Residency of Local Elected Officials; Prohibiting the consideration of the residential addresses of certain persons during the district-drawing process for boards of county commissioners; requiring municipalities to fix the boundaries of their districts in a certain manner; specifying that district changes may be made only in odd-numbered years; providing that an elected candidate for district school board must reside in the district school board member residence area by the date she or he assumes office instead of upon qualifying for office, etc.
Transportation-related Facility Designations; Providing honorary designations of certain transportation facilities in specified counties; directing the Department of Transportation to erect suitable markers, etc.
Child Support; Revising requirements for the deferment of payment agreements for child support; revising the procedures for collection and distribution of court depository fees; removing exceptions to the prohibition on treating incarceration as voluntary employment; revising requirements for the Department of Revenue to commence proceedings regarding paternity and child support, etc.
Utility System Rate Base Values; Establishing an alternative procedure by which the Florida Public Service Commission may establish a rate base value for certain acquired utility systems; requiring that the approved rate base value be reflected in the acquiring utility’s next general rate case for ratemaking purposes; establishing a procedure for appraisal of the acquired utility system; providing the contents required for a petition to the commission for approval of the rate base value of the acquired utility system, etc.
Florida Kratom Consumer Protection Act; Creating the "Florida Kratom Consumer Protection Act"; prohibiting processors from selling, preparing, distributing, or exposing for sale certain kratom products; prohibiting processors from distributing, selling, or exposing for sale a kratom product to an individual under 21 years of age; requiring processors to annually register kratom products with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, etc.
Shared Parental Responsibility After the Establishment of Paternity; Authorizing a parent to request certain determinations and the creation of a parenting plan and time-sharing schedule; requiring that the determination of parental responsibility and child support and the creation of a parenting plan and a time-sharing schedule be established through a certain action; specifying that the mother of a child born out of wedlock and a father who has established paternity of such child are the natural guardians of the child and are entitled and subject to the rights and responsibilities of being parents if certain conditions are met, etc.
Bereavement Benefits for State Employees; Citing this act as the "Respecting Their Sacrifice Act"; authorizing the head of a law enforcement agency to grant specified employees a certain number of hours of administrative leave for a specified purpose; authorizing the head of a law enforcement agency to deny such administrative leave under certain circumstances; authorizing travel expenses for certain members of a law enforcement agency for a specified purpose; increasing the amount to be paid toward the funeral and burial expenses of certain officers killed in the line of duty, etc.
Physician Assistant Licensure; Revising requirements for an applicant for licensure as a physician assistant, etc.
Rights of Law Enforcement Officers and Correctional Officers; Providing rights of law enforcement officers and correctional officers relating to Brady identification systems; prohibiting a law enforcement officer or correctional officer from being discharged, suspended, demoted, or otherwise disciplined or threatened with discipline for certain reasons; providing that a prosecuting agency is not required to maintain a Brady identification system; authorizing a law enforcement officer or correctional officer to request reconsideration of the inclusion of his or her name and information in a Brady identification system, etc.
State Estate Tax; Providing that provisions relating to a condition for the discharge of a personal representative of an estate do not apply under certain circumstances, etc.
Drone Delivery Services; Prohibits political subdivision from taking certain actions against drone delivery service based on location of its drone port; authorizes political subdivision to enforce certain regulations relating to setback & landscaping; exempts drone ports from Florida Building Code & certain provisions of Florida Fire Prevention Code.
Designation of Brevard Barrier Island Area as an Area of Critical State Concern; Creating the "Brevard Barrier Island Area Protection Act"; designating the Brevard Barrier Island Area as an area of critical state concern; providing guiding principles for development within the area; requiring the state land planning agency to submit an annual report to the commission, etc.
