Bill Amendment: FL H5003 | 2024 | Regular Session
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Bill Title: Implementing the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act
Status: 2024-06-13 - Chapter No. 2024-228; companion bill(s) passed, see HB 5001 (Ch. 2024-231) [H5003 Detail]
Download: Florida-2024-H5003-Senate_Floor_Amendment_Delete_All_869818.html
Bill Title: Implementing the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act
Status: 2024-06-13 - Chapter No. 2024-228; companion bill(s) passed, see HB 5001 (Ch. 2024-231) [H5003 Detail]
Download: Florida-2024-H5003-Senate_Floor_Amendment_Delete_All_869818.html
Florida Senate - 2024 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 5003 Ì869818YÎ869818 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Senator Broxson moved the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Delete everything after the enacting clause 4 and insert: 5 Section 1. It is the intent of the Legislature that the 6 implementing and administering provisions of this act apply to 7 the General Appropriations Act for the 2024-2025 fiscal year. 8 Section 2. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 5, 9 6, 84, and 85 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, the 10 calculations of the Florida Education Finance Program for the 11 2024-2025 fiscal year included in the document titled “Public 12 School Funding: The Florida Education Finance Program (FEFP) 13 Fiscal Year 2024-2025,” dated January 26, 2024, and filed with 14 the Secretary of the Senate, are incorporated by reference for 15 the purpose of displaying the calculations used by the 16 Legislature, consistent with the requirements of state law, in 17 making appropriations for the Florida Education Finance Program. 18 This section expires July 1, 2025. 19 Section 3. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 83 20 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, notwithstanding the 21 expiration date in section 6 of chapter 2023-240, Laws of 22 Florida, paragraphs (a) and (f) of subsection (4) of section 23 1002.68, Florida Statutes, are reenacted and amended, and 24 subsection (5) and paragraph (e) of subsection (6) of section 25 1002.68, Florida Statutes, are reenacted, to read: 26 1002.68 Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program 27 accountability.— 28 (4)(a) Beginning with the 2024-20252023-2024program year, 29 the department shall adopt a methodology for calculating each 30 private prekindergarten provider’s and public school provider’s 31 performance metric, which must be based on a combination of the 32 following: 33 1. Program assessment composite scores under subsection 34 (2), which must be weighted at no less than 50 percent. 35 2. Learning gains operationalized as change-in-ability 36 scores from the initial and final progress monitoring results 37 described in subsection (1). 38 3. Norm-referenced developmental learning outcomes 39 described in subsection (1). 40 (f) The department shall adopt procedures to annually 41 calculate each private prekindergarten provider’s and public 42 school’s performance metric, based on the methodology adopted in 43 paragraphs (a) and (b), and assign a designation under paragraph 44 (d). Beginning with the 2025-20262024-2025program year, each 45 private prekindergarten provider or public school shall be 46 assigned a designation within 45 days after the conclusion of 47 the school-year Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program 48 delivered by all participating private prekindergarten providers 49 or public schools and within 45 days after the conclusion of the 50 summer Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program delivered by 51 all participating private prekindergarten providers or public 52 schools. 53 (5)(a) If a private prekindergarten provider’s or public 54 school’s performance metric or designation falls below the 55 minimum performance metric or designation, the early learning 56 coalition shall: 57 1. Require the provider or school to submit for approval to 58 the early learning coalition an improvement plan and implement 59 the plan. 60 2. Place the provider or school on probation. 61 3. Require the provider or school to take certain 62 corrective actions, including the use of a curriculum approved 63 by the department under s. 1002.67(2)(c) and a staff development 64 plan approved by the department to strengthen instructional 65 practices in emotional support, classroom organization, 66 instructional support, language development, phonological 67 awareness, alphabet knowledge, and mathematical thinking. 68 (b) A private prekindergarten provider or public school 69 that is placed on probation must continue the corrective actions 70 required under paragraph (a) until the provider or school meets 71 the minimum performance metric or designation adopted by the 72 department. Failure to meet the requirements of subparagraphs 73 (a)1. and 3. shall result in the termination of the provider’s 74 or school’s contract to deliver the Voluntary Prekindergarten 75 Education Program for a period of at least 2 years but no more 76 than 5 years. 77 (c) If a private prekindergarten provider or public school 78 remains on probation for 2 consecutive years and fails to meet 79 the minimum performance metric or designation, or is not granted 80 a good cause exemption by the department, the department shall 81 require the early learning coalition to revoke the provider’s 82 eligibility and the school district to revoke the school’s 83 eligibility to deliver the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education 84 Program and receive state funds for the program for a period of 85 at least 2 years but no more than 5 years. 86 (6) 87 (e) A private prekindergarten provider or public school 88 granted a good cause exemption shall continue to implement its 89 improvement plan and continue the corrective actions required 90 under paragraph (5)(a) until the provider or school meets the 91 minimum performance metric. 92 Section 4. The amendments to s. 1002.68(4)(a) and (f), 93 Florida Statutes, made by this act, and the text of s. 94 1002.68(5) and (6)(e), Florida Statutes, as carried forward from 95 chapter 2023-240, Laws of Florida, by this act expire July 1, 96 2025, and the text of those subsections or paragraphs, as 97 applicable, shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 2023, 98 except that any amendments to such text enacted other than by 99 this act shall be preserved and continue to operate to the 100 extent that such amendments are not dependent upon the portions 101 of text which expire pursuant to this section. 102 Section 5. Effective upon becoming a law, and in order to 103 implement Specific Appropriations 5, 6, 84, and 85 of the 2024 104 2025 General Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding ss. 105 1011.60(6) and 1011.62(4)(a) and (e), Florida Statutes, the 106 taxable value for the Wakulla County School District must be 107 provided by the Department of Revenue by January 1, 2024, to be 108 used for the remaining calculations of the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 109 Florida Education Finance Program and for use in the Prior 110 Period Funding Adjustment Millage calculation. This section 111 expires July 1, 2025. 112 Section 6. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 158 113 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, subsection (10) is 114 added to section 1004.6495, Florida Statutes, to read: 115 1004.6495 Florida Postsecondary Comprehensive Transition 116 Program and Florida Center for Students with Unique Abilities.— 117 (10) PROGRAM CLASSIFICATION.—No later than August 31, 2024, 118 the Board of Governors and the State Board of Education, in 119 consultation with the center, shall establish a state 120 Classification of Instructional Program code for FPCTPs 121 established pursuant to this section. This subsection expires 122 July 1, 2025. 123 Section 7. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 124 223 and 247 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, and 125 notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes, the 126 Agency for Health Care Administration may submit budget 127 amendments, subject to the notice, review, and objection 128 procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, at least 3 days 129 before the effective date of the action to increase budget 130 authority to support the implementation of the home and 131 community-based services Medicaid waiver program of the Agency 132 for Persons with Disabilities. This section expires July 1, 133 2025. 134 Section 8. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 209 135 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, the Agency for 136 Health Care Administration may submit a budget amendment, 137 pursuant to chapter 216, Florida Statutes, requesting additional 138 spending authority to implement the Disproportionate Share 139 Hospital Program. The budget amendment must include a proposed 140 distribution model by entity and a listing of entities 141 contributing intergovernmental transfers and certified public 142 expenditures to support the state match required. This section 143 expires July 1, 2025. 144 Section 9. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 145 202 through 229 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, and 146 notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes, the 147 Agency for Health Care Administration may submit a budget 148 amendment, subject to the notice, review, and objection 149 procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, to realign funding 150 within the Medicaid program appropriation categories to address 151 projected surpluses and deficits within the program and to 152 maximize the use of state trust funds. A single budget amendment 153 shall be submitted in the last quarter of the 2024-2025 fiscal 154 year only. This section expires July 1, 2025. 155 Section 10. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 156 181 through 186 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, and 157 notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes, the 158 Agency for Health Care Administration may submit a budget 159 amendment, subject to the notice, review, and objection 160 procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, to realign funding 161 within the Florida Kidcare program appropriation categories, or 162 to increase budget authority in the Children’s Medical Services 163 network category, to address projected surpluses and deficits 164 within the program or to maximize the use of state trust funds. 165 A single budget amendment must be submitted by the agency in the 166 last quarter of the 2024-2025 fiscal year only. This section 167 expires July 1, 2025. 168 Section 11. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 169 484 through 488 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, 170 subsection (17) of section 381.986, Florida Statutes, is amended 171 to read: 172 381.986 Medical use of marijuana.— 173 (17) Rules adopted pursuant to this section before July 1, 174 20252024, are not subject to ss. 120.54(3)(b) and 120.541. This 175 subsection expires July 1, 20252024. 176 Section 12. Effective July 1, 2024, upon the expiration and 177 reversion of the amendments made to subsection (1) of section 14 178 of chapter 2017-232, Laws of Florida, pursuant to section 11 of 179 chapter 2023-240, Laws of Florida, and in order to implement 180 Specific Appropriations 484 through 488 of the 2024-2025 General 181 Appropriations Act, subsection (1) of section 14 of chapter 182 2017-232, Laws of Florida, is amended to read: 183 Section 14. Department of Health; authority to adopt rules; 184 cause of action.— 185 (1) EMERGENCY RULEMAKING.— 186 (a) The Department of Health and the applicable boards 187 shall adopt emergency rules pursuant to s. 120.54(4), Florida 188 Statutes, and this section necessary to implement s. 381.986ss.189381.986 and 381.988, Florida Statutes. If an emergency rule 190 adopted under this section is held to be unconstitutional or an 191 invalid exercise of delegated legislative authority, and becomes 192 void, the department or the applicable boards may adopt an 193 emergency rule pursuant to this section to replace the rule that 194 has become void. If the emergency rule adopted to replace the 195 void emergency rule is also held to be unconstitutional or an 196 invalid exercise of delegated legislative authority and becomes 197 void, the department and the applicable boards must follow the 198 nonemergency rulemaking procedures of the Administrative 199 Procedures Act to replace the rule that has become void. 200 (b) For emergency rules adopted under this section, the 201 department and the applicable boards need not make the findings 202 required by s. 120.54(4)(a), Florida Statutes. Emergency rules 203 adopted under this section are exempt from ss. 120.54(3)(b) and 204 120.541, Florida Statutes. The department and the applicable 205 boards shall meet the procedural requirements in s. 120.54(4)(a) 206s. 120.54(a), Florida Statutes, if the department or the 207 applicable boards have, before July 1, 2019the effective date208of this act, held any public workshops or hearings on the 209 subject matter of the emergency rules adopted under this 210 subsection. Challenges to emergency rules adopted under this 211 subsection are subject to the time schedules provided in s. 212 120.56(5), Florida Statutes. 213 (c) Emergency rules adopted under this section are exempt 214 from s. 120.54(4)(c), Florida Statutes, and shall remain in 215 effect until replaced by rules adopted under the nonemergency 216 rulemaking procedures of the Administrative Procedures Act. 217 Rules adopted under the nonemergency rulemaking procedures of 218 the Administrative Procedures Act to replace emergency rules 219 adopted under this section are exempt from ss. 120.54(3)(b) and 220 120.541, Florida Statutes. By July 1, 2025January 1, 2018, the 221 department and the applicable boards shall initiate nonemergency 222 rulemaking pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act to 223 replace all emergency rules adopted under this section by 224 publishing a notice of rule development in the Florida 225 Administrative Register. Except as provided in paragraph (a), 226 after July 1, 2025January 1, 2018, the department and 227 applicable boards may not adopt rules pursuant to the emergency 228 rulemaking procedures provided in this section. 229 Section 13. The amendments to subsection (1) of section 14 230 of chapter 2017-232, Laws of Florida, made by this act expire 231 July 1, 2025, and the text of that subsection shall revert to 232 that in existence on June 30, 2019, except that any amendments 233 to such text enacted other than by this act shall be preserved 234 and continue to operate to the extent that such amendments are 235 not dependent upon the portions of text which expire pursuant to 236 this section. 237 Section 14. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 238 207, 208, 211, and 215 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations 239 Act, the Agency for Health Care Administration may submit a 240 budget amendment pursuant to chapter 216, Florida Statutes, 241 requesting additional spending authority to implement the 242 federally approved Directed Payment Program for hospitals 243 statewide providing inpatient and outpatient services to 244 Medicaid managed care enrollees, the Indirect Medical Education 245 (IME) Program, and a nursing workforce expansion and education 246 program for certain institutions participating in a graduate 247 medical education or nursing education program. For institutions 248 participating in the nursing workforce expansion and education 249 program, the budget amendment must identify the educational 250 institutions partnering with the teaching hospital. Institutions 251 participating in the nursing workforce expansion and education 252 program shall provide quarterly reports to the agency detailing 253 the number of nurses participating in the program. This section 254 expires July 1, 2025. 255 Section 15. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 256 208, 211, and 215 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, 257 the Agency for Health Care Administration may submit a budget 258 amendment pursuant to chapter 216, Florida Statutes, requesting 259 additional spending authority to implement the federally 260 approved Directed Payment Program and fee-for-service 261 supplemental payments for cancer hospitals that meet the 262 criteria in 42 U.S.C. s. 1395ww(d)(1)(B)(v). This section 263 expires July 1, 2025. 264 Section 16. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 265 202 through 229 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, the 266 Agency for Health Care Administration may submit a budget 267 amendment, subject to the notice, review, and objection 268 procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, to provide spending 269 authority to implement the Low-Income Pool component of the 270 Florida Managed Medical Assistance Demonstration up to the total 271 computable funds authorized by the federal Centers for Medicare 272 and Medicaid Services. The budget amendment must include the 273 final terms and conditions of the Low-Income Pool, a proposed 274 distribution model by entity, and a listing of entities 275 contributing intergovernmental transfers to support the state 276 match required. In addition, for each entity included in the 277 distribution model, a signed attestation must be provided that 278 includes the charity care cost upon which the Low-Income Pool 279 payment is based and an acknowledgment that should the 280 distribution result in an overpayment based on the Low-Income 281 Pool cost limit audit, the entity is responsible for returning 282 that overpayment to the agency for return to the federal Centers 283 for Medicare and Medicaid Services. This section expires July 1, 284 2025. 285 Section 17. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 286 214 and 215 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, the 287 Agency for Health Care Administration may submit a budget 288 amendment pursuant to chapter 216, Florida Statutes, requesting 289 additional spending authority to implement fee-for-service 290 supplemental payments and a directed payment program for 291 physicians and subordinate licensed health care practitioners 292 employed by or under contract with a Florida medical or dental 293 school, or a public hospital. This section expires July 1, 2025. 294 Section 18. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 295 212, 215, and 227 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, 296 the Agency for Health Care Administration may submit a budget 297 amendment pursuant to chapter 216, Florida Statutes, requesting 298 additional spending authority to implement a certified 299 expenditure program for emergency medical transportation 300 services. This section expires July 1, 2025. 301 Section 19. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 302 330, 332, 362, and 363 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations 303 Act, and notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida 304 Statutes, the Department of Children and Families may submit a 305 budget amendment, subject to the notice, review, and objection 306 procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, to realign funding 307 within the department based on the implementation of the 308 Guardianship Assistance Program, between the specific 309 appropriations for guardianship assistance payments, foster care 310 Level 1 room and board payments, relative caregiver payments, 311 and nonrelative caregiver payments. This section expires July 1, 312 2025. 313 Section 20. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 314 202, 203, 204, 208, 211, 212, 214 through 216, 356, 366, and 474 315 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding 316 ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes, the Department of 317 Children and Families, Department of Health, and Agency for 318 Health Care Administration may submit budget amendments, subject 319 to the notice, review, and objection procedures of s. 216.177, 320 Florida Statutes, to increase budget authority to support 321 refugee programs administered by the federal Office of Refugee 322 Resettlement due to the ongoing instability of federal 323 immigration policy and the resulting inability of the state to 324 reasonably predict, with certainty, the budgetary need of this 325 state with respect to the number of refugees relocated to the 326 state as part of those federal programs. The Department of 327 Children and Families shall submit quarterly reports to the 328 Executive Office of the Governor, the President of the Senate, 329 and the Speaker of the House of Representatives on the number of 330 refugees entering the state, the nations of origin of such 331 refugees, and current expenditure projections. This section 332 expires July 1, 2025. 333 Section 21. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 334 287 through 384 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, and 335 notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes, the 336 Department of Children and Families may submit budget 337 amendments, subject to the notice, review, and objection 338 procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, to increase budget 339 authority to support the following federal grant programs: the 340 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Grant Program, the Pandemic 341 Electronic Benefit Transfer, the American Rescue Plan Grant, the 342 State Opioid Response Grant, the Substance Use Prevention and 343 Treatment Block Grant, and the Mental Health Block Grant. This 344 section expires July 1, 2025. 345 Section 22. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 346 460 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, and 347 notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes, the 348 Department of Health may submit a budget amendment, subject to 349 the notice, review, and objection procedures of s. 216.177, 350 Florida Statutes, to increase budget authority for the 351 Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children 352 (WIC) and the Child Care Food Program if additional federal 353 revenues will be expended in the 2024-2025 fiscal year. This 354 section expires July 1, 2025. 355 Section 23. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 356 470 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, and 357 notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes, the 358 Department of Health may submit a budget amendment, subject to 359 the notice, review, and objection procedures of s. 216.177, 360 Florida Statutes, to increase budget authority for the HIV/AIDS 361 Prevention and Treatment Program if additional federal revenues 362 specific to HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment become available 363 in the 2024-2025 fiscal year. This section expires July 1, 2025. 364 Section 24. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 365 479 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, and 366 notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes, the 367 Department of Health may submit a budget amendment, subject to 368 the notice, review, and objection procedures of s. 216.177, 369 Florida Statutes, to increase budget authority for the 370 department if additional federal revenues specific to COVID-19 371 relief funds become available in the 2024-2025 fiscal year. This 372 section expires July 1, 2025. 373 Section 25. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 374 519 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, and 375 notwithstanding s. 216.301, Florida Statutes, and pursuant to s. 376 216.351, Florida Statutes, the balance of any appropriation from 377 the General Revenue Fund for the Pediatric Rare Disease Research 378 Grant Program, which is not disbursed but which is obligated 379 pursuant to contract or committed to be expended by June 30 of 380 the fiscal year in which the funds are appropriated, may be 381 carried forward for up to 5 years after the effective date of 382 the original appropriation. This paragraph expires July 1, 2025. 383 Section 26. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 384 196 through 197E of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act: 385 (1) The Agency for Health Care Administration shall replace 386 the current Florida Medicaid Management Information System 387 (FMMIS) and fiscal agent operations with a system that is 388 modular, interoperable, and scalable for the Florida Medicaid 389 program that complies with all applicable federal and state laws 390 and requirements. The agency may not include in the project to 391 replace the current FMMIS and fiscal agent contract: 392 (a) Functionality that duplicates any of the information 393 systems of the other health and human services state agencies; 394 (b) Procurement for agency requirements external to 395 Medicaid programs with the intent to leverage the Medicaid 396 technology infrastructure for other purposes without legislative 397 appropriation or legislative authorization to procure these 398 requirements. The new system, the Florida Health Care Connection 399 (FX) system, must provide better integration with subsystems 400 supporting Florida’s Medicaid program; uniformity, consistency, 401 and improved access to data; and compatibility with the Centers 402 for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Medicaid Information 403 Technology Architecture (MITA) as the system matures and expands 404 its functionality; or 405 (c) Any contract executed after July 1, 2022, not including 406 staff augmentation services purchased off the Department of 407 Management Services Information Technology staff augmentation 408 state term contract that are not deliverables based fixed price 409 contracts. 410 (2) For purposes of replacing FMMIS and the current 411 Medicaid fiscal agent, the Agency for Health Care Administration 412 shall: 413 (a) Prioritize procurements for the replacement of the 414 current functions of FMMIS and the responsibilities of the 415 current Medicaid fiscal agent, to minimize the need to extend 416 all or portions of the current fiscal agent contract. 417 (b) Comply with and not exceed the Centers for Medicare and 418 Medicaid Services funding authorizations for the FX system. 419 (c) Ensure compliance and uniformity with the published 420 MITA framework and guidelines. 421 (d) Ensure that all business requirements and technical 422 specifications have been provided to all affected state agencies 423 for their review and input and approved by the executive 424 steering committee established in paragraph (h). 425 (e) Consult with the Executive Office of the Governor’s 426 working group for interagency information technology integration 427 for the development of competitive solicitations that provide 428 for data interoperability and shared information technology 429 services across the state’s health and human services agencies. 430 (f) Implement a data governance structure for the project 431 to coordinate data sharing and interoperability across state 432 health care entities. 433 (g) Establish a continuing oversight team for each contract 434 as required in s. 287.057(26). The teams must provide quarterly 435 reports to the executive steering committee summarizing the 436 status of the contract, the pace of deliverables, the quality of 437 deliverables, contractor responsiveness, and contractor 438 performance. 439 (h) Implement a project governance structure that includes 440 an executive steering committee composed of: 441 1. The Secretary of Health Care Administration, or the 442 executive sponsor of the project. 443 2. A representative of the Division of Health Care Finance 444 and Data of the Agency for Health Care Administration, appointed 445 by the Secretary of Health Care Administration. 446 3. Two representatives from the Division of Medicaid 447 Policy, Quality, and Operations of the Agency for Health Care 448 Administration, appointed by the Secretary of Health Care 449 Administration. 450 4. A representative of the Division of Health Care Policy 451 and Oversight of the Agency for Health Care Administration, 452 appointed by the Secretary of Health Care Administration. 453 5. A representative of the Florida Center for Health 454 Information and Transparency of the Agency for Health Care 455 Administration, appointed by the Secretary of Health Care 456 Administration. 457 6. The chief information officer of the Agency for Health 458 Care Administration, or his or her designee. 459 7. The state chief information officer, or his or her 460 designee. 461 8. Two representatives of the Department of Children and 462 Families, appointed by the Secretary of Children and Families. 463 9. A representative of the Department of Health, appointed 464 by the State Surgeon General. 465 10. A representative of the Agency for Persons with 466 Disabilities, appointed by the director of the Agency for 467 Persons with Disabilities. 468 11. A representative from the Florida Healthy Kids 469 Corporation. 470 12. A representative from the Department of Elderly 471 Affairs, appointed by the Secretary of Elderly Affairs. 472 13. A representative of the Department of Financial 473 Services who has experience with the state’s financial 474 processes, including development of the PALM system, appointed 475 by the Chief Financial Officer. 476 (3) The Secretary of Health Care Administration or the 477 executive sponsor of the project shall serve as chair of the 478 executive steering committee, and the committee shall take 479 action by a vote of at least 10 affirmative votes with the chair 480 voting on the prevailing side. A quorum of the executive 481 steering committee consists of at least 11 members. 482 (4) The executive steering committee has the overall 483 responsibility for ensuring that the project to replace FMMIS 484 and the Medicaid fiscal agent meets its primary business 485 objectives and shall: 486 (a) Identify and recommend to the Executive Office of the 487 Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the 488 House of Representatives any statutory changes needed to 489 implement the modular replacement to standardize, to the fullest 490 extent possible, the state’s health care data and business 491 processes. 492 (b) Review and approve any changes to the project’s scope, 493 schedule, and budget which do not conflict with the requirements 494 of subsections (1) and (2). 495 (c) Review and approve any changes to the project’s 496 strategic roadmap. 497 (d) Review and approve all task orders and any changes to 498 task orders. 499 (e) Review vendor scorecards, reports, and notifications 500 produced by the continuing oversight teams. 501 (f) Ensure that adequate resources are provided throughout 502 all phases of the project. 503 (g) Approve all major project deliverables. 504 (h) Review and verify that all procurement and contractual 505 documents associated with the replacement of the current FMMIS 506 and Medicaid fiscal agent align with the scope, schedule, and 507 anticipated budget for the project. 508 (5) This section expires July 1, 2025. 509 Section 27. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 510 215, 216, 270, 282, 342, 495, and 522 of the 2024-2025 General 511 Appropriations Act, the Agency for Health Care Administration, 512 in consultation with the Department of Health, the Agency for 513 Persons with Disabilities, the Department of Children and 514 Families, and the Department of Corrections, shall competitively 515 procure a contract with a vendor to negotiate, for these 516 agencies, prices for prescribed drugs and biological products 517 excluded from the programs established under s. 381.02035, 518 Florida Statutes, and ineligible under 21 U.S.C. s. 384, 519 including, but not limited to, insulin and epinephrine. The 520 contract may allow the vendor to directly purchase these 521 products for participating agencies when feasible and 522 advantageous. The contracted vendor will be compensated on a 523 contingency basis, paid from a portion of the savings achieved 524 by its price negotiation or purchase of the prescription drugs 525 and products. This section expires July 1, 2025. 526 Section 28. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 527 262, 268, 269, 280, and 281 of the 2024-2025 General 528 Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, 529 Florida Statutes, the Agency for Persons with Disabilities may 530 submit budget amendments, subject to the notice, review, and 531 objection procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, to 532 transfer funding from the Salaries and Benefits appropriation 533 categories to categories used for contractual services in order 534 to support additional staff augmentation resources needed at the 535 Developmental Disability Centers. This section expires July 1, 536 2025. 537 Section 29. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 538 579 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, and 539 notwithstanding chapter 216, Florida Statutes, the Department of 540 Veterans’ Affairs may submit a budget amendment, subject to 541 Legislative Budget Commission approval, requesting the authority 542 to establish positions in excess of the number authorized by the 543 Legislature, increase appropriations from the Operations and 544 Maintenance Trust Fund, or provide necessary salary rate 545 sufficient to provide for essential staff for veterans’ nursing 546 homes, if the department projects that additional direct care 547 staff are needed to meet its established staffing ratio. This 548 section expires July 1, 2025. 549 Section 30. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 550 215 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, subsection (1) 551 of section 409.915, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 552 409.915 County contributions to Medicaid.—Although the 553 state is responsible for the full portion of the state share of 554 the matching funds required for the Medicaid program, the state 555 shall charge the counties an annual contribution in order to 556 acquire a certain portion of these funds. 557 (1)(a) As used in this section, the term “state Medicaid 558 expenditures” means those expenditures used as matching funds 559 for the federal Medicaid program. 560 (b) The term does not include funds specially assessed by 561 any local governmental entity and used as the nonfederal share 562 for the hospital directed payment program after July 1, 2021. 563 This paragraph expires July 1, 20252024. 564 Section 31. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 565 608 through 719 and 733 through 768 of the 2024-2025 General 566 Appropriations Act, subsection (4) of section 216.262, Florida 567 Statutes, is amended to read: 568 216.262 Authorized positions.— 569 (4) Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter relating 570 to increasing the number of authorized positions, and for the 571 2024-20252023-2024fiscal year only, if the actual inmate 572 population of the Department of Corrections exceeds the inmate 573 population projections of the December 15February 13, 2023, 574 Criminal Justice Estimating Conference by 1 percent for 2 575 consecutive months or 2 percent for any month, the Executive 576 Office of the Governor, with the approval of the Legislative 577 Budget Commission, shall immediately notify the Criminal Justice 578 Estimating Conference, which shall convene as soon as possible 579 to revise the estimates. The Department of Corrections may then 580 submit a budget amendment requesting the establishment of 581 positions in excess of the number authorized by the Legislature 582 and additional appropriations from unallocated general revenue 583 sufficient to provide for essential staff, fixed capital 584 improvements, and other resources to provide classification, 585 security, food services, health services, and other variable 586 expenses within the institutions to accommodate the estimated 587 increase in the inmate population. All actions taken pursuant to 588 this subsection are subject to review and approval by the 589 Legislative Budget Commission. This subsection expires July 1, 590 20252024. 591 Section 32. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 592 3267 through 3334 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, 593 subsection (2) of section 215.18, Florida Statutes, is amended 594 to read: 595 215.18 Transfers between funds; limitation.— 596 (2) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court may receive one 597 or more trust fund loans to ensure that the state court system 598 has funds sufficient to meet its appropriations in the 2024-2025 5992023-2024General Appropriations Act. If the Chief Justice 600 accesses the loan, he or she must notify the Governor and the 601 chairs of the legislative appropriations committees in writing. 602 The loan must come from other funds in the State Treasury which 603 are for the time being or otherwise in excess of the amounts 604 necessary to meet the just requirements of such last-mentioned 605 funds. The Governor shall order the transfer of funds within 5 606 days after the written notification from the Chief Justice. If 607 the Governor does not order the transfer, the Chief Financial 608 Officer shall transfer the requested funds. The loan of funds 609 from which any money is temporarily transferred must be repaid 610 by the end of the 2024-20252023-2024fiscal year. This 611 subsection expires July 1, 20252024. 612 Section 33. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 613 1150 through 1161 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act: 614 (1) The Department of Juvenile Justice is required to 615 review county juvenile detention payments to ensure that 616 counties fulfill their financial responsibilities required in s. 617 985.6865, Florida Statutes. If the Department of Juvenile 618 Justice determines that a county has not met its obligations, 619 the department shall direct the Department of Revenue to deduct 620 the amount owed to the Department of Juvenile Justice from the 621 funds provided to the county under s. 218.23, Florida Statutes. 622 The Department of Revenue shall transfer the funds withheld to 623 the Shared County/State Juvenile Detention Trust Fund. 624 (2) As an assurance to holders of bonds issued by counties 625 before July 1, 2024, for which distributions made pursuant to s. 626 218.23, Florida Statutes, are pledged, or bonds issued to refund 627 such bonds which mature no later than the bonds they refunded 628 and which result in a reduction of debt service payable in each 629 fiscal year, the amount available for distribution to a county 630 shall remain as provided by law and continue to be subject to 631 any lien or claim on behalf of the bondholders. The Department 632 of Revenue must ensure, based on information provided by an 633 affected county, that any reduction in amounts distributed 634 pursuant to subsection (1) does not reduce the amount of 635 distribution to a county below the amount necessary for the 636 timely payment of principal and interest when due on the bonds 637 and the amount necessary to comply with any covenant under the 638 bond resolution or other documents relating to the issuance of 639 the bonds. If a reduction to a county’s monthly distribution 640 must be decreased in order to comply with this section, the 641 Department of Revenue must notify the Department of Juvenile 642 Justice of the amount of the decrease, and the Department of 643 Juvenile Justice must send a bill for payment of such amount to 644 the affected county. 645 (3) This section expires July 1, 2025. 646 Section 34. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 647 779 through 801, 950 through 1093, and 1114 through 1149 of the 648 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding the 649 expiration date in section 32 of chapter 2023-240, Laws of 650 Florida, subsection (1), paragraph (a) of subsection (2), 651 paragraph (a) of subsection (3), and subsections (5), (6), and 652 (7) of section 27.40, Florida Statutes, are reenacted to read: 653 27.40 Court-appointed counsel; circuit registries; minimum 654 requirements; appointment by court.— 655 (1) Counsel shall be appointed to represent any individual 656 in a criminal or civil proceeding entitled to court-appointed 657 counsel under the Federal or State Constitution or as authorized 658 by general law. The court shall appoint a public defender to 659 represent indigent persons as authorized in s. 27.51. The office 660 of criminal conflict and civil regional counsel shall be 661 appointed to represent persons in those cases in which provision 662 is made for court-appointed counsel, but only after the public 663 defender has certified to the court in writing that the public 664 defender is unable to provide representation due to a conflict 665 of interest or is not authorized to provide representation. The 666 public defender shall report, in the aggregate, the specific 667 basis of all conflicts of interest certified to the court. On a 668 quarterly basis, the public defender shall submit this 669 information to the Justice Administrative Commission. 670 (2)(a) Private counsel shall be appointed to represent 671 persons in those cases in which provision is made for court 672 appointed counsel but only after the office of criminal conflict 673 and civil regional counsel has been appointed and has certified 674 to the court in writing that the criminal conflict and civil 675 regional counsel is unable to provide representation due to a 676 conflict of interest. The criminal conflict and civil regional 677 counsel shall report, in the aggregate, the specific basis of 678 all conflicts of interest certified to the court. On a quarterly 679 basis, the criminal conflict and civil regional counsel shall 680 submit this information to the Justice Administrative 681 Commission. 682 (3) In using a registry: 683 (a) The chief judge of the circuit shall compile a list of 684 attorneys in private practice, by county and by category of 685 cases, and provide the list to the clerk of court in each 686 county. The chief judge of the circuit may restrict the number 687 of attorneys on the general registry list. To be included on a 688 registry, an attorney must certify that he or she: 689 1. Meets any minimum requirements established by the chief 690 judge and by general law for court appointment; 691 2. Is available to represent indigent defendants in cases 692 requiring court appointment of private counsel; and 693 3. Is willing to abide by the terms of the contract for 694 services, s. 27.5304, and this section. 695 696 To be included on a registry, an attorney must enter into a 697 contract for services with the Justice Administrative 698 Commission. Failure to comply with the terms of the contract for 699 services may result in termination of the contract and removal 700 from the registry. Each attorney on the registry is responsible 701 for notifying the clerk of the court and the Justice 702 Administrative Commission of any change in his or her status. 703 Failure to comply with this requirement is cause for termination 704 of the contract for services and removal from the registry until 705 the requirement is fulfilled. 706 (5) The Justice Administrative Commission shall approve 707 uniform contract forms for use in procuring the services of 708 private court-appointed counsel and uniform procedures and forms 709 for use by a court-appointed attorney in support of billing for 710 attorney’s fees, costs, and related expenses to demonstrate the 711 attorney’s completion of specified duties. Such uniform 712 contracts and forms for use in billing must be consistent with 713 s. 27.5304, s. 216.311, and the General Appropriations Act and 714 must contain the following statement: “The State of Florida’s 715 performance and obligation to pay under this contract is 716 contingent upon an annual appropriation by the Legislature.” 717 (6) After court appointment, the attorney must immediately 718 file a notice of appearance with the court indicating acceptance 719 of the appointment to represent the defendant and of the terms 720 of the uniform contract as specified in subsection (5). 721 (7)(a) A private attorney appointed by the court from the 722 registry to represent a client is entitled to payment as 723 provided in s. 27.5304 so long as the requirements of subsection 724 (1) and paragraph (2)(a) are met. An attorney appointed by the 725 court who is not on the registry list may be compensated under 726 s. 27.5304 only if the court finds in the order of appointment 727 that there were no registry attorneys available for 728 representation for that case and only if the requirements of 729 subsection (1) and paragraph (2)(a) are met. 730 (b)1. The flat fee established in s. 27.5304 and the 731 General Appropriations Act shall be presumed by the court to be 732 sufficient compensation. The attorney shall maintain appropriate 733 documentation, including contemporaneous and detailed hourly 734 accounting of time spent representing the client. If the 735 attorney fails to maintain such contemporaneous and detailed 736 hourly records, the attorney waives the right to seek 737 compensation in excess of the flat fee established in s. 27.5304 738 and the General Appropriations Act. These records and documents 739 are subject to review by the Justice Administrative Commission 740 and audit by the Auditor General, subject to the attorney-client 741 privilege and work-product privilege. The attorney shall 742 maintain the records and documents in a manner that enables the 743 attorney to redact any information subject to a privilege in 744 order to facilitate the commission’s review of the records and 745 documents and not to impede such review. The attorney may redact 746 information from the records and documents only to the extent 747 necessary to comply with the privilege. The Justice 748 Administrative Commission shall review such records and shall 749 contemporaneously document such review before authorizing 750 payment to an attorney. Objections by or on behalf of the 751 Justice Administrative Commission to records or documents or to 752 claims for payment by the attorney shall be presumed correct by 753 the court unless the court determines, in writing, that 754 competent and substantial evidence exists to justify overcoming 755 the presumption. 756 2. If an attorney fails, refuses, or declines to permit the 757 commission or the Auditor General to review documentation for a 758 case as provided in this paragraph, the attorney waives the 759 right to seek, and the commission may not pay, compensation in 760 excess of the flat fee established in s. 27.5304 and the General 761 Appropriations Act for that case. 762 3. A finding by the commission that an attorney has waived 763 the right to seek compensation in excess of the flat fee 764 established in s. 27.5304 and the General Appropriations Act, as 765 provided in this paragraph, shall be presumed to be correct, 766 unless the court determines, in writing, that competent and 767 substantial evidence exists to justify overcoming the 768 presumption. 769 Section 35. The text of s. 27.40(1), (2)(a), (3)(a), (5), 770 (6), and (7), Florida Statutes, as carried forward from chapter 771 2019-116, Laws of Florida, by this act, expires July 1, 2025, 772 and the text of those subsections and paragraphs, as applicable, 773 shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 2019, except that 774 any amendments to such text enacted other than by this act shall 775 be preserved and continue to operate to the extent that such 776 amendments are not dependent upon the portions of text which 777 expire pursuant to this section. 778 Section 36. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 779 779 through 801, 950 through 1093, and 1114 through 1149 of the 780 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding the 781 expiration date in section 34 of chapter 2023-240, Laws of 782 Florida, subsection (13) of section 27.5304, Florida Statutes, 783 is reenacted and amended, and subsections (1), (3), (6), (7), 784 and (11) and paragraphs (a) through (e) of subsection (12) of 785 that section are reenacted, to read: 786 27.5304 Private court-appointed counsel; compensation; 787 notice.— 788 (1) Private court-appointed counsel appointed in the manner 789 prescribed in s. 27.40(1) and (2)(a) shall be compensated by the 790 Justice Administrative Commission only as provided in this 791 section and the General Appropriations Act. The flat fees 792 prescribed in this section are limitations on compensation. The 793 specific flat fee amounts for compensation shall be established 794 annually in the General Appropriations Act. The attorney also 795 shall be reimbursed for reasonable and necessary expenses in 796 accordance with s. 29.007. If the attorney is representing a 797 defendant charged with more than one offense in the same case, 798 the attorney shall be compensated at the rate provided for the 799 most serious offense for which he or she represented the 800 defendant. This section does not allow stacking of the fee 801 limits established by this section. 802 (3) The court retains primary authority and responsibility 803 for determining the reasonableness of all billings for attorney 804 fees, costs, and related expenses, subject to statutory 805 limitations and the requirements of s. 27.40(7). Private court 806 appointed counsel is entitled to compensation upon final 807 disposition of a case. 808 (6) For compensation for representation pursuant to a court 809 appointment in a proceeding under chapter 39: 810 (a) At the trial level, compensation for representation for 811 dependency proceedings shall not exceed $1,450 for the first 812 year following the date of appointment and shall not exceed $700 813 each year thereafter. Compensation shall be paid based upon 814 representation of a parent irrespective of the number of case 815 numbers that may be assigned or the number of children involved, 816 including any children born during the pendency of the 817 proceeding. Any appeal, except for an appeal from an 818 adjudication of dependency, shall be completed by the trial 819 attorney and is considered compensated by the flat fee for 820 dependency proceedings. 821 1. Counsel may bill the flat fee not exceeding $1,450 822 following disposition or upon dismissal of the petition. 823 2. Counsel may bill the annual flat fee not exceeding $700 824 following the first judicial review in the second year following 825 the date of appointment and each year thereafter as long as the 826 case remains under protective supervision. 827 3. If the court grants a motion to reactivate protective 828 supervision, the attorney shall receive the annual flat fee not 829 exceeding $700 following the first judicial review and up to an 830 additional $700 each year thereafter. 831 4. If, during the course of dependency proceedings, a 832 proceeding to terminate parental rights is initiated, 833 compensation shall be as set forth in paragraph (b). If counsel 834 handling the dependency proceeding is not authorized to handle 835 proceedings to terminate parental rights, the counsel must 836 withdraw and new counsel must be appointed. 837 (b) At the trial level, compensation for representation in 838 termination of parental rights proceedings shall not exceed 839 $1,800 for the first year following the date of appointment and 840 shall not exceed $700 each year thereafter. Compensation shall 841 be paid based upon representation of a parent irrespective of 842 the number of case numbers that may be assigned or the number of 843 children involved, including any children born during the 844 pendency of the proceeding. Any appeal, except for an appeal 845 from an order granting or denying termination of parental 846 rights, shall be completed by trial counsel and is considered 847 compensated by the flat fee for termination of parental rights 848 proceedings. If the individual has dependency proceedings 849 ongoing as to other children, those proceedings are considered 850 part of the termination of parental rights proceedings as long 851 as that termination of parental rights proceeding is ongoing. 852 1. Counsel may bill the flat fee not exceeding $1,800 30 853 days after rendition of the final order. Each request for 854 payment submitted to the Justice Administrative Commission must 855 include the trial counsel’s certification that: 856 a. Counsel discussed grounds for appeal with the parent or 857 that counsel attempted and was unable to contact the parent; and 858 b. No appeal will be filed or that a notice of appeal and a 859 motion for appointment of appellate counsel, containing the 860 signature of the parent, have been filed. 861 2. Counsel may bill the annual flat fee not exceeding $700 862 following the first judicial review in the second year after the 863 date of appointment and each year thereafter as long as the 864 termination of parental rights proceedings are still ongoing. 865 (c) For appeals from an adjudication of dependency, 866 compensation may not exceed $1,800. 867 1. Counsel may bill a flat fee not exceeding $1,200 upon 868 filing the initial brief or the granting of a motion to 869 withdraw. 870 2. If a brief is filed, counsel may bill an additional flat 871 fee not exceeding $600 upon rendition of the mandate. 872 (d) For an appeal from an adjudication of termination of 873 parental rights, compensation may not exceed $3,500. 874 1. Counsel may bill a flat fee not exceeding $1,750 upon 875 filing the initial brief or the granting of a motion to 876 withdraw. 877 2. If a brief is filed, counsel may bill an additional flat 878 fee not exceeding $1,750 upon rendition of the mandate. 879 (7) Counsel eligible to receive compensation from the state 880 for representation pursuant to court appointment made in 881 accordance with the requirements of s. 27.40(1) and (2)(a) in a 882 proceeding under chapter 384, chapter 390, chapter 392, chapter 883 393, chapter 394, chapter 397, chapter 415, chapter 743, chapter 884 744, or chapter 984 shall receive compensation not to exceed the 885 limits prescribed in the General Appropriations Act. Any such 886 compensation must be determined as provided in s. 27.40(7). 887 (11) It is the intent of the Legislature that the flat fees 888 prescribed under this section and the General Appropriations Act 889 comprise the full and complete compensation for private court 890 appointed counsel. It is further the intent of the Legislature 891 that the fees in this section are prescribed for the purpose of 892 providing counsel with notice of the limit on the amount of 893 compensation for representation in particular proceedings and 894 the sole procedure and requirements for obtaining payment for 895 the same. 896 (a) If court-appointed counsel moves to withdraw prior to 897 the full performance of his or her duties through the completion 898 of the case, the court shall presume that the attorney is not 899 entitled to the payment of the full flat fee established under 900 this section and the General Appropriations Act. 901 (b) If court-appointed counsel is allowed to withdraw from 902 representation prior to the full performance of his or her 903 duties through the completion of the case and the court appoints 904 a subsequent attorney, the total compensation for the initial 905 and any and all subsequent attorneys may not exceed the flat fee 906 established under this section and the General Appropriations 907 Act, except as provided in subsection (12). 908 909 This subsection constitutes notice to any subsequently appointed 910 attorney that he or she will not be compensated the full flat 911 fee. 912 (12) The Legislature recognizes that on rare occasions an 913 attorney may receive a case that requires extraordinary and 914 unusual effort. 915 (a) If counsel seeks compensation that exceeds the limits 916 prescribed by law, he or she must file a motion with the chief 917 judge for an order approving payment of attorney fees in excess 918 of these limits. 919 1. Before filing the motion, the counsel shall deliver a 920 copy of the intended billing, together with supporting 921 affidavits and all other necessary documentation, to the Justice 922 Administrative Commission. 923 2. The Justice Administrative Commission shall review the 924 billings, affidavit, and documentation for completeness and 925 compliance with contractual and statutory requirements and shall 926 contemporaneously document such review before authorizing 927 payment to an attorney. If the Justice Administrative Commission 928 objects to any portion of the proposed billing, the objection 929 and supporting reasons must be communicated in writing to the 930 private court-appointed counsel. The counsel may thereafter file 931 his or her motion, which must specify whether the commission 932 objects to any portion of the billing or the sufficiency of 933 documentation, and shall attach the commission’s letter stating 934 its objection. 935 (b) Following receipt of the motion to exceed the fee 936 limits, the chief judge or a single designee shall hold an 937 evidentiary hearing. The chief judge may select only one judge 938 per circuit to hear and determine motions pursuant to this 939 subsection, except multicounty circuits and the eleventh circuit 940 may have up to two designees. 941 1. At the hearing, the attorney seeking compensation must 942 prove by competent and substantial evidence that the case 943 required extraordinary and unusual efforts. The chief judge or 944 single designee shall consider criteria such as the number of 945 witnesses, the complexity of the factual and legal issues, and 946 the length of trial. The fact that a trial was conducted in a 947 case does not, by itself, constitute competent substantial 948 evidence of an extraordinary and unusual effort. In a criminal 949 case, relief under this section may not be granted if the number 950 of work hours does not exceed 75 or the number of the state’s 951 witnesses deposed does not exceed 20. 952 2. Objections by or on behalf of the Justice Administrative 953 Commission to records or documents or to claims for payment by 954 the attorney shall be presumed correct by the court unless the 955 court determines, in writing, that competent and substantial 956 evidence exists to justify overcoming the presumption. The chief 957 judge or single designee shall enter a written order detailing 958 his or her findings and identifying the extraordinary nature of 959 the time and efforts of the attorney in the case which warrant 960 exceeding the flat fee established by this section and the 961 General Appropriations Act. 962 (c) A copy of the motion and attachments shall be served on 963 the Justice Administrative Commission at least 20 business days 964 before the date of a hearing. The Justice Administrative 965 Commission has standing to appear before the court, and may 966 appear in person or telephonically, including at the hearing 967 under paragraph (b), to contest any motion for an order 968 approving payment of attorney fees, costs, or related expenses 969 and may participate in a hearing on the motion by use of 970 telephonic or other communication equipment. The Justice 971 Administrative Commission may contract with other public or 972 private entities or individuals to appear before the court for 973 the purpose of contesting any motion for an order approving 974 payment of attorney fees, costs, or related expenses. The fact 975 that the Justice Administrative Commission has not objected to 976 any portion of the billing or to the sufficiency of the 977 documentation is not binding on the court. 978 (d) If the chief judge or a single designee finds that 979 counsel has proved by competent and substantial evidence that 980 the case required extraordinary and unusual efforts, the chief 981 judge or single designee shall order the compensation to be paid 982 to the attorney at a percentage above the flat fee rate, 983 depending on the extent of the unusual and extraordinary effort 984 required. The percentage must be only the rate necessary to 985 ensure that the fees paid are not confiscatory under common law. 986 The percentage may not exceed 200 percent of the established 987 flat fee, absent a specific finding that 200 percent of the flat 988 fee in the case would be confiscatory. If the chief judge or 989 single designee determines that 200 percent of the flat fee 990 would be confiscatory, he or she shall order the amount of 991 compensation using an hourly rate not to exceed $75 per hour for 992 a noncapital case and $100 per hour for a capital case. However, 993 the compensation calculated by using the hourly rate shall be 994 only that amount necessary to ensure that the total fees paid 995 are not confiscatory, subject to the requirements of s. 996 27.40(7). 997 (e) Any order granting relief under this subsection must be 998 attached to the final request for a payment submitted to the 999 Justice Administrative Commission and must satisfy the 1000 requirements of subparagraph (b)2. 1001 (13) Notwithstanding the limitation set forth in subsection 1002 (5) and for the 2024-20252023-2024fiscal year only, the 1003 compensation for representation in a criminal proceeding may not 1004 exceed the following: 1005 (a) For misdemeanors and juveniles represented at the trial 1006 level: $1,000. 1007 (b) For noncapital, nonlife felonies represented at the 1008 trial level: $15,000. 1009 (c) For life felonies represented at the trial level: 1010 $15,000. 1011 (d) For capital cases represented at the trial level: 1012 $25,000. For purposes of this paragraph, a “capital case” is any 1013 offense for which the potential sentence is death and the state 1014 has not waived seeking the death penalty. 1015 (e) For representation on appeal: $9,000. 1016 (f) This subsection expires July 1, 20252024. 1017 Section 37. The text of s. 27.5304(1), (3), (7), (11), and 1018 (12)(a)-(e), Florida Statutes, as carried forward from chapter 1019 2019-116, Laws of Florida, and the text of s. 27.5304(6), 1020 Florida Statutes, as carried forward from chapter 2023-240, Laws 1021 of Florida, by this act expire July 1, 2025, and the text of 1022 those subsections and paragraphs, as applicable, shall revert to 1023 that in existence on June 30, 2019, except that any amendments 1024 to such text enacted other than by this act shall be preserved 1025 and continue to operate to the extent that such amendments are 1026 not dependent upon the portions of text which expire pursuant to 1027 this section. 1028 Section 38. In order to implement section 119 of the 2024 1029 2025 General Appropriations Act, paragraph (f) of subsection (7) 1030 of section 934.50, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 1031 934.50 Searches and seizure using a drone.— 1032 (7) SECURITY STANDARDS FOR GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY DRONE USE.— 1033 (f) Notwithstanding this subsection: 1034 1. Subject to appropriation, the drone replacement grant 1035 program is created within the Department of Law Enforcement. The 1036 program shall provide funds to law enforcement agencies, fire 1037 service providers, ambulance crews, or other first responders 1038 that turn in drones that are not in compliance with this 1039 section. To be eligible, the drone must have not reached its end 1040 of life and must still be in working condition. Funds shall be 1041 provided per drone based upon the drone’s replacement costs 1042current value. Grant funds may only be used to purchase drones 1043 that are in compliance with this section. The Department of Law 1044 Enforcement shall expeditiously develop an application process, 1045 and funds shall be allocated on a first-come, first-served 1046 basis, determined by the date the department receives the 1047 application. The department may adopt rules to implement this 1048 program. For the purposes of this paragraph, the term “law 1049 enforcement agency” has the same meaning as in this section. 1050 2. The Department of Law Enforcement shall provide drones 1051 received through the drone grant replacement program to the 1052 Florida Center for Cybersecurity within the University of South 1053 Florida. The Florida Center for Cybersecurity shall analyze 1054 whether the drones present cybersecurity concerns and shall 1055 provide its findings or recommendations to the Department of 1056 Management Services regarding the drones’ safety or security. 1057 3. The Department of Law Enforcement is authorized, and all 1058 conditions are deemed met, to adopt emergency rules under s. 1059 120.54(4) for the purpose of implementing the drone replacement 1060 grant program. Notwithstanding any other law, emergency rules 1061 adopted under this section are effective for 12 months after 1062 adoption and may be renewed during the pendency of procedures to 1063 adopt permanent rules addressing the subject of the emergency 1064 rules. 1065 1066 This paragraph expires July 1, 20252024. 1067 Section 39. In order to implement appropriations used to 1068 pay existing lease contracts for private lease space in excess 1069 of 2,000 square feet in the 2024-2025 General Appropriations 1070 Act, the Department of Management Services, with the cooperation 1071 of the agencies having the existing lease contracts for office 1072 or storage space, shall use tenant broker services to 1073 renegotiate or reprocure all private lease agreements for office 1074 or storage space expiring between July 1, 2025, and June 30, 1075 2027, in order to reduce costs in future years. The department 1076 shall incorporate this initiative into its 2024 master leasing 1077 report required under s. 255.249(7), Florida Statutes, and may 1078 use tenant broker services to explore the possibilities of 1079 collocating office or storage space, to review the space needs 1080 of each agency, and to review the length and terms of potential 1081 renewals or renegotiations. The department shall provide a 1082 report to the Executive Office of the Governor, the President of 1083 the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by 1084 November 1, 2024, which lists each lease contract for private 1085 office or storage space, the status of renegotiations, and the 1086 savings achieved. This section expires July 1, 2025. 1087 Section 40. In order to implement appropriations authorized 1088 in the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act for data center 1089 services, and notwithstanding s. 216.292(2)(a), Florida 1090 Statutes, an agency may not transfer funds from a data 1091 processing category to a category other than another data 1092 processing category. This section expires July 1, 2025. 1093 Section 41. In order to implement the appropriation of 1094 funds in the appropriation category “Special Categories-Risk 1095 Management Insurance” in the 2024-2025 General Appropriations 1096 Act, and pursuant to the notice, review, and objection 1097 procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, the Executive Office 1098 of the Governor may transfer funds appropriated in that category 1099 between departments in order to align the budget authority 1100 granted with the premiums paid by each department for risk 1101 management insurance. This section expires July 1, 2025. 1102 Section 42. In order to implement the appropriation of 1103 funds in the appropriation category “Special Categories-Transfer 1104 to Department of Management Services-Human Resources Services 1105 Purchased per Statewide Contract” in the 2024-2025 General 1106 Appropriations Act, and pursuant to the notice, review, and 1107 objection procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, the 1108 Executive Office of the Governor may transfer funds appropriated 1109 in that category between departments in order to align the 1110 budget authority granted with the assessments that must be paid 1111 by each agency to the Department of Management Services for 1112 human resource management services. This section expires July 1, 1113 2025. 1114 Section 43. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 1115 2880 in the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act in the Building 1116 Relocation appropriation category from the Architects Incidental 1117 Trust Fund of the Department of Management Services, and in 1118 accordance with s. 215.196, Florida Statutes: 1119 (1) Upon the final disposition of a state-owned building, 1120 the Department of Management Services may use up to 5 percent of 1121 facility disposition funds from the Architects Incidental Trust 1122 Fund to defer, offset, or otherwise pay for all or a portion of 1123 relocation expenses including furniture, fixtures, and equipment 1124 for state agencies impacted by the disposition of the 1125 department’s managed facilities in the Florida Facilities Pool. 1126 The extent of the financial assistance provided to impacted 1127 state agencies shall be determined by the department. 1128 (2) The Department of Management Services may submit budget 1129 amendments for an increase in appropriation if necessary for the 1130 implementation of this section pursuant to the provisions of 1131 chapter 216, Florida Statutes. Budget amendments for an increase 1132 in appropriation shall include a detailed plan providing all 1133 estimated costs and relocation proposals. 1134 (3) This section expires July 1, 2025. 1135 Section 44. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 1136 2875 through 2880 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act 1137 from the Architects Incidental Trust Fund of the Department of 1138 Management Services, notwithstanding s. 253.025(4), Florida 1139 Statutes, and in accordance with s. 215.196, Florida Statutes, 1140 the Department of Management Services may acquire additional 1141 state-owned office buildings as defined in s. 255.248, Florida 1142 Statutes, or property for inclusion in the Florida Facilities 1143 Pool as created in s. 255.505, Florida Statutes. This section 1144 expires July 1, 2025. 1145 Section 45. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 1146 2456 through 2462 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act: 1147 (1) The Department of Financial Services shall replace the 1148 four main components of the Florida Accounting Information 1149 Resource Subsystem (FLAIR), which include central FLAIR, 1150 departmental FLAIR, payroll, and information warehouse, and 1151 shall replace the cash management and accounting management 1152 components of the Cash Management Subsystem (CMS) with an 1153 integrated enterprise system that allows the state to organize, 1154 define, and standardize its financial management business 1155 processes and that complies with ss. 215.90-215.96, Florida 1156 Statutes. The department may not include in the replacement of 1157 FLAIR and CMS: 1158 (a) Functionality that duplicates any of the other 1159 information subsystems of the Florida Financial Management 1160 Information System; or 1161 (b) Agency business processes related to any of the 1162 functions included in the Personnel Information System, the 1163 Purchasing Subsystem, or the Legislative Appropriations 1164 System/Planning and Budgeting Subsystem. 1165 (2) For purposes of replacing FLAIR and CMS, the Department 1166 of Financial Services shall: 1167 (a) Take into consideration the cost and implementation 1168 data identified for Option 3 as recommended in the March 31, 1169 2014, Florida Department of Financial Services FLAIR Study, 1170 version 031. 1171 (b) Ensure that all business requirements and technical 1172 specifications have been provided to all state agencies for 1173 their review and input and approved by the executive steering 1174 committee established in paragraph (c), including any updates to 1175 these documents. 1176 (c) Implement a project governance structure that includes 1177 an executive steering committee composed of: 1178 1. The Chief Financial Officer or the executive sponsor of 1179 the project. 1180 2. A representative of the Division of Treasury of the 1181 Department of Financial Services, appointed by the Chief 1182 Financial Officer. 1183 3. The chief information officers of the Department of 1184 Financial Services and the Department of Environmental 1185 Protection. 1186 4. Two employees from the Division of Accounting and 1187 Auditing of the Department of Financial Services, appointed by 1188 the Chief Financial Officer. Each employee must have experience 1189 relating to at least one of the four main components that 1190 comprise FLAIR. 1191 5. Two employees from the Executive Office of the Governor, 1192 appointed by the Governor. One employee must have experience 1193 relating to the Legislative Appropriations System/Planning and 1194 Budgeting Subsystem. 1195 6. One employee from the Department of Revenue, appointed 1196 by the executive director, who has experience using or 1197 maintaining the department’s finance and accounting systems. 1198 7. Two employees from the Department of Management 1199 Services, appointed by the Secretary of Management Services. One 1200 employee must have experience relating to the department’s 1201 personnel information subsystem, and one employee must have 1202 experience relating to the department’s purchasing subsystem. 1203 8. A state agency administrative services director, 1204 appointed by the Governor. 1205 9. The executive sponsor of the Florida Health Care 1206 Connection (FX) System or his or her designee, appointed by the 1207 Secretary of Health Care Administration. 1208 10. The state chief information officer, or his or her 1209 designee, as a nonvoting member. The state chief information 1210 officer, or his or her designee, shall provide monthly status 1211 reports to the executive steering committee pursuant to the 1212 oversight responsibilities in s. 282.0051, Florida Statutes. 1213 11. One employee from the Department of Business and 1214 Professional Regulation who has experience in finance and 1215 accounting and FLAIR, appointed by the Secretary of Business and 1216 Professional Regulation. 1217 12. One employee from the Fish and Wildlife Conservation 1218 Commission who has experience using or maintaining the 1219 commission’s finance and accounting systems, appointed by the 1220 chair of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. 1221 13. The budget director of the Department of Education, or 1222 his or her designee. 1223 (3)(a) The Chief Financial Officer or the executive sponsor 1224 of the project shall serve as chair of the executive steering 1225 committee, and the committee shall take action by a vote of at 1226 least eight affirmative votes with the Chief Financial Officer 1227 or the executive sponsor of the project voting on the prevailing 1228 side. A quorum of the executive steering committee consists of 1229 at least 10 members. 1230 (b) No later than 14 days before a meeting of the executive 1231 steering committee, the chair shall request input from committee 1232 members on agenda items for the next scheduled meeting. 1233 (c) The chair shall establish a working group consisting of 1234 FLAIR users, state agency technical staff who maintain 1235 applications that integrate with FLAIR, and no less than four 1236 state agency finance and accounting or budget directors. The 1237 working group shall meet at least monthly to review PALM 1238 functionality, assess project impacts to state financial 1239 business processes and agency staff, and develop recommendations 1240 to the executive steering committee for improvements. The chair 1241 shall request input from the working group on agenda items for 1242 each scheduled meeting. The PALM project team shall dedicate a 1243 staff member to the group and provide system demonstrations and 1244 any project documentation, as needed, for the group to fulfill 1245 its duties. 1246 (d) The chair shall request all agency project sponsors to 1247 provide bimonthly status reports to the executive steering 1248 committee. The form and format of the bimonthly status reports 1249 shall be developed by the Florida PALM project and provided to 1250 the executive steering committee meeting for approval. Such 1251 agency status reports shall provide information to the executive 1252 steering committee on the activities and ongoing work within the 1253 agency to prepare their systems and impacted employees for the 1254 deployment of the Florida PALM System. The first bimonthly 1255 status report is due September 1, 2024, and bimonthly 1256 thereafter. 1257 (4) The executive steering committee has the overall 1258 responsibility for ensuring that the project to replace FLAIR 1259 and CMS meets its primary business objectives and shall: 1260 (a) Identify and recommend to the Executive Office of the 1261 Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the 1262 House of Representatives any statutory changes needed to 1263 implement the replacement subsystem that will standardize, to 1264 the fullest extent possible, the state’s financial management 1265 business processes. 1266 (b) Review and approve any changes to the project’s scope, 1267 schedule, and budget which do not conflict with the requirements 1268 of subsection (1). 1269 (c) Ensure that adequate resources are provided throughout 1270 all phases of the project. 1271 (d) Approve all major project deliverables and any cost 1272 changes to each deliverable over $250,000. 1273 (e) Approve contract amendments and changes to all 1274 contract-related documents associated with the replacement of 1275 FLAIR and CMS. 1276 (f) Review, and approve as warranted, the format of the 1277 bimonthly agency status reports to include meaningful 1278 information on each agency’s progress in planning for the 1279 Florida PALM Major Implementation, covering the agency’s people, 1280 processes, technology, and data transformation activities. 1281 (g) Ensure compliance with ss. 216.181(16), 216.311, 1282 216.313, 282.318(4)(h), and 287.058, Florida Statutes. 1283 (5) This section expires July 1, 2025. 1284 Section 46. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 1285 2991 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, and 1286 notwithstanding the expiration date in section 43 of chapter 1287 2023-240, Laws of Florida, subsection (3) of section 282.709, 1288 Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read: 1289 282.709 State agency law enforcement radio system and 1290 interoperability network.— 1291 (3) In recognition of the critical nature of the statewide 1292 law enforcement radio communications system, the Legislature 1293 finds that there is an immediate danger to the public health, 1294 safety, and welfare, and that it is in the best interest of the 1295 state to continue partnering with the system’s current operator. 1296 The Legislature finds that continuity of coverage is critical to 1297 supporting law enforcement, first responders, and other public 1298 safety users. The potential for a loss in coverage or a lack of 1299 interoperability between users requires emergency action and is 1300 a serious concern for officers’ safety and their ability to 1301 communicate and respond to various disasters and events. 1302 (a) The department, pursuant to s. 287.057(10), shall enter 1303 into a 15-year contract with the entity that was operating the 1304 statewide radio communications system on January 1, 2021. The 1305 contract must include: 1306 1. The purchase of radios; 1307 2. The upgrade to the Project 25 communications standard; 1308 3. Increased system capacity and enhanced coverage for 1309 system users; 1310 4. Operations, maintenance, and support at a fixed annual 1311 rate; 1312 5. The conveyance of communications towers to the 1313 department; and 1314 6. The assignment of communications tower leases to the 1315 department. 1316 (b) The State Agency Law Enforcement Radio System Trust 1317 Fund is established in the department and funded from surcharges 1318 collected under ss. 318.18, 320.0802, and 328.72. Upon 1319 appropriation, moneys in the trust fund may be used by the 1320 department to acquire the equipment, software, and engineering, 1321 administrative, and maintenance services it needs to construct, 1322 operate, and maintain the statewide radio system. Moneys in the 1323 trust fund from surcharges shall be used to help fund the costs 1324 of the system. Upon completion of the system, moneys in the 1325 trust fund may also be used by the department for payment of the 1326 recurring maintenance costs of the system. 1327 Section 47. The text of s. 282.709(3), Florida Statutes, as 1328 carried forward from chapter 2021-37, Laws of Florida, by this 1329 act, expires July 1, 2025, and the text of that subsection shall 1330 revert to that in existence on June 1, 2021, except that any 1331 amendments to such text enacted other than by this act shall be 1332 preserved and continue to operate to the extent that such 1333 amendments are not dependent upon the portions of text which 1334 expire pursuant to this section. 1335 Section 48. In order to implement appropriations relating 1336 to the purchase of equipment and services related to the 1337 Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System (SLERS) as authorized in 1338 the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding s. 1339 287.057, Florida Statutes, state agencies and other eligible 1340 users of the SLERS network may use the Department of Management 1341 Services SLERS contract for purchase of equipment and services. 1342 This section expires July 1, 2025. 1343 Section 49. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 1344 2898 through 2909 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, 1345 and notwithstanding rule 60A-1.031, Florida Administrative Code, 1346 the transaction fee as identified in s. 287.057(24)(c), Florida 1347 Statutes, shall be collected for use of the online procurement 1348 system and is 0.7 percent for the 2024-2025 fiscal year only. 1349 This section expires July 1, 2025. 1350 Section 50. Effective upon this act becoming a law, and in 1351 order to implement Specific Appropriations 2448 through 2455 of 1352 the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, subsection (3) of 1353 section 717.123, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 1354 717.123 Deposit of funds.— 1355 (3) Notwithstanding subsection (1), and for the 2023-2024 13562022-2023fiscal year, the department shall retain, from funds 1357 received under this chapter, an amount not exceeding $65 million 1358 from which the department shall make prompt payment of claims 1359 allowed by the department and shall pay the costs incurred by 1360 the department in administering and enforcing this chapter. This 1361 subsection expires July 1, 20252024. 1362 Section 51. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 1363 3098 through 3130 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, 1364 paragraph (g) of subsection (13) of section 120.80, Florida 1365 Statutes, is amended to read: 1366 120.80 Exceptions and special requirements; agencies.— 1367 (13) FLORIDA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION.— 1368 (g)1. Rules adopted by the Florida Public Service 1369 Commission to implement ss. 366.04(8) and (9) and 366.97 are not 1370 subject to s. 120.541. 1371 2. For the 2024-20252023-2024fiscal year, rules adopted 1372 by the Florida Public Service Commission to implement ss. 1373 350.113, 364.336, 366.14, 367.145, and 368.109 are not subject 1374 to s. 120.541. This subparagraph expires July 1, 20252024. 1375 Section 52. In order to implement specific appropriations 1376 from the land acquisition trust funds within the Department of 1377 Agriculture and Consumer Services, the Department of 1378 Environmental Protection, the Department of State, and the Fish 1379 and Wildlife Conservation Commission, which are contained in the 1380 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, subsection (3) of section 1381 215.18, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 1382 215.18 Transfers between funds; limitation.— 1383 (3) Notwithstanding subsection (1) and only with respect to 1384 a land acquisition trust fund in the Department of Agriculture 1385 and Consumer Services, the Department of Environmental 1386 Protection, the Department of State, or the Fish and Wildlife 1387 Conservation Commission, whenever there is a deficiency in a 1388 land acquisition trust fund which would render that trust fund 1389 temporarily insufficient to meet its just requirements, 1390 including the timely payment of appropriations from that trust 1391 fund, and other trust funds in the State Treasury have moneys 1392 that are for the time being or otherwise in excess of the 1393 amounts necessary to meet the just requirements, including 1394 appropriated obligations, of those other trust funds, the 1395 Governor may order a temporary transfer of moneys from one or 1396 more of the other trust funds to a land acquisition trust fund 1397 in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the 1398 Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of State, 1399 or the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Any action 1400 proposed pursuant to this subsection is subject to the notice, 1401 review, and objection procedures of s. 216.177, and the Governor 1402 shall provide notice of such action at least 7 days before the 1403 effective date of the transfer of trust funds, except that 1404 during July 20242023, notice of such action shall be provided 1405 at least 3 days before the effective date of a transfer unless 1406 such 3-day notice is waived by the chair and vice chair of the 1407 Legislative Budget Commission. Any transfer of trust funds to a 1408 land acquisition trust fund in the Department of Agriculture and 1409 Consumer Services, the Department of Environmental Protection, 1410 the Department of State, or the Fish and Wildlife Conservation 1411 Commission must be repaid to the trust funds from which the 1412 moneys were loaned by the end of the 2024-20252023-2024fiscal 1413 year. The Legislature has determined that the repayment of the 1414 other trust fund moneys temporarily loaned to a land acquisition 1415 trust fund in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer 1416 Services, the Department of Environmental Protection, the 1417 Department of State, or the Fish and Wildlife Conservation 1418 Commission pursuant to this subsection is an allowable use of 1419 the moneys in a land acquisition trust fund because the moneys 1420 from other trust funds temporarily loaned to a land acquisition 1421 trust fund shall be expended solely and exclusively in 1422 accordance with s. 28, Art. X of the State Constitution. This 1423 subsection expires July 1, 20252024. 1424 Section 53. (1) In order to implement specific 1425 appropriations from the land acquisition trust funds within the 1426 Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the Department 1427 of Environmental Protection, the Department of State, and the 1428 Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, which are contained 1429 in the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, the Department of 1430 Environmental Protection shall transfer revenues from the Land 1431 Acquisition Trust Fund within the department to the land 1432 acquisition trust funds within the Department of Agriculture and 1433 Consumer Services, the Department of State, and the Fish and 1434 Wildlife Conservation Commission as provided in this section. As 1435 used in this section, the term “department” means the Department 1436 of Environmental Protection. 1437 (2) After subtracting any required debt service payments, 1438 the proportionate share of revenues to be transferred to each 1439 land acquisition trust fund shall be calculated by dividing the 1440 appropriations from each of the land acquisition trust funds for 1441 the fiscal year by the total appropriations from the Land 1442 Acquisition Trust Fund within the department and the land 1443 acquisition trust funds within the Department of Agriculture and 1444 Consumer Services, the Department of State, and the Fish and 1445 Wildlife Conservation Commission for the fiscal year. The 1446 department shall transfer the proportionate share of the 1447 revenues in the Land Acquisition Trust Fund within the 1448 department on a monthly basis to the appropriate land 1449 acquisition trust funds within the Department of Agriculture and 1450 Consumer Services, the Department of State, and the Fish and 1451 Wildlife Conservation Commission and shall retain its 1452 proportionate share of the revenues in the Land Acquisition 1453 Trust Fund within the department. Total distributions to a land 1454 acquisition trust fund within the Department of Agriculture and 1455 Consumer Services, the Department of State, and the Fish and 1456 Wildlife Conservation Commission may not exceed the total 1457 appropriations from such trust fund for the fiscal year. 1458 (3) In addition, the department shall transfer from the 1459 Land Acquisition Trust Fund to land acquisition trust funds 1460 within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the 1461 Department of State, and the Fish and Wildlife Conservation 1462 Commission amounts equal to the difference between the amounts 1463 appropriated in chapter 2023-239, Laws of Florida, to the 1464 department’s Land Acquisition Trust Fund and the other land 1465 acquisition trust funds, and the amounts actually transferred 1466 between those trust funds during the 2023-2024 fiscal year. 1467 (4) The department may advance funds from the beginning 1468 unobligated fund balance in the Land Acquisition Trust Fund to 1469 the Land Acquisition Trust Fund within the Fish and Wildlife 1470 Conservation Commission needed for cash flow purposes based on a 1471 detailed expenditure plan. The department shall prorate amounts 1472 transferred quarterly to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation 1473 Commission to recoup the amount of funds advanced by June 30, 1474 2025. 1475 (5) This section expires July 1, 2025. 1476 Section 54. In order to implement specific appropriations 1477 from the Florida Forever Trust Fund within the Department of 1478 Environmental Protection, which are contained in the 2024-2025 1479 General Appropriations Act, paragraph (m) of subsection (3) of 1480 section 259.105, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 1481 259.105 The Florida Forever Act.— 1482 (3) Less the costs of issuing and the costs of funding 1483 reserve accounts and other costs associated with bonds, the 1484 proceeds of cash payments or bonds issued pursuant to this 1485 section shall be deposited into the Florida Forever Trust Fund 1486 created by s. 259.1051. The proceeds shall be distributed by the 1487 Department of Environmental Protection in the following manner: 1488 (m) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a)-(j) and for the 2024 1489 20252023-2024fiscal year, the proceeds shall be distributed as 1490 provided in the General Appropriations Act. This paragraph 1491 expires July 1, 20252024. 1492 Section 55. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 1493 1804 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, and 1494 notwithstanding the expiration date in section 58 of chapter 1495 2023-240, Laws of Florida, paragraph (g) of subsection (15) of 1496 section 376.3071, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read: 1497 376.3071 Inland Protection Trust Fund; creation; purposes; 1498 funding.— 1499 (15) ETHANOL OR BIODIESEL DAMAGE; PREVENTIVE MEASURES.—The 1500 department shall pay, pursuant to this subsection, up to $10 1501 million each fiscal year from the fund for the costs of labor 1502 and equipment to repair or replace petroleum storage systems 1503 that may have been damaged due to the storage of fuels blended 1504 with ethanol or biodiesel, or for preventive measures to reduce 1505 the potential for such damage. 1506 (g) Payments may not be made for the following: 1507 1. Proposal costs or costs related to preparation of the 1508 application and required documentation; 1509 2. Certified public accountant costs; 1510 3. Except as provided in paragraph (j), any costs in excess 1511 of the amount approved by the department under paragraph (b) or 1512 which are not in substantial compliance with the purchase order; 1513 4. Costs associated with storage tanks, piping, or 1514 ancillary equipment that has previously been repaired or 1515 replaced for which costs have been paid under this section; 1516 5. Facilities that are not in compliance with department 1517 storage tank rules, until the noncompliance issues have been 1518 resolved; or 1519 6. Costs associated with damage to petroleum storage 1520 systems caused in whole or in part by causes other than the 1521 storage of fuels blended with ethanol or biodiesel. 1522 Section 56. The text of s. 376.3071(15)(g), Florida 1523 Statutes, as carried forward from chapter 2020-114, Laws of 1524 Florida, by this act expires July 1, 2025, and the text of that 1525 paragraph shall revert to that in existence on July 1, 2020, but 1526 not including any amendments made by this act or chapter 2020 1527 114, Laws of Florida, and any amendments to such text enacted 1528 other than by this act shall be preserved and continue to 1529 operate to the extent that such amendments are not dependent 1530 upon the portion of text which expires pursuant to this section. 1531 Section 57. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 1532 2274A of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, and 1533 notwithstanding chapter 287, Florida Statutes, the Department of 1534 Citrus shall enter into agreements for the purpose of increasing 1535 production of trees that show tolerance or resistance to citrus 1536 greening and to commercialize technologies that produce 1537 tolerance or resistance to citrus greening in trees, and to 1538 advance technologies leading to the creation of a genetically 1539 engineered self-limiting strain of an Asian citrus Psyllid for 1540 population suppression. The department shall enter into these 1541 agreements no later than January 1, 2025, and shall file with 1542 the department’s Inspector General a certification of conditions 1543 and circumstances justifying each agreement entered into without 1544 competitive solicitation. This section expires July 1, 2025. 1545 Section 58. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 1546 1565A of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, section 1547 601.295, Florida Statutes, is created to read: 1548 601.295 Citrus Recovery Loan Program.— 1549 (1) The Citrus Recovery Loan Program is created within the 1550 Department of Agriculture to provide a financing tool to 1551 commercial citrus growers for the recovery or reestablishment of 1552 citrus groves. 1553 (2) Loans must be made by application to the department. 1554 The department shall publicly notice an application period. 1555 (a) For applications received during the application 1556 period, at least 60 percent of the appropriated funds must be 1557 made available to growers who, for property tax purposes, have 1558 citrus groves greater than or equal to 5 acres, but less than 1559 2,500 acres. 1560 (b) After the noticed application period, the remaining 1561 funds available must be made available to all commercial citrus 1562 growers. 1563 (3) Loans must be made pursuant to written agreements 1564 specifying the terms and conditions agreed to by the approved 1565 applicant and the department. The loan agreement must specify 1566 that the loan is due upon sale if the property is sold. A loan 1567 is not assumable. An approved applicant must agree to stay in 1568 production for the duration of the loan. 1569 (4) Loans must be interest-free and provided through a 1570 promissory note or other form of written agreement evidencing an 1571 obligation to repay the borrowed funds to the department. 1572 (5) The loans must be made in installments after execution 1573 of a loan agreement. The first installment must be provided for 1574 tree deposits and the ordering of replacement trees. Remaining 1575 installments must be made when the citrus grower takes ownership 1576 of the replacement trees. 1577 (6) The term of the loan must be 120 months, commencing 60 1578 months after the execution of the loan agreement and the first 1579 installment. The loans become due and payable in accordance with 1580 the terms of the agreement, which may be structured with annual 1581 payments between 3 percent and 15 percent of the original 1582 principal. Additionally, loan payments may be made at any time 1583 before the loan is due without penalty. 1584 (7) If loan repayments are made in accordance with the loan 1585 agreement, after 70 percent of the loan is repaid, the remaining 1586 portion is converted to a grant. 1587 (8) The department may waive loan payments if at any time 1588 during the repayment period of a loan, the commercial citrus 1589 grower experiences a significant hardship such as crop loss from 1590 a weather-related event or from impacts from a natural disaster. 1591 (9) The department may adopt rules to implement and 1592 administer this section. 1593 (10) This section expires July 1, 2025. 1594 Section 59. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 1595 1740B of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, the Local 1596 Government Water Supply Grant Program is created within the 1597 Department of Environmental Protection. The Department of 1598 Environmental Protection shall implement the program to provide 1599 funds to local governments for water supply infrastructure, 1600 including distribution and transmission facilities. To be 1601 eligible for the program, a water supply infrastructure project 1602 must be located within the boundaries of the Northwest Florida 1603 Water Management District or the Suwannee River Water Management 1604 District and north of Interstate 10. If a developer is involved 1605 in the project, the Department of Environmental Protection shall 1606 require match funding equal to the amount of the grant request 1607 from local, federal, or private funds. The Department of 1608 Environmental Protection shall expeditiously develop an 1609 application process and may adopt rules to implement this 1610 program. This section expires July 1, 2025. 1611 Section 60. In order to implement section 135 of the 2024 1612 2025 General Appropriations Act, section 380.5105, Florida 1613 Statutes, is amended to read: 1614 380.5105 The Stan Mayfield Working Waterfronts; Florida 1615 Forever program.— 1616 (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, it 1617 is the intent of the Legislature that the trust shall administer 1618 the working waterfronts land acquisition program as set forth in 1619 this section. 1620 (a)(2)The trust and the Department of Agriculture and 1621 Consumer Services shall jointly develop rules specifically 1622 establishing an application process and a process for the 1623 evaluation, scoring and ranking of working waterfront 1624acquisitionprojects. The proposed rules jointly developed 1625 pursuant to this paragraphsubsectionshall be promulgated by 1626 the trust. Such rules shall establish a system of weighted 1627 criteria to give increased priority to projects: 1628 1.(a)Within a municipality with a population less than 1629 30,000; 1630 2.(b)Within a municipality or area under intense growth 1631 and development pressures, as evidenced by a number of factors, 1632 including a determination that the municipality’s growth rate 1633 exceeds the average growth rate for the state; 1634 3.(c)Within the boundary of a community redevelopment 1635 agency established pursuant to s. 163.356; 1636 4.(d)Adjacent to state-owned submerged lands designated as 1637 an aquatic preserve identified in s. 258.39; or 1638 5.(e)That provide a demonstrable benefit to the local 1639 economy. 1640 (b)(3)For projects that will require more than the grant 1641 amount awarded for completion, the applicant must identify in 1642 their project application funding sources that will provide the 1643 difference between the grant award and the estimated project 1644 completion cost. Such rules may be incorporated into those 1645 developed pursuant to s. 380.507(11). 1646 (c)(4)The trust shall develop a ranking list based on 1647 criteria identified in paragraph (a)subsection (2)for proposed 1648 fee simple and less-than-fee simple acquisition projects 1649 developed pursuant to this section. The trust shall, by the 1650 first Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund 1651 meeting in February, present the ranking list pursuant to this 1652 section to the board of trustees for final approval of projects 1653 for funding. The board of trustees may remove projects from the 1654 ranking list but may not add projects. 1655 (d)(5)Grant awards, acquisition approvals, and terms of 1656 less-than-fee acquisitions shall be approved by the trust. 1657 Waterfront communities that receive grant awards must submit 1658 annual progress reports to the trust identifying project 1659 activities which are complete, and the progress achieved in 1660 meeting the goals outlined in the project application. The trust 1661 must implement a process to monitor and evaluate the performance 1662 of grant recipients in completing projects that are funded 1663 through the working waterfronts program. 1664 (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, it 1665 is the intent of the Legislature that the Department of 1666 Environmental Protection shall administer the working 1667 waterfronts capital outlay grant program as set forth in this 1668 section to support the commercial fishing industry, including 1669 the infrastructure for receiving or unloading seafood for the 1670 purpose of supporting the seafood economy. 1671 (a) The working waterfronts capital outlay grant program is 1672 created, subject to appropriation, to provide funding to assist 1673 commercial saltwater products or commercial saltwater wholesale 1674 dealer or retailer license holders and seafood houses in 1675 maintaining their operations. 1676 (b) Eligible costs and expenditures include fixed capital 1677 outlay and operating capital outlay, including, but not limited 1678 to, the repair and maintenance or replacement of equipment, the 1679 repair and maintenance or replacement of water-adjacent 1680 facilities or infrastructure, and the construction or renovation 1681 of shore-side facilities. 1682 (c) The applicant must demonstrate a benefit to the local 1683 economy. 1684 (d) Grant recipients must submit annual progress reports to 1685 the department identifying project activities that are complete 1686 and the progress achieved in meeting the goals outlines in the 1687 project application. 1688 (e) The department shall implement a process to monitor and 1689 evaluate the performance of grant recipients in completing 1690 projects funded through the program. 1691 Section 61. The amendments to s. 380.5105, Florida 1692 Statutes, made by this act expire July 1, 2025, and the text of 1693 that section shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 2024, 1694 except that any amendments to such text enacted other than by 1695 this act shall be preserved and continue to operate to the 1696 extent that such amendments are not dependent upon the portions 1697 of text which expire pursuant to this section. 1698 Section 62. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 1699 2736 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, paragraph (b) 1700 of subsection (3) and subsection (5) of section 321.04, Florida 1701 Statutes, are amended to read: 1702 321.04 Personnel of the highway patrol; rank 1703 classifications; probationary status of new patrol officers; 1704 subsistence; special assignments.— 1705 (3) 1706 (b) For the 2024-20252023-2024fiscal year only, upon the 1707 request of the Governor, the Department of Highway Safety and 1708 Motor Vehicles shall assign one or more patrol officers to the 1709 office of the Lieutenant Governor for security services. This 1710 paragraph expires July 1, 20252024. 1711 (5) For the 2024-20252023-2024fiscal year only, the 1712 assignment of a patrol officer by the department shall include a 1713 Cabinet member specified in s. 4, Art. IV of the State 1714 Constitution if deemed appropriate by the department or in 1715 response to a threat and upon written request of such Cabinet 1716 member. This subsection expires July 1, 20252024. 1717 Section 63. In order to implement section 164 of the 2024 1718 2025 General Appropriations Act, subsection (3) of section 1719 288.80125, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 1720 288.80125 Triumph Gulf Coast Trust Fund.— 1721 (3) For the 2024-20252023-2024fiscal year, funds shall be 1722 used for the Rebuild Florida Revolving Loan Fund program to 1723 provide assistance to businesses impacted by Hurricane Michael 1724 as provided in the General Appropriations Act. This subsection 1725 expires July 1, 20252024. 1726 Section 64. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 1727 2284 through 2291 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, 1728 and notwithstanding the expiration date in section 65 of chapter 1729 2023-240, Laws of Florida, subsection (3) of section 288.8013, 1730 Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read: 1731 288.8013 Triumph Gulf Coast, Inc.; creation; funding; 1732 investment.— 1733 (3) Triumph Gulf Coast, Inc., shall establish a trust 1734 account at a federally insured financial institution to hold 1735 funds received from the Triumph Gulf Coast Trust Fund and make 1736 deposits and payments. Triumph Gulf Coast, Inc., may invest 1737 surplus funds in the Local Government Surplus Funds Trust Fund, 1738 pursuant to s. 218.407. Earnings generated by investments and 1739 interest of the fund may be retained and used to make awards 1740 pursuant to this act or, notwithstanding paragraph (2)(d), for 1741 administrative costs, including costs in excess of the cap. 1742 Administrative costs may include payment of travel and per diem 1743 expenses of board members, audits, salary or other costs for 1744 employed or contracted staff, including required staff under s. 1745 288.8014(9), and other allowable costs. The annual salary for 1746 any employee or contracted staff may not exceed $130,000, and 1747 associated benefits may not exceed 35 percent of salary. 1748 Section 65. The text of s. 288.8013(3), Florida Statutes, 1749 as carried forward from chapter 2023-240, Laws of Florida, by 1750 this act expires July 1, 2025, and the text of that subsection 1751 shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 2023, except that 1752 any amendments to such text enacted other than by this act shall 1753 be preserved and continue to operate to the extent that such 1754 amendments are not dependent upon the portions of text which 1755 expire pursuant to this section. 1756 Section 66. In order to implement section 205 of the 2024 1757 2025 General Appropriations Act, subsection (4) of section 1758 339.08, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 1759 339.08 Use of moneys in State Transportation Trust Fund.— 1760 (4) Notwithstanding any other law, and for the 2024-2025 17612023-2024fiscal year only, funds are appropriated to the State 1762 Transportation Trust Fund from the General Revenue Fund as 1763 provided in the General Appropriations Act. The department is 1764 not required to deplete the resources transferred from the 1765 General Revenue Fund for the fiscal year as required in s. 1766 339.135(3)(b), and the funds may not be used in calculating the 1767 required quarterly cash balance of the trust fund as required in 1768 s. 339.135(6)(b). This subsection expires July 1, 20252024. 1769 Section 67. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 1770 2024 through 2037, 2049 through 2055, 2058 through 2069, and 1771 2070 through 2072 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, 1772 paragraph (h) of subsection (7) of section 339.135, Florida 1773 Statutes, is amended to read: 1774 339.135 Work program; legislative budget request; 1775 definitions; preparation, adoption, execution, and amendment.— 1776 (7) AMENDMENT OF THE ADOPTED WORK PROGRAM.— 1777 (h)1. Any work program amendment that also adds a new 1778 project, or phase thereof, to the adopted work program in excess 1779 of $3 million is subject to approval by the Legislative Budget 1780 Commission. Any work program amendment submitted under this 1781 paragraph must include, as supplemental information, a list of 1782 projects, or phases thereof, in the current 5-year adopted work 1783 program which are eligible for the funds within the 1784 appropriation category being used for the proposed amendment. 1785 The department shall provide a narrative with the rationale for 1786 not advancing an existing project, or phase thereof, in lieu of 1787 the proposed amendment. 1788 2. If the department submits an amendment to the 1789 Legislative Budget Commission and the commission does not meet 1790 or consider the amendment within 30 days after its submittal, 1791 the chair and vice chair of the commission may authorize the 1792 amendment to be approved pursuant to s. 216.177. This 1793 subparagraph expires July 1, 20252024. 1794 Section 68. In order to implement section 197 of the 2024 1795 2025 General Appropriations Act, section 250.245, Florida 1796 Statutes, is reenacted and amended to read: 1797 250.245 Florida National Guard Joint Enlistment Enhancement 1798 Program.— 1799 (1) The Florida National Guard Joint Enlistment Enhancement 1800 Program (JEEP) is established within the Department of Military 1801 Affairs. The purpose of the program is to motivate soldiers, 1802 airmen, and retirees of the Florida National Guard to bolster 1803 recruitment efforts and increase the force structure of the 1804 Florida National Guard. 1805 (2) As used in this section, the term “recruiting 1806 assistant” means a member of the Florida National Guard or a 1807 retiree of the Florida National Guard who assists in the 1808 recruitment of a new member and who provides motivation, 1809 encouragement, and moral support until the enlistment of such 1810 new member. 1811 (3) A current member in pay grade E-1 to O-3 or a retiree 1812 in any pay grade is eligible for participation in JEEP as a 1813 recruiting assistant. 1814 (4) The Adjutant General shall provide compensation to 1815 recruiting assistants participating in JEEP. A recruiting 1816 assistant shall receive $1,000 for each new member referred by 1817 them to the Florida National Guard upon the enlistment of such 1818 referred member. 1819 (5) The Department of Military Affairs, in cooperation with 1820 the Florida National Guard, shall adopt rules to administer the 1821 program. 1822 (6) This section expires July 1, 20252024. 1823 Section 69. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 1824 2348 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, subsection (6) 1825 of section 288.0655, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 1826 288.0655 Rural Infrastructure Fund.— 1827 (6) For the 2024-20252023-2024fiscal year, the funds 1828 appropriated for the grant program for Florida Panhandle 1829 counties shall be distributed pursuant to and for the purposes 1830 described in the proviso language associated with Specific 1831 Appropriation 23482342of the 2024-20252023-2024General 1832 Appropriations Act. This subsection expires July 1, 20252024. 1833 Section 70. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 1834 2705 and 2706 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, and 1835 notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes, the 1836 Division of Emergency Management may submit budget amendments, 1837 subject to the notice, review, and objection procedures of s. 1838 216.177, Florida Statutes, to increase budget authority for 1839 projected expenditures due to reimbursements from federally 1840 declared disasters. This section expires July 1, 2025. 1841 Section 71. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 1842 2671 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, paragraph (d) 1843 of subsection (4) of section 112.061, Florida Statutes, is 1844 amended to read: 1845 112.061 Per diem and travel expenses of public officers, 1846 employees, and authorized persons; statewide travel management 1847 system.— 1848 (4) OFFICIAL HEADQUARTERS.—The official headquarters of an 1849 officer or employee assigned to an office shall be the city or 1850 town in which the office is located except that: 1851 (d) A Lieutenant Governor who permanently resides outside 1852 of Leon County, may, if he or she so requests, have an 1853 appropriate facility in his or her county designated as his or 1854 her official headquarters for purposes of this section. This 1855 official headquarters may only serve as the Lieutenant 1856 Governor’s personal office. The Lieutenant Governor may not use 1857 state funds to lease space in any facility for his or her 1858 official headquarters. 1859 1. A Lieutenant Governor for whom an official headquarters 1860 is established in his or her county of residence pursuant to 1861 this paragraph is eligible for subsistence at a rate to be 1862 established by the Governor for each day or partial day that the 1863 Lieutenant Governor is at the State Capitol to conduct official 1864 state business. In addition to the subsistence allowance, a 1865 Lieutenant Governor is eligible for reimbursement for 1866 transportation expenses as provided in subsection (7) for travel 1867 between the Lieutenant Governor’s official headquarters and the 1868 State Capitol to conduct state business. 1869 2. Payment of subsistence and reimbursement for 1870 transportation between a Lieutenant Governor’s official 1871 headquarters and the State Capitol shall be made to the extent 1872 appropriated funds are available, as determined by the Governor. 1873 3. This paragraph expires July 1, 20252024. 1874 Section 72. (1) In order to implement section 8 of the 1875 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, beginning July 1, 2024, 1876 and on the first day of each month thereafter, the Department of 1877 Management Services shall assess an administrative health 1878 insurance assessment to each state agency equal to the 1879 employer’s cost of individual employee health care coverage for 1880 each vacant position within such agency eligible for coverage 1881 through the Division of State Group Insurance. As used in this 1882 section, the term “state agency” means an agency within the 1883 State Personnel System, the Department of the Lottery, the 1884 Justice Administrative Commission and all entities 1885 administratively housed in the Justice Administrative 1886 Commission, and the state courts system. 1887 (2) Each state agency shall remit the assessed 1888 administrative health insurance assessment under subsection (1) 1889 to the State Employees Health Insurance Trust Fund, for the 1890 State Group Insurance Program, as provided in ss. 110.123 and 1891 110.1239, Florida Statutes, from currently allocated monies for 1892 salaries and benefits, within 30 days after receipt of the 1893 assessment from the Department of Management Services. Should 1894 any state agency become more than 60 days delinquent in payment 1895 of this obligation, the Department of Management Services shall 1896 certify to the Chief Financial Officer the amount due, and the 1897 Chief Financial Officer shall transfer the amount due to the 1898 Department of Management Services. 1899 (3) The administrative health insurance assessment shall 1900 not apply to positions for which funding, or a portion of 1901 funding, is paid for with federal funds. Each state agency shall 1902 provide the Department of Management Services with a complete 1903 list of position numbers that are funded, or partially funded, 1904 with federal funding no later than July 31, 2024, and shall 1905 update the list on the last day of each month thereafter. For 1906 federally funded positions, or partially funded positions, each 1907 state agency shall immediately take steps to include the 1908 administrative health insurance assessment in its indirect cost 1909 plan for the 2024-2025 fiscal year and each fiscal year 1910 thereafter. A state agency shall notify the Department of 1911 Management Services upon approval of the updated indirect cost 1912 plan. If the state agency is not able to obtain approval from 1913 its federal awarding agency, the state agency must notify the 1914 Department of Management Services no later than January 16, 1915 2025. 1916 (4) Pursuant to the notice, review, and objection 1917 procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, the Executive Office 1918 of the Governor may transfer budget authority appropriated in 1919 the Salaries and Benefits appropriation category between 1920 agencies in order to align the appropriations granted with the 1921 assessments that must be paid by each agency to the Department 1922 of Management Services for the administrative health insurance 1923 assessment. 1924 (5) This section expires July 1, 2025. 1925 Section 73. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 1926 2800 and 2801 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, and 1927 notwithstanding s. 11.13(1), Florida Statutes, the authorized 1928 salaries for members of the Legislature for the 2024-2025 fiscal 1929 year shall be set at the same level in effect on July 1, 2010. 1930 This section expires July 1, 2025. 1931 Section 74. In order to implement the transfer of funds 1932 from the General Revenue Fund from trust funds for the 2024-2025 1933 General Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding the expiration 1934 date in section 76 of chapter 2023-240, Laws of Florida, 1935 paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section 215.32, Florida 1936 Statutes, is reenacted to read: 1937 215.32 State funds; segregation.— 1938 (2) The source and use of each of these funds shall be as 1939 follows: 1940 (b)1. The trust funds shall consist of moneys received by 1941 the state which under law or under trust agreement are 1942 segregated for a purpose authorized by law. The state agency or 1943 branch of state government receiving or collecting such moneys 1944 is responsible for their proper expenditure as provided by law. 1945 Upon the request of the state agency or branch of state 1946 government responsible for the administration of the trust fund, 1947 the Chief Financial Officer may establish accounts within the 1948 trust fund at a level considered necessary for proper 1949 accountability. Once an account is established, the Chief 1950 Financial Officer may authorize payment from that account only 1951 upon determining that there is sufficient cash and releases at 1952 the level of the account. 1953 2. In addition to other trust funds created by law, to the 1954 extent possible, each agency shall use the following trust funds 1955 as described in this subparagraph for day-to-day operations: 1956 a. Operations or operating trust fund, for use as a 1957 depository for funds to be used for program operations funded by 1958 program revenues, with the exception of administrative 1959 activities when the operations or operating trust fund is a 1960 proprietary fund. 1961 b. Operations and maintenance trust fund, for use as a 1962 depository for client services funded by third-party payors. 1963 c. Administrative trust fund, for use as a depository for 1964 funds to be used for management activities that are departmental 1965 in nature and funded by indirect cost earnings and assessments 1966 against trust funds. Proprietary funds are excluded from the 1967 requirement of using an administrative trust fund. 1968 d. Grants and donations trust fund, for use as a depository 1969 for funds to be used for allowable grant or donor agreement 1970 activities funded by restricted contractual revenue from private 1971 and public nonfederal sources. 1972 e. Agency working capital trust fund, for use as a 1973 depository for funds to be used pursuant to s. 216.272. 1974 f. Clearing funds trust fund, for use as a depository for 1975 funds to account for collections pending distribution to lawful 1976 recipients. 1977 g. Federal grant trust fund, for use as a depository for 1978 funds to be used for allowable grant activities funded by 1979 restricted program revenues from federal sources. 1980 1981 To the extent possible, each agency must adjust its internal 1982 accounting to use existing trust funds consistent with the 1983 requirements of this subparagraph. If an agency does not have 1984 trust funds listed in this subparagraph and cannot make such 1985 adjustment, the agency must recommend the creation of the 1986 necessary trust funds to the Legislature no later than the next 1987 scheduled review of the agency’s trust funds pursuant to s. 1988 215.3206. 1989 3. All such moneys are hereby appropriated to be expended 1990 in accordance with the law or trust agreement under which they 1991 were received, subject always to the provisions of chapter 216 1992 relating to the appropriation of funds and to the applicable 1993 laws relating to the deposit or expenditure of moneys in the 1994 State Treasury. 1995 4.a. Notwithstanding any provision of law restricting the 1996 use of trust funds to specific purposes, unappropriated cash 1997 balances from selected trust funds may be authorized by the 1998 Legislature for transfer to the Budget Stabilization Fund and 1999 General Revenue Fund in the General Appropriations Act. 2000 b. This subparagraph does not apply to trust funds required 2001 by federal programs or mandates; trust funds established for 2002 bond covenants, indentures, or resolutions whose revenues are 2003 legally pledged by the state or public body to meet debt service 2004 or other financial requirements of any debt obligations of the 2005 state or any public body; the Division of Licensing Trust Fund 2006 in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; the 2007 State Transportation Trust Fund; the trust fund containing the 2008 net annual proceeds from the Florida Education Lotteries; the 2009 Florida Retirement System Trust Fund; trust funds under the 2010 management of the State Board of Education or the Board of 2011 Governors of the State University System, where such trust funds 2012 are for auxiliary enterprises, self-insurance, and contracts, 2013 grants, and donations, as those terms are defined by general 2014 law; trust funds that serve as clearing funds or accounts for 2015 the Chief Financial Officer or state agencies; trust funds that 2016 account for assets held by the state in a trustee capacity as an 2017 agent or fiduciary for individuals, private organizations, or 2018 other governmental units; and other trust funds authorized by 2019 the State Constitution. 2020 Section 75. The text of s. 215.32(2)(b), Florida Statutes, 2021 as carried forward from chapter 2011-47, Laws of Florida, by 2022 this act, expires July 1, 2025, and the text of that paragraph 2023 shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 2011, except that 2024 any amendments to such text enacted other than by this act shall 2025 be preserved and continue to operate to the extent that such 2026 amendments are not dependent upon the portions of text which 2027 expire pursuant to this section. 2028 Section 76. In order to implement appropriations in the 2029 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act for state employee travel, 2030 the funds appropriated to each state agency which may be used 2031 for travel by state employees are limited during the 2024-2025 2032 fiscal year to travel for activities that are critical to each 2033 state agency’s mission. Funds may not be used for travel by 2034 state employees to foreign countries, other states, conferences, 2035 staff training activities, or other administrative functions 2036 unless the agency head has approved, in writing, that such 2037 activities are critical to the agency’s mission. The agency head 2038 shall consider using teleconferencing and other forms of 2039 electronic communication to meet the needs of the proposed 2040 activity before approving mission-critical travel. This section 2041 does not apply to travel for law enforcement purposes, military 2042 purposes, emergency management activities, or public health 2043 activities. This section expires July 1, 2025. 2044 Section 77. In order to implement appropriations in the 2045 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act for state employee travel, 2046 and notwithstanding s. 112.061, Florida Statutes, costs for 2047 lodging associated with a meeting, conference, or convention 2048 organized or sponsored in whole or in part by a state agency or 2049 the judicial branch may not exceed $225 per day. An employee may 2050 expend his or her own funds for any lodging expenses in excess 2051 of $225 per day. For purposes of this section, a meeting does 2052 not include travel activities for conducting an audit, 2053 examination, inspection, or investigation or travel activities 2054 related to a litigation or emergency response. This section 2055 expires July 1, 2025. 2056 Section 78. In order to implement the salaries and 2057 benefits, expenses, other personal services, contracted 2058 services, special categories, and operating capital outlay 2059 categories of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, 2060 paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 216.292, Florida 2061 Statutes, is amended to read: 2062 216.292 Appropriations nontransferable; exceptions.— 2063 (2) The following transfers are authorized to be made by 2064 the head of each department or the Chief Justice of the Supreme 2065 Court whenever it is deemed necessary by reason of changed 2066 conditions: 2067 (a) The transfer of appropriations funded from identical 2068 funding sources, except appropriations for fixed capital outlay, 2069 and the transfer of amounts included within the total original 2070 approved budget and plans of releases of appropriations as 2071 furnished pursuant to ss. 216.181 and 216.192, as follows: 2072 1. Between categories of appropriations within a budget 2073 entity, if no category of appropriation is increased or 2074 decreased by more than 5 percent of the original approved budget 2075 or $250,000, whichever is greater, by all action taken under 2076 this subsection. 2077 2. Between budget entities within identical categories of 2078 appropriations, if no category of appropriation is increased or 2079 decreased by more than 5 percent of the original approved budget 2080 or $250,000, whichever is greater, by all action taken under 2081 this subsection. 2082 3. Any agency exceeding salary rate established pursuant to 2083 s. 216.181(8) on June 30th of any fiscal year shall not be 2084 authorized to make transfers pursuant to subparagraphs 1. and 2. 2085 in the subsequent fiscal year. 2086 4. Notice of proposed transfers under subparagraphs 1. and 2087 2. shall be provided to the Executive Office of the Governor and 2088 the chairs of the legislative appropriations committees at least 2089 3 days prior to agency implementation in order to provide an 2090 opportunity for review. The review shall be limited to ensuring 2091 that the transfer is in compliance with the requirements of this 2092 paragraph. 2093 5. For the 2024-20252023-2024fiscal year, the review 2094 shall ensure that transfers proposed pursuant to this paragraph 2095 comply with this chapter, maximize the use of available and 2096 appropriate trust funds, and are not contrary to legislative 2097 policy and intent. This subparagraph expires July 1, 20252024. 2098 Section 79. In order to implement appropriations in the 2099 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act for the acquisitions of 2100 motor vehicles, and notwithstanding chapter 287, Florida 2101 Statutes, relating to the purchase of motor vehicles from a 2102 state term contract, state agencies may purchase vehicles from 2103 nonstate term contract vendors without prior approval from the 2104 Department of Management Services, provided the cost of the 2105 motor vehicle is equal to or less than the cost of a similar 2106 class of vehicle found on a state term contract and provided the 2107 funds for the purchase have been specifically appropriated. This 2108 section expires July 1, 2025. 2109 Section 80. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 2110 2880 in the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, and 2111 notwithstanding s. 255.25(3)(a), Florida Statutes, the 2112 Department of Management Services, the Executive Office of the 2113 Governor, the Commissioner of Agriculture, the Chief Financial 2114 Officer, and the Attorney General are authorized to enter into a 2115 lease as a lessee not to exceed 24 months for the use of space 2116 in a privately owned building, even if such space is 5,000 2117 square feet or more, without having to advertise or receive 2118 competitive solicitations. This section expires July 1, 2025. 2119 Section 81. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 2120 1672 through 1687 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act: 2121 (1) The Department of Environmental Protection shall use 2122 the funds provided in section 146 of the 2023-2024 General 2123 Appropriations Act to negotiate and, upon a mutual agreement 2124 with any willing seller, purchase lands or interests in lands, 2125 subject to appraisals and pursuant to chapter 253, Florida 2126 Statutes, within the following land areas: 2127 (a) The Caloosahatchee Big Cypress Corridor, which consists 2128 of approximately 75,000 acres in Hendry and Collier Counties 2129 connecting the Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge and the 2130 Big Cypress National Preserve to the Dinner Island Wildlife 2131 Management Area, the Okaloacoochee Slough State Forest, and the 2132 Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed Wildlife and 2133 Environmental Area; and 2134 (b) The Ocala-to-Osceola Wildlife Corridor, which consists 2135 of approximately 1.6 million acres in Alachua, Baker, Bradford, 2136 Clay, Columbia, Duval, Hamilton, Lake, Marion, Putnam, Union, 2137 and Volusia Counties connecting the Osceola National Forest to 2138 the Ocala National Forest. 2139 (2) To reduce the state’s land management costs, the 2140 Department of Environmental Protection shall offer, at the 2141 selling property owner’s option, negotiated terms for each 2142 property owner within the Caloosahatchee Big Cypress Corridor to 2143 lease all or a portion of the property for fair market value for 2144 agricultural purposes for 10-year terms. 2145 (a) Each lease must include, at the option of the lessee, 2146 at least two 5-year extensions, so long as the lessee is in 2147 compliance with the lease terms. 2148 (b) Any agricultural uses authorized may not be more 2149 intensive than historical or existing uses and must be 2150 authorized by any applicable agricultural land use designations. 2151 All agricultural practices must be conducted in compliance with 2152 the applicable best management practices adopted by the 2153 Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. 2154 (3) This section expires July 1, 2025. 2155 Section 82. In order to implement section 205 through 208 2156 of the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding 2157 ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes, the Executive Office 2158 of the Governor’s Office of Policy and Budget may submit a 2159 budget amendment, subject to the notice, review, and objection 2160 procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, to realign funding, 2161 within and between agencies, in appropriation categories 2162 specifically authorized for the implementation of the state’s 2163 award from the federal Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund, 2164 Pub. L. No. 117-2. The funding realignment shall address 2165 projected surpluses and deficits in existing programs and 2166 maximize the state’s utilization of federal funds, which must be 2167 fully obligated by December 31, 2024. The Executive Office of 2168 the Governor shall submit a budget amendment to realign federal 2169 funds no later than December 31, 2024. This section expires July 2170 1, 2025. 2171 Section 83. Any section of this act which implements a 2172 specific appropriation or specifically identified proviso 2173 language in the 2024-2025 General Appropriations Act is void if 2174 the specific appropriation or specifically identified proviso 2175 language is vetoed. Any section of this act which implements 2176 more than one specific appropriation or more than one portion of 2177 specifically identified proviso language in the 2024-2025 2178 General Appropriations Act is void if all the specific 2179 appropriations or portions of specifically identified proviso 2180 language are vetoed. 2181 Section 84. If any other act passed during the 2024 Regular 2182 Session of the Legislature contains a provision that is 2183 substantively the same as a provision in this act, but that 2184 removes or is otherwise not subject to the future repeal applied 2185 to such provision by this act, the Legislature intends that the 2186 provision in the other act takes precedence and continues to 2187 operate, notwithstanding the future repeal provided by this act. 2188 Section 85. If any provision of this act or its application 2189 to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity 2190 does not affect other provisions or applications of the act 2191 which can be given effect without the invalid provision or 2192 application, and to this end the provisions of this act are 2193 severable. 2194 Section 86. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this 2195 act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon 2196 this act becoming a law, this act shall take effect July 1, 2197 2024, or, if this act fails to become a law until after that 2198 date, it shall take effect upon becoming a law and shall operate 2199 retroactively to July 1, 2024. 2200 2201 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 2202 And the title is amended as follows: 2203 Delete everything before the enacting clause 2204 and insert: 2205 A bill to be entitled 2206 An act implementing the 2024-2025 General 2207 Appropriations Act; providing legislative intent; 2208 incorporating by reference certain calculations of the 2209 Florida Education Finance Program; reenacting and 2210 amending s. 1002.68, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year 2211 certain requirements for the Voluntary Prekindergarten 2212 Education Program; providing for the future expiration 2213 and reversion of specified statutory text; requiring 2214 the Department of Revenue to provide the taxable value 2215 for the Wakulla County School District by a specified 2216 date to be used for certain education funding programs 2217 and calculations; amending s. 1004.6495, F.S.; 2218 requiring the Board of Governors and the State Board 2219 of Education, in consultation with the Florida Center 2220 for Students with Unique Abilities, to establish a 2221 specified code by a specified date; authorizing the 2222 Agency for Health Care Administration to submit budget 2223 amendments within a specified timeframe to increase 2224 budget authority to support the implementation of the 2225 Medicaid home and community-based services Medicaid 2226 waiver program of the Agency for Persons with 2227 Disabilities; authorizing the Agency for Health Care 2228 Administration to submit a budget amendment for 2229 additional spending authority for the Disproportionate 2230 Share Hospital Program; requiring the budget amendment 2231 to include certain information; authorizing the Agency 2232 for Health Care Administration to submit a budget 2233 amendment to realign funding within the Medicaid 2234 program appropriation categories for a specified 2235 purpose; specifying the time period within which the 2236 budget amendment must be submitted; authorizing the 2237 Agency for Health Care Administration to submit a 2238 budget amendment to realign funding within the Florida 2239 Kidcare program appropriation categories or increase 2240 budget authority for certain purposes; specifying the 2241 time period within which the budget amendment must be 2242 submitted; amending s. 381.986, F.S.; extending for 1 2243 fiscal year the exemption of certain rules pertaining 2244 to the medical use of marijuana from certain 2245 rulemaking requirements; amending s. 14(1), chapter 2246 2017-232, Laws of Florida; exempting certain rules 2247 pertaining to medical marijuana adopted to replace 2248 emergency rules from specified rulemaking 2249 requirements; providing for the future expiration and 2250 reversion of a specified law; authorizing the Agency 2251 for Health Care Administration to submit budget 2252 amendments seeking additional spending authority to 2253 implement specified programs and payments; requiring 2254 institutions participating in a specified workforce 2255 expansion and education program to provide quarterly 2256 reports to the agency; authorizing the Agency for 2257 Health Care Administration to submit a budget 2258 amendment seeking additional spending authority to 2259 implement the Low-Income Pool component of the Florida 2260 Managed Medical Assistance Demonstration; requiring a 2261 certain signed attestation and acknowledgment for 2262 entities relating to the Low-Income Pool; authorizing 2263 the Agency for Health Care Administration to submit a 2264 budget amendment to implement certain payments and 2265 specified programs; authorizing the Agency for Health 2266 Care Administration to submit a budget amendment 2267 requesting additional spending authority to implement 2268 a specified program; authorizing the Department of 2269 Children and Families to submit a budget amendment to 2270 realign funding within specified areas of the 2271 department based on implementation of the Guardianship 2272 Assistance Program; authorizing the Department of 2273 Children and Families, the Department of Health, and 2274 the Agency for Health Care Administration to submit 2275 budget amendments to increase budget authority to 2276 support certain refugee programs; requiring the 2277 Department of Children and Families to submit 2278 specified quarterly reports to the Executive Office of 2279 the Governor and the Legislature; authorizing the 2280 Department of Children and Families to submit budget 2281 amendments to increase budget authority to support 2282 specified federal grant programs; authorizing the 2283 Department of Health to submit a budget amendment to 2284 increase budget authority for the Supplemental 2285 Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children 2286 (WIC) and the Child Care Food Program if a certain 2287 condition is met; authorizing the Department of Health 2288 to submit a budget amendment to increase budget 2289 authority for the HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment 2290 Program if a certain condition is met; authorizing the 2291 Department of Health to submit a budget amendment to 2292 increase budget authority for the department if 2293 additional federal revenues specific to COVID-19 2294 relief funds become available; authorizing the balance 2295 of certain appropriations for the Pediatric Rare 2296 Disease Research Grant Program to be carried forward 2297 for a specified period of time; requiring the Agency 2298 for Health Care Administration to replace the Florida 2299 Medicaid Management Information System (FMMIS) and 2300 fiscal agent operations with a specified new system; 2301 specifying items that may not be included in the new 2302 system; providing directives to the Agency for Health 2303 Care Administration related to the new Florida Health 2304 Care Connection (FX) system; requiring the Agency for 2305 Health Care Administration to meet certain 2306 requirements in replacing FMMIS and the current 2307 Medicaid fiscal agent; requiring the Agency for Health 2308 Care Administration to implement a project governance 2309 structure that includes an executive steering 2310 committee; providing procedures for use by the 2311 executive steering committee; providing 2312 responsibilities of the executive steering committee; 2313 requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration, 2314 in consultation with the Department of Health, the 2315 Agency for Persons with Disabilities, the Department 2316 of Children and Families, and the Department of 2317 Corrections, to competitively procure a contract with 2318 a vendor to negotiate prices for certain prescribed 2319 drugs and biological products; providing requirements 2320 for such contract; authorizing the Agency for Persons 2321 with Disabilities to submit budget amendments to 2322 transfer funding from the Salaries and Benefits 2323 appropriation categories for a specified purpose; 2324 authorizing the Department of Veterans’ Affairs to 2325 submit a budget amendment for specified purposes if 2326 additional direct care staff are needed to meet its 2327 established staffing ratio; amending s. 409.915, F.S.; 2328 extending for 1 fiscal year the exclusion of certain 2329 funds from the definition of the term “state Medicaid 2330 expenditures”; amending s. 216.262, F.S.; extending 2331 for 1 fiscal year the authority of the Department of 2332 Corrections to submit a budget amendment for 2333 additional positions and appropriations under certain 2334 circumstances; requiring review and approval by the 2335 Legislative Budget Commission; amending s. 215.18, 2336 F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year the authority and 2337 related repayment requirements for temporary trust 2338 fund loans to the state court system which are 2339 sufficient to meet the system’s appropriation; 2340 requiring the Department of Juvenile Justice to review 2341 county juvenile detention payments to determine 2342 whether a county has met specified financial 2343 responsibilities; requiring amounts owed by the county 2344 for such financial responsibilities to be deducted 2345 from certain county funds; requiring the Department of 2346 Revenue to transfer withheld funds to a specified 2347 trust fund; requiring the Department of Revenue to 2348 ensure that such reductions in amounts distributed do 2349 not reduce distributions below amounts necessary for 2350 certain payments due on bonds and to comply with bond 2351 covenants; requiring the Department of Revenue to 2352 notify the Department of Juvenile Justice if bond 2353 payment requirements mandate a reduction in deductions 2354 for amounts owed by a county; reenacting s. 27.40(1), 2355 (2)(a), (3)(a), (5), (6), and (7), F.S., relating to 2356 court-appointed counsel; extending for 1 fiscal year 2357 provisions governing the appointment of court 2358 appointed counsel; providing for the future expiration 2359 and reversion of specified statutory text; reenacting 2360 and amending s. 27.5304, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal 2361 year limitations on compensation for representation in 2362 criminal proceedings; providing for the future 2363 expiration and reversion of specified statutory text; 2364 amending s. 934.50, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year 2365 the drone replacement grant program within the 2366 Department of Law Enforcement; revising the 2367 eligibility for and use of program funds; requiring 2368 the Department of Management Services to use tenant 2369 broker services to renegotiate or reprocure certain 2370 private lease agreements for office or storage space; 2371 requiring the Department of Management Services to 2372 provide a report to the Governor and the Legislature 2373 by a specified date; prohibiting an agency from 2374 transferring funds from a data processing category to 2375 another category that is not a data processing 2376 category; authorizing the Executive Office of the 2377 Governor to transfer funds between departments for 2378 purposes of aligning amounts paid for risk management 2379 insurance and for human resources services purchased 2380 per statewide contract; authorizing the Department of 2381 Management Services to use certain facility 2382 disposition funds from the Architects Incidental Trust 2383 Fund to pay for certain relocation expenses; 2384 authorizing the Department of Management Services to 2385 submit budget amendments for certain purposes related 2386 to the relocation; authorizing the Department of 2387 Management Services to acquire additional state-owned 2388 office buildings or property for inclusion in the 2389 Florida Facilities Pool; requiring the Department of 2390 Financial Services to replace specified components of 2391 the Florida Accounting Information Resource Subsystem 2392 (FLAIR) and the Cash Management Subsystem (CMS); 2393 requiring the Department of Financial Services to take 2394 certain actions regarding FLAIR and CMS replacement; 2395 providing for the composition of an executive steering 2396 committee to oversee FLAIR and CMS replacement; 2397 prescribing duties and responsibilities of the 2398 executive steering committee; reenacting s. 2399 282.709(3), F.S., relating to the state agency law 2400 enforcement radio system and interoperability network; 2401 providing for future expiration and reversion of 2402 specified statutory text; authorizing state agencies 2403 and other eligible users of the Statewide Law 2404 Enforcement Radio System to use the Department of 2405 Management Services contract to purchase equipment and 2406 services; requiring a specified transaction fee 2407 percentage for use of the online procurement system; 2408 amending s. 717.123, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year 2409 the authority of the Department of Financial Services 2410 to retain certain funds relating to unclaimed property 2411 and to make specified payments; amending s. 120.80, 2412 F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year the exclusion of 2413 certain rules adopted by the Florida Public Service 2414 Commission in a certain fiscal year to specified 2415 provisions; amending s. 215.18, F.S.; extending for 1 2416 fiscal year the authority of the Governor, if there is 2417 a specified temporary deficiency in a land acquisition 2418 trust fund in the Department of Agriculture and 2419 Consumer Services, the Department of Environmental 2420 Protection, the Department of State, or the Fish and 2421 Wildlife Conservation Commission, to transfer funds 2422 from other trust funds in the State Treasury as a 2423 temporary loan to such trust fund; providing a 2424 deadline for the repayment of such temporary loan; 2425 requiring the Department of Environmental Protection 2426 to transfer designated proportions of the revenues 2427 deposited in the Land Acquisition Trust Fund within 2428 the department to land acquisition trust funds in the 2429 Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the 2430 Department of State, and the Fish and Wildlife 2431 Conservation Commission according to specified 2432 parameters and calculations; defining the term 2433 “department”; requiring the Department of 2434 Environmental Protection to make transfers to land 2435 acquisition trust funds monthly; specifying the method 2436 of determining transfer amounts; authorizing the 2437 Department of Environmental Protection to advance 2438 funds from its land acquisition trust fund to the Fish 2439 and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s land 2440 acquisition trust fund for specified purposes; 2441 amending s. 259.105, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year 2442 the distribution of proceeds from the Florida Forever 2443 Trust Fund; reenacting s. 376.3071(15)(g), F.S., 2444 relating to the Inland Protection Trust Fund; 2445 exempting specified costs incurred by certain 2446 petroleum storage system owners or operators during a 2447 specified period from the prohibition against making 2448 payments in excess of amounts approved by the 2449 Department of Environmental Protection; providing for 2450 the future expiration and reversion of specified 2451 statutory text; requiring the Department of Citrus to 2452 enter into agreements to expedite the increased 2453 production of certain citrus trees and commercialize 2454 certain technologies; specifying a timeframe for 2455 entering into such agreements; requiring a specified 2456 certification; creating s. 601.295, F.S.; creating the 2457 Citrus Recovery Loan Program within the Department of 2458 Agriculture and Consumer Services for a specified 2459 purpose; providing requirements for application to and 2460 the disbursement of funds within the program; 2461 providing requirements and terms for the loans; 2462 authorizing the Department of Agriculture and Consumer 2463 Services to adopt rules; creating the Local Government 2464 Water Supply Grant Program within the Department of 2465 Environmental Protection; providing the purpose of the 2466 program; providing eligibility requirements; requiring 2467 the Department of Environmental Protection to 2468 expeditiously develop an application process; 2469 authorizing the Department of Environmental Protection 2470 to adopt rules; amending s. 380.5105, F.S.; providing 2471 legislative intent; creating, subject to 2472 appropriation, the working waterfronts capital outlay 2473 grant program; specifying the purpose of the grant 2474 program; providing eligible costs and expenditures for 2475 the grant program; providing requirements for the 2476 program; requiring the Department of Environmental 2477 Protection to implement a process to monitor and 2478 evaluate grant recipient performance; amending s. 2479 321.04, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year the 2480 requirement that the Department of Highway Safety and 2481 Motor Vehicles assign one or more patrol officers to 2482 the office of Lieutenant Governor for security 2483 purposes, upon request of the Governor; extending for 2484 1 fiscal year the requirement that the Department of 2485 Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles assign a patrol 2486 officer to a Cabinet member under certain 2487 circumstances; amending s. 288.80125, F.S.; extending 2488 for 1 fiscal year a requirement that funds in the 2489 Triumph Gulf Coast Trust Fund be related to Hurricane 2490 Michael recovery; reenacting s. 288.8013(3), F.S., 2491 relating to the Triumph Gulf Coast Trust Fund; 2492 providing for the future expiration and reversion of 2493 specified statutory text; amending s. 339.08, F.S.; 2494 appropriating funds to the State Transportation Trust 2495 Fund from the General Revenue Fund as provided in the 2496 General Appropriations Act; amending s. 339.135, F.S.; 2497 extending for 1 fiscal year the authority for the 2498 chair and vice chair of the Legislative Budget 2499 Commission to approve certain work program amendments 2500 under specified circumstances; reenacting and amending 2501 s. 250.245, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year the 2502 Florida National Guard Joint Enlistment Enhancement 2503 Program within the Department of Military Affairs; 2504 amending s. 288.0655, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal 2505 year a requirement that certain appropriated funds 2506 relating to the Rural Infrastructure Fund be 2507 distributed in a specified manner; authorizing the 2508 Division of Emergency Management to submit budget 2509 amendments to increase budget authority for certain 2510 project expenditures; amending s. 112.061, F.S.; 2511 extending for 1 fiscal year the authorization for the 2512 Lieutenant Governor to designate an alternative 2513 official headquarters under certain conditions; 2514 specifying restrictions, limitations, eligibility for 2515 the subsistence allowance, reimbursement of 2516 transportation expenses, and payment thereof; 2517 requiring the Department of Management Services to 2518 assess an administrative health insurance assessment 2519 on each state agency; providing the rate of such 2520 assessment; defining the term “state agency”; 2521 providing how a state agency shall remit certain 2522 funds; requiring the Department of Management Services 2523 to take certain actions in case of delinquencies; 2524 requiring the Chief Financial Officer to transfer 2525 funds under specified circumstances; providing an 2526 exception; requiring state agencies to provide a list 2527 of positions that qualify for such exception by a 2528 specified date and to update the list monthly 2529 thereafter; requiring state agencies to include the 2530 administrative health insurance assessment in their 2531 indirect cost plan; requiring agencies to notify the 2532 Department of Management Services regarding the 2533 approval of their updated indirect cost plans; 2534 authorizing the Executive Office of the Governor to 2535 transfer budget authority between agencies in 2536 specified circumstances; providing that the annual 2537 salaries of the members of the Legislature be 2538 maintained at a specified level; reenacting s. 2539 215.32(2)(b), F.S., relating to the authorization for 2540 transferring unappropriated cash balances from 2541 selected trust funds to the Budget Stabilization Fund 2542 and General Revenue Fund; providing for future 2543 expiration and reversion of specific statutory text; 2544 specifying the type of travel for which state employee 2545 travel funds may be used; providing exceptions; 2546 providing a monetary cap on lodging costs for state 2547 employee travel to certain meetings organized or 2548 sponsored by a state agency or the judicial branch; 2549 authorizing employees to expend their own funds for 2550 lodging expenses that exceed the monetary caps; 2551 amending s. 216.292, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year 2552 the requirements for certain transfers; authorizing 2553 state agencies to purchase vehicles from nonstate term 2554 contract vendors without prior approval from the 2555 Department of Management Services under certain 2556 circumstances; authorizing the Department of 2557 Management Services, the Executive Office of the 2558 Governor, the Commissioner of Agriculture, the Chief 2559 Financial Officer, and the Attorney General to enter 2560 into specified leases as a lessee without having to 2561 advertise or receive competitive solicitations; 2562 requiring the Department of Environmental Protection 2563 to use specified funds to purchase lands or interests 2564 in lands within certain areas; requiring the 2565 Department of Environmental Protection to offer 2566 specified leases; authorizing the Executive Office of 2567 the Governor’s Office of Policy and Budget to submit a 2568 budget amendment to realign funding within and between 2569 agencies in appropriation categories specifically 2570 authorized for implementation of the state’s award 2571 from the federal Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery 2572 Fund; providing requirements for the realignment; 2573 requiring the budget amendment to be submitted by a 2574 specified date; providing conditions under which the 2575 veto of certain appropriations or proviso language in 2576 the General Appropriations Act voids language that 2577 implements such appropriation; providing for the 2578 continued operation of certain provisions 2579 notwithstanding a future repeal or expiration provided 2580 by the act; providing severability; providing for 2581 contingent retroactivity; providing effective dates.