Code Enforcement Officers; Requiring the reclassification of certain offenses committed against code enforcement officers while engaged in the performance of their duties, etc.
911 Public Safety Telecommunicators; Revising criteria in the Special Risk Class of the Florida Retirement System to include members employed as 911 public safety telecommunicators; specifying the number of creditable years needed to receive a full retirement benefit without penalty; requiring such members to have their retirement benefits calculated in accordance with provisions for Regular Class members; making technical changes, etc.
Public Records/Service Providers; Defining the term “service provider”; requiring that certain public agency contracts include a requirement that service providers comply with public records laws; requiring the service provider to provide or make available the public records; providing criminal and civil penalties for failure of a service provider to provide public records, etc.
Sales Tax on Aircraft Sales and Leases; Limiting the tax imposed on the sale or use of an aircraft; revising the applicability of the sales tax exemption on sales or leases of aircraft; defining the term “aircraft”, etc.
Public Records/Service Provider Contracts; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for contractors’ and service providers’ records related to audit or claims resolution which are provided to a public agency pursuant to contract requirements; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
Property Tax Exemption for Surviving Spouses of Veterans; Authorizing a surviving spouse of a veteran who predeceased the issuance of a certain letter from the Federal Government to produce the letter before the property appraiser, etc.
Relief of Maury Hernandez/Department of Corrections; Providing for the relief of Maury Hernandez; providing an appropriation to compensate Maury Hernandez, a former Broward County Sheriff’s deputy, for injuries and damages sustained as a consequence of the Department of Corrections’ failures to enforce probation laws, regulations, and policies; providing legislative intent that certain liens be waived; providing a limitation on the payment of compensation and attorney fees, etc. CLAIM WITH APPROPRIATION: $10,000,000
Seaports; Revising the minimum amount of funds to be made available for the Florida Seaport Transportation and Economic Development Program from the State Transportation Trust Fund beginning in a specified fiscal year; revising the amount the Department of Transportation is required to include in its annual legislative budget request for the program; revising the amount of funds to be made available from the State Transportation Trust Fund to fund the Strategic Port Investment Initiative beginning in a specified fiscal year, etc.
Indian River Lagoon Protection Program; Revising the percentages of funds to be distributed from the Land Acquisition Trust Fund to various trust funds; requiring that a specified amount of funds be used for the Indian River Lagoon Protection Program; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection, using data provided by identified entities, to identify commercial or residential properties that use onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems located within the Indian River Lagoon Protection Program, etc.
Utility Terrain Vehicles; Authorizing a utility terrain vehicle (UTV) to be operated during all hours; authorizing the operation of UTVs on certain roadways; authorizing the Department of Transportation to prohibit the use of UTVs under certain circumstances; requiring the department to issue a license plate to the owner or lessee of a vehicle registered as a UTV upon payment of certain taxes and fees, etc.
