Ch. 2000-301 (C.S. for C.S. for H.B.'s 63 and 77 and 891, 995, 2009, and 2135) Creates, revises, repeals, and transfers provisions relating to teacher quality. Effective July 1, 2000.
Ch. 2000-302 (C.S. for C.S. for H.B. 593) Enacts, amends, or repeals numerous provisions relating to condominiums and timeshare plans; prohibits homeowners' associations from precluding certain displays of the United States flag; provides for conditions. Effective June 15, 2000.
Ch. 2000-303 (H.B. 1121) Provides for creation of the Florida State University College of Medicine. Effective June 15, 2000.
Ch. 2000-304 (C.S. for H.B. 1425) Creates, revises, and repeals numerous provisions relating to governmental operations; subjects covered include solid waste collection, assumption of special district duties in areas annexed by municipalities, permit requirements for citrus juice processing facilities, and exploration of alternatives to regulatory permitting. Effective July 1, 2000.
Ch. 2000-305 (H.B. 2037) Revises provisions relating to health care; creates the Public Cord Blood Tissue Bank; repeals provisions relating to the Florida Health Care Purchasing Cooperative. Effective October 1, 2000.
Ch. 2000-306 (H.B. 2087) Creates and revises provisions relating to charter schools. Effective July 1, 2000.
Ch. 2000-307 (H.B. 2375) Creates the Biomedical Research Trust Fund within the Department of Health; provides for sources of moneys and purposes; provides for future review and termination or re-creation. Effective July 1, 2000.
Ch. 2000-308 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 1114) Creates, revises, and repeals numerous provisions relating to agriculture. Effective June 16, 2000.
Ch. 2000-309 (C.S. for S.B. 1412) Authorizes certain rulemaking authority to the Department of Health relating to sampling beach waters; permits the department to issue health advisories under certain circumstances; provides for beach water-quality studies; exempts coastal and intracoastal beaches from certain permitting requirements. Effective July 1, 2000.
Ch. 2000-310 (C.S. for H.B. 411) Revises a partial exemption from sales and use tax for certain asphalt; exempts certain railroad roadway materials from sales and use tax; revises distributions to the International Game Fish Association World Center facility. Effective July 1, 2000.
Ch. 2000-311 (C.S. for H.B. 439) Provides a public records exemption for certain information relating to an investigation or review of a certified capital company by the Department of Banking and Finance; provides for future review and repeal. Effective June 16, 2000.
Ch. 2000-312 (H.B. 509) Creates and revises provisions relating to taxation. Effective June 16, 2000, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2000-313 (C.S. for C.S. for H.B. 1911) Creates and revises numerous provisions relating to the operation of motor vehicles and vessels; creates the Used Motor Vehicle Industry Task Force. Effective October 1, 2000, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2000-314 (C.S. for S.B. 154) Creates the Florida Vexatious Litigant Law; defines specified terms; provides action procedures, requirements, limitations, and exceptions. Effective October 1, 2000.
Ch. 2000-315 (S.B. 268) Prescribes criteria for establishing an insanity defense in a criminal proceeding; provides a burden of proof. Effective June 19, 2000.
Ch. 2000-316 (S.B. 794) Provides that certain discussions or activities do not waive the attorney-client privilege; provides for judicial protection of specified minor witnesses during interrogation and restriction of unnecessarily repetitive questions; requires that questions be asked in an age-appropriate form. Effective July 1, 2000.
Ch. 2000-317 (C.S. for C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 1406) Revises provisions relating to state regulation of lands, brownfields, and other environmental cleanup requirements; repeals provisions relating to the severance tax on phosphate and certain employment and contractual prohibitions for specified Department of Environmental Protection employees. Effective July 1, 2000.
Ch. 2000-318 (C.S. for C.S. for H.B. 591) Enacts, reenacts, amends, or repeals numerous provisions relating to health care; conforms specified provisions. Effective July 1, 2000, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2000-319 (H.B. 2071) Permits water management districts to delegate powers and duties relating to general permits to executive directors and provides for referral of certain permit denials to the district governing board for final action. Effective June 19, 2000.
Ch. 2000-320 (C.S. for H.B. 2085) Revises provisions relating to controlled substances; reenacts specified provisions to incorporate changes. Effective October 1, 2000.
Ch. 2000-321 (H.B. 2263) Creates the Florida Education Governance Reorganization Act of 2000; provides for various education governance officers; establishes the Florida Board of Education; provides for membership, powers, and duties; provides for future repeal of numerous provisions relating to education. Effective June 19, 2000, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2000-322 (H.B. 2417) Provides for an exemption from public records requirements for certain telecommunications or cable company records; provides for future review and repeal or reenactment. Effective June 19, 2000.
Ch. 2000-323 (C.S. for H.B. 4011) Revises provisions relating to powers of the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, initial temporary cigarette and tobacco products permits, and explosives licensing; repeals an obsolete provision relating to a study. Effective June 19, 2000.
Ch. 2000-324 (H.B. 4021) Repeals various provisions that are obsolete or duplicative, including provisions relating to year 2000 computer remediation, a report on public records mediation, the Southern Growth Policies Agreement, and employer notice of insurance eligibility to employees who retire; conforms references. Effective June 19, 2000.
Ch. 2000-325 (H.B. 4035) Repeals numerous, varied provisions relating to transportation that are obsolete; conforms references. Effective June 19, 2000.
Ch. 2000-326 (C.S. for H.B. 4043) Repeals numerous, varied provisions relating to health care and medical professionals that are obsolete; conforms references. Effective June 19, 2000.
Ch. 2000-327 (H.B. 4049) Repeals various provisions that are obsolete, including provisions relating to reports on a pilot program for children in need of services, severability of provisions relating to neighborhood restorative justice, and juvenile assignment centers; conforms references. Effective June 19, 2000.
Ch. 2000-328 (C.S. for H.B. 4051) Repeals provisions relating to registration of certain convicted felons and certain agreements or contracts for correctional or county detention facilities; revises provisions relating to the Inmate Welfare Trust Fund and the tenure and removal of parole commissioners. Effective June 19, 2000.
Ch. 2000-329 (C.S. for S.B. 1018) Requires the Department of Transportation to fly the POW-MIA flag at all rest areas along interstate highways and erect an appropriate marker or plaque at each rest area recognizing the sacrifices of missing and unaccounted for service members and their families. Effective June 20, 2000.
Ch. 2000-330 (S.B. 1264) Provides for a study on children with developmental delays; creates a commission; provides duties; authorizes employment of experts; provides for advisory workgroups; requires reports; provides for expiration. Effective June 20, 2000.
Ch. 2000-331 (S.B. 1738) Repeals and revises obsolete provisions relating to elementary and secondary education, including provisions relating to the Florida Model School Consortia Act of 1985, use of security programs, meeting dates of the State Board of Education, certain specified programs, and referenda on election of school board members from single-member districts in certain counties. Effective June 20, 2000.
Ch. 2000-332 (S.B. 1740) Revises or repeals various obsolete provisions relating to the regulation of specified professions. Effective June 20, 2000.
Ch. 2000-333 (C.S. for S.B. 1744) Repeals various obsolete provisions, including provisions relating to certain insurance industry surcharges, viatical settlement transactions, workers' compensation and employer liability insurance rates, sinkhole insurance policies, and the workers' compensation insurance purchasing alliance. Effective June 20, 2000.
Ch. 2000-334 (S.B. 1748) Repeals various obsolete provisions relating to telecommunications, including certain provisions relating to telegraph transmission rates, a reporting requirement on provision of certain residential basic local telecommunications services, and party lines and emergency calls. Effective June 20, 2000.
Ch. 2000-335 (S.B. 1750) Repeals various obsolete provisions, including provisions relating to certain judgments, effective date of certain eminent domain proceedings, a savings clause for certain adverse possession actions, annual application for real or personal property tax exemptions, and the retroactive effect of certain liens on estates. Effective June 20, 2000.
Ch. 2000-336 (C.S. for S.B. 1752) Repeals and revises obsolete provisions relating to the judicial branch, including a pilot program of the Florida Legal Resource Center, assignment of circuit and county court judges to geographical areas, seals of courts, and jurisdiction of chancery courts to enjoin the destruction of timber and removal of logs. Effective June 20, 2000.
Ch. 2000-337 (S.B. 1760) Repeals and revises numerous and varied obsolete provisions relating to children and family services; conforms provisions. Effective June 20, 2000.
Ch. 2000-338 (S.B. 1762) Revises or repeals various obsolete provisions, including provisions relating to the developmentally disabled, regulation of substance abuse providers, community residential homes, a long-term care interagency advisory council, an assisted living facilities advisory committee, the Panel for the Study of Skilled Nursing Care, and a workgroup on Medicaid patient access to nursing home beds; conforms specified provisions. Effective June 20, 2000.
Ch. 2000-339 (S.B. 1770) Repeals and revises obsolete provisions relating to elementary and secondary education, some subjects covered include land exchanges by the State Board of Education, reports to the Legislature, certain learning laboratories, and the Florida Maximum Class Size Study Act. Effective June 20, 2000.
Ch. 2000-340 (S.B. 1776) Repeals obsolete provisions, some subjects covered include findings relating to the Local Government Financial Technical Assistance Program, powers of the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco under a repealed law, initial selection of members of the Florida Women's Hall of Fame, a report relating to state employee parking, and a pilot telemedicine program in a specified school district for a specified fiscal year. Effective June 20, 2000, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2000-341 (C.S. for S.B. 1778) Repeals obsolete provisions, including applicability of provisions establishing presuit requirements for certain malpractice claims, revival of waiver of sovereign immunity under a specified law, the effective date and applicability of the Florida Wrongful Death Act, and the effective date and applicability of provisions governing the waiver of sovereign immunity in tort actions. Effective June 20, 2000.
Ch. 2000-342 (S.B. 1780) Repeals various obsolete provisions relating to referenda to change county seats in counties that had constructed courthouses within the last 20 years, county adoption of forms to implement a repealed provision, and provisions regulating limited divided housing companies; conforms specified provisions. Effective June 20, 2000.
Ch. 2000-343 (C.S. for S.B. 1796) Revises or repeals obsolete provisions, including provisions relating to abolition of certain assistant state attorney offices, the effect of general law on certain local laws or ordinances providing for a public defender or assigned defense counsel, development and distribution of model crime prevention training material, and the applicability of certain penalties for the failure to pay specified taxes. Effective June 20, 2000.
Ch. 2000-344 (C.S. for S.B. 1956) Enacts and amends various provisions relating to viatical settlement contracts or purchase agreements and providers or brokers. Effective July 1, 2000.
Ch. 2000-345 (H.B. 349) Revises certain provisions relating to the tax on sales, use, and other transactions; provides for future repeal of specified tax exemptions. Effective July 1, 2000, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2000-346 (C.S. for C.S. for H.B. 1005) Revises provisions relating to beach management; redefines specified terms. Effective July 1, 2000.
Ch. 2000-347 (H.B. 2099) Enacts and amends provisions relating to participation in the Florida Retirement System, subjects covered include benefits, beneficiaries, and creditable service; expands the powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Department of Management Services to include state-owned and state-leased watercraft. Effective July 1, 2000.
Ch. 2000-348 (C.S. for S.B. 2346) Creates the Community Improvement Authority Act; defines specified terms; provides for charters, authority boards of supervisors, operations, and project development; permits authorities to issue and sell bonds. Effective June 21, 2000.
Ch. 2000-349 (C.S. for S.B. 358) Enacts, amends, transfers, or repeals numerous provisions relating to long-term care. Effective September 1, 2000, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2000-350 (S.B. 1280) Enacts and amends provisions relating to nursing homes and related health care facilities; authorizes necessary rule adoption; requires notice of proposed increases in certain water and sewer utility service rates; directs the Public Counsel to provide legal representation in proceedings before counties under certain circumstances; requires county rate proceedings to adhere to specified provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act. Effective June 21, 2000.
Ch. 2000-351 (C.S. for S.B. 1604) Enacts provisions relating to community-based development organizations and revises certain tax provisions. Effective January 1, 2001.
Ch. 2000-352 (C.S. for S.B. 2130) Enacts and amends various provisions relating to public deposits. Effective July 1, 2000.
Ch. 2000-353 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 2578) Exempts from sales and use tax the building materials used in construction of certain single-family homes and certain redevelopment projects in specified areas; revises provisions relating to allocation pools for private-activity bonding; revises provisions relating to low-income housing; prohibits certain types of discrimination in land use decisions; establishes a pilot loan program for farmworker housing. Effective July 1, 2000, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2000-354 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 770 and S.B. 286) Creates and revises numerous provisions relating to alcoholic beverages and pari-mutuel gambling. Effective July 1, 2000, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2000-355 (H.B. 2433) Enacts and amends provisions relating to taxation; repeals provisions relating to the Municipal Financial Assistance Trust Fund grant program. Effective June 21, 2000, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2000-356 (C.S. for S.B. 1016) Enacts and amends various provisions relating to regulation of professions under the Department of Business and Professional Regulation; conforms specified provisions; deletes provisions relating to certain fees assessed against continuing education providers. Effective July 1, 2000.
Ch. 2000-357 (S.B. 318) Creates a public records exemption for information provided to sheriffs and state attorneys by persons who take minor children when fleeing domestic violence. Effective July 1, 2000.
Ch. 2000-358 (C.S. for S.B. 768) Provides for the deposit of specified funds received from sales of certain license plates into the Grants and Donations Trust Fund to benefit residents of the Veterans' Nursing Home of Florida; provides for annual disbursement of additional license plate revenue from the sale of Sea Turtle license plates; provides for the distribution of specified annual use fees to Bike Florida, Inc. Effective July 1, 2000.
Ch. 2000-359 (C.S. for S.B. 924) Creates the Blind Babies Program. Effective July 1, 2000.
Ch. 2000-360 (C.S. for C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 1258) Enacts and amends various provisions relating to money laundering; includes specified related crimes in the offense severity ranking chart of the Criminal Punishment Code. Effective July 1, 2000.
Ch. 2000-361 (S.B. 2104) Provides an exception to ballot statement and title requirements; revises ballot language relating to the method of selecting circuit court and county court judges; provides procedures for listing circuit court judges on the ballot. Effective July 1, 2000.
Ch. 2000-362 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 386) Enacts and amends provisions relating to the responsibilities of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; repeals provisions relating to certain crawfish permits and crawfish stamps. Effective July 1, 2000, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2000-363 (C.S. for C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 414) Provides for a study of the inclusion of certain local government employees in the state group health insurance program and prescription drug program; provides additional requirements for a state group dental program. Effective June 26, 2000, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2000-364 (C.S. for C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 806) Creates or revises numerous provisions relating to aquaculture. Effective July 1, 2000.
Ch. 2000-365 (C.S. for S.B. 1226) Revises provisions relating to insurance; creates the Commission for Health Care for the Employee Leasing Industry and requires a study and a report. Effective June 26, 2000.
Ch. 2000-366 (C.S. for S.B. 1266) Creates the Task Force on Victims of Self-Inflicted Crimes; provides for membership, duties, a report, and expiration of the task force. Effective June 26, 2000.
Ch. 2000-367 (C.S. for S.B. 2034) Creates and revises provisions relating to health care. Effective July 1, 2000.
Ch. 2000-368 (S.B. 2084) Authorizes certain rulemaking by the Division of Workers' Compensation relating to employer self-insurance. Effective June 26, 2000.
Ch. 2000-369 (S.B. 2252) Provides for a review panel concerning the statewide law enforcement radio system; revises provisions relating to trespassing; revises provisions relating to the interception of communications. Effective June 26, 2000.
Ch. 2000-370 (C.S. for S.B. 2478) Creates and revises numerous provisions to provide rulemaking authority for various state agencies. Effective July 1, 2000.
Ch. 2000-371 (H.B. 2377) Enacts, amends, transfers, or repeals numerous provisions relating to the state budgetary process. Effective July 1, 2000.
Ch. 2000-372 (C.S. for S.B. 220) Creates and revises provisions relating to regulation of nonmedical professions. Effective July 1, 2000, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2000-373 (S.B. 294) Designates numerous buildings, facilities, and structures. Effective June 5, 2000.
Ch. 2000-374 (S.B. 2316) Designates the football field at Florida State University as the "Bobby Bowden Field at Doak Campbell Stadium." Effective on the first day following Coach Bowden's official retirement as head football coach at Florida State University.
Ch. 2000-375 (H.B. 17) Designates the courthouse of the Third District Court of Appeal as the "Thomas H. Barkdull, Jr., District Courthouse." Effective April 17, 2000.
Ch. 2000-376 (C.S. for S.B. 10) Provides for the relief of Elizabeth and Frederick Schnell. Effective May 25, 2000.