Sen. Ben Albritton

Environmental Resource Management; Providing additional management strategies for basin management action plans; requiring the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to work with the Department of Environmental Protection to improve the accuracy of data used to estimate certain agricultural land uses and to work with producers to identify certain agricultural technologies; prohibiting local governments from recognizing, granting, conveying, or extending legal rights or legal standing to animals or certain parts of the natural environment under certain circumstances, etc.

Florida Building Code; Requiring that the Florida Building Code require that the entire envelope of certain buildings being constructed or rebuilt be impact resistant and constructed with high wind-resistant construction materials; requiring that all parts or systems of a building or structure envelope meet impact test criteria or be protected with an external protection device that meets such criteria; providing exceptions, etc.

Fees/Guardian Ad Litem License Plate; Creating a fee for a certain specialty license plate, etc.

Hospital, Hospital System, or Provider Organization Transactions; Requiring certain entities to submit written notice of a specified filing to the Office of the Attorney General relating to certain hospital, hospital system, or provider organization mergers, acquisitions, and other transactions within a specified timeframe; requiring that such entities submit written notice of a material change to the office within a specified timeframe; authorizing the office to request additional information or issue a civil investigative demand, etc. APPROPRIATION: $1,344,002

Diesel Exhaust Fluid; Requiring the governing body of each public airport that meets certain criteria to create a diesel exhaust fluid safety mitigation and exclusion plan for submission to the Department of Transportation; requiring the plan to be fully implemented by a specified date, etc.

Transportation; Revising requirements for determining the salaries of the secretary of the Department of Transportation and assistant secretaries; requiring certain contractors to be certified by the department as qualified; specifying conditions under which the limitation on liability of the department applies for personal injury, property damage, or death; authorizing the Governor to suspend payment of tolls when necessary to assist emergency evacuation, etc.

Liens and Bonds; Requiring that a copy of a notice of nonpayment be served on the surety; providing that certain waivers apply to certain contracts; authorizing a lienor to record one claim of lien for multiple direct contracts; providing that the interest of a lessor is not subject to liens for certain improvements made by certain lessees who are mobile home owners; specifying the manner in which documents relating to certain construction bonds must be served, etc.

Food Donation Programs; Creating an agricultural commodity donation tax credit; authorizing the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to adopt rules; revising the department's powers and duties relating to school food and other nutrition programs; deleting a provision authorizing district school boards to opt out of implementing universal school breakfast programs; requiring the department to annually allocate to participating sponsors a reimbursement in addition to the sum appropriated for the Florida Farm to School Program if certain conditions are met; requiring the department to develop the Florida Gleaning Support Grant Program, etc. APPROPRIATION: $1,650,000

State Workforce Development Boards; Defining the terms “for cause” and “state board”; replacing CareerSource Florida, Inc., with the state board or the Department of Economic Opportunity in provisions relating to the implementation of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act; revising provisions relating to the operation of CareerSource Florida, Inc.; authorizing a chief elected official for a local workforce development board to remove certain persons from the board for cause; revising authority relating to the Workforce Training Institute, etc.

Water and Wastewater Systems; Requiring a municipality to charge customers receiving its utility services outside the municipal boundaries the same rates, fees, and charges as it charges customers within the municipality under certain circumstances; authorizing certain water and wastewater utilities to establish a rate base value by using the fair market value when acquiring a utility system; establishing a procedure to determine the fair market value; specifying the contents required for an application to the Public Service Commission for approval of the rate base value of the utility system, etc.