Sen. Jay Trumbull

Communications Services Tax; Decreasing the tax rates on the retail sale of communications services and direct-to-home satellite services; requiring that a certain tax remain the same rate as it was on a specified past date until a specified future date; specifying the fees, taxes, charges, and other impositions that the tax replaces; prohibiting a certain tax passed after a certain date from being added to the local communications service tax before a future date, etc.

Recycling of Covered Electronic Devices; Establishing the statewide Covered Electronic Device Recovery Program within the Department of Environmental Protection; authorizing the department to use specified funds to administer the program; specifying requirements for a statewide plan for the recycling of covered electronic devices; prohibiting any person from disposing of covered electronic devices except at a permitted reclamation facility beginning on a specified date; requiring the department to deposit any funds received pursuant to the program into the Solid Waste Management Trust Fund to be used for specified purposes, etc.

Asbestos and Silica Claims; Requiring a claimant to file a sworn information form containing certain information within a certain time period after filing an asbestos or silica claim; authorizing a court to dismiss certain claims upon a motion by a defendant; providing that certain defendants are not liable for certain asbestos or silica exposures, etc.

Flood Damage Prevention; Citing this act as the "Flood Damage Prevention Act of 2023"; providing voluntary freeboard requirements for all new construction and substantial improvements to existing construction; prohibiting voluntary freeboard from being used in the calculation of the maximum allowable height for certain construction in applicable zoning districts; authorizing local governments to adopt by ordinance a minimum freeboard requirement or a maximum voluntary freeboard that exceeds the minimum requirements in the Florida Building Code or established in the act, etc.

Individual Wine Containers; Repealing provisions relating to the limitation of size of individual wine containers, etc.

Fees/Movable Tiny Homes; Imposing an annual license tax to be collected upon registration or renewal of registration of a movable tiny home; providing for payment and disposition of fees relating to licensure as a movable tiny home dealer, etc.

Pilot Program for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities; Requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to implement a pilot program for individuals with developmental disabilities residing in specified Statewide Medicaid Managed Care regions to provide coverage of comprehensive services; authorizing the agency to seek federal approval as needed to implement the program; providing that participation in the pilot program is voluntary and subject to specific appropriation; requiring the Agency for Persons with Disabilities to approve a needs assessment methodology for prospective enrollees, etc.

Specialty License Plates; Renaming the “Give the Kids the World” specialty license plate as the “Universal Orlando Resort” specialty license plate; directing the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to develop a Recycle Florida license plate and a Florida Association of Realtors license plate; providing for distribution and use of fees collected from the sale of the plates, etc.

Special Risk Class Retirement Date; Revising the definition of “normal retirement date”; decreasing the age and years of service needed to reach the normal retirement date for certain members; authorizing certain members of the Special Risk Class to apply to participate in the Deferred Retirement Option Program within a specified time period; providing a declaration of important state interest, etc.

Apalachicola Bay Area of Critical State Concern; Authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection to expend certain funds for the purpose of entering into financial assistance agreements with the City of Apalachicola for specified surface water and groundwater quality improvement projects within the Apalachicola Bay Area of Critical State Concern; providing for expiration of the authorization, etc.