Rep. Alex Rizo

Fines and Fees; Authorizes clerk of court to accept monthly installment payments for administrative processing charge; revises methods by which clerk may accept payments for fees, charges, costs, & fines; provides requirements for payment plan; authorizes court to modify payment plan or reduce, waive, or convert to community service outstanding fees, costs, or fines; prohibits clerk from sending incarcerated individual's account to collection agency or sending notice to DHSMV to suspend incarcerated individual's driver license; revises offenses that would lead to suspension of driver license upon failure to comply with court directives.

Economic Development in Gaming Concentrated Counties; Creating Prospect Del Vista, Inc. as nonprofit corporation which is not unit or entity of state government; requires Prospect Del Vista, Inc., to create & administer investment fund for certain purpose in certain manner; requires Prospect Del Vista, Inc., to establish trust account for certain purpose; provides that Prospect Del Vista, Inc., is subject to certain public records & meetings requirements; providing for board of directors of Prospect Del Vista, Inc.; authorizes Prospect Del Vista, Inc., to make certain awards to certain projects or programs; requires scope of certain audits to include funds awarded by Prospect Del Vista, Inc.

Public Safety Programs; Requires public safety program established, created, funded, administered, or promoted by sheriff & municipal law enforcement agency, respectively, to meet certain conditions.

Public Deposits; Adds credit unions to list of financial institutions eligible to be qualified public depositories; provides applicability of qualified public depository provisions to credit unions; requires CFO to withdraw from collateral agreement with credit union; specifies requirement for & restriction on credit union that is party to withdrawn collateral agreement; provides limits on public deposits held by credit unions; specifies losses against which certain solvent banks, savings banks, savings associations, & credit unions must guarantee public depositors; requires CFO to segregate & separately account for proceeds, assessments, & administrative penalties attributable to credit union from those attributable to other specified financial institutions; revises condition for payment of losses to public depositors; provides that specified limit on securities eligible to be pledged as collateral apply to qualified public depositories, rather than to banks & savings associations.

Foreign Polluters; Urges Congress to support solutions that examine pollution differential between United States production & other countries & that hold foreign polluters accountable for their pollution.

Impeding, Threatening, or Harassing First Responders; Specifies that peaceful recording, photographing, or observation is not harassment; prohibits approaching first responder or remaining within specified distance of such person with intent to impede, threaten, or harass person from performing lawful duties after receiving warning not to approach.

Expedited Approval of Residential Building Permits; Requires governing bodies to create or update program to expedite process for issuing residential building permits; authorizes applicants to use private provider; requires governing body to establish registry of qualified contractors for specified purpose; authorizes governing body to issue addresses & temporary parcel identification numbers; requires governing body to issue specified number or percentage of building permits; provides applicant has vested rights when conditions are met; prohibits governing body from making changes to preliminary plat without written consent; requires applicant to indemnify & hold harmless certain entities & persons.

History and Instruction of Political and Socio-economic Systems; Requires students to receive instruction on history of Communism; requires DOS to provide recommendation to Legislature relating to creation of museum of history of Communism; creates Institute for Freedom in Americas at Miami Dade College; renames Adam Smith Center for Study of Economic Freedom as Adam Smith Center for Economic Freedom & revises goals of center.

Continuing Education Requirements; Requires board, or DBPR when there is no board, to allow by rule that distance learning may be used to satisfy continuing education requirements; revises requirements that such continuing education must satisfy; requires board or DBPR to exempt certain individuals from completing their continuing education requirement.

Online Protections for Minors; Requiring certain social media platforms to prohibit certain minors from creating new accounts and to verify the age of account holders; specifying the age verification methods the social media platform is required and authorized to offer; requiring certain social media platforms to terminate certain accounts and provide additional options for termination of such accounts; authorizing the Department of Legal Affairs to bring actions for knowing or reckless violations under the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act; providing penalties, etc.