Sen. Annette Taddeo

Small Business Saturday Sales Tax Holiday; Defining the term “small business”; providing that small businesses are not required to collect the sales and use tax on the retail sale of certain items of tangible personal property during a specified timeframe; authorizing the Department of Revenue to adopt emergency rules, etc. APPROPRIATION: $200,000

Bottled Water Excise Tax; Imposing an excise tax upon bottled water operators; specifying the rate of the tax and the trust fund where tax proceeds are to be deposited; specifying requirements for bottled water operators in filing monthly returns and declarations of estimated tax with, and remitting estimated taxes to, the Department of Revenue; specifying the department’s authority to inspect, examine, and audit bottled water operator books and records, issue subpoenas, require testimony under oath or affirmation of certain persons, and apply for certain judicial orders, etc.

Legislative Employees; Providing a one-time pay adjustment for certain legislative employees as of a specified date; providing an annual salary adjustment for such employees, contingent upon funding by the Legislature, etc.

Correctional Education Program; Requiring the Correctional Education Program under the Department of Corrections to develop and implement a plan, in coordination with the Department of Business and Professional Regulation or the applicable board, to ensure an inmate receives credit for towards licensure if certain criteria is met, etc.

Lease of Dogs and Cats; Prohibiting the transfer of possession of dogs and cats under specified circumstances; prohibiting the lease of dogs and cats under certain circumstances, etc.

Trains; Requiring, as a condition of operation in this state, that trains used in connection with the movement of freight and passengers have a crew that consists of at least two individuals; providing exceptions; authorizing the Secretary of Transportation to exempt certain railroad carriers from specified provisions of law under certain conditions; authorizing the Department of Transportation to assess civil penalties against a person or an entity for a specified violation, subject to certain requirements, etc.

SunPass Electronic Toll System; Creating a SunPass Maximum Annual Use Fee Program within the Department of Transportation for certain purposes; authorizing certain drivers to apply to SunPass to participate in the program; requiring that a driver’s eligibility for the maximum annual use fee be canceled and that he or she pay a certain amount if the driver does not notify SunPass of a change of home address, etc.

Required Flood Disclosures for Real Property Sales; Requiring a seller of real property to disclose certain flood information to a prospective purchaser before executing a contract for the sale of the property, etc.

Corporal Punishment in Public Schools; Providing that only school principals, and not teachers, may administer corporal punishment to public school students; requiring school principals to notify students’ parents in writing and receive written consent before administering corporal punishment; requiring school principals who have administered corporal punishment to provide parents with written explanations of the punishment; authorizing teachers and other instructional personnel to request that principals administer corporal punishment, etc.

Commissioner of Insurance; Proposing amendments to the State Constitution to establish the position of Commissioner of Insurance as a statewide elected officer and to provide for the commissioner’s inclusion on the Cabinet, etc.