Clerks of the Circuit Court; Requiring certain service charges to be distributed in a specified manner; specifying the amount of charges for certain services rendered by, and instruments filed with, the clerk of the circuit court which are not court records; clarifying the responsibility of an individual released from incarceration regarding enrolling in a payment plan for any outstanding court obligations; requiring the clerks to develop a uniform payment plan form by a specified date; requiring the clerks of the court to submit requests for reimbursement for jury-related costs to the Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation within specified timeframes, etc.
Conservation Area Designations; Designates Southeast Florida Coral Reef Ecosystem Conservation Area as Kristin Jacobs Coral Reef Ecosystem Conservation Area; directs DEP to erect suitable markers.
Department of Financial Services; Requires State Risk Management Trust Fund to provide insurance for certain firefighter cancer-related benefits; prohibits unlicensed persons from acting as or advertising themselves as funeral directors, embalmers, direct disposers, or preneed sales agents unless they are so licensed; authorizes licensed funeral director interns & licensed combination funeral director & embalmer interns to continue performing certain tasks while transitioning to licensed funeral directors & licensed combination funeral director & embalmers; requires monument retailers to comply with specified requirements relating to place of business & operations; subjecting monument retailers to inspection; prohibits firesafety inspector from knowingly & intentionally requesting, soliciting, accepting, or agreeing to accept compensation offered to induce violation of certain codes, rules, or laws; provides that certain persons serving as volunteer firefighters may serve as regular or permanent firefighters for limited period; prohibits aiding or abetting of unlicensed activity of bail bond agent or temporary bail bond agent.
Domestic Violence Centers; Prohibiting the unlawful disclosure of certain information about domestic violence centers; providing criminal penalties, etc.
Retail Petroleum Fuel Measuring Devices; Revising the types of certain security measures required to be affixed to or installed onto retail petroleum fuel measuring devices; requiring owners or operators of retail petroleum fuel measuring devices to affix to or install onto the measuring devices certain security measures by a specified date; authorizing the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to take certain retail petroleum fuel measuring devices out of service until compliance is restored; preempting the regulation of petroleum fuel measuring devices to the state, etc.
Purple Alert; Requiring the Department of Law Enforcement, in cooperation with the Department of Transportation, the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, the Department of the Lottery, and local law enforcement agencies, to establish and implement the Purple Alert; requiring the local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction to notify media and alert subscribers if a Purple Alert is determined to be necessary and appropriate; providing that the Department of Law Enforcement, as the Purple Alert coordinator, and certain agencies, employees, individuals, and entities are immune from civil liability for damages when performing certain actions in good faith, etc. APPROPRIATION: $199,901
Motor Vehicle Insurance Coverage Exclusions; Providing that private passenger motor vehicle policies may exclude certain coverages for claims resulting from the operation of motor vehicles by identified individuals under certain circumstances; requiring excluded drivers to meet certain requirements for financial responsibility, etc.
Florida Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association; Redefines "person," to apply to provisions relating to life & health insurance guaranty of payments; authorizes Florida Life & Health Insurance Guaranty Association to assume, reissue, & cause to be reissued covered polices of impaired insurers; revises association's standing before court; provides association has right to appear or intervene before court or agency in another state; authorizes board of directors of association to credit specified assessments against certain future assessments; requires member insurers to pay deferred assessments.
Medicaid; Revising the types of emergency transportation vehicle services provided to Medicare-eligible persons for which Medicaid shall pay deductibles and coinsurance; specifying that such payments must be made according to certain procedure codes, etc.
OGSR/Nurse Licensure Compact; Removes scheduled repeal of exemption from public records requirements for certain information held by Department of Health or Board of Nursing pursuant to Nurse Licensure Compact & exemption from public meeting requirements for certain meetings of Interstate Commission of Nurse Licensure Compact Administration.
Florida Real Estate Appraisal Board; Revising the composition of the board, etc.
Public Accountancy; Requiring that certain applicants not be licensed in any state or territory in order to be licensed by endorsement; providing license renewal requirements for nonresident licensees; requiring that a majority of the hours required for continuing education include specific content, etc.
