Structural Engineering Recognition Program for Professional Engineers; Establishes Structural Engineering Recognition Program for Professional Engineers; requires Board of Professional Engineers to recognize licensed professional engineer who has successfully passed specified examination; provides requirements for application & recognition; prohibits fee for such application or for recognition; authorizes professional engineer recognized by program to identify such recognition in her or his professional practice & marketing & advertising materials.
Lifeline Telecommunications Service; Requiring a Lifeline service subscriber to present proof of continued eligibility to certain entities upon request; deleting provisions authorizing certain local exchange telecommunications companies and commercial mobile radio service providers to provide Lifeline service to customers who meet certain income requirements; revising the entities required to cooperate in the development of procedures for promoting the Lifeline service; authorizing certain participant information to be exchanged with the Federal Communications Commission or its designee, etc.
Vessel Anchoring; Providing tenancy and lease conditions for approved and permitted mooring and mooring fields in Monroe County; requiring certain anchored vessels in Monroe County to be re-anchored in a new location that meets certain requirements according to a specified timeframe; requiring the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, in consultation with certain entities, to establish designated anchoring areas within the county by rule; providing an exception for certain domiciled vessels; requiring certain vessels equipped with marine sanitation devices to maintain specified records of such devices, etc.
Procedures for Petitions for Utility Rate Relief; Increasing the maximum annual sales, expressed in gigawatt hours, which natural gas or public electric utilities may have to be eligible to request that the Public Service Commission use certain procedures for the utility’s petition for rate relief, etc.
Inventories of Critical Wetlands; Requiring each water management district governing board, in cooperation with local governments, to develop a list of critical wetlands for acquisition using funds from the Land Acquisition Trust Fund; requiring the governing boards to consider certain criteria when including wetlands on the list and to notify owners of property contemplated to be included on the list; requiring owners who wish to have their property removed from the list to submit a certified letter requesting removal; requiring a governing board to approve such removal if the request meets those requirements, etc.
Floating Solar Facilities; Requires floating solar facility to be permitted use in certain land use categories; requires local governments to promote expanded uses of floating solar facilities by taking specified actions; authorizes county or municipality to specify buffer & landscaping requirements; requires Office of Energy within DACS to submit recommendations to Legislature regarding floating solar facilities.
Powers of Land Authorities; Authorizing land authorities to assist the counties in which they are located with certain activities addressing flooding and sea-level rise, etc.
Agritourism; Revising legislative intent regarding the promotion of agritourism; prohibiting the denial or revocation of a property’s agricultural classification under certain circumstances; requiring certain farm buildings, structures, facilities, or other improvements to be assessed according to specified provisions, etc.
Temporary Underground Power Panels; Prohibiting counties and certain municipalities from enacting ordinances, regulations, or policies that prevent certain electric utilities from installing temporary underground power panels and from requiring subsequent inspections of such panels as a condition of a Certificate of Occupancy under specified conditions, etc.
Online Training for Private Security Officers; Providing that certain required training criteria for Class “G” and Class “D” licenses, respectively, may be conducted online; providing requirements for such training; requiring the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to establish certain criteria and rules for the regulation of certain entities that provide online training; providing requirements for online training courses for a Class “D” license, etc.
Election Administration; Requiring the Secretary of State to notify the Attorney General if signatures required for an initiative petition are no longer valid; creating the Office of Election Crimes and Security within the Department of State; revising the frequency with which supervisors of elections must conduct a registration list maintenance program; requiring the Department of State to identify deceased registered voters using information received by specified agencies; requiring specified individuals observing the ballot duplication process to sign a specified affidavit acknowledging certain criminal penalties, etc.
Individual Freedom; Provides that subjecting individuals to specified concepts under certain circumstances constitutes discrimination based on race, color, sex, or national origin; revising requirements for required instruction on the history of African Americans; requiring the department to prepare and offer certain standards and curriculum; authorizing the department to seek input from a specified organization for certain purposes; prohibits instructional materials reviewers from recommending instructional materials that contain any matter that contradicts certain principles; requires DOE to review school district professional development systems for compliance with certain provisions of law.
