Sen. Ed Hooper

Dissolution of Marriage; Requiring the court to make certain written findings in its awards of alimony; removing the court’s ability to consider adultery of either spouse in determining the amount of an alimony award; revising factors that the court must consider in determining the proper type and amount of alimony; revising a provision authorizing the modification of rehabilitative alimony upon completion of the rehabilitative plan to include a certain condition; requiring the court to consider specified factors when determining an alimony award involving the existence of a supportive relationship between the obligee and another person, etc.

Fire Investigators; Revising the definition of the term “firefighter” to include full-time, Florida-certified fire investigators for the purpose of expanding eligibility for certain cancer treatment benefits to such investigators; providing a declaration of important state interest, etc.

Mobile Home Registration Periods; Revising the registration and registration renewal periods for a mobile home owned by a natural person; requiring the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, beginning on a specified date, to give customers the option to renew their registrations on their dates of birth in certain years; specifying permissible renewal periods for such renewals, etc.

Construction Liens; Revising the threshold for determining whether certain direct contracts to repair or replace an existing heating or air-conditioning system are exempt from specified notice of commencement and applicability of lien requirements for authorities issuing building permits, etc.

Public Records/Law Enforcement Geolocation Information; Defining the term “law enforcement geolocation information”; providing an exemption from public records requirements for law enforcement geolocation information held by a law enforcement agency; requiring law enforcement agencies to disclose law enforcement geolocation information under specified circumstances; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.

Florida Tourism Marketing; Delaying the scheduled repeal of provisions governing the Florida Tourism Industry Marketing Corporation and the Division of Tourism Marketing of Enterprise Florida, Inc., respectively, etc.

Financial Literacy Instruction in Public Schools; Citing this act as the “Dorothy L. Hukill Financial Literacy Act”; revising the requirements regarding financial literacy for the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards; revising the required credits for a standard high school diploma to include one-half credit of instruction in personal financial literacy and money management and seven and one-half, rather than eight, credits in electives; modifying the requirements for the award of a standard high school diploma for Academically Challenging Curriculum to Enhance Learning options, etc.

Sales Tax Exemptions for Public Works; Providing instances when sales of certain tangible personal property to contractors are not exempt from sales and use tax; prohibiting certain nonprofit entities that used a sales tax exemption illegally from transferring liability for the tax, penalty, or interest to another party; requiring the Department of Revenue to adopt rules for determining the propriety of exempt sales to eligible nonprofit entities; providing an exception for when certain taxes are considered state funds, etc.

State Board of Administration Alternative Investments; Increasing the percentage of certain funds the State Board of Administration may invest in alternative investments, etc.

Sexual Offenders and Predators; Providing that a person must meet specified criteria to qualify for removal of a sexual predator, sexually violent predator, or any other specified sexual offender designation; designating “The Florida Sexual Offenders Act”; requiring the custodian of a local jail to notify the Department of Law Enforcement if a sexual offender in its custody escapes or dies; requiring a specified sexual offender to establish that his or her designation has been removed and that he or she does not meet any other specified criteria that require registration as a sexual offender to qualify for removal of the requirement for registration as a sexual offender, etc.