HomeMy WebLinkAboutFwd 2022 Legislative Update #8Legislative 2022 Update from League of Cities. Lots of proposed bills. See below:
Wes Morrison
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Cape Canaveral, FL 32920
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Date: January 3, 2022 at 12:57:42 PM EST
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Todd Morley
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From: mryan <mryan@indianharbour.org>
Date: January 3, 2022 at 12:02:56 PM EST
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City Manager (cbarker@satellitebeach.org)" <cbarker@satellitebeach.org>, "Frank Abbate (Frank.Abbate@BrevardFL.gov)" <Frank.Abbate@brevardfl.gov>, "Jason Mahaney (jmahaney@grantvalkaria.org)"
<jmahaney@grantvalkaria.org>, "jenni.lamb (jenni.lamb@mlbfl.org)" <jenni.lamb@mlbfl.org>, "Jim Liesenfelt (jim.liesenfelt@brevardfl.gov)" <jim.liesenfelt@brevardfl.gov>, "Jim McKnight
(james.mcknight@cityofcocoabeach.com)" <james.mcknight@cityofcocoabeach.com>, "John Denninghoff (John.Denninghoff@brevardfl.gov)" <John.Denninghoff@brevardfl.gov>, "Larese, Scott (scott.larese@titus
ville.com)" <scott.larese@titusville.com>, Lisa Morrell <LMorrell@townofmalabar.org>, "Matt Stinnett (TownManager@townofmalabar.org)" <TownManager@townofmalabar.org>, "Matthew Fuhrer
- City of Cocoa (mfuhrer@cocoafl.org)" <mfuhrer@cocoafl.org>, "Michael Casey (mcasey@indialantic.com)" <mcasey@indialantic.com>, "Scott Morgan (SMorgan@WESTMELBOURNE.ORG)" <SMorgan@westmelbourne.or
g>, "Shannon Lewis (Shannon.Lewis@mlbfl.org)" <Shannon.Lewis@mlbfl.org>, Stockten Whitten <swhitten@cocoafl.org>, "Suzanne Sherman (Suzanne.Sherman@palmbayflorida.org)" <Suzanne.Sherman@palmbayflorid
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Subject: RE: 2022 Legislative Update #8
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Happy New Year!
I trust this e-mail finds you, your family, and team safe and healthy.
As Chairperson of the FCCMA Legislative Committee, I am submitting the eight 2022 Florida Legislative Session update. As of this morning (January 3rd) 2862 bills have been filed for
consideration in the Florida Legislature during the 2022 Session. In addition to the bills listed in the previous update, there are new bills of interest that you may wish to follow.
(Note: any bill filed in the legislature has the ability to be tracked by you and receive updates for hearings or amendments, and I encourage you to do so). Here is a synopsis of some
the newly filed bills.
• HJR 923 - Ad Valorem Tax Exemption
Proposing amendment to State Constitution to authorize periodic increase of twenty-five thousand dollar exemption on homestead property's assessed value that is greater than fifty
thousand dollars.
• HB 935 - Study to Establish Statewide Long-Term Recycling Goal
Requires DEP to conduct study on establishment of new long-term, statewide recycling goal & submit report to Governor & Legislature.
• HB 943 - Preemption of Local Government Wage Mandates
Prohibits political subdivisions from enacting, maintaining, or enforcing, directly or indirectly, wage mandates in amounts greater than state minimum wage rate.
• HJR 973 - Homestead Property Tax Assessment Limitations and Tax Exemptions for Certain Low-income Elderly Persons
Authorizes Legislature, by general law, to prohibit increases in assessed value of homestead property owned by low-income senior & allow counties or municipalities to grant exemption
equal to assessed value of homestead property owned by low-income, long-term resident senior; & provides for homestead exemption equal to assessed value of property if just value of
property is less than certain amount & legal or equitable title to property is held by low-income, long-term resident senior, & provides for annual adjustment of just value threshold.
• HB 975 - Homestead Exemptions for Low-income Seniors
Provides homestead assessment limitation for low-income, long-term resident seniors; requires annual adjustment of limitation; requires property appraiser to serve notice of intent
to record tax lien against property; provides such property is subject to certain taxes, penalties, & interest; provides exception from such penalties & interest; provides person must
be given specified timeframe to pay taxes, penalties, & interest before lien is filed; revises amount of exemption that may be granted to low-income, long-term resident seniors receiving
homestead exemption; provides for homestead exemption equal to assessed value of property for property owned by low-income, long-term resident seniors; requires annual adjustment of
just value threshold.
• HB 981 - Mixed-use Residential Development Projects for Affordable Housing
Authorizes counties & municipalities to approve certain mixed-use residential developments using specified approval process; provides that approval for affordable housing development
or mixed-use residential development is self-executing.
• HB 985 - Sovereign Immunity
Revises statutory limits on liability for tort claims against state & its agencies & subdivisions; revises requirements for state or agency or subdivision of state to agree to settle
claim or judgment; prohibits insurance policy from conditioning payment of benefits on enactment of claim bill; specifies that limitations in effect on date final judgment is entered
apply to that claim; requires DFS to adjust limitations on tort liability every year after specified date; revises exceptions relating to instituting actions on claims against state
or one of its agencies & to statute of limitations for such claims.
• HB 1019/SB 1238 - Saltwater Intrusion Vulnerability Assessments
Requires coastal counties to conduct vulnerability assessments analyzing effects of saltwater intrusion on water supplies & preparedness to respond to threats & provide copies to DEP
& water management districts; requires water management districts to submit certain projects to DEP; requires DEP to update comprehensive statewide flood vulnerability & sea level rise
data, make certain information available online, & provide cost-share funding to coastal counties.
• HB 1057 - Evidence of Vendor Financial Stability
Provides that agency that requires vendor to demonstrate financial stability during competitive solicitation process must accept certain evidence.
• HB 1077 - Public Financing of Potentially At-risk Structures and Infrastructure
Provides certain areas are at risk due to sea level rise & structures & infrastructure within those areas are potentially at risk.
• HB 1093 - Community Violence Task Force
Creates task force within FDLE; requires state agencies to provide assistance when requested; authorizes task force to receive exempt or confidential & exempt information & specifies
that information maintains such status; requires report to Governor.
• SB 1176 - Citizen Review Boards
Requiring law enforcement agencies that employ law enforcement officers being investigated for use of force by a citizen review board to include a member of the citizen review board
as part of the law enforcement agency’s investigative team; requiring the board of county commissioners or other governing body of each county, by a specified date, to establish a citizen
review board having the authority and ability to independently investigate law enforcement agencies within that county, etc.
• SB 1194 - Local Tax Referenda Requirements
Requiring referenda elections related to tourist development taxes, tourist impact taxes, and children’s services and independent special district property taxes to be held on the
day of a general election; requiring referenda elections related to increases in county and municipal ad valorem tax millages to be held on the day of a general election; requiring
referenda elections related to local option fuel taxes to be held on the day of a general election, etc.
• SB 1230 - COVID-19 Mandates
Repealing provisions relating to a prohibition on public employee COVID-19 vaccination mandates, a prohibition on private employer COVID-19 vaccination mandates, a public records exemption
for complaints and investigations regarding private employer COVID-19 vaccination mandates, and a prohibition on COVID-19 vaccination mandates for students, respectively; deleting a
prohibition on certain facial covering and quarantine mandates in K-12 schools; deleting a related right of action for parents and certain students, etc.
• SB 1234 - Vaccinations During Public Health Emergencies
Authorizing the State Health Officer to order the vaccination of individuals upon declaration of a public health emergency under certain circumstances; revising a requirement that
the Department of Health adopt certain rules, etc.
• SB 1236 - County and Municipal Detention Facilities
Creating the Florida Model Jail Standards Commission to supersede a working group; specifying that each entity that operates a municipal or county detention facility shall adopt the
Florida Model Jail Standards approved by the commission; requiring the jail standards to include criteria and standards for what actions result in serious violations and notable violations;
specifying that the jail standards must require that each county detention facility and municipal detention facility be inspected, at a minimum, twice annually; providing financial
penalties for persons in charge of detention facilities who refuse to allow inspections or who refuse to provide access to detention facilities, or for facilities found to be noncompliant
with the jail standards during an annual inspection or any reinspection, etc.
• SB 1248 - Local Government Land Development Actions
Specifying the authority of a county or municipality, respectively, to make additional comments on an application for approval of a development permit or development order; requiring
local governments to adopt residential infill development standards by a specified date; specifying guidelines local governments must use in developing residential infill development
standards; prohibiting a local government from approving applications with many deficiencies; requiring local governments to amend their development regulations and comprehensive plans
to incorporate residential infill developments as a zoning classification and incorporate them as an appropriate land use classification, etc.
• SB 1264/SJR 1266 - Ad Valorem Taxation
Providing for the periodic increase in the ad valorem taxation exemption on a homestead property’s assessed value that exceeds a specified amount, etc.
Effective Date: On the effective date of the amendment to the State Constitution proposed by SJR 1266 or a similar joint resolution having substantially the same specific intent and
purpose, if such amendment to the State Constitution is approved at the general election held in November 2022 or at an earlier special election specifically authorized by law for that
purpose.
• SB 1280 - Homestead Taxes for Persons Age 65 and Older
Providing a homestead assessment limitation for certain persons who have attained age 65; requiring a property appraiser to serve a notice of intent to record a notice of tax lien
against the property upon persons granted but not entitled to the limitation; revising the additional exemptions that may be granted by counties or municipalities to certain senior,
low-income, long-term residents receiving a specified homestead exemption; providing for a homestead exemption equal to the assessed value of the property for certain property held
by certain senior, low-income, long-term residents, etc.
• SB 1332 - Temporary Underground Residential Electric Service
Prohibiting local governmental entities from prohibiting electric utilities from using temporary underground residential services under certain conditions; authorizing electric utilities
to install permanent electric service to the meter socket until a certificate of occupancy is obtained; defining the term “temporary underground residential service”, etc.
• SB 1338 - Floating Solar Facilities
Defining the term “floating solar facility”; providing that a floating solar facility must be a permitted use in appropriate land use categories in each local government’s comprehensive
plan; requiring each local government to amend its development regulations to promote the expanded use of floating solar facilities; requiring the Office of Energy within the Department
of Agriculture and Consumer Services to submit specified recommendations to the Legislature to provide a regulatory framework relating to floating solar facilities, etc.
• SB 1380 - Real Property Rights
Revising rights that are not affected or extinguished by marketable record titles; revising the types of interests extinguished by marketable record titles; authorizing owners or operators
of private property used for motor vehicle parking to establish rules, rates, and fines governing private persons parking on the property; prohibiting counties and municipalities from
enacting any ordinance or regulation attempting to restrict or prohibit the owner or operator from adopting such rules, rates, or fines, etc.
• HB 6095 - Restrictions on Firearms and Ammunition During Emergencies
Repeals provisions relating to specified automatic restrictions on firearms & ammunition during certain declared emergencies.
• HB 6099 - Carrying a Concealed Weapon or Firearm in a Legislative Meeting
Removes prohibition on carrying of concealed weapons or firearms in legislative meetings by holders of licenses to carry such weapons or firearms.
The following is a list of the dates for the upcoming 2022 Legislative Session.
January 7, 2022 Deadline for final drafts of general bills and joint resolutions, including requests for companion
bills.
January 11, 2022 2022 Legislative Session Begins; Deadline for filing bills for introduction
March 1, 2022 50th Day – last day for regularly scheduled committee meetings
March 11, 2022 2022 Legislative Session Ends
Thank you for your continued advocacy.
Mark
From: mryan
Sent: Tuesday, December 7, 2021 2:25 PM
To: Abbate, Thomas (thomas.abbate@Titusville.com) <thomas.abbate@Titusville.com>; Brenda Fettrow (bfettrow@cityofrockledge.org) <bfettrow@cityofrockledge.org>; Courtney Barker, City
Manager (cbarker@satellitebeach.org) <cbarker@satellitebeach.org>; Frank Abbate (Frank.Abbate@BrevardFL.gov) <Frank.Abbate@BrevardFL.gov>; Jason Mahaney (jmahaney@grantvalkaria.org)
<jmahaney@grantvalkaria.org>; jenni.lamb (jenni.lamb@mlbfl.org) <jenni.lamb@mlbfl.org>; Jim Liesenfelt (jim.liesenfelt@brevardfl.gov) <jim.liesenfelt@brevardfl.gov>; Jim McKnight (james.mcknight@cit
yofcocoabeach.com) <james.mcknight@cityofcocoabeach.com>; John Denninghoff (John.Denninghoff@brevardfl.gov) <John.Denninghoff@brevardfl.gov>; Larese, Scott (scott.larese@titusville.com)
<scott.larese@titusville.com>; Lisa Morrell <LMorrell@townofmalabar.org>; Matt Stinnett (TownManager@townofmalabar.org) <TownManager@townofmalabar.org>; Matthew Fuhrer - City of Cocoa
(mfuhrer@cocoafl.org) <mfuhrer@cocoafl.org>; Michael Casey (mcasey@indialantic.com) <mcasey@indialantic.com>; Scott Morgan (SMorgan@WESTMELBOURNE.ORG) <SMorgan@WESTMELBOURNE.ORG>; Shannon
Lewis (Shannon.Lewis@mlbfl.org) <Shannon.Lewis@mlbfl.org>; Stockten Whitten <swhitten@cocoafl.org>; Suzanne Sherman (Suzanne.Sherman@palmbayflorida.org) <Suzanne.Sherman@palmbayflorida.org>;
Todd Morley (T.Morley@cityofcapecanaveral.org) <T.Morley@cityofcapecanaveral.org>; Town Manager (TownManager@melbournebeachfl.org) <TownManager@melbournebeachfl.org>
Cc: Altara Warren <awarren@indianharbour.org>; ExecutiveTeam@indianharbour.org
Subject: RE: 2022 Legislative Update #7
Good Afternoon!
Happy Holidays!
I trust this e-mail finds you, your family, and team safe and healthy.
As Chairperson of the FCCMA Legislative Committee, I am submitting the seventh 2022 Florida Legislative Session update. As of this afternoon (December 7th) 2482 bills have been filed
for consideration in the Florida Legislature during the 2022 Session. In addition to the bills listed in the previous update, there are new bills of interest that you may wish to follow.
(Note: any bill filed in the legislature has the ability to be tracked by you and receive updates for hearings or amendments, and I encourage you to do so). Here is a synopsis of some
the newly filed bills.
· HB 645/SB 992 - Law Enforcement, Correctional, & Correctional Probation Officers' Death Benefits
Requires employer of full-time law enforcement, correctional, or correctional probation officer to extend paid health insurance benefits to officer's surviving spouse & each of officer's
dependent children if officer dies in line of duty as result of exposure to pandemic disease that is subject of public health emergency.
· SB 510/HB 301 - Financial Disclosures for Local Officers
Requiring specified local officers to file a full and public disclosure of financial interests, etc.
· HB 707/SB 1158 - Home Kitchen Operations
Exempts home kitchen operations from food permitting requirements; provides requirements for sale of home kitchen food products; preempts regulation of home kitchen operations to state;
authorizes DACS to investigate complaints, conduct inspections, & impose disciplinary actions.
· SB 626/HB 659 - Standards for Buildings and Firesafety
Providing for a contingent effective date of updates to the Florida Building Code; providing for a contingent effective date of updates to the Florida Fire Prevention Code, etc.
· HB 621/SB 1162 - Infrastructure Project Funding
Prohibits administering agency from disbursing funds from any category of General Appropriations Act for infrastructure projects under certain conditions; requires grantee to use revenues
for infrastructure projects for certain activities only; prohibits water management districts from disbursing funds to grantees for water-related projects unless certain conditions
are met; prohibits potential grantees from seeking funds for water-related projects under certain conditions; provides criteria under which applicants may apply for water project grant
funding; prohibits applicants from seeking water project grant funding under certain conditions.
· HB 645/SB 992 - Law Enforcement, Correctional, & Correctional Probation Officers' Death Benefits
Requiring the employer of a full-time law enforcement, correctional, or correctional probation officer to extend paid health insurance benefits to the officer’s surviving spouse and
each of the officer’s dependent children if the officer dies in the line of duty as a result of exposure to a pandemic disease that is the subject of a public health emergency; providing
retroactive application, etc.
· HB 673 - Tourist Development Taxes
Authorizes certain coastal counties to be reimbursed for use of tourist development tax revenues for tourism training; revises percent of tourist development tax revenues that may
be used to reimburse for expenses incurred in providing public safety services; authorizes certain rural counties to be reimbursed for use of tourist development tax revenues for certain
purposes regardless of whether certain other requirements are met.
· HB 681/SB 1030 - Impact Fee Credits
Revises area within which impact fee credits are assignable & transferable.
· HB 689/SB 1066 - Workers' Compensation Benefits for First Responders
Provides that time for specified notice in certain cases is measured from time of qualifying event or diagnosis of disorder, rather than manifestation of disorder, whichever is later.
· HB 739 - Local Government Land Development Actions
Specifies deficiencies county or municipality may provide comments on regarding applications for development permits or development orders; requires local governments to adopt residential
infill development standards; provides guidelines for local governments in developing residential infill development standards; requires local governments to adopt regulations to be
used by applicants seeking designations as residential infill development; prohibits local government from denying applications if applicant has generally complied with regulations;
requires local governments to amend their development regulations & comprehensive plans to incorporate residential infill developments as zoning classifications; specifies deficiencies
over which local government may provide comments or request information on regarding applications for building permits.
· HB 761/SB 882 - Inventories of Critical Wetlands
Requires each water management district governing board, in cooperation with local governments, to develop list of critical wetlands for acquisition using funds from Land Acquisition
Trust Fund; requires boards to consider certain criteria when including wetlands on list.
· HB 773/SB 1046 - Pub. Rec./Law Enforcement Geolocation Information
Provides exemption from public records requirements for law enforcement geolocation information held by law enforcement agency; provides retroactive applicability; provides for future
legislative review & repeal of exemption; provides statement of public necessity.
· HB 777 - Local Tax Referenda Requirements
Requires referenda elections related to tourist development taxes, tourist impact taxes, children's services & independent special district property taxes, increases in county & municipal
ad valorem tax millages, ninth-cent fuel tax, local option fuel taxes, & certain school district millage elections to be held on day of general elections.
· HB 785 - Two-way Radio Communication Enhancement Systems
Authorizes use of two-way radio communication enhancement systems to comply with certain radio signal strength requirements in Florida Fire Prevention Code; exempts certain apartment
buildings from requiring two-way radio communication enhancement systems.
· HB 797 - Photographic Enforcement of School Zone Speed Limits
Authorizes county or municipality to contract with automated speed enforcement provider to install cameras in school speed zones to enforce school zone speed limits; provides criteria;
provides civil penalty for certain violations; provides for disposition & use of funds; provides requirements for notices of violation; requires payment of certain penalties within
certain periods; provides for determination of liability; provides for court jurisdiction & enforcement; provides final notice requirements; requires prohibition of motor vehicle registration
renewal & transfer of title under certain circumstances; provides for collection of unpaid penalty imposed on owner of motor vehicle registered outside this state; prohibits warning
or civil penalty for operator arrested or cited for same violation by peace officer.
· HB 799/SB 974 - Sovereign Immunity
Revises statutory limits on liability for tort claims against state & its agencies & subdivisions; specifies that limitations in effect on date final judgment is entered apply to that
claim; requires DFS to adjust limitations on tort liability every year after specified date.
· HB 839/SB 1152 - Tax Discount Percentage Rates
Revises tax discount percentage rates for all taxes assessed on county tax rolls.
· HB 851 - School Concurrency
Requires, instead of encourages, local governments that adopt school concurrency to apply concurrency to development on a districtwide basis; removes provisions addressing school concurrency
on a less than districtwide basis; revises provisions specifying when school concurrency is satisfied; specifies proportionate-share mitigation may be set aside & not spent if improvement
has not been identified.
· HB 857 - Criminal Justice
Removes provisions relating to operating budget of municipal law enforcement agency; revises prohibition on obstructing traffic by standing on street; prohibits persons from willfully
obstructing public streets in order to solicit; removes provisions providing municipality has duty to allow law enforcement agency to respond to riot or unlawful assembly in specified
manner; removes provisions providing municipality is civilly liable for specified damages proximately caused by municipality's breach of such duty; removes criminal penalty for assault
committed in furtherance of riot or aggravated riot; removes criminal penalty for battery committed in furtherance of riot or aggravated riot; removes provision relating to destroying
or demolishing memorial or historic property; removes provisions reclassifying specified burglary offenses committed during riot or aggravated riot & facilitated by conditions arising
from riot; removes provision requiring person arrested for such violation to be held in custody until first appearance.
· SB 976 - Construction
Prohibiting specified governmental entities from requiring participation in a paid subscription service to access solicitations of competitive bids or proposals which must be publicly
advertised; requiring that such solicitations be available on the publicly accessible website of the applicable governmental entity after the solicitation has been advertised; prohibiting
the local enforcing agency from requiring a substantive change to plans and specifications once they have been found to be in compliance and a permit is issued, if such change would
result in more than a de minimis increase in the overall cost of the project, etc.
· SB 1022/HB 6081 - Preemption of the Regulation of Tobacco and Nicotine Products
Repealing provisions relating to preemption of the regulation of tobacco and nicotine products, respectively, etc.
· SB 1056 - Rental of Homestead Property
Revising criteria under which the rental of homestead property is not considered abandonment for tax exemption purposes; subjecting property to the payment of interest under certain
circumstances, etc.
· SB 1144 - Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity
Exempting certain governmental entities from the requirement to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity for a license to provide advanced life support services; prohibiting
counties from limiting, prohibiting, or preventing such entities from providing advanced life support services; providing that a medical director is liable for any act or omission of
a paramedic under his or her supervision who administers medical countermeasures in a nonemergency environment; creating the Florida Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity
Task Force within the Department of Health for a specified purpose, etc.
· SB 1150 - Tax Exemption for Affordable Housing
Authorizing counties and municipalities to adopt ordinances to grant ad valorem tax exemptions to certain property owners whose properties are used for the governmental or public purpose
of providing affordable housing to certain persons or families; providing conditions for such exemptions; specifying procedures that apply to persons if property is transferred for
other purposes; specifying that an exemption improperly granted by a property appraiser to a person will not be assessed a penalty or interest, etc.
· SB 1156 - Study to Establish a Statewide Long-term Recycling Goal
Requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to conduct a study on the establishment of a new long-term, statewide recycling goal; providing requirements for the study; requiring
the department to submit a report of the results of the study and any policy recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature upon completion of the study, etc.
· SB 1170 - State Housing Assistance Programs
Removing powers of the Florida Housing Finance Corporation to develop and administer the State Apartment Incentive Loan Program; renaming the State Housing Initiatives Partnership
Program as the State Housing Initiatives Partnership Block Grant Program; removing municipalities from eligibility under the program; providing that the corporation shall distribute
moneys appropriated by the Legislature for the program, rather than distribute moneys in the Local Government Housing Trust Fund; revising eligible counties and distribution calculations
under the State Housing Initiatives Partnership Block Grant Program, etc.
· HB 4061 - Firefighter Cancer Initiative
Provides an appropriation for the Firefighter Cancer Initiative.
· HB 6083 - Fuel Sales Tax
Removes annual indexing of fuel sales tax rates.
· HB 6089 - Purchase of Plant Materials for Transportation Projects
Removes provisions requiring that certain percentages of funds allocated by DOT for construction projects be used for purchase of plant materials.
· HB 7001 - Implementation of the Constitutional Prohibition Against Lobbying by a Public Officer
Provides definitions for purpose of implementing s. 8(f), Art. II of State Constitution; provides penalties for violation of constitutional prohibition against lobbying by public officer;
provides for collection of such penalties.
· SB 7012 - Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Task Force
Creating the task force within the Department of Environmental Protection; providing the membership, organization, and duties of the task force; requiring the department to provide
staffing to assist the task force in the performance of its duties; requiring the task force to convene by a specified date; requiring the task force to submit an annual report to the
Governor and the Legislature by a specified date, etc.
The following is a list of the dates for the upcoming 2022 Legislative Session.
December 3, 2021 Deadline for drafts of general bills and joint resolutions, including
requests for companion bills
January 7, 2022 Deadline for final drafts of general bills and joint resolutions, including
requests for companion bills.
January 11, 2022 2022 Legislative Session Begins; Deadline for filing bills for introduction
March 1, 2022 50th Day – last day for regularly scheduled committee meetings
March 11, 2022 2022 Legislative Session Ends
Thank you for your continued advocacy.
Mark
From: mryan
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2021 2:27 PM
To: Abbate, Thomas (thomas.abbate@Titusville.com <mailto:thomas.abbate@Titusville.com> ) <thomas.abbate@Titusville.com <mailto:thomas.abbate@Titusville.com> >; Brenda Fettrow (bfettrow@cityofrockle
dge.org <mailto:bfettrow@cityofrockledge.org> ) <bfettrow@cityofrockledge.org <mailto:bfettrow@cityofrockledge.org> >; Courtney Barker, City Manager (cbarker@satellitebeach.org <mailto:cbarker@satell
itebeach.org> ) <cbarker@satellitebeach.org <mailto:cbarker@satellitebeach.org> >; Frank Abbate (Frank.Abbate@BrevardFL.gov <mailto:Frank.Abbate@BrevardFL.gov> ) <Frank.Abbate@BrevardFL.gov
<mailto:Frank.Abbate@BrevardFL.gov> >; Jason Mahaney (jmahaney@grantvalkaria.org <mailto:jmahaney@grantvalkaria.org> ) <jmahaney@grantvalkaria.org <mailto:jmahaney@grantvalkaria.org>
>; jenni.lamb (jenni.lamb@mlbfl.org <mailto:jenni.lamb@mlbfl.org> ) <jenni.lamb@mlbfl.org <mailto:jenni.lamb@mlbfl.org> >; Jim Liesenfelt (jim.liesenfelt@brevardfl.gov <mailto:jim.liesenfelt@brevard
fl.gov> ) <jim.liesenfelt@brevardfl.gov <mailto:jim.liesenfelt@brevardfl.gov> >; Jim McKnight (james.mcknight@cityofcocoabeach.com <mailto:james.mcknight@cityofcocoabeach.com> ) <james.mcknight@cityo
fcocoabeach.com <mailto:james.mcknight@cityofcocoabeach.com> >; John Denninghoff (John.Denninghoff@brevardfl.gov <mailto:John.Denninghoff@brevardfl.gov> ) <John.Denninghoff@brevardfl.gov
<mailto:John.Denninghoff@brevardfl.gov> >; Larese, Scott (scott.larese@titusville.com <mailto:scott.larese@titusville.com> ) <scott.larese@titusville.com <mailto:scott.larese@titusville.com>
>; Lisa Morrell <LMorrell@townofmalabar.org <mailto:LMorrell@townofmalabar.org> >; Matt Stinnett (TownManager@townofmalabar.org <mailto:TownManager@townofmalabar.org> ) <TownManager@townofmalabar.or
g <mailto:TownManager@townofmalabar.org> >; Matthew Fuhrer - City of Cocoa (mfuhrer@cocoafl.org <mailto:mfuhrer@cocoafl.org> ) <mfuhrer@cocoafl.org <mailto:mfuhrer@cocoafl.org> >; Michael
Casey (mcasey@indialantic.com <mailto:mcasey@indialantic.com> ) <mcasey@indialantic.com <mailto:mcasey@indialantic.com> >; Scott Morgan (SMorgan@WESTMELBOURNE.ORG <mailto:SMorgan@WESTMELBOURNE.ORG>
) <SMorgan@WESTMELBOURNE.ORG <mailto:SMorgan@WESTMELBOURNE.ORG> >; Shannon Lewis (Shannon.Lewis@mlbfl.org <mailto:Shannon.Lewis@mlbfl.org> ) <Shannon.Lewis@mlbfl.org <mailto:Shannon.Lewis@mlbfl.org>
>; Stockten Whitten <swhitten@cocoafl.org <mailto:swhitten@cocoafl.org> >; Suzanne Sherman (Suzanne.Sherman@palmbayflorida.org <mailto:Suzanne.Sherman@palmbayflorida.org> ) <Suzanne.Sherman@palmbayf
lorida.org <mailto:Suzanne.Sherman@palmbayflorida.org> >; Todd Morley (T.Morley@cityofcapecanaveral.org <mailto:T.Morley@cityofcapecanaveral.org> ) <T.Morley@cityofcapecanaveral.org
<mailto:T.Morley@cityofcapecanaveral.org> >; Town Manager (TownManager@melbournebeachfl.org <mailto:TownManager@melbournebeachfl.org> ) <TownManager@melbournebeachfl.org <mailto:TownManager@melbourn
ebeachfl.org> >
Cc: Altara Warren <awarren@indianharbour.org <mailto:awarren@indianharbour.org> >
Subject: RE: 2022 Legislative Update #6
Good Afternoon!
I trust this e-mail finds you, your family, and team safe and healthy.
As Chairperson of the FCCMA Legislative Committee, I am submitting the sixth 2022 Florida Legislative Session update. As you may know, the Florida Legislature began Interim Committee
Meetings in advance of the January Legislative Session the week of September 20-24, 2021. As of the close of business on November 15th. 1205 bills have been filed for consideration
in the Florida Legislature during the 2022 Session. In addition to the bills listed in the previous update, there are several new bills of interest that you may wish to follow. (Note:
any bill filed in the legislature has the ability to be tracked by you and receive updates for hearings or amendments, and I encourage you to do so). Here is a synopsis of some the
newly filed bills.
HB 495 - Tax Exemption for Affordable Housing
Authorizes counties & municipalities to adopt ordinances to grant ad valorem tax exemptions to property owners whose properties are used for governmental or public purpose of providing
affordable housing; provides conditions for such exemptions; specifies procedures that apply if property is transferred to a person for other purposes; specifies exemption improperly
granted by property appraiser will not be assessed penalty or interest.
HB 501 - Prohibition of Public Funds for Lobbying
Prohibits local governments and not-for-profit organizations from using public funds to retain lobbyists; provides exceptions for local government full-time employees; provides sanctions
for violations; authorizes people to file complaints with the Commission on Ethics; requires commission to provide a report to specified entities; specifies procedures for disciplining
violators.
HB 515/SB 866 - Municipal Water and Sewer Utility Rates
Requires municipality to charge customers receiving its utility services in another municipality same rates, fees, & charges as it charges consumers within its municipal boundaries.
HB 557/SB 838 - Fire Investigator Cancer Treatment Benefits
Revises definition of term "firefighter" to include full-time, Florida-certified fire investigators for purpose of expanding eligibility for certain cancer treatment benefits to include
such investigators; provides declaration of important state interest.
HB 561/SB 832 - Implementation of the Recommendations of the Blue-Green Algae Task Force
Requires owners of certain onsite sewage treatment & disposal systems to have systems periodically inspected; directs DEP to administer inspection program & implement program standards,
procedures, & requirements; requires basin management action plans to include specified information; directs DEP to assess specified projects.
HB 589: Sales Tax Exemptions For Public Works
Revises provisions specifying instances when sales to contractors are not exempt from sales & use tax; prohibits certain nonprofit entities that used sales tax exemption illegally
from transferring liability; requires Department of Revenue to adopt rules prohibiting certain parties who receive sales tax exemption from assigning responsibility related to tangible
personal property to other parties; requires department to establish by rule process to suspend public entity's ability to use tax exemption if certain conditions are met; revises provision
specifying when taxes that are imposed are considered state funds
SB 774/HB 117 - Communicable and Infectious Diseases
Citing this act as the "Sergeant Justin White Act."; providing a presumption to specified workers that an impairment of health caused by COVID-19 or an infectious disease happened
in the line of duty; requiring certain actions in order to be entitled to the presumption; requiring emergency rescue or public safety workers to file an incident or accident report
under certain conditions, etc.
SB 800 - Economic Development
Authorizing municipalities to exempt by ordinance the public service tax that specified users would pay on electrical energy purchases; providing an exemption from the state tax on
sales, use, and other transactions for building materials used in the rehabilitation of real property in an opportunity zone; revising the qualification criteria and tax credit amounts
for new and existing businesses under the Rural Job Tax Credit Program; establishing a rural opportunity tax refund program for qualified target industry businesses in rural areas,
etc.
SB 834 - Long-term Cleanup of Harmful Algal Blooms
Citing this act as the “Implementation of Long-term Solutions for Cleaning Florida’s Water Bodies Act”; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to take certain actions
to physically remove, reduce, clean up, and respond to harmful algal blooms; requiring the department to give preference to innovative technologies that meet certain standards, etc.
HB 6075 - Tourist Development Taxes
Removes provision requiring specified percentage of all tourist development tax revenues to be used to promote & advertise tourism.
The following is a list of the dates for upcoming Interim Committee meetings in advance of the actual legislative session, and other key dates throughout the session.
November 15-19, 2021 Legislative Interim Committee Week
November 29-December 3, 2021 Legislative Interim Committee Week
December 3, 2021 Deadline for drafts of general bills and joint resolutions, including
requests for companion bills
January 7, 2022 Deadline for final drafts of general bills and joint resolutions, including
requests for companion bills.
January 11, 2022 2022 Legislative Session Begins; Deadline for filing bills for introduction
March 1, 2022 50th Day – last day for regularly scheduled committee meetings
March 11, 2022 2022 Legislative Session Ends
Thank you for your continued advocacy.
Mark
From: mryan
Sent: Tuesday, November 2, 2021 10:14 AM
To: Abbate, Thomas (thomas.abbate@Titusville.com <mailto:thomas.abbate@Titusville.com> ) <thomas.abbate@Titusville.com <mailto:thomas.abbate@Titusville.com> >; Brenda Fettrow (bfettrow@cityofrockle
dge.org <mailto:bfettrow@cityofrockledge.org> ) <bfettrow@cityofrockledge.org <mailto:bfettrow@cityofrockledge.org> >; Courtney Barker, City Manager (cbarker@satellitebeach.org <mailto:cbarker@satell
itebeach.org> ) <cbarker@satellitebeach.org <mailto:cbarker@satellitebeach.org> >; Frank Abbate (Frank.Abbate@BrevardFL.gov <mailto:Frank.Abbate@BrevardFL.gov> ) <Frank.Abbate@BrevardFL.gov
<mailto:Frank.Abbate@BrevardFL.gov> >; Jason Mahaney (jmahaney@grantvalkaria.org <mailto:jmahaney@grantvalkaria.org> ) <jmahaney@grantvalkaria.org <mailto:jmahaney@grantvalkaria.org>
>; jenni.lamb (jenni.lamb@mlbfl.org <mailto:jenni.lamb@mlbfl.org> ) <jenni.lamb@mlbfl.org <mailto:jenni.lamb@mlbfl.org> >; Jim Liesenfelt (jim.liesenfelt@brevardfl.gov <mailto:jim.liesenfelt@brevard
fl.gov> ) <jim.liesenfelt@brevardfl.gov <mailto:jim.liesenfelt@brevardfl.gov> >; Jim McKnight (james.mcknight@cityofcocoabeach.com <mailto:james.mcknight@cityofcocoabeach.com> ) <james.mcknight@cityo
fcocoabeach.com <mailto:james.mcknight@cityofcocoabeach.com> >; John Denninghoff (John.Denninghoff@brevardfl.gov <mailto:John.Denninghoff@brevardfl.gov> ) <John.Denninghoff@brevardfl.gov
<mailto:John.Denninghoff@brevardfl.gov> >; Larese, Scott (scott.larese@titusville.com <mailto:scott.larese@titusville.com> ) <scott.larese@titusville.com <mailto:scott.larese@titusville.com>
>; Lisa Morrell <LMorrell@townofmalabar.org <mailto:LMorrell@townofmalabar.org> >; Matt Stinnett (TownManager@townofmalabar.org <mailto:TownManager@townofmalabar.org> ) <TownManager@townofmalabar.or
g <mailto:TownManager@townofmalabar.org> >; Matthew Fuhrer - City of Cocoa (mfuhrer@cocoafl.org <mailto:mfuhrer@cocoafl.org> ) <mfuhrer@cocoafl.org <mailto:mfuhrer@cocoafl.org> >; Michael
Casey (mcasey@indialantic.com <mailto:mcasey@indialantic.com> ) <mcasey@indialantic.com <mailto:mcasey@indialantic.com> >; Scott Morgan (SMorgan@WESTMELBOURNE.ORG <mailto:SMorgan@WESTMELBOURNE.ORG>
) <SMorgan@WESTMELBOURNE.ORG <mailto:SMorgan@WESTMELBOURNE.ORG> >; Shannon Lewis (Shannon.Lewis@mlbfl.org <mailto:Shannon.Lewis@mlbfl.org> ) <Shannon.Lewis@mlbfl.org <mailto:Shannon.Lewis@mlbfl.org>
>; Stockten Whitten <swhitten@cocoafl.org <mailto:swhitten@cocoafl.org> >; Suzanne Sherman (Suzanne.Sherman@palmbayflorida.org <mailto:Suzanne.Sherman@palmbayflorida.org> ) <Suzanne.Sherman@palmbayf
lorida.org <mailto:Suzanne.Sherman@palmbayflorida.org> >; Todd Morley (T.Morley@cityofcapecanaveral.org <mailto:T.Morley@cityofcapecanaveral.org> ) <T.Morley@cityofcapecanaveral.org
<mailto:T.Morley@cityofcapecanaveral.org> >; Town Manager (TownManager@melbournebeachfl.org <mailto:TownManager@melbournebeachfl.org> ) <TownManager@melbournebeachfl.org <mailto:TownManager@melbourn
ebeachfl.org> >
Cc: Altara Warren <awarren@indianharbour.org <mailto:awarren@indianharbour.org> >
Subject: FW: 2022 Legislative Update #5
Good Morning!
I trust this e-mail finds you, your family, and team safe and healthy.
As Chairperson of the FCCMA Legislative Committee, I am submitting the fourth 2022 Florida Legislative Session update. As you may know, the Florida Legislature began Interim Committee
Meetings in advance of the January Legislative Session the week of September 20-24, 2021. As of the close of business on November 1st. 818 bills have been filed for consideration in
the Florida Legislature during the 2022 Session. In addition to the bills listed in the previous update, there are several new bills of interest that you may wish to follow. (Note:
any bill filed in the legislature has the ability to be tracked by you and receive updates for hearings or amendments, and I encourage you to do so). Here is a synopsis of some the
newly filed bills.
• HB 325 - Vacation Rentals
Requires advertising platforms to collect & remit taxes for certain transactions; revises regulated activities of public lodging establishments & public food service establishments
preempted to state; expands authority of local laws, ordinances, or regulations to include requiring vacation rentals to register with local vacation rental registration programs; preempting
regulation of advertising platforms to state; authorizes division to issue & deliver notice to cease & desist for certain violations; provides that such notice does not constitute agency
action for which hearings may be sought; authorizes division to collect attorney fees & costs; authorizes division to impose fine on advertising platforms for violations.
• HB 351 - Offenses Against Firefighters
Provides enhanced penalties for certain offenses committed against firefighters engaged in performance of their lawful duties.
• HB 359 - Agreement For Best Practices in Economic Development
Creates Agreement For Best Practices in Economic Development; specifies membership of board; requires board to publish specified material regarding best practices in economic development;
requires board to suggest annual revisions; requires board to accept testimony related to economic development improvements; prohibits member states from providing company-specific
tax incentives for specified purposes; providing procedures for withdrawing from agreement.
• HB 401 - Ad Valorem Tax Exemption for Affordable Housing and
Defines "actual rental income" for certain property used for affordable housing purposes; revises ownership entities for nonprofit homes qualifying for exemption from ad valorem taxation
to include certain limited partnerships.
• HB 403 - Local Ordinances
Authorizes courts to assess & award attorney fees & costs & damages in certain civil actions filed against local governments; requires local governments to prepare business impact
statement before adoption of proposed ordinances; specifies requirements for posting & content of statement; requires counties & municipalities to suspend enforcement of certain ordinances
subject of certain legal actions; requires courts to give priority to certain cases; specifies factors court must consider in determining whether ordinance is arbitrary or unreasonable
provides declaration of important state interest.
• HB 423/SB 644 - Building Inspection Services
Revises eligibility requirements for building code inspector or plans examiner; revises special conditions that may be imposed on provisional certificates; authorizes partial completion
of internship program to be transferred between jurisdictions & private entities; limits administrative fee that local jurisdiction can charge; provides certificate of occupancy or
completion is automatically granted & issued; requires local building official to provide written certificate of occupancy or completion within specified time.
• HB 425/SB 664- HB 425 - Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Workers' Compensation for Law Enforcement, Correctional, and Correctional Probation Officers
Provides PTSD suffered by part-time & auxiliary law enforcement officers, correctional & part-time correctional officers, & correctional probation & part-time correctional probation
officers is occupational disease compensable by workers' compensation benefits; specifies evidentiary standard for demonstrating such disorder; specifies benefits do not require physical
injury; provides time for notice of injury or death; requires employing agency to provide specified mental health training.
• HB 445/SB 696- Transportation Network Companies
Provides limitation on certain fees charged by airports or seaports; prohibits certain airports & seaports from removing, degrading, or impeding access to certain services, benefits,
or infrastructure.
Creates Agreement For Best Practices in Economic Development; specifies membership of board; requires board to publish specified material regarding best practices in economic development;
requires board to suggest annual revisions; requires board to accept testimony related to economic development improvements; prohibits member states from providing company-specific
tax incentives for specified purposes; providing procedures for withdrawing from agreement.
• SB 524 - Elections
Removing the limitation on the amount of aggregate fines that may be assessed in a calendar year against a third-party voter registration organization for specified violations; revising
the candidate oath to require a candidate to subscribe to an oath or affirmation regarding outstanding fines, fees, or penalties owed for certain ethics or campaign finance violations;
prohibiting the use of ranked-choice voting to determine election or nomination to elective office; voiding existing or future local ordinances authorizing the use of ranked-choice
voting; authorizing the supervisor of elections to designate up to two additional early voting sites per election in areas of a county that do not have otherwise eligible locations,
etc.
• SB 568 - Abatement of Taxes for Residential Dwellings Rendered Uninhabitable by Catastrophic Event
Specifying conditions under which persons whose residential dwellings are rendered uninhabitable may receive an abatement of taxes originally levied; specifying a formula for determining
the amount of the tax abatement; requiring tax collectors to provide specified information to the Department of Revenue and the governing boards of each affected local government on
an annual basis, etc.
• SB 592 - Face Covering Mandates
Prohibiting counties and municipalities from requiring that a citizen of the United States wear a face covering; prohibiting district school boards from adopting, implementing, or
enforcing a policy, a rule, a code of conduct, or an order requiring the wearing of a face covering; prohibiting a district school superintendent from implementing or enforcing a policy,
a rule, a code of conduct, or an order requiring the wearing of a face covering; prohibiting a school principal from implementing or enforcing a policy, a rule, a code of conduct, or
an order requiring the wearing of a face covering, etc.
• SB 594 - Discrimination on the Basis of COVID-19 Vaccination or Postinfection Recovery Status
Prohibiting governmental entities from requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination or postinfection recovery status as a condition of licensure or certification in this state; prohibiting
employers from requiring COVID-19 vaccination or proof of COVID-19 vaccination or postinfection recovery as a condition of employment, promotion, or continued employment or from discriminating
against employees on the basis of such status unless certain conditions are met; providing a right of action for aggrieved persons, etc.
• SB 604/HB 393 - Safe Waterways Act
Revising the definition of the term “public bathing place”; requiring, rather than authorizing, the Department of Health to adopt and enforce certain rules; requiring, rather than
authorizing, the department to issue health advisories under certain circumstances; requiring the department to notify a municipality or county if the department issues a health advisory
against swimming on the basis of elevated bacteria levels in a public bathing place within the municipality’s or county’s jurisdiction; requiring the municipality or county to post
certain signage around public bathing places that have elevated levels of specified bacteria, etc.
• SB 608 - Sanitary Sewer Lateral Inspection Programs
Defining the term “continuous monolithic pipe system”; authorizing counties and municipalities, respectively, to access sanitary sewer laterals within their jurisdiction for specified
purposes; requiring counties and municipalities to notify private property owners within a specified timeframe if the county or municipality intends to access the owner’s sanitary sewer
lateral; authorizing a program established by a county or a municipality to evaluate and rehabilitate sanitary sewer laterals on residential and commercial properties to use state or
local funds allocated for environmental preservation or the protection of water quality, etc.
• SB 620 - Local Government
Authorizing certain businesses to claim business damages from a county or municipality if the county or municipality enacts or amends certain ordinances or charter provisions; authorizing
businesses to recover costs and fees in a specified manner and if certain requirements are met; requiring courts to consider certain factors and follow specified guidance when assessing
costs; specifying requirements for the courts in determining and awarding attorney fees; requiring attorneys and businesses to submit certain documentation relating to attorney fees,
etc.
• SB 624 - Reemployment After Retirement
Authorizing a retiree of the Florida Retirement System to be reemployed under certain circumstances, etc.
• SB 626 - Standards for Buildings and Firesafety
Providing for a contingent effective date of updates to the Florida Building Code; providing for a contingent effective date of updates to the Florida Fire Prevention Code, etc.
• SB 668 - Custodial Interrogations of Minors
Providing a presumption of inadmissibility for confessions of certain minors which are made as a result of a custodial interrogation at a place of detention if deceptive tactics are
used; specifying circumstances under which the presumption may be rebutted; providing that the state attorney has the burden of proving that such confessions were voluntary, etc.
• SB 674 - Public Meetings During Declared States of Emergency
Providing for the suspension of certain statutory provisions during declared states of emergency for a specified timeframe; authorizing governing bodies to use communications media
technology to conduct meetings during declared states of emergency; providing that certain remote participation by a governing body member in a meeting constitutes that individual’s
presence at such meeting and counts toward a quorum during a declared state of emergency; authorizing members of a governing body to attend certain meetings in person or through communications
media technology, etc.
• SB 706 - School Concurrency
Requiring, instead of encouraging, local governments that adopt school concurrency to apply such concurrency to development on a districtwide basis; removing provisions addressing
school concurrency on a less than districtwide basis; revising provisions specifying when school concurrency is satisfied; specifying that proportionate-share mitigation must be set
aside and not spent if an improvement has not been identified, etc.
• SB 720 - Florida Retirement System
Revising the definition of the term “continuous service” for purposes of the Florida Retirement System; revising an exception to the employment after retirement limitations for retired
law enforcement officers who are reemployed with a covered employer, etc.
• HB 6059 - Confidentiality of Economic Development Agreement Information
Deletes provisions relating to confidentiality & exemption from public records requirements of information concerning plans, intentions, or interests of private entity entering into
certain agreements with economic development agency.
• HB 6063 - Preemption of Recyclable and Polystyrene Materials
Removes prohibition of local regulation of auxiliary containers, wrappings, & disposable plastic bags; repeals preemption of use or sale of polystyrene products to DACS.
The following is a list of the dates for upcoming Interim Committee meetings in advance of the actual legislative session, and other key dates throughout the session.
November 1-5, 2021 Legislative Interim Committee Week
November 15-19, 2021 Legislative Interim Committee Week
November 29-December 3, 2021 Legislative Interim Committee Week
December 3, 2021 Deadline for drafts of general bills and joint resolutions, including
requests for companion bills
January 7, 2022 Deadline for final drafts of general bills and joint resolutions, including
requests for companion bills.
January 11, 2022 2022 Legislative Session Begins; Deadline for filing bills for introduction
March 1, 2022 50th Day – last day for regularly scheduled committee meetings
March 11, 2022 2022 Legislative Session Ends
Thank you for your continued advocacy.
Mark
From: mryan
Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2021 5:55 PM
To: Abbate, Thomas (thomas.abbate@Titusville.com <mailto:thomas.abbate@Titusville.com> ) <thomas.abbate@Titusville.com <mailto:thomas.abbate@Titusville.com> >; Brenda Fettrow (bfettrow@cityofrockle
dge.org <mailto:bfettrow@cityofrockledge.org> ) <bfettrow@cityofrockledge.org <mailto:bfettrow@cityofrockledge.org> >; Courtney Barker, City Manager (cbarker@satellitebeach.org <mailto:cbarker@satell
itebeach.org> ) <cbarker@satellitebeach.org <mailto:cbarker@satellitebeach.org> >; Frank Abbate (Frank.Abbate@BrevardFL.gov <mailto:Frank.Abbate@BrevardFL.gov> ) <Frank.Abbate@BrevardFL.gov
<mailto:Frank.Abbate@BrevardFL.gov> >; Jason Mahaney (jmahaney@grantvalkaria.org <mailto:jmahaney@grantvalkaria.org> ) <jmahaney@grantvalkaria.org <mailto:jmahaney@grantvalkaria.org>
>; jenni.lamb (jenni.lamb@mlbfl.org <mailto:jenni.lamb@mlbfl.org> ) <jenni.lamb@mlbfl.org <mailto:jenni.lamb@mlbfl.org> >; Jim Liesenfelt (jim.liesenfelt@brevardfl.gov <mailto:jim.liesenfelt@brevard
fl.gov> ) <jim.liesenfelt@brevardfl.gov <mailto:jim.liesenfelt@brevardfl.gov> >; Jim McKnight (james.mcknight@cityofcocoabeach.com <mailto:james.mcknight@cityofcocoabeach.com> ) <james.mcknight@cityo
fcocoabeach.com <mailto:james.mcknight@cityofcocoabeach.com> >; John Denninghoff (John.Denninghoff@brevardfl.gov <mailto:John.Denninghoff@brevardfl.gov> ) <John.Denninghoff@brevardfl.gov
<mailto:John.Denninghoff@brevardfl.gov> >; Larese, Scott (scott.larese@titusville.com <mailto:scott.larese@titusville.com> ) <scott.larese@titusville.com <mailto:scott.larese@titusville.com>
>; Lisa Morrell <LMorrell@townofmalabar.org <mailto:LMorrell@townofmalabar.org> >; Matt Stinnett (TownManager@townofmalabar.org <mailto:TownManager@townofmalabar.org> ) <TownManager@townofmalabar.or
g <mailto:TownManager@townofmalabar.org> >; Matthew Fuhrer - City of Cocoa (mfuhrer@cocoafl.org <mailto:mfuhrer@cocoafl.org> ) <mfuhrer@cocoafl.org <mailto:mfuhrer@cocoafl.org> >; Michael
Casey (mcasey@indialantic.com <mailto:mcasey@indialantic.com> ) <mcasey@indialantic.com <mailto:mcasey@indialantic.com> >; Scott Morgan (SMorgan@WESTMELBOURNE.ORG <mailto:SMorgan@WESTMELBOURNE.ORG>
) <SMorgan@WESTMELBOURNE.ORG <mailto:SMorgan@WESTMELBOURNE.ORG> >; Shannon Lewis (Shannon.Lewis@mlbfl.org <mailto:Shannon.Lewis@mlbfl.org> ) <Shannon.Lewis@mlbfl.org <mailto:Shannon.Lewis@mlbfl.org>
>; Stockten Whitten <swhitten@cocoafl.org <mailto:swhitten@cocoafl.org> >; Suzanne Sherman (Suzanne.Sherman@palmbayflorida.org <mailto:Suzanne.Sherman@palmbayflorida.org> ) <Suzanne.Sherman@palmbayf
lorida.org <mailto:Suzanne.Sherman@palmbayflorida.org> >; Todd Morley (T.Morley@cityofcapecanaveral.org <mailto:T.Morley@cityofcapecanaveral.org> ) <T.Morley@cityofcapecanaveral.org
<mailto:T.Morley@cityofcapecanaveral.org> >; Town Manager (TownManager@melbournebeachfl.org <mailto:TownManager@melbournebeachfl.org> ) <TownManager@melbournebeachfl.org <mailto:TownManager@melbourn
ebeachfl.org> >
Subject: RE: 2022 Legislative Update #4
Good Afternoon!
I trust this e-mail finds you, your family, and team safe and healthy.
As Chairperson of the FCCMA Legislative Committee, I am submitting the fourth 2022 Florida Legislative Session update. As you may know, the Florida Legislature began Interim Committee
Meetings in advance of the January Legislative Session the week of September 20-24, 2021. As of today, 507 bills have been filed for consideration in the Florida Legislature during
the 2022 Session, including the attached copy of SB 512 Vacation Rentals. In addition to the bills listed in the previous update, there are several new bills of interest that you may
wish to follow. (Note: any bill filed in the legislature has the ability to be tracked by you and receive updates for hearings or amendments, and I encourage you to do so). Here is
a synopsis of some the newly filed bills.
• HB 253 - Retail Sale of Domestic Dogs and Cats
Prohibits pet stores from selling or offering for sale domestic dogs & cats; provides penalties.
• HB 259 - Photovoltaic Solar Installations
Prohibits counties & cities from preventing construction or placement of photovoltaic solar installation on existing permitted structures from being considered accessory uses to those
structures; requires brokers to provide written disclosures regarding photovoltaic solar installations before selling residential real estate; revises provisions addressing photovoltaic
solar installations; provides additional disclosures that must be provided in each photovoltaic solar installation sale or lease agreement; requires closing agent to retain loan or
lease payoff funds in escrow under certain conditions.
• HB 263 - Notice of Commencement Requirements
Exempts specified direct contracts from certain notice of commencement requirements.
• HB 291 - Employee Leave and Wage and Salary History
Authorizes parental leave for state employees in Career Service System who have stillborn child; prohibits public employer, employment agency, or private employer from engaging in
certain activities relating to wages & salary; authorizes public employer, employment agency, or private employer to confirm prospective employee's wage or salary history under certain
conditions.
• HB 301/SB 510 - Financial Disclosures for Elected Local Officers
Requires specified local officers to file full & public disclosure of financial interests.
• HB 303 - Sanitary Sewer Lateral Inspection Programs
Authorizes counties & municipalities to access sanitary sewer laterals within their jurisdiction for specified purposes; requires counties & municipalities to notify private property
owners within specified timeframe if county or municipality intends to access owner's sanitary sewer lateral; provides that counties & municipalities that establish programs are legally
& financially responsible for all work done; requires counties & municipalities that establish programs to consider economical methods for counties & municipalities; authorizes program
established by county or municipality to evaluate & rehabilitate sanitary sewer laterals on residential & commercial properties to use state or local funds allocated for environmental
preservation or protection of water quality.
• HB 317 - Substitution of Work Experience for Postsecondary Educational Requirements
Authorizes head of employing agency to elect to substitute certain work experience for postsecondary educational requirements beginning on specified date; prohibits substitution of
certain work experience for postsecondary educational requirements; provides advertising requirements relating to positions of employment; specifies that certain laws & regulations
governing equal opportunity employment apply.
• SB 410 - Photographic Enforcement of School Zone Speed Limits
Authorizing counties and municipalities to enforce school speed zones through the use of speed detection systems; authorizing counties and municipalities to install, or contract with
a vendor to install, speed detection systems; requiring counties and municipalities that install speed detection systems to provide certain notification to the public; authorizing counties
and municipalities to authorize traffic infraction enforcement officers to issue certain traffic citations, etc.
• SB 450 - Criminal Justice
Deleting provisions relating to allowing specified elected officials to file an appeal to the Administration Commission if the governing body of a municipality makes a specified reduction
to the operating budget of the municipal law enforcement agency; revising the prohibition on obstructing traffic by standing on the street, highway, or road; deleting provisions providing
that a municipality has a duty to allow the municipal law enforcement agency to respond to a riot or an unlawful assembly in a specified manner based on specified circumstances; deleting
a criminal penalty for an assault committed in furtherance of a riot or an aggravated riot, etc.
• SB 452 - Public Health
Prohibiting counties and municipalities from requiring citizens of the United States to submit to any medical procedure or receive any medical treatment; prohibiting counties and municipalities
from conditioning access to public property or services on whether a citizen has submitted to any medical procedure or received any medical treatment; prohibiting counties and municipalities
from requiring the wearing of a face covering; prohibiting district school boards from adopting, implementing, or enforcing a policy, a rule, a code of conduct, or an order requiring
the wearing of a face covering, etc.
• SB 496/HB 6049 - Preemption of Firearms and Ammunition Regulation
Repealing a provision relating to the preemption of the field of regulation of firearms and ammunition to the Legislature, to the exclusion of local jurisdictions, etc.
• SB 502 - Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity
Requiring certain counties to issue a certificate of public convenience and necessity to applicants seeking licensure for basic or advanced life support services which meet specified
criteria, etc.
• SB 508 - Fiduciary Duty of Care for Appointed Public Officials and Executive Officers
Establishing standards for the fiduciary duty of care for appointed public officials and executive officers of specified governmental entities; requiring the Department of Business
and Professional Regulation to contract for or approve a training program or publish a list of approved training providers; authorizing training to be provided by in-house counsel for
certain governmental entities; requiring appointed public officials and executive officers to certify their completion of the annual training, etc.
• SB 512 - Vacation Rentals
Requiring advertising platforms to collect and remit taxes for certain transactions; revising the regulated activities of public lodging establishments and public food service establishments
preempted to the state to include licensing; expanding the authority of local laws, ordinances, or regulations to include requiring vacation rentals to register with local vacation
rental registration programs; authorizing local governments to adopt vacation rental registration programs and impose fines for failure to register; requiring advertising platforms
to require that persons placing advertisements for vacation rentals include certain information in the advertisements and attest to certain information, etc.
• SB 514 - Workforce Education Requirements
Authorizing state governmental employing agencies to substitute equivalent work experience in lieu of a postsecondary education requirement for a position of employment if certain
conditions are met; requiring a county, municipality, or special district, respectively, that elects to substitute equivalent work experience in lieu of a postsecondary education requirement
for a position of employment to include a certain notice in job advertisements for the position, etc.
• SB 518 - Residential Home Protection
Revising conditions under which a local government may not require a notice, application, approval, permit, fee, or mitigation for the pruning, trimming, or removal of a tree on a
residential property; specifying when a tree poses an unacceptable risk, etc.
• HB 6043 - Local Government Communications Services
Removes provisions requiring counties, municipalities, & entities of local government to pay certain taxes on the provision or use of certain telecommunications facilities; removes
provisions that identify procedures which must be followed by governmental entities before providing communications services; removes provisions relating to using revenues to issue
bonds to finance communications services; removes provisions providing procedures if revenues do not exceed operating costs; removes provision specifying that certain airport authorities
or other governmental entities are not exempt from certain procedural requirements related to providing telecommunications services.
• HB 6045 - Communication Services
Deletes provisions limiting authority of, and prohibiting, municipalities and counties from functions related to communications service providers; deletes references to, and administration
and provisions of Advanced Wireless Infrastructure Deployment Act.
The following is a list of the dates for upcoming Interim Committee meetings in advance of the actual legislative session, and other key dates throughout the session.
October 18-22, 2021 Legislative Interim Committee Week
November 1-5, 2021 Legislative Interim Committee Week
November 15-19, 2021 Legislative Interim Committee Week
November 29-December 3, 2021 Legislative Interim Committee Week
December 3, 2021 Deadline for drafts of general bills and joint resolutions, including
requests for companion bills
January 7, 2022 Deadline for final drafts of general bills and joint resolutions, including
requests for companion bills.
January 11, 2022 2022 Legislative Session Begins; Deadline for filing bills for introduction
March 1, 2022 50th Day – last day for regularly scheduled committee meetings
March 11, 2022 2022 Legislative Session Ends
Thank you for your continued advocacy.
Mark
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Subject: FW: 2022 Legislative Update #3
Good Evening Afternoon!
I trust this e-mail finds you, your family, and team safe and healthy.
As Chairperson of the FCCMA Legislative Committee, I am submitting the third 2022 Florida Legislative Session update. As you may know, the Florida Legislature began Interim Committee
Meetings in advance of the January Legislative Session the week of September 20-24, 2021. As of this this evening, 312 bills have been filed for consideration in the Florida Legislature
during the 2022 Session. In addition to the bills listed in the previous update, there are several new bills of interest that you may wish to follow. (Note: any bill filed in the legislature
has the ability to be tracked by you and receive updates for hearings or amendments, and I encourage you to do so). Here is a synopsis of some the newly filed bills.
* HB 105 - Regulation of Smoking by Counties and Municipalities
Authorizes counties & municipalities to further restrict smoking within boundaries of public beaches & public
parks under certain circumstances.
* HB 117 - Communicable and Infectious Diseases
Provides presumption to specified workers that impairment of health caused by COVID-19 or infectious disease happened in line of duty; requires certain actions in order
to be entitled to presumption; requires emergency rescue or public safety workers to file incident or accident report under certain conditions.
* HB 127 - First Responder Roadway Safety
Applies prohibition against texting while driving & prohibition against using wireless communications device in
handheld manner in certain areas to motor vehicle that is stopped until authorized emergency vehicle has passed; prohibits person from operating motor vehicle while using wireless
communications device in handheld manner in immediate vicinity of certain first responders; authorizes law enforcement officer to issue warnings or citations; provides that billing
records or certain testimony are admissible as evidence in certain crashes; authorizes first-time offenders to participate in driving safety program; authorizes clerk of court to dismiss
case & assess court costs; requires law enforcement officers to record certain information when issuing citation; requires report to DHSMV, Governor, & Legislature.
* HB 133 - Prohibiting Cooperation with a United States Capitol Police Office Located in this State
Prohibits any state or local law enforcement agency or other state or local agency from cooperation with US Capitol Police office or personnel located in this state; prohibits access
to certain databases; provides exception.
* HB 139 - Service as a Law Enforcement Officer
Revises definition of term "law enforcement officer" to specify that time spent on certain activities is part of
service as an officer.
* SJR 152 - Supermajority Vote for Legislative Preemption
Proposing amendments to the State Constitution to require a supermajority vote of each house to approve a general law preempting a subject of legislation to the state, etc.
* HJR 177 - Requiring Broader Public Support for Constitutional Amendments or Revisions
Proposes amendment to State Constitution to increase percentage of elector votes required to approve amendment to or revision of State Constitution from 60 percent to 66.67 percent,
except repeal of amendment or revision need only be approved by same percentage of elector votes as was required at time of passage of such amendment or revision.
* HB 179 - Photographic Enforcement of School Bus Safety
Authorizes school districts to install & operate side stop signal arm enforcement systems on school buses; requires manufacturers & vendors to submit specified information to law enforcement
agencies within specified timeframe; requires law enforcement agencies to review such information to determine whether violation occurred; provides notice requirements & procedures;
provides payment of fine operates as final disposition of civil penalty; provides notice requirements, procedures, & actions by DSHMV for unpaid civil penalties; specifies requirements
of use of recorded video & still images captured by system; provides civil penalties.
* HB 189 - Photographic Enforcement of School Zone Speed Limits
Authorizes counties & municipalities to enforce school speed zones through use of speed detection systems; authorizes person who receives notification of violation to request hearing;
requires counties & municipalities to pay certain funds to DOR; provides for distribution of funds; provides notification requirements & procedures; provides criminal penalties; specifies
evidence that is admissible in certain proceedings; provides requirements for speed detection systems; prohibits points from being imposed against driver license for certain infractions;
prohibits infractions from being used to set motor vehicle insurance rates.
* SB 198 - Seagrass Mitigation Banks
Authorizing the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund to establish seagrass mitigation banks
under certain conditions; providing construction, etc.
* SB 200 - First Responder Employment-related Accidents and Injuries
Revising the definition of the term “first responder” to include certain correctional officers and 911 public safety telecommunicators; expanding eligibility for certain workers’ compensation
benefits for first responders to include certain correctional officers and 911 public safety telecommunicators, etc.
* SB 224 - Regulation of Smoking in Public Places
Authorizing counties and municipalities to further restrict smoking within the boundaries of public beaches and public parks under certain circumstances; prohibiting smoking within
the boundaries of a state park, etc.
* SB 242 - Racial and Sexual Discrimination
Requiring each agency head to take certain measures to prevent the use of training for agency employees which espouses certain concepts; authorizing municipalities to provide certain
training, workshops, or programming; prohibiting municipalities from providing mandatory employee training that espouses certain concepts; requiring contracts with an agency which are
entered into or renewed on or after a specified date to include the option to terminate if the contractor provides workforce training that espouses certain concepts; requiring public
K-20 educational institutions to ensure certain diversity and inclusion efforts and to prohibit certain discrimination, etc.
* SB 264 - Firefighter Inquiries and Investigations
Providing that firefighters have certain rights during an informal inquiry; providing that a firefighter may not be threatened with certain disciplinary action during an informal inquiry
or interrogation, etc.
* SB 266 - Service as a Law Enforcement Officer
Revising the definition of the term “law enforcement officer” to specify that the time spent on certain activities is part of service as an officer, etc.
* SB 280 - Local Ordinances
Authorizing courts to assess and award attorney fees and costs and damages in certain civil actions filed against local governments; requiring a board of county commissioners to prepare
a business impact statement before the adoption of a proposed ordinance; requiring a governing body of a municipality to prepare a business impact statement before the adoption of a
proposed ordinance, etc.
* SB 286 - Vacation Rentals
Providing that local laws, ordinances, or regulations requiring vacation rental owners or operators to provide the local government with certain contact information are not prohibited
or preempted to the state, etc.
* SB 316 - Preemption of Tree Pruning, Trimming, and Removal
Repealing a provision relating to tree pruning, trimming, or removal on residential property, etc.
* SB 320 - Preemption of Recyclable and Polystyrene Materials
Removing the preemption of local laws regarding the regulation of auxiliary containers, wrappings, or disposable plastic bags; removing the preemption of local laws regarding the use
or sale of polystyrene products to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, etc.
* SB 332 - Residential Swimming Pool Safety
Citing this act as “The Kacen’s Cause Act”; requiring a home inspector to include certain information relating to swimming pools in his or her report; requiring that new residential
swimming pools meet an additional requirement in order to pass final inspection and receive a certificate of completion; prohibiting a property owner from transferring ownership of
a parcel that includes a swimming pool unless certain requirements are met, etc.
* SB 362 - Ad Valorem Tax Exemption for Nonprofit Homes for the Aged
Revising ownership entities for nonprofit homes qualifying for an exemption from ad valorem taxation to include certain limited partnerships, etc.
* SB 370 - Offenses Against Firefighters
Providing enhanced penalties for certain offenses committed against firefighters engaged in the performance of their lawful duties, etc.
* HB 6025 - Preemption of Tree Pruning, Trimming, and Removal
Repeals provisions relating to tree pruning, trimming, & removal on residential property.
* HB 6029 - Traffic Infraction Detectors
Repeals provisions relating to Mark Wandall Traffic Safety Program, authorization to use traffic infraction detectors, distribution of penalties, transitional implementation, & placement
& installation.
* HB 6033 - Preemption of the Regulation of Vacation Rentals
Repeals provisions preempting regulation of vacation rentals to state.
Additionally, the Leadership in the Florida House of Representatives have announced the time slots for the various committee meetings during the upcoming Interim Committee Week (October
11-15, 2021). The actual committee meeting agenda will be released approximately one week in advance of the committee meeting.
The following is a list of the dates for upcoming Interim Committee meetings in advance of the actual legislative session, and other key dates throughout the session.
October 11-15, 2021 Legislative Interim Committee Week
October 18-22, 2021 Legislative Interim Committee Week
November 1-5, 2021 Legislative Interim Committee Week
November 15-19, 2021 Legislative Interim Committee Week
November 29-December 3, 2021 Legislative Interim Committee Week
December 3, 2021 Deadline for drafts of general bills and joint resolutions, including
requests for companion bills
January 7, 2022 Deadline for final drafts of general bills and joint resolutions, including
requests for companion bills.
January 11, 2022 2022 Legislative Session Begins; Deadline for filing bills for
introduction
March 1, 2022 50th Day – last day for regularly scheduled committee meetings
March 11, 2022 2022 Legislative Session Ends
Thank you for your continued advocacy.
Mark
From: mryan
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2021 2:11 PM
Subject: 2022 Legislative Update #2
Good Afternoon!
I trust this e-mail finds you, your family, and team safe and healthy.
As Chairperson of the FCCMA Legislative Committee, I am submitting the second 2022 Florida Legislative Session update. As you may know, the Florida Legislature will begin Interim Committee
Meetings in advance of the January Legislative Session later this month. As of today, 78 bills have been filed for consideration in the Florida Legislature during the 2022 Session.
Many of the bills filed, as of this date, are claims bills. However, in addition to the bills listed in the previous update, there are several bills of interest that you may wish
to follow. (Note: any bill filed in the legislature has the ability to be tracked by you and receive updates for hearings or amendments, and I encourage you to do so). Here is a synopsis
of some the bills.
HB 49 - First Responder's Employment-related Accidents and Injuries
Revises definition of "first responder" to include 911 public safety telecommunicators for purposes of eligibility for workers' compensation benefits for first responders; requires
employing agency to provide educational training annually; requires such training be provided by certain mental health practitioners.
HB 53 - Communicable and Infectious Diseases
Provides presumption to specified workers that impairment of health caused by COVID-19 or infectious disease happened in line of duty; requires certain actions in order to be entitled
to presumption; provides emergency rescue or public safety worker may be required to receive certain vaccines or immunizations; requires emergency rescue or public safety workers to
file incident or accident report under certain conditions.
HB 57 - Racial and Sexual Discrimination
Prohibits state agencies, counties, municipalities, & public K-20 educational institutions from providing mandatory training for employees or students which espouses certain concepts;
requires certain diversity & inclusion efforts; requires DMS, in consultation with Florida Commission on Human Relations, to review agency diversity & inclusion training; requires contracts
with agency to include option to terminate if contractor provides workforce training that espouses certain concepts; requires contractor to submit certification; requires each agency
to report violations; authorizes contractor's placement on discriminatory vendor list.
HB 71 - Abatement of Taxes for Residential Dwellings Rendered Uninhabitable by Catastrophic Event
Specifies conditions under which persons whose residential dwellings are rendered uninhabitable may receive abatement of taxes; specifies formula for determining amount of tax abatement;
provides directives to property appraisers in issuing written statements to tax collector when granting abatement; provides directives to tax collectors in calculating damage differentials
& processing refunds; provides mechanism for persons to file late applications for abatement of taxes; requires tax collectors to provide specified information to DOR & governing boards
of each affected local government.
HB 73 - Use or Threatened Use of Force
Removes provisions stating persons who use or threaten to use force, other than deadly force, do not have duty to retreat before using or threatening to use such force; prohibits use
of deadly force by person who knows that he or she can avoid using deadly force with complete safety by retreating; removes provisions stating person using or threatening to use deadly
force does not have duty to retreat & has right to stand his or her ground; repeals provisions relating to immunity from criminal prosecution & civil action for justifiable use or threatened
use of force.
HB 75 - Limiting COVID-19 Restrictions
Prohibits state or any political subdivision from enacting mask mandate; provides any such mandate is void; prohibits state & local governments from requiring COVID-19 vaccinations,
issuing vaccine passports or other standardized documentation to third parties, or otherwise publishing or sharing COVID-19 vaccination records; prohibits businesses from requiring
customers to provide documentation certifying COVID-19 vaccination or COVID-19 post-transmission recovery or discriminating against customers on basis of their COVID-19 vaccination
status or COVID-19 post-transmission recovery status; declares certain actions based on vaccination status or having immunity passport are unlawful discriminatory practices.
Committee meetings in advance of the actual legislative session, but key dates throughout the session.
September 20-24, 2021 Legislative Interim Committee Week
October 11-15, 2021 Legislative Interim Committee Week
October 18-22, 2021 Legislative Interim Committee Week
November 1-5, 2021 Legislative Interim Committee Week
November 15-19, 2021 Legislative Interim Committee Week
November 29-December 3, 2021 Legislative Interim Committee Week
January 11, 2022 2022 Legislative Session Begins
March 11, 2022 2022 Legislative Session Ends.
Thank you.
Mark
Mark K. Ryan
City Manager
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Indian Harbour Beach, Fl. 32937
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