Spaceport Operations; Defining the terms “quintimodal transportation hub” and “spaceport director or commander”; requiring Space Florida, in coordination with specified entities, to enhance and promote the development and use of quintimodal transportation hubs in this state; providing powers and duties of spaceport operators, etc.
Provision of Municipal Utility Service to Owners Outside the Municipal Limits; Prohibiting a municipal utility from declining to extend service to properties outside its corporate limits under certain circumstances; requiring a municipal utility to expand its service to an owner who makes such a request under certain circumstances, subject to the utility’s service requirements; requiring the municipal utility to make a determination within a specified timeframe and provide such determination to the owner in writing; requiring the municipal utility to provide the owner with specified information and to connect properties in a timely manner; authorizing a municipal utility to establish minimum application filing requirements, etc.
Electric Vehicle Charging Taxation; Exempting certain electricity sold to owners or operators of an electric vehicle charging station from the sales and use tax; requiring owners or operators of electric vehicle charging stations to furnish a specified affidavit under certain circumstances; providing civil and criminal penalties; requiring the Department of Revenue to look solely to owners or operators for recovery of the tax under certain circumstances, etc.
Land Use Regulations for Local Governments Affected by Natural Disasters; Prohibiting impacted local governments from enforcing certain moratoriums, requiring the repair or reconstruction of certain improvements to meet certain requirements, or enforcing changes to specified procedures; revising circumstances under which impacted local governments may enforce certain amendments, site plans, development permits, or development orders; deleting provisions related to filing suit against an impacted local government for injunctive relief, etc.
Parking on Public Property; Defining the terms “public property” and “publicly owned buildings or facilities”; requiring local governments to refund owners of vehicles who pay fees to park on specified public property in certain circumstances; prohibiting certain vehicles from being towed or issued a traffic citation for a specified time period after being parked on specified public property; prohibiting local governments from allowing private business entities or enterprises to use specified public property for private parking purposes for a fee; providing construction, etc.
Mandatory Human Reviews of Insurance Claim Denials; Requiring that insurers’ decisions to deny a claim or any portion of a claim be made by qualified human professionals; prohibiting the use of algorithms, artificial intelligence, or machine learning systems as the sole basis for determining whether to adjust or deny a claim; authorizing the Office of Insurance Regulation to conduct market conduct examinations and investigations under certain circumstances, etc.
Candidate Qualifying; Requiring a candidate for federal office to state in writing whether he or she intends to trade stock while serving in federal office; requiring candidates to ensure they satisfy statutory and constitutional requirements for office; requiring certain candidates to provide to the filing officer a statement disclosing dual citizenship for nomination and election to a judicial office or to a district school board; requiring candidates for representative to Congress seeking ballot position by petition to obtain a specified percentage of signatures to qualify for such office, etc.
Deductions for Certain Losses of Alcoholic Beverages; Authorizing a distributor of vinous, spirituous, or malt beverages to make an excise tax deduction in its monthly tax report for alcoholic beverages that have become unsellable through warehouse breakage, spoliation, evaporation, or expiration or that have become unfit for human consumption; requiring distributors that distribute more than one type of alcoholic beverage to deduct their gross taxes for products according to those specified in a specified manner; requiring a distributor to immediately notify the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco when an extraordinary loss occurs, etc.
Conservation Lands; Requiring the Division of State Lands to publish certain information on its website before the Acquisition and Restoration Council or the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund meets to review the proposed sale of conservation lands; requiring that certain parcels proposed for exchange be appraised in accordance with certain criteria; requiring the governing board of a water management district to publish certain information on its website before meeting to review the proposed sale or exchange of certain lands, etc.
The Ripple Project; Recognizing and commending The Ripple Project for its invaluable service, dedication, and tireless commitment to raising awareness of and funding for a cure for childhood cancer, etc.
