Sen. Danny Burgess

Public Records/Current and Former County and City Attorneys; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for the personal identifying and location information of current county attorneys, deputy county attorneys, assistant county attorneys, city attorneys, deputy city attorneys, and assistant city attorneys, and the names and personal identifying and location information of the spouses and children of such attorneys; providing applicability; providing for future legislative review and repeal; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.

Workers’ Compensation Benefits for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; Providing that posttraumatic stress disorder suffered by a 911 public safety telecommunicator or crime scene investigator is a compensable occupational disease under certain circumstances; specifying that benefits do not require a physical injury and are not subject to certain apportionment or limitations; requiring certain employing agencies to provide specified mental health training, etc.

Residential Graywater System Tax Credits; Providing a tax credit to developers and homebuilders for certain graywater systems purchased during the taxable year; specifying information the developer or homebuilder must provide to the Department of Environmental Protection; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to certify to the applicant and the Department of Revenue its determination of an applicant’s eligibility for the tax credit within a specified timeframe, etc.

Depositions of Witnesses in Criminal Proceedings; Prohibiting the deposition of specified victims and witnesses in a criminal proceeding without a showing of good cause; providing for motions to depose witnesses, etc.

Land and Water Management; Prohibiting counties and municipalities from adopting laws, regulations, rules, or policies relating to water quality or quantity, pollution control, pollutant discharge prevention or removal, and wetlands; preempting such regulation to the state; repealing a provision relating to land management review teams, etc.

Trafficking in Fentanyl; Increasing criminal penalties for trafficking in fentanyl, etc.

Personal Information of Judicial Officers and Their Family Members; Authorizing a judicial officer or an immediate family member of a judicial officer to request the removal of his or her personal identifying information from the Internet in a specified manner; prohibiting such information from being reposted or transferred to another person; authorizing a judicial officer or the immediate family member of a judicial officer to bring an action seeking certain relief; authorizing a court to award certain damages, court costs, and attorney fees, etc.

District School Board Direct-support Organizations; Authorizing district school boards to contract with direct-support organizations for personal services or operations, subject to certain limitations; revising the amount of expenditures and expenses a direct-support organization must have to be required to provide for an annual financial audit; authorizing district school boards to contract with a vendor for such audits, etc.

Fines And Fees; Authorizing the clerk of the circuit court to accept monthly installment payments for a certain administrative processing charge; revising the methods by which the clerk of the circuit court may accept payments for certain fees, charges, costs, and fines; requiring payment plans to reflect all fines, fees, and court costs incurred by an individual; requiring the clerk to submit a specified list to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles by a specified date; revising the specified offenses that would lead to the suspension of a person’s driver license upon the failure to comply with court directives, etc.

Special Risk Class Retirement Date; Revising the definition of “normal retirement date”; decreasing the age and years of service needed to reach the normal retirement date for certain members; authorizing certain members of the Special Risk Class to apply to participate in the Deferred Retirement Option Program within a specified time period; providing a declaration of important state interest, etc.