Sen. Ed Hooper

Clerks of Court; Revising the fund into which moneys recovered by certain state attorneys must be deposited; revising the fund into which certain payments received must be deposited as related to public defenders or criminal conflict and civil regional counsels; revising the fund into which certain filing fees are to be deposited; deleting a provision requiring each state attorney to publish an annual report addressing results of his or her affirmative action program; revising the distribution of certain administrative fees, etc.

Public Records/Clerks of the Circuit Court and Deputy Clerks of the Circuit Court; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for the personal identifying and location information of current clerks of the circuit court and deputy clerks of the circuit court and the names and personal identifying and location information of the spouses and children of such clerks and deputy clerks; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.

Transportation; Prohibiting the Department of Transportation from annually committing more than a certain percentage of revenues derived from state fuel taxes and motor vehicle license-related fees to public transit projects; authorizing the Department of Transportation to enter into comprehensive agreements with private entities or the consortia thereof for the building, operation, ownership, or financing of transportation facilities; prohibiting a local governmental entity from adopting certain standards or specifications concerning asphalt pavement material; requiring the department to receive three letters of interest before proceeding with requests for proposals for certain contracts, etc.

Department of Business and Professional Regulation; Requiring persons or entities licensed or permitted by the department’s Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, or applying for such license or permit, to create and maintain an account with the division’s online system and provide an e-mail address to the division; expanding an exemption from certain engineering licensing requirements under ch. 471, F.S., to include regular full-time employees of certain business organizations, rather than regular full-time employees of certain corporations licensed under ch. 471, F.S.; revising the requirements for the issuance of a license under the Beverage Law, etc.

Dozier School for Boys and Okeechobee School Victim Compensation Program; Establishing the Dozier School for Boys and Okeechobee School Victim Compensation Program within the Department of Legal Affairs; requiring the department to accept and process applications for the payment of compensation claims under the program; requiring the department to provide specified notice of the program; requiring the department, subject to the appropriation of funds for that purpose, to pay a specified compensation amount to approved applicants, etc. APPROPRIATION: $20,000,000

Building Construction Regulations and System Warranties; Providing that certain provisions governing the transfer of heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) system manufacturers’ warranties apply to transfers made on or after a specified date; prohibiting HVAC system manufacturers’ warranties from being conditioned upon the product registration; providing the effective date for certain HVAC system and component warranties under a specified circumstance, etc.

Designation of a Certain Diagnosis on Motor Vehicle Registrations; Citing this act as the "Safeguarding American Families Everywhere (SAFE) Act"; requiring the application form for motor vehicle registration to include certain language allowing an applicant to indicate that he or she has been diagnosed with, or is the parent or legal guardian of a child or ward who has been diagnosed with, specified disabilities or disorders; requiring the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to allow specified persons to update a motor vehicle registration to include or remove the specified designation at any time, etc.

Student Health; Revising a provision to authorize asthmatic students to carry a short-acting bronchodilator, rather than a metered dose inhaler; authorizing licensed pharmacists to dispense short-acting bronchodilators and components in the name of a public school; requiring certain public schools to adopt a protocol developed by a licensed physician for the administration of a short-acting bronchodilator and components by school personnel; authorizing certain students to carry a short-acting bronchodilator at school under certain conditions, etc.

Tax Collections; Deleting a specified processing fee; revising information to be included in a certain report; revising the calculation of interest for canceled tax deed applications, etc.

Offenses Involving Children; Increasing the maximum age of a child victim of specified acts whose out-of-court statements may be admissible in certain circumstances; providing that a first offense of specified sex trafficking offenses involving minors requires designation of the defendant as a sexual predator, etc.