City of Coral Springs and City of Parkland, Broward County; Reduces & contracts from corporate limits of City of Coral Springs & enlarges & extends corporate limits of City of Parkland approximately 8.7 acres of land contiguous to corporate limits of City of Parkland; provides boundaries.
HB 4011 revises the definition of "building official" within Palm Beach County. This procedural bill updates the legal terminology used to describe building officials in county law. The change directly affects how building officials are formally identified in county code enforcement and administrative processes. It does not alter the duties or responsibilities of building officials but adjusts the defining language for consistency or clarity.
HB 4013 repeals existing legal provisions that granted specific rights to certain employees and appointees working within the Citrus County Sheriff's office. This bill directly affects those individuals by removing the protections or privileges previously established under the repealed laws. The key mechanism is the formal removal of these rights from the county code, without creating new policies or altering other employment terms. The change applies solely to the sheriff's office personnel covered by the repealed sections, with no broader impact on county operations or other departments.
Transportation Facility Designations; Provides honorary designations of certain transportation facilities in specified counties; directs DOT to erect suitable markers.
Fort Pierce Farms Water Control District, St. Lucie County; Increases maximum annual maintenance tax; limits annual assessment rate increases; requires referendum.
North St. Lucie River Water Control District, St. Lucie County; Revises maintenance tax assessments by district & increases maximum annual maintenance tax levy; limits annual assessment rate increases; requires referendum.
OGSR/Parental Consent Requirements Before Terminating a Pregnancy; Amending provisions relating to an exemption from public records requirements for certain information that could identify a minor petitioning a court to waive parental consent requirements before terminating a pregnancy; deleting the scheduled repeal of the exemption, etc.
Florida State University Election Law Center; Creating the center within the Florida State University College of Law; defining the term “election law”; authorizing the center to provide assistance to the Legislature and other governmental entities; providing mechanisms for the funding of the center, etc.
Improving Screening for and Treatment of Blood Clots; Requires hospitals with emergency departments to develop & implement policies & procedures & conduct training for rendering of appropriate medical attention for persons at risk of forming venous thromboembolisms; repeals provisions requiring DOH to contract with private entity to establish statewide venous thromboembolism registry at no cost to state; provides requirements for private entity; requires hospitals with emergency department, beginning on date certain, to regularly report certain information; requires department to require private entity to use nationally recognized platform to collect certain data; requires private entity to provide regular reports to department on such data; requires agency, by date certain, to provide to Governor & Legislature specified report; provides requirements for such report; provides applicability; revises requirements for certain annual inservice training for certified nursing assistants employed by nursing home facilities; revises training requirements for certain certified nursing assistants who may be delegated tasks in nursing home facilities; provides legislative findings; requires assisted living facilities to provide a consumer information pamphlet containing specified information to residents.
Taxation; Revising the purposes for which a county may use tax revenues derived from the tourist development tax; revising certain conditions that must be satisfied for a county to use certain tax revenue; requiring that the notice for scheduled appearances before the value adjustment board provide certain information; requiring the board to allow petitioners to appear at a hearing using certain electronic or other communication equipment if such petitioners request in writing to do so within a specified timeframe; authorizing successive owners of certain property receiving a tax exemption to receive such exemption in certain circumstances; providing that property is eligible for a specified tax exemption if it meets certain conditions. APPROPRIATION: $1,655,282
Health and Human Services; Authorizing certain dental and dental hygiene students to apply for the Dental Student Loan Repayment Program before obtaining active employment; creating the Cancer Connect Collaborative Research Incubator within the Department of Health, and overseen by the collaborative, to provide funding for a specified purpose over a specified timeframe; establishing the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute VisionGen Initiative within the William G. “Bill” Bankhead, Jr., and David Coley Cancer Research Program; requiring the department to revoke the medical marijuana use registry registration of qualified patients and caregivers who enter certain pleas or are found guilty of certain offenses; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to develop user-friendly consumer satisfaction surveys for nursing home facilities, etc.
Natural Resources; Deleting provisions authorizing the Department of Financial Services to disburse certain funds from the Indian Gaming Revenue Clearing Trust Fund; revising requirements for applications for full fee simple acquisition projects; revising the list of entities that certain state agencies may contract with; repealing provisions relating to the Local Trail Management Grant Program; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to dedicate a certain amount of funds to projects located in a rural area of opportunity, etc.
