Hamilton County; Creates Hamilton County Development Authority; provides for appointment & terms of members of board of authority; provides powers; provides for annual budget & annual financial reporting; limits authority to incur debt; provides purpose & construction; provides for severability.
Operation New Hope; Authorizes DOC to contract with Operation New Hope for specified services.
Fishing and Hunting; Proposes amendment to State Constitution to preserve forever fishing, hunting, & taking of fish & wildlife as public right & preferred means of managing & controlling fish & wildlife; specifies amendment does not limit authority of FWCC.
Apalachicola Bay Area of Critical State Concern; Authorizes DEP to expend certain funds for purpose of entering into financial assistance agreements with City of Apalachicola for specified surface water & groundwater quality improvement projects within Apalachicola Bay Area of Critical State Concern; provides for expiration of expenditure.
Motor Vehicle Dealers, Manufacturers, Importers, and Distributors; Provides leglislative intent; prohibits applicant or licensee from certain actions in allocation or distribution of motor vehicles to franchised motor vehicle dealers; authorizes sale or activation of features or improvements through remote electronic transmission; provides revenue-sharing requirements; revises provisions prohibiting owning, operating, or controlling motor vehicle dealership; requires DHSMV to conduct inquiry of licensee alleged to have violated certain provisions; requires DHSMV to take certain actions against licensee determined to have violated such provisions.
Rural Development; Requiring certain agency agreements to include a provision authorizing the agency to provide for the payment of specified invoices to certain counties or municipalities for certain verified and eligible performance; revising the percentages of total infrastructure project cost which the Department of Economic Opportunity may award through grants from the Rural Infrastructure Fund; revising authorized uses of eligible funds; authorizing the department to award grants up to a specified amount for specified planning and preparation activities; revising a provision that requires that awarded funds for specified surveys or other activities be matched with a specified amount of local funds, etc.
Taking of Bears; Authorizes taking of bears without permit or authorization; provides exemption from penalties; requires taking to be reported to FWCC; prohibits person from possessing, selling, or disposing of taken bears or their parts; requires FWCC to dispose of taken bears.
Tourist Development Taxes; Authorizes certain fiscally constrained counties to use designated percentage of tourist development tax revenues received to reimburse for expenses incurred for certain purposes; provides specifications for use of those tax revenues.
Public Nuisances; Prohibits person from distributing onto private property any material for purpose of intimidating or threatening owner, resident, or invitee; prohibits person from willfully & maliciously harassing, threatening, or intimidating another person based on person's wearing or displaying of any indicia relating to any religious or ethnic heritage; requires violations be reported as hate crimes; prohibits display or projection of images onto building, structure, or property without permission; prohibits person who willfully enters campus of state university or Florida College System institution for purpose of threatening or intimidating another person from remaining on such campus after being warned to depart.
Florida Retirement System; Revises provisions relating to Special Risk Class normal retirement date, DROP participation, interest accrual rates, COLA, employer retirement contribution rates, investment plan member accounts, member disability coverage, & line-of-duty death benefit coverage.
