Litigation Financing; Citing this act as the “Litigation Investment Safeguards and Transparency Act”; requiring courts to consider potential conflicts of interest which may arise from the existence of a litigation financing agreement in specified circumstances; requiring certain disclosures related to litigation financing agreements and the involvement of foreign persons, foreign principals, or sovereign wealth funds; providing that a litigation financing agreement is void and unenforceable in specified circumstances, etc.
Local Business Taxes; Requiring the Auditor General to contact certain local governments; authorizing specified entities to continue to levy a certain tax; revising the conditions imposed on taxing authorities governing the levy of a specified tax; prohibiting certain municipalities from reclassifying businesses, professions, or occupations or establishing new rate structures, etc.
Educational Choice; Requiring, rather than authorizing, a school district to use specified reports and plans of care to complete a matrix of services for a nonpublic school student without an individual education plan; revising the instructional materials for which Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program funds may be used; providing requirements for a home education instructional program; revising the tutoring programs for which such scholarship program funds may be used; revising a date by which parents may apply to renew their students’ scholarships, etc.
Student Data; Requiring a district school board to ensure that all contracts between the school district and a third-party entity contain a specified provision; requiring a district school board to publish on its website any portion of a new or existing agreement made with a third-party entity relating to student data collection or dissemination; requiring a third-party entity that violates a specified provision to have its contract terminated within a specified timeframe, etc.
Parental Rights; Requiring parental consent for a minor’s treatment for certain diseases; requiring a school district to provide parents with specified information before the district administers certain questionnaires or forms to students; revising exceptions for certain parental rights; creating the parental right to consent in writing to the use of a biofeedback device on a parent’s minor child, etc.
Assault Weapons and Large-capacity Magazines; Prohibiting the sale or transfer of an assault weapon or a large-capacity magazine; prohibiting possession of an assault weapon or a large-capacity magazine; providing criminal penalties; providing conditions for continued possession of such weapons or large-capacity magazines, etc.
Elections of County Commissioners, District School Board Members, and District School Superintendents; Requiring county commissioners to be nominated and elected by qualified electors who reside in the same county commission district as the commissioner; revising the membership of district school boards; requiring members of the district school board to be elected by the qualified electors who reside in the same school district as the member; revising provisions relating to the election and term of office for district school superintendents, etc.
Withholding Funds from the Return of Cash Bonds; Requiring a clerk of the court to withhold funds for specified purposes from the return of a cash bond posted by a criminal defendant or his or her spouse, rather than to withhold such funds from the return of a cash bond posted on behalf of the criminal defendant by a person other than a bail bond agent, etc.
Special Elections; Requiring that a written resignation be submitted by an officer within a specified timeframe if such officer is filling a vacancy caused by a certain resignation; providing construction; revising the timeframe during which a vacancy that occurs in an elective office must be filled by candidates qualifying within the timeframes provided by general law; requiring the Governor to fix the dates of the special election within a specified timeframe after the vacancy occurs; requiring the Governor to fix dates to coincide with an already scheduled election; requiring that vote-by-mail ballots from overseas voters be received before a specified time on election day, etc.
SB 1614 authorizes the Department of State to offer expedited services to individuals. This means a person can request faster processing for certain services provided by the Department. To utilize this option, individuals would follow a specified process, which includes paying an expedited service fee.
State Department Customer Service Standards; Requiring state departments to employ a callback queue system for customers who contact the departments by telephone, etc.
Insurance Regulations; Providing that the Chief Financial Officer is the agent for service of process on health maintenance organizations; authorizing the Department of Law Enforcement to exchange certain records with the Office of Insurance Regulation; deleting certain provisions relating to credits allowed in specified reinsurance circumstances and relating to assuming insurers’ accreditations; prohibiting personal residential property insurers from submitting more than two use and file filings under certain circumstances; requiring that certain rate filings with the office from residential property insurers include rate transparency reports, etc.
