Transportation Network Company, Driver, and Vehicle Owner Insurance; Revising automobile insurance requirements for transportation network companies, transportation network company drivers, and transportation network company vehicle owners, etc.
Living Organ Donation; Defining the term “living organ donor”; requiring state agencies to grant administrative leave, not to exceed a specified number of days, to allow an employee to serve as a living organ donor; requiring employers to grant an unpaid leave of absence to allow an employee to serve as a living organ donor under certain circumstances, etc.
Clerks of the Court; Authorizing the cumulative excess of funds to be used in the development of the total combined budgets of the clerks of the court; requiring that a court use certain sale procedures in a foreclosure action; providing that only a clerk of court may conduct a foreclosure sale, etc.
Local Government Finances; Citing this act as the “Local Government Financial Transparency and Accountability Act”; revising the timeframe during which tentative budgets, and the length of time for which final budgets, must be posted on county websites; requiring counties to prepare certain quarterly compensation summaries; revising the length of time for which a public hearing for an amendment to a county budget must be advertised; specifying requirements applicable to local governments and special districts for impact fees adopted or increased after a specified date, etc.
Transportation; Requiring the Department of Transportation and any impacted local government to increase the minimum perception-reaction time for steady yellow signals at certain intersections by a specified amount of time; authorizing enforcement of restrictive school zone speed limits through the use of speed detection systems under certain conditions; revising provisions relating to the placement and installation of certain speed detection systems and components thereof; revising a limitation on the use of videos and images recorded as part of a school bus infraction detection system; revising provisions relating to penalties for certain failures to comply, etc.
Electronic Payments Made to Units of Local Governments; Requiring units of local government to accept certain forms of payments; providing an exception; requiring such local governments to accept payments online, etc.
Building Permits and Inspections; Providing for expiration of certain building permits issued by a county after a specified timeframe; providing that any certified residential manufactured building may not be denied a building permit for placement on specified lots or property associations; prohibiting a local government from adopting or enforcing certain zoning, land use, or development ordinances or regulations; requiring the Florida Building Commission to adopt by rule uniform statewide building permit applications for commercial and residential construction projects; requiring certain persons who perform work on a property to file a notice of permit exemption with the local enforcement agency within a specified timeframe, etc.
Maddy summarySB 7022 revises the required employer contribution rates for different employee groups within Florida's Retirement System. It adjusts how much public employers must pay into retirement funds based on specific membership classes and subclasses, such as different job types or service categories. The bill directly affects Florida state and local government employers who participate in the Florida Retirement System. This change modifies the financial obligations employers have toward employee retirement benefits without altering eligibility or benefit amounts.
Emergencies; Prohibiting certain local governments from adopting ordinances for substantial improvements or repairs to a structure which include cumulative substantial improvement periods; prohibiting certain entities from assessing impact fees for specified replacement structures; revising public hurricane shelter funding prioritization requirements for the Division of Emergency Management; authorizing certain servicemembers to provide medical care in specified circumstances; revising requirements for the state comprehensive emergency management plan, etc.
Energy Infrastructure Investment; Requiring the Public Service Commission to establish an experimental mechanism that meets certain requirements to facilitate certain energy infrastructure investments in gas; providing requirements for gas infrastructure investments, etc.
