Summaries of General Laws Passed at the 2003
Regular Session of the Florida
Legislature
Ch. 2003-1 (S.B. 580) Amends,
repeals, transfers, or reenacts various provisions in the Florida Statutes to replace incorrect cross-references, delete
obsolete or expired provisions, correct grammatical and typographical errors,
remove inconsistencies and redundancies, and otherwise improve the clarity of
the statutes. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-2 (S.B. 582) Repeals
numerous provisions of the Florida
Statutes which were repealed by other than a “current session” of the
Legislature for the purpose of omitting such provisions from publication in the
Florida Statutes 2003; amends and
reenacts specified provisions to conform. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-3 (S.B. 584) Removes gender-specific references to
human beings from the Florida Statutes
without substantive change in legal effect. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-4 (S.B. 586) Repeals certain superseded provisions
relating to apportionment of State Senate and House of Representative
districts. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-5 (S.B. 588) Amends
provisions of the Florida Statutes to
replace incorrect cross-references, delete obsolete or expired provisions,
correct grammatical and typographical errors, remove inconsistencies and
redundancies, and otherwise improve the clarity of the statutes. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-6 (S.B. 1488) Creates and revises provisions to conform
to the reorganization of the Cabinet. Effective April 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-7 (H.B. 803) Designates January of each year as
“Florida Jewish History Month.” Effective April 17, 2003.
Ch. 2003-8 (H.B. 1739) Creates and revises provisions relating
to access to postsecondary education and students with disabilities. Effective April 24, 2003.
Ch. 2003-9 (C.S. for S.B. 2322) Extends the medically needy
program coverage to July 1, 2003;
provides for program funding. Effective May
1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-10 (C.S. for
S.B. 160) Creates an exception to controlled substance scheduling for
certain industrial uses of specified chemicals; clarifies hours during which it
is unlawful to commit certain offenses near a school or other specified
facility; corrects a case citation relating to trafficking offenses. Effective May 2, 2003.
Ch. 2003-11 (H.B. 1099) Revises procedures for certification and
funding of domestic violence centers. Effective January 1, 2004.
Ch. 2003-12 (C.S. for S.B. 626) Revises, reenacts, and repeals
provisions relating to Everglades restoration. Effective
May 20, 2003.
Ch. 2003-13 (C.S. for S.B. 192) Authorizes release of specified
library circulation record information of persons under 16 years of age for the
purpose of collecting fines or recovering overdue materials. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-14 (C.S. for C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 592) Creates and
revises provisions relating to nonprofit corporations, electronic transmission,
condominiums, residential cooperatives, and homeowners’ associations. Effective
May 21, 2003.
Ch. 2003-15 (S.B. 1080) Provides that theft of anhydrous ammonia
is grand theft and a felony of the third degree; adds anhydrous ammonia to list
of precursor chemicals that may not be unlawfully possessed or distributed
because they may be used in manufacture of controlled substances. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-16 (C.S. for S.B. 1182) Revises a public records
exemption for certain security system plans. Effective May 21, 2003.
Ch. 2003-17 (S.B. 1430) Exempts certain sales of manufactured
gas from the gross receipts tax and the municipal public service tax. Effective
May 21, 2003.
Ch. 2003-18 (S.B. 1648) Revises requirements for collection and
handling of specimens for the DNA data bank from certain criminal offenders.
Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-19 (S.B. 2164) Creates and revises provisions relating
to enterprise zone boundary amendments and a specified designation. Effective May 21, 2003.
Ch. 2003-20 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 2520) Revises certain
licensing provisions of the Beverage Law. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-21 (S.B. 2680) Creates
and revises provisions relating to unclaimed property, including
demutualization proceeds, equity and debt of business associations, and certain
firearms and ammunition. Effective May
21, 2003.
Ch. 2003-22 (H.B. 267) Authorizes electronic sales of tax
certificates for unpaid taxes; provides an exception for certain homestead
property. Effective May 21, 2003.
Ch. 2003-23 (H.B. 479) Defines the offense of cyberstalking and
provides penalties; reenacts specified provisions. Effective October 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-24 (H.B. 953) Prohibits
provision of nonprescription weight-loss pills to persons under 18 years of
age; provides penalties; specifies a defense; defines the term “weight-loss
pill.” Effective July 1, 2004.
Ch. 2003-25 (H.B. 1017) Designates portions of the Florida Statutes 2003 which constitute the official statute law of the state.
Designates general laws which are, and which are not, repealed by the adoption
of the Florida Statutes 2003. Effective July 1,
2003.
Ch. 2003-26 (H.B. 1155) Renames the Challenger license plate as
the Challenger/Columbia license plate. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-27 (H.B. 1553) Requires prisoners who desire to file
complaints with the Department of Health against health care providers employed
by the Department of Corrections to first exhaust all available administrative
remedies within the Department of Corrections; provides an exception when the
practitioner may present a danger to nonprisoners. Effective May 21, 2003.
Ch. 2003-28 (C.S. for S.B. 260) Permits condominium unit owners
to display portable, official armed services flags on designated holidays.
Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-29 (S.B. 312) Requires the Department of Juvenile
Justice to adopt rule procedures to provide notice of policy changes affecting
contracted delinquency services and programs. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-30 (S.B. 482) Eliminates
liquidated damages liability for early termination of a lease by a member of
the United States Armed Forces; prohibits discrimination against such member in
offers for rent or rental terms; prescribes conditions for termination of a
tenancy with specific duration. Effective May 23, 2003.
Ch. 2003-31 (S.B. 634) Extends the Big Bend
Historic Saltwater Paddling Trail from the Suwannee
River to Yankeetown. Effective May 23, 2003.
Ch. 2003-32 (C.S. for S.B. 654) Creates and revises provisions
relating to the regulation of telecommunications companies. Effective May 23, 2003.
Ch. 2003-33 (C.S. for S.B. 1126) Revises the distribution
formula for proceeds from the local government half-cent sales tax. Effective May 23, 2003, and retroactively
applicable to October 1, 2000.
Ch. 2003-34 (S.B. 1162) Reenacts and revises provisions relating
to the tourist development tax. Effective May 23, 2003.
Ch. 2003-35 (C.S. for S.B. 1232) Revises provisions relating to
the practice of pest control concerning vehicle and employee identification,
certification, discipline, and penalties for violation. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-36 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 1448) Creates, revises, and
repeals provisions relating to unemployment compensation. Effective October 1, 2003, except as otherwise
provided.
Ch. 2003-37 (C.S. for S.B. 1566) Limits the use of certain
tourist development tax revenues for purposes other than those originally
designated. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-38 (C.S. for S.B. 1582) Defines the term “blood
establishment” as it relates to blood donations; provides standards for
operation of such establishments and authorizes injunctive action against
violators. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-39 (S.B. 1862) Permits
community development districts to collect ground rent from owners of long-term
ground leases with governmental entities; authorizes contracts for such
collection. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-40 (C.S. for S.B. 1896) Provides for alternatives to
posting the times during which restrictive school speed zones will be enforced.
Effective May 23, 2003.
Ch. 2003-41 (C.S. for S.B. 2084) Requires written drug
prescriptions to be legibly printed or typed; mandates that certain information
be included on such prescriptions. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-42 (C.S. for S.B. 2378) Revises provisions relating to
veterans. Effective May 23, 2003.
Ch. 2003-43 (S.B. 2450) Revises certain provisions of the Florida
Uniform Principal and Income Act. Effective May 23, 2003, and retroactively operative to January 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-44 (S.B. 2802) Requires the Department of Education to
assist the transition of dependents of military personnel into the public
school system. Effective May 23, 2003.
Ch. 2003-45 (S.B. 88) Permits certain low-emission vehicles to
be driven in high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes regardless of vehicle
occupancy; defines the term “hybrid vehicle”; provides for decals and
registration certificates. Effective July
1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-46 (S.B. 530) Prohibits modification of a legally
binding organ donation after the organ donor’s death; revises provisions
regarding amendment or revocation of an anatomical gift. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-47 (C.S. for S.B. 680) Authorizes a bachelor of science
in human performance degree program with a concentration in athletic training
at Florida Gulf
Coast University.
Effective May 27, 2003.
Ch. 2003-48 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 1220) Requires certain
disclosures to prospective parcel owners in a community. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-49 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 1286) Requires the use of
alternative dispute resolution mechanisms prior to filing a lawsuit in certain
construction defect matters; defines specified terms; prescribes resolution
conditions and procedures. Effective May
27, 2003.
Ch. 2003-50 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 1480) Provides a felony
penalty for breaking or damaging a fence if animals are contained by the fence
at the time of the offense. Effective July
1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-51 (C.S. for S.B. 1992) Authorizes the award of a Medal
of Heroism to specified recipients who distinguish themselves in the line of
duty and under certain circumstances. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-52 (S.B. 2082) Requires that certain health
practitioners notify the mother of a deceased fetus of her options as to
disposition of the fetal remains; provides for notification and election forms.
Effective May 27, 2003.
Ch. 2003-53 (H.B. 439) Creates the Statewide Guardian Ad Litem
Office; provides for transfer of funds and positions to the office. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-54 (H.B. 947) Revises provisions relating to tests for
the presence of alcohol, chemicals, or controlled substances in motorists.
Effective May 27, 2003.
Ch. 2003-55 (H.B. 1609) Revises requirements for information to
be contained in budget requests furnished to the Legislature by executive
agencies and the judicial branch. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-56 (C.S. for S.B. 2526) Creates a public records
exemption for certain information contained in the Florida Putative Father
Registry. Effective May 30, 2003.
Ch. 2003-57 (C.S. for
S.B. 2568) Creates and revises provisions relating to the protection
and delivery of services to disabled, vulnerable, or elderly persons; revives a
provision relating to background screening of specified persons affiliated with
health care services pools. Effective May
30, 2003.
Ch. 2003-58 (H.B. 835) Creates, revises, and repeals provisions
relating to adoption. Effective May
30, 2003.
Ch. 2003-59 (S.B. 174) Revises provisions relating to the
protection of marine turtles. Effective July
1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-60 (S.B. 258) Authorizes local governments to pay
certain expenses by electronic funds transfer. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-61 (C.S. for S.B. 320) Requires the Agency for Health Care
Administration to publish on a website the average wholesale prices for the 200
drugs most frequently dispensed to the elderly; mandates provision of
additional information to aid consumers in calculating retail prices. Effective
July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-62 (C.S. for S.B. 472) Creates and revises provisions
relating to construction materials mining. Effective June 2, 2003.
Ch. 2003-63 (S.B. 488) Clarifies the distance that certain
offenders’ residences must be from a school, day care center, park, playground,
or other place where children congregate. Effective June 2, 2003.
Ch. 2003-64 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 554) Redefines the term
“interdistrict transfer and use” as it relates to groundwater; validates and
continues certain agreements between water management districts. Effective June 2, 2003.
Ch. 2003-65 (C.S. for S.B. 638) Creates the Access to Better
Learning and Education Grant Program; provides for program administration and
establishes grant eligibility criteria. Effective June 2, 2003.
Ch. 2003-66 (S.B. 640) Provides for the issuance of Military
Services license plates and annual use fee collection and distribution.
Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-67 (C.S. for
S.B. 642) Removes the Director of the Office of Long-Term-Care Policy
from the office’s advisory council; provides for the council chair’s election
and term of office; provides for prepayment or direct vendor payment of travel
expenses for certain volunteers; prescribes prioritization guidelines for
certain functionally impaired elderly persons; repeals a provision relating to
the Office of State Long-Term Care Ombudsman. Effective July 1, 2003, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2003-68 (C.S. for S.B. 684) Creates, revises, and repeals
numerous provisions relating to military affairs. Effective June 2, 2003.
Ch. 2003-69 (C.S. for S.B. 738) Revises requirements for notice
of actions to collect worthless checks. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-70 (C.S. for S.B. 1024) Changes the time for a hearing
to adopt a non-ad valorem assessment and prescribes notice for non-ad valorem
assessments to be collected for more than 1 year. Effective June 2, 2003.
Ch. 2003-71 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 1072) Creates and revises provisions
relating to identity theft and Internet fraud prevention. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-72 (C.S. for S.B. 1098) Enacts the Florida Uniformed
Servicemembers Protection Act; creates, revises, and repeals provisions
relating to military affairs. Effective June
2, 2003.
Ch. 2003-73 (C.S. for S.B. 1954) Provides for the issuance of a U.S.
Paratroopers license plate, a Protect Our Reefs license plate, and a Fish
Florida license plate and provides for annual use fee collection and
distribution. Revises the distribution of annual use fees for Florida Arts
license plates. Effective October 1,
2003, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2003-74 (C.S. for
S.B. 2036) Revises provisions relating to implied warranties of
merchantability and fitness in the procurement, processing, storage,
distribution, or use of blood, plasma, blood products, and blood derivatives.
Effective June 2, 2003.
Ch. 2003-75 (C.S. for S.B. 2078) Authorizes provision of
temporary certificates for visiting physicians to obtain medical privileges for
instructional purposes in conjunction with certain plastic surgery training
programs and educational symposiums; provides requirements. Effective June 2, 2003.
Ch. 2003-76 (H.B. 235) Revises provisions relating to mutual
insurance companies. Effective June 2,
2003.
Ch. 2003-77 (H.B. 457) Reenacts and revises provisions relating
to the indigent care and trauma center discretionary sales surtax; requires a
biennial audit of a certain trust fund. Effective June 2, 2003.
Ch. 2003-78 (H.B. 533) Permits county government entities to
prohibit business entities that are not county tourism promotion agencies from
using specified designations; expands the powers and duties of county tourism
promotion agencies. Effective June 2,
2003.
Ch. 2003-79 (H.B. 861) Prescribes
manner and method of preservation of a homeowners’ association claim of right,
covenant, or restriction; enumerates powers and duties of certain unit owner
controlled associations; prohibits certain amendments to association bylaws.
Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-80 (H.B. 915) Revises provisions relating to the K-20
education accountability system; authorizes adoption of equivalent examination
scores for high school graduation. Effective June 2, 2003.
Ch. 2003-81 (H.B. 1149) Creates an entertainment industry
financial incentive program; provides purpose; establishes program application
and reimbursement procedures; provides penalties for fraudulent claims.
Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-82 (H.B. 1227) Clarifies the definition of a
self-propelled knife. Effective June 2,
2003.
Ch. 2003-83 (H.B. 1593) Revises and continues a public records
exemption for certain information concerning foster parent applicants and
licensed foster parents. Effective June
2, 2003.
Ch. 2003-84 (H.B. 1675) Prohibits impairing or impeding
telephone service or electric power to a dwelling to facilitate a burglary.
Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-85 (H.B. 1839) Adopts the 2003 Internal Revenue Code
for purposes of the corporate income tax. Effective June 2, 2003, and retroactively operative to January 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-86 (H.B. 1813) Allows use of local motor fuel taxes for
bicycle paths and pedestrian pathways; authorizing certain municipalities to
expend a certain gas tax. Effective June
3, 2003.
Ch. 2003-87 (C.S. for S.B. 54) Prohibits local governments from
requiring employers to pay a minimum wage other than a federal minimum wage;
provides exceptions. Effective June 4,
2003.
Ch. 2003-88 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 340) Revises requirements
for release of a patient committed for involuntary treatment under the Baker
Act. Effective June 4, 2003.
Ch. 2003-89 (C.S. for S.B. 354) Abolishes the Florida
Bright Futures Scholarship Testing Program. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-90 (S.B. 614) Requires
that driving records of nonpublic sector bus drivers be checked by their
employers annually; clarifies the application of safety belt requirements for
school buses; provides for transportation agreements between public and private
schools. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-91 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 1006) Revises provisions
relating to state employee health insurance coverage. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-92 (S.B. 1046) Exempts firefighters from certain
motorcycle traffic laws while in the performance of their official duties.
Effective June 4, 2003.
Ch. 2003-93 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 1334, S.B. 534, and S.B. 360) Provides
for a constitutionally-mandated voluntary universal prekindergarten program.
Effective June 4, 2003.
Ch. 2003-94 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 1584) Revises provisions
relating to administrative procedures. Effective June 4, 2003.
Ch. 2003-95 (C.S. for S.B. 1588) Prohibits certain controlled
substance offenses within 1,000 feet of universities, public housing
facilities, public parks, community centers, or publicly-owned recreational
facilities; defines “community center.” Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-96 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 1616) Creates and revises
provisions relating to seaport security. Effective June 4, 2003.
Ch. 2003-97 (C.S. for S.B. 1754) Revises provisions relating to
soil and water conservation districts and the Soil and Water Conservation
Council. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-98 (C.S. for S.B. 1842) Permits certain municipalities
to impose and collect specified surcharges for the sale, lease, or rental of
space at parking facilities; prescribes conditions for surcharge collection,
use, and administration. Effective June
4, 2003.
Ch. 2003-99 (S.B. 2190) Requires continuing education for
certain public adjusters; provides requirements; provides for implementation
and administration. Effective June 4,
2003.
Ch. 2003-100 (H.B. 1021) Revises and continues a public records
exemption for certain information regarding applicants for housing assistance
programs. Effective October 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-101 (H.B. 1023) Revises and continues a public records exemption
for county employee assistance program records. Effective October 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-102 (H.B. 1025) Revises and continues a public records
exemption for municipal employee assistance program records. Effective October 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-103 (H.B. 1027) Continues a public records exemption
for certain records containing trade secrets held by the Department of
Community Affairs. Effective October
1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-104 (H.B. 1031) Continues and expands an exemption from public records requirements for certain
Florida Kidcare program applicant and enrollee information; prescribes
disclosure conditions. Effective June
4, 2003.
Ch. 2003-105 (H.B.
1033) Revises and continues an exemption from public records and
public meeting requirements for certain information identifying a subscriber to
a managed health care entity; prescribes conditions. Effective October 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-106 (H.B. 1035) Revises and continues an exemption from
public records requirements for certain investigatory records relating to
workers’ compensation employer compliance; prescribes disclosure conditions.
Effective October 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-107 (H.B.
1039) Revises and continues an exemption from public records
requirements for certain investigatory information held by the Division of
Florida Land Sales, Condominiums, and Mobile Homes; prescribes disclosure
conditions. Effective October 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-108 (H.B. 1041) Revises and continues exemptions from
public records and public meetings requirements for the Florida Automobile
Joint Underwriting Association. Effective October 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-109 (H.B. 1591) Revises and continues an exemption from
public records laws for state employee assistance program records. Effective October 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-110 (H.B. 1785) Creates a public records exemption for
personal identifying information contained in records relating to a person’s
health for purposes of determining eligibility for paratransit service or the
transportation disadvantaged program. Effective June 4, 2003.
Ch. 2003-111 (C.S. for S.B. 308) Enumerates allocation of annual
use fees from the sale of Sea Turtle license plates; repeals a provision
providing grants for marine turtle research, conservation, and education
activities. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-112 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 2050) Creates a presumption
of good faith for court-appointed psychologists performing child custody
evaluations; provides requirements for legal actions against such
psychologists. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-113 (C.S. for S.B. 2248) Permits state governmental
entities to contract with charitable youth organizations for certain public
service work; prescribes conditions. Effective June 5, 2003.
Ch. 2003-114 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 144) Creates provisions
relating to services for sexual battery victims. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-115 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 2172) Defines the term
“dangerous sexual felony offender”; provides for mandatory sentences for such
offenders. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-116 (H.B. 747) Revises time limitations for prosecution
of certain sexual battery crimes. Effective October 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-117 (H.B. 561) Provides for a cause of action for
protective injunctions in cases of sexual violence; permits the victim or the
minor victim’s parent or legal guardian to file a petition for such an
injunction under certain circumstances. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-118 (C.S. for S.B. 1522) Creates and revises provisions
relating to parental and family involvement in a student’s education. Effective
July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-119 (C.S. for S.B. 162) Provides for instruction in
American Sign Language in postsecondary institutions and allows foreign
language instruction credits for such classes. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-120 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 296) Revises provisions
relating to nursing home and continuing care facilities. Effective June 10, 2003.
Ch. 2003-121 (C.S. for C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 310) Creates a
Child Abuse Prevention and Intervention license plate; provides for annual use
fee collection and distribution. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-122 (C.S. for S.B. 480) Creates the Commission on
Marriage and Family Support Initiatives; repeals specified provisions relating
to the Commission on Responsible Fatherhood and community-based programs to
encourage responsible fatherhood. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-123 (S.B. 732) Abrogates the scheduled repeal of the
Miami River Commission. Effective June
10, 2003.
Ch. 2003-124 (C.S. for S.B. 1044) Provides for electronic mail
notice to certain persons requesting notification of any pending water use and
impoundment construction permit applications; requires that permits contain
specified language. Effective June 10,
2003.
Ch. 2003-125 (C.S. for
S.B. 1426) Permits municipalities or their agencies to adopt per diem
and travel expense policies different from state law; provides for default
applicability of state law; penalizes false or fraudulent travel claims;
permits counties to establish rates exceeding state rates. Effective June 10, 2003, and retroactively
operative to January 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-126 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 1434) Permits certain
municipalities to receive specified grants for library establishment,
maintenance, and construction; delineates prerequisites; provides for
disclosure of certain circulation information to aid in fine collection and
overdue book recovery. Effective July
1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-127 (C.S. for S.B. 1442) Creates and revises provisions
relating to child abuse reporting and child protective investigations.
Effective June 10, 2003.
Ch. 2003-128 (C.S. for S.B. 2046) Prohibits a county or circuit
court from directing that an imposed sentence be served coterminously with a
sentence imposed by another court. Effective October 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-129 (C.S. for S.B. 2156) Redesignates the Florida High
School Activities Association as the Florida High School Athletic Association;
revises provisions relating to the association’s bylaws and board of directors.
Effective June 10, 2003.
Ch. 2003-130 (C.S. for S.B. 2366) Defines the term “maliciously”
as used in a specified aggravated child abuse statute. Effective June 10, 2003.
Ch. 2003-131 (C.S. for
C.S. for S.B. 2446) Revises continuing education training
requirements for child care personnel; requires specified training and
self-evaluation; prohibits unlicensed or unregistered operation of certain day
care and child care homes; provides penalties; requires rulemaking to
distinguish between certain activities that require licensure and those which
do not. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-132 (C.S. for S.B. 2462) Creates, revises, and reenacts
provisions relating to liquefied petroleum gas and to consumer regulatory
duties of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Effective June 10, 2003.
Ch. 2003-133 (S.B. 2826) Limits the appeal bond that may be ordered
in civil actions involving signatories to the tobacco settlement agreement and
provides exceptions. Effective July 1,
2003.
Ch. 2003-134 (H.B. 283) Revises requirements for filing
amendments to certain Uniform Commercial Code financing statements and provides
exceptions to certain requirements for filing termination statements. Effective
July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-135 (H.B. 365) Specifies financial audit requirements
for certain direct-support and citizen support organizations. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-136 (H.B. 465) Authorizes the Department of Corrections
to deposit or transfer certain funds into the General Revenue Fund; repeals a
provision relating to allocation of certain funds from restitution or other
court-ordered payments. Effective June
10, 2003.
Ch. 2003-137 (H.B. 1019) Continues a public records exemption
for identifying information contained in a videotaped statement of a minor
alleged to be a victim of specified crimes. Effective October 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-138 (H.B. 1869) Requires a review of certain state
contracts and revises and repeals provisions relating to state personnel
management. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-139 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 2264) Revises provisions
relating to health insurance forms, coverage, and contracts. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-140 (S.B. 146) Creates the Rape Crisis Program Trust
Fund; provides for sources and allocation of moneys and purpose; provides for
future review and termination. Effective July
1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-141 (S.B. 278) Prescribes transportation modes for
inmates traveling to and from places of employment, education, or training;
prohibits inmates from driving state-owned vehicles to transport inmates in a
work-release program. Effective October
1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-142 (C.S. for
C.S. for S.B. 428) Prohibits the placement of certain offenders on
community control; requires eligibility verification, notification, and reporting for community
control placements; requires a study of electronic monitoring use in community
control placements. Effective July 1,
2003.
Ch. 2003-143 (C.S. for S.B. 1050) Revises provisions relating to
the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-144 (C.S. for
C.S. for S.B. 1300) Revises requirements for citrus processing;
requires the Department of Citrus to obtain approval of the Florida Citrus
Commission to change the salaries of certain employees and requires the
department to publish an annual travel report. Effective June 12, 2003.
Ch. 2003-145 (C.S. for S.B. 1374) Eliminates the Internet
publication pilot program; requires that certain notices be published on an
Internet website; specifies website and publication requirements. Effective June 12, 2003.
Ch. 2003-146 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 1454) Creates and revises
provisions relating to social services. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-147 (C.S. for S.B. 1644) Revises provisions relating to
nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers.
Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-148 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 1694) Creates and revises provisions
relating to insurance fraud. Effective July
1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-149 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 1856) Revises provisions
relating to disciplinary actions against law enforcement and correctional
officers. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-150 (C.S. for S.B. 2278) Revises provisions relating to
motor vehicle service agreements. Effective June 12, 2003.
Ch. 2003-151 (C.S. for S.B. 2388) Revises provisions relating to
the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, including revision
of various fees. Effective June 12,
2003.
Ch. 2003-152 (S.B. 2466) Exempts persons who acquire insurance
premium finance agreements from licensees from certain licensing requirements.
Effective June 12, 2003.
Ch. 2003-153 (S.B. 2488) Revises provisions relating to law
enforcement mutual aid agreements and the state agency law enforcement radio
system and interoperability network. Effective June 12, 2003.
Ch. 2003-154 (S.B. 2700) Creates, revises, and reenacts
provisions relating to probate, trusts, and statutes of limitation. Effective June 12, 2003.
Ch. 2003-155 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 2312) Creates and revises
provisions relating to the distribution of prescription drugs. Effective July 1, 2003, except as otherwise
provided.
Ch. 2003-156 (S.B.
2586) Creates and revises provisions relating to the Fish and
Wildlife Conservation Commission; creates an Office of Boating and Waterways;
provides for powers, duties, responsibilities, and functions. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-157 (H.B. 453) Creates a public records exemption for
criminal intelligence or investigative information that consists of a
photograph, videotape, or other image of any part of a victim of specified
sexual offenses; provides for retroactive effect and future review. Effective June 17, 2003.
Ch. 2003-158 (H.B. 847) Creates, revises, and repeals provisions
relating to official misconduct. Effective October 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-159 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 686) Creates and revises
provisions relating to public transit; redesignates the Tri-County Commuter
Rail Authority as the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority; provides
for county funding of the authority. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-160 (S.B. 818) Within the Department of Education
terminates specified trust funds; exempts specified trust funds from
termination requirements; and renames specified trust funds. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-161 (S.B. 1568) Provides for certain acute care
hospitals in high growth counties to add additional beds without review by the
Agency for Health Care Administration. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-162 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 1660) Prohibits county
regulation of bona fide farm operations on certain agricultural lands; provides
exceptions; creates and revises provisions relating to agricultural land
classification. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-163 (C.S. for S.B. 1742) Creates the Transportation
Bond Revenue Trust Fund; provides for sources of moneys, purposes, and carrying
forward of any balances. Effective July
1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-164 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 2238) Creates, revises, and
repeals provisions relating to real estate appraisers, brokers, and
salespersons. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-165 (H.B. 75) Revises provisions regulating the display
of red lights on motor vehicles used by volunteer firefighters or medical staff.
Effective June 20, 2003.
Ch. 2003-166 (H.B. 207) Requires the Board of Pharmacy to
develop guidelines for the disposal of patient records. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-167 (H.B. 623) Continues the interim part IV permitting
program for the Northwest Florida Water Management District and deletes
obsolete provisions. Effective June
20, 2003.
Ch. 2003-168 (H.B. 721) Exempts certain domestic insurer
affiliates from specified warranty association regulations under certain
circumstances. Effective June 20, 2003.
Ch. 2003-169 (H.B. 821) Provides for service of process on the
Florida Automobile Joint Underwriting Association. Effective June 20, 2003.
Ch. 2003-170 (H.B. 1037) Revises and continues an exemption from
public records requirements for certain animal owner information contained in a
rabies vaccination certificate. Effective October 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-171 (H.B. 1051) Provides for filling a vacancy in the
office of Lieutenant Governor and revises succession to the office of Governor.
Effective June 20, 2003.
Ch. 2003-172 (H.B. 1061) Creates a public records exemption for
certain federal food safety information that is confidential under federal law
and passed to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Effective June 20, 2003.
Ch. 2003-173 (H.B. 1123) Creates and revises provisions relating
to rehabilitation of contaminated sites. Effective June 20, 2003.
Ch. 2003-174 (H.B. 1203) Reclassifies certain personnel within
the Department of Corrections as Selected Exempt Service employees and deletes
obsolete provisions. Effective July 1,
2003.
Ch. 2003-175 (H.B. 1453) Revises procedures for nonjudicial sale
of vessels. Effective June 20, 2003.
Ch. 2003-176 (H.B. 1683) Provides an enhanced penalty for
leaving the scene of an accident involving a fatality. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-177 (H.B. 1719) Creates and revises provisions relating
to construction liens. Effective October
1, 2003, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2003-178 (S.B. 816) Creates a University Concurrency Trust
Fund; provides for sources and uses of funds, an exemption from service
charges, and for future legislative review. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-179 (S.B. 954) Terminates certain trust funds within
the Department of Legal Affairs and the Department of Corrections; exempts the
Inmate Bank Trust Fund from termination and nullifies repeal provisions;
conforms specified provisions. Effective July
1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-180 (H.B. 195) Creates the Emergency Medical Dispatch
Act; provides a presumption against negligence for certain persons who use
emergency medical dispatch protocols; prescribes conditions; provides for
grants to local agencies to support emergency medical dispatch. Effective September 11, 2003.
Ch. 2003-181 (H.B. 945) Provides for rulemaking to allow
nonagricultural vehicles to bypass agricultural inspection stations and
prohibits impersonation of an employee of the Department of Agriculture and
Consumer Services. Effective July 1,
2003.
Ch. 2003-182 (H.B. 1307) Creates and revises provisions relating
to wireless emergency telephone service. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-183 (H.B. 1501) Provides for the issuance of a Hospice
license plate and annual use fee collection and distribution. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-184 (H.B. 1579) Permits specified relatives of deceased
persons to designate an agent to view or obtain autopsy records. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-185 (H.B. 1763) Revises, continues, and repeals
provisions relating to public records exemptions for the Address
Confidentiality Program for Victims of Domestic Violence. Effective June 23, 2003.
Ch. 2003-186 (H.B. 79) Revises the prohibition of unauthorized
reception of communications services. Effective October 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-187 (H.B. 761) Provides criminal penalties for the
failure of a hearing aid seller to refund within a specified time period moneys
due a purchaser for the return or attempted return of a hearing aid. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-188 (H.B. 1911) Revises provisions relating to animal
fighting or baiting and issuance of search warrants concerning laws for cruelty
to animals. Effective June 24, 2003.
Ch. 2003-189 (S.B. 744) Re-creates the Educational Certification
and Service Trust Fund; carries forward all current balances of the fund; and
continues all current sources and uses of the fund. Effective November 4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-190 (S.B. 746) Re-creates the
Educational Aids Trust Fund; carries forward all current balances of the fund;
and continues all current sources and uses of the fund. Effective November 4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-191 (S.B. 748) Re-creates the
Educational Media and Technology Trust Fund; carries forward all current
balances of the fund; and continues all current sources and uses of the fund.
Effective November 4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-192 (S.B. 750) Re-creates the
Dale Hickam Excellent Teaching Program Trust Fund; carries
forward all current balances of the fund; and continues all current sources and
uses of the fund. Effective November
4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-193 (S.B. 752) Re-creates the
Facility Construction Administrative Trust Fund; carries forward all current
balances of the fund; and continues all current sources and uses of the fund.
Effective November 4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-194 (S.B. 754) Re-creates the
State Student Financial Assistance Trust Fund within the Department of
Education; carries forward all current balances of the fund; and continues all
current sources and uses of the fund. Effective November 4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-195 (S.B. 756) Re-creates the
Federal Rehabilitation Trust Fund; carries forward all current balances of the
fund; and continues all current sources and uses of the fund. Effective November 4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-196 (S.B. 758) Re-creates the
Food and Nutrition Services Trust Fund; carries forward all current balances of
the fund; and continues all current sources and uses of the fund. Effective November 4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-197 (S.B. 760) Re-creates the
Grants and Donations Trust Fund within the Department of Education; carries
forward all current balances of the fund; and continues all current sources and
uses of the fund. Effective November
4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-198 (S.B. 762) Re-creates the
Institutional Assessment Trust Fund; carries forward all current balances of
the fund; and continues all current sources and uses of the fund. Effective November 4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-199 (S.B. 764) Re-creates the
University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Relocation
and Construction Trust Fund FLAIR number 48-2-395; carries forward all current
balances of the fund; and continues all current sources and uses of the fund.
Effective November 4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-200 (S.B. 766) Re-creates the
Student Loan Operating Trust Fund; abrogates fund termination; carries forward
all current balances of the fund; and continues all current sources and uses of
the fund. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-201 (S.B. 768) Re-creates the
Student Loan Operating Trust Fund; carries forward all current balances of the
fund; and continues all current sources and uses of the fund. Effective November 4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-202 (S.B. 770) Re-creates the
Projects, Contracts, and Grants Trust Fund; carries forward all current
balances of the fund; and continues all current sources and uses of the fund.
Effective November 4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-203 (S.B. 772) Re-creates the
Sophomore Level Test Trust Fund; carries forward all current balances of the
fund; and continues all current sources and uses of the fund. Effective November 4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-204 (S.B. 774) Re-creates the
Student Loan Guaranty Reserve Fund; carries forward all current balances of the
fund; and continues all current sources and uses of the fund. Effective November 4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-205 (S.B. 776) Re-creates the
Teacher Certification Examination Trust Fund; carries forward all current
balances of the fund; and continues all current sources and uses of the fund.
Effective November 4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-206 (S.B. 778) Re-creates the
Textbook Bid Trust Fund; carries forward all current balances of the fund; and
continues all current sources and uses of the fund. Effective November 4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-207 (S.B. 780) Re-creates the
Division of Administration Knott Data Center Working Capital Trust Fund;
carries forward all current balances of the fund; and continues all current
sources and uses of the fund. Effective November
4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-208 (S.B. 782) Re-creates the
Workers’ Compensation Administration Trust Fund within the Department of
Education; abrogates fund termination; carries forward all current balances of
the fund; and continues all current sources and uses of the fund. Effective November 4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-209 (S.B. 784) Re-creates the
Alec P. Courtelis Capital Facilities Matching Trust
Fund; carries forward all current balances of the fund; and continues all
current sources and uses of the fund. Effective November 4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-210 (S.B. 786) Re-creates the
Education and General Student and Other Fees Trust Fund; carries forward all
current balances of the fund; and continues all current sources and uses of the
fund. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-211 (S.B. 788) Re-creates the
Education and General Student and Other Fees
Trust Fund; carries forward all current balances of the fund; and
continues all current sources and uses of the fund. Effective November 4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-212 (S.B. 790) Re-creates the University
of Florida Agricultural Experiment Station Incidental Trust
Fund; carries forward all current balances of the
fund; and continues all current sources and uses of the fund. Effective November 4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-213 (S.B. 792) Re-creates the University
of Florida Agricultural Extension Service Incidental Trust Fund;
carries forward all current balances of the fund; and continues all current
sources and uses of the fund. Effective November
4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-214 (S.B. 794) Re-creates the University
of Florida Health Center Incidental Trust Fund;
carries forward all current balances of the fund; and continues all current
sources and uses of the fund. Effective November
4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-215 (S.B. 796) Re-creates the
University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Relocation
and Construction Trust Fund, FLAIR number 49-2-395; carries forward all current
balances of the fund; and continues all current sources and uses of the fund.
Effective November 4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-216 (S.B. 798) Re-creates the University
of Florida Health Center Operations
and Maintenance Trust Fund; places it on the standard review cycle; carries
forward all current balances of the fund; and continues all current sources and
uses of the fund. Effective July 1,
2003.
Ch. 2003-217 (S.B. 800) Re-creates the University
of Florida Health Center Operations
and Maintenance Trust Fund; carries forward all current balances of the fund;
and continues all current sources and uses of the fund. Effective November 4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-218 (S.B. 802) Re-creates the
State University System Law Enforcement Trust Fund; carries forward all current
balances of the fund; and continues all current sources and uses of the fund.
Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-219 (S.B. 804) Re-creates the
Law Enforcement Trust Fund within the Department of Education; carries forward
all current balances of the fund; and continues all current sources and uses of
the fund. Effective November 4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-220 (S.B. 806) Re-creates the
Trust Fund for Major Gifts; carries forward all current balances of the fund;
and continues all current sources and uses of the fund. Effective November 4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-221 (S.B. 808) Re-creates the
Board of Regents Operations and Maintenance Trust Fund; carries forward all
current balances of the fund; and continues all current sources and uses of the
fund. Effective November 4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-222 (S.B. 810) Re-creates the
Phosphate Research Trust Fund; carries forward all current balances of the
fund; and continues all current sources and uses of the fund. Effective November 4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-223 (S.B. 812) Re-creates the
State University System Replacement Trust Fund; carries forward all current
balances of the fund; and continues all current sources and uses of the fund.
Effective November 4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-224 (S.B. 814) Re-creates the
University Concurrency Trust Fund, FLAIR number 49-2-682; carries forward all
current balances of the fund; and continues all current sources and uses of the
fund. Effective November 4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-225 (S.B. 820) Re-creates the
Administrative Trust Fund within the Department of Environmental Protection;
carries forward all current balances of the fund; and continues all current
sources and uses of the fund. Effective November
4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-226 (S.B. 826) Re-creates the
Drinking Water Revolving Loan Trust Fund; carries forward all current balances
of the fund; and continues all current sources and uses of the fund. Effective November 4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-227 (S.B. 828) Re-creates the
Environmental Laboratory Trust Fund; carries forward all current balances of
the fund; and continues all current sources and uses of the fund. Effective November 4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-228 (S.B. 838) Re-creates the
Save Our Everglades Trust Fund; carries forward all current balances of the
fund; and continues all current sources and uses of the fund. Effective July 1, 2004.
Ch. 2003-229 (S.B. 842) Re-creates the
Grants and Donations Trust Fund within the Department of Environmental
Protection; carries forward all current balances of the fund; and continues all
current sources and uses of the fund. Effective November 4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-230 (S.B. 848) Re-creates the
Minerals Trust Fund; carries forward all current balances of the fund; and
continues all current sources and uses of the fund. Effective November 4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-231 (S.B. 852) Re-creates the
Florida Permit Fee Trust Fund; carries forward all current balances of the
fund; and continues all current sources and uses of the fund. Effective November 4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-232 (S.B. 856) Re-creates the
Wastewater Treatment and Stormwater Management
Revolving Loan Trust Fund; carries forward all current balances of the fund;
and continues all current sources and uses of the fund. Effective November 4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-233 (S.B. 864) Re-creates the
Working Capital Trust Fund within the Department of Environmental Protection;
carries forward all current balances of the fund; and continues all current
sources and uses of the fund. Effective November
4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-234 (S.B. 868) Re-creates the
Florida Citrus Advertising Trust Fund; carries forward all current balances of
the fund; and continues all current sources and uses of the fund. Effective November 4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-235 (S.B. 872) Re-creates the
Public Employees Relations Commission Trust Fund; carries forward all current
balances of the fund; and continues all current sources and uses of the fund.
Effective November 4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-236 (S.B. 874) Re-creates the
Administrative Trust Fund within the Department of Revenue; carries forward all
current balances of the fund; and continues all current sources and uses of the
fund. Effective November 4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-237 (S.B. 876) Re-creates the
Child Support Incentive Trust Fund; carries forward all current balances of the
fund; and continues all current sources and uses of the fund. Effective November 4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-238 (S.B. 878) Re-creates the
Certification Program Trust Fund; carries forward all current balances of the
fund; and continues all current sources and uses of the fund. Effective November 4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-239 (S.B. 880) Re-creates the
Child Support Enforcement Application and Program Revenue Trust Fund; carries
forward all current balances of the fund; and continues all current sources and
uses of the fund. Effective November
4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-240 (S.B. 882) Re-creates the
Clerk of the Court Child Support Enforcement Collection System Trust Fund
within the Department of Revenue; carries forward all current balances of the
fund; and continues all current sources and uses of the fund. Effective November 4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-241 (S.B. 886) Re-creates the
Firefighters’ Supplemental Compensation
Trust Fund; carries forward all current balances of the fund; and
continues all current sources and uses of the fund. Effective November 4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-242 (S.B. 888) Re-creates the
Grants and Donations Trust Fund within the Department of Revenue; carries
forward all current balances of the fund; and continues all current sources and
uses of the fund. Effective November
4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-243 (S.B. 894) Re-creates the
Department of Revenue Clerks of the Court
Trust Fund; abrogates fund termination; carries forward all current
balances of the fund; and continues all current sources and uses of the fund.
Effective November 4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-244 (S.B. 896) Re-creates the
Administrative Trust Fund within the Department of Business and Professional
Regulation; carries forward all current balances of the fund; and continues all
current sources and uses of the fund. Effective November 4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-245 (S.B. 910) Re-creates the
Division of Florida Land Sales, Condominiums, and Mobile Homes Trust Fund;
carries forward all current balances of the fund; and continues all current
sources and uses of the fund. Effective November
4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-246 (S.B. 912) Re-creates the
Hotel and Restaurant Trust Fund; carries forward all current balances of the
fund; and continues all current sources and uses of the fund. Effective November 4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-247 (S.B. 916) Re-creates the
Professional Regulation Trust Fund within the Department of Business and
Professional Regulation; carries forward all current balances of the fund; and
continues all current sources and uses of the fund. Effective November 4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-248 (S.B. 918) Re-creates the
Federal Law Enforcement Trust Fund within the Department of Business and
Professional Regulation; carries forward all current balances of the fund; and
continues all current sources and uses of the fund. Effective November 4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-249 (S.B. 920) Re-creates the
Florida Mobile Home Relocation Trust Fund; abrogates fund termination; carries
forward all current balances of the fund; and continues all current sources and
uses of the fund. Effective November
4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-250 (S.B. 928) Re-creates the
Federal Law Enforcement Trust Fund within the Department of Military Affairs;
carries forward all current balances of the fund; and continues all current
sources and uses of the fund. Effective November
4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-251 (C.S. for S.B. 930) Re-creates
the Emergency Response Trust Fund; abrogates fund termination; carries forward
all current balances of the fund; and continues all current sources and uses of
the fund. Effective November 4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-252 (S.B. 932) Re-creates the
Federal Law Enforcement Trust Fund within the Department of Highway Safety and
Motor Vehicles; carries forward all current balances of the fund; and continues
all current sources and uses of the fund. Effective November 4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-253 (S.B. 940) Re-creates the
Court Education Trust Fund; carries forward all current balances of the fund;
and continues all current sources and uses of the fund. Effective November 4, 2004.
Ch. 2003-254 (C.S. for S.B. 1176) Revises
numerous provisions relating to taxation.
Effective July 1, 2003,
except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2003-255 (C.S. for S.B. 1218) Creates
the Florida Food Safety and Food Security Advisory Council; provides purpose;
provides for membership, duties, and reporting.
Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-256 (H.B. 789) Creates the
Stop Heart Disease license plate; provides for annual use fee collection and
distribution. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-257 (H.B.
1277) Provides that contracts entered into by unlicensed contractors
are unenforceable by such contractors; requires certain swimming pool work to
be subcontracted; specifies conditions for performing specialty contracting
services without a local professional license and revises contracting licensure
requirements for certain business organizations. Effective June 25, 2003.
Ch. 2003-258 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 250) Expands
definitions of the terms “rural hospital” and “infant delivered”; exempts
certain rural hospitals from certificate-of-need review requirements for new or
replacement construction. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-259 (S.B. 524) Revises
provisions relating to rules of evidence.
Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-260 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 958) Revises
provisions relating to public employee retirement. Effective July 1, 2003, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2003-261 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 1712) Revises,
transfers, and repeals provisions relating to government; transfers the
functions of the Comptroller and Treasurer to the office of the Chief Financial
Officer; conforms specified provisions;
prescribes powers and duties of the Department of Financial Services, the
Financial Services Commission, and the Office of Insurance Regulation. Effective June 26, 2003.
Ch. 2003-262 (C.S. for
S.B. 1822) Revises provisions relating to
the requirement that the Department of Children and Family Services enter into
certain working agreements with local law enforcement agencies and provisions
relating to adult protection teams; provides for task force examination of
guardianship and incapacity issues; provides
that the executive director of the Statewide Public Guardianship Office be
appointed by the Secretary of Elderly Affairs.
Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-263 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 1944) Creates
and revises provisions relating to mobile home owners. Effective June 26, 2003.
Ch. 2003-264 (S.B.
2002) Requires law enforcement trainees attending certain training
programs to reimburse an employing agency for training expenses, wages, and
benefits paid by the agency if the employee terminates employment within a
specified time period after graduation; provides a reimbursement schedule and
permits civil action to collect such costs.
Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-265 (C.S. for S.B. 2260) Creates
, revises, and repeals provisions relating to water management. Effective June 26, 2003, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2003-266 (S.B. 2294) Includes
certificates under a group master policy in an authorization to sell
communications equipment property insurance; exempts certain communications
equipment property insurance licensees from fingerprint requirements. Effective June 26, 2003.
Ch. 2003-267 (C.S. for S.B. 2364) Revises
and repeals numerous provisions relating to insurance. Effective June 26, 2003.
Ch. 2003-268 (C.S. for S.B. 2624) Revises
provisions relating to the Florida Black Business Investment Board, Inc. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-269 (C.S. for S.B. 2708) Revises
provisions relating to motor vehicle dealers.
Effective June 26, 2003.
Ch. 2003-270 (H.B. 691) Includes
certain financial services facilities as qualified projects for purposes of the
capital investment tax credit; expands the definition of target industry
business; permits emergency or special circumstance reallocation of specified
funds to certain economic development programs and operations. Effective June 26, 2003.
Ch. 2003-271 (H.B. 1527) Creates the
Florida Alzheimer’s Training Act; requires specified
training for persons who care for persons with Alzheimer’s disease and related
disorders; provides for approval of training and trainers; encourages certain
state educational institutions to provide training about Alzheimer’s disease
and related disorders. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-272 (H.B.
1717) Revises provisions relating to a public records exemption for
information identifying an executioner or any person prescribing, preparing,
compounding, dispensing, or administering a lethal injection; repeals a
provision creating a public records exemption for information that would
identify any person prescribing, preparing, compounding, dispensing, or
administering the lethal injection.
Effective June 26, 2003.
Ch. 2003-273 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 52) Requires vision tests
for certain driver’s license renewal applicants; prohibits such
applicants from renewing electronically or telephonically; requires a study of
the effects of aging on driving ability. Effective July 11, 2003, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2003-274 (C.S. for S.B. 56) Provides an exemption from
certificate-of-need requirements for certain open heart surgery programs;
requires a report about exemption requests; provides for future expiration.
Effective July 11, 2003.
Ch. 2003-275 (C.S. for S.B. 726) Creates the Community Libraries
in Caring Program. Effective October
1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-276 (C.S. for S.B. 956) Revises provisions relating to
the drycleaning solvent cleanup program. Effective July 11, 2003.
Ch. 2003-277 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 1428) Prescribes audit
procedures for Medicaid-related records of certain pharmacies; provides
exceptions. Effective July 11, 2003.
Ch. 2003-278 (C.S. for S.B. 1650) Revises provisions relating to
the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission. Effective July 11, 2003.
Ch. 2003-279 (C.S. for S.B. 2404) Creates and revises provisions
relating to substance abuse and mental health. Effective July 11, 2003.
Ch. 2003-280 (H.B. 287) Creates a motorcycle specialty license
plate; provides for annual use fee collection and distribution. Effective October 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-281 (H.B. 513) Creates, revises, and repeals provisions
relating to insurance claims, premium payments, and insurance regulation.
Effective July 11, 2003.
Ch. 2003-282 (H.B. 1431) Creates a process to allow a title to a
mobile home permanently affixed to real property to be retired. Effective July 11, 2003.
Ch. 2003-283 (H.B. 1623) Creates, revises, and repeals
provisions relating to business corporations. Effective October 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-284 (H.B. 1721) Creates and revises provisions relating
to taxation and assessments of subdivision property and tax deeds. Effective January 1, 2004.
Ch. 2003-285 (H.B. 773) Revises membership of the Central
Florida Regional Transportation Authority. Effective July 16, 2003.
Ch. 2003-286 (C.S. for S.B. 676) Creates, revises, and repeals
provisions relating to transportation. Effective July 14, 2003, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2003-287 (H.B. 221) Creates the Citrus/Hernando Waterways
Restoration Council and a corresponding program; provides for council
membership, powers, and duties. Effective July 14, 2003.
Ch. 2003-288 (H.B. 1833) Creates the Secure Airports for Florida’s
Economy Council; provides for membership, powers, and duties. Effective July 14, 2003.
Ch. 2003-289 (C.S. for S.B. 460) Provides an exemption from
certificate-of-need requirements for certain open-heart surgery programs in
hospitals in specified counties. Effective July 14, 2003.
Ch. 2003-290 (C.S. for
C.S. for S.B. 1138) Provides that professional firms providing
certain monitoring and inspection services are agents of the Department of
Transportation under specified circumstances; provides exceptions; provides for
liability indemnification. Effective July
15, 2003.
Ch. 2003-291 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 2070) Includes intercity
bus service in a statewide public transit plan; provides for funding; defines
specified terms. Effective July 15,
2003.
Ch. 2003-292 (C.S. for
C.S. for S.B. 1318) Creates additional requirements concerning
certain children under the supervision of or in custody of the Department of
Children and Family Services; provides for a study. Effective July 16, 2003.
Ch. 2003-293 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 2464) Revises certain
engineering examination requirements and specified terminology; provides for
imposition of restitution as a penalty for disciplinary violations; revises
powers and duties of the Florida Engineers Management Corporation. Effective July 1, 2003; became a law July 16, 2002; see 374 So.2d 959(Fla.
1979).
Ch. 2003-294 (H.B. 315) Creates the Florida Institute for Human
and Machine Cognition, Inc.; provides for a board of directors; enumerates the
board’s powers and duties. Effective July
16, 2003.
Ch. 2003-295 (H.B. 1059) Revises provisions relating to horse
racing and operation of cardrooms in pari-mutuel wagering facilities. Effective
July 1, 2003; became a law August 5, 2002; see 374 So.2d 959(Fla.
1979).
Ch. 2003-296 (C.S. for S.B. 1958) Designates various roads in Miami-Dade
County and New Port Richey.
Effective June 10, 2003.
Ch. 2003-297 (C.S. for S.B. 1994) Designates various roads and a
bridge. Effective June 2, 2003.
Ch. 2003-298 (C.S. for S.B. 2162) Designates various roads and
bridges. Effective June 2, 2003.
Summaries of General Laws
Passed at the 2003
Special Session “A” of the Florida
Legislature
Ch. 2003-391 (S.B. 30-A) Creates, revises, and repeals various
provisions relating to education. Effective July 1, 2003, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2003-392 (H.B.
51-A) Establishes the Board of Governors of the State University
System; provides for membership; revises provisions relating the university
boards of trustees; authorizes establishment of a nonrefundable student
admissions deposit; prescribes remuneration guidelines for university
presidents. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-393 (H.B. 55-A) Revises provisions relating to charter
schools. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-394 (C.S. for S.B. 54-A) Creates, revises, repeals, and
reenacts provisions relating to environmental and conservation lands. Effective
July 1, 2003, except as
otherwise provided.
Ch. 2003-395 (C.S. for
S.B. 18-A) Provides for an amnesty program for taxpayers subject to
specified state and local taxes; prescribes a program time period,
participation requirements, and procedures; revises provisions relating to
interest rates and the distribution of certain taxes. Effective June 18, 2003, except as otherwise
provided.
Ch. 2003-396 (H.B. 143-A) Creates and revises provisions
relating to discrimination in places of public accommodation and enforcement of
the Florida Civil Rights Act of 1992. Effective June 18, 2003.
Ch. 2003-397 (S.B. 2-A) General Appropriations Act; provides
appropriations for fiscal year 2003-2004. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-398 (H.B. 63-A) Creates, revises, and reenacts
provisions relating to the Florida Clean Indoor Air Act. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-399 (S.B. 4-A) Provides implementing and administering
provisions for the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2003-2004.
Effective July 1, 2003,
except as otherwise provided; became a law July 3, 2002; see
374 So.2d 959(Fla. 1979).
Ch. 2003-400 (C.S. for
S.B. 8-A) Revises provisions relating to trust funds; subjects
covered include a specified contribution formula, provisions regarding required
appropriations, and investment methods and disposition of earned interest;
revises and reenacts a provision relating to segregation of state funds.
Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-401 (S.B. 16-A) Terminates specified trust funds;
revises and repeals provisions relating to trust funds. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-402 (H.B. 113-A) Creates, revises, repeals, reenacts,
and transfers provisions relating to the judicial system. Effective July 1, 2003, except as otherwise
provided.
Ch. 2003-403 (S.B. 10-A) Establishes a fee schedule for the
production and dissemination of certain criminal history information. Effective
July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-404 (S.B. 12-A) Provides for the transfer of specified
funds into the Public Employees Relations Commission Trust Fund. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-405 (S.B.
22-A) Creates the Sunshine for Seniors Program to assist qualifying
seniors with obtaining prescription drugs; revises provisions relating to
health care; abrogates the repeal of the Florida Kidcare Act. Effective July 1, 2003, except as otherwise
provided.
Ch. 2003-406 (S.B. 28-A) Increases amounts to be deposited into
the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund. Effective July 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-407 (S.B.
40-A) Revises and reenacts provisions relating to insurance agents
and enacts a provision relating to use of credit reports and credit scores by
insurers for underwriting and rating purposes. Effective January 1, 2004.
Ch. 2003-408 (C.S. for
S.B. 42-A) Creates a public records exemption for certain credit
scoring methodologies and related data and information filed with the Office of
Insurance Regulation. Effective January
1, 2004.
Ch. 2003-409 (S.B. 24-A) Creates and revises provisions relating
to transportation projects. Effective June
27, 2003.
Ch. 2003-410 (C.S. for S.B. 26-A) Revises provisions relating to
driver’s licenses and identification cards. Effective October 1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-411 (C.S. for S.B. 32-A) Creates, revises, and provides
for the future repeal of provisions relating to motor vehicle insurance costs
and benefits and health care clinic regulation. Effective October 1, 2003, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2003-412 (S.B. 50-A) Creates, revises, and repeals
provisions relating to workers’ compensation. Effective October 1, 2003, except as otherwise provided.
Summaries of General Laws
Passed at the 2003
Special Session “B” of the Florida
Legislature
Ch. 2003-413 (H.B. 23-B) Prescribes learning opportunities for
certain students to meet high school graduation requirements; authorizes
alternate assessment to the grade 10 FCAT. Effective June 20, 2003, and retroactively applicable
with respect to provisions specifically referencing the 2002-2003 school year.
Ch. 2003-414 (H.B. 85-B) Redesignates the Florida Biomedical
Research Program as the James and Esther King Biomedical Research Program and
provides an appropriation. Effective July
1, 2003.
Ch. 2003-415 (H.B. 29-B) Creates, revises, transfers, and
repeals provisions relating to elections. Effective January 1, 2004, except as otherwise provided.
Summaries of General Laws Passed at the 2003
Special Session “D” of the Florida
Legislature
Ch. 2003-416 (C.S. for S.B. 2-D) Creates
and revises provisions relating to medical malpractice. Repeals an exemption
from public records requirements for information in a notice of an adverse
incident. Effective September
15, 2003, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2003-417 (H.B. 3-D) Provides for additional
corrections positions and funds if the inmate population exceeds specified
projections; provides for certain prison construction projects; waives certain
statutory requirements for specified prison construction projects in certain
circumstances; and provides for reversion of specified appropriations.
Effective August 14, 2003.
Summaries of General Laws Passed at the 2003
Special Session “E” of the Florida
Legislature
(Special Session E occurred after the publication of Florida Statutes 2003
Legislation from this session will be incorporated into Florida Statutes 2004)
Ch. 2003-418 (H.B.
35-E) Permits the governor to issue a one-time stay preventing the
withholding of nutrition and hydration in certain circumstances; provides for
immunity for persons complying with such a stay; provides for appointment of a
guardian ad litem for a person subject to such a
stay. Effective October 21, 2003.
Ch. 2003-419 (C.S. for
S.B. 8-E) Exempts certain information, research materials, actual and
potential trade secrets, proprietary business information, and meetings held by
the Scripps Florida Funding Corporation or the Office of Tourism, Trade and
Economic Development from public records and public meetings requirements;
provides an exception. Effective November
3, 2003.
Ch. 2003-420 (C.S. for C.S. for
S.B. 6-E) Creates and revises provisions relating to economic
development, including creation of the Scripps Florida Funding Corporation.
Effective November 3, 2003.
Ch. 2003-421 (H.B. 5-E) Re-creates the Biomedical Research Trust
Fund; carries forward all current balances of the fund; and continues all
current sources and uses of the fund. Effective July 1, 2004.
Ch. 2003-422 (C.S. for S.B’s. 14-E and 16-E) For workers’ compensation
purposes, provides that certain construction contracting licensees are not
required to obtain approval for change of status or to obtain a specified
license or certificate of authority until July 1, 2004; enumerates change of
status requirements and procedures; redefines the term “corporate officer.” Effective
November 12, 2003.
Ch. 2003-423 (C.S. for S.B. 18-E) Revises provisions relating to
phosphate mining; provides for studies; appropriates funds. Effective November 12, 2003.
Ch. 2003-424 (S.B.
22-E) For the 2003-2004 fiscal year, sets a limit on the amount of
tax credits that may be granted for contributions to certain scholarship
funding organizations and provides additional funding for the Florida Education
Finance Program. Effective November
12, 2003.
Ch. 2003-425 (H.B. 23-E) Exempts certain persons in the defense,
space, and aerospace industries from licensure as professional engineers;
revises provisions relating to use of professional engineering titles.
Effective November 12, 2003.
Ch. 2003-426 (H.B. 43-E) Provides for the transfer of specified
unclaimed lottery prize money to the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund;
provides for certain appropriations and allocations. Effective November 12, 2003.
H.J.R. 25-E Provides
for apportionment of specified Florida House of Representatives districts
beginning in 2004.