Damages Recoverable in Wrongful Death Actions; Removes provision that prohibits adult children & parents of adult children from recovering certain damages in medical negligence suits.
Local Government Approval of Affordable Housing Property Tax Exemptions; Expands property tax exemption on certain multifamily projects; provides requirements to receive such exemption; authorizes local governments to approve certain properties for such exemption; provides requirements for local governing body.
Child Welfare; Revises provisions of law relating to Child Protection Team investigators; duties & responsibilities of DCF & law enforcement officers regarding parenting plans & custody arrangements; reports of child abuse, abandonment, or neglect; interference with custody; emergency hearings; Children & Youth Cabinet; domestic violence; responsibilities of law enforcement officers when investigating potential domestic violence or interference with custody issues; responsibilities of schools to enforce & adhere to parenting plans or court order; & criminal penalties.
Professional Licensing Requirements for Barbers and Cosmetologists; Provides period of time when convictions, or any other adjudication, for crimes may not be grounds for denial of licensure as barber or cosmetologist; providing exception; requires applicable board to approve certain educational program credits; repeals provision prohibiting employment of certain individuals by licensed vendor.
Sampling of Beach Waters and Public Bathing Spaces; Revises provisions related to bacteriological sampling of beach waters & public bathing places, including rule adoption & enforcement; issuance of health advisories; closure of beach waters & public bathing places; & notification & signage requirements.
Probation and Community Control Violations; Revises sentencing score sheet to reflect that no community sanction points are assessed in certain circumstances; revises sanctions for probations violations; provides for hearings within specified time period for low-risk probation or community control violations; provides for release of probationer in certain circumstances if hearing is not held; provides for nonmonetary conditions of release.
Municipal Service District of Ponte Vedra Beach, St. Johns County; Revises provisions relating to terms of office of District Trustees; revises capital expenditure amount required to be approved by voters of district; revises authority of district to approve such expenditure; revises limitation on amount of district's contingency reserves.
St. Lucie County; Provides an exception to general law; limits compensation to health care provider that provides medical services for inmate housed in St. Lucie County detention center if provider does not have contract with county to provide such services; limits compensation to entity that provides emergency medical transportation services for inmate housed in St. Lucie County detention center if entity does not have contract with county to provide such services.
Maddy summaryHB 819 expands the geographic boundaries of the Lehigh Acres Municipal Services Improvement District, which directly affects residents and businesses within the newly included areas of Hendry and Lee Counties. The bill achieves this by amending existing state laws to incorporate specific land parcels, including various sections of townships and subdivisions like Pine Creek Acres and Buckingham Park, into the district. This legislative change allows the district to extend its services to these additional properties while maintaining the current operational structure of the improvement district.
Dorcas Fire District, Okaloosa County; Provides that district is dependent special district; removes provisions relating to district's status as independent special district; provides that Okaloosa County Board of County Commissioners or its appointees shall serve as governing board; removes provisions relating to duties, election, terms, compensation, & meetings of district board of commissioners; removes requirement that resolution or ordinance adopted by board & approved by referendum only be repealed by referendum; authorizes district to assess ad valorem taxes & non-ad valorem assessments, & to impose & foreclose non-ad valorem assessment liens, as authorized by law; removes board's authority to enter into certain agreements; revises rate of assessment of non-ad valorem assessments; provides that expansion & merger of district shall be ratified by board.
