Aggravated Animal Cruelty; Requires the Department of Law Enforcement to post on its website the names of certain individuals who have violated specified animal cruelty provisions; provides a sentencing multiplier for specified offenses of aggravated animal cruelty.
State Land Management; Requiring public hearings for all updated conservation and nonconservation land management plans; requiring the Division of State Lands of the Department of Environmental Protection to make available to the public, within a specified timeframe, electronic copies of land management plans for parcels of a certain size and for parcels located in state parks; revising the duties of the Division of Recreation and Parks of the Department of Environmental Protection; specifying requirements for the management of parks and recreational areas held by the state; requiring the division to comply with specified provisions when granting certain privileges, leases, concessions, and permits; authorizing the division to acquire, install, or permit the installation or operation at state parks of campsites and cabins that meet certain requirements; prohibiting the division from authorizing certain uses or construction activities within a state park; prohibiting the division from installing or permitting the installation of any lodging establishment within the boundaries of a state park; requiring that individual management plans for parcels located within state parks be developed with input from an advisory group; requiring that the advisory group's required public hearings be noticed to the public within a specified timeframe, etc.
Human Trafficking Awareness; Requiring the Department of Education to identify a curriculum regarding human trafficking awareness; specifying required components of the curriculum; authorizing in-person or online training; requiring public schools to require that certain personnel have received certain training, etc.
Cardiac Emergencies; Requires, rather than authorizing, school districts to provide training in basic first aid to certain students; provides requirements for such training; requires each public school to develop plan for urgent life-saving emergencies (PULSE) for specified purposes; & provides requirements for school, staff, & defibrillator use & storage.
Roofing Services ; Revises definition of term "roofing contractor"; revises official start date that residential property owner may cancel contract to replace or repair roof without penalty or obligation; revises language required to be in contract, or attached thereto, to replace or repair roof that is executed within a specified time of declaration of state of emergency in certain circumstances; requires contractor executing contract to replace or repair roof of residential property to include in contract, or attach thereto, specified language.
Unmanned Aircraft and Unmanned Aircraft Systems; Revises definition of "critical infrastructure facility"; provides exception to prohibition on operating drone over critical infrastructure facility; increases criminal penalty for certain prohibited actions relating to drones; defines "unmanned aircraft" & "unmanned aircraft system"; prohibits certain actions relating to unmanned aircraft or unmanned aircraft systems; provides exception; provides criminal penalties; revises & provides exceptions to certain prohibited actions relating to drones; & provides criminal penalties & applicability.
Veterans; Revises maximum number of nominees for Florida Veterans' Hall of Fame; requires DVA to conduct study that evaluates extent to which specified persons are aware of certain existing programs or services; revises requirements of specified report; requires that specified report include evaluation of health literacy of veterans & recommendations on how to increase knowledge of programs & services; requires DVA to ensure coordination with United States Department of Defense for specified purpose; authorizes DVA to engage county & city veteran service officers for assistance; revises purpose of Veteran Suicide Prevention Training Pilot Program; requires pilot program participants to be trained to identify indicators of elevated mental health risk; requires DVA to contract with organization developing & implementing certain mental health training; requires Florida Is For Veterans, Inc., to advise DVA on needs of certain military personnel & their spouses; revises collaborators of Veterans Employment & Training Services Program; requires DVA to develop plan to establish adult day health care facilities; requires that such plans include specified information; requires report to Legislature; revises authorized use of specified percentage of proceeds from sale of specified specialty license plate.
Transportation; Authorizes person to request administrative hearing with school district after receiving notice of violation; authorizes school district to appoint local hearing officer to conduct administrative hearing; requires DHSMV to determine certain speed limits; authorizes school resource officers to enforce specified traffic laws on roadways within school district; provides minimum civil penalties for specified violation enforced by school bus infraction detection system; prohibits publicly owned airports from charging landing fee for certain aircraft operations; revises conditions under which DOT may acquire property through eminent domain; revises requirements for designation of additional M.P.O.'s; revises projects & strategies to be considered in developing M.P.O.'s long-range transportation plan & transportation improvement program; establishes Next-generation Traffic Signal Modernization Program; establishes airport pilot program at Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority.
Holocaust Remembrance Day; Requires Governor to proclaim specified day annually as "Holocaust Remembrance Day"; authorizes "Holocaust Remembrance Day" to be observed in this state's public schools & be observed by public exercise as Governor may designate; authorizes specified instruction.
Maddy summaryHouse Bill 6043, titled "Recreational Customary Use of Beaches," proposes to repeal existing legal provisions related to establishing public recreational customary use of beaches. This means the bill would remove the current legal framework that defines how the public can establish a right to use certain beach areas based on long-standing recreational practices. If enacted, it would directly affect beachgoers and property owners by altering the legal basis for public access and use of beachfront property.
