Chief Financial Officer; Creates Federal Tax Liaison position within DFS; provides that, upon diagnosis of cancer, firefighters are entitled to certain benefits; provides additional grounds for qualified public depositories to be suspended & disqualified; provides reimbursement schedule requirements for emergency services & care under workers' compensation; provides qualification for all-lines adjuster licenses; authorizes OFR to receive complaints from customer or member who reasonably believes that financial institution has acted in bad faith in taking action restricting access to such customer's or member's account; provides circumstances under which property is presumed unclaimed; provides circumstances under which virtual currency held or owing by banking organizations are not presumed unclaimed; revises date on which stocks & other equity interests in business associations are presumed unclaimed; provides that certain intangible property held by attorneys in fact & by agents in fiduciary capacity are presumed unclaimed; provides that state assumes custody & responsibility for safekeeping of unclaimed property upon good faith payments or deliveries of property to department.
Sponsored bills
My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program; Establishes My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program within DFS; provides requirements for DFS, wind certification entities, hurricane mitigation inspectors & inspections, inspection & grant applications, mitigation grant eligibility, grant matching & maximum grant amounts, mitigation projects & use of grant funds, contracts, & annual report.
Florida Retirement System; Authorizing certain retirees to be reemployed after terminating employment; prohibiting such retirees from receiving both a salary from the employer and retirement benefits for a specified period after his or her retirement; removing provisions authorizing the reemployment of certain law enforcement officers as school resource officers; revising employer contribution rates to the Florida Retirement System, etc.
Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day; Designates Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day, which occurs on fourth Thursday in March, as legal holiday.
Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia Training for Law Enforcement and Correctional Officers; Requires FDLE to establish online, continued employment training component relating to Alzheimer's disease & related forms of dementia; requires training component be developed with DOEA; specifies instruction requirements for training; authorizes completion of such training to count toward certain requirement.
Individual Wine Containers; Revises exception to maximum allowable capacity for individual container of wine sold in this state.
Holocaust Remembrance Day; Requires Governor to proclaim specified day of each year as "Holocaust Remembrance Day"; requires such day to be observed in public schools & by public exercises as Governor may designate; requires educational instruction to be provided.
Pub. Rec./State Bullion Depositories; Provides public records exemption for records of accounts in bullion depositories & of transactions, deposits, & withdrawals associated with such accounts; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemption; provides statement of public necessity.
State Legal Tender and Bullion Depository; Provides specie legal tender & electronic currency are legal tender; provides bullion is not personal property for taxation & regulatory purposes; requires DFS to establish & administer bullion depository; authorizes governmental entities to use depositories for storing bullion; authorizes State Treasury to deposit portion of its funds into depositories in form of bullion; requires CFO to establish electronic currencies backed by specie legal tender & other bullion; requires CFO to hold specie legal tender & other bullion as bailment for specified purposes.
Shore Protection; Urges Congress to direct U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to amend current easement policy for shore protection projects to allow such critical projects in Florida to proceed without delay.