Local Government Official Salaries; Revising the base salary used to calculate the compensation of a clerk of the circuit court and a county comptroller, a supervisor of elections, and a property appraiser, respectively, etc.
Special Alcoholic Beverage Licenses Issued to Residential Condominiums; Excluding certain residential condominiums that sell alcoholic beverages from the limitation on the number of specified licenses issued; requiring that licenses be issued only to the person or corporation that manages the food and beverage operations; prohibiting a licensee from selling certain alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption, etc.
Disclosure of Estimated Ad Valorem Taxes; Defining the terms “listing platform” and “property”; requiring that certain property listings include estimated ad valorem taxes; providing requirements for listing platforms, the Department of Revenue, and property appraisers; providing protection from liability for specified parties who take certain actions, etc.
Victims of Domestic Violence and Dating Violence; Requiring the Division of Telecommunications within the Department of Management Services to consult with certain entities to conduct a feasibility study regarding a specified alert system; revising legislative findings to include victims of dating violence; authorizing victims of dating violence to apply to participate in the Attorney General’s address confidentiality program, etc.
Career-themed Courses; Revising the number of career-themed courses that must be offered by a school district; requiring at least two career-themed courses to meet certain requirements; revising the number of clock hours required for a certain component used to determine a school’s grade, etc.
County Administrators; Requiring that a county administrator be elected at certain general elections for a specified term of office in certain counties; requiring that a county administrator be an elected official under certain circumstances; requiring the Office of Economic and Demographic Research to certify the population of each county to specified persons in certain years; requiring that the first election of a county administrator occur in certain counties at a specified election, for a specified term of office, etc.
Florida Building Code; Prohibiting a local government from adopting a local lookback ordinance for substantial improvements or repairs to a structure which is more stringent than the Florida Building Code; providing that lookback ordinances adopted by local governments before a specified date are void and unenforceable, etc.
Consumer Protection in Insurance Matters; Requiring public adjusters, public adjuster apprentices, and public adjusting firms to provide a specified response within a specified timeframe after receiving a request for claim status from a claimant, an insured, or a designated representative; requiring that universal life insurance policies include a provision requiring a certain annual report; requiring certain automobile insurers, under certain circumstances, to provide a specified statement in a certain manner; requiring insurers to pay or deny certain claims within a specified timeframe, etc.
Maddy summarySB 1220 revises Florida's definition of a "Class A air-conditioning contractor" in Section 489.105 of the Florida Statutes. The bill clarifies that these contractors may install, maintain, repair, and design central air-conditioning, refrigeration, heating, and ventilating systems - including duct cleaning requiring partial disassembly - but excludes work like gas lines, electrical wiring, or pool piping. It also updates related licensing provisions in Sections 489.113, 489.117, and 553.998 to align with the revised definition. This bill directly affects licensed contractors performing HVAC work in Florida, ensuring their scope of practice is explicitly defined under state law.
Annual Rate Increases for Coverages by Citizens Property Insurance Corporation; Providing that the required annual rate increases and the limits on such increases for coverages by Citizens Property Insurance Corporation do not apply to new policies issued after a specified date or to subsequent renewals of such policies, etc.
