State University Auxiliary Enterprises; Requiring the Board of Governors to establish uniform reporting requirements for state university auxiliary enterprises; providing state university responsibilities relating to auxiliary enterprises; requiring the Board of Governors to adopt regulations, etc.
Offenses Committed Upon Assistant State Attorneys; Providing for the enhancement of criminal penalties for certain assault or battery offenses committed upon assistant state attorneys, etc.
United States-produced Iron and Steel in Public Works Projects; Requiring governmental entities to include a requirement in certain contracts that certain iron or steel products be produced in the United States; authorizing the use of foreign steel and iron materials in certain circumstances; requiring the Department of Management Services to adopt rules for specified purposes, 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.
Historically Black Colleges and Universities Matching Endowment Scholarship Program; Establishing the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Matching Endowment Scholarship Program within the Department of Education; requiring a historically black college or university to provide a certain amount of funds by a specified date to participate in the program; requiring program funds to remain in the trust fund, etc.
Retail Fresh Market Farm Stand Signage; Defining the term “retail fresh market farm stand”; establishing the Fresh From Florida Retail Fresh Market Farm Stand Signage Program within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to provide directional signage for certified retail fresh market farm stands; authorizing the Commissioner of Agriculture to designate certified retail fresh market farm stands as state tourist attractions; requiring owners and operators of certified retail fresh market farm stands to pay specified fees; establishing the Fresh From Florida Retail Fresh Market Farm Stand Advisory Council within the department, etc.
Adoption; Exempting certain adoption proceedings from specified requirements if certain documentation is contained in the court’s file; providing when an adoption entity, rather than an intermediary, becomes the designated guardian of the person for a child; revising consent requirements for unmarried biological fathers; providing that a consent to adoption may identify a specific adoptive parent; requiring the clerk of court to issue a separate case number for a petition for adoption and providing that such petition may not be maintained in a specified court file, etc.
Towing Vehicles; Prohibiting investigating agencies from releasing motor vehicles towed to an agency’s storage facility until certain proof of payment is presented to the agency; specifying that investigating agencies that do not obtain proof of payment must pay certain charges within a specified timeframe; revising the timeframe required for sending notices of lien; revising fees relating to obtaining the release of a vehicle or vessel with a claimed lien, etc.
Licensed Counseling for First Responders, Correctional Officers, and Correctional Probation Officers; Requiring an employing agency of a first responder to pay for licensed counseling for certain first responders; providing that such counseling is in addition to and separate from any benefits provided to the first responder; prohibiting the employing agency from requiring the first responder to use specified leave for such counseling under certain circumstances; requiring an employing agency of a correctional officer or a correctional probation officer to pay for licensed counseling for such officers under certain circumstances; providing that payment by the employing agency for such counseling does not create a presumption of a compensable occupational disease, etc.
School Nutrition Program Requirements; Requiring school districts, upon the request of a certain student or his or her parent or guardian, to provide certain alternative meals and snacks to students; providing cost requirements for such meals and snacks; authorizing that such request be made at the beginning of each semester, etc.
