Rep. Anthony Rodriguez

Prohibited Practices when Collecting Consumer Debts; Prohibiting persons from contacting debtors when collecting a consumer debt if the debt arises from specified circumstances relating to domestic abuse, elder abuse, human trafficking, identify theft, exploitation of a vulnerable adult, or sexual abuse and certain requirements are met; providing applicability, etc.

Release of Adoption Information; Revising requirements related to the disclosure of certain adoption-related records without a court order; deleting the ability for certain adoption-related records to be disclosed without a court order; deleting a required fee for certain services and expenses; authorizing a court to break the seal of specified birth records upon the request of the person whose birth is the subject of such records under certain circumstances, etc.

Florida Main Street Program and Historic Preservation Tax Credits; Citing this act as the "Main Street Historic Tourism and Revitalization Act"; specifying eligibility requirements for receiving specified tax credits for taxpayers that rehabilitate certified historic structures; specifying requirements for the Division of Historical Resources of the Department of State for evaluating and certifying applications for specified tax credits; authorizing the carryforward, sale, and transfer of tax credits; providing the Department of Revenue and the division audit and examination powers for specified purposes related to certified rehabilitation expenses, etc.

Public Financing of Potentially At-risk Structures and Infrastructure; Providing that certain areas are at risk due to sea-level rise and structures and infrastructure within those areas are potentially at risk; providing an additional requirement for the standard for conducting a SLIP study, etc.

Parental Leave; Requiring, rather than authorizing, certain departments or agencies of the state to adopt rules to establish a plan for a sick leave pool; providing that eligible employees may use a sick leave pool for parental leave; defining the term “parental leave”; providing requirements for use of leave after exhaustion of maximum parental leave hours, etc.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Defining the term “greenhouse gas”; prohibiting the adoption or enforcement of certain state and regional programs to regulate greenhouse gas emissions without specific legislative authorization, etc.

Homestead Assessments Following a Change in Ownership; Providing that the transfer of property to a child or grandchild under certain conditions is not considered a change of ownership; specifying procedures for establishing qualification for a homestead exemption under such conditions; providing applicability, etc.

Resiliency Energy Environment Florida Programs; Providing that a property owner may apply to a Resiliency Energy Environment Florida (REEF) program for funding to finance a qualifying improvement and may enter into an assessment financing agreement with a local government; authorizing a local government to enter into an agreement with a program administrator to administer a REEF program on the local government’s behalf; specifying underwriting, financing estimate, disclosure, and confirmation requirements for program administrators relating to residential real property, etc.

Residential Associations; Revising certification and education requirements for board directors of residential condominium associations, cooperative associations, and homeowners’ associations, respectively, etc.

Impact Fee Credits; Revises area within which impact fee credits are assignable & transferable.