Ad Valorem Tax Exemptions for Lessees; Specifies that lessees leasing certain aviation areas are exempt from ad valorem taxes; specifies that lessees that lease lands for aviation, airport, aerospace, maritime, or port purposes are exempt from ad valorem taxes.
Public Safety Emergency Communications Systems; Revises requirements for minimum radio signal strength for fire department communications; requires State Fire Marshal to adopt minimum radio coverage design criteria for public safety emergency communications systems & minimum standards for interior radio coverage & signal strength in buildings; requires local jurisdiction's public safety emergency communications system be certified as meeting or exceeding certain criteria before new & existing buildings are required to install, or to be assessed for, two-way radio communications enhancement systems; requires local jurisdictions to produce radio coverage heatmaps; prohibits local jurisdictions from withholding certificates of occupancy under certain circumstances.
Tree Pruning, Trimming, or Removal on Residential Property; Provides definitions related to tree pruning, trimming, or removal on residential property.
Florida Atlantic University - Max Planck Florida Scientific Fellows Program (MPFSFP); Provides an appropriation for the Florida Atlantic University - Max Planck Florida Scientific Fellows Program (MPFSFP). APPROPRIATION: $750,000
Hospitals' Community Benefit Reporting; Removes provision requiring reporting of community benefit expenses for property tax exemption purposes.
Village of Indiantown Uptown Drainage and Roadway Repair Design; Provides an appropriation for the Village of Indiantown Uptown Drainage and Roadway Repair Design. APPROPRIATION: $350,000
Hospitals' Community Benefit Reporting; Repeals provisions relating to reporting of community benefit expenses for property tax exemption purposes.
Palm Beach County Sawfish Island Restoration Project; Provides an appropriation for the Palm Beach County Sawfish Island Restoration Project. APPROPRIATION: $500,000
Loggerhead Marinelife Center Improving Water Quality and Coastline Cleanliness; Provides an appropriation for the Loggerhead Marinelife Center Improving Water Quality and Coastline Cleanliness. APPROPRIATION: $249,779
Enhanced Penalties for Criminal Offenses; Increases offense severity ranking of burglary offense for purposes of Criminal Punishment Code when offender enters dwelling, structure, or conveyance on law enforcement or fire department property; removes reclassification of certain felony offenses when person who commits offense crosses county line with specified intent; removes requirement for reclassification or reranking that offender's travel be for purpose of thwarting law enforcement attempts to track stolen items; removes reference to crime being reclassified.
