Sen. Ed Hooper

Clerks of the Court; Specifying the amount of charges for certain services rendered by, and instruments filed with, the clerk of the circuit court which are not court records; revising the distribution of revenue from filing fees from the institution of certain appellate proceedings; requiring the clerks of the court to submit requests for reimbursement for jury-related costs to the Florida Clerks of Court Operations Corporation within specified timeframes, etc.

Motor Vehicle Dealers; Requiring the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to conduct investigations of licensees and inspect specified materials relating to written complaints made against licensees by motor vehicle dealers and motor vehicle dealer associations; authorizing the department to petition a court if a licensee or any person refuses to testify, produce materials, or obey a subpoena or subpoena duces tecum; prohibiting the use of information obtained pursuant to certain investigations and examinations as the basis for criminal prosecution, etc.

State Funds; Exempting the State Housing Trust Fund and the Local Government Housing Trust Fund from a provision authorizing the Legislature, in the General Appropriations Act, to transfer unappropriated cash balances from specified trust funds to the Budget Stabilization Fund and the General Revenue Fund, etc.

Transportation-related Facility Designations; Providing honorary designations of certain transportation facilities in specified counties; directing the Department of Transportation to erect suitable markers, etc.

Public Records; Prohibiting a county recorder from removing a grantor name, grantee name, or party name from the register of the Official Records and the index on the publicly available website unless the information is subject to a specified public records exemption; prescribing requirements for a person claiming a public records exemption to request removal of information from a publicly available website, subject to penalty of perjury; requiring that a request for maintenance of an exemption be notarized and confirm the individual’s status; requiring the daily schedule of deeds and conveyances to include notification of any information therein which is subject to a request for removal, etc.

Cultural and Historical Programs; Designating the Museum of Florida History as the official state history museum; providing that the Secretary of State shall be known as “Florida’s Chief Arts and Culture Officer”; transferring certain responsibilities from the Division of Cultural Affairs to the Division of Historical Resources; revising provisions relating to the Museum of Florida History museum store, the establishment and operation of a certain nonprofit organization or association, and the use of certain funds; removing the requirement that a museum inform a lender of certain provisions in certain circumstances, etc.

Podiatric Medicine; Authorizing the Board of Podiatric Medicine to require a specified number of continuing education hours related to the safe and effective prescribing of controlled substances; providing for governance of podiatric physicians who are supervising medical assistants, etc.