Sen. Jason Brodeur

Duties of the Attorney General; Relieving the Department of Legal Affairs from certain duties associated with specified neighborhood improvement districts; repealing a provision relating to the Safe Neighborhoods Program; repealing a provision relating to the duties of the Department of Legal Affairs; authorizing certain declarations during a state of emergency to be extended by executive order, etc.

Public Records/Aquaculture/Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; Providing a public records exemption for certain aquaculture records held by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; providing that the records may be disclosed to other governmental entities under certain circumstances; providing for retroactive application of the exemption; providing for future legislative review and repeal under the Open Government Sunset Review Act; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.

Private Docks; Defining the term “private residential multi-family dock or pier”; providing that permits are not needed for the installation or construction of private residential multi-family docks or piers; authorizing general permits for the construction, alteration, and maintenance of private residential multi-family docks or piers, etc.

Land Acquisition Trust Fund; Extending the date by which bonds issued to fund the Florida Forever Act are intended to be retired, etc.

Farming Operations; Prohibiting farms from being held liable for nuisance except under certain circumstances; providing a burden of proof; prohibiting nuisance actions from being filed against farm operations unless specified conditions are met; providing requirements for and limitations on damages; providing that plaintiffs who bring nuisance actions against farm operations are liable for certain costs and expenses under certain conditions, etc.

Animal Cruelty; Revising the elements of certain animal cruelty offenses; defining the term “adequate shelter”; prohibiting the failure to provide an animal adequate shelter; providing criminal penalties, etc.

Residential Home Protection; Prohibiting local governments from requiring a notice, application, approval, permit, fee, or mitigation for the pruning, trimming, or removal of a tree on a residential property if the property owner possesses certain documentation; providing that a tree poses an unacceptable risk if removal is the only means of practically mitigating its risk below moderate as defined by specified standards, etc.

Licensure Examinations for Dental Practitioners; Authorizing passage of a dental examination produced by the Western Regional Examining Board (WREB) to satisfy licensure examination requirements for applicants to practice dentistry in this state; requiring the Board of Dentistry to have representation on WREB’s board of directors and certain committees for a specified purpose; authorizing passage of a dental hygiene examination produced by WREB to satisfy licensure examination requirements for applicants to practice as dental hygienists in this state, etc.

Water Storage North of Lake Okeechobee; Requiring the South Florida Water Management District to request that the United States Army Corps of Engineers seek congressional approval of a project implementation report for the Lake Okeechobee Watershed Restoration Project by a specified date; requiring the district, in partnership with the corps, to expedite the development and implementation of aquifer storage and recovery wells; requiring the district to expedite implementation of the aquifer storage and recovery science plan developed by the district and the corps, etc.

Schools of Innovation; Establishing Schools of Innovation; authorizing a school district to apply to the Commissioner of Education to designate a public school as a School of Innovation; authorizing a School of Innovation to request the state board to waive rules or the district school board to waive policies; authorizing a School of Innovation to use an alternative to letter grades; requiring the department to determine and implement an equitable method of equivalent funding for Schools of Innovation, etc.