Rep. Johanna López

Mental Health Treatment; Authorizes DCF to issue conditional designation to facilities for limited period to allow facilities to implement corrective measures; provides forensic clients must receive psychiatric medication therapy before admission to state mental health treatment facility; specifies some possible treatment alternatives appropriate for mental illness of criminal defendant who is incompetent to proceed; revises deadline for report on persons committed for treatment; revises provisions relating to competency hearings.

Visiting County and Municipal Detention Facilities; Authorizes specified persons to visit county & municipal detention facilities.

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.

Real Property Fraud; Creates Title Fraud Prevention Through Identity Verification Pilot Program; authorizes clerk to require production of government-issued photographic ID card before recording deed & provides requirements therefor; provides requirements for clerk; provides clerk is not required to allow access to record or other information that is confidential & exempt; requires clerk to create, maintain, & operate opt-in recording notification service; requires clerk to ensure that registration for such service is possible through electronic registration portal; provides action may be brought to quiet title after fraudulent attempted conveyance; revises requirements for recording instruments affecting real property.

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.

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.

Operation and Administration of the Baker Act; Requires DCF to provide specified information to certain individuals & organizations; requires DCF to maintain information handbook & repository of answers to frequently asked questions; provides requirements for such handbook & repository.

Transportation; Revises & provides requirements relating to disabled motor vehicles, autonomous vehicle grading standards, airport zoning regulations, Implementing Solutions from Transportation Research & Evaluating Emerging Technologies Living Lab, certification of aggregate shipments, acceptance of electronic proof of delivery, liability insurance, sharing of cost savings, contractor's certificate of qualification to bid, exemption from public records requirements, request for legislative approval of proposed turnpike projects, M.P.O.'s, allocation of funds to workforce development program. APPROPRIATION: Indeterminate

Protection of Specified Personnel; Requires violation to be committed with specified intent; prohibits specified threats against justice, judicial assistant, clerk of court, or clerk personnel or family member of such person; prohibits specified harassment of certain personnel with intent to intimidate or coerce such person to perform or refrain from performing lawful duty.

Regional Transportation Planning; Provides legislative findings & intent; requires DOT to conduct study of the organizational structure and operation of the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority; specifies requirements of study; requires DOT to submit specified report to Governor & Legislature.