Telecommunications Access System Act of 1991; Revising the powers and duties of the Florida Public Service Commission in overseeing the administration of the telecommunications access system; revising the duties of the system’s administrator; revising the procedures required for the distribution of specialized telecommunications devices; revising the composition of the advisory committee appointed to assist the commission with implementing the act, etc.
OGSR/Department of Financial Services; Amending a provision which provides an exemption from public records requirements for certain records made or received by the Department of Financial Services acting as receiver pursuant to specified provisions; revising the list of records that are exempt from public records requirements; removing the scheduled repeal of the exemption, etc.
Fraudulent Use of Gift Cards; Providing criminal penalties for persons who, with the intent to defraud, commit specified prohibited acts related to gift cards; providing criminal penalties for persons who, with the intent to defraud, use for certain purposes gift cards or gift card redemption information; providing enhanced criminal penalties, etc.
Limited Liability Companies; Defining the terms “registered foreign protected series of a foreign series limited liability company” and “registered foreign series limited liability company”; specifying that certain limited liability companies are considered a nonresident under certain circumstances; creating the “Uniform Protected Series Provisions”; providing powers and prohibitions for protected series of series limited liability companies; authorizing domestic limited liability companies to establish protected series, etc.
Exploitation of Vulnerable Adults; Authorizing the use of substitute service on unascertainable respondents; requiring the court to enter an order providing for specified service when a petitioner files the sworn affidavit; requiring that any proposed transfer of funds or property in dispute be held for a specified time period, etc.
Warranty Associations; Revising the requirements of contractual liability insurance policies; revising the circumstances under which certain service warranty associations are not required to establish unearned premium reserves or to maintain contractual liability insurance and are authorized to allow their premiums to exceed specified ratios; requiring that contracts that include coverage for accidental damage from handling be covered by a specified policy, etc.
Aerospace Industry; Requiring Space Florida to administer the International Aerospace Innovation Fund; establishing the International Aerospace Innovation Fund; providing the purpose and duties of the fund; requiring Space Florida to establish an application process for projects seeking funding from the fund, etc.
Spring Restoration; Authorizing certain domestic wastewater treatment facilities to request the incorporation of reclaimed water projects identified in Outstanding Florida Springs recovery or prevention strategies; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to approve such requests within a certain period of time if certain conditions are met, etc.
Public Records/Pleading, Request for Relief, or Other Document Stricken by a Court; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for a matter in a pleading, a request for relief, or other document which has been stricken by the court in a noncriminal case if the court makes specific findings; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
Veterans’ Benefits Assistance; Prohibiting a person from receiving compensation for referring an individual to a provider for advising, assisting, or consulting on any veterans’ benefits matter; requiring that persons who advise, assist, or consult on veterans’ benefits matters for compensation provide a specified oral and written disclosure before entering into a business relationship with a client; prohibiting a provider who advises, assists, or consults on veterans’ benefits matters from charging certain fees; requiring a provider to ensure that individuals who directly assist a veteran in a veterans’ benefits matter complete a specified background screening before entering into an agreement with a veteran for veterans’ benefits matters, etc.
Juvenile Justice; Providing for appointment of counsel in certain circumstances; providing for payment of counsel; revising provisions for a child’s punishment for contempt of court; revising provisions related to case staffing and to services and treatment related to a family in need of services; authorizing that a child be taken into custody pursuant to a finding of contempt; providing for early truancy intervention; providing for additional services to be ordered if a student is found to be a truant status offender; specifying when a guardian ad litem may be appointed, etc.
Capital Human Trafficking of Vulnerable Persons for Sexual Exploitation; Specifying that a defendant’s memorialized confession or admission in cases of capital human trafficking of vulnerable persons for sexual exploitation is admissible during trial under specified circumstances; requiring that an offender who is convicted of committing capital human trafficking of vulnerable persons for sexual exploitation be designated as a sexual predator; prohibiting a person 18 years of age or older from knowingly initiating, organizing, planning, financing, directing, managing, or supervising a venture that has subjected a child younger than 12 years of age, or a person who is mentally defective or mentally incapacitated, to human trafficking for sexual exploitation, etc.
