Award of Gain-time for Time Incarcerated Before Sentencing; Provides for award of basic gain-time for periods of incarceration before sentence was imposed; provides for awards for partial months; provides for forfeiture.
Criminal Rehabilitation; Specifies that one of primary purposes of sentencing is to rehabilitate offender to transition back to community successfully; reduces minimum sentence that must be served by defendant from 85 to 65 percent; revises provisions concerning gain-time to provide for outstanding deed gain-time, good behavior time, & rehabilitation credits; revises limits on award of gain-time.
Parole Eligibility; Requires Commission on Offender Review & DOC to jointly administer voluntary long-term inmate program; requires program to provide evidence-based programming to inmates; establishes eligibility; provides inmates may be removed from program; provides that successful completion does not guarantee parole.
Treatment of Inmates; Specifies certain rights of inmates in state correctional system; requires written copy of rights to be provided to each inmate; authorizes relief for deprivation of rights.
AMIkids, Inc.; Authorizes DJJ, DOE & DCF to contract with AMIkids, Inc., for specified services.
State Recognition of Indian Tribes and Bands; Provides for state recognition of specified Indian tribes & bands.
Affordable Housing; Authorizes municipalities to create community land bank programs to sell eligible real property by private sale for purposes of affordable housing & provides requirements for such programs; authorizes Florida Housing Finance Corporation to allocate tax credit to certain projects; authorizes tax credit to be transferred by recipient; authorizes corporation to establish procedures, exercise powers, & prepare annual plan; requires plan to be approved by Governor; provides FHFC with certain powers & responsibilities relating to Affordable Housing Construction Loan Program; provides requirements for program.
Small Business Investment Corporation; Creates Small Business Investment Corporation; provides purpose; provides for board of directors appointed by Secretary of Economic Opportunity; provides that Secretary of Economic Opportunity shall serve as chief executive officer; provides powers of corporation; requires corporation to establish certain fund; authorizes & requires deposit of certain moneys into fund; requires certain moneys to be used for certain purpose.
Florida Education Finance Program; Revises requirements for calculation of additional FTE membership & certain bonuses based on IB examination scores of students to include students who earn equivalent scores as determined by DOE.
Sentencing of Prison Releasee Reoffenders; Revises required sentencing structure for prison releasee reoffenders; provides legislative intent; applies revised sentencing structure to certain persons; provides resentencing requirements; removes provision that requires state attorney to explain sentencing deviation in writing in certain circumstances.
