Resident Status for Tuition Purposes; Provides that person may not lose his or her resident status for tuition purposes due solely to his or her incarceration in specified correctional facilities.
Educator Certifications and Training; Revises provisions relating to teacher & educator preparation programs and educator certification requirements to require certified educators to receive training relating to mass casualty incidents.
Public Accountancy; Authorizes Board of Accountancy to contract with certain corporations not for profit for performance of certain duties assigned to Division of Certified Public Accounting of DBPR; revises education & work experience requirements for certified public accountant license; requires international applicant who seeks licensure as certified public accountant in this state to meet specified criteria prescribed by board; revises requirements for approval of providers who administer continuing education on ethics for certified public accountants; revises requirements for certified public accountants licensed in another state or territory of United States to practice in this state without obtaining license.
Pregnancy Support and Wellness Services; Revises contract requirements for Florida Pregnancy Care Network, Inc.; requires DOH to conduct annual visits to each organization within network; providing requirements for visits.
Pub. Rec./Judicial Qualifications Commission Employees; Provides public records exemption for personal identifying & location information of current or former employees of Judicial Qualifications Commission & their spouse & children; provides for retroactive application; provides for future legislative review & repeal; provides statement of public necessity.
Graduation Requirements for English for Speakers of Other Languages Program Students; Authorizes certain ESOL program students to meet Algebra I end-of-course assessment requirements in specified manner.
Home Inspectors ; Revises examination & disclosure requirements for home inspectors; requires home inspectors to maintain errors & omissions insurance policy in specified amount.
County Administrators; Requiring that a county administrator be elected at certain general elections for a specified term of office in certain counties; requiring that a county administrator be an elected official under certain circumstances; requiring the Office of Economic and Demographic Research to certify the population of each county to specified persons in certain years; requiring that the first election of a county administrator occur in certain counties at a specified election, for a specified term of office, etc.
Adaptive Reuse of Land; Requiring counties and municipalities, respectively, to authorize certain allowable uses for the development of adaptive reuse projects; requiring the Adaptive Reuse Public-Private Partnership Council to perform a certain evaluation as it relates to the reduction in parking; authorizing a board of county commissioners and a municipal governing body, respectively, to adopt an ordinance for transitional housing for a specified purpose; creating the “Adaptive Reuse Initiative Act”, etc.
Pub. Rec./Florida Is For Veterans, Inc. ; Provides exemption from public records requirements for specified materials & information received, generated, ascertained, or discovered by Florida Is For Veterans, Inc., while administering Veterans Florida Opportunity Program; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemption; provides statement of public necessity.
Preferences for Veterans and Military Spouses; Requiring the state and its political subdivisions to give preference in appointment and retention in positions of employment to the spouses of wartime veterans, veterans, members of any reserve component of the United States Armed Forces or the Florida National Guard, and certain active duty servicemembers; defining the term “veteran-owned or military spouse-owned business”; providing for contracting preferences for such businesses; citing this act as the "Florida Veterans and Military Spouse Business Development Act", etc.
Fees/Agents of Student Athletes; Requiring agents wishing to represent student athletes to pay a specified application fee to the Department of Business and Professional Regulation; requiring such agents to pay a specified renewal fee annually to the department, etc.
