Bill Title Sponsor Summary0049 Relating to Tax-exempt

IncomeRepresentative Moskowitz Tax-exempt Income: Increases amount

of income that is exempt from corporate income tax; increases amount of income that is exempt from franchise tax imposed on banks & savings associations; provides applicability. Effective Date: January 1, 2016

0075 Relating to Department of Economic Opportunity

Representative Combee Department of Economic Opportunity: Requires DEO to create web page accessible through its Internet website that provides certain information; provides purpose of web page; requires DEO to collect all local business information available to DEO; requires DEO to request relevant local government to provide any otherwise unavailable information; requires local governments to provide notice of changes in information collected by DEO; authorizes local government entities to provide summary that includes certain information for DEO's web page. Effective Date: July 1, 2015

0107 Relating to Alcoholic Beverages

Representative Steube Alcoholic Beverages: Prohibits EBT cards from being used or accepted to purchase alcoholic beverages; provides requirements for licensed manufacturer of malt beverages to sell beverages directly to consumers; revises requirements for vendor's licenses for manufacturers; provides requirements for brewpubs, growlers, tastings; revises restrictions on transportation of alcoholic beverages; provides exceptions & requirements for minor to sell alcoholic beverages; provides requirements for franchise agreements; authorizes limited self-distribution for specified manufacturers; authorizes certain malt beverage tastings; deletes restrictions on sale by craft distillery; deletes package store restrictions. Effective Date: July 1, 2015

Support Bills

0110 Relating to Taxes Senator Hukill Taxes; Reducing the tax rate applied to the sale of communications services; reducing the tax rate applied to the retail sale of direct-to-home satellite services; revising the allocation of tax revenue received from the communications services tax; revising the distributions of tax revenue received from the sales and use tax, communications services tax, and gross receipts tax, etc. Effective Date: Except as otherwise provided in this act, this act shall take effect July 1, 2015

0138 Relating to Tax-exempt Income

Senator Hukill Tax-exempt Income; Increasing the amount of income that is exempt from the corporate income tax; increasing the amount of income that is exempt from the franchise tax imposed on banks and savings associations, etc. Effective Date: 1/1/2016

0140 Relating to Tax On Sales, Use, and Other Transactions

Senator Hukill Tax On Sales, Use, and Other Transactions; Reducing the tax levied on rental or license fees charged for the use of real property, etc. Effective Date: 1/1/2016

0163 Relating to Public Records/Contractors

Representative Beshears Public Records/Contractors: Defines term "acting on behalf of public agency"; revises definition of term "contractor"; requires that public agency contract for services include statement providing name & telephone number of public agency's custodian of records; prescribes form of statement; revises contractual provisions in public agency contract for services regarding contractor's compliance with public records laws; specifies circumstances under which court may assess & award reasonable costs of enforcement against public agency or contractor. Effective Date: upon becoming a law

0186 Relating to Malt Beverages Senator Latvala (J) Malt Beverages; Authorizing the sale of malt beverages packaged in individual containers of certain sizes if they are filled at the point of sale by certain licenseholders; requiring each container to be imprinted or labeled with certain information, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2015

0190 Relating to Hospices Senator Bean Hospices; Requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to assume the need for an additional hospice provider in certain hospice service areas, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2015

0224 Relating to Public Records/Public Agency Contracts

Senator Simpson Public Records/Public Agency Contracts; Defining the term acting on behalf of a public agency; requiring that a public agency contract for services include a statement providing the name and telephone number of the public agency's custodian of records; specifying circumstances under which a court may assess and award reasonable costs of enforcement against a public agency or contractor, etc. Effective Date: Upon becoming a law

0232 Relating to Department of Economic Opportunity

Senator Hays Department of Economic Opportunity; Requiring the department to create a web page accessible through its Internet website that provides certain information; providing the purpose of the web page, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2015

0245 Relating to Tax on Commercial Real Property

Representative Ahern Provides certain exemptions from tax imposed on rental or license fees charged for use of commercial real property; provides for future repeal of tax. Effective Date: July 1, 2015

0269 Relating to Experimental Treatments for Terminal Conditions

Representative Pilon Experimental Treatments for Terminal Conditions: Designates "Right to Try Act"; provides conditions for manufacturer to provide investigational drugs, products, or devices to patient; specifies insurance coverage requirements & exceptions; provides conditions for provision of certain services by hospital or health care facility; provides immunity from liability. Effective Date: July 1, 2015

0279 Relating to Pharmacy Representative Pigman Pharmacy: Authorizes registered intern under supervision of pharmacist to administer specified vaccines to adult; revises which vaccines may be administered by pharmacist or registered intern under supervision of pharmacist; requires registered intern seeking to administer vaccines to be certified to administer such vaccines & to complete minimum amount of coursework. Effective Date: July 1, 2015

0281 Relating to Prescription Medication

Representative Pigman Prescription Medication: Authorizes licensed physician assistant acting under direction of supervisory physician to order medication & controlled substances for administration to specified patients; authorizes ARNP to order medication & controlled substances for administration to specified patients; revises definition of term "prescription" to exclude order dispensed for administration to specified patient. Effective Date: July 1, 2015

0301 Relating to Malt Beverages Representative Sprowls Malt Beverages: Authorizes sale of malt beverages packaged in individual containers of certain sizes if they are filled at point of sale by certain licenseholders; requires container to be imprinted or labeled with certain information; requires container to be sealed or incapable of being immediately consumed; provides penalties. Effective Date: upon becoming a law

0322 Relating to Medicaid Reimbursement for Hospital Providers

Senator Stargel Medicaid Reimbursement for Hospital Providers; Requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to provide written notice, pursuant to ch. 120, F.S., to providers of hospital reimbursement rates established by the agency; providing that such notice constitutes final agency action; prohibiting the agency from being compelled by an administrative body or court to pay a monetary judgment relating to the establishment of hospital reimbursement rates beyond a specified date, etc. Effective Date: Upon becoming a law

0335 Relating to Psychiatric Nurses

Representative Plasencia Psychiatric Nurses: Requires psychiatric nurses to hold national advanced practice certification as psychiatric-mental health advanced practice nurse; authorizes such nurses to approve release of individuals from receiving facility after involuntary examination. Effective Date: July 1, 2015

0468 Relating to Package Stores Senator Grimsley Package Stores; Relating to restrictions on the sale by certain licensed alcoholic beverage vendors of merchandise other than specifically authorized types of merchandise and to restrictions on direct access to such vendors places of business; prohibiting electronic benefits transfer cards from being used or accepted at locations operated as package stores; providing an exception to employment restrictions on persons under the age of 18 years who are employed by specified vendors, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2015

0477 Relating to Background Screening

Representative Sprowls Background Screening: Revises requirement relating to background screening of instructional personnel in virtual instruction programs; provides additional offenses that determine ineligibility for educator certification or employment; revises requirements for submission, retention, search, & reporting of fingerprints of educational personnel & contractual personnel; provides for FDLE participation in national retained print arrest notification program. Effective Date: July 1, 2015

0478 Relating to Telehealth Senator Bean Telehealth; Providing certain practice standards for telehealth providers; authorizing telehealth providers to use telehealth to prescribe controlled substances, with an exception; prohibiting the use of telehealth or specified computer-controlled devices to prescribe optical devices, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2015

0499 Relating to Package Stores Representative Wood Package Stores: Repeals provisions relating to restrictions on sale by certain licensed alcoholic beverage vendors of merchandise other than specifically authorized types of merchandise & restrictions on direct access to such vendor's place of business; prohibits EBT cards from being used or accepted at locations operated as package store; provides exception to employment restrictions on vendors licensed under Beverage Law for persons under age of 18 years who are employed by specified vendors. Effective Date: July 1, 2015

0532 Relating to Ordering of Medication

Senator Grimsley Ordering Of Medication; Revising the term prescription to exclude an order for drugs or medicinal supplies by a licensed practitioner that is dispensed for certain administration; revising the term administer to include the term administration; authorizing a licensed practitioner to authorize a licensed physician assistant or advanced registered nurse practitioner to order controlled substances for a specified patient under certain circumstances, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2015

0545 Relating to Telehealth Representative Cummings Telehealth: Definess "telehealth" & "telehealth provider"; provides for certain practice standards for telehealth providers; authorizes telehealth providers to use telehealth for prescribing controlled substances, with an exception; provides for maintenance & confidentiality of medical records. Effective Date: July 1, 2015

0547 Relating to Advanced Practice Registered Nurses

Representative Pigman Advanced Practice Registered Nurses: Redesignates ARNPs as advanced registered practice nurses (APRNs); provides for independent APRNs (IAPRNs) to practice advanced or specialized nursing; exempts IAPRNs from requirement that certain medical acts be supervised by physician; revises APRN certification requirements; authorizes APRNs to administer, dispense, & prescribe medicinal drugs pursuant to protocol; provides for registration of IAPRNs who meet certain requirements; specifies acts that IAPRNs are authorized to perform without physician supervision or protocol; provides for eligibility of IAPRNs for clinical privileges; requires IAPRNs to maintain medical malpractice insurance or provide proof of financial responsibility. Effective Date: July 1, 2015

0549 Relating to Associations of Government Officials

Representative Diaz (M) Associations of Government Officials: Requires associations of government officials to annually report certain information to Commission on Ethics; provides that membership dues & other funds received from state sources may not be used by certain organizations to fund litigation against state. Effective Date: July 1, 2015

0574 Relating to Government Procurement

Representative Montford Government Procurement; Defining the term reverse auction; requiring the Department of Management Services to maintain a program for reverse auctions; authorizing the Department of Education to use reverse auctions and other online procurement programs in assisting district school boards with transportation services contracts; authorizing the Board of Governors to adopt regulations establishing procedures governing a state universitys participation in reverse auctions and other online procurement programs, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2015

0595 Relating to Aviation Fuel Tax

Representative Moraitis Aviation Fuel Tax: Revises tax rate of excise tax on certain aviation fuels; deletes excise tax exemption for certain aviation fuel delivered by licensed wholesalers or terminal suppliers that increase state's workforce by certain amounts. Effective Date: July 1, 2015

0614 Relating to Drug Prescription by Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants

Senator Grimsley Drug Prescription by Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants; Expanding the categories of persons who may prescribe brand drugs under the prescription drug program when medically necessary; requiring advanced registered nurse practitioners and physician assistants who prescribe controlled substances for certain pain to make a certain designation, comply with registration requirements, and follow specified standards of practice; providing applicability, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2015

0615 Relating to Electronic Auction Services

Representative Hutson Electronic Auction Services: Defines "electronic auction services;" authorizes DMS to implement procedures & adopt rules regarding electronic auction services & collect fees for use of such services; authorizes DOE, school boards, & BOG to implement use of electronic auction services & other procurement methods. Effective Date: July 1, 2015

0692 Relating to Charter Schools Senator Brandes Charter Schools; Providing an exception to the prohibition on a high-performing charter school establishing more than one charter school in this state under specified circumstances; authorizing certain out-of-state entities to apply for designation as a high-performing charter school system; requiring that charter schools established by such entities receive a reduction in certain administrative fees, etc. Effective Date: Upon becoming a law

0705 Relating to Mental Health Early Intervention

Representative Campbell Mental Health Early Intervention: Designates act as "Florida Mental Health Early Intervention Act of 2015"; authorizes physician assistants & ARNPs to initiate involuntary examinations under Baker Act of persons believed to have mental illness; requires DCF, in consultation with specified entities, to establish standards for instruction of first responders in mental health; provides requirements for such training. Effective Date: July 1, 2015

0722 Relating to Aviation Fuel Tax

Senator Flores Aviation Fuel Tax; Revising the tax rate of the excise tax on certain aviation fuels; deleting an excise tax exemption for certain aviation fuel delivered by licensed wholesalers or terminal suppliers that increase the states workforce by certain amounts, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2015

0735 Relating to Vacation Rentals

Representative Moraitis Vacation Rentals: Revises permitted scope of local laws, ordinances, & regulations with respect to vacation rentals; provides exemption for subsequent amendments of certain provisions of existing local laws, ordinances, & regulations adopted on or before specified date. Effective Date: July 1, 2015

0767 Relating to Tour-Guide Services

Representative Narain Tour-Guide Services;Excludes tour-guide services from certain regulatory requirements; provides that term "seller of travel" does not include provider of tour-guide services; conforms related provisions. Effective Date: July 1, 2015

0789 Relating to Regulatory Minimum Prices

Representative Tobia Regulatory Minimum Prices: Defines term "regulatory minimum price"; provides that establishment of regulatory minimum prices for lawful goods or services, or creation of service classifications that would apply differently to certain individuals & businesses is an unfair or deceptive regulatory act; requires DACS to identify instances of regulatory minimum prices & notify noncompliant agencies or entities; clarifies that act does not apply to minimum wages & regulatory fees of governmental entity; provides relief for persons who are adversely affected by certain regulatory actions; requires courts to award reasonable fees, costs, & damages; provides limitation on damages; requires certain interest on sums awarded. Effective Date: July 1, 2015

0792 Relating to Pharmacy Senator Bean Pharmacy; Authorizing a registered intern under the supervision of a pharmacist to administer specified vaccines to an adult; revising which vaccines may be administered by a pharmacist or a registered intern under the supervision of a pharmacist, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2015

0817 Relating to Transportation Network Companies

Representative Gaetz (M) Provides requirements for operating as a transportation network company or for employment as transportation network company driver. Effective Date: July 1, 2015

0849 Relating to Legislative Ratification/Department of Environmental Protection

Representative Wood Legislative Ratification/Department of Environmental Protection: Requires DEP to submit for legislative ratification state implementation plan relating to standards of performance for existing sources of air pollutants; exempts rules implementing plan from legislative ratification under certain conditions; provides circumstances under which state implementation plan is exempt from legislative ratification; provides that, if plan is exempt from legislative ratification, rules implementing plan are subject to ratification before respective provisions of plan take effect. Effective Date: July 1, 2015

0949 Relating to Regulation of Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units

Representative Rodrigues (R) Urges U.S. Congress to direct EPA to revise its proposed regulations that address carbon dioxide emissions from existing fossil fuel-fired electric generating units. Effective Date: Not Specified

0951 Relating to Dietetics and Nutrition

Representative Magar Dietetics and Nutrition: Provides that certain certified individuals may use specified titles & designations; prohibits unlicensed practice of medical nutrition therapy; revises provisions regarding membership in Dietetics & Nutrition Practice Board; requires board to waive examination requirement for specified applicants; revises requirements for licensure by endorsement; provides that licensed dietitian/ nutritionist treating patient who is under active care of licensed physician/chiropractor is not precluded from ordering therapeutic diet. Effective Date: July 1, 2015

0970 Relating to Background Screening

Senator Stargel Background Screening;Revising the requirement relating to background screening of instructional personnel in virtual instruction programs; providing background screening requirements for certain school district employees, contractual personnel, and instructional personnel in virtual instruction programs; requiring the fingerprints of certain noninstructional contractors to be enrolled in the national retained print arrest notification program; revising provisions relating to notification to education providers of charges against school district employees, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2015

0990 Relating to Regulatory Minimum Prices

Senator Brandes Regulatory Minimum Prices;Defining the term regulatory minimum price; providing that the establishment of regulatory minimum prices for lawful goods or services, or the creation of service classifications that would apply differently to certain individuals and businesses, is an unfair or deceptive regulatory act under the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act; requiring the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to identify instances of regulatory minimum prices and notify the agency or entity that is noncompliant, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2015

1052 Relating to Florida Right to Try Act

Senator Brandes Florida Right to Try Act; Citing this act as the "Florida Right to Try Act"; authorizing a manufacturer of an investigational drug, biological product, or device to make such drug, product, or device available to certain eligible patients with a terminal illness without charge or for a specified cost; prohibiting a state regulatory board or agency from taking action against the licenses of certain health care providers or against the licenses or Medicare certifications of certain health care institutions for specified actions with respect to an eligible patients access to, treatment with, or use of investigational drugs, biological products, or devices, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2015

1076 Relating to Legislative Ratification

Senator Gibson Legislative Ratification; Requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to submit for legislative ratification a state implementation plan relating to standards of performance for existing sources of air pollutants; providing directives to the Department of Environmental Protection with respect to submitting the state implementation plan to the United States Environmental Protection Agency; providing that, if the plan is not ratified within a specified period, that rules implementing the plan are subject to ratification before the respective provisions of the plan take effect, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2015

1145 Relating to Parent and Student Rights

Representative Sprowls Parent and Student Rights: Provides right of parent to know average amount of money expended for education of his or her child; requires DOE to provide each school district with such information & requires school districts to provide notification to parents; authorizes information to be published in student handbook or similar publication; deletes definition of and provisions relating to controlled open enrollment; requires each school district to instead establish a public school parental choice policy that allows students to attend any public school that has not reached capacity in their district; provides for student placement; defines term "capacity" for certain purposes; authorizes parent to enroll his or her child in any public school that has not reached capacity in state; requires charter school with space available to be open to any student in state; requires each school district board to establish classroom teacher transfer process & post an explanation of transfer process in student handbook; & authorizes certain 1196 Relating to Sellers Of

TravelSenator Margolis Sellers Of Travel;Removing references

to the terms tourist-related services and tour-guide services from definitions relating to sellers of travel; providing that the regulation of sellers of travel by the state does not apply to persons engaged solely in the sale of tour-guide services, etc.Effective Date: 7/1/2015

1208 Relating to Dietetics And Nutrition

Senator Bean Dietetics and Nutrition; Revising the purpose and intent of the Dietetics and Nutrition Practice Act; prohibiting the unlicensed practice of medical nutrition therapy; renaming the Dietetics and Nutrition Practice Council as the Dietetics and Nutrition Practice Board, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2015

1230 Relating to The Tax On Commercial Real Property

Senator Hays Tax on Commercial Real Property; Providing certain exemptions from the tax imposed on rental or license fees charged for the use of commercial real property; providing for the future repeal of provisions relating to the imposition of a tax on the rental or license fees charged for the use of commercial real property, etc. Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act, this act shall take effect July 1, 2015

1264 Relating to Digital Classrooms

Senator Legg Digital Classrooms; Establishing requirements for digital classrooms technology infrastructure planning by the Agency for State Technology or a contracted organization; requiring the Office of Technology and Information Services of the Department of Education to consult with the Agency for State Technology in developing the 5-year strategic plan for Florida digital classrooms; specifying conditions for a school district to maintain eligibility for Florida digital classrooms allocation funds, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2015

1326 Relating to Transportation Network Companies

Senator Brandes Transportation Network Companies;Providing transportation network company (TNC) and TNC driver insurance requirements; prohibiting a TNC from owning, controlling, operating, or managing the vehicles used by TNC drivers; requiring a TNC driver to exclusively accept rides booked through the TNCs digital network or software application service, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2015

1448 Relating to Student Choice Senator Legg Student Choice; Authorizing a parent to enroll his or her child in and transport his or her child to any public school that has not reached capacity, including charter schools, in any school district in this state; clarifying requirements for the creation of a virtual charter school; revising conditions for termination of a virtual instruction providers contract; establishing the Florida Charter School Innovation Institute, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2015

1458 Relating to Mental Health Early Intervention

Senator Braynon Mental Health Early Intervention; Citing this act as the "Florida Mental Health Early Intervention Act of 2015"; authorizing physician assistants and advanced registered nurse practitioners to initiate involuntary examinations under the Baker Act of persons believed to have mental illness; adding curriculum requirements to the basic training programs for certain first responders; requiring the Department of Children and Families, in consultation with specified entities, to adopt standards for the training of certain first responders in mental health; providing requirements for such training, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2015

1552 Relating to Parent and Student Rights

Senator Benacquisto Parent and Student Rights; Providing the right of a parent to know the average amount of money expended for the education of his or her child; deleting the definition of and provisions relating to controlled open enrollment; requiring each school district to instead establish a public school parental choice policy that allows students to attend any public school that has not reached capacity in their district; requiring each school district board to establish a classroom teacher transfer process for parents, approve or deny a request within a certain timeframe, and post an explanation of the transfer process in the student handbook, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2015

Bill Title House/Senate Sponsor Summary0047 Relating to State Minimum

WageRepresentative Stafford State Minimum Wage: Increases state

minimum wage; provides that an employer may not pay employee at rate less than state minimum wage; deletes requirement that only individuals entitled to receive federal minimum wage are eligible to receive state minimum wage. Effective Date: January 1, 2016

0086 Relating to Medical Tourism Senator Bean Medical Tourism; Requiring an analysis of medical tourism in the Economic Development Programs Evaluation; requiring Enterprise Florida, Inc., to collaborate with the Department of Economic Opportunity to market this state as a health care destination; requiring the Division of Tourism Marketing to include in its 4-year plan a discussion of the promotion of medical tourism; requiring a specified amount of funds appropriated to the Florida Tourism Industry Marketing Corporation to be allocated for the medical tourism marketing plan, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2015

0114 Relating to State Minimum Wage

Senator Bullard State Minimum Wage; Increasing the state minimum wage; prohibiting an employer from paying an employee at a rate less than the state minimum wage; deleting the requirement that only individuals entitled to receive the federal minimum wage are eligible to receive the state minimum wage, etc. Effective Date: 1/1/2016

Oppose Bills

0119 Relating to Licensing of Facilities that offer Health and Human Services

Representative Berman Licensing of Facilities that Offer Health and Human Services: Requires family day care home to conspicuously display its license or registration in common area of home, to provide proof of written plan that identifies designated substitute for operator, & to provide proof of screening & background checks for certain individuals; requires large family child care home to permanently post its license in conspicuous location that is visible by all parents & guardians & DCF; prohibits certain persons from advertising child care facility, family day care home, or large family child care home without including facility's or home's license, registration, or exemption number in such advertisement. Effective Date: July 1, 2015

0166 Relating to Hydraulic Fracturing

Senator Soto Hydraulic Fracturing; Prohibiting a person from engaging in hydraulic fracturing in this state, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2015

0169 Relating to Well Stimulation Treatments

Representative Jenne Well Stimulation Treatments: Prohibits well stimulation treatments for exploration or production of oil or natural gas; defines term "well stimulation treatment." Effective Date: October 1, 2015

0172 Relating to Local Government Pension Reform

Senator Bradley Local Government Pension Reform; Requiring that firefighter and police officer pension plans meet the requirements of ch. 175 and 185, F.S., in order to receive certain insurance premium tax revenues; revising the method of creating and maintaining firefighters' and police officers retirement trust funds; providing that the use of premium tax revenues may deviate from the requirements of ch. 175 and ch. 185, F.S., under certain circumstances, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2015

0196 Relating to Qualified Television Revolving Loan Fund

Senator Bean Qualified Television Revolving Loan Fund; Creating the qualified television revolving loan fund; providing the structure of the loans; providing qualified television content criteria; requiring an analysis of the qualified television revolving loan fund in the Economic Development Programs Evaluation, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2015

0210 Relating to Licensing of Facilities that offer Health and Human Services

Senator Gibson Licensing of Facilities that offer Health and Human Services; Redefining the term child care to include a person or facility that does not receive compensation; redefining the term

child care facility to include a child care center or child care arrangement that does not receive compensation and provides child care for more than four, rather than five, children unrelated to the operator, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2015

0237 Relating to Qualified Television Revolving Loan Fund

Representative Latvala (C) Qualified Television Revolving Loan Fund: Creates qualified television revolving loan fund; requires DEO to contract with fund administrator; provides fund administrator qualifications; provides for fund administrator's compensation & removal; specifies fund administrator's powers & duties; provides structure of loans; provides qualified television content criteria; authorizes AG to conduct operational audit of fund & fund administrator; authorizes DEO to adopt rules; provides for expiration of loan program; provides emergency rulemaking authority; provides for expiration of emergency rulemaking authority; requires analysis of qualified television loan fund in Economic Development Programs Evaluation. Effective Date: upon becoming a law

0253 Relating to Small Business Participation in State Contracting

Representative Rogers Small Business Participation in State Contracting; Directs agencies to avoid contract bundling; requires agencies to conduct market research & include written summaries & analyses of such research in solicitations for bundled contracts; requires agencies to award percentage of contracts to small businesses; requires contractors to use small businesses as subcontractors; provides requirements for payment of subcontractors; prohibits agencies & contractors from requiring certain sureties for certain contracts; requires rules ombudsman in EOG to establish system for reporting small business participation in state contracting; requires agencies to cooperate with such reporting; requires specified annual reports. Effective Date: 7/1/2015

0254 Relating to Charter Schools Senator Clemens Charter Schools; Requiring a charter school to demonstrate it meets certain needs that the local school district does not or is unable to provide to students in that district in order to obtain approval, etc.Effective Date: 7/1/2015

0278 Relating to Downtown Development Districts

Senator Diaz de la Portilla Downtown Development Districts; Authorizing the governing body of a municipality that has created a downtown development district to levy an ad valorem tax on all real and personal property in the district to finance the districts operation; limiting the tax to a specified percentage; providing for limitation of the districts millage, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2015

0317 Relating to Job Creation through Business Tax Reform

Representative Costello Job Creation through Business Tax Reform: Provides legislative intent; replaces revenue from corporate income tax, sales taxes on commercial leases, & sales tax on industrial machinery & equipment with revenue from state sales surtax; revises provisions of communications services tax; provides directive to DOLRI. Effective Date: January 1, 2016

0319 Relating to Education Funding Property Tax Reform

Representative Costello Education Funding Property Tax Reform: Provides legislative intent; replaces revenue from required local effort school property tax & nonvoted discretionary & capital outlay property taxes with revenue from state sales surtax & collection of sales tax on Internet sales; creates exemption from sales & use tax for certain used tangible personal property; provides directive to DOLRI. Effective Date: January 1, 2016

0341 Relating to Local Government Pension Reform

Representative Cummings Local Government Pension Reform: Revises provisions addressing firefighter pension trust funds; revises provisions for distribution of insurance premium tax revenues under certain retirement plans; defines & revises terms; revises calculation of retirement income for firefighters & police officers; revises provisions addressing police officer retirement trust funds. Effective Date: July 1, 2015

0392 Relating to Enterprise Zones

Senator Clemens Enterprise Zones; Revising the policy and purpose of the Florida Enterprise Zone Act; revising the conditions under which a county or municipality, or a county and one or more municipalities, may apply for the designation of an area as an enterprise zone; providing that the municipality or county that applies for designation of an enterprise zone has jurisdiction over the enterprise zones administration; extending the expiration date of the Florida Enterprise Zone Act, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2015

0451 Relating to Entertainment Industry Tax Credit Program

Representative Miller Revises information in certain tax credit applications; provides procedures for queuing applications; provides procedures for certifying tax credits; requires provision of workforce data; requiring certified production companies to contribute portion of tax credit award to other entities; requires certain production companies to provide internship opportunities; requires certified production companies to promote state; revises provisions related to distributions and certifications of tax credits. Effective Date: July 1, 2015

0508 Relating to Small Business Participation In State Contracting

Senator Bullard Small Business Participation in State Contracting; Directing that agencies avoid contract bundling under certain circumstances; requiring certain agencies to award a percentage of contracts to small businesses; prohibiting agencies, general contractors, or prime contractors from requiring certain bonds or other sureties for certain contracts, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2015

0833 Relating to Ad Valorem Taxation

Representative Diaz (M) Ad Valorem Taxation: Authorizes governing body of municipality with downtown development district to levy ad valorem tax on property in such district for certain purposes; establishes cap on millage rate. Effective Date: July 1, 2015

0864 Relating to Sales of Motor Vehicles Powered by Electricity or Hydrogen

Senator Soto Sales of Motor Vehicles Powered by Electricity or Hydrogen; Defining the terms electric vehicle and

hydrogen vehicle; exempting the sale of an electric vehicle and a hydrogen vehicle from the sales and use tax until a specified date, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2015

0868 Relating to Solar Energy Senator Soto Solar Energy; Reviving, readopting, and amending provisions relating to the Solar Energy System Incentives Program; authorizing rebates for a portion of the purchase price of solar energy systems during a specified period; requiring the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to give priority to residents who have installed a solar energy system upon their homestead valued below a certain threshold amount, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2015

0903 Relating to Economic Development

Representative Porter Economic Development: Repeals scheduled repeal of Florida Enterprise Zone Act; deletes individual limits on certain sales tax refunds; provides cumulative annual limits; revises various provisions relating to Rural Job Tax Credit Program, Rural Infrastructure Fund, & tax refund program for qualified target industry businesses; conforms provisions. Effective Date: July 1, 2015

0905 Relating to An Exemption from Sales & Use Tax for Electrical & Hydrogen Vehicles

Representative Cortes (J) An Exemption from Sales & Use Tax for Electrical & Hydrogen Vehicles: Exempts the sales & use tax from the sale of electric & hydrogen vehicles until specified date. Effective Date: July 1, 2015

0945 Relating to Medical Tourism Representative Costello Medical Tourism: Requires OPPAGA to perform economic development analysis of medical tourism; creates medical tourism marketing plan within Enterprise Florida; requires Division of Tourism Marketing to promote medical tourism; provides requirements; requires certain funds to be allocated for the medical tourism marketing plan. Effective Date: July 1, 2015

1038 Relating to Charter Schools Senator Montford Charter Schools; Creating the Charter School Excellence Act; specifying the duties and responsibilities of the Department of Education with respect to the issuance of statements of need; requiring an applicant to file a letter of intent with the department before applying for a statement of need; authorizing the department to hold a public hearing regarding a proposed project under certain circumstances; prohibiting a person from undertaking a project subject to review without holding a statement of need, etc. Effective Date: 10/1/2015

1046 Relating to Entertainment Industry

Senator Detert Entertainment Industry; Revising the sources of moneys to be credited to the State Economic Enhancement and Development Trust Fund to include repayments to the entertainment industry quick action fund created by the act; creating the Entertainment Industry Quick Action Account within the State Economic Enhancement and Development Trust Fund; renaming the Office of Film and Entertainment within the Department of Economic Opportunity as the Division of Film and Entertainment within Enterprise Florida, Inc.; revising provisions relating to the application process, tax credit eligibility, transfer of tax credits, election and distribution of tax credits, allocation of tax credits, forfeiture of tax credits, and annual report, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2015

1089 Relating to Solar Energy Representative Torres Solar Energy: Authorizes rebates for portion of the purchase price of solar energy systems during specified period; revises eligibility requirements; requires applications for rebates to include proofs of purchase; requires DACS to give priority to residents who have installed a solar energy system upon a structure that qualifies as low-income housing. Effective Date: July 1, 2015

1214 Relating to Economic Development

Senator Latvala (J) Economic Development; Requiring the Office of Economic and Demographic Research and the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to provide a detailed analysis of the retention of Major League Baseball spring training baseball franchises; requiring a project that requires funding that falls into a specified range to be approved by the Legislative Budget Commission before final approval by the Governor; revising the requirements for projects eligible for receipt of funds from the Quick Action Closing Fund, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2015

1556 Relating to Economic Development

Senator Montford Economic Development; Deleting individual limits on the amounts of sales tax refunds authorized for the purchase of building materials used in the rehabilitation of real property located in an enterprise zone or for the purchase of business property used by businesses in an enterprise zone; amending provisions relating to the Rural Job Tax Credit Program; revising the maximum percentage of total infrastructure project costs for which the Department of Economic Opportunity may award grants; amending provisions relating to a tax refund program for target industry businesses, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2015

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