Sen. Travis Hutson

Entertainment Industry; Creating the Targeted High Wage Production Program within the Department of Economic Opportunity under the supervision of the Commissioner of Film and Entertainment; requiring that film, television, and digital media projects being produced in this state meet specified criteria to be eligible for tax credit awards; requiring a certified project to make a good faith effort to use existing providers of infrastructure or equipment in this state and to employ residents of this state; requiring the Florida Film and Entertainment Advisory Council to determine a score for each qualified project using specified criteria; requiring the department to disqualify a project under certain circumstances, etc.

Critical Infrastructure; Creating the "Critical Infrastructure Standards and Procedures Act"; requiring a local government asset owner procuring certain components, services, or solutions or entering into certain contracts to require conformance with certain standards, beginning on a specified date; requiring such a local government asset owner to ensure that certain contracts require that certain components meet certain minimum standards, etc.

Offenses Committed by Aliens; Requiring specified offenses to be reclassified if committed by aliens unlawfully present in the United States; specifying the reclassification of the offenses; specifying the enhancement of the levels of the ranking for purposes of sentencing and gain-time eligibility, etc.

Aircraft Sales and Lease Tax; Exempting all aircraft sales and leases, rather than the sales and leases of certain aircraft, from the sales and use tax; defining the term “aircraft”; deleting the definition of the term “common carrier” to conform to changes made by the act, etc.

Telephone Solicitation; Prohibiting the use of automated telephone dialing systems using certain types of messages under certain circumstances; authorizing such use in response to certain inquiries; providing a limitation; revising provisions for the award of attorney fees and costs, etc.

Vacation and Timeshare Plans; Exempting certain timeshare plans from specified requirements relating to the creation of a timeshare estate in a nonresidential condominium unit under certain circumstances; specifying that the payment for certain incidental benefits is voluntary; providing that the board of administration of the owners’ association serves as the termination trustee for purposes of implementing the termination of a timeshare plan; authorizing a managing entity to exercise specified powers before, during, or after an actual or anticipated emergency in certain circumstances and for certain purposes, etc.

Resiliency Energy Environment Florida Programs; Providing that a property owner may apply to a Resiliency Energy Environment Florida (REEF) program for funding to finance a qualifying improvement and may enter into an assessment financing agreement with a local government; authorizing a local government to enter into an agreement with a program administrator to administer a REEF program on the local government’s behalf; specifying underwriting, financing estimate, disclosure, and confirmation requirements for program administrators relating to residential real property, etc.

Local Districting; Prohibiting the drawing of county districts to favor or disfavor an incumbent county commissioner; prohibiting the consideration of the addresses of certain persons during the district-drawing process; requiring municipalities to fix the boundaries of their districts in a certain manner; prohibiting the drawing of municipal districts to favor or disfavor an incumbent member of the municipality’s governing body; prohibiting the drawing of member residence areas of district school boards to favor or disfavor an incumbent district school board member, etc.

Government Property Tax Exemptions; Revising the types of lessees whose purposes and functions are deemed to be governmental, municipal, or public purposes or functions; providing exemptions from ad valorem taxes for certain real property, etc.

Public Deposits; Providing requirements for credit unions that are qualified public depositories; providing that public deposits in credit unions by specified trust departments or trust companies are exempt from certain requirements and protection; prohibiting the Chief Financial Officer from designating credit unions as qualified public depositories unless certain requirements are met; revising the losses for which the Chief Financial Officer may sell securities to protect the integrity of the public deposits program; authorizing credit unions to be reinstated, or to reapply for qualification, as qualified public depositories under specified circumstances; authorizing the Chief Financial Officer to issue a cease and desist order and a corrective order to credit unions upon certain determinations, etc.