Rep. Fabián Basabe

Apalachicola Bay Area of Critical State Concern; Authorizes DEP to expend certain funds for purpose of entering into financial assistance agreements with City of Apalachicola for specified surface water & groundwater quality improvement projects within Apalachicola Bay Area of Critical State Concern; provides for expiration of expenditure.

Rapid DNA Grant Program; Creates Rapid DNA Grant Program within FDLE for county jails or sheriffs' offices; requires department to annually award grant funds to county jails or sheriffs' offices; provides funding requirements; authorizes department to establish criteria & set specific time periods for acceptance of applications & selection process for awarding grant funds.

Biomedical Research; Expanding the uses of the Biomedical Research Trust Fund; authorizing a specified amount from the total appropriated funds for the Casey DeSantis Cancer Research Program to be distributed to participating cancer centers; requiring a report for specified statewide cancer statistics to include breast cancer; removing a certain award of an endowment for a specified program.

Pub. Rec./Investigative Genetic Genealogy Information and Materials; Provides exemption from public records requirements for investigative genetic genealogy information & materials; authorizes disclosure of such information & materials in certain circumstances; provides retroactive application; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemption; provides statement of public necessity.

Homeowners' Associations; Revises provisions relating to homeowners' associations including official records, fines & suspensions, attorney fees & costs, liens, & removing & reinstating certain officers & directors from office; prohibits certain funds from being commingled with association funds & requires certain accounting and remittance of funds within specified timeframe; provides criminal & civil penalties for actions by officers, directors, or managers of association & requires disclosures; provides criminal penalties for fraudulent voting activities.

Limitation of Actions Involving Real Estate Appraisers and Appraisal Management Companies; Specifies statutes of limitations periods for certain actions involving real estate appraisers & appraisal management companies; provides construction; provides applicability.

Unlawful Dumping; Specifies it is unlawful to dump litter in or on any water control district property or canal right-of-way without consent; provides when litter is thrown or discarded from boat, operator or owner, or both, are in violation of certain provisions; requires water control district to report unlawful dumping to law enforcement; revises definition of term "posted land" to include land owned by water control district which has no trespassing signs placed at specified points.

State Estate Tax; Provides exceptions relating to state estate tax for certain estates.

Group Health Plans; Revises definition of & providing requirements for bona fide groups for purposes of issuance of certificates of authority & multiple-employer welfare arrangements.

Shared Parental Responsibility after Establishment of Paternity; Authorizes parent to request certain determinations & creation of parenting plan & time-sharing schedule; requires determination of parental responsibility & child support & creation of parenting plan & time-sharing schedule to be done through certain action; specifies mother of child born out of wedlock & father who has established paternity of such child are natural guardians of child & subject to rights & responsibilities of being parents; specifies mother of child born out of wedlock is natural guardian if father has not established paternity.