OGSR/Examination and Assessment Instruments; Expands exemption from public record requirements for examination & assessment instruments to include such instruments when held by certain entities; requires SBE & BOG to adopt certain rules & regulations governing retention & disposal process for specified record; authorizes specified entities to disclose exempt information to certain entities; requires specified entities to disclose exempt information in certain circumstances; & extends scheduled repeal of exemption.
OGSR/Department of Military Affairs; Extends scheduled repeal of exemption from public record requirements for certain information held by the Department of Military Affairs stored in a United States Department of Defense system of records, transmitted using a United States Department of Defense network or communications device, or pertaining to the United States Department of Defense.
Extracurricular Activities; Revises provisions relating to extracurricular activities & student athletics; revises provisions relating to classification of K-12 administrative personnel.
Pub. Rec./E-mail Addresses Collected by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; Provides exemption from public records requirements for certain e-mail addresses collected by DHSMV; provides for retroactive application; provides for future legislative review & repeal; provides statement of public necessity.
Transportation; Requires licensing rather than registration of, & fuel tax decals rather than identifying devices for, motor carriers; requires copy of license to be carried in each qualified motor vehicle or made available electronically; specifies how fuel tax decals are to be displayed on qualified motor vehicles; requires DHSMV or its authorized agent to issue licenses & fuel tax decals; requires fuel tax decal renewal orders to be submitted electronically beginning on specified date; revises required contents of temporary fuel-use permits; revises reporting periods & due dates for motor fuel use tax returns; requires such tax returns to be submitted electronically beginning on specified date; revises requirements for calculation of interest due for delinquent tax; provides penalties for any person who counterfeits, alters, manufactures, or sells fuel tax licenses, fuel tax decals, or temporary fuel-use permits except under certain circumstances; requires motor carriers to destroy fuel tax decals under certain circumstances & notify DHSMV; revises apparent amount of property damage that requires driver of vehicle involved in crash to notify law enforcement of crash; provides exemption from certain vehicle registration requirements for certain active duty military members; requires applicants to provide proof of address; revises requirements for documenting applicant's address & proof of legal presence; revises prohibition on obscuring license plate; provides that use of license plate frame or decorative border device is not prohibited under specified conditions; authorizes DHSMV to use e-mail as method of notification; requires e-mail address to be included on ID card application & request for replacement driver license or instruction permit, respectively; authorizes orders of cancellation, suspension, revocation, or disqualification to be provided by e-mail notification.
Citizens Property Insurance Corporation; Prohibits corporation from issuing or renewing coverage for commercial residential & commercial nonresidential risks & from imposing equalization adjustment; requires corporation to implement commercial lines clearinghouse; authorizes corporation to share risk exposure & policy information with commercial lines clearinghouse administrator; authorizes approved surplus lines clearinghouse insurers to participate in commercial lines clearinghouse; prohibits such insurers from participating in personal lines clearinghouse; authorizes OIR to review certain operational processes related to program.
OGSR/Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; Removes scheduled repeal of exemption from public record requirements for information received by DHSMV as result of investigation or examination conducted pursuant to certain provisions.
OGSR/Social Media Platform and Antitrust Investigations; Extends scheduled repeal of exemption from public records requirements for certain information received in investigations by Attorney General or law enforcement agency into social media platform activities & certain information received in investigations by DLA or law enforcement agency into violations by certain social media platforms.
Firefighter Cancer Benefits; Requires former employer to provide death benefits to certain beneficiaries for specified time period; provides finding & declaration of important state interest.
Electric Bicycles; Provides requirements for operation of electric bicycles; provides penalties; creates Electric Bicycle Safety Task Force adjunct to DHSMV & provides requirements therefor; requires certain reports to Governor & Legislature by specified dates.
Controlled Substances; Excepts from list of Schedule I controlled substances certain xylazine animal drug products approved by United States Food & Drug Administration & used for certain purposes; provides criminal penalties & requires mandatory minimum term of imprisonment if person sells, manufactures, or delivers or possesses with intent to sell, manufacture, or deliver xylazine; creates offense of trafficking in xylazine; provides criminal penalties & requires mandatory minimum term of imprisonment & fines based on quantity of controlled substance involved in offense.
Eligibility of Leasehold Interests for Homestead Exemptions; Revises circumstances under which persons may be deemed to have legal or beneficial & equitable title to certain property for homestead exemption purposes.
