Toll Relief; Requires Florida Turnpike Enterprise to establish toll relief program; specifies requirements for eligibility for account credits under program; appropriating funds for DOT to reimburse specified entities for account credits issued under program; provides powers & duties of department related to the program; provides for reversion of unexpended funds. APPROPRIATION: $500,000,000
Building Safety; Defining the term “milestone inspection”; specifying that the purpose of a milestone inspection is not to determine compliance with the Florida Building Code or the firesafety code; requiring certain associations to periodically have a study conducted relating to required reserves after a specified date; requiring associations to provide for the maintenance, repair, and replacement of condominium property; authorizing boards to adopt a special assessment or borrow money for certain reasons without unit owner approval; revising certification and education requirements for directors of association boards, etc.
Dissolution of Marriage; Revises various provisions relating to dissolution of marriage & alimony; creates presumption that equal time-sharing is in best interests of minor child; creates presumption for purposes of modifying parenting plan or time-sharing schedule; authorizes separate adjudication of issues in dissolution of marriage under certain circumstances; provides for temporary orders to protect parties & their children.
Local Business Protection Act; Authorizes businesses to claim damages from county or municipality if county or municipality enacts or amends certain ordinances or charter provisions; limits amount of business damages that may be recovered; specifies ordinances & charter provisions that do not result in liability; requires presuit procedures before businesses file action for business damages; authorizes courts to award reasonable attorney fees & costs; specifies counties & municipalities are not liable for damages if they take actions within specified timeframe.
Construction Defect Claims; Revises time period to bring certain actions; removes chapter 558, F.S., relating to construction defects; provides certain design professionals are not individually liable for certain damages.
Workforce Education Postsecondary Student Fees; Authorizes district school boards & FCS institutions to implement plan for differential out-of-state fee for specified purposes; requires district school boards & FCS institutions to prioritize enrollment of certain students in specified programs of study; & provides reporting requirements.
Tax Administration; Revises provisions relating to taxation including taxpayer records; notices of rule development; administrative proceedings; transferring real property; audits of taxpayers; legal presumption relating to failure of taxpayer to produce documents; tax exemptions; subpoena procedures; taxpayer liability for penalties; calculation of penalties; requests to settle or compromise; tolling period for filing claims for refunds; & employer reemployment assistance contribution rate calculation; creates workgroup for specified purposes.
Department of Business and Professional Regulation; Requires department to certify for licensure qualified individuals who practice mold assessment or mold remediation & hold certain licenses issued by other states or territories; requires department to certify asbestos consultants & asbestos contractors for licensure who meet certain exam & other state licensure requirements; authorizes use of certain outdoor kitchen equipment; removes time limitation for applying for certain contracting licenses under certain provisions; deletes requirement limiting types of boxing exhibitions which require specified maximum difference in participant weights.
Establishing the Congressional Districts of the State; Redistricts state's congressional districts in accordance with U.S. Decennial Census of 2020 (plans H000C8017 & H000C8015); amends provisions relating to inclusion of unlisted territory in contiguous districts; reenacts provisions which provide for election of representatives to U.S. House of Representatives; provides effect of district held invalid; provides for applicability; requires certain actions challenging district to be commenced within specified period; bars certain claims.
Public Employment; Authorizing Special Risk Class members who are law enforcement officers and meet certain criteria to participate in the deferred retirement option program for an additional time period; revising required employer retirement contribution rates for each membership class and subclass of the Florida Retirement System; revising allocations to investment plan member accounts, etc.
Environmental Resources; Providing that certain land acquisitions are not required to meet specified valuation procedures; providing requirements for budget amendments requesting the release of state funds for specified water project components; requiring the South Florida Water Management District to make a specified certification to the Legislature regarding its recommendations to the United States Army Corps of Engineers for new or modified Lake Okeechobee provisions, etc.
Implementing the 2022-2023 General Appropriations Act; Incorporating by reference certain calculations of the Florida Education Finance Program; authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration, in consultation with the Department of Health, to submit a budget amendment to realign funding for a component of the Children’s Medical Services program to reflect actual enrollment changes; extending for 1 year the exemption of certain rules pertaining to the medical use of marijuana from certain rulemaking requirements; specifying the manner by which state funds for postsecondary workforce programs may be used for inmate education, etc.
