Rep. Tiffany Esposito

Administrative Procedures; Revises provisions relating to rule development, proposed rules, notices, public workshops, publication, timeframes, repromulgation requirements, statements of estimated regulatory costs, public hearings, lower cost regulatory alternatives, incorporation by reference, emergency rules, Florida Administrative Code, Florida Administrative Register, & annual regulatory plans.

Use of Tracking Devices or Applications to Commit Dangerous Crimes; Provides enhanced criminal penalties for installation, placement, or use of tracking devices or tracking applications to commit or facilitate commission of dangerous crimes.

Maddy summaryHB 819 expands the geographic boundaries of the Lehigh Acres Municipal Services Improvement District, which directly affects residents and businesses within the newly included areas of Hendry and Lee Counties. The bill achieves this by amending existing state laws to incorporate specific land parcels, including various sections of townships and subdivisions like Pine Creek Acres and Buckingham Park, into the district. This legislative change allows the district to extend its services to these additional properties while maintaining the current operational structure of the improvement district.

Homeowners' Associations; Providing requirements for certain community association managers and community association management firms; requiring certain associations to post certain documents on its website or make available such documents through an application by a date certain; providing that an association or its agent is not liable for the disclosure of certain information; requiring an association or any architectural, construction improvement, or other such similar committee of an association to apply and enforce certain standards reasonably and equitably; etc.

Building Regulations; Requiring the Florida Building Commission to modify provisions in the Florida Building Code relating to replacement windows, doors, or garage doors; providing requirements for such modifications; revising the timeframes in which local building officials must issue permits or provide certain written notice if certain private providers affix their professional seal to an affidavit; providing requirements for such written notices; deeming a permit application approved under certain circumstances; prohibiting local building code enforcement agency's from auditing the performance of private providers until the local building code enforcement agency creates a manual for standard operating audit procedures; providing requirements for such manual; requiring the manual to be publicly available online or printed; requiring certain audit results to be readily accessible; specifying when a permit application is deemed complete and approved; requiring the commission to review and consider certain provisions of law and technical amendments thereto and report its findings to the Legislature by a specified date, etc.

Citizens Property Insurance Corporation; Revises circumstances under which certain insurers' association shall levy market equalization surcharges on policyholders; provides that certain accounts for Citizens Property Insurance Corporation revenues, assets, liability, losses, & expenses are now maintained as Citizens account; revises requirements for certain coverages by corporation; requires inclusion of quota share primary insurance in certain policies; specifies that certain provisions apply to personal lines residential risks that are primary residences and to personal lines residential risks that are not primary residences; provides that comparisons of comparable coverages under certain personal lines residential risks & commercial lines residential risks do not apply to policies that do not cover primary residences; provides that certain risks that could not be insured under standard policies are eligible for certain basic policies; revises corporation's plan of operation.

Transportation; limiting the amount of certain revenues in the State Transportation Trust Fund which the Department of Transportation may annually commit to public transit projects; revising provisions relating to a traffic and revenue study provided by a private entity; requiring the department to notify the Division of Bond Finance before entering into an interim or comprehensive agreement; etc.

Florida Retirement System; Authorizing certain retirees to be reemployed after terminating employment; prohibiting such retirees from receiving both a salary from the employer and retirement benefits for a specified period after his or her retirement; removing provisions authorizing the reemployment of certain law enforcement officers as school resource officers; revising employer contribution rates to the Florida Retirement System, etc.

Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day; Designates Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day, which occurs on fourth Thursday in March, as legal holiday.

Employment Regulations; Prohibiting political subdivisions from maintaining a minimum wage other than a state or federal minimum wage; prohibiting political subdivisions from controlling, affecting, or awarding preferences based on the wages or employment benefits of entities doing business with the political subdivision; revising and providing applicability; etc.