OGSR/Campus Emergency Response; Amending a provision which provides an exemption from public records and public meetings requirements for those portions of a campus emergency response which address the response of a public postsecondary educational institution to an act of terrorism or other public safety crisis or emergency; extending the scheduled repeal of the exemption, etc.
Consumer Finance Loans; Authorizing an applicant for a license to make and collect loans under the Florida Consumer Finance Act to provide certain documents in lieu of evidence of liquid assets; prohibiting a person licensed to make and collect consumer finance loans from charging prepayment penalties for loans; authorizing a licensee or an applicant for a license to make and collect consumer finance loans to provide a surety bond, certificate of deposit, or letter of credit in lieu of evidence of liquid assets; modifying grounds for denial of license or disciplinary action for certain violations of the Florida Consumer Finance Act, etc.
Commercial Motor Vehicle Registration; Provides for future expiration of provision relating to vehicles with apportioned registrations; provides license plate & cab card requirements for vehicles registered in accordance with International Registration Plan; specifies fee for original or renewal cab card & trust fund where fee is deposited; provides for replacement at no charge of damaged or worn license plates.
Mobile Home Registration Periods; Revising the registration and registration renewal periods for a mobile home owned by a natural person; requiring the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, beginning on a specified date, to give customers the option to renew their registrations on their dates of birth in certain years; specifying permissible renewal periods for such renewals, etc.
Mental Health of Students; Revises data DCF is required to analyze when creating its annual report on initiation of involuntary examinations; requires charter schools to be in compliance with involuntary reporting laws; requires DOE to share certain data with DCF; requires district school boards to designate mental health coordinator; revises requirements for plans relating to mental health assistance allocations.
Uniform Commercial Code; Providing that certain restrictions on the effectiveness of terms in specified agreements and the effectiveness of certain rules of law, statutes, or regulations related to the discharge of account debtors and certain restrictions on the assignment of promissory notes, health-care-insurance receivables, and certain general intangibles, respectively, do not apply to a security interest in an ownership interest in a general partnership, a limited partnership, or a limited liability company, etc.
Construction Liens; Revising the threshold for determining whether certain direct contracts to repair or replace an existing heating or air-conditioning system are exempt from specified notice of commencement and applicability of lien requirements for authorities issuing building permits, etc.
School Concurrency; Revising provisions specifying when school concurrency is deemed satisfied; requiring a district school board to notify a local government that capacity is available for development within a certain timeframe; specifying that proportionate-share mitigation must be set aside and not spent if an improvement has not been identified, etc.
Public Records/Annuity Contract Payees; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for personal identifying information and annuity contract numbers of a payee of a structured settlement and the names of family members, dependents, and beneficiaries of such payee contained in the court records for a proceeding for the approval of the transfer of structured settlement payment rights; limiting such exemption to a specified period; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
Pollution Control Standards and Liability; Provides that Secretary of Environmental Protection has exclusive jurisdiction in setting standards or procedures for evaluating environmental conditions & assessing potential liability for presence of contaminants on certain agricultural lands; prohibits secretary from delegating such authority to local governmental entity.
Alarm Systems; Authorizing individuals with certain fire alarm certifications to complete a reduced number of training and continuing education hours for the prevention of false alarms; revising the definition of the term “low-voltage alarm system project” to include certain video cameras and closed-circuit television systems; prohibiting a local enforcement agency from requiring plans and specifications as a condition for obtaining a permit for a fire alarm system project; requiring a local enforcement agency to issue certain permits in person or electronically; requiring a local enforcement agency to perform at least one inspection for a fire alarm system project, etc.
Controlled Substances; Revising the elements that constitute the capital offense of murder in the first degree; revising the elements that constitute the felony offense of murder in the third degree; prohibiting specified activities involving controlled substances within 1,000 feet of additional specified facilities; providing criminal penalties; renaming what the violation of specified offenses are known as from "trafficking in fentanyl" to "trafficking in dangerous fentanyl or fentanyl analogues"; increasing the mandatory minimum terms of imprisonment for specified offenses, etc.
