Carbon Sequestration; Creates Carbon Sequestration Task Force adjunct to DEP; requires task force to submit specified reports to Secretary of Environmental Protection, Governor, & Legislature; provides that participation in certain programs or activities is voluntary; requires certain frameworks or enforcement mechanisms to have explicit legislative approval.
Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact; Creating the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact; authorizing member states to obtain biometric-based information from and conduct criminal background checks on licensees applying for a compact privilege; providing for joint investigations of licensees under the compact; providing for commission membership, voting, and meetings; exempting occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants from licensure requirements if they are practicing in this state pursuant to a compact privilege under the compact, etc.
HCR 1509 is a concurrent resolution proposing to ratify a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would guarantee equal rights regardless of sex. It directly affects the constitutional amendment process by seeking state legislative approval for this specific amendment. The key mechanism is the resolution itself, which would formally endorse the amendment for consideration by the U.S. Congress and states. This is a procedural step in the constitutional amendment process, not a law changing current rights or policies.
Carbon Sequestration; Creating the Carbon Sequestration Task Force adjunct to the Department of Environmental Protection; providing for task force membership, meetings, and duties; requiring the task force to submit specified reports to the Secretary of Environmental Protection and to the Governor and the Legislature by specified dates, etc. APPROPRIATION: $350,000
Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact; Creates Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact; provides purpose & objectives; requires member states to meet certain requirements to join & participate in compact; provides criteria that occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant must satisfy to practice under compact; provides requirements for renewal of equivalent license in member state; authorizes active military member & his or her spouse to be deemed as having home state license; requires member states to report adverse actions taken against license of occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant by other member states; establishes Occupational Therapy Compact Commission; provides for jurisdiction & venue for court proceedings; provides membership, duties, & powers; requires member states to participate in exchange of specified information; authorizes commission to adopt rules & bylaws; provides for development, maintenance, & use of coordinated database & reporting system; requires member states to submit specified information to data system; provides requirements for information in data system; provides rulemaking procedures; provides for state enforcement of compact; provides for termination of compact membership; provides procedures for resolution of certain disputes.
Ad Valorem Tax; Authorizing a county or municipality, respectively, to establish an ad valorem tax rebate program for property owners; specifying requirements for the rebate program, etc.
Adaptive Reuse of Land; Authorizes board of county commissioners & municipal governing body, respectively, to adopt ordinance for transitional housing; establishes eligibility & ordinance requirements; authorizes Florida Housing Finance Corporation to provide technical assistance to counties & municipalities; creates Adaptive Reuse Public-Private Partnership Council to facilitate & oversee development of adaptive reuse projects; requires council to monitor & perform project evaluations on regular basis; prohibits members of council from receiving compensation; authorizes reimbursement for travel expenses for certain members; requires council to report specified information to Governor & Legislature by specified date each year.
Agronomic Study on Emerging Crops; Requiring Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University to conduct an agronomic study on emerging crops in this state, subject to legislative appropriation; requiring Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University to submit a report to the Governor and the Legislature by a specified date, etc.
Community Violence Task Force; Creates task force within FDLE; requires state agencies to provide assistance when requested; authorizes task force to receive exempt or confidential & exempt information & specifies that information maintains such status; requires report.
Interstate Compact for School Psychologists; Creating the Interstate Compact for School Psychologists; specifying requirements that states must meet to join and participate in the compact; providing for recognition of school psychologist licenses in member states; specifying criteria that a school psychologist must satisfy to practice with an equivalent license in remote states under the compact; establishing the Interstate Compact for School Psychologists Commission, etc.
Interstate Compact for School Psychologists; Creates Interstate Compact for School Psychologists; provides for recognition of school psychologist licenses in member states; authorizes member state to require licensure; requires member states to meet criteria to participate in compact; establishes Interstate Compact for School Psychologists Commission; provides membership, duties, & powers; provides for state enforcement of compact; provides for termination of compact membership; requires facilitation of exchange of specified information between member states.
Community Violence Task Force; Creating the task force within the Department of Law Enforcement; providing for membership, duties, and meetings of the task force; requiring state agencies to provide assistance when requested by the task force; authorizing the task force to receive exempt or confidential and exempt information and specifying that the information maintains such status; requiring the task force to submit a report to the Governor and Legislature by a specified date, etc.
