Rep. Johanna López

Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and Other Neurodegenerative Diseases Policy Workgroup; Requires State Surgeon General to establish progressive supranuclear palsy & other neurodegenerative diseases policy workgroup; provides for duties, membership, & meetings of workgroup; requiring State Surgeon General to submit annual reports & final report by specified date to Governor & Legislature.

Reading Achievement Initiative for Scholastic Excellence Program; Authorizes tutoring to be provided after school day; & authorizes school districts that participate in specified tutoring program to provide stipend to instructional personnel & high school students serving as tutors for after-school tutoring.

Department of Commerce; Prohibits local governments from requiring specified documents or fee for pruning, trimming, or removal of trees on certain properties; prohibits county ordinance or charter provision from preempting part of municipal local comprehensive plan or land development regulation; revises requirements for local governments implementing transportation concurrency system; revises legislative intent with respect to adoption of impact fees by special districts; revises procedure for adopting comprehensive plan amendments; increases authorized term of loan provided under Local Government Emergency Revolving Bridge Loan Program; revises duties of Florida Sports Foundation; requires Department of Commerce to establish direct-support organization; renames Florida Defense Support Task Force as direct-support organization; revises applicability of provisions governing credits against local impact fees; revises procedures regarding local government review of changes to previously approved developments of regional impact; revises funding priority for purposes of funding grants under Incumbent Worker Training Program; specifies that certain members of state workforce development board are voting members of board; specifies required actions for proposed revived declaration & other governing documents.

Rural Emergency Hospitals; Requires rural emergency hospitals to be subject to certain emergency services requirements for general hospitals; authorizes certain hospitals to apply to AHCA for designation as rural emergency hospitals; establishes requirements for rural emergency hospitals; exempts such hospitals from certain requirements; provides for administrative enforcement.

Community-based Child Welfare Agencies; Authorizes DCF to extend contracts with community-based care lead agencies under certain circumstances; revises requirements for entity to serve as lead agency; requires lead agency's board of directors to disclose any known or potential conflicts of interest; requires department contracts with lead agencies to include certain contractual penalty provisions; requires department, in collaboration with lead agencies & providers of child welfare services, to develop specific funding methodology for allocation of core services which meets certain criteria; prohibits department from changing lead agency's allocation of funds provided in General Appropriations Act without legislative approval; requires contract between department & lead agency to specify rights & obligations to real property held by lead agency during term of contract.

Housing for Agricultural Workers; Prohibits governmental entity from inhibiting construction of housing for legally verified agricultural workers on certain agricultural land; provides requirements for construction or installation of specified housing; authorizes adoption of local land use regulations that are less restrictive than certain regulations; provides requirements for property owners & record maintenance; provides for suspension & removal of use of certain housing units; authorizes continued use of certain housing sites constructed if certain conditions are met.

Ratification of the Department of Environmental Protection's Rules Relating to Stormwater; Ratifies & revises specified rules relating to environmental resource permitting.

Securities; Revises list of securities & transactions that are exempt from registration requirements; authorizes issuer to engage in general advertising & solicitation; removes requirements for escrow agreement; revises amount that may be received for sales of certain securities; provides certain sales are voidable within specified timeframe; specifies limitation on amount of cash & other consideration that may be received from sales of securities; prohibits issuer from accepting more than specified amount from single purchaser; prohibits issuer from withdrawing any amount of offering proceeds until target offering amount has been received; provides that certain communications are not deemed to constitute general solicitation or general advertising.

Regulation of Water Resources; Revises qualification requirements person must meet in order to take water well contractor license examination; prohibits person or business entity from advertising water well drilling or construction services in specified circumstances; requires rules adopted by DEP relating to location of onsite sewage treatment & disposal systems allow licensed water well contractor to apply for & receive variance for installation of private or public potable water well; provides DEP's variance review & advisory committee is not responsible for reviewing water well permitting; requires committee to consider certain requirements when making recommendations on variance requests.

Return of Weapons and Arms Following an Arrest; Requires weapons, electric weapons or devices, or arms taken from person pursuant to arrest that are not seized as evidence or seized & subject to forfeiture to be returned to person within certain timeframe if specified conditions are met; authorizes sheriff or chief of police to develop procedures to ensure timely return of such weapons, electric weapons or devices, or arms; prohibits sheriff or chief of police from requiring court order before releasing such weapons, electric weapons or devices, or arms; provides exception; removes requirement for order of trial court judge to return pistol or firearm taken following arrest for breach of peace.