Abandoned and Historic Cemeteries; Creates Historic Cemeteries Program; provides duties & responsibilities of program; requires program to provide grants; creates Historic Cemeteries Program Advisory Council; provides membership, terms, & duties of council; authorizes certain entities to acquire conservation easements to preserve cemeteries.
Sponsored bills
Elimination of Court-related Financial Obligations for Juveniles; Removes juveniles from numerous provisions relating to court fees; provides that fees & court-ordered costs previously ordered to be paid are unenforceable & uncollectable; provides for reinstatement of driver licenses suspended for failure to make specified payments.
Parole Eligibility; Requires Commission on Offender Review & DOC to jointly administer voluntary long-term inmate program using existing resources; 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.
Mental Health of Minors; Provides requirements for initiation of mental health examination & treatment of minors; provides monitoring duties for DCF & DOE relating to use of involuntary examinations & other mandatory mental health treatments of minors; provides reporting duties for schools; requires school districts, charter school sponsors, & other entities to develop & implement policies & procedures; requires school districts to submit policies & procedures to DOE.
Assault Weapons and Large-capacity Magazines; Prohibits sale, transfer, or possession of assault weapon or large-capacity magazine; requires certificates of possession for assault weapons or large-capacity magazines lawfully possessed before specified date; limits sales or transfers of assault weapons or large-capacity magazines documented by such certificates; provides enhanced penalties for offenses committed with assault weapon or large-capacity magazine.
Domestic Surplus Lines Insurers; Authorizes nonadmitted insurers to transact insurance as domestic surplus lines insurers; requires such insurers to maintain minimum surplus amount; requires such insurers to be deemed eligible surplus lines insurers & to be included in list of eligible surplus lines insurers; authorizes such insurers to write only surplus lines insurance & only under specified circumstance; prohibits such insurers from holding certificate of authority to operate as admitted insurers; authorizes such insurers to write surplus lines insurance in any jurisdiction if specified requirements are met; provides such policies are subject to specified taxes but are not subject to certain other taxes.
Mental Health and Substance Abuse; Revises & provides terminology & requirements relating to petitions & procedures for voluntary & involuntary admissions, examinations, & treatment under Baker Act & Marchman Act; provides appropriation. APPROPRIATION: $633,000
Transfers in Divorce; Specifies that certain interests received by transferee after divorce are exempt from claims of creditors upon being awarded to or received by transferee; specifies that such interests remain exempt; provides retroactive applicability.
Care for Retired Law Enforcement Dogs; Creates Care for Retired Law Enforcement Dogs Program within FDLE; requires FDLE to contract with nonprofit corporation to administer & manage program; specifies requirements for nonprofit corporation & disbursement of funds for veterinary care of eligible retired law enforcement dogs. APPROPRIATION: $300,000
Children with Developmental Delays; Revises definition of term "exceptional student" to include additional students with developmental delays.