City of Ocala, Marion County; Authorizes certain sales of alcoholic beverages for consumption off-premises at specified events in certain areas.
City of Inverness, Citrus County; Creates special zone; provides boundaries & exception to general law; provides requirements for issuance of special permit for certain licensed vendors in described area for sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption off licensed premises & on public rights-of-way & public park property during city-approved special events; provides that special permits are in addition to certain other authorized temporary permits; requires bona fide licensed vendor to comply with all other statutory requirements.
Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program Student Service Requirements; Authorizes student's service requirements for award under Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program to be paid rather than volunteer; authorizes, rather than requiring, student to identify specified interest or develop plan for his or her service requirements.
Homestead Property Tax Exemptions for Classroom Teachers, Law Enforcement Officers, Firefighters, Emergency Medical Technicians, Paramedics, Child Welfare Professionals, and Servicemembers; Specifies information that must be supplied annually to property appraiser by specified professionals who qualify for specified exemption; provides conditions under which those specified professionals may receive additional homestead property tax exemption; specifies amount of homestead property tax exemption; provides requirements for applying for & receiving exemption; specifies actions property appraiser may take if taxpayer improperly claims exemption; provides penalties under certain conditions; requires Legislature to appropriate moneys to offset reductions in ad valorem tax revenues experienced by fiscally constrained counties due; specifies procedures for distributing such moneys.
Ocala Lower Floridan Aquifer Conversion Phase IV; Provides an appropriation for the Ocala Lower Floridan Aquifer Conversion Phase IV. APPROPRIATION: $1,992,800
Fort King Museum, Education, and Tourism Center; Provides an appropriation for the Fort King Museum, Education, and Tourism Center. APPROPRIATION: $700,000
Charter School Charters; Revises provisions relating to consolidation of multiple charter into single charter, renewals, nonrenewals, & terminations of charters.
Building Regulation; Revises provisions of law relating to building regulation including building code or plans examiner eligibility; conditions on provisional certificates; transferability of internship programs; demolition permits for structures; administrative fees; access to certain documents; certificates of occupancy or completion; requests for additional information from building permit applicants; & authorizes civil action.
"Victims of Communism Day"; Requires Governor to proclaim November 7 of each year as "Victims of Communism Day"; requires day to be observed in public schools & by public exercise; requires day other than November 7 to be observed by public schools under specified circumstance; requires high school students to receive specified instruction; requires SBE to adopt specified revised social studies standards.
Individual Freedom; Provides that subjecting individuals to specified concepts under certain circumstances constitutes discrimination based on race, color, sex, or national origin; revising requirements for required instruction on the history of African Americans; requiring the department to prepare and offer certain standards and curriculum; authorizing the department to seek input from a specified organization for certain purposes; prohibits instructional materials reviewers from recommending instructional materials that contain any matter that contradicts certain principles; requires DOE to review school district professional development systems for compliance with certain provisions of law.
