Sen. Anitere Flores

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 the payment of attorney fees, etc. CLAIM: $7,500,000

Sovereign Immunity; Designating the “Florida Fair Claims Act”; increasing the statutory limits on liability for tort claims against the state and its agencies and subdivisions; revising when a state and its agencies and subdivisions may agree to settle a claim or judgment without further action from the Legislature; requiring that the limitations on tort liability be adjusted every year after a specified date; prohibiting an insurance policy from conditioning the payment of benefits on the enactment of claim bills, etc.

Construction Liens; Revising the notice to owner in certain direct contracts; deleting a provision establishing the right of certain persons who are not in privity with an owner to have a lien on certain real property; deleting provisions authorizing an owner and a contractor to agree upon the contractor furnishing a payment bond; revising provisions relating to payments due under a direct contract, etc.

Relief of Dontrell Stephens by the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office; Providing for the relief of Dontrell Stephens through Evett L. Simmons, as guardian of his property, by the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office; providing for an appropriation to compensate him for personal injuries and damages sustained as the result of the negligence of a deputy of the office; providing a limitation on the payment of compensation, fees, and costs, etc. CLAIM: $4,500,000

Driver License Fees; Providing fees for the placement of a specified letter on the driver license of a person who has a developmental disability, etc.

Driver Licenses; Requiring application forms for original, renewal, and replacement driver licenses and identification cards to include language allowing a voluntary contribution to the Live Like Bella Childhood Cancer Foundation; authorizing a person with specified disabilities to have the capital letter “D” exhibited on his or her driver license under certain circumstances, etc.

Underground Facility Damage Prevention and Safety; Revising and providing noncriminal violations relating to the transportation of certain hazardous materials; requiring certain persons to transmit an incident report to the State Fire Marshal; providing that certain incident reports must be investigated by the State Fire Marshal or his or her agents; requiring Sunshine State One-Call of Florida, Inc., to review certain reports and complaints, etc.

Taiwan; Encouraging the enhancement of the sister-state relationship and bilateral economic and cultural ties between Florida and the Republic of China, also known as Taiwan, and reaffirming and maintaining the commitment of the State of Florida to its strong and deepening relationship with the Republic of China, as the two embrace the same fundamental values of freedom, democracy, and the protection of human rights, etc.