Term Limits Applicable to State Representatives and State Senators; Proposing amendments to the State Constitution to revise the term limits applicable to state representatives and state senators and to provide an effective date, etc.
Underground Utility and Excavation Contractors; Revising the definition of the term “underground utility and excavation contractor”; revising the definition of the term “Contractor V”; defining the term “underground utility and excavation contractor”, etc.
Verification of Reemployment Assistance Benefit Eligibility; Revises circumstances under which Department of Commerce disqualifies claimants from reemployment assistance benefits; requires department to verify claimants' identities before paying benefits; requires department to cross-check certain information; provides duties of department; requires department to maintain web page for specified purpose & to notify employers each year of web page; provides annual reporting requirements.
Business Development Incentives for Veterans and Military Spouses; Requires DOS to waive specified fees for certain businesses established by veteran or military spouse; provides eligibility & registration requirements; provides for rulemaking & interagency cooperation; provides reporting requirements.
Subsidy Payments for the Home Care for the Elderly Program; Requires that subsidy payments made by DOEA for home care for elderly program cease for certain persons upon such persons' participation in Medicaid long-term care managed care program.
Canine Support Grant Program for First Responders; Requires FDLE & State Fire Marshal to establish & jointly administer grant program; provides requirements for grants, support dogs, & handlers; provides for oversight & annual reporting.
Traffic Infractions Resulting in a Crash with Another Vehicle; Requiring the imposition of specified civil penalties and periods of driver license suspension on a person found at a mandatory hearing to have committed certain traffic infractions that resulted in a crash with another vehicle, in addition to any other penalties; requiring persons cited for specified infractions that result in a crash with another vehicle to appear at a certain mandatory hearing, etc.
HB 825 exempts funds held in a "homeowner savings plan" from being seized or subject to certain legal processes, such as garnishment. The bill defines a "homeowner savings plan" as a specific type of savings account for homeowners. This change directly affects homeowners who contribute to such plans by protecting their savings from creditors. The exemption only applies to funds in the defined homeowner savings plan and does not alter protections for other savings accounts.
Self-storage Spaces; Revises notice requirements of owners of self-storage units in order to enforce lien on tenant's property; revises notice requirements for such owners who wish to sell such tenant's property; requires that rental agreements for renters of self-storage units which are entered into on or after specified date provide certain information in compliance with Florida Self-storage Facility Act; provides that failure or refusal of tenant to designate alternate contact does not affect tenant's or owner's rights or remedies; provides exception; authorizes owners of self-storage unit to send notice to certain tenants' last known address to apprise such tenants of specified right.
Mental Health Support Residences; Providing that the use of certain dwellings as, or the conversion of such dwellings into, certain residences is not a change in occupancy as defined in the Florida Building Code; providing that the use of certain dwellings as, or the conversion of such dwellings into, certain residences does not require the reclassification of such dwellings for purposes of enforcing the Florida Fire Prevention Code, etc.
Homestead Exemptions; Increasing the homestead tax exemption amount for all levies, except for assessments for special benefits; deleting homestead tax exemptions for all levies other than school district levies, etc.
Pharmacy; Revising the definition of the term “pharmacy” to include remote-site pharmacies; authorizing registered pharmacy technicians to handle the sales transactions and delivery of dispensed drugs under certain circumstances; providing for the permitting of remote-site pharmacies; authorizing remote-site pharmacies to store, hold, and dispense medicinal drugs, etc.
