Veterans' Preference in Employment; Authorizes state & political subdivisions to waive certain postsecondary educational requirements for employment for certain servicemembers & veterans; revises list of positions that are exempt from veterans' preference requirements; requires each political subdivision to develop & implement veterans' recruitment plan; modifies point preferences given to veterans & their family members when numerically based selection process is used for hiring.
Documentary Stamp Tax Distributions; Revises & deletes distributions of documentary stamp taxes collected; provides that specified distributions may not be transferred to General Revenue Fund; authorizes revenues in Water Protection & Sustainability Program Trust Fund to be distributed to a specified program.
OGSR/Nurse Licensure Compact; Amending a provision which provides an exemption from public record requirements for certain personal identifying information of nurses in the Nurse Licensure Compact and from public record and meeting requirements for certain meetings or portions of meetings and certain records held by the Interstate Commission of Nurse Licensure Compact Administrators; removing the scheduled repeal of the exemptions, etc.
Health Care; Revises requirement relating to contribution by residents of certain health care facilities; requires nursing homes to annually submit to AHCA financial data; extends postpartum Medicaid eligibility period for pregnant women; revises provisions relating to retroactive payments for Medicaid-covered services for certain eligible persons.
Statewide Flooding and Sea Level Rise Resilience; Establishes Resilient Florida Grant Program within DEP to fund costs of community resilience planning; requires DEP to complete data set & assessment, develop annual Statewide Flooding & Sea Level Rise Resilience Plan & submit plan to Governor & Legislature; authorizes local governments, WMDs, & flood control districts to annually submit proposed projects to DEP; authorizes DEP to provide funding to regional resilience entities, subject to appropriation; establishes Florida Flood Hub for Applied Research & Innovation; requires Hub to annually submit report to Governor & Legislature; requires OEDR to include flood control information in assessments.
Surcharges Paid for Criminal Offenses and Noncriminal Moving Traffic Violations; Revises expiration date of provisions governing surcharges remitted to DOR for specified criminal offenses & noncriminal moving traffic violations to fund state agency law enforcement radio system & provide technical assistance with statewide systems of regional law enforcement communications.
Resilient Florida Trust Fund/DEP; Creates Resilient Florida Trust Fund within DEP; provides for purpose of fund; provides for future review & termination or re-creation of fund.
OGSR/Criminal History Information of Juveniles; Amending provisions abrogating the scheduled repeals of public records exemptions relating to criminal history information of juveniles, etc.
Trust Funds/Re-creation/Triumph Gulf Coast Trust Fund/DEO; Re-creates Triumph Gulf Coast Trust Fund within DEO without modification; removes provisions relating to termination of trust fund.
Taxation; Requires marketplace providers & persons located outside FL to remit discretionary sales surtax; replaces taxation of mail order sales with taxation of remote sales; provides entities making remote sales are dealers for sales & use taxes; requires entities to collect & remit additional fees at time of sale; authorizes marketplace providers & sellers to agree for marketplace sellers to collect taxes & fees; provides relief to persons for liability for tax, penalty, & interest due on remote sales; provides alternative method to calculate unemployment contribution in specified years; provides for deposit of funds in Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund. APPROPRIATION: $353,000
Relief From Burdens on Real Property Rights; Revises definitions of terms "action of governmental entity" & "real property" & revises definition of term "land" for purposes of private property rights protection.
Civic Literacy Education; Requires Commissioner of Education to develop criteria for civic literacy practicum that meets certain goals; provides purpose & requirements; authorizes time spent on specified civic engagement activities to count toward requirements for certain scholarships & academic awards; establishes Citizen Scholar Program within USF; requires program to serve certain students, subject to appropriation; provides program requirements; provides undergraduate credit for program completion.
