Rep. Chip LaMarca

Infrastructure and Resiliency; Revises definition of term "qualifying project"; provides that DEP has exclusive authority to execute coastal resiliency projects through public-private partnerships; authorizes DEP to take certain actions to encourage investment from private sector in coastal resiliency projects; requires DEP to publish certain information on its website.

Statewide Counterintelligence and Counterterrorism Unit; Requires FDLE to establish & administer Statewide Counterintelligence & Counterterrorism Unit for specified purposes; provides requirements for establishing, administering, & funding such unit.

Career and Academic Planning For Middle and High School Students; Requires district school boards to annually provide students & their parents with certain information relating to career & technical education programs beginning in specified grade; requires middle schools to hold career & academic planning meeting for specified students & their parents; requires certain information to be included in meeting; revises information included in student's personalized academic & career plan; requires students in specified grades to annually review personalized academic & career plan; requires such review to include certain demonstration.

Designation of the State Birds; Designates American flamingo as official state bird and the Florida scrub-jay as the official state songbird; provides that such designation supersedes designation of mockingbird as official Florida state bird.

Community Association Management; Requires community association managers & community association firms to obtain specified amount of insurance; provides for revocation of community association manager's license; barring community association manager from being licensed; requires certain community associations to contract with community association management firm; requires community association firm to possess all applicable licenses; provides that association board members, officers, & directors have duty to ensure such community association firm or community association manager is properly licensed; provides that timeshare management firms & licensed individuals employed by timeshare management firms are only subject to certain licensing & disciplinary requirements; provides that timeshare management firms & licensed individuals employed by timeshare management firms are only subject to certain licensing & disciplinary requirements unless certain provisions expressly apply; provides that certain other accommodations managed by timeshare management firm or licensed individual are governed under specified provisions of law; provides for priority of application in case of conflict.

Leave for Living Organ Donation; Defines "living organ donor"; requires state agencies to grant administrative leave, not to exceed specified number of days, to allow employee to serve as living organ donor; specifies that such leave is in addition to other leave authorized by law; defines "employer" and "living organ donor"; requires certain employers to grant unpaid leave of absence to allow employee to serve as living organ donor; specifies length of such leave of absence; authorizes employers to grant paid or unpaid leave for period longer than required period of time; provides effective date.

Antisemitism Task Force; Creates Antisemitism Task Force within Office of Civil Rights of DLA for specified purpose; requires department to provide administrative & staff support to task force; provides for appointment & terms of members; provides for per diem & travel expenses; provides membership & duties of task force; requires report to Governor & Legislature by specified date; provides for future review & repeal of task force.

Department of Financial Services; Revises provisions related to DFS including financial subsystems, warrants, firefighter employment, , My Safe Florida Home & Condominium Programs, payments, coordinating council, licensing & examination, fire safety, fire codes, licensee requirements, deferred payment processors, public adjusters, bail bonds, abandoned & unclaimed property, & legal tender.

Children's Initiatives; Establishes Bay County 32401 Children's Initiative in Bay County & Pompano RYZE Children's Initiative in Broward County; provides for projects to be managed by corporations not for profit that are not subject to control, supervision, or direction by any department of state; requires corporations to be subject to state public records & meeting requirements & procurement of commodities & contractual services requirements; requires designated children's initiatives to assist in creation of community-based service networks & programming that provides certain services for children & families residing in disadvantaged areas of state; provides for evaluation, fiscal management, & oversight of projects.

Athletics in Public K-12 Schools; Requires FHSAA to adopt bylaws authorizing coach to support welfare of student by using personal funds to provide certain effects to student; requires coach to report such use of personal funds to FHSAA; provides that such use of personal funds is presumed not to be impermissible benefit; provides exceptions & provides specified limitations on amount of personal funds coach may use.