Use of Drones by Government Agencies; Expands authorized uses of drones by state agency or political subdivision to include assessment of damage due to natural disasters during specified time; requires DMS to publish list of approved drone manufacturers meeting specified security standards; requires governmental agency to use drone from approved list; requires DMS to establish minimum security standards for governmental agency drone use.
Expiration of Permits and Agreements During Natural Emergencies; Tolls & extends expiration of specified consumptive use water permits & certain development permits & agreements during natural emergency declared by Governor; provides retroactive applicability.
Motor Vehicle Insurance; Repeals provisions relating Florida Motor Vehicle No-Fault Law; revises garage liability insurance requirements, minimum coverage requirements for proof of financial responsibility for motor vehicles, excess liability coverage requirements, financial responsibility requirements for owners or lessees of for-hire passenger transportation vehicles, coverages of motor vehicle policy which are subject to stacking prohibition, & insurance requirements for transportation network companies drivers. APPROPRIATION: $83,651
Use of Drones by Government Agencies; Expands authorized uses of drones by law enforcement agencies & other specified entities; requires governmental agencies to take specified protective measures when using drones; requires DMS to publish list of approved drone manufacturers meeting specified security standards; requires governmental agency to use drone from approved list; requires DMS to establish minimum security standards for governmental agency drone use.
Payment for Construction Services; Increases interest rate for certain payments for purchases of construction services; specifies that person, firm, or corporation who fails to make certain payments relating to public projects commits misapplication of construction funds & is subject to criminal penalties; expands list of actions for which licensee may be disciplined by Construction Industry Licensing Board; requires board to suspend certain licenses for minimum period of time; specifies that certain licensed contractor, subcontractor, sub-subcontractor, or other person is subject to certain discipline if convicted of misapplication of construction funds.
Requests for Public Records; Prohibits agency that receives request to inspect or copy record from responding to such request by filing action for declaratory relief against requester.
Campaign Financing; Provides limitation on contributions made to political committees sponsoring constitutional amendment proposed by initiative; specifies conditions upon which limitation no longer applies; prohibits candidate from donating surplus funds to charitable organization that employs candidate; provides candidate may give certain surplus funds to state or political subdivision to be disbursed in specified manner.
Recovery of Spaceflight Assets; Providing that a spaceflight entity retains ownership of a spaceflight asset after launch or upon reentry; requiring a person who finds an item reasonably identifiable as a spaceflight asset to report the description and location of the asset to law enforcement; authorizing the owner of a spaceflight asset to enter private property under specified circumstances; prohibiting a person from appropriating a spaceflight asset to his or her own use or refusing to surrender a spaceflight asset to law enforcement or the owner, etc.
Public Records/Examination and Assessment Instruments; Expanding an exemption from public records requirements for examination and assessment instruments used for statewide standardized assessments and student progression to include those instruments used for statewide kindergarten screening, youth enrolled in Department of Juvenile Justice programs, limited English proficient students, civic literacy assessments, measuring minority and underrepresented student achievement, and certification of educators and those administered by a Florida College System institution, a state university, or the Department of Education; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
Personal Care Attendants; Authorizing nursing home facilities to employ personal care attendants if they are participating in a certain training program developed by the Agency for Health Care Administration, in consultation with the Board of Nursing; providing limitations on such personal care attendants’ practice; requiring the agency to authorize the continuation of certain personal care attendant programs under certain circumstances; authorizing certain persons to be employed by a nursing home facility as personal care attendants for a specified period if a certain training requirement is met, etc.
Nonopioid Alternatives Educational Materials; Authorizes certain health care practitioners to provide educational pamphlet regarding use of nonopioid alternatives for treatment of pain to certain persons electronically.
Human Trafficking; Provides that communication between human trafficking victim advocate or trained volunteer & human trafficking victim is confidential in certain circumstances; specifies who may claim privilege; prohibits engaging in specified criminal acts relating to human trafficking with an adult believed to be a child younger than 18 years of age; encourages state attorney to adopt pro-prosecution policy for acts of human trafficking; provides that court clerk may not charge fees for petitions for expunction of human trafficking victim's criminal history record; removes requirement that petitioner have no other expunction petitions pending; requires court to impose specified conditions, on probationers or community controllees who are placed under supervision for committing specified human trafficking offense.
