Services Provided by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles or Its Agents; Providing that a certain affidavit establishes a presumption of ownership and right of possession to a motor vehicle or mobile home when the previous owner of the motor vehicle or mobile home died testate; prohibiting the department or a tax collector from charging a fee for reissuance of certain certificates of title; authorizing certain disabled veterans to be issued a military license plate or specialty license plate in lieu of a “DV” license plate; authorizing the department to design, issue, and regulate the use of temporary tags when the existing owner of a vehicle has submitted an application to transfer a valid out-of-state title that is subject to a lien, etc.
Improvements to Real Property; Authorizing a program administrator to offer a program for financing qualifying improvements for residential property when authorized by a county or municipality; authorizing a program administrator to levy non-ad valorem assessments for a certain purpose; providing for compensation for tax collectors for actual costs incurred to collect non-ad valorem assessments; requiring certain financing agreement and contract provisions for change orders under certain circumstances; requiring a county or municipality to establish or approve a process for the registration of a qualifying improvement contractor to install qualifying improvements, etc.
Ratification of the Department of Environmental Protection’s Rules Relating to Stormwater; Ratifying a specified rule relating to environmental resource permitting for the sole and exclusive purpose of satisfying any condition on effectiveness pursuant to s. 120.541(3), F.S., which requires ratification of any rule exceeding the specified thresholds for likely adverse impact or increase in regulatory costs; ratifying rule 62-330.010, Florida Administrative Code, with specified changes; requiring that specified future amendments to such rule be submitted in bill form to, and approved by, the Legislature, etc.
Interstate Mobility; Providing requirements for the applicable board, or the Department of Business and Professional Regulation if there is no board, relating to licensure by reciprocity and by endorsement; requiring the respective boards of occupations, or the Department of Business and Professional Regulation if there is no board, to allow licensure by endorsement if applicant meets certain criteria; requiring the department, and authorizing the board, as applicable, to review the results of the criminal history checks according to specified criteria to determine if the applicants meet the requirements for licensure; designating the “Mobile Opportunity by Interstate Licensure Endorsement Act” or the “MOBILE Act”, etc.
Consumer Finance Loans; Prohibits person from operating branch of business making consumer finance loans before obtaining license; revises maximum interest rates on consumer finance loans; revises minimum amount of time before delinquency charge may be imposed; requires licensees offering assistance program to borrowers after federally declared major disaster to send notice to office; requires licensees to offer to borrowers credit education programs or seminars; provides requirements for licensee claiming submitted information contains trade secret; requires licensees to suspend actions for certain timeframe after federally declared disaster.
Sovereign Immunity for Professional Firms; Provides applicability; requires that contracts with certain professional firms must, to extent permitted by law, provide indemnity to DOT.
Specialty License Plates; Exempts collegiate license plates from certain discontinuation & presale voucher requirements for specialty license plates; requires DHSMV to reauthorize previously discontinued collegiate license plates; renames & revises words appearing on certain plates; directs DHSMV to develop specified plates; provides for distribution & use of fees collected from sale of plates.
United States-produced Iron and Steel in Public Works Projects; Requiring governmental entities to include a requirement in certain contracts that certain iron or steel products be produced in the United States; authorizing the minimal use of foreign steel and iron materials in certain circumstances; exempting specified products from the requirement, etc.
Easements Affecting Real Property Owned by the Same Owner; Authorizes owner of real property to create easement, servitude, or other interest in owner's real property & providing that such easement, servitude, or other interest is valid; providing legislative intent; etc.
Chiropractic Medicine; Authorizes chiropractic physicians to use dry needling treatments for specified purposes; requires certain training & certification; requires Board of Chiropractic Medicine to certify certain applicants who provide specified credentials evaluation report.
Corporate Actions; Providing that a defective corporate action is not void or voidable in certain circumstances; requiring the board of directors to take certain action to ratify a defective corporate action; providing quorum and voting requirements for the ratification of certain defective corporate actions; requiring that notice be given to shareholders of certain corporate action taken by the board of directors; providing that notice is not required for holders of certain shares whose identities or addresses for notice cannot be determined, etc.
Alternative Mobility Funding Systems and Impact Fees; Authorizes local governments to adopt alternative mobility plan & fee system; provides requirements for application of adopted alternative system; prohibits alternative system from imposing responsibility for funding existing transportation deficiency upon new development; prohibits local governments that do not issue building permits from charging for transportation impacts associated with development; requires local governments that issue building permits to collect for extrajurisdictional impacts; prohibits local governments from assessing multiple charges for same transportation impact; revises requirements for calculation of impact fees by local governments & special districts.
