Vacating Premises After Rental Agreement Termination; Requires landlords to provide certain tenants specified amount of time to vacate premises after delivery of notice to terminate rental agreement before bring specified action.
Residential Tenancies; Revises & provides requirements for rental agreements; removes option for landlord to deposit money into specified account; removes requirement money be paid into registry of court; authorizes filing of civil action & award of damages, court costs, & attorney fees; provides requirements for certain evictions; specifies what constitutes unreasonable rent increase.
Energy Equity Task Force; Creates task force adjunct to DACS for specified purpose; provides for membership, duties, & expiration of task force; requires DACS to provide task force staff & administrative support; requires task force to submit report to specified officials by certain date.
Architect Education Minority Assistance Program; Creates program within DBPR; requires Architect Education Minority Assistance Advisory Council to assist Board of Architecture & Interior Design with administering program; provides funding requirements for scholarships provided under program; caps amount of funds DBPR may spend annually on program; prohibits person from knowingly filing documents with board which contain false information or material misstatements of fact.
Fees/Motor Vehicle Registration Certificate Cards; Authorizes DHSMV & tax collectors to use U.S. mail service to deliver registration certificate cards; authorizes DHSMV to collect mail service charge for mailed registration certificate cards; requires registration certificate cards to be mailed by first-class mail; imposes specified service charge for original or duplicate issuance or transfer of registration certificate card; specifies transfer fee for issuance of new registration certificate card.
Sales Tax Holiday for ENERGY STAR & WaterSense Products; Provides sales tax exemption for certain ENERGY STAR & WaterSense products during specified timeframe.
Mandatory Minimum Sentences for Drug Trafficking; Removes mandatory minimum sentences for specified controlled substance offenses.
Criminal Justice; Removes provisions relating to operating budget of municipal law enforcement agency; revises prohibition on obstructing traffic by standing on street; prohibits persons from willfully obstructing public streets in order to solicit; removes provisions providing municipality has duty to allow law enforcement agency to respond to riot or unlawful assembly in specified manner; removes provisions providing municipality is civilly liable for specified damages proximately caused by municipality's breach of such duty; removes criminal penalty for assault committed in furtherance of riot or aggravated riot; removes criminal penalty for battery committed in furtherance of riot or aggravated riot; removes provision relating to destroying or demolishing memorial or historic property; removes provisions reclassifying specified burglary offenses committed during riot or aggravated riot & facilitated by conditions arising from riot; removes provision requiring person arrested for such violation to be held in custody until first appearance.
Commissioner of Education; Proposes amendments to the State Constitution to provide for election of Commissioner of Education & his or her inclusion as a member of the Cabinet & the State Board of Education.
Criminal Rehabilitation; Specifies to rehabilitate offender to transition back to community successfully is one of primary purposes of sentencing; reduces minimum sentence that must be served by defendant from 85 percent of sentence to 65 percent; revises provisions concerning gain time to provide for outstanding deed gain-time, good behavior time, & rehabilitation credits; revises limits on awards.
