Public Records/Motor Vehicle Crashes/Traffic Citations; Revising agencies to which a public records exemption for certain motor vehicle crash reports applies; revising the types of crash reports that may be made immediately available to certain radio and television stations and newspapers; providing a public records exemption for certain electronic crash data; providing an exemption from public records requirements for driver information contained in a uniform traffic citation; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing statements of public necessity, etc.
Boating Safety; Citing this act as the "Boating Safety Act of 2022"; authorizing a court to impose a specified fine for certain boating collisions and accidents; requiring certain boating safety education courses and temporary certificate examinations to include specified components; requiring operators of vessels used in the instruction of water sports and activities to use engine cutoff switches and wear operative links to the switches under certain conditions; prohibiting liveries from offering a vessel for lease or rent without a livery permit, etc.
Court Fiscal Administration; Revises calculation for presumed ability to pay; provides formula for determining down payment; revising duties of the Florida Clerks of Court Operation Corporation; authorizes the corporation to request reimbursement at a specified rate; authorizes clerk to review certain records when making a determination of indigence; requires DHSMV to implement certain technology.
Public Records/Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel Office; Expanding a public records exemption to include all records pertaining to a registration application submitted by any criminal conflict and civil regional counsel office for a registration certificate and registration license plate or decal issued under a fictitious name; providing for future legislative review and repeal; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
Pharmacies and Pharmacy Benefit Managers; Revises entities conducting pharmacy audits to which certain requirements & restrictions apply; authorizes audited pharmacies to appeal certain findings; provides that health insurers & HMOs that transfer certain payment obligation to pharmacy benefit managers remain responsible for specified violations; provides penalty for failure to register as pharmacy benefit managers.
Golf Course Best Management Practices Certification; Directs turfgrass science program at UF/IFAS, in coordination & cooperation with DEP, to administer certification for golf course best management practices & provide training & testing programs; provides exemption from certain local training & local ordinance regulations; provides for turfgrass science program to share information with governmental entities & create online registry.
Municipal Solid Waste-to-Energy Program; Creating the Municipal Solid Waste-to-Energy Program within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services for a specified purpose; requiring the department, subject to appropriation, to provide annual financial assistance grants to municipal solid waste-to-energy facilities that meet certain requirements; requiring the department to establish a process to verify the amount of certain electric power purchases; directing the Public Service Commission to provide assistance in verifying grant eligibility, etc.
Cleanup of Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances; Requires DEP to adopt statewide rules for cleanup target levels for perfluoroalkyl & polyfluoroalkyl substances in drinking water, groundwater, & soil under specified condition; requires legislative ratification of such rules; provides circumstances under which certain governmental entities & water suppliers are not subject to certain actions; provides for tolling of certain statutes of limitations.
Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsels; Specifying the responsibilities of regional counsels regarding witness coordination; removing the requirement that regional counsel employees be governed by Justice Administrative Commission classification and salary and benefits plans; authorizing regional counsels to access certain confidential information relating to proceedings involving children under specified circumstances; authorizing regional counsel offices to obtain fictitious names for motor vehicle and vessel plates or decals, etc.
Florida Housing Finance Corporation; Defining the terms “bona fide contract” and “qualified contract” for purposes of the Florida Housing Finance Corporation Act; deleting certain limitations and restrictions on, and requirements for, loans made by the corporation to sponsors of housing for the elderly under the State Apartment Incentive Loan Program; designating the corporation, rather than the State Board of Administration, as the state fiscal agency to make determinations in connection with specified bonds; providing construction relating to low-income tax credit developments if a qualified contract does not close for specified reasons, etc.
Retail Theft; Prohibiting certain retail theft at multiple locations within a specified timeframe; providing criminal penalties, etc.
Immigration Enforcement; Revising the type of data required to be reported by the clerk of the court, county detention facilities, and the Department of Corrections as part of criminal justice data collection; revising the definition of the term “sanctuary policy” to include specified laws, policies, practices, procedures, or customs that limit or prohibit a law enforcement agency from providing specified immigration information to a state entity; requiring each law enforcement agency operating a county detention facility to enter into a specified agreement with the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to assist with immigration enforcement; prohibiting a governmental entity from executing, amending, or renewing a contract with common carriers or contracted carriers under certain circumstances, etc.
