County and Municipal Code Enforcement; Prohibiting code inspectors designated by boards of county commissioners from initiating investigations of potential violations of codes and ordinances by way of anonymous complaints; prohibiting code inspectors from initiating enforcement proceedings for potential violations of codes and ordinances by way of anonymous complaints; prohibiting code enforcement officers from initiating investigations of potential violations of codes and ordinances by way of anonymous complaints; prohibiting code inspectors designated by governing bodies of municipalities from initiating investigations of potential violations of codes and ordinances by way of anonymous complaints; requiring persons who report potential violations of codes and ordinances to provide specified information to the governing body before an investigation occurs, etc.
Pine Tree Water Control District, Broward County; Requires members of board of supervisors be elected through general election; provides for staggered terms; provides requirements for elections of board members & candidates seeking election; requires Supervisor of Elections of Broward County to appoint certain persons, prepare & furnish ballots, designate polling places, & canvass returns; provides for declaration & certification of election results; provides requirements for referendum.
Relief/Estate of Crystle Marie Galloway/Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners; Provides for relief of Estate of Crystle Marie Galloway by Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners; provides for an appropriation to compensate the estate for injuries sustained by Crystle Marie Galloway and her survivors as a result of negligence of employees of the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners. CLAIM: $2,450,000
Child Welfare; Requiring the case record of every child under the supervision or in the custody of the Department of Children and Families, the department’s agents, or providers contracting with the department to include a case record face sheet; providing best interest factors that certain entities must consider when determining a proposed placement for a child; providing conditions under which a child may be removed from a caregiver’s home; requiring judicial review hearings within a specified time after a child’s specified birthday; providing that parental rights may be reinstated under certain conditions, etc.
Higher Education; Prohibits certain educational institutions from being civilly liable for certain actions; requires state university to waive certain tuition & fees for certain students who meet specified criteria; revises eligibility criteria for specified grant program.
Protection of Elderly Persons and Disabled Adults; Adds offenses to authority of Office of Statewide Prosecution; provides person convicted of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of elderly person or disabled adult is not qualified to act as personal representative; provides for forfeiture of specified benefits of persons convicted of offenses concerning elderly persons or disabled adults; provides persons convicted of offenses concerning elderly persons or disabled adults may still retain inheritance, survivorship rights, other rights, or trust interest if victim executes specified instrument; specifies additional conduct that constitutes abuse or exploitation of elderly person or disabled adult; revises provisions concerning injunctions for protection; provides for extension of ex parte temporary injunctions.
Special District Accountability; Requires certain independent special districts to contract with independent entity to conduct performance reviews; specifies frequency of such reviews; requires OPPAGA to conduct performance reviews of certain independent special districts; provides criteria for contracting for such reviews; requires performance reviews to be reported; requires additional information to be provided by special districts in their annual reports; requires certain data be included in financial audits of special districts; requires certain community redevelopment agencies to file separate audited financial statements.
Unlawful Use of DNA; Prohibits DNA analysis & disclosure of DNA analysis results without express consent; removes criminal penalties; prohibits collection or retention of DNA sample of another person without express consent for specified purposes; prohibits specified DNA analysis & disclosure of DNA analysis results without express consent; provides criminal penalties.
Immokalee Water and Sewage District, Collier County; Provides appointed members shall serve until successor is appointed.
Cybersecurity; Requires audit plans of inspector general to include certain information; revises provisions to replace references to IT & computer security with references to cybersecurity; provides & revises requirements for DMS, acting through Florida Digital Service; creates Florida Cybersecurity Advisory Council within DMS; providing purpose of council.
Public Records; Requiring each county recorder or clerk of the court to make publicly available on an Internet website the identity of a respondent against whom a final judgment for an injunction for the protection of a minor is entered, as well as the fact that the final judgment injunction for the protection of a minor has been entered; requiring each county recorder or clerk of the court to post a certain notice on the Internet website and in the office of the county recorder or clerk of the court; authorizing certain persons to petition the circuit court for compliance; requiring that final judgments for injunctions for protection be recorded in official records, etc.
Human Trafficking; Providing that a communication between a human trafficking victim advocate or trained volunteer and a human trafficking victim is confidential in certain circumstances; prohibiting a person from engaging in specified criminal acts relating to human trafficking with an adult believed to be a child younger than 18 years of age; prohibiting a clerk of the court from charging certain fees for petitions for expunction of human trafficking victim criminal history records; requiring a court to impose specified conditions on probationers or community controllees who are placed under supervision for committing a specified human trafficking offense on or after a certain date, etc.
