Sen. Jonathan Martin

Postsecondary Out-of-state Fee Waivers; Deleting provisions relating to the waiver of out-of-state fees for certain students, including students who are undocumented for federal immigration purposes, etc.

Improvements to Real Property; Authorizing a program administrator to offer a program for financing qualifying improvements for residential property when authorized by a county or municipality; authorizing a program administrator to levy non-ad valorem assessments for a certain purpose; providing for compensation for tax collectors for actual costs incurred to collect non-ad valorem assessments; requiring certain financing agreement and contract provisions for change orders under certain circumstances; requiring a county or municipality to establish or approve a process for the registration of a qualifying improvement contractor to install qualifying improvements, etc.

Corporate Actions; Providing that a defective corporate action is not void or voidable in certain circumstances; requiring the board of directors to take certain action to ratify a defective corporate action; providing quorum and voting requirements for the ratification of certain defective corporate actions; requiring that notice be given to shareholders of certain corporate action taken by the board of directors; providing that notice is not required for holders of certain shares whose identities or addresses for notice cannot be determined, etc.

Attorney Fees and Costs; Defining the term “property rights”; requiring courts to award reasonable attorney fees and costs to a prevailing defendant in certain civil actions under specified circumstances, etc.

Tracking Devices and Applications; Prohibiting the placement or use of a tracking device or tracking application to determine the location or movement of another person or another person’s property without that person’s consent; revising exceptions; providing criminal penalties, etc.

Public Records/My Safe Florida Home Program; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for certain information contained in applications and home inspection reports submitted by applicants to the Department of Financial Services as a part of the My Safe Florida Home Program; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.

Local Government Employees; Revising the base salary used to calculate the compensation of county tax collectors; defining the term “tax collector employee”; providing that tax collector employees are eligible to receive specified monetary benefits from the state for adopting children within the child welfare system; revising the base salary used to calculate the compensation of district school superintendents, etc.

Unauthorized Sale of Alcoholic Beverages; Revising the punishment for the unlawful sale of alcoholic beverages; revising the activities that may be declared a public nuisance under local administrative actions to abate certain activities to include persons who commit the unlicensed or unlawful sale of alcoholic beverages more than a specified number of times within a specified period, etc.

Individuals with Disabilities; Revising provisions related to programs and services provided by the Agency for Persons with Disabilities; requiring the agency, within available resources, to offer voluntary participation care navigation services to clients and their caregivers at specified times; requiring the agency to develop and implement an online application process; revising which types of clients are eligible for an individual support plan; clarifying the timeframe within which a family or individual support plan must be developed, etc. APPROPRIATION: $38,852,223

Mandatory Waiting Period for Handgun Purchases; Revising the mandatory 3-day waiting period to apply only to handguns, rather than to firearms; removing a provision authorizing that the mandatory waiting period expire upon completion of a records check; revising records requirements relating to firearm sales to apply only to handguns, etc.