Education; Revises provisions relating to Family Empowerment Scholarship Program, Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program, part-time enrollment in public schools, transportation of students, graduations requirements, Commissioner of Education duties, & educator certifications.
Transportation of Inspected Unauthorized Aliens; Provides legislative findings; creates Unauthorized Alien Transport Program within Division of Emergency Management to facilitate transport of inspected unauthorized aliens within United States; authorizes division to contract for services to implement program; authorizes division to adopt rules to implement program; provides for future expiration; removes s. 185 of chapter 2022-156, Laws of Florida; deems certain payments approved; reverts appropriated funds; provides appropriation. APPROPRIATION: $10,000,000
Transportation Facility Designations; Designates 98 Points of Light Way in Miami-Dade County; directs DOT to erect suitable markers.
Emerald Coast Utilities Authority, Escambia County; Provides requirements for filling vacancies on Emerald Coast Utilities Authority; prohibits certain members from reelection; revises personnel guidelines; removes personnel appeals board; revises personnel appeals process & procedure; revises qualifications for executive director; removes exclusion of certain personnel from civil service protections.
Firefighters' Relief and Pension Fund of the City of Pensacola, Escambia County; Removes reductions to a retiree's spousal benefits & the prohibition of remarriage for the widow or widower; provides for pensionable overtime hours & basic life support.
Grandparent Visitation Rights; Creates presumption for maternal or paternal grandparent or stepgrandparent visitation of child; provides burden for overcoming such presumption.
Homestead Property Tax Exemptions for Classroom Teachers, Law Enforcement Officers, Firefighters, Emergency Medical Technicians, Paramedics, Child Welfare Professionals, and Servicemembers; Specifies information that must be supplied annually to property appraiser by specified professionals who qualify for specified exemption; provides conditions under which those specified professionals may receive additional homestead property tax exemption; specifies amount of homestead property tax exemption; provides requirements for applying for & receiving exemption; specifies actions property appraiser may take if taxpayer improperly claims exemption; provides penalties under certain conditions; requires Legislature to appropriate moneys to offset reductions in ad valorem tax revenues experienced by fiscally constrained counties due; specifies procedures for distributing such moneys.
Pharmacies and Pharmacy Benefit Managers; Revises entities conducting pharmacy audits to which certain requirements & restrictions apply; authorizes audited pharmacies to appeal certain findings; provides that health insurers & HMOs that transfer certain payment obligation to pharmacy benefit managers remain responsible for specified violations; provides penalty for failure to register as pharmacy benefit managers.
Beulah Pedestrian Bridge; Provides an appropriation for the Beulah Pedestrian Bridge. APPROPRIATION: $2,553,236
Autism Playground; Provides an appropriation for the Autism Playground. APPROPRIATION: $150,000
