Sen. Jason W. B. Pizzo

Courtroom Animal Advocates; Providing for appointment of an advocate for the interests of an animal in certain court proceedings, at the discretion of the court; requiring the Animal Law Section of The Florida Bar to maintain a list of attorneys and certified legal interns meeting specified requirements who are eligible to be appointed as such advocates, etc.

Condominium Associations; Revising the parties considered to be the defendants in a tax suit; revising criminal penalties relating to the acceptance of things or services of value or kickbacks; requiring an association to provide an itemized list and a sworn affidavit to persons requesting to inspect records; specifying acts that comprise fraudulent voting activities relating to association elections; revising the jurisdiction of the Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation with regard to investigating complaints, etc.

Trust Funds/Chet Smith Bike Path Trust Fund; Creating the Chet Smith Bike Path Trust Fund within the Department of Transportation; providing the purpose of the trust fund; specifying uses for the moneys in the trust fund; providing for future review and termination or re-creation of the trust fund; requiring the Chief Financial Officer to maintain the trust fund within the State Treasury for the department, etc.

Condominium and Cooperative Associations; Requiring that the Florida Building Code require enhanced waterproofing measures for certain elements of community associations; prohibiting a developer or condominium or cooperative association, respectively, from waiving or reducing the amount of its reserve funds; requiring elected or appointed board members to complete an educational curriculum within a specified time and submit a certificate of completion to the secretary of the association; requiring the board to hire a licensed structural engineer to conduct an annual inspection of association property; revising the documents that must be delivered to a prospective buyer or lessee of a residential unit, etc.

HIV Prevention Justice Act; Citing this act as the “HIV Prevention Justice Act"; reducing the degree of criminal penalty for certain persons who are infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and who donate blood, plasma, organs, skin, or other human tissue for use in another person; revising prohibitions relating to the intentional transmission of certain diseases through sexual conduct; providing that a person’s failure to comply with behavioral recommendations does not de facto establish intent to transmit a disease, etc.

Mobilization of the National Guard; Citing this act as the "Defend the Guard Act"; prohibiting release of the Florida National Guard or any member thereof from this state into active duty combat without a declaration of war or other official action by the United States Congress; requiring the Governor to take all necessary actions to comply with such prohibition, etc.

Animal Abuse; Increasing the criminal penalties for sexual activities involving animals; assigning an offense severity ranking for sexual activities involving animals for purposes of the Criminal Punishment Code; increasing the offense severity ranking for fighting or baiting animals for purposes of the Criminal Punishment Code, etc.

Renaming the Criminal Punishment Code; Renaming the Criminal Punishment Code as the Criminal Public Safety Code; revising a principle of the Criminal Public Safety Code, etc.

Relief of Rafael Rodriguez by the Hendry County Hospital Authority; Providing for the relief of Rafael Rodriguez by the Hendry County Hospital Authority; providing for an appropriation to compensate Rafael Rodriguez for injuries sustained as a result of the negligence of employees of the Hendry County Hospital Authority; providing a limitation on compensation and the payment of attorney fees, etc. CLAIM: $7,500,000

Landlord’s Obligation to Maintain Premises; Requiring certain landlords to provide functioning facilities for air-conditioning, etc.