Sen. Nick DiCeglie

Cybersecurity; Citing this act as the “Florida Cyber Protection Act”; requiring the Florida Digital Service to ensure that independent project oversight is performed in a certain manner and to take certain actions relating to the procurement of project oversight as a service; requiring that the state data center be overseen by and accountable to the Department of Management Services in consultation with certain officers; requiring a state agency to report ransomware and cybersecurity incidents within a certain time period; requiring a local government to report ransomware and cybersecurity incidents within a certain time period, etc.

Commercial Motor Vehicle Insurance; Requiring specified combined bodily and property damage liability insurance coverage for commercial motor vehicles used to furnish equipment, supplies, materials, or services to certain projects for a governmental entity, etc.

Relief of Michael Barnett/Department of Children and Families; Providing for the relief of Michael Barnett, individually and as the natural parent and legal guardian of R.B.; providing an appropriation to compensate them for injuries and damages sustained as a result of the negligence of the Department of Children and Families; providing a limitation on the payment of attorney fees, etc. CLAIM WITH APPROPRIATION: $296,400

Renewable Energy Cost Recovery; Revising the types of contracts which are eligible for cost recovery by a public utility under certain circumstances; authorizing a public utility to recover prudently incurred renewable natural gas or hydrogen-based fuel infrastructure project costs through an appropriate Florida Public Service Commission cost-recovery mechanism; providing that such costs are not subject to further actions except under certain circumstances, etc.

Temporary Airports; Requiring that certain documentation be submitted to the Department of Transportation for a public temporary airport or private temporary airport site approval order; requiring a public temporary airport to obtain a license and a private temporary airport to obtain registration before operation of aircraft to or from the airport; requiring that issuance of site approval orders be held in abeyance under certain circumstances; revising an exemption from certain provisions for an airport used for aerial application or spraying of crops, etc.

Ad Valorem Tax Exemptions; Revising conditions under which certain aircraft-related operations are deemed to serve a governmental, municipal, or public purpose or function for purposes of ch. 196, F.S.; adding circumstances under which property used exclusively for educational purposes is deemed owned by an educational institution; deleting a requirement for the property appraiser relating to applications for an exemption for leasehold interests in government property, etc.

Florida Main Street Program and Historic Preservation Tax Credits; Citing this act as the "Main Street Historic Tourism and Revitalization Act"; providing a credit against the state corporate income tax and the insurance premium tax for qualified expenses in rehabilitating certain historic structures; specifying eligibility requirements for the tax credit; specifying requirements for the Division of Historical Resources of the Department of State for evaluating and certifying applications for tax credits; specifying the order in which the credit is applied against the corporate income tax or franchise tax, etc.

Special Risk Class Retirement Date; Revising the definition of “normal retirement date”; decreasing the age and years of service needed to reach the normal retirement date for certain members; authorizing certain members of the Special Risk Class to apply to participate in the Deferred Retirement Option Program within a specified time period; providing a declaration of important state interest, etc.

Ethics Requirements for Officers and Employees of Special Tax Districts; Specifying that certain conduct by certain public officers and employees is deemed a conflict of interest; requiring certain ethics training for elected local officers of independent special districts, beginning on a specified date, etc.

Vessels; Authorizing counties and municipalities to establish slow speed, minimum wake boating-restricted areas within a specified distance from certain sewage pumpout facilities at public or private nonresidential marinas within certain portions of the Florida Intracoastal Waterway; removing a provision authorizing local governments to require permitting for certain floating vessel platforms; revising conditions under which local governments may require one-time registrations of floating vessel platforms, etc.