Mack Bernard

Revising requirements for estimates included in the 10-year site plan; requiring the Florida Public Service Commission to issue a final order within a specified timeframe after receiving a proposed plan; authorizing the commission to reject such plan under certain circumstances; requiring electric utilities to submit…

Requiring residential property insurers to provide specified premium reductions for claim-free periods and mitigation improvements; prohibiting the use of storm-related claims to deny eligibility for a premium reduction; requiring the Office of Insurance Regulation to adopt rules relating to mitigation upgrades; prohibiting certain claims that…

Increasing the maximum administrative fee that the Florida Public Service Commission may establish to carry out certain duties, etc.

Authorizing, contingent upon an appropriation, the state Medicaid plan to fund a demonstration pilot program in a specified region for specified purposes; authorizing Medicaid managed assistance providers to offer specified intervention services to certain participants under the pilot program; requiring the state Medicaid plain to…

Providing requirements for instruction on the study of Hispanic contributions to the United States, etc.

Requiring a law enforcement officer to provide the driver of a vehicle impounded under certain circumstances with certain information; authorizing the driver of a vehicle disabled under certain circumstances to take certain action; requiring a law enforcement officer and wrecker operator to provide specified information…

Citing this act as "Vassallo's Law"; requiring law enforcement agencies to implement a procedure for interviewing a surrendering person; authorizing a law enforcement officer interviewing a surrendering person to temporarily detain or arrest such person under certain circumstances; requiring a law enforcement officer interviewing a…

Prohibiting certain right turns at intersections using traffic infraction detectors; requiring certain signage at such intersections, etc.

Prohibiting persons from engaging in specified conduct without holding the applicable license; revising exemptions from licensure requirements; revising the membership of the Dietetics and Nutrition Practice Council; revising licensure requirements for dietitians and nutritionists; requiring that certain persons licensed as a dietitian/nutritionist or a nutrition…

Prohibiting school district employees from using corporal punishment on public school students, etc.

Defining the terms "affordable" and "base rent"; prohibiting certain landlords of specified dwelling units from increasing the base rent of a unit during the term of a rental agreement, etc.

Citing this act as the "Judicial Efficiency and Transparency (JET) Act"; requiring each clerk of the circuit court to prepare an annual performance report with specified information regarding each circuit and county court judge; requiring such reports to be posted by a certain date on…

Revising the general obligations of mobile home park owners; authorizing a unit of local government to adopt and enforce local codes or ordinances for specified purposes, etc.

Repealing provisions relating to local business taxes; authorizing certain counties to continue to impose a business tax; authorizing such counties to revise the definition of the term "merchant" in a specified manner; prohibiting such counties from revising a specified tax rate, etc.

Providing an exception to the prohibition on state agencies, governmental authorities, and local governments restricting the use or sale of watercraft based on the energy source used to power the watercraft if such watercraft is used on certain bodies of water, etc.