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Bills Effective July 1, 2013

HB 0021 Relating to Background Screening for Noninstructional Contractors on School Grounds Perry

Background Screening for Noninstructional Contractors on School Grounds: Requires DOE to create uniform, statewide identification badge to be worn by noninstructional contractors signifying that contractor has met specified requirements; requires school district issuance & recognition of identification badge. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 0049 Relating to Drug Paraphernalia Rouson

Drug Paraphernalia: Prohibits retail sale of certain drug paraphernalia; provides criminal penalties. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 0055 Relating to Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Gaetz

Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices: Requires claimant to provide demand letter to motor vehicle dealer as condition precedent to initiating civil litigation, including arbitration, against such dealer under Florida Deceptive & Unfair Trade Practices Act; provides for expiration of demand letter after specified period; provides for tolling of applicable time limitations for initiating actions; requires stay of civil litigation, including arbitration, brought without compliance with demand letter requirements; provides an additional opportunity for claimants to comply with specified provisions; provides condition that constitutes waiver of notice; provides for applicability; requires that specified notice be provided to consumers & acknowledged before provisions may apply. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 0056 Relating to Infant Death Hays

Infant Death; Revising the education and orientation requirements for birth centers and their families to incorporate safe sleep practices and causes of Sudden Unexpected Infant Death; revising legislative findings and intent with respect to the sudden unexpected death of an infant under a specified age; defining the term "Sudden Unexpected Infant Death"; revising provisions relating to training requirements for first responders; revising requirements relating to autopsies performed by medical examiners, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

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SB 0062 Relating to Low-speed Vehicles Hays

Low-speed Vehicles; Authorizing the conversion of a vehicle titled or branded and registered as a low-speed vehicle to a golf cart; requiring the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to issue a decal, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 0073 Relating to Residential Properties Moraitis

Residential Properties: Exempts certain elevators from specific code update requirements; requires association to allow member or member's representative to use certain portable devices to make electronic copies of association records; authorizes condominium association to print & distribute member directory under certain conditions; revises provisions relating to association's power to purchase land & recreational lease; revises terms of members of association's board of administrators & revises eligibility criteria for candidates; revises condominium unit owner election & condominium association meeting notice & recordkeeping requirements; provides requirements for condominiums relating to election challenges, recalls, & installation of impact glass or other code-compliant windows; provides requirements for condominiums created within condominium parcels; revises provisions relating to imposing remedies; revises liability of unit owners; revises records not accessible to members & parcel owners; revises provisions relating to amendment of declarations; provides criteria for consent or joinder to amendment; requires notice to mortgagees regarding proposed amendments. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 0077 Relating to Landlords and Tenants Porter

Landlords and Tenants: Revises exclusions from applicability of Florida Residential Landlord & Tenant Act; provides that right to attorney fees may not be waived in lease agreement; provides that attorney fees may not be awarded in claim for personal injury damages based on breach of duty of premises maintenance; revises & provides certain landlord disclosure requirements; provides requirements for disbursement of advance rents; provides limited rebuttable presumption of receipt of security deposits; revises landlord's obligation to maintain premises with respect to screens; provides that enforcement of right or duty under Florida Residential Landlord & Tenant Act by civil action does not preclude prosecution of criminal offense; revises procedures for termination of rental agreement by landlord; provides that landlord does not waive right to terminate rental agreement or to bring civil action for noncompliance by accepting partial rent; provides period to institute action before exemption involving rent subsidies is waived begins upon actual knowledge; revises requirements for termination of tenancy with specific duration; provides conduct for which landlord may not retaliate. Effective Date: July 1, 2013





HB 0085 Relating to Public-Private Partnerships Steube

Public-Private Partnerships: Provides legislative findings & intent relating to construction or improvement by private entities of facilities used predominantly for public purposes; provides for procurement procedures, requirements for project approval, project qualifications & process, notice to affected local jurisdictions, comprehensive agreements between public & private entities, use fees, financing sources for certain projects by private entities, & applicability of sovereign immunity for public entities with respect to qualified projects; authorizes counties to enter into public-private partnership agreements to construct, extend, or improve county roads; provides requirements & limitations for such agreements; provides procurement procedures; requires fee for certain proposals; revises limit on terms for leases that Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority may enter. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 0092 Relating to Searches and Seizures Negron

Searches and Seizures; Citing this act as the "Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act"; prohibiting a law enforcement agency from using a drone to gather evidence or other information; authorizing an aggrieved party to initiate a civil action in order to prevent or remedy a violation of the act; prohibiting a law enforcement agency from using in any court of law in this state evidence obtained or collected in violation of the act, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 0093 Relating to Homelessness Reed

Homelessness: Requires motor vehicle registration form & registration renewal form, driver license application form, & driver license application form for renewal issuance or renewal extension to include option to make voluntary contribution to aid homeless; provides for deposit & use of such contributions; provides exemption from certain application fee requirements; provides that voluntary contributions for homeless are not income of revenue nature for purpose of applying certain service charges; establishes homelessness prevention grant program; requires grant applicants to be ranked competitively; provides preference for certain grant applicants; provides eligibility requirements; provides grant limitations & restrictions; provides requirements for lead agencies for local homeless assistance continuums of care; limits percentage of funding that lead agencies may spend on administrative costs; repeals provisions relating to emergency assistance program for families with children that have lost shelter or face loss of shelter due to emergency; transfers emergency assistance program funds to homelessness prevention grant program. Effective Date: July 1, 2013





HB 0095 Relating to Charitable Contributions Holder

Charitable Contributions: Defines "charitable contribution" & "qualified religious or charitable entity or organization"; provides that transfer of charitable contribution that is received in good faith by qualified religious or charitable entity or organization is not fraudulent transfer; provides exceptions. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 0142 Relating to Intellectual Disabilities Altman

Intellectual Disabilities; Substituting the Arc of Florida for the Association for Retarded Citizens for purposes of certain proceedings relating to children; substituting the term "intellectual disability" for the term "mental retardation"; clarifying in specified provisions that the meaning of the terms "intellectual disability" or "intellectually disabled" is the same as the meaning of the terms "mental retardation," "retarded," and "mentally retarded" for purposes of matters relating to the criminal laws and court rules, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 0157 Relating to Delivery of Insurance Policies Holder

Delivery of Insurance Policies: Authorizes insurer to electronically transmit insurance policy to insured or other person entitled to receive policy; provides exception to electronic transmission for specified policies; provides requirements for electronic transmission of policy; requires that paper copy of policy be provided upon request of insured or other person entitled to receive policy. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 0160 Relating to Licensure Fee Exemptions for Military Veterans Richter

Licensure Fee Exemptions for Military Veterans; Requiring that the Department of Health waive certain licensure fees for veterans; requiring that the department waive the initial application fee for veterans who apply for a radiological personnel certification; requiring the department to prescribe the form of the fee waiver; limiting the time period a veteran can apply to 24 months after honorable discharge; excluding a specific fee from the waiver, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 0171 Relating to Disposition of Human Remains Rooney

Disposition of Human Remains: Revises various provisions relating to procedures for registration of certificates of death or fetal death & medical certification of causes of death; procedures for reporting & disposition of unclaimed remains; disposition of remains of deceased persons whose identities are not known; procedures for anatomical board's retention & use of human remains; final disposition of unclaimed remains of indigent persons; selling or







buying of human remains or transmitting or conveying such remains outside state; limitations on liability of funeral directors, funeral or direct disposal establishments, & veterans' service organizations; and repeal of provisions relating to claims of bodies after delivery to anatomical board. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 0179 Relating to Eminent Domain Proceedings Young

Eminent Domain Proceedings: Revises distribution of interest on certain deposits held by clerks of court in eminent domain proceedings. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 0186 Relating to Jurisdiction of the Courts Diaz de la Portilla

Jurisdiction of the Courts; Providing that a person submits to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state by entering into a contract that specifies that the law of this state governs the contract and that the person agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state; clarifying the circumstances under which an arbitration is international; limiting the application of certain provisions to instances in which an arbitral tribunal orders a party to preserve evidence that may be relevant and material to the resolution of a dispute, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 0200 Relating to Transportation Revenue Bond Trust Fund/Department of Transportation Gardiner

Transportation Revenue Bond Trust Fund/Department of Transportation; Re-creating the Transportation Revenue Bond Trust Fund within the Department of Transportation without modification; abrogating provisions relating to the termination of the trust fund to conform, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 0202 Relating to Transportation Governmental Bond Trust Fund/Department of Transportation Gardiner

Transportation Governmental Bond Trust Fund/Department of Transportation; Re-creating the Transportation Governmental Bond Trust Fund within the Department of Transportation without modification; abrogating provisions relating to the termination of the trust fund, to conform, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 0203 Relating to Agricultural Lands Beshears

Agricultural Lands: Prohibits governmental entity from adopting or enforcing any prohibition, restriction, regulation, or other limitation or from charging fee on specific activity of bona fide farm operation on land classified as agricultural land under certain circumstances; revises exemption from Florida Building Code & certain county & municipal code provisions & fees for nonresidential farm buildings, fences, & signs. Effective Date: July 1, 2013







SB 0204 Relating to Termination of Trust Funds within the Department of Transportation Gardiner

Termination of Trust Funds within the Department of Transportation; Terminating the Everglades Parkway Construction Trust Fund, the Jacksonville Transportation Authority Project Construction Trust Fund, and the Federal Law Enforcement Trust Fund within the Department of Transportation; providing for the transfer of any balances or revenues in the trust funds; requiring that the department pay outstanding debts or obligations of the trust funds; requiring that the Chief Financial Officer close out and remove the terminated funds from the state accounting systems, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 0206 Relating to Federal Grants Trust Fund/Department of State Gardiner

Federal Grants Trust Fund/Department of State; Re-creating the Federal Grants Trust Fund within the Department of State without modification; abrogating provisions relating to the termination of the trust fund, to conform, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 0208 Relating to Federal Grants Trust Fund/Department of Economic Opportunity Gardiner

Federal Grants Trust Fund/Department of Economic Opportunity; Re-creating the Federal Grants Trust Fund within the Department of Economic Opportunity without modification; abrogating provisions relating to the termination of the trust fund, to conform, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 0209 Relating to Lake-Sumter Community College Metz

Lake-Sumter Community College: Renames Lake-Sumter Community College as Lake-Sumter State College. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 0210 Relating to Clearing Funds Trust Fund/Department of State Gardiner

Clearing Funds Trust Fund/Department of State; Re-creating the Clearing Funds Trust Fund within the Department of State without modification; abrogating provisions relating to the termination of the trust fund, to conform, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 0212 Relating to Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Trust Funds Hays

Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Trust Funds; Deleting a restriction on an expenditure from the Lifetime Fish and Wildlife Trust Fund; renaming the Fish and Wildlife Habitat Program as the Land Acquisition Trust Fund;








providing for the administration and funding of the Save the Manatee Trust Fund; providing for the administration and funding of the Invasive Plant Control Trust Fund, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 0214 Relating to Florida Forever Program Trust Fund/Department of Environmental Protection Hays

Florida Forever Program Trust Fund/Department of Environmental Protection; Terminating the Florida Forever Program Trust Fund within the Department of Environmental Protection; providing for the disposition of balances in, revenues of, and all outstanding appropriations of the trust fund; prescribing procedures for the termination of the trust fund; revising the designation of revenues from the disposal of lands in the Preservation 2000 program, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 0215 Relating to Dependent Children Albritton

Dependent Children: Provides legislative findings & intent; provides for participation in age-appropriate extracurricular, enrichment, & social activities by children in out-of-home care; provides for use of reasonable & prudent parent standard for decisionmaking about such activities; clarifies standard for reunification & for changing custody; provides for use of reasonable & prudent parent standard in certain decisionmaking; requires submission of plan for judicial review; provides definition for reasonable & prudent parent standard; provides rulemaking authority. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 0216 Relating to Federal Grants Trust Fund/Department of Management Hays

Federal Grants Trust Fund/Department of Management Services; Re-creating the Federal Grants Trust Fund within the Department of Management Services without modification; abrogating provisions relating to the termination of the trust fund, to conform, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 0217 Relating to Money Services Businesses Cummings

Money Services Businesses: Requires licensees engaged in check cashing to submit certain transaction information to OFR related to payment instruments cashed; requires office to maintain transaction information in centralized check cashing database; requires office to issue competitive solicitation for database to maintain certain transaction information relating to check cashing; authorizes office to request funds & to submit draft legislation after certain requirements are met; authorizes FSC to adopt rules. Effective Date: July 1, 2013






SB 0218 Relating to Mortgage Guaranty Trust Fund/Office of Financial Regulation Hays

Mortgage Guaranty Trust Fund/Office of Financial Regulation; Re-creating the Mortgage Guaranty Trust Fund within the Office of Financial Regulation without modification; abrogating provisions relating to the termination of the trust fund, to conform, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 0220 Relating to Capital Collateral Regional Counsel Trust Fund/Justice Administrative Commission Bradley

Capital Collateral Regional Counsel Trust Fund/Justice Administrative Commission; Re-creating the Capital Collateral Regional Counsel Trust Fund within the Justice Administrative Commission without modification; abrogating provisions relating to the scheduled termination of the trust fund, to conform, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 0223 Relating to Insurance Lee

Insurance: Authorizes posting of specified types of insurance policies & endorsements on insurer's Internet website in lieu of mailing or delivery to insured if insurer complies with certain conditions. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 0230 Relating to Flag Etiquette Ring

Flag Etiquette; Requiring that the Governor adopt a protocol on flag display; requiring the protocol to have guidelines for proper flag display and for lowering the state flag to half-staff on certain occasions; authorizing the Governor to adopt, repeal, or modify any rule or custom as the Governor deems appropriate which pertains to the display of the state flag, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 0239 Relating to Practice of Optometry Caldwell

Practice of Optometry: Authorizes certified optometrist to administer & prescribe ocular pharmaceutical agents; requires certified optometrist to complete board-approved course & examination on general & ocular pharmaceutical agents before administering or prescribing those agents; provides conditions under which holder of optometric faculty certificate may administer & prescribe oral ocular pharmaceutical agents; authorizes certified optometrist to perform certain eye examinations; requires reporting of adverse incidents in practice of optometry to DOH according to specified procedures. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 0244 Relating to Water Management Districts Dean

Water Management Districts; Providing for the adoption of certain reservations and minimum flows and levels by








the Department of Environmental Protection; requiring water management districts to apply, without adopting by rule, the reservations, minimum flows and levels, and recovery and prevention strategies adopted by the department; requiring a regional water supply authority and the applicable water management district to jointly develop the water supply component of the regional water supply plan, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 0248 Relating to Treatment Programs for Impaired Licensees and Applicants Thrasher

Treatment Programs for Impaired Licensees and Applicants; Exempting an entity retained by the Department of Health as an impaired practitioner consultant from certain licensure requirements; authorizing impaired practitioner consultants to contract with schools or programs to provide services to impaired students who are enrolled for the purpose of preparing for licensure as a specified health care practitioner or as a veterinarian; providing that the impaired practitioner consultant is the official custodian of records relating to the referral of the licensee or applicant to the consultant and any other interaction between them, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 0269 Relating to Building Construction Beshears

Building Construction: Requires counties to attach certain disclaimers & include certain permit conditions when issuing development permits; revises notice requirements in Local Government Code Enforcement Boards Act; requires governmental entities to specify certain products associated with public works projects; requires state agencies to use certain building rating systems & building codes for each new construction and renovation project; specifies that certain actions relating to onsite sewage treatment & removal are not required if bedroom is not added during remodeling addition or modification to single-family home; authorizes local building department to retain 75 percent of certain fines collected if it transmits 25 percent to Department of Business & Professional Regulation; prohibits any provision of International Residential Code relating to mandated fire sprinklers from incorporation into Florida Building Code; requires Florida Building Commission to adopt Florida Building Code-Energy Conservation; revises purpose of Florida Building Energy-Efficiency Rating Act. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 0277 Relating to Assessment of Residential & Nonhomestead Real Property Rehwinkel Vasilinda

Assessment of Residential and Nonhomestead Real Property: Defines "renewable energy source device"; excludes value of certain installations made after specified date from assessed value of residential real property; provides applicability; specifies additional exceptions to assessment of homestead property at just value; specifies additional exceptions to assessment of nonhomestead property at just value; deletes definition of terms "renewable energy





source device" & "device"; repeals provisions relating to property tax exemption for renewable energy source devices. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 0282 Relating to Consumer Finance Charges Richter

Consumer Finance Charges; Increasing the proportionate loan amounts that are subject to descending maximum rates of interest; increasing the maximum delinquency charge that may be imposed for each loan payment in default for not less than a specified time; providing penalties, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013, and applies to all consumer finance loans entered into on or after that date.

SB 0284 Relating to School Emergencies Negron

School Emergencies; Requiring district school board policies to list the emergency response agencies that are responsible for notifying the school district of emergencies; authorizing a public school to purchase and maintain a supply of epinephrine auto-injectors; providing that a school district and its employees and agents, including a physician providing a standing protocol for school epinephrine auto-injectors, are not liable for an injury to a student arising from the use of an epinephrine auto-injector under certain circumstances; requiring the emergency response agencies to notify private schools in the school district of emergencies under certain circumstances, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 0286 Relating to Design Professionals Negron

Design Professionals; Redefining the term "design professional"; specifying conditions under which a design professional employed by a business entity or an agent of the business entity may not be held individually liable for damages resulting from negligence occurring within the course and scope of a professional services contract, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 0311 Relating to Costs of Prosecution, Investigation, and Representation Ray

Costs of Prosecution, Investigation, and Representation: Provides for withholding of unpaid costs of prosecution & representation from return of cash bond posted on behalf of criminal defendant; requires notice on bond forms of such possible withholding; clarifies types of cases that are subject to collection & dispensing of cost payments by clerk of court; provides for assessment of costs of prosecution against juvenile who has been adjudicated delinquent or has adjudication of delinquency withheld; provides that child adjudicated delinquent may perform community






service in lieu of certain costs & fees. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 0326 Relating to Powers and Duties of the Department of Environmental Protection Hays

Powers and Duties of the Department of Environmental Protection; Removing an obsolete reference for purposes of calculating the reimbursement for transportation and utility crossings of greenways lands in Marion County; repealing a specified provision relating to additional powers and duties of the Department of Environmental Protection to dispose of surplus lands that were for the construction, operation, or promotion of a canal across the peninsula of the state and refund payments to counties, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 0328 Relating to Public Accountancy Latvala

Public Accountancy; Renaming the Certified Public Accountant Education Minority Assistance Program as the "Clay Ford Scholarship Program"; revising provisions for the distribution of scholarships under the program; revising the annual maximum expenditures and frequency of distribution of moneys for the scholarships; requiring the Board of Accountancy to adopt rules for peer review programs; authorizing the board to establish a peer review oversight committee; revising license delinquency dates, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 0333 Relating to Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Steube

Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission: Revises definition of terms "navigation rules," "resident" or "resident of Florida," & "resident alien"; exempts specified persons participating in certain outdoor recreational events from requirements for hunting & fishing licenses & permits; revises number of days that commission may designate as free fishing days each year; revises requirements for restricted species endorsement on saltwater products license; deletes provisions for periodic adjustments of certain fees based on changes in the Consumer Price Index. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 0336 Relating to Tourist Development Tax Latvala

Tourist Development Tax; Clarifying that the proceeds of the tax may be used for the benefit of certain museums or aquariums; clarifying that the tax automatically expires upon the retirement of all bonds issued by the county for financing certain facilities, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013






SB 0342 Relating to Rental of Homestead Property Thrasher

Rental of Homestead Property; Revising criteria under which rental of such property is allowed for tax exemption purposes and not considered abandoned, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 0347 Relating to Alcoholic Beverages Renuart

Alcoholic Beverages: Revises provisions with respect to licensure & operation of distilleries; provides requirements for craft distilleries; provides for sale of distilled spirits by licensed distilleries under certain conditions; provides reporting requirements; prohibits shipment of certain distilled spirits; prohibits transfer of distillery license under certain conditions; prohibits craft distillery from having its ownership affiliated with another distillery under certain conditions; provides requirements relating to payment of taxes; provides for applicability; provides rulemaking authority; provides that county commission may order election on sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption on premises under certain conditions. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 0357 Relating to Manufacturing Development Boyd

Manufacturing Development: Authorizes local governments to establish local manufacturing development program that provides for master development approval for certain sites; requires DEO to develop model ordinance containing specified information & provisions; requires local manufacturing development program ordinance to include certain information; requires department, in cooperation with participating agencies, to establish manufacturing development coordinated approval process for certain manufacturers; requires department to convene meeting when requested by certain manufacturer; requires participating agencies to attend meetings convened by department; specifies that department is not required, but is authorized, to mediate between participating agencies & manufacturer; requires that coordinated approval process have no effect on department's approval of economic development incentives; provides for applicability with respect to permit applications governed by federally delegated or approved permitting programs; requires department to develop materials that identify local manufacturing development programs; requires Enterprise Florida, Inc., & authorizes other state agencies, to distribute such material. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 0361 Relating to Public Meetings/Criminal Justice Commissions Kerner

Public Meetings/Criminal Justice Commissions: Provides exemption from public meeting requirements for that portion of meeting of duly constituted criminal justice commission at which members of commission discuss active






criminal intelligence information or active criminal investigative information currently being considered by, or which may foreseeably come before, commission; provides for future review & repeal of exemption; provides statement of public necessity. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 0364 Relating to Consumptive Use Permits for Development of Alternative Water Supplies Hays

Consumptive Use Permits for Development of Alternative Water Supplies; Revising conditions for issuance of permits; providing for the issuance, extension, and review of permits approved on or after a certain date, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 0365 Relating to Pharmacy Hudson

Pharmacy: Permits class II institutional pharmacy formulary to include include biologics, biosimilars, & biosimilar interchangeables; provides requirements for pharmacist to dispense substitute biological product that is determined to be biosimilar to & interchangeable for prescribed biological product; provides notification requirements for pharmacist in class II or modified class II institutional pharmacy; requires Board of Pharmacy to maintain current list of interchangeable biosimilar products. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 0372 Relating to Vehicle Permits for the Transportation of Alcoholic Beverages Latvala

Vehicle Permits for the Transportation of Alcoholic Beverages; Authorizing a licensed vendor to transport alcoholic beverages from a distributor’s place of business in vehicles owned or leased by any person who has been disclosed on a license application filed by the vendor and approved by the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco of the Department and Business and Professional Regulation; revising permit requirements for such vehicles; authorizing the inspection and search of such vehicles without a search warrant; revising an exception to the illegal transportation of beverages, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 0375 Relating to Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems Roberson

Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems: Deletes provisions relating to development of performance criteria applicable to engineer-designed systems; revises requirements for maintenance entity service agreements for certain engineer designed-systems; authorizes certain property owners to be approved and permitted as maintenance entities for performance-based treatment systems under certain conditions; requires owners of performance-based treatment unit systems to obtain certain permits; requires systems in certain areas to comply






with specified rules & standards; provides that certain systems constitute compliance with nitrogen standards; requires certain systems to meet specified standards; provides that certain systems are not required to connect to central sewer system until specified date; authorizes certain property owners to be approved & permitted as maintenance entities for aerobic treatment unit systems under certain conditions; provides requirements for such maintenance entity service agreements; prohibits manufacturers from denying certain septic tank contractors access to aerobic treatment unit system training & parts; authorizes certain replacement parts for aerobic treatment unit systems; requires aerobic treatment unit system owners to obtain permits. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 0390 Relating to Veterans' Organizations Dean

Veterans' Organizations; Prohibiting a business entity from advertising or holding itself out to the public as a veterans' organization or similar entity under certain circumstances; providing that an entity that violates the restrictions on advertizing violates the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act; prohibiting misrepresentation as a service member or veteran and wearing military or veterans' uniform, medal, or insignia, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 0398 Relating to Physician Assistants Bean

Physician Assistants; Authorizing a supervisory physician to delegate to a licensed physician assistant the authority to order medications for the supervisory physician’s patient in a facility licensed under provisions relating to Hospital Licensing and Regulation; providing that an order is not a prescription; authorizing a licensed physician assistant to order medication under the direction of the supervisory physician, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 0411 Relating to Children's Initiatives Fullwood

Children's Initiatives: Establishes New Town Success Zone in Duval County & Parramore Kidz Zone in Orange County; provides for projects to be managed by corporations not for profit that are not subject to control, supervision, or direction by any department of state; requires corporations to be subject to state public records & meeting requirements & procurement of commodities & contractual services requirements; requires designated children's initiatives to assist in creation of community-based service networks & programming that provides certain services for children & families residing in disadvantaged areas of state; provides for evaluation, fiscal management, & oversight of projects. Effective Date: July 1, 2013





HB 0413 Relating to Physical Therapy Hutson

Physical Therapy: Authorizes physical therapist to implement physical therapy treatment plans of specified duration which are developed by physical therapist or provided by practitioner of record or ARNP. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 0423 Relating to Tax On Sales, Use & Other Transactions Adkins

Tax On Sales, Use & Other Transactions: Provides exception to sales tax for dyed diesel fuel used in vessels for commercial fishing & aquacultural purposes; provides exception from sales tax collected by licensed sales tax dealer for dyed diesel fuel used in vessels for commercial fishing & aquacultural purposes; provides sales tax exemption for dyed diesel fuel used in vessels for commercial fishing & aquacultural purposes. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 0437 Relating to Community Development Davis

Community Development: Revises definition of "qualifying housing development"; revises power of housing finance authority to make loans directly to eligible persons; deletes ad valorem tax exemption for property owned by certain Florida-based limited partnerships & used for affordable housing for certain income-qualified persons; provides for retroactive application; revises powers of Florida Housing Finance Corporation; specifies how corporation will allocate certain funds; revises provisions relating to state apartment incentive loans to provide for competitive evaluation & selection process with respect to loan applications; provides that corporation's strategic business plan must be consistent with long-range program plan relating to affordable housing; deletes requirement that corporation compile certain data; revises provisions relating to corporation's development of long-range plan; revises required contents & information to be included in corporation's annual report; requires corporation to submit separate audited financial statements that include specified information & incorporate certain reports; requires Auditor General to conduct operational audit of corporation & provide written report to Legislature; repeals provisions relating to federal Homeownership & Opportunity for People Everywhere (HOPE) program. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 0444 Relating to Domestic Wastewater Discharged Through Ocean Outfalls Diaz de la Portilla

Domestic Wastewater Discharged Through Ocean Outfalls; Revising the measurement standard for the wastewater flow; revising the requirements for installation of a functioning reuse system by a utility that had a permit for a domestic wastewater facility on a specified date to discharge through ocean outfall; revising plan requirements for the elimination of ocean outfalls; requiring that the Department of Environmental Protection approve certain






apportionment of reuse if a facility contracts with another facility to install a functioning reuse system, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 0454 Relating to Florida College System Institution Police Officers Benacquisto

Florida College System Institution Police Officers; Providing for mutual aid agreements involving Florida College System institution police officers; providing for enforcement of traffic laws in certain areas by Florida College System institution police officers; revising provisions relating to the jurisdictional authority of Florida College System institution police officers, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 0457 Relating to Collection of Worthless Payment Instruments Magar

Collection of Worthless Payment Instruments: Defines "payment instrument"; applies certain provisions relating to civil actions brought to collect dishonored checks, drafts, & orders of payment to specified types of payment instruments to permit award of triple damages, court costs, & reasonable attorney fees, imposition of service charges, & requirements for written demands for payment that must be delivered before commencement of collection actions; authorizes payee of dishonored payment instrument to recover bank fees & service charge without filing civil action. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 0461 Relating to Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students Rooney

Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Requires DOE to develop model communication plan to be used in development of IEP for deaf or hard-of-hearing students; requires DOE to disseminate model to each school district & provide technical assistance. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 0464 Relating to Disposition of Unclaimed Property Flores

Disposition of Unclaimed Property; Authorizing the Department of Financial Services to adopt rules that allow an apparent owner of unclaimed property to submit a claim to the department electronically; providing for applicability with respect to specified property reported and remitted to the Chief Financial Officer, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 0468 Relating to Property and Casualty Insurance Rates, Fees, and Forms Hukill

Property and Casualty Insurance Rates, Fees, and Forms; Postponing the date that repeals the Florida Hurricane







Catastrophe Fund emergency assessment exemption for medical malpractice insurance premiums; exempting medical malpractice insurance that covers certain providers and practitioners from specified rate filing requirements; providing for an informational filing of certain forms that are exempt from the Office of Insurance Regulation’s approval process, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 0489 Relating to Railroad Police Officers Stone

Railroad Police Officers: Authorizes temporary appointment of special officers who meet certain qualifications; requires special officers employed by railroad or other common carrier to have specified qualifications & meet specified continuing training or education requirements; provides that Class I, II , or III railroad is considered an "employing agency" for specified purposes & shall pay costs associated with training & continuing education; provides for reclassification of certain offenses committed against railroad special officer. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 0520 Relating to Emergency Medical Services Bradley

Emergency Medical Services; Deleting a requirement that emergency medical technicians, paramedics, and 911 public safety telecommunicators complete an educational course on HIV and AIDS; revising requirements for the certification and recertification of emergency medical technicians and paramedics; revising requirements for institutions that conduct approved programs for the education of emergency medical technicians and paramedics, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 0530 Relating to Dispute Resolution Thrasher

Dispute Resolution; Revising the short title of the "Florida Arbitration Code" to the "Revised Florida Arbitration Code"; providing that an agreement may waive or vary the effect of statutory arbitration provisions; requiring a court to decide whether an agreement to arbitrate exists or a controversy is subject to an agreement to arbitrate; providing that a person waives any objection to lack of or insufficiency of notice by appearing at the arbitration hearing; requiring certain disclosures of interests and relationships by a person before accepting appointment as an arbitrator, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 0534 Relating to Publicly Funded Defined Benefit Retirement Plans Brandes

Publicly Funded Defined Benefit Retirement Plans; Deleting the requirement that required actuarial reports for retirement plans include a disclosure of the present value of the plan’s benefits; providing that the state is not liable






for shortfalls in local government retirement systems or plans; requiring a defined benefit system or plan to report certain information to the Department of Management Services by a certain date; requiring the plan sponsor to make certain information available on certain websites; requiring the department to provide a fact sheet specifying certain information, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 0553 Relating to Workers' Compensation System Administration Hager

Workers' Compensation System Administration: Revises requirements relating to submitting notice of election of exemption; revises effectiveness of stop-work orders & penalty assessment orders; revises immunity from liability standards for employers & employees using help supply services company; deletes & revising definitions; revises health care provider requirements & responsibilities; deletes rulemaking authority & responsibilities of DFS; revises provider reimbursement dispute procedures; revises penalties for certain violations or overutilization of treatment; revises criteria for appointment of expert medical advisors; deletes certain OIR audit requirements; deletes provisions providing for removal of physicians from lists of those authorized to render medical care under certain conditions; revises limitations on compensation for temporary total disability; revises & deleting penalties for noncompliance relating to duty of employer upon receipt of notice of injury or death; transfers certain responsibilities of OIR of FSC to department; deletes requirement that provision that is mutually agreed upon in any collective bargaining agreement must be filed with department; revises certain carrier reporting requirements; revises duties of department upon referral of injured employee. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 0556 Relating to Clerks of the Court Ring

Clerks of the Court; Providing requirements for the storage of papers and electronic filings and requiring that they be stamped with the date and time of submission; authorizing the clerk to remove certain court records from the Official Records; requiring that the clerk provide access to public records without charge to certain persons, subject to a limitation and an exception; providing that the state is not required to pay fees to enforce judgment for costs and fines, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 0558 Relating to Letters of Credit Issued by a Federal Home Loan Bank Detert

Letters of Credit Issued by a Federal Home Loan Bank; Revising circumstances under which letters of credit issued by a Federal Home Loan Bank are eligible as collateral, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013





HB 0585 Relating to Law Enforcement Hood

Law Enforcement: Revises provisions for criminal history record checks for certain county & municipal employees & appointees; revises duties concerning missing person reporting; specifies additional items to be reported by persons required to register as sexual offenders; limits number of lead-acid batteries that secondary metals recycler may purchase in certain transactions; redesignates statewide automated fingerprint identification system as statewide automated biometric identification system; requires collecting additional information from persons charged with or convicted of specified offenses; increases period in which minor may seek expunction of nonjudicial arrest record following diversion; revises language concerning prior criminal history sealings or expunctions that would preclude sealing or expunction; provides for accreditation of correctional facilities, public agency offices of inspectors general & pretrial diversion programs; revises date of report detailing transportation & protective services provided by FDLE; deletes obsolete provisions; revises terminology. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 0592 Relating to Garnishment Galvano

Garnishment; Authorizing an employee or agent of a business entity to answer a writ of garnishment on behalf of the entity; revising “Notice to Defendant” provided by the clerk of court in a garnishment proceeding; requiring the defendant to certify under oath and penalty of perjury that he or she provided notice of the garnishment exemption claim and request for hearing to the plaintiff, the garnishee, or their respective attorneys in order to obtain a hearing, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 0604 Relating to Practitioners Bean

Practitioners; Revising requirements for the deposit and use of license fees for certain practitioners; requiring the Department of Financial Services to defend certain claims, suits, actions, or proceedings for injunctive, affirmative, or declaratory relief involving emergency interventions on behalf of impaired practitioners, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 0606 Relating to Northeast Florida Regional Transportation Commission Gibson

Northeast Florida Regional Transportation Commission; Creating the commission; providing for transportation projects of regional significance; exempting the commission from taxes or assessments; specifying that the commission is not an authority for purposes of specified provisions relating to a discretionary tax, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013






HB 0609 Relating to Bullying in the Public School System Fullwood

Bullying in the Public School System: Prohibits bullying or harassment with respect to computer-related activities; provides that bullying includes cyberbullying; revises components of school district policy on bullying & harassment. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 0623 Relating to Wine Artiles

Wine: Provides exception to maximum allowable capacity for individual containers of wine sold in this state; provides that wine sold or offered for sale by specified vendors shall be in unopened original container. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 0628 Relating to Driver Licenses Joyner

Driver Licenses; Authorizing a justice, judge, or designated employee to access reproductions of driver license images as part of the official work of a court, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 0633 Relating to Biodiesel Fuel Perry

Biodiesel Fuel: Exempts municipalities, counties, & school districts that manufacture biodiesel fuel from certain reporting, bonding, & licensing requirements; requires municipalities, counties, & school districts that manufacture biodiesel fuel to file certain returns & remit certain taxes. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 0648 Relating to Health Insurance Marketing Materials Hukill

Health Insurance Marketing Materials; Authorizing a health insurer to immediately begin using long-term care insurance advertising material under certain circumstances; providing that rules adopted by the Financial Services Commission to establish the format for the notice of the estimated premium impact of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act pursuant to specified legislation are not subject to s. 120.541(3), F.S., relating to the adverse impact or regulatory costs of a rule, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 0649 Relating to Public Records/Proprietary Confidential Business Information Cummings

Public Records/Proprietary Confidential Business Information: Provides exemption from public records requirements for specified proprietary confidential business information held by electric utility that is subject to ch. 119, F.S., in conjunction with due diligence review of electric project or project to improve delivery, cost, or diversification of fuel








or renewable energy resources; provides for retention of such information for specified time; provides for future review & repeal of exemption; provides statement of public necessity. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 0655 Relating to Employment Benefits Precourt

Employment Benefits: Prohibits political subdivisions from requiring employers to provide certain employment benefits; prohibits political subdivisions from requiring, or awarding preference on basis of, certain wages or employment benefits when contracting for goods or services; provides for applicability & future repeal of certain ordinances; conforms provisions to constitutional requirements relating to state minimum wage; creates Employer-Sponsored Benefits Study Task Force; directs Workforce Florida, Inc., to provide administrative & staff support services for task force; requires task force to submit report to Governor & Legislature by specified date; provides for future repeal of task force; provides that act does not prohibit federally authorized or recognized tribal government from requiring employment benefits under certain conditions, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 0662 Relating to Workers' Compensation Hays

Workers’ Compensation; Revising requirements for determining the amount of a reimbursement for repackaged or relabeled prescription medication; prohibiting a dispensing manufacturer from possession of a medicinal drug until certain persons are paid, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 0674 Relating to Animal Shelters and Animal Control Agencies Montford

Animal Shelters and Animal Control Agencies; Declaring legislative priorities relating to the importation and uncontrolled breeding of dogs and cats; requiring that each public or private animal shelter, humane organization, or animal control agency operated by a humane society or by a county, municipality, or other incorporated political subdivision prepare and maintain specified records; specifying the information that must be included in the records; providing a maximum fee for copies of such records, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 0682 Relating to Fossil Fuel Combustion Products Simpson

Fossil Fuel Combustion Products; Providing standards for storage of certain fossil fuel combustion products; providing an exemption for beneficial use of fossil fuel combustion products from certain rules; providing that the act does not prohibit the Department of Environmental Protection from taking appropriate action to regulate a beneficial use in certain circumstances; excluding certain types of facilities from provisions on hazardous waste






landfills, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 0685 Relating to Parole Interview Dates for Certain Inmates McBurney

Parole Interview Dates for Certain Inmates: Extends from 2 years to 7 years period between parole interview dates for inmates convicted of committing specified crimes; requires periodic parole interview for inmate convicted of kidnapping or attempted kidnapping or robbery, burglary of dwelling, burglary of structure or conveyance, or breaking & entering, or attempt thereof of any of these crimes, in which human being is present & sexual act is attempted or completed. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 0695 Relating to Tied House Regulation Holder

Tied House Regulation: Authorizes Division of Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco of DBPR to impose administrative sanctions for violations of specified provisions of Beverage Law under certain circumstances; prohibits licensees from possessing or using certain coupons for malt beverages; removes provision prohibiting distributors of beer from furnishing certain coupons to consumers. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 0705 Relating to Targeted Economic Development Workman

Targeted Economic Development: Expands purpose of Institute for Commercialization of Public Research to include commercialization of products developed by innovation business; authorizes institute to create corporate subsidiaries; provides conditions in which institute may develop or accrue certain interests in companies or products; specifies conditions under which institute may deliver & charge for services; expands institute's reporting requirements to include information on assistance given to innovation business; requires that institute create Florida Technology Seed Capital Fund; requires professional managers to manage fund; provides for investor advisory board to advise & guide managers & to make funding recommendations; provides for certain administrative costs of fund; requires institute to administer fund & provide criteria for its administration; provides for annual evaluation of activities & results of funding. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 0713 Relating to Water Quality Credit Trading Pigman

Water Quality Credit Trading: Authorizes DEP to implement water quality credit trading in adopted basin management action plans; deletes requirement that voluntary trading of water credits be limited to Lower St. Johns River Basin; revises provisions relating to rulemaking for water quality credit trading programs. Effective: July 1, 2013






HB 0801 Relating to Certified School Counselors Eagle

Certified School Counselors: Requires counselors in elementary, middle, & high schools to be certified school counselors. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 0810 Relating to Wrap-up Insurance Policies Simmons

Wrap-up Insurance Policies; Providing that wrap-up insurance policies may include workers' compensation claim deductibles equal to or greater than a specified amount if specified standards are met, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 0837 Relating to Tax Deeds Mayfield

Tax Deeds: Authorizes tax collector to charge for reimbursement of costs for providing online tax deed application services; provides that applicant's use of online application services is optional under certain circumstances. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 0851 Relating to Animal Cruelty Moskowitz

Animal Cruelty: Specifies that person who commits multiple acts of animal cruelty against one animal or acts of animal cruelty against multiple animals may be charged with separate offense for each such act of animal cruelty; specifies that person who owns or has custody or control of an animal & fails to act commits aggravated animal cruelty if certain injuries or death result; prohibits specific acts relating to dyeing or artificially coloring certain animals; prohibit selling, offering for sale, or giving away as merchandising premiums specified fowl or rabbits to be used as pets, toys, or retail premiums; provides exceptions; including illegal animal fighting or baiting as offense within definition of "racketeering activity" for purposes of Florida RICO Act. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 0875 Relating to Licensed Security Officers Workman

Licensed Security Officers: Provides penalties for unlicensed person who engages in activity for which ch. 493, F.S., requires license; provides exception; provides penalties if person commits felony while impersonating security officer, private investigator, recovery agent, or other person required to have license under ch. 493, F.S.; authorizes licensed security officer or licensed security agency manager to detain person on premises of critical infrastructure facility in certain circumstances; provides procedures & requirements with respect thereto; authorizes security officer or security agency manager to search person detained; provides identification requirements for certain







licensed security officers & security agency managers; provides immunity to law enforcement officers, licensed security officers, & licensed security agency managers. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 0903 Relating to Adverse Possession Davis

Adverse Possession: Revises terminology; requires certain conditions to be met before real property is legally adversely possessed without color of title; requires person claiming adverse possession to make return of property by providing return to property appraiser using uniform return; specifies contents of return; requires return to contain notice; provides criminal penalties. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 0913 Relating to Holocaust Victims Assistance Act Bileca

Holocaust Victims Assistance Act: Revises short title; broadens act to include financial claims & assets & other property, & to address effect of nonpayment of claims or nonreturn of property on victims; deletes time limitation on insurers for providing certain information to DFS & requires insurers to provide report; revises content & timing of annual report to Legislature. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 0934 Relating to Stormwater Management Permits Lee

Stormwater Management Permits; Requiring that rules for environmental resource permitting provide for conceptual permits and associated general permits for a municipality or county that creates a stormwater management master plan for urban infill and redevelopment areas or community redevelopment areas; specifying requirements for a conceptual permit, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 0935 Relating to Florida False Claims Act Young

Florida False Claims Act: Revises terminology; authorizes DLA to issue subpoenas for specified purposes before institution of civil proceedings; prohibits specified actions by person, knowing or having reason to believe that subpoena is pending; provides that state may elect to pursue available alternative remedies, including administrative proceedings; specifies what constitutes final finding or conclusion in an alternative proceeding that is binding on all parties to an action under act; revises provisions relating to dismissal of an action if substantially same allegations or transactions as alleged in action were publicly disclosed; provides for treatment for statutes of limitations purposes of pleadings filed in interventions by DLA. Effective Date: July 1, 2013






HB 0939 Relating to Medicaid Recoveries Pigman

Medicaid Recoveries: Requires change in principal to be reported by Medicaid provider to AHCA; revises provisions relating to AHCA's onsite inspection responsibilities; revises provisions relating to background screening; authorizes AHCA to enroll provider who is licensed in this state & provides diagnostic services through telecommunications technology; revises provisions relating to settlements of Medicaid claims; provides procedures for contesting amount of medical expense damages; provides conditions regarding admissible evidence, venue, & attorney fees & costs; revises grounds for terminating provider from program, for seeking certain remedies for violations, & for imposing certain sanctions; provides limitation on information AHCA may consider when making determination of overpayment; specifies records provider must present to contest overpayment; clarifies provision regarding accrued interest on certain payments withheld from provider; deletes requirement that agency place payments withheld from provider in suspended account & revises when provider must reimburse overpayments: revises membership requirements for Medicaid & Public Assistance Fraud Strike Force within DFS & provides for future review & repeal; amends provisions relating to interagency agreements to detect & deter Medicaid & public assistance fraud & provides for future review & repeal. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 0948 Relating to Water Supply Grimsley

Water Supply; Providing a legislative declaration that efforts to adequately and dependably meet water needs require the cooperation of utility companies, private landowners, water consumers, and the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; providing that the governing board of a water management district shall assist self-suppliers, among others, in meeting water supply demands in a manner that will give priority to encouraging conservation and reducing adverse environmental effects, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 0953 Relating to Warrants Nuñez

Warrants: Specifies when arrest warrant may be issued; authorizes judge to electronically sign arrest & search warrants if certain conditions are met; provides that such warrants deemed electronically issued & signed by judge at time judge affixes his or her electronic signature to warrant. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 0964 Relating to Termination of Parental Rights Abruzzo

Termination of Parental Rights; Providing that a parent’s rights may be terminated if the court determines, by clear and convincing evidence, that the child was conceived during an act of unlawful sexual battery; creating a






presumption that termination of parental rights is in the best interest of the child if the child was conceived as a result of an unlawful sexual battery; requiring the court to accept a guilty plea or conviction as conclusive proof that the child was conceived by a violation of criminal law, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013, and applies to all unlawful acts of sexual battery occurring before, on, or after that date.

HB 0969 Relating to Recreational Vehicle Parks Raburn

Recreational Vehicle Parks: Cites this act as "The Jim Tillman Act"; defines term "occupancy"; provides requirements for establishment of separation & setback distances in parks; repealing provisions relating to posting of site rental rates, advertising, & penalties. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 0975 Relating to Archeological Sites and Specimens Metz

Archeological Sites and Specimens: Authorizes DOS' Division of Historical Resources to issue permits for excavation, surface reconnaissance, & archaeological activities on land owned by water authorities; provides that specified activities relating to archaeological sites & specimens located upon land owned or controlled by water authorities are prohibited & subject to penalties; authorizes division to impose administrative fine on & seek injunctive relief against certain entities. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 0977 Relating to St. Lucie County Mosquito Control District, St. Lucie County Harrell

St. Lucie County Mosquito Control District, St. Lucie County: Revises boundaries of the district. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 0999 Relating to Environmental Regulation Patronis

Environmental Regulation: Creates, amends, & revises numerous provisions relating to: development permit applications; marinas, boatyards, & marine retailers; general permits for special events; well permits; recovered materials dealers; exemptions from permits, fees & related environmental requirements & regulation; major sources of air pollution; restoration of seawalls; & state-owned land leases. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 1071 Relating to Health Care Accrediting Organizations Antone

Health Care Accrediting Organizations: Conforms provisions to revised definition of term "accrediting organizations," as amended by s. 4, ch. 2012-66, LOF, for purposes of hospital licensing & regulation by AHCA; specifies accrediting







agencies for physical therapist assistant programs. Effective Date: July 1, 2013 HB 1075 Relating to Public Records Rangel

Public Records: Provides exemption from public record requirements for complaint of misconduct filed with agency against agency employee & all information obtained pursuant to investigation of complaint by agency; provides for limited duration of exemption; provides for future review & repeal of exemption; provides statement of public necessity. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 1076 Relating to K-20 Education Legg

K-20 Education; Providing for comprehensive K-20 career and education planning; substantially rewording the student assessment program for public schools; providing requirements for industry certifications, an industry certification funding list, and a postsecondary industry certification funding list for distribution of funding to school districts and Florida College System institutions; creating the preeminent state research universities program; establishing the Complete Florida Degree program; revising the formula upon which performance funding for state universities is based and awarded, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 1083 Relating to Underground Natural Gas Storage Eagle

Underground Natural Gas Storage: Declares underground natural gas storage to be in public interest; provides for notice & permitting of storage in & recovery from natural gas storage reservoirs; provides for expedited permitting of such facilities & certain projects; authorizes DEP to issue permits to establish natural gas storage facilities; provides for legal action against persons who appear to be violating rules relating to natural gas storage & recovery; directs DEP to adopt rules before issuing permits for natural gas storage facilities. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 1093 Relating to Volunteer Health Services Hudson

Volunteer Health Services: Revises criteria required for limited licensure for physicians; revises requirements for patient referral under "Access to Health Care Act"; eliminating requirement that governmental contractor approve all followup or hospital care; requires DOH to post specified information online concerning volunteer providers; permits volunteer providers to earn continuing education credit for participation in program up to specified amount; provides that rules adopted by DOH give providers greatest flexibility possible in order to serve eligible patients. Effective Date: July 1, 2013






SB 1094 Relating to Home Health Agencies Flores

Home Health Agencies; Revising the requirements for the quarterly reporting by a home health agency of certain data submitted to the Agency for Health Care Administration; imposing a fine for failure to timely submit the quarterly report; providing an exemption to the submission of the report and imposition of the fine, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 1106 Relating to Agritourism Hays

Agritourism; Restricting a local government’s ability to regulate agritourism activity on agricultural land; limiting the liability of an agritourism operator, his or her employer or employee, or the owner of the underlying land on which the agritourism activity occurs if certain conditions are met; requiring that signs and contracts notify participants of certain inherent risks and the assumption of that risk, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 1108 Relating to Exceptional Student Education Gardiner

Exceptional Student Education; Prohibiting certain actions with respect to parent meetings with school district personnel; requiring the use of parental consent forms for specified actions in a student’s individual education plan; encouraging the collaboration of public and private instructional personnel and providing requirements therefor; providing that a student with a disability be granted an extraordinary exemption from the administration of certain assessments under certain circumstances, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 1122 Relating to Florida Fire Prevention Code Simpson

Florida Fire Prevention Code; Requiring fire officials to enforce Florida Building Code provisions for occupancy separation for certain structures with certain occupancies; exempting certain farming and ranching structures from the code, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 1129 Relating to Infants Born Alive Pigman

Infants Born Alive: Provides that infant born alive during or immediately after attempted abortion is entitled to same rights, powers, & privileges as any other child born alive in course of natural birth; requires health care practitioners to preserve life & health of such infant born alive, if possible; provides for transport & admittance of infant to hospital; requires health care practitioner or employees who have knowledge of any violations with respect to infants born alive after attempted abortion to report those violations to DOH; provides penalty; provides for







construction; revises reporting requirements. Effective Date: July 1, 2013 HB 1145 Relating to State-Owned or State-Leased Space La Rosa

State-Owned or State-Leased Space: Revises provisions relating to inventory of state-owned facilities; clarifies that deeds may be signed by agents of Board of Trustees of Internal Improvement Trust Fund; revises provisions relating to decisions by board for surplus lands; revises responsibilities of DMS with respect to state-owned buildings; authorizes state agencies to use services of tenant broker to provide certain information; requires all state-owned facilities to report energy consumption & cost data. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 1147 Relating to Office of Attorney General Fitzenhagen

Office of Attorney General: Revises Legal Affairs Revolving Trust Fund with regard to which funds are required to be transferred to General Revenue Fund unallocated; provides that rewards for reporting Medicaid fraud shall be paid from Operating Trust Fund; revises obsolete dates; revises duties of Department of Legal Affairs relating to manufacturer certification of dispute-settlement procedures; provides notice requirements for certain manufacturers seeking renewal of certification or ceasing operation of certified procedure; revises notice requirements relating to rejection of dispute by department; authorizes, rather than requiring, office to bring an action for complaints involving discriminatory housing practices. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 1191 Relating to Captive Insurance Nelson

Captive Insurance: Revises terminology; prohibits industrial insured captive insurance company from insuring risks other than specified risks; authorizes licensure of industrial insured captive insurance companies to provide workers' compensation & employer's liability insurance in excess of specified amount; requires industrial insured captive insurance company to maintain certain amount of capital & surplus in order to continue to write excess workers' compensation; specifies certain duties or actions are responsibility of OIR; provides applicability of specified provisions to captive insurance companies & industrial insured captive insurance companies; requires pure captive insurance company to submit certain standards relating to risk management of controlled unaffiliated businesses to OIR for approval. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 1223 Relating to Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Grant

Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices: Authorizes civil penalty for person who willfully uses deceptive or unfair trade






act or practice against military servicemember or servicemember's spouse or dependent child in certain circumstances. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 1297 Relating to Pub. Rec./Florida False Claims Act Young

Pub. Rec./Florida False Claims Act: Provides exemption from public records requirements for complaint & information held by DLA pursuant to investigation of violation relating to false claims against state; provides for future review & repeal of exemption; provides for specified disclosure; specifies duration of exemption; specifies conditions under which investigation is considered complete; provides statement of public necessity; provides for contingent effect. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 1302 Relating to Temporary Certificates for Visiting Physicians Garcia

Temporary Certificates for Visiting Physicians; Providing that a physician who has been invited by certain medical or surgical training programs or educational symposiums may be issued a temporary certificate for limited privileges solely to provide educational training; modifying criteria; revising the requirements for proof of medical malpractice insurance, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 1309 Relating to Procurement of Commodities and Contractual Services Albritton

Governmental Accountability: Provides that each public agency contract for services must meet specified requirements; requires agreements funded with state or federal financial assistance to include additional provisions; requires CFO to perform audits of executed agreements & discuss such audits with agency officials; authorizes DMS to lead or enter into joint agreements with governmental entities for purchase of commodities or contractual services that can be used by multiple agencies; provides that contracts awarded pursuant to invitation to bid shall be awarded to responsible & responsive vendor that submits lowest responsive bid; revises exceptions to requirement that purchase of specified commodities or contractual services be made only as result of receiving competitive sealed bids, competitive sealed proposals, or competitive sealed replies; authorizes agency to negotiate better pricing upon renewal of contract; provides contract manager certification for contract managers responsible for contracts in excess of specified threshold amount; requires DMS, in consultation with CFO to maintain program for online procurement of commodities & contractual services; requires CFO to perform audits of executed contract documents & to discuss such audits with agency officials; provides that Project Management Professionals training for personnel involved in managing outsourcings & negotiations is subject to annual appropriations, etc. Effective





Date: July 1, 2013 HB 1355 Relating to Purchase of Firearms by Mentally Ill Persons Watson (B)

Purchase of Firearms by Mentally Ill Persons: Provides conditions under which person who has been voluntarily admitted to mental institution for treatment & has undergone involuntary examination under Baker Act may be prohibited from purchasing firearm; provides requirements for examining physician; provides for judicial review of certain findings; provides specified notice requirements; provides form & contents of notice; provides requirements with respect to filing of specified records with court & presentation of such records to judge or magistrate; provides lawful authority of judge or magistrate to review specified records & order that such records be submitted to FDLE; provides a timeframe for submission of records to FDLE upon order of record by judge or magistrate. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 1388 Relating to Instructional Materials for K-12 Public Education Montford

Instructional Materials for K-12 Public Education; Revising the duties of a district school board with regard to instructional materials; authorizing a district school board or a consortium of school districts to implement an instructional materials program; requiring the district superintendent to certify to the Department of Education that instructional materials for core courses align with applicable state standards; authorizing the district school board to assess and collect fees from a publisher that participates in the instructional materials review process, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 1398 Relating to Real Estate Appraisers Hukill

Real Estate Appraisers; Authorizing qualifying education courses completed by applicants for registration as a trainee or certification as a residential appraiser or general appraiser to be completed through distance learning; revising the education and experience requirements for certified residential appraisers and certified general appraisers according to certain real property appraiser qualification criteria adopted by the Appraiser Qualifications Board of the Appraisal Foundation on a specified date; authorizing the use of a distance learning course, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 1410 Relating to Fire Safety and Prevention Simmons

Fire Safety and Prevention; Revising provisions relating to the authority of the State Fire Marshal; revising provisions






relating to hearings, investigations, and recordkeeping duties and the authority of the State Fire Marshal; requiring the State Fire Marshal to investigate certain fires and explosions under certain circumstances; clarifying provisions relating to impersonating the State Fire Marshal, a firefighter, a firesafety inspector, or a volunteer firefighter, for which a criminal penalty is provided; providing penalties for rendering a fire protection system required by statute or by rule inoperative, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 1472 Relating to Nuclear and Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle Power Plants Legg

Nuclear and Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle Power Plants; Modifying an alternative cost recovery mechanism for the recovery of costs for the siting, design, licensing, and construction of nuclear and integrated gasification combined cycle power plants; establishing a procedure and requirements for cost recovery based on preconstruction and construction phases; providing that the commission may not determine that a utility intends to complete construction of a power plant unless the utility proves its efforts by a preponderance of the evidence, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 1500 Relating to Appropriations Appropriations

Appropriations; Providing moneys for the annual period beginning July 1, 2013, and ending June 30, 2014, to pay salaries, and other expenses, capital outlay - buildings, and other improvements, and for other specified purposes of the various agencies of state government, etc. APPROPRIATION: $74,298,188,334 Effective Date: Except as otherwise provided herein, this act shall take effect July 1, 2013, or upon becoming law, whichever occurs later; however, if this act becomes law after July 1, 2013, then it shall operate retroactively to July 1, 2013.

SB 1502 Relating to Implementing the General Appropriations Act Appropriations

Implementing the General Appropriations Act; Incorporating by reference certain calculations of the Florida Education Finance Program for the 2013-2014 fiscal year; providing for the distribution of capital improvement funding for lab schools; providing requirements governing the continuation of Phase 3 of the Department of Health’s Florida Onsite Sewage Nitrogen Reduction Strategies Study; requiring that fees for service of process upon the Chief Financial Officer or Office of Insurance Regulation be deposited into the Administrative Trust Fund rather than the Insurance Regulatory Trust Fund, etc. Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon this act becoming a law, this act shall take effect July 1, 2013; or, if this act fails to become a law until after that date, it shall take effect upon becoming a law and operate retroactively to





July 1, 2013. SB 1504 Relating to State Employees Appropriations

State Employees; Providing for the resolution of certain collective bargaining issues at impasse between the State of Florida and certified bargaining units of state employees; providing for all other mandatory collective bargaining issues that are at impasse and that are not addressed by the act or the General Appropriations Act to be resolved consistent with personnel rules or by otherwise maintaining the status quo, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 1512 Relating to Clerks of Court Appropriations

Clerks of Court; Transferring the Clerks of the Court Trust Fund from the Justice Administrative Commission to the Department of Revenue; specifying that only certain functions may be funded from fees, service charges, costs, and fines retained by the clerks of the court; providing for remission of certain excess collections to the department for deposit into the General Revenue Fund on specified dates; specifying the authorized budget for the clerks of the circuit court and the corporation for specified periods, etc. Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon this act becoming a law, this act shall take effect July 1, 2013.

SB 1514 Relating to Education Appropriations

Education; Renaming Brevard Community College as "Eastern Florida State College"; authorizing the state’s program of education to receive state and federal funding that may be transferred between state agencies to provide for operations of the college-preparatory boarding academy; revising purposes, duties, and responsibilities of the Florida Virtual Campus; authorizing a school board or charter school board to distribute salary increases at any time before a specified month; authorizing a university board of trustees to expend reserve or carryforward balances from previous years' appropriations for deferred maintenance needs at a specified civic center, etc. Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon becoming a law, this act shall take effect July 1, 2013.

SB 1518 Relating to Department of Children and Families Appropriations

Department of Children and Families; Providing for the carrying forward, expenditure, and return of unexpended funds paid to entities contracting with the department to manage the delivery of behavioral health services; revising






recurring core services funding for community-based care lead agencies, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 1520 Relating to Medicaid Appropriations

Medicaid; Providing that certain rural hospitals remain rural hospitals under specified circumstances; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to implement a prospective payment system for inpatient hospital services using diagnosis-related groups (DRGs); establishing the Statewide Medicaid Residency Program; amending parameters for the disproportionate share program for specialty hospitals; limiting reimbursement to tuberculosis services provided under contract with the Department of Health, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 1594 Relating to Guaranteed Energy, Water, and Wastewater Performance Savings Contracting Act Bradley

Guaranteed Energy, Water, and Wastewater Performance Savings Contracting Act; Revising the terms “agency,” “energy, water, and wastewater efficiency and conservation measure,” and “energy, water, or wastewater cost savings”; providing that a contract may provide for repayments to a lender of an installation construction loan in installments for a period not to exceed 20 years; authorizing certain facility alterations to be included in a performance contract and to be supervised by the performance savings contractor; requiring that a proposed contract include an investment-grade audit certified by the Department of Management Services which states that the cost savings are appropriate and sufficient for the term of the contract, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 1660 Relating to Quality Cancer Care and Research Flores

Quality Cancer Care and Research; Establishing a Cancer Center of Excellence Award for providers that excel in providing cancer care and treatment in this state; requiring the Florida Cancer Control and Research Advisory Council and the Biomedical Research Advisory Council to jointly develop and periodically update performance measures, a rating system, and a rating standard in accordance with specified criteria for applicants to qualify for the award; providing that an award-winning cancer provider is granted preference in competitive cancer care solicitations for a specified period of time; revising the responsibilities of the councils with regard to the Cancer Center of Excellence Award program, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 1664 Relating to Education Legg

Education ; Revising the requirements for State Board of Education rules for uniform core curricula for state-approved teacher preparation programs; authorizing a qualified private provider to seek approval to offer a






competency-based certification program; requiring the board to adopt rules that allow an individual who meets specified criteria to be eligible for a temporary certificate in education leadership; renaming the Florida Teachers Lead Program as the Florida Teachers Classroom Supply Assistance Program, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 1700 Relating to Agricultural Lands Latvala

Agricultural Lands; Repealing provisions relating to the mapping and monitoring of agricultural lands by the Department of Economic Opportunity, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 1720 Relating to Education Galvano

Education; Revising actions to be taken by the Legislative Auditing Committee relating to audits of state universities and Florida College System institutions; requiring the Board of Trustees of the University of South Florida to enter into a lease agreement with the not-for-profit corporation operating the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute for the utilization of lands and facilities; revising requirements for the common placement test to assess basic computation and communication skills of students who intend to enter a public postsecondary education degree program; providing that the Board of Governors shall oversee the performance of state university boards of trustees in the enforcement of laws, rules, and regulations, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 1770 Relating to Property Insurance Banking and Insurance

Property Insurance; Amending provisions relating to the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund; revising the restrictions on public adjuster compensation, payment, commission, fee, or any other thing of value; providing that certain residential structures are not eligible for coverage by the corporation after specified dates; establishing the Office of Inspector General within the corporation; requiring the creation of a clearinghouse program within the corporation, etc. Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act, this act shall take effect July 1, 2013.

SB 1784 Relating to Military Installations Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security

Military Installations; Authorizing the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund to acquire certain nonconservation lands to buffer a military installation against encroachment; authorizing the Department of Economic Opportunity to annually recommend nonconservation lands for acquisition through fee simple purchase or less-than-fee interest purchase to the board of trustees for the purpose of preventing the encroachment of military installations; requiring the board of trustees to also consider land acquisition recommendations of the Florida






Defense Support Task Force, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 1792 Relating to Medical Negligence Actions Judiciary

Medical Negligence Actions; Authorizing a health care practitioner or provider who reasonably expects to be deposed, to be called as a witness, or to receive discovery requests to consult with an attorney on certain matters; authorizing the disclosure of patient information in connection with litigation under certain circumstances; authorizing a medical liability insurer to recommend an attorney to a health care practitioner or provider under certain circumstances; providing that a prospective defendant may conduct an interview with a claimant’s treating health care provider as a tool of informal discovery, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 1802 Relating to State Employee Health Insurance Governmental Oversight and Accountability

State Employee Health Insurance; Modifying the terms “full-time state employees” and “part-time state employee” for the purposes of expressly excluding persons paid from other-personal-services funds who work less than a certain number of hours per week from the state group insurance program; revising provisions relating to employer contributions to employee health savings accounts; providing that an OPS employee meeting certain criteria is eligible to participate in the state group health insurance program, etc. Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act, this act shall take effect July 1, 2013.

SB 1806 Relating to Total Maximum Daily Loads Environmental Preservation and Conservation

Total Maximum Daily Loads; Exempting total maximum daily load rules from legislative ratification, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 1810 Relating to Florida Retirement System Governmental Oversight and Accountability

Florida Retirement System; Revising the employer contribution rates for the retiree health insurance subsidy; revising the required employer retirement contribution rates for members of each membership class and subclass of the Florida Retirement System, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 1830 Relating to Ad Valorem Taxation Appropriations

Ad Valorem Taxation; Providing that the postmark date of commercial mail delivery service is considered the date of filing for certain ad valorem applications or returns; providing that a change of ownership for purposes of assessing







property at just value does not apply to lessees entitled to the homestead; providing that aquacultural crops are exempt from taxation until marketable; deleting the express requirement that titleholders of homesteads live on the homestead in order to qualify for homestead tax exemption, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 1844 Relating to Florida Health Choices Program Health Policy

Florida Health Choices Program; Revising eligibility requirements for the Florida Health Choices Program; revising the enrollment period for the initial selection of products and services for individual participants in the program; providing that the Florida Insurance Code is not applicable in certain circumstances, etc. APPROPRIATION: $900,000 Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 4001 Relating to Florida Renewable Fuel Standard Act Gaetz

Florida Renewable Fuel Standard Act: Repeals Florida Renewable Fuel Standard Act. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 4013 Relating to Tax Refund Programs Santiago

Tax Refund Programs: Deletes caps on tax refunds for qualified defense contractors & space flight businesses & for qualified target industry businesses. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 5401 Relating to Transparency in State Contracting Government Operations Appropriations Subcommittee

Transparency in Government Spending: Requires EOG to establish single website providing access to other websites; requires office to establish website providing information about fiscal planning for state & specifies information to be included on website; requires DMS to maintain website that provides current information on state employees & officers; requires CFO to establish & maintain secure contract tracking system; requires that exempt & confidential information be redacted from contracts & procurement documents posted on system; authorizes CFO to regulate & prohibit posting of certain information that could facilitate identity theft or cause harm; creates User Experience Task Force to develop & recommend design for consolidating existing state-managed websites, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 5501 Relating to Weights and Measures Instruments and Devices Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations

Weights and Measures Instruments and Devices: Creates & repeals provisions relating to commercial use permits for







weights & measures instruments & devices to provide for codification in Florida Statutes of expiration of specified provisions & extension of expiration date. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 5503 Relating to Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations

Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission: Deletes provisions for periodic adjustments of certain fees based on changes in Consumer Price Index. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 7009 Relating to Education Choice & Innovation Subcommittee

Education: Revises various provisions relating to charter schools; requires that full implementation of online assessments for Next Generation Sunshine State Standards in English/language arts & mathematics for all K-12 public school students occur only after technology infrastructure, connectivity, & capacity of all public schools & school districts have been load tested & independently verified as ready for successful deployment & implementation; provides that student may not be assigned to unsatisfactory teacher, particularly in single subject if student is in high school or middle school, for two consecutive school years; provides calculation for compliance with class size maximums for public school of choice; limits number of schools of technology that may be operated & established in school district; provides for Region of Technology in which three or more school districts enter into joint performance contract; requires State Board of Education to monitor schools of technology for compliance with act & performance contracts. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 7015 Relating to Expert Testimony Civil Justice Subcommittee

Expert Testimony: Provides that witness qualified as expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education may testify in form of opinion as to facts at issue in case; requires courts to interpret & apply principles of expert testimony in conformity with specified U.S. Supreme Court decisions; subjects pure opinion testimony to such requirements; provides that facts or data that are otherwise inadmissible may not be disclosed to jury by proponent of opinion or inference unless court determines that probative value of facts or data in assisting jury to evaluate expert's opinion substantially outweighs prejudicial effect. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 7019 Relating to Development Permits Economic Development & Tourism Subcommittee

Development Permits: Requires counties & municipalities to attach certain disclaimers & include certain permit conditions when issuing development permits; provides that initiative or referendum process for any local






comprehensive plan amendments & map amendments is prohibited; provides for permit authorizing permittee to locate, construct, operate, & maintain communication facilities within new or existing high speed rail system; provides that county may include commercial development that is ancillary to professional sports facility in lease of sports facility, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 7023 Relating to Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Business & Professional Regulation Subcommittee

Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services: Revises provisions relating to motor fuel taxes, private investigative, private security, & repossession services, solicitation of funds, health studios, telemarketing, household moving services, gasoline & oil inspection, liquefied petroleum gas, weights, measures, & standards, pawnbroking, sale or lease of business opportunities, Motor Vehicle Repair Advisory Council, safety standards for amusement rides, & vacation plans & timesharing. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 7025 Relating to Timeshares Business & Professional Regulation Subcommittee

Timeshares: Specifies that certain provisions relating to condominium board elections do not apply to timeshare condominiums; revises formula requirements for calculating reserves for accommodations & facilities of real property timeshare plans; requires successor in interest to be listed as owner of timeshare interest under certain conditions; requires estoppel letter in certain timeshare resale transfer transactions; prohibits certain activities related to offering timeshare interest transfer services; requires resale transfer agreements to contain specified information; requires establishment of escrow account for certain purposes; provides requirements & duties of escrow agent; providing penalties; revises procedure for trustee foreclosure of assessment & mortgage liens; revises conditions under which trustee may sell foreclosed encumbered timeshare interest; revises & providing notice requirements; provides for perfection of notice; provides requirements for notice of lis pendens; provides exceptions for actions for failure to follow trustee foreclosure procedure. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 7029 Relating to Education Choice & Innovation Subcommittee

Education: Requires DOE to develop online catalog of digital learning courses; revises & clarifies requirements for reporting & funding students in virtual instruction programs; provides requirements for funding home education students enrolled in Florida Virtual School; provides reporting requirements for Florida Virtual School Global; revises requirements for approval as virtual instruction provider; authorizes district school board to operate district innovation school as pilot program; removes restrictions on students taking online courses across district lines.





Effective Date: July 1, 2013 HB 7035 Relating to Pretrial Detention Criminal Justice Subcommittee

Pretrial Detention: Requires court considering whether to release defendant on bail to determine whether defendant is subject to registration as sexual offender or sexual predator &, if so, to hold defendant without bail until first appearance on case; provides additional factors court may consider when ordering pretrial detention. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 7083 Relating to Death Penalty Criminal Justice Subcommittee

Death Penalty: Prohibits CCRC & replacement regional counsel from accepting appointment or taking & action that creates actual conflict of interest; establishes procedures for public records production in postconviction capital cases; requires private registry attorneys appointed by court to represent persons in postconviction capital proceedings to contract with JAC rather than CFO; requires persons convicted & sentenced to death to pursue all possible collateral remedies in state court in accordance with FRCP rather than in accordance with statute; requires capital postconviction motions to be filed in accordance with FRCP; requires Florida Supreme Court to annually report certain information regarding capital postconviction cases to Legislature; requires courts to report specified findings of ineffective assistance of counsel to Florida Bar. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 7119 Relating to Homeowners' Associations Business & Professional Regulation Subcommittee

Homeowners' Associations: Provides grounds for disciplinary actions against community association managers; requires official records to be maintained within specified distance of association for specified time; requires association directors to file with association secretary written certification that they have read certain association documents, will uphold documents, & will uphold their fiduciary responsibility to members; requires association to provide copies of amendments to governing documents to members under certain conditions; provides additional circumstances for authorizing members to elect majority of association board members; provides public policy regarding amendments to governing documents in associations under developer control; defines term "previous owner" to exclude certain associations from provisions relating to liability of previous owners of parcels for unpaid assessments, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 7125 Relating to Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles Transportation & Highway Safety Subcommittee

Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles: Provides that certain positions in HSMV are exempt from career






service; revises provisions for certain commercial motor vehicles & transporters & shippers of hazardous materials; revises language relating to certain commercial motor vehicles not properly licensed & registered; revises provisions for transfer of ownership by operation of law when motor vehicle or mobile home is repossessed; amends provisions relating to manufacturers, distributors, & importers of motor vehicles; amends provisions relating to review of license suspension when driver had blood or breath alcohol at certain level or driver refused test of his or her blood or breath to determine alcohol level; provides appropriations. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 7129 Relating to Residential Services for Children Healthy Families Subcommittee

Residential Services for Children: Provides accreditation requirements for boarding schools; authorizes DCF to impose administrative sanctions or civil remedies when residential group care is being provided without license; requires background screening for certain boarding school personnel; requires boarding schools to follow standard school schedules; provides for fines; provides for appropriations from general revenue funds to DOH for certain health programs benefiting children; limits duty of officer or employee of law enforcement agency to provide notice to DCF of reasonable cause to suspect child abuse; limits duty of Central Abuse Hotline to electronically transfer certain calls & reports to county sheriff's office. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

HB 7165 Relating to Early Learning Education Committee

Early Learning: Creates Office of Early Learning within Office of Independent Education & Parental Choice to administer school readiness program & VPK program at state level; revises provisions relating to VPK program; creates new part in school code relating to school readiness program, which includes duties of office & early learning coalitions, program requirements, eligibility & enrollment requirements, provider standards, & program funding; modifies organizational structure within DOE; repeals current law relating to school readiness. Effective Date: July 1, 2013




2013 Bills Effective July 2, 2013

SB 0686 Relating to Florida Statutes Thrasher

Florida Statutes; Adopting the Florida Statutes 2013 and designating the portions thereof that are to constitute the official law of the state; providing that the Florida Statutes 2013 shall be effective immediately upon publication; providing that general laws enacted during the March 14-28, 2012, special session and prior thereto and not included in the Florida Statutes 2013 are repealed; providing that general laws enacted during the 2013 regular session are not repealed by this adoption act, etc. Effective Date: July 2, 2013


Florida Statutes; Amending provisions to conform to the directive of the Legislature in section 3 of chapter 2012-63, Laws of Florida, to prepare a reviser's bill for the 2013 Regular Session of the Legislature to substitute the term "Florida Administrative Register" for the term "Florida Administrative Weekly" throughout the Florida Statutes, etc. Effective Date: July 2, 2013


Florida Statutes; Deleting provisions that have expired, have become obsolete, have had their effect, have served their purpose, or have been impliedly repealed or superseded; replacing incorrect cross-references and citations; correcting grammatical, typographical, and like errors; removing inconsistencies, redundancies, and unnecessary repetition in the statutes; improving the clarity of the statutes and facilitating their correct interpretation; and confirming the restoration of provisions unintentionally omitted from republication in the acts of the Legislature during the amendatory process, etc. Effective Date: July 2, 2013


Florida Statutes; Deleting provisions which have become inoperative by noncurrent repeal or expiration and, pursuant to s. 11.242(5)(b) and (i), may be omitted from the 2013 Florida Statutes only through a reviser’s bill duly enacted by the Legislature, etc. Effective Date: July 2, 2013







Florida Statutes; Deleting provisions providing for apportionment of the districts for the State Senate and House of Representatives that have been superseded, etc. Effective Date: July 2, 2013


Florida Statutes; Amending and repealing provisions to conform to the directive of the Legislature in section 9 of chapter 2012-116, Laws of Florida, to prepare a reviser's bill to omit all statutes and laws, or parts thereof, which grant duplicative, redundant, or unused rulemaking authority; amending provisions to conform to the changes made in this act, etc. Effective Date: July 2, 2013

2012 Bills Effective July 1, 2013

HB 0483 Relating to Uniform Commercial Code Passidomo

Uniform Commercial Code: Revises & provides provisions of Florida Uniform Commercial Code relating to secured transactions to conform to revised Article 9 of Uniform Commercial Code as prepared by National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. Effective Date: July 1, 2013

SB 0800 Relating to County Boundary Lines Negron

County Boundary Lines; Incorporating a portion of St. Lucie County into Martin County; revising the legal description of Martin County; revising the legal description of St. Lucie County, to conform; transferring roads; providing for transition pursuant to an interlocal agreement; providing requirements for such agreement; providing for Martin County to compensate St. Lucie County for certain loss of revenue, etc. Effective Date: except as otherwise expressly provided in this act, this act shall take effect July 1, 2013






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