Summaries of General Laws Passed at the 2005
Special Session B of the Florida Legislature
Ch. 2005-353 (S.B. 18-B) Implements s. 24, Art. X of the State Constitution to increase the state minimum wage to $6.15 per hour; provides for annual adjustment; mandates publication and notification of wage rate information; penalizes violations. Effective December 12, 2005.
Ch. 2005-354 (S.B. 12-B) Provides for the relief of Wilton Dedge. Effective December 14, 2005.
Ch. 2005-355 (H.B. 15-B) Authorizes the governing body of a county that has been declared a major disaster area to adopt options extending the eligibility period for an early-payment discount of ad valorem taxes; prescribes options and notice requirements. Effective December 14, 2005.
Ch. 2005-356 (H.B. 41-B) Increases the number of circuit court judges in the Twentieth Judicial Circuit and increases the number of county court judges in Collier County; provides for appointment and funding. Effective December 14, 2005, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2005-357 (H.B. 31-B) Creates the NASCAR license plate under certain circumstances; provides for annual use fee collection and distribution. Effective 30 days after Daytona Beach is designated by NASCAR as the site of the NASCAR Hall of Fame; contingency did not occur.
Ch. 2005-358 (H.B. 3-B) Revises provisions relating to Medicaid; mandates creation of a Medicaid Low-Income Pool Council and provides for membership, powers, and duties; expands the Medicaid managed care pilot program; requires specified quarterly and annual reports. Effective December 16, 2005.
Ch. 2005-359 (S.B. 6-B) Revises provisions relating to various lobbying activities; provides for filing of certain reports and information electronically; prohibits persons convicted of a felony from registering as lobbyists until specified conditions are satisfied. Effective January 1, 2006, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2005-360 (S.B. 8-B) Prescribes requirements and conditions for making in-kind contributions to political parties and the parties’ acceptance of such contributions; mandates filing of specified reports. Effective February 1, 2006.
Ch. 2005-361 (S.B. 40-B) Provides an exemption from public records requirements for certain lobbying firm audit or investigation records. Provides an exemption from public meetings requirements for any meetings held pursuant to such an investigation or at which such audit is discussed. Provides for future review and repeal. Effective January 1, 2006.
Ch. 2005-362 (H.B. 1-B) Creates various provisions relating to slot machine gaming; defines specified terms; delineates powers and duties of certain governmental entities; provides for licensure, oversight, fees, and taxation; conforms specified provisions. Effective January 4, 2006.
Summaries of General Laws Passed at the 2006
Regular Session of the Florida Legislature
Ch. 2006-1 (H.B. 7067) Amends, repeals, 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 4, 2006.
Ch. 2006-2 (H.B. 7069) Repeals numerous provisions of the Florida Statutes which were repealed other than by a “current session” of the Legislature, for the purpose of omitting such provisions from publication in the Florida Statutes 2006. Effective July 4, 2006.
Ch. 2006-3 (H.B. 7071) Designates portions of the Florida Statutes 2006 which constitute the official statute law of the state. Designates general laws which are, and which are not, repealed by adoption of the Florida Statutes 2006. Effective July 4, 2006.
Ch. 2006-4 (H.B. 167) Revises provisions relating to household moving services; requires specified insurance coverage; provides penalties for violation and provides for alternative methods of coverage. Prescribes circumstance under which a county or municipality may issue or renew an occupational license to a mover or moving broker. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-5 (H.B. 201) Revises provisions relating to possessory lien notice, attachment, and satisfaction requirements for the nonjudicial sale of vessels. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-6 (H.B. 145) Deletes provisions relating to percentage of fault in the apportionment of economic damages in civil actions. Effective April 26, 2006.
Ch. 2006-7 (H.B. 47) Provides an exemption from sales and use tax for sales of specified goods from May 21, 2006 through June 1, 2006; excludes certain goods; provides for rulemaking and administration. Effective April 27, 2006.
Ch. 2006-8 (S.B. 542) Clarifies that the administrative law judge has exclusive jurisdiction to make factual determinations regarding satisfaction of certain notice requirements under the Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Plan; authorizes the State Board of Administration to invest and reinvest plan funds. Effective May 2, 2006.
Ch. 2006-9 (H.B. 599) Creates the Florida Faith-based and Community-based Advisory Council to facilitate the effective delivery of services to the community; provides for membership, duties, and term of office. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-10 (H.B. 219) Establishes a cap on the amount a labor pool may charge a day laborer for travel; permits such labor pools to provide payment via cash-dispensing machines under specified conditions; provides certain licensure applicability. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-11 (H.B. 1567) Creates and revises provisions relating to eminent domain; prescribes conditions for conveyance of property acquired through eminent domain to natural persons or private entities; prohibits the use of eminent domain to eliminate nuisance, slum, or blight conditions. Effective May 11, 2006.
Ch. 2006-12 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 1980) Creates and revises provisions relating to property and casualty insurance; repeals the requirement for development of a low-interest loan program for retrofitting homes to reduce hurricane damage or loss. Effective May 16, 2006, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2006-13 (H.B. 1039) Revises provisions relating to the Miami-Dade County Lake Belt Plan and the Miami-Dade County Lake Belt Mitigation Plan; designates a specified impoundment project as the “Fran Reich Preserve.” Effective January 1, 2007.
Ch. 2006-14 (H.B. 7119) Requires the Florida High School Athletic Association to hold specified laws in abeyance; creates a Student Athlete Recruiting Task Force to review issues regarding recruitment of secondary school student athletes; provides for task force membership and duties. Effective May 23, 2006.
Ch. 2006-15 (C.S. for S.B. 394) Permits the Agency for Persons with Disabilities to amend certain budgetary requests; requires specified reports; includes the agency within the entities administering the consumer-directed care program. Effective May 25, 2006.
Ch. 2006-16 (C.S. for S.B. 818) Modifies provisions relating to transfer of specified funds from the Fuel Tax Collection Trust Fund to the Florida Coastal Protection Trust Fund and the Inland Protection Trust Fund. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-17 (C.S. for S.B. 840) Authorizes the Agency for Workforce Innovation to contract for the administration of the Teacher Education and Compensation Helps (TEACH) scholarship program; requires the agency to recommend a funds allocation formula based on equity and performance. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-18 (C.S. for S.B. 844) Prescribes the classification, salary, and benefits plans of specified state employees; revises provisions relating to health savings accounts, the prescription drug program, wages and salaries, and travel expenses. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-19 (S.B. 2340) Creates the Administrative Trust Fund within the Department of Corrections; provides for use and source of funds; provides for review and termination or re-creation. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-20 (S.B. 2342) Creates the Federal Grants Trust Fund within the Department of Corrections; provides for use and source of funds; provides for review and termination or re-creation. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-21 (S.B. 2344) Creates the Administrative Trust Fund within the Department of Law Enforcement; provides for use and source of funds; provides for review and termination or re-creation. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-22 (S.B. 2346) Creates the Federal Grants Trust Fund within the Department of Law Enforcement; provides for use and source of funds; provides for review and termination or re-creation. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-23 (C.S. for S.B. 2348) Creates the Operating Trust Fund within the state courts system; provides for use and source of funds; provides for review and termination or re-creation; conforms specified provisions. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-24 (S.B. 2350) Creates the Federal Grants Trust Fund within the state courts system; provides for use and source of funds; provides for review and termination or re-creation. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-25 (H.B. 5001) General Appropriations Act; provides appropriations for fiscal year 2006-2007. Effective July 1, 2006, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2006-26 (H.B. 5003) Provides implementing and administering provisions for the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2006-2007. Effective July 1, 2006, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2006-27 (H.B. 5005) Creates, revises, and repeals provisions relating to education funding. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-28 (H.B. 5007) Revises provisions relating to health care; creates a pharmaceutical expense assistance program for certain cancer patients; provides for program eligibility, administration, and funding; repeals an enrollment ceiling for a specified portion of the Florida Kidcare program. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-29 (H.B. 5009) Revises provisions relating to reimbursement and funding rates for substance abuse and mental health services providers. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-30 (H.B. 5011) Revises provisions relating to foster care and related services to provide for a community-based care risk pool initiative, certain interest-free loans, and a pilot project transferring certain government oversight responsibilities to independent entities. Effective July 1, 2006, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2006-31 (H.B. 5013) Eliminates certain authority of the Department of Children and Family Services and the Department of Health to use fee collections in excess of fee-supported appropriations for specified purposes. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-32 (H.B. 5017) Eliminates the Florida Corrections Commission; conforms specified provisions to provide that an annual report on elderly offenders and certain contract considerations be done by other specified governmental entities; revises provisions relating to consensus prison per diem rates developed for legislative use. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-33 (H.B. 5021) Permits only one trial continuance in a case to commit a sexually violent predator; provides an exception; requires maintenance of a registry of mental health and other experts to provide examinations and expert testimony is such cases. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-34 (H.B. 5023) Provides for the resolution of collective bargaining issues at impasse between the State of Florida and specified certified bargaining units. Effective May 25, 2006.
Ch. 2006-35 (H.B. 5025) Revises the required employer retirement contribution rates for the Florida Retirement System membership classes for fiscal years effective July 1, 2006, and July 1, 2007. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-36 (S.B. 152) Reduces the required frequency for physical inspection of real property by a property appraiser for assessment purposes; permits review of image technology as necessary. Effective May 30, 2006.
Ch. 2006-37 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 170) Permits certain direct service provider staff members to administer specified prescribed medications and to supervise self-administration; establishes prerequisites and circumstances. Effective May 30, 2006.
Ch. 2006-38 (C.S. for S.B. 264) Provides an additional criterion for determining no change in ownership of homestead property for homestead assessment purposes; provides an exception. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-39 (S.B. 266) Revises licensure and continuing education requirements for athletic trainers. Effective May 30, 2006.
Ch. 2006-40 (C.S. for S.B. 274) Authorizes state parks to have functioning automated external defibrillators; requires training, maintenance, and location registration; provides immunity from civil liability. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-41 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 428) Increases per diem and subsistence allowances and mileage rates for purposes of reimbursement of authorized travel expenses of public officers, employees, and authorized persons. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-42 (S.B. 490) Requires reporting of specified tax assessment roll findings to certain House of Representatives committees and notification of certain county personnel of the availability of such findings. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-43 (S.B. 496) Revises the membership, powers, and duties of the Citrus/Hernando Waterways Restoration Council. Effective May 30, 2006.
Ch. 2006-44 (C.S. for S.B. 738) Revises motor vehicle registration application forms to permit applicants to contribute to the Miami Heart Research Institute. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-45 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 994) Creates and revises provisions relating to citrus. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-46 (S.B. 1198) Revises corporate income tax provisions to adopt the 2006 version of the Internal Revenue Code. Effective May 30, 2006, and retroactively operative to January 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-47 (C.S. for S.B. 1268) Revises the age requirement, income threshold, and interest rate relating to additional homestead tax deferrals. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-48 (S.B. 1282) Establishes a K-8 virtual school program to facilitate academic instruction availability using on-line and distance learning technology; prescribes eligibility requirements and application, participation, and operation procedures. Effective May 30, 2006.
Ch. 2006-49 (S.B. 1284) Permits the Agency for Health Care Administration to provide public access to certain reports electronically; requires specified print and Internet-generated consumer information and publications. Effective October 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-50 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 1286) Revises provisions relating to substance abuse and mental health services; abrogates the expiration of provisions relating to the appointment of specified substance abuse personnel and the establishment of mental health program offices. Effective May 30, 2006.
Ch. 2006-51 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 1328) Creates and revises provisions relating to the crime of theft. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-52 (C.S. for S.B. 1590) Permits certain dealers to forego the collection allowance for collecting certain taxes or fees and have such funds deposited into a specified trust fund; provides conditions. Effective January 1, 2007.
Ch. 2006-53 (S.B. 1756) Removes the Secretary of State, Comptroller, Treasurer, and Commissioner of Education from the order of succession to the office of Governor; adds the Chief Financial Officer to the succession order. Effective May 30, 2006.
Ch. 2006-54 (S.B. 2434) Prohibits the use of certain community college program, state university, and private college or university funds and public officer or employee travel expenses for activities related to or involving travel to a terrorist state. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-55 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 2728) Creates and revises provisions relating to economic development incentives; creates the Innovation Incentive Program to facilitate the state’s effective competition for high-value research and development and innovation business projects. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-56 (H.B. 69) Deletes a limitation on an exemption from the tax on sales, use, and other transactions for certain industrial machinery and equipment; repeals specified criteria regarding qualification for exemption and credit. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-57 (H.B. 415) Revises provisions relating to the tax on sales, use, and other transactions regarding certain research and development costs and equipment. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-58 (H.B. 1237) Creates the 21st Century Technology, Research, and Scholarship Enhancement Act to facilitate scholar recruitment and research and development; provides for specified programs and centers; authorizes colleges of medicine at the University of Central Florida and Florida International University. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-59 (H.B. 1285) Expands an exemption from public records requirements for incentive programs to include the Innovation Incentive Program. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-60 (H.B. 1489) Redesignates the Florida Space Authority as Space Florida; creates, revises, and repeals various provisions relating to the aerospace industry; requires establishment of the Florida Center for Mathematics and Science Education Research; prescribes center responsibilities. Effective May 30, 2006.
Ch. 2006-61 (H.B. 487) Revises membership qualifications, terms of office, appointment procedures, and duties of the Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged. Effective May 31, 2006.
Ch. 2006-62 (H.B. 5019) Provides for creation of sheriff’s training and respect programs; prescribes eligibility criteria and operation procedures; provides for training requirements; conforms specified provisions; provides for waiver of specified fees upon parental completion of certain classes; repeals a provision relating to boot camps for children. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-63 (S.B. 692) Exempts the sale of certain books, clothing, and school supplies from sales taxes for a specified time period; provides exceptions. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-64 (C.S. for S.B. 1506) Permits specified viatical settlement provider information to be submitted electronically. Effective June 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-65 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 1774) Revises provisions relating to building codes; repeals a provision requiring specified periodic inspections. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-66 (H.B. 737) For purposes of specified tax benefits, redefines the term “infrastructure” to include certain fixed capital expenditures or fixed capital outlay to improve specified private facilities made available as public emergency shelters or staging areas for emergency response equipment during officially declared emergencies. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-67 (H.B. 911) Provides for the use of certain state facilities as emergency shelters during storms or other catastrophic events; requires an annual inventory of such facilities. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-68 (H.B. 1359) Revises provisions relating to coastal protection, redevelopment, and management. Effective June 1, 2005.
Ch. 2006-69 (H.B. 1363) Creates and revises provisions relating to affordable housing; repeals the State Farmworker Housing Pilot Loan Program and certain collection powers of the Florida Housing Finance Corporation. Effective July 1, 2006, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2006-70 (H.B. 1435) Removes the Division of Emergency Management from the control, supervision, or direction of the Department of Community Affairs; provides for appointment of division director; provides for certain service agreements and interagency collaboration and coordination. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-71 (H.B. 7121) Creates and revises provisions relating to emergency management. Effective June 1, 2006, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2006-72 (C.S. for S.B. 1172) Creates a pilot program authorizing local government adoption of ordinances permitting public food service establishments to allow patrons’ dogs within certain designated outdoor portions of their establishments; establishes requirements and procedures. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-73 (H.B. 795) Creates the First Generation Matching Grant Program to facilitate provision of grant-based student financial aid for specified undergraduate students; provides for fund allocation and grant award criteria and procedures; requires postsecondary institutions to include certain testing costs in the costs of attendance. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-74 (H.B. 7087) Creates, revises, and repeals numerous provisions relating to education; creates the Division of Accountability, Research, and Measurement within the Department of Education. Effective June 5, 2006.
Ch. 2006-75 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 256) Creates and revises provisions relating to scholarship program accountability. Effective July 1, 2006, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2006-76 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 1212) Revises and readopts an exemption from public records requirements for certain individual agricultural records held by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Effective October 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-77 (H.B. 191) Creates and revises provisions relating to guardianship. Effective June 6, 2006.
Ch. 2006-78 (H.B. 821) Revises provisions relating to the community contribution tax credit program regarding available tax credits, limitations for certain projects, and requirements and procedures used in granting such tax credits. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-79 (H.B. 5043) Terminates, redesignates, and transfers specified trust funds; conforms certain provisions; provides for certain funds to be credited to the Rape Crisis Trust Fund. Effective July 1, 2006, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2006-80 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 142) Revises provisions relating to price regulations for nonbasic telecommunication services and waives certain local exchange telecommunications companies’ service obligations; prescribes waiver conditions. Effective June 7, 2006.
Ch. 2006-81 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 258) Requires identifying display stickers on farm labor vehicles and establishes safety standards for such vehicles; repeals a provision relating to transportation of migrant farm workers. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-82 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 262) Revises provisions relating to administrative procedures including committee duties; parties in an action; rule adoption, publication, and challenge procedures; hearing procedures; and reporting requirements. Effective July 1, 2006, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2006-83 (S.B. 370) Revises licensure requirements for speech-language pathologists and audiologists and certification requirements for their respective assistants. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-84 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 786) Mandates and prescribes worksite notice requirements relating to the state minimum wage. Effective January 1, 2007.
Ch. 2006-85 (C.S. for S.B. 792) Revises and readopts an exemption from public records requirements for certain return, account, or declaration information received by the Department of Revenue; conforms specified provisions. Effective October 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-86 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 1080) Creates, revises, and reenacts provisions relating to child protective services; repeals provisions relating to case plan and placement requirements, long-term custody, independent living, and termination of parental rights. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-87 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 1090) Revises license renewal requirements for water well contractors; permits such contractors to facilitate the performance of certain work incidental to construction, repair, or abandonment of a water well; authorizes specified penalties for unlicensed practice of water well contracting. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-88 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 1112) Prescribes procedures for county and municipal denial of applications for development permits. Effective October 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-89 (C.S. for S.B. 1278) Authorizes creation of the Interagency Services Committee for Youth and Young Adults with Disabilities to facilitate the transition to employment or further education for such persons; provides for membership, duties, reporting, and repeal. Effective June 7, 2006.
Ch. 2006-90 (C.S. for S.B. 1290) Revises procedures relating to renewal of licenses to carry concealed weapons or firearms; tolls the license expiration for certain servicemembers; establishes timeframes and procedures. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-91 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 1510) Provides criteria for designation of child care providers as Gold Seal Quality Care providers; provides for prolonged child care under certain conditions; revises certain screening, disciplinary, licensure, and scholarship provisions. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-92 (C.S. for S.B. 1540) Revises provisions relating to limited prescription drug veterinary wholesalers regarding drug adulteration, permit requirements and fees, and establishment inspection. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-93 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 1678) Requires that state agency fees for regulatory services or oversight of professions or businesses cover the costs of such services and oversight; requires periodic fee structure review. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-94 (H.B. 41) Prescribes procedures for the administrative expunction of nonjudicial arrest records. Effective June 7, 2006.
Ch. 2006-95 (H.B. 125) Requires dissemination of voter registration applications to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and locations where hunting, fishing, or trapping licenses or permits are sold; establishes procedures; prohibits the commission or its agents from soliciting, accepting, or collecting such applications. Effective June 7, 2006, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2006-96 (H.B. 147) Prescribes the order of closing arguments in criminal prosecutions; repeals a specified rule of criminal procedure to conform. Effective October 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-97 (H.B. 175) Revises provisions relating to drug court programs. Effective June 7, 2006.
Ch. 2006-98 (H.B. 265) Requires that certain lands managed by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission be accessible and used for hunting; provides exceptions. Effective June 7, 2006.
Ch. 2006-99 (H.B. 271) Provides for continued Department of Corrections custody of certain arrestees. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-100 (H.B. 285) Clarifies the Governor’s emergency management powers regarding the seizure, taking, or confiscation of lawfully possessed firearms; reenacts provisions regarding certain emergency actions necessitated by a serious shortage of energy sources. Effective June 7, 2006.
Ch. 2006-101 (H.B. 421) Continues an exemption from the tax on sales, use, and other transactions for certain property rented, leased, subleased, or licensed to concessionaires; provides timeframe for specified tax collection; abrogates the repeal of certain tax exemption provisions; revises provisions relating to certain admission taxes. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-102 (H.B. 687) Provides an exemption from public records requirements for personal identifying information, held by the Division of Licensing, of persons who have applied for or received licenses to carry concealed weapons. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-103 (H.B. 1029) Repeals provisions relating to the carrying of firearms in national forests; conforms specified provisions. Effective October 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-104 (H.B. 1533) Provides for the cleanup of certain petroleum contamination sites; creates presumptions; provides exclusions. Effective June 7, 2006.
Ch. 2006-105 (H.C.B. 6003) Provides that certain ticket purchases beyond the maximum ticket limit quantity with the intent to resell such tickets violates the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act; limits resale price for certain tickets. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-106 (H.B. 7015) Revises and readopts an exemption from public records requirements for information identifying the location of certain archaeological sites. Effective October 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-107 (H.B. 7021) Provides that specified circumstances give rise to an inference that persons in possession of stolen motor vehicles knew or should have known that such vehicles were stolen. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-108 (H.B. 7023) Revises and readopts public records exemptions relating to certain medical facility terrorism response information. Effective October 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-109 (H.B. 7025) Revises and readopts certain public records and public meeting exemptions relating to specified comprehensive emergency management plans. Effective October 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-110 (H.B. 7027) Revises and readopts exemptions from public records and public meeting requirements for specified records and meetings relating to long-term care facilities. Effective October 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-111 (H.B. 7031) Revises provisions relating to various programs, entities, and functions under the responsibility of the Department of State; prescribes methods of satisfying required functionalities regarding audio ballot systems. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-112 (H.B. 7043) Revises and readopts exemptions from public records requirements for certain personal identifying information relating to health or eligibility for or receipt of health-related, elder care, or long-term care services; provides an exception. Effective October 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-113 (H.B. 7055) Revises and reenacts provisions relating to enterprise zones; provides for an enterprise zone designation for the City of Winter Haven. Effective June 7, 2006.
Ch. 2006-114 (H.B. 7111) Revises and readopts certain public records provisions relating to interference with custody of a minor, defenses to such charge, presumption, and exceptions; incorporates specified provisions. Effective October 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-115 (H.B. 7113) Revises and readopts exemptions from public records requirements for certain provisions relating to interference with custody of a minor or incompetent person; expands the exemption for specified information held by a sheriff or state attorney; provides an exception. Effective October 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-116 (H.B. 7137) Authorizes the Department of Corrections to develop a program for the reasonable suspicion drug testing of specified employees. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-117 (H.B. 7259) Provides limitations on claimant class and recovery in class action lawsuits; provides exceptions. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-118 (C.S. for S.B. 746) Permits electronic filing of birth certificates and certificates of death or fetal death with the State Registrar; provides for issuance of a certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth; prescribes issuance conditions, certificate format, and fees. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-119 (C.S. for S.B. 1716) Creates the joint Legislative Budget Commission and the Government Efficiency Task Force; provides for memberships, powers, and duties; revises provisions relating to state planning and budgeting. Effective upon the effective date of an amendment to the State Constitution contained in Senate Joint Resolution 2144, or a similar constitutional amendment, relating to the state budgeting, planning, and appropriations processes.
Ch. 2006-120 (C.S. for S.B. 1748) Creates, revises, and transfers numerous provisions relating to juvenile justice. Effective January 1, 2007.
Ch. 2006-121 (C.S. for S.B. 1922) Creates and revises provisions relating to the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program and state and local councils; repeals a provision penalizing certain action against a person making a complaint. Effective June 9, 2006.
Ch. 2006-122 (C.S. for S.B. 2548) Creates and revises provisions relating to state financial matters; repeals provisions relating to certain warrant classifications, inter-agency contract restrictions, and shared savings financing. Effective July 1, 2006, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2006-123 (H.B. 21) Creates the Council on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys to systematically study the conditions affecting such persons; provides for membership, duties, and term of office. Effective January 1, 2007.
Ch. 2006-124 (H.B. 37) Provides for a consumer report security freeze to prohibit the release of certain consumer information to a third party; provides specified exceptions; provides for procedures, fees, and penalties for violations. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-125 (H.B. 67) Provides for funding to youth athletic organizations for automated external defibrillator devices; requires education of persons acquiring such devices regarding the scope and limitations of immunity from liability. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-126 (H.B. 75) Revises provisions relating to the eligibility requirements, funding, and payment criteria for the John M. McKay Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program. Effective June 9, 2006.
Ch. 2006-127 (H.B. 85) Reclassifies the offense of assault and battery on specified personnel to include non-sworn law enforcement agency employees and certain security officers. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-128 (H.B. 95) Prohibits the sale, purchase, or use of alcohol vaporizing devices; provides penalties; provides an exception. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-129 (H.B. 193) Creates an exemption from public records requirements for specified court orders, reports, and findings; provides exceptions; provides for future review and repeal. Effective June 6, 2006; became a law June 9, 2006; see 374 So.2d 959 (Fla. 1979).
Ch. 2006-130 (H.B. 317) Prohibits a licensed stand-alone bar vendor from knowingly making a false statement on an annual compliance affidavit; removes a specified filing requirement. Effective June 9, 2006.
Ch. 2006-131 (H.B. 329) Redefines the terms “abuse” and “neglect” in regards to the treatment or protection of a vulnerable adult; provides for nonemergency protective services intervention and confidentiality of certain information. Effective June 9, 2006.
Ch. 2006-132 (H.B. 429) Revises provisions relating to the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind; permits the school’s campus police officers to enforce traffic laws on campus. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-133 (H.B. 483) Requires hospital compliance with specified federal regulations regarding registered nurses performing circulating duties in operating rooms; requires circulating nurse presence in operating rooms at certain times. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-134 (H.B. 521) Revises provisions relating to probate, including procedures regarding delivery, opening, and access to certain safe-deposit boxes; filing or withdrawal of certain estate share elections; filing petitions for determinations of exempt property; and notice of administration requirements. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-135 (H.B. 641) Exempts specified veterinary workers from the applicability of chapter 474 of the Florida Statutes. Effective June 9, 2006, and retroactively operative to January 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-136 (H.B. 667) Revises provisions relating to credit counseling services regarding unlawful fees and costs, audit requirements, and creditor contributions. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-137 (H.B. 765) Creates a program to provide discounted computers and Internet access to certain public school, charter school, or home education students; provides for purchase assistance to low-income students. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-138 (H.B. 789) Revises provisions relating to damage prevention and safety for underground facilities. Effective October 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-139 (H.B. 819) Revises provisions relating to radiological personnel certification requirements, duties, grounds for discipline, violations, and penalties. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-140 (H.B. 825) Creates the Financial Literacy Council to study certain consumer financial problems; provides for membership, powers and duties, and term of office. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-141 (H.B. 871) Prohibits the obtaining of telephone calling records by fraudulent means; prohibits selling or offering to sell such records; provides penalties; exempts specified entities. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-142 (H.B. 919) Prohibits knowingly and willingly giving false information to law enforcement under specified circumstances; penalizes violation. Effective October 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-143 (H.B. 1031) Prohibits unauthorized county or municipal fees or taxes on pawn transactions or purchases. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-144 (H.B. 1079) Provides an exemption from the tax on sales, use, and other transactions for certain charges relating to the repair, maintenance, sale, or lease of qualified aircraft; prescribes conditions; exempts specified materials from such taxes. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-145 (H.B. 1089) Revises the commencement time period for actions founded on the design, planning, or construction of improvements to real property; limits converter reserve account applicability to certain conversions. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-146 (H.B. 1123) Creates the Florida Government Accountability Act; provides for scheduled advisory committee review of specified state departments, agencies, and commissions and the continuance or abolishment of such entities; prescribes criteria and procedures. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-147 (H.B. 1141) Provides for the transfer and creation of custodial property in individual retirement accounts or certain qualified plans; provides for the ratification, confirmation, and validation of certain account or plan conveyances. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-148 (H.B. 1155) Provides that certain drycleaning facilities accidentally contaminated by solvents are eligible for state-funded site rehabilitation. Effective June 9, 2006.
Ch. 2006-149 (H.B. 1157) Defines the term “dental charting”; permits dental hygienists to perform such charting without supervision; prescribes procedures. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-150 (H.B. 1167) Prohibits sexual predators from possessing prescription erectile dysfunction drugs; penalizes violation. Effective October 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-151 (H.B. 1243) Authorizes certain funding of regional professional development academies; prescribes the use of such funds. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-152 (H.B. 1269) Revises provisions relating to local business taxes; defines and redefines specified terms. Effective January 1, 2007.
Ch. 2006-153 (H.B. 1319) Provides for additional certification of swimming instructors specializing in training persons with developmental disabilities. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-154 (H.B. 1351) Revises provisions relating to construction, electrical, and alarm system contracting. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-155 (H.B. 1417) Revises provisions relating to hospice licensure and personnel; requires that any hospice offering, description, or advertisement contain the year of its initial licensure in Florida; mandates development of outcome measures regarding the quality and effectiveness of hospice care. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-156 (H.B. 7007) Revises and readopts an exemption from public records requirements for identifying information relating to applicants for and recipients of child support services. Effective October 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-157 (H.B. 7017) Revises and readopts an exemption from public records requirements for certain information held by the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development. Effective October 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-158 (H.B. 7033) Revises and reorganizes certain public records and public meeting exemption provisions relating to specified security system plans. Effective October 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-159 (H.B. 7045) Revises and readopts certain public records and public meeting exemptions relating to specified rebate and trade secret information held by the Agency for Health Care Administration. Effective October 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-160 (H.B. 7047) Revises and readopts an exemption from public records requirements for specified proprietary confidential business information relating to the tobacco settlement agreement. Effective October 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-161 (H.B. 7051) Revises provisions relating to nursing home certificates of need. Effective June 9, 2006.
Ch. 2006-162 (H.B. 7105) Terminates the Children and Adolescents Substance Abuse Trust Fund within the Department of Children and Family Services; transfers all current balances and revenues; conforms specified provisions; revises certain revenue deposit and surcharge collection provisions; provides for a future repeal of a specified surcharge collection provision. Effective July 1, 2007, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2006-163 (H.B. 7161) Provides an exemption from public records requirements for certain proprietary confidential business information held by the State Board of Administration; provides exclusions; defines specified terms; provides for retroactive applicability; provides for future review and repeal. Effective October 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-164 (H.B. 7183) Provides an exemption from ad valorem taxation for certain property used for Biblical history displays under specified circumstances. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-165 (H.B. 7239) Transfers certain licensure duties from the Department of State to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; revises provisions relating to consumer services; repeals a provision requiring specified reporting. Effective July 1, 2006, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2006-166 (H.B. 113) Increases the number of circuit court and county court judges in certain circuits and counties; prescribes qualification and election procedures. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-167 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 118) Redefines the term “extended family member” to include certain stepparents and other relatives; permits such family members to petition for temporary child custody under specified circumstances. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-168 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 250) Clarifies provisions relating to human trafficking; redefines specified terms; provides for certain law enforcement training; enhances the amount recoverable in a civil action relating to sex trafficking or human trafficking. Effective October 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-169 (C.S. for S.B. 460) Revises provisions relating to the distribution of annual use fees derived from Police Athletic League and motorcycle specialty license plates. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-170 (C.S. for S.B. 1190) Revises provisions relating to the lease or sale of a county, district, or municipal hospital; delineates conditions for a complete sale of such hospital. Effective June 12, 2006.
Ch. 2006-171 (S.B. 1850) Expands Department of Children and Family Services service providers to include marriage and family therapists and mental health counselors; permits their involvement in certain activities; provides for a statewide system providing program access to adults with disabilities; abrogates the expiration of provisions relating to specified personnel and programs. Effective June 12, 2006.
Ch. 2006-172 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 1958) Provides for the regulation of airboat operation and equipment. Effective October 1, 2006, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2006-173 (C.S. for S.B. 2432) Exempts certain sellers of travel from licensing requirements to sell specified prepaid limited health service contracts. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-174 (H.B. 55) Mandates provision of application to request restoration of civil rights forms to certain prisoners in county detention facilities; excludes specified prisoners. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-175 (H.B. 65) Creates and revises provisions relating to judicial sales foreclosure proceedings including procedures, requirements, presumptions, surplus funds, and rights. Effective July 1, 2006, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2006-176 (H.B. 151) Revises various law enforcement provisions; provides immunity from civil liability for certain compliance with Amber and Missing Child Alerts; permits purchase and distribution of certain promotional materials; penalizes unauthorized use of specified law enforcement emblems or names; repeals provisions relating to annual audits and certain reporting requirements. Effective July 1, 2006, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2006-177 (H.B. 351) Requires provision of specified information and notification regarding the siting of community residential homes. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-178 (H.B. 457) Revises and reenacts provisions relating to guardianship; permits court appointment of a guardian ad litem for a minor prior to approval of a personal injury or wrongful death claim settlement; permits designation of a surrogate guardian; prescribes procedure. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-179 (H.B. 459) Creates an exemption from public records requirements for the identity of certain donors to the Statewide Public Guardianship Office’s direct-support organization. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-180 (H.B. 605) Provides an exemption from public records requirements for certain personal identifying information relating to specified current or former employees of the Department of Juvenile Justice and the spouses and children of such employees; conforms specified provisions. Effective October 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-181 (H.B. 1001) Provides an exemption from public records requirements for certain biometric identification information held by a state agency. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-182 (H.B. 1027) Creates and revises provisions relating to the membership and responsibilities of specified biomedical research councils and programs; provides for funding. Effective July 1, 2006, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2006-183 (H.B. 1077) Revises provisions relating to motor vehicle dealers. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-184 (H.B. 1113) Revises specified insurance personnel application and licensure prerequisites and procedures. Effective July 1, 2006, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2006-185 (H.B. 1249) Revises provisions relating to the funding for certain oyster management and restoration programs. Effective June 12, 2006, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2006-186 (H.B. 1291) Redefines the term “weapon” to include a plastic knife or blunt-bladed table knife; conforms specified provisions. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-187 (H.B. 1443) Extends the time period of the effectiveness of a financing statement; revises provisions relating to lien notice and false statements on certain construction documents. Effective October 1, 2006, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2006-188 (H.B. 7049) Revises and readopts an exemption from public records requirements for certain surplus lines record and policy information held by the Department of Financial Services. Effective October 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-189 (H.B. 7061) Revises and readopts an exemption from public records requirements for information relating to identifying drawers or deferred presentment providers. Effective October 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-190 (H.B. 7103) Revises provisions relating to charter school operation, accountability, and facility requirements. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-191 (H.B. 7107) Creates, revises, and repeals provisions relating to the registration, use, and protection of trademarks and service marks. Effective January 1, 2007.
Ch. 2006-192 (H.B. 7141) Creates and revises provisions relating to the licensure of health care providers; repeals the Trauma Services Trust Fund. Effective October 1, 2006, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2006-193 (H.B. 7145) Creates and revises provisions relating to seaport security. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-194 (H.B. 7173) Revises provisions relating to the prevention of child abuse and neglect; requires specified plans, activities, services, and training for certain children and young adults; provides for removal of the disability of nonage for specified minors under certain conditions. Effective July 1, 2006, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2006-195 (H.B. 7199) Revises provisions relating to the rights, treatment, and training of certain persons who have mental illness, mental retardation, or autism. Effective June 12, 2006.
Ch. 2006-196 (C.S. for S.B. 202) Provides requirements for protection of a creation not subject to copyright; revises provisions relating to deceptive and unfair trade practices. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-197 (C.S. for S.B. 388) Creates, revises, and transfers numerous provisions relating to assisted care communities. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-198 (C.S. for S.B. 466) Creates and revises licensure, certification, and registration requirements relating to supervisory and registered trainee real estate appraisers. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-199 (S.B. 512) Revises and readopts an exemption from public records requirements for certain personal identifying information held by the Department of Health. Effective October 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-200 (C.S. for S.B. 646) Revises status determination and registration requirements relating to sexual predators, sexual offenders, and career offenders. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-201 (S.B. 694) Revises provisions relating to certain recordkeeping, record inspection, and transactional requirements for secondhand dealers; redefines specified terms; conforms certain provisions; repeals provisions relating to property disposal. Effective October 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-202 (C.S. for S.B. 1256) Revises minimum liquid reserve requirements for continuing care providers. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-203 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 1322) Provides an additional penalty for providing alcoholic beverages to persons under 21 years of age; provides an exception. Effective October 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-204 (S.B. 1400) Redefines the term “psychotherapist” to include certain advanced nurse practitioners for purposes of a specified Evidence Code privilege. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-205 (C.S. for S.B. 1670) Revises retirement program provisions relating to interest calculation on certain moneys, credit for military service of specified members, and recouping invalid distributions; revises standards for determining eligibility for certain investments. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-206 (H.B. 93) Provides penalties for the intentional or willful tampering with or rendering an automated external defibrillator inoperative; requires specified education of persons acquiring such devices; defines and redefines certain terms. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-207 (H.B. 587) Revises provisions relating to grounds for disciplining health care practitioners. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-208 (H.B. 595) Limits damages recoverable in personal injury or wrongful death negligence actions against specified community behavioral health agencies and their employees under certain conditions; provides an exception. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-209 (H.B. 775) Delineates specified psychology specialty titles; prescribes use of titles and certification criteria. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-210 (H.B. 1009) Revises provisions relating to the regulation of the real estate profession; repeals provisions relating to advance fees, deposits, and accounting. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-211 (H.B. 7009) Revises and readopts an exemption from public records requirements for specified information relating to certain human resource or personnel employees and their families; narrows the scope of the exemption. Effective October 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-212 (H.B. 7011) Revises and readopts an exemption from public records requirements for certain personal identifying information relating to code enforcement officers and their families; narrows the scope of the exemption. Effective October 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-213 (H.B. 7153) Creates and revises provisions relating to financial entities and transactions; repeals a provision requiring conspicuous posting of a license in a licensee’s place of business. Effective October 1, 2006, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2006-214 (H.B. 7237) Revises provisions relating to the term of office, jurisdiction, powers and duties, and operation procedures of the Public Service Commission; deletes a provision binding the court to certain commission findings; repeals provisions relating to chief auditor qualifications and regulation of coal slurry pipeline companies. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-215 (S.B. 372) Exempts persons fitting and dispensing hearing aids from certain advertisement disclosure requirements. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-216 (S.B. 704) Authorizes operators of automated teller machines to charge access fees or surcharges for transactions using certain financial institution accounts. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-217 (C.S. for S.B. 1170) Creates, revises, and repeals provisions relating to trusts. Effective July 1, 2007.
Ch. 2006-218 (C.S. for S.B. 1194) Creates the Interlocal Service Boundary Agreement Act to facilitate provision of services to residents and property as an alternative to annexation of territory into a municipality and the subtraction of territory from the unincorporated area of the county; creates and revises provisions relating to annexation and certain interlocal agreements; creates the Florida Impact Fee Act to facilitate compliance of adopted impact fees with certain standards. Effective June 14, 2006.
Ch. 2006-219 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 1632) Creates the Council on State Agency Inspectors General; provides for membership, meetings, and duties. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-220 (H.B. 683) Creates and revises provisions relating to growth management. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-221 (H.B. 1129) Clarifies the method of distribution of certain undesignated funds to participating charities. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-222 (H.B. 1271) Requires that law enforcement officers within the Department of Business and Professional Regulation be certified and meet specified qualifications; prescribes powers and responsibilities of such officers. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-223 (H.B. 1299) Revises provisions relating to areas designated as areas of critical state concern regarding removal of such designation and specified taxes. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-224 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 2518) Creates and revises provisions relating to certain state agency procurement contracts; creates a Council on Efficient Government to review and evaluate business cases to outsource; provides for membership, powers, and duties; prescribes outsourcing requirements and contractor operation parameters; repeals the State Council on Competitive Government. Effective June 15, 2006.
Ch. 2006-225 (H.B. 155) Requires the driver of a vehicle involved in a crash on public or private property that results in injury or death to remain at the scene; provides penalties for violation; provides exceptions; conforms provisions. Effective October 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-226 (H.B. 1173) Permits certain parents, guardians of minors, or other responsible adults to have Internet access to the minors’ driver history records; provides for access termination. Effective January 1, 2007.
Ch. 2006-227 (H.B. 1503) Creates and revises provisions relating to persons with disabilities; repeals a provision citing a short title. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-228 (H.B. 7163) Creates, reenacts, and revises provisions relating to environmental programs within the geographical jurisdiction of the Northwest Florida Water Management District. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-229 (H.B. 293) Creates and revises provisions relating to the allocation and distribution of certain tax proceeds to fiscally constrained counties. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-230 (C.S. for C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 888) Creates the Florida Energy Commission; provides for membership, duties, and reporting; creates and revises numerous provisions relating to energy; repeals provisions relating to determination of application and amendment sufficiency and applicability. Effective June 19, 2006, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2006-231 (H.B. 1347) Revises provisions relating to land acquisition and management; provides for the Babcock Crescent B Ranch Florida Forever acquisition; provides for the management and use of property. Effective June 19, 2006, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2006-232 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 80) Requires agency website notification that users’ e-mail addresses are public records; provides criminal penalties for specified unsolicited false and misleading electronic transmissions; prohibits certain acts relating to fraudulent use or possession of identifying information. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-233 (C.S. for S.B. 122) Requires a state university or community college to waive undergraduate tuition for specified recipients of a Purple Heart or other combat decoration superior in precedence; prescribes waiver conditions. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-234 (S.B. 124) Provides that an employer law enforcement agency is not liable for injury, death, or property damage effected or caused during hot pursuit under specified circumstances. Effective June 20, 2006.
Ch. 2006-235 (C.S. for S.B. 508) Provides for electronic monitoring of specified probationers or offenders registered as sexual predators or sexual offenders under certain conditions; redefines specified terms relating to residence. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-236 (S.B. 676) Designates key lime pie as the official state pie. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-237 (C.S. for S.B. 730) Revises and expands the scope of actions constituting accessory after the fact. Effective June 20, 2006.
Ch. 2006-238 (S.B. 1076) Requires that DUI education courses be conducted by certified instructors in classrooms in which both instructors and offenders are physically present; prohibits alternative instruction methods. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-239 (C.S. for S.B. 1370) Permits the director of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs to waive the residency requirement for admittance to a veterans’ nursing home under specified circumstances. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-240 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 1450) Creates the Donate Organs-Pass It On license plate; provides for annual use fee collection and distribution. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-241 (S.B. 1614) Abrogates the expiration of provisions permitting issuance of free motor vehicle license plates to active members of the Florida National Guard. Effective June 20, 2006.
Ch. 2006-242 (C.S. for S.B. 1690) Requires appointment of a physician assistant to specified probable cause panels; prescribes appointee’s qualifications and scope of duties. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-243 (C.S. for S.B. 1838) Authorizes dispensing prescriptions contained in a common database under specified conditions; deletes a provision authorizing transfer of certain prescriptions by a community pharmacy. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-244 (C.S. for S.B. 2034) Provides for educational opportunities for spouses of deceased or disabled servicemembers; prescribes qualifications and compliance requirements; prescribes use of funds. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-245 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 2184) Prescribes procedures for parent relocation with a child. Effective October 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-246 (H.B. 127) Expands the Department of Education parental information guidelines to include specified school entry requirements, resource information, certain disease information, and information regarding available immunizations and vaccinations. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-247 (H.B. 187) Prescribes the full information provided to a person or attorney regarding the results of certain blood, urine, or breath tests to determine the presence of alcohol, chemical substances, or controlled substances. Effective October 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-248 (H.B. 241) Provides for the enrollment of certain children in the Medikids or Florida Healthy Kids programs. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-249 (H.B. 273) Prohibits the planting of trees or other vegetation in the view zone of certain outdoor advertising signs if such trees or vegetation will obstruct the view of such signs; authorizes a height increase for certain outdoor advertising signs under specified circumstances. Effective June 20, 2006.
Ch. 2006-250 (H.B. 573) Exempts specified disabled veterans from certain license or permit fees relating to structural improvements upon a dwelling used as the veteran’s residence. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-251 (H.B. 699) Revises domestic violence, HIV, and AIDS continuing education course requirements for certain health care practitioners; establishes certain supervisory protocols; repeals a provision permitting a specified alternative continuing education course. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-252 (H.B. 749) Requires certain preliminary reports relating to new proposed sewerage systems or extension of existing systems; prescribes how the concurrency requirement may be met; permits government entities to grant a variance; provides exceptions; provides for certain corrective orders; increases continuing education requirements for septic tank contractors. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-253 (H.B. 849) Requires the Florida Supreme Court to establish standards and procedures for qualifications, certification, conduct, discipline, and training of foreign language court interpreters. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-254 (H.B. 947) Creates, revises, and reenacts provisions relating to long-term care insurance coverage; repeals specified determination of eligibility provisions. Effective June 20, 2006.
Ch. 2006-255 (H.B. 1015) Creates and revises provisions relating to agricultural economic development. Effective June 20, 2006.
Ch. 2006-256 (H.B. 1221) Creates alternate procedures for specified district school board elections; provides for resolution of certain tie votes; exempts certain school districts from specified organization requirements. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-257 (H.B. 1247) Requires the Agency for Health Care Administration and the Agency for Persons with Disabilities to develop a waiver program to serve children and adults with specified disabilities. Effective June 20, 2006.
Ch. 2006-258 (H.B. 1449) Creates the Florida Center for Brain Tumor Research to coordinate public and private entity brain cancer research efforts and establish and maintain a brain tumor registry; provides for funding and establishment of an advisory council. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-259 (H.B. 1451) Creates an exemption from public records requirements for specified individual information held by the Florida Center for Brain Tumor Research. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-260 (H.B. 7035) Revises and readopts an exemption from public records requirements for certain motor vehicle crash reports; conforms specified provisions. Effective October 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-261 (H.B. 7073) Redesignates a state center and an advisory council; revises provisions relating to the compilation of health-related data and statistics; provides for a secure facility to house data and backup systems held by the Agency for Health Care Administration. Effective June 20, 2006.
Ch. 2006-262 (H.B. 7089) Revises provisions relating to retained spring training franchises; provides criteria for certification and funding of motorsports entertainment complexes; prescribes use of funds. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-263 (H.B. 7115) Revises and readopts an exemption from public records requirements for autopsy photographs and audio and video recordings held by a medical examiner. Effective October 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-264 (H.B. 7127) Provides penalties for willfully interrupting or disturbing an assembly of people gathered for a military funeral honors detail. Effective June 20, 2006. .
Ch. 2006-265 (H.B. 7151) Provides criteria and procedures for disestablishing paternity and terminating child support obligations; provides exceptions; revises provisions relating to certain adoption consent and notice; requires specified notice regarding termination of parental rights. Effective June 20, 2006.
Ch. 2006-266 (H.B. 7177) Revises the time limitations for commencement of prosecution of certain offenses; provides that prosecution of specified offenses may be commenced at any time after the identity of the accused is or should have been established through the use of DNA evidence. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-267 (H.B. 7201) Eliminates the acts of photographing, filming, videotaping, or recording from the offense of voyeurism. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-268 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 980) Creates provisions relating to an electric utility substation approval process, electric transmission and distribution line right-of-way maintenance, and electric substation planning. Effective June 22, 2006.
Ch. 2006-269 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 1324) Creates the Lead Poisoning Prevention and Screening Education Act to facilitate prevention and treatment of childhood lead poisoning; provides for state agency collaboration on programs to prevent obesity; includes certain wellness benefits in HMO services; creates the Florida State Employee Wellness Council; provides for membership, term of office, and duties. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-270 (S.B. 1386) Revises court sentencing options for youthful offenders in a youthful offender basic training program who violate their conditions of probation. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-271 (S.B. 1408) Establishes procedures for electronically generated and transmitted prescriptions; defines the term “records custodian” and mandates compliance with certain confidentiality and disclosure requirements. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-272 (C.S. for S.B. 1620) Creates and revises provisions relating to motor vehicle service agreement companies, home warranty associations, and service warranty associations; repeals the 10-day cancellation period for warranties sold in connection with specified loans. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-273 (S.B. 1948) Mandates specified disclosures prior to execution of a contract for sale and purchase of certain coastal real property. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-274 (C.S. for S.B. 1956) Claries provisions relating to land trust transfers; vesting; beneficiary rights, liabilities, and duties; appointment of successor trustees; and entitlement to principal residence homestead tax exemption under certain circumstances. Effective October 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-275 (C.S. for S.B. 2000) Revises provisions relating to ethics for public officers and employees regarding specified activities during and after employment; clarifies lobbyist commission membership and expenditure restrictions. Effective October 1, 2006, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2006-276 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 2060) Authorizes the Board of Architecture and Interior Design to adopt certain rules relating to the exercise of responsible supervising control; authorizes certain architects and interior designers to use titles including the term “Retired.” Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-277 (H.B. 299) Prohibits an insurance agency from establishing life insurance limitations based solely on the insured’s past foreign travel experiences or future foreign travel plans; provides for specified exceptions; penalizes violations. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-278 (H.B. 755) Limits the scope of an administrative law judge’s review of certain state agency procurement decisions. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-279 (H.B. 827) Revises pretrial release provisions to require separate and specific bail amounts for each charge or offense and compliance with release conditions; clarifies bond forfeiture and cancellation provisions. Effective October 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-280 (H.B. 841) Limits the amount of the supersedeas bond required for certain appellants; provides an exception and provides for bond reduction. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-281 (H.B. 1139) Revises provisions relating to construction defects. Effective October 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-282 (H.B. 1145) Designates an official state motto and an official state maritime museum. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-283 (H.B. 1367) Revises provisions relating to property owners acting as their own contractors; mandates property owner compliance with certain permitting agency requirements; penalizes violation. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-284 (H.B. 1369) Provides exemptions from public records requirements for certain rejected bids or proposals and competitive sealed replies held by a state agency; provides an exemption from public meeting requirements for certain meetings involving agency-vendor negotiations. Effective June 22, 2006.
Ch. 2006-285 (H.B. 1563) Revises exemptions from public records requirements relating to social security numbers and specified bank account information; requires the county recorder to redact specified information from electronically stored records; provides immunity from liability for specified court personnel for the inadvertent release of certain information. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-286 (H.B. 7013) Revises provisions regarding copyright of data processing software created by governmental agencies; provides for the use of funds derived from the sale or licensing of such software; removes the scheduled repeal of an exemption from public records requirements. Effective October 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-287 (H.B. 7059) Revises and readopts exemptions from public records requirements for personal identifying information held by temporary cash assistance programs; provides an exemption from public meeting requirements for meetings held by specified governmental entities. Effective October 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-288 (H.B. 7063) Revises and readopts an exemption from public records requirements for personal identifying information held by a specified Alzheimer’s center and its support entities. Effective October 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-289 (H.B. 7075) Creates and revises provisions relating to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; designates a specified inspection station as the “Austin Dewey Gay Memorial Agricultural Inspection Station.” Effective July 1, 2006, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2006-290 (H.B. 7079) Creates and revises provisions relating to certain commercial motor vehicle taxes, off-highway vehicles, traffic control and infractions, drivers’ and motor vehicle licenses, certain financial responsibility, and security requirements for certain vehicles. Effective October 1, 2006, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2006-291 (H.B. 7131) Revises provisions relating to the redevelopment of brownfields; permits additional tax credits for certain affordable housing construction on a brownfield site; repeals provisions relating to Brownfield Property Ownership Clearance Assistance and its revolving loan trust fund. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-292 (H.B. 61) Creates and revises provisions relating to postsentencing DNA testing for certain felons; provides timeframe for government disposal of physical evidence in specified cases; repeals a specified Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure. Effective June 23, 2006, and retroactively operative to October 1, 2005.
Ch. 2006-293 (H.B. 281) Creates the A State of Vision license plate; provides for annual use fee collection and distribution. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-294 (H.B. 585) Requires the Department of Corrections to charge inmates for specified litigation costs; authorizes liens on inmate accounts to pay for such costs. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-295 (H.B. 761) Provides a felony penalty for trespass on the property of certain domestic violence centers. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-296 (H.B. 1465) Creates a pilot program for the establishment of enhanced penalty zones on state roads in certain counties; provides for set speed limits and a uniform system of traffic control devices; provides enhanced fines; conforms specified provisions. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-297 (H.B. 1589) Creates the Homeownership For All and the Future Farmers of America license plates; provides for annual use fee collection and distribution for specified plates; redesignates the Florida Memorial College license plate as the Florida Memorial University license plate; creates Senate President and House Speaker license plates. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-298 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 214) Prescribes the training in and use of dart-firing stun guns by law enforcement, correctional, or correctional probation officers; revises provisions relating to public possession and use of such stun guns. Effective June 26, 2006.
Ch. 2006-299 (C.S. for S.B. 640) Provides criminal penalties for persons 18 years old or older who intentionally lure or entice or attempt to lure or entice children under 12 years of age into a structure, dwelling, or conveyance for unlawful purposes; provides enhanced penalties for a successive conviction. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-300 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B.’s 716 and 2660) Creates, revises, and reenacts provisions relating to campaign finance. Effective July 1, 2006, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2006-301 (C.S. for C.S. for S.B. 772) Creates, revises, and transfers provisions relating to schools and various school programs; requires automated external defibrillators in specified schools; provides for location registration and personnel training. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-302 (H.B. 135) Creates a Florida Schools of Excellence Commission to facilitate the development and support of charter schools; provides for membership, powers and duties, and authority parameters; provides limited immunity from civil liability for charter school sponsors. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-303 (H.B. 263) Designates the “Florida Prepaid College Program” as the “Stanley G. Tate Florida Prepaid College Program”; permits the use of certain trust fund moneys for approved scholarship programs; provides for expanded college applicability, certain advertisement disclaimers, and program administration. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-304 (H.B. 471) Creates and revises provisions relating to fish and wildlife licenses, permit fees, regulations, and violation penalties; creates a multistate compact relating to wildlife violators; provides compact purpose, operation procedures, and certain authority; repeals provisions relating to noncriminal infractions and specified reptile hunts. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-305 (H.B. 561) Creates and revises provisions relating to offenses involving insurance; creates a rebuttable presumption relating to the absence of certain information in written crash reports. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-306 (H.B. 1325) Creates and revises provisions relating to controlled substances to require certain dependency petitions, clarify specified penalties, and redefine the term “dangerous crime” as it relates to pretrial detention and release. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-307 (H.B. 1583) Revises provisions relating to community redevelopment agency membership, powers, plan adoption, and trust funds. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-308 (H.B. 1593) Creates a Cybercrime Office within the Department of Legal Affairs to investigate violations of state law pertaining to certain sexual exploitation of children; provides for employment of investigators and their authority and duties. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-309 (H.B. 7175) Revises provisions relating to vessels; permits a marina owner or operator or an employee or agent of such owner or operator to secure or remove a vessel after the issuance of a tropical storm or hurricane watch; permits reasonable charges; prescribes notice procedures. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-310 (H.B. 371) Creates the Cancer Drug Donation Program; establishes program procedures; provides certain immunity from civil or criminal liability; revises provisions relating to prescription drug pedigree papers and specified documentation requirements. Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-311 (H.B. 7109) Prohibits an increase in a homestead property’s assessed value due to changes or improvements necessitated by certain damage or destruction; prescribes conditions; permits homestead exemption for certain uninhabitable property under specified circumstances. Effective June 27, 2006, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2006-312 (H.B. 209) Repeals provisions relating to the annual intangible personal property tax; revises and conforms specified provisions. Effective January 1, 2007, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2006-313 (C.S. for S.B. 162) Designates a specified Department of Environmental Protection building and laboratory as the “Bob Martinez Center.” Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-314 (C.S. for S.B. 876) Designates the Florida Center for Solid and Hazardous Waste Management as the “William W. ‘Bill’ Hinkley Center for Solid and Hazardous Waste Management.” Effective July 1, 2006.
Ch. 2006-315 (C.S. for S.B.’s 1086 and 1604) Designates various buildings, athletic fields, and a pavilion. Effective July 1, 2006, except as otherwise provided.
Ch. 2006-316 (H.B. 121) Designates various roads, bridges, buildings, and a pedestrian overpass. Effective July 1, 2006.
Summaries of Joint Resolutions Proposing Amendments to
The State Constitution
S.J.R. 2788 Rescinds and withdraws H.J.R. 1177, 2005 Regular Session, which proposed an amendment to s. 4, Art. VI of the State Constitution and creation of s. 26, Art. XII to change the term limits for certain elected constitutional officers from eight consecutive years to twelve consecutive years.
H.J.R. 353 Proposes an amendment to s. 6, Art. VII and the creation of s. 26, Art. XII of the State Constitution to increase the maximum additional homestead exemption for low-income seniors from $25,000 to $50,000 and to schedule the amendment to take effect January 1, 2007, if adopted. To be submitted to the electorate for approval or rejection at the general election to be held in November 2006 or at an earlier specifically authorized special election.
H.J.R. 631 Proposes an amendment to s. 6, Art. VII of the State Constitution to provide a discount from the amount of ad valorem taxation levied on the homestead of a veteran who meets specified criteria. To be submitted to the electorate for approval or rejection at the general election to be held in November 2006 or at an earlier specifically authorized special election.
H.J.R. 1569 Proposes an amendment to s. 6, Art. X of the State Constitution to prohibit transfer of private property taken by eminent domain to a natural person or private entity except by general law passed by a three-fifths vote of each house of the Legislature. To be submitted to the electorate for approval or rejection at the general election to be held in November 2006 or at an earlier specifically authorized special election.