program; provides requirements for employment opportunities through program; requires DOE to create statewide employment hub; provides requirements for statewide employment hub; requires school districts & public postsecondary institutions to provide certain information to students; authorizes participating employers to provide students with pass for public transportation during specified time period; requires participating employers to provide students with accurate letter of recommendation.
Insurance; Creates Property Insurance Commission; provides for election of Commissioner of Insurance Regulation; revises homeowners' eligibility criteria for mitigation grants; requires interests earned on insurance proceeds received by mortgagees & assignees to be paid to insureds; prohibits property insurers from claiming insolvency under certain circumstances; authorizes persons that engage in property insurance activities in other states to engage in insurance activities in this state only under certain circumstances; requires property insurers to cap premiums or to create sliding fee scales for premium rates; prohibits property insurers from using certain defenses as claims denials; revises requirements for risk assignment agreements; provides duties of OIR; requires DFS to adopt rules regarding allegations of insurance fraud; requires OPPAGA to conduct study of effectiveness of property insurance mediation program; increases appropriation to specified program. APPROPRIATION: $300,000,000
Hurricane Property Insurance Claim Mediation; Establishing Hurricane Property Insurance Claim Alternate Dispute Resolution Program; providing requirements for program participation & Office of Insurance Regulation.
Mandatory Minimum Sentences for Drug Trafficking; Removes mandatory minimum sentences for specified controlled substance offenses.
State Renewable Energy Goals; Prohibits drilling or exploration for, or production of, oil, gas, or other petroleum products & permitting & construction of certain related structures; requires statewide renewable energy electricity & carbon emission reductions by specified dates; directs Office of Energy within DACS to develop unified statewide plan; requires state & public entities to cooperate as requested; provides plan requirements; requires office to submit plan & updates to Governor & Legislature; creates Renewable Energy Advisory Committee within Office of Energy; directs Commissioner of Agriculture to submit specified annual report to Legislature.
