Rep. Toby Overdorf

Pollution Control Standards and Liability; Provides that Secretary of Environmental Protection has exclusive jurisdiction in setting standards or procedures for evaluating environmental conditions & assessing potential liability for presence of contaminants on certain agricultural lands; prohibits secretary from delegating such authority to local governmental entity.

Taxation; Prohibiting counties from imposing requirements on borrowers other than requiring proof of the borrower's income; providing for the assessment of land used in the production of aquaculture to be based solely on its agricultural use; providing that real property includes certain portions; revising the military operations that qualify certain servicemembers for an additional ad valorem tax exemption; increasing the property tax exemption for residents who are widows, widowers, blind persons, or totally and permanently disabled persons; defining the term "residential improvement"; providing for an abatement of ad valorem taxes and non-ad valorem assessments for certain residential improvements destroyed due to a sudden and unforeseen collapse; exempting certain federal loans from documentary stamp taxes; exempting certain Formula One Grand Prix race admissions from the sales tax on admissions; exempting certain Daytona 500 race admissions from the sales tax on admissions; exempting from sales and use tax the retail sale of children's books during a specified timeframe; exempting from sales and use tax the retail sale of children's diapers during a specified timeframe, etc.

Individual Freedom; Provides that subjecting individuals to specified concepts under certain circumstances constitutes discrimination based on race, color, sex, or national origin; revising requirements for required instruction on the history of African Americans; requiring the department to prepare and offer certain standards and curriculum; authorizing the department to seek input from a specified organization for certain purposes; prohibits instructional materials reviewers from recommending instructional materials that contain any matter that contradicts certain principles; requires DOE to review school district professional development systems for compliance with certain provisions of law.

Reducing Fetal and Infant Mortality; Revises purpose & requirements for Comprehensive Statewide Tobacco Education & Use Prevention Program; requires DOH to contract with local healthy start coalitions for creation of fetal & infant mortality review committees; prohibits physician from performing abortion if gestational age of fetus is determined to be more than specified number of weeks; provides exception; requires directors of certain medical facilities & certain physicians to submit monthly report to AHCA electronically; requires hospitals participate in minimum number of quality improvement initiatives. APPROPRIATION: $1,602,000

Law Enforcement ; Authorizes a sheriff to transfer funds between specified categories and code levels after his or her budget is approved; revises salary minimums for county sheriffs; provides for adoption benefits for law enforcements officers; creates Florida Law Enforcement Recruitment Bonus Payment Program; provides exemption from certain law enforcement officer training requirements for military veterans; provides requirements for skills training for law enforcement officers relating to officer health & safety; makes children of law enforcement officers eligible for Family Empowerment Scholarships; encourages school districts to establish public safety telecommunication training programs & offer law enforcement explorer programs; requires Board of Governors & State Board of Education to create process that enables eligible law enforcement officers or former officers to earn credit for college-level training & education acquired while serving an officer; creates Florida Law Enforcement Academy Scholarship Program; provides for reimbursement for out-of-state & special operations forces law enforcement equivalency training.

Additional Homestead Property Tax Exemption for Specified Critical Public Service Workforce; Proposes amendment to State Constitution to authorize Legislature, for all levies other than school district levies, to grant additional homestead property tax exemption on $50,000 of assessed value of homestead property owned by classroom teachers, law enforcement officers, correctional officers, firefighters, emergency medical technicians, paramedics, child welfare services professionals, active duty members of United States Armed Forces, & Florida National Guard members.

Photographic Enforcement of School Zone Speed Limits; Authorizes county or municipality to contract with automated speed enforcement provider to install cameras in school speed zones to enforce school zone speed limits; provides criteria; provides civil penalty for certain violations; provides for disposition & use of funds; provides requirements for notices of violation; requires payment of certain penalties within certain periods; provides for determination of liability; provides for court jurisdiction & enforcement; provides final notice requirements; requires prohibition of motor vehicle registration renewal & transfer of title under certain circumstances; provides for collection of unpaid penalty imposed on owner of motor vehicle registered outside this state; prohibits warning or civil penalty for operator arrested or cited for same violation by peace officer.

Sewall's Point Septic to Sewer Conversion-South Sewall's Point Planning Phase; Provides an appropriation for the Sewall's Point Septic to Sewer Conversion-South Sewall's Point Planning Phase. APPROPRIATION: $800,000

Children of Inmates, Inc. Family Strengthening Program; Provides an appropriation for the Children of Inmates, Inc. Family Strengthening Program. APPROPRIATION: $1,000,000

Homewood/South Sewall's Point Road Phase 3 Enhancement Project; Provides an appropriation for the Homewood/South Sewall's Point Road Phase 3 Enhancement Project. APPROPRIATION: $1,000,000