Specialty License Plates; Revising the presale voucher requirements for out-of-state college or university license plates; revising the calculation of certain independent college and university specialty license plate sales for certain determinations; requiring the department to continue to collect annual use fees for certain discontinued or replaced plates; revising annual use fee distributions from the sale of the Live the Dream license plate; directing the department to develop specified specialty license plates, etc.
Service of Process; Authorizing the Department of State to electronically receive service of process under ch. 48, F.S.; revising procedures for service on partnerships, limited liability partnerships, and limited partnerships; requiring designation of registered agents and registered offices by certain partnerships, corporations, and companies; revising provisions related to service on public agencies and officers; providing for substituted service on certain nonresidents and foreign business entities and on individuals and foreign business entities concealing their whereabouts, etc.
Soil and Water Conservation Districts; Providing for the subdivision of certain proposed soil and water conservation districts; requiring the supervisors of each soil and water conservation district to be elected from each of the district’s subdivisions; providing qualification requirements for supervisors to serve on the governing body of a soil and water conservation district; providing for the automatic dissolution of soil and water conservation districts under certain conditions, etc.
Care for Retired Police Dogs; Citing this act as the "Care for Retired Police Dogs Program Act"; creating the Care for Retired Police Dogs Program within the Department of Law Enforcement; requiring the department to contract with a nonprofit corporation to administer and manage the program; specifying requirements for the disbursement of funds for the veterinary care of eligible retired police dogs, etc. APPROPRIATION: Indeterminate
Educational Opportunities for Disabled Veterans; Provides that disabled veterans receiving certain federal educational assistance benefits are eligible to receive waiver for tuition & fees at certain institutions; provides calculation for waiver amount; requires amount awarded by state to be contingent on application of specified federal benefits; requires institutions to submit annual report to Board of Governors & State Board of Education; requires boards to adopt regulations & rules.
Educator Certification Pathways for Veterans; Authorizing the Department of Education to issue a temporary certificate to specified military servicemembers who meet certain criteria; requiring a teacher mentorship for specified military servicemembers who hold a temporary certificate; specifying the duration and issuance of a temporary certificate for specified military servicemembers, etc.
Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children; Requiring the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to each appoint one member to the State Council on Interstate Educational Opportunity for Military Children, rather than appoint one member jointly; extending the scheduled repeal of the compact and related provisions, etc.
United States Space Force; Revising the definition of the term “uniformed service” to include the United States Space Force; revising the Armed Forces officers authorized to take or administer specified oaths, affidavits, or acknowledgements to include United States Space Force officers; revising the military service branches for which any county or state official who is called to active service may receive a leave of absence; updating military base names; adding post exchanges operated by the United States Space Force to those that are exempt from paying tax on cigarettes sold; revising the armed forces uniforms that are protected from imitation to include uniforms of the United States Space Force, etc.
Military Occupational Licensure; Requiring the Department of Business and Professional Regulation to expedite professional license applications submitted by spouses of active duty members of the Armed Forces of the United States; requiring the department to issue certain licenses within a specified timeframe; requiring the Department of Health and certain boards to issue a professional license to spouses of active duty members of the Armed Forces of the United States if certain requirements are met, etc.
Substitution of Work Experience for Postsecondary Educational Requirements; Authorizing the head of an employing agency, beginning on a specified date, to elect to substitute certain work experience for postsecondary educational requirements under certain circumstances; prohibiting the substitution of certain work experience for postsecondary educational requirements, etc.
Time Limitations for Preadjudicatory Juvenile Detention Care; Authorizes court to order child on supervised release detention care to comply with specified conditions; authorizes court to place child on supervised release detention care for any time period; provides exception; specifies time period for which court may order child to be held in secure detention care; authorizes extension of secure detention; requires specified findings; requires hearing to determine continued need for secure detention.
Nutrient Application Rates; Defining the terms “certified professional” and “site-specific nutrient management”; authorizing the use of site-specific nutrient management in specified circumstances; authorizing citrus producers to use written recommendations from certified professionals to tailor their recommended nutrient application rates under certain circumstances; directing the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences to analyze the use of site-specific nutrient management for certain crops, develop a research plan and certain recommendations, and submit an annual report to the Governor and Legislature by a specified date, etc.
