Florida Senate - 2021                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 402
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Judiciary (Rodrigues) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Section 28.46, Florida Statutes, is created to
    6  read:
    7         28.46 Felon financial obligations website.—The Florida
    8  Association of Court Clerks and Comptrollers, Inc., or a
    9  contractor selected by the association, shall establish and
   10  maintain an Internet database that aggregates amounts of
   11  financial obligations owed by persons who are convicted of a
   12  felony.
   13         (1)For each person convicted of a felony, the amounts owed
   14  must be detailed based on the following categories:
   15         (a) The amount owed in order to satisfy completion of all
   16  terms of a sentence as provided in sentencing documents, which
   17  must detail the amounts owed for restitution, fines, and fees as
   18  described in s. 98.0751(2)(a)5.a. and b.
   19         (b)The amount of all other financial obligations owed
   20  which accrue after the date an obligation is ordered as part of
   21  a sentence, which must detail the amounts described in s.
   22  98.0751(2)(a)5.c.
   23         (2) The information on the website must be in a searchable
   24  format that allows a person convicted of a felony to quickly
   25  identify his or her outstanding financial obligations resulting
   26  from the felony conviction. Additionally, the website must
   27  include a disclaimer stating that while the information on the
   28  website regarding a person’s outstanding financial obligations
   29  may help to facilitate the restoration of a person’s voting
   30  rights, the Department of State is responsible for determining a
   31  person’s eligibility to vote.
   32         (3) The website must contain data for persons sentenced for
   33  a felony on or after October 1, 2021, or released from
   34  incarceration for a felony on or after October 1, 2021.
   35         (4) Funding for the website shall be as provided under s.
   36  50.0311(4).
   37         Section 2. Section 50.011, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   38  read:
   39         50.011 Publication of Where and in what language legal
   40  notices to be published.—Whenever by statute an official or
   41  legal advertisement or a publication, or notice in a newspaper
   42  or the legal notice website established pursuant to s. 50.0311,
   43  has been or is directed or permitted in the nature of or in lieu
   44  of process, or for constructive service, or in initiating,
   45  assuming, reviewing, exercising or enforcing jurisdiction or
   46  power, or for any purpose, including all legal notices and
   47  advertisements of sheriffs and tax collectors, the
   48  contemporaneous and continuous intent and meaning of such
   49  legislation all and singular, existing or repealed, is and has
   50  been and is hereby declared to be and to have been, and the rule
   51  of interpretation is and has been the following:,
   52         (1) A publication in a newspaper printed and published
   53  periodically at least once a week or oftener, containing at
   54  least 25 percent of its words in the English language, entered
   55  or qualified to be admitted and entered as periodicals matter at
   56  a post office in the county where published, for sale to the
   57  public generally, available to the public generally for the
   58  publication of official or other notices and customarily
   59  containing information of a public character or of interest or
   60  of value to the residents or owners of property in the county
   61  where published, or of interest or of value to the general
   62  public; or
   63         (2)On the legal notice website established pursuant to s.
   64  50.0311.
   65         Section 3. Section 50.021, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   66  read:
   67         50.021 Publication when no newspaper in county.—When any
   68  law, or order or decree of court, directs shall direct
   69  advertisements to be made in a any county and there is be no
   70  newspaper published in the said county, the advertisement may be
   71  posted on the legal notice website as provided in s. 50.0311 or
   72  made by posting three copies thereof in three different places
   73  in the said county, one of which shall be at the front door of
   74  the courthouse, and by publication in the nearest county in
   75  which a newspaper is published.
   76         Section 4. Subsections (2) and (3) of section 50.0211,
   77  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
   78         50.0211 Internet website publication.—
   79         (2) If a governmental agency publishes a legal notice in a
   80  newspaper, each legal notice must be posted on the newspaper’s
   81  website on the same day that the printed notice appears in the
   82  newspaper, at no additional charge, on in a separate web page
   83  titled “Legal Notices,” “Legal Advertising,” or comparable
   84  identifying language. A link to the legal notices web page shall
   85  be provided on the front page of the newspaper’s website which
   86  that provides access to the legal notices. If there is a
   87  specified size and placement required for a printed legal
   88  notice, the size and placement of the notice on the newspaper’s
   89  website must optimize its online visibility in keeping with the
   90  print requirements. The newspaper’s web pages that contain legal
   91  notices must present the legal notices as the dominant and
   92  leading subject matter of those pages. The newspaper’s website
   93  must contain a search function to facilitate searching the legal
   94  notices. A fee may not be charged, and registration may not be
   95  required, for viewing or searching legal notices on a
   96  newspaper’s website if the legal notice is published in a
   97  newspaper.
   98         (3)(a) If a legal notice is published in a newspaper, the
   99  newspaper publishing the notice shall place the notice on the
  100  statewide website established and maintained as an initiative of
  101  the Florida Press Association as a repository for such notices
  102  located at the following address: www.floridapublicnotices.com.
  103         (b) A legal notice placed on the statewide website created
  104  under this subsection must be:
  105         1. Accessible and searchable by party name and case number.
  106         2. Posted for a period of at least 90 consecutive days
  107  after the first day of posting.
  108         (c) The statewide website created under this subsection
  109  shall maintain a searchable archive of all legal notices posted
  110  on the publicly accessible website on or after October 1, 2014,
  111  for 18 months after the first day of posting. Such searchable
  112  archive shall be provided and accessible to the general public
  113  without charge.
  114         Section 5. Section 50.031, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  115  read:
  116         50.031 Newspapers in which legal notices and process may be
  117  published.—If a governmental agency publishes a legal notice in
  118  a newspaper, no notice or publication required to be published
  119  in a newspaper in the nature of or in lieu of process of any
  120  kind, nature, character, or description provided for under any
  121  law of the state, whether heretofore or hereafter enacted, and
  122  whether pertaining to constructive service, or the initiating,
  123  assuming, reviewing, exercising, or enforcing jurisdiction or
  124  power, by any court in this state, or any notice of sale of
  125  property, real or personal, for taxes, state, county or
  126  municipal, or sheriff’s, guardian’s, or administrator’s or any
  127  sale made pursuant to any judicial order, decree, or statute or
  128  any other publication or notice pertaining to any affairs of the
  129  state, or any county, municipality, or other political
  130  subdivision thereof, shall be deemed to have been published in
  131  accordance with the statutes providing for such publication,
  132  unless the notice has same shall have been published for the
  133  prescribed period of time required for such publication, in a
  134  newspaper which at the time of such publication has shall have
  135  been in existence for 1 year and shall have been entered as
  136  periodicals matter at a post office in the county where
  137  published, or in a newspaper that which is a direct successor of
  138  a newspaper which together have been so published; provided,
  139  however, that this section does not apply to nothing herein
  140  contained shall apply where in any county where there shall be
  141  no newspaper exists that has been in existence which shall have
  142  been published for the prescribed length of time above
  143  prescribed. No legal publication of any kind, nature, or
  144  description, as herein defined, shall be valid or binding or
  145  held to be in compliance with the statutes providing for such
  146  publication unless the same shall have been published in
  147  accordance with the provisions of this section or s. 50.0311.
  148  Proof of such publication shall be made by uniform affidavit.
  149         Section 6. Section 50.0311, Florida Statutes, is created to
  150  read:
  151         50.0311Statewide legal notice website.—
  152         (1)For purposes of this chapter, the term:
  153         (a) “Association” means the Florida Association of Court
  154  Clerks and Comptrollers, Inc.
  155         (b) “Governmental agency” means a county, municipality,
  156  school board, or other unit of local government or political
  157  subdivision in this state.
  158         (2)(a)The association shall establish a legal notice
  159  website to serve as a centralized statewide repository for the
  160  publication of any advertisement or public notice by a
  161  governmental agency or a party to litigation which would
  162  otherwise be required by law to be published in a newspaper. The
  163  advertisement or public notice must be posted to the website
  164  following the governmental agency’s payment of a fee established
  165  by the association. The fee charged for publishing an
  166  advertisement or a public notice may not exceed the amount for
  167  charges authorized in s. 50.061. The maximum fee may be adjusted
  168  by the association, upon approval by the Legislative Budget
  169  Commission. A governmental agency may publish the advertisement
  170  or public notice in at least one newspaper of general
  171  circulation in the affected county in lieu of website
  172  publication.
  173         (b) Notwithstanding any other law, an advertisement or a
  174  legal notice may be published on the statewide legal notice
  175  website in lieu of an advertisement or a notice in a newspaper
  176  if the advertisement or notice is posted on the website for an
  177  adequate time before any proposed action specified in the
  178  advertisement or notice is taken. For an advertisement or a
  179  notice required to be published only once, the advertisement or
  180  notice is deemed to be posted for an adequate time if it is
  181  posted and continuously available on the website for at least 7
  182  days before any proposed action; 1 week for each weekly
  183  advertisement or notice that would have otherwise been published
  184  in a newspaper; and 1 month for each monthly notice that would
  185  have otherwise been published in a newspaper.
  186         (3)(a)The legal notice website must be operated by the
  187  association or by a contractor selected by the association. The
  188  website operating costs may not exceed 15 percent of the revenue
  189  from fees for advertisements and public notices published on the
  190  website. The association must publicize the existence of the
  191  website and its web address on at least a monthly basis through
  192  publishing a notice in at least one newspaper of general
  193  circulation in each county of this state, and each clerk of
  194  court must post a clear written notice at the entrance of each
  195  county courthouse and each annex containing court facilities. A
  196  governmental agency that posts advertisements or notices on the
  197  legal notice website must also include such advertisements or
  198  notices, or additional information pertaining to such
  199  advertisements or notices, on the governmental agency’s official
  200  website.
  201         (b) The legal notice website must be accessible and
  202  searchable by the public.
  203         1. The advertisements and legal notices must be searchable
  204  by case number; party name; party type; purpose; the county,
  205  municipality, or other relevant geographic area or political
  206  subdivision affected; the initial date of posting or
  207  publication; and any other criteria that facilitates notice and
  208  public access.
  209         2. Each advertisement and notice must include its initial
  210  date of publication or posting and remain available on the
  211  website for at least 2 years after such date.
  212         (4) All revenue from fees collected for postings on the
  213  legal notice website which is in excess of the operating costs
  214  for the legal notice website must be used toward the felon
  215  financial obligations website operated by the association
  216  pursuant to s. 28.46. However, the operating costs of the felon
  217  financial obligations website may not exceed 50 percent of
  218  excess revenue remaining after any deductions made pursuant to
  219  subsection (3).
  220         (5) Fifty percent of any excess revenue remaining after
  221  deducting operating costs for the felon financial obligations
  222  website shall be deposited into the Clerks of the Court Trust
  223  Fund in the Department of Revenue and the remaining 50 percent
  224  shall be deposited into the General Revenue Fund. Fifteen
  225  percent of such excess revenue from fees collected in any fiscal
  226  year may be pledged for the operation of the legal notice
  227  website.
  228         Section 7. Section 50.041, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  229  read:
  230         50.041 Proof of publication; uniform affidavits required.—
  231         (1) All affidavits of publishers of newspapers (or their
  232  official representatives) made for the purpose of establishing
  233  proof of publication of public notices or legal advertisements
  234  shall be uniform throughout the state.
  235         (2) Each such affidavit shall be printed upon white paper
  236  and shall be 8 1/2 inches in width and of convenient length, not
  237  less than 5 1/2 inches. A white margin of not less than 2 1/2
  238  inches shall be left at the right side of each affidavit form
  239  and upon or in this space shall be substantially pasted a
  240  clipping which shall be a true copy of the public notice or
  241  legal advertisement for which proof is executed. Alternatively,
  242  the affidavit may be provided in electronic rather than paper
  243  form, provided the notarization of the affidavit complies with
  244  the requirements of s. 117.021.
  245         (3) In all counties having a population in excess of
  246  450,000 according to the latest official decennial census, in
  247  addition to the charges which are now or may hereafter be
  248  established by law for the publication of every official notice
  249  or legal advertisement, There may be a charge not to exceed $2
  250  levied for the preparation and execution of each such proof of
  251  publication or publisher’s affidavit.
  252         Section 8. Section 50.051, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  253  read:
  254         50.051 Proof of publication; form of uniform affidavit.—The
  255  printed form upon which all such affidavits establishing proof
  256  of publication are to be executed shall be substantially as
  257  follows:
  258                      NAME OF COUNTY NEWSPAPER                     
  259                     Published (Weekly or Daily)                   
  260                   (Town or City)(County)FLORIDA                 
  261  STATE OF FLORIDA
  262  
  263  COUNTY OF ....:
  264         Before the undersigned authority personally appeared ....,
  265  who on oath says that he or she is .... of the ...., a ....
  266  newspaper published at .... in .... County, Florida; that the
  267  attached copy of advertisement, being a .... in the matter of
  268  .... in the .... Court, was published on the legal notice
  269  website maintained by the Florida Association of Court Clerks
  270  and Comptrollers, Inc., or in a said newspaper. in the issues of
  271  .....
  272         Affiant further says that the website or newspaper complies
  273  with all legal requirements for publication in chapter 50,
  274  Florida Statutes said .... is a newspaper published at ...., in
  275  said .... County, Florida, and that the said newspaper has
  276  heretofore been continuously published in said .... County,
  277  Florida, each .... and has been entered as periodicals matter at
  278  the post office in ...., in said .... County, Florida, for a
  279  period of 1 year next preceding the first publication of the
  280  attached copy of advertisement; and affiant further says that he
  281  or she has neither paid nor promised any person, firm or
  282  corporation any discount, rebate, commission or refund for the
  283  purpose of securing this advertisement for publication in the
  284  said newspaper.
  285  
  286  Sworn to and subscribed before me this .... day of ....,
  287  ...(year)..., by ...., who is personally known to me or who has
  288  produced (type of identification) as identification.
  289  
  290  ...(Signature of Notary Public)...
  291  
  292  ...(Print, Type, or Stamp Commissioned Name of Notary Public)...
  293  
  294  ...(Notary Public)...
  295         Section 9. Section 50.0711, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  296  read:
  297         50.0711 Court docket fund; service charges; publications.—
  298         (1) The clerk of the court in each county may establish a
  299  court docket fund for the purpose of paying the cost of
  300  publication of the fact of the filing of any civil case in the
  301  circuit court of the county by the style and of the calendar
  302  relating to such cases. This court docket fund shall be funded
  303  by $1 mandatory court cost for all civil actions, suits, or
  304  proceedings filed in the circuit court of the county. The clerk
  305  shall maintain such funds separate and apart, and the proceeds
  306  from this court cost shall not be diverted to any other fund or
  307  for any purpose other than that established in this section. The
  308  clerk of the court shall dispense the fund to the operators of
  309  the legal notice website established in s. 50.0311 or the
  310  designated record newspaper in the county on a quarterly basis.
  311         (2) If a judicial circuit publishes legal notices in a
  312  newspaper, a newspaper qualified under the terms of s. 50.011
  313  shall be designated as the record newspaper for such publication
  314  by an order of the majority of the judges in the judicial
  315  circuit in which such county is located, and such order shall be
  316  filed and recorded with the clerk of the circuit court for such
  317  county. The designated record newspaper may be changed at the
  318  end of any fiscal year of the county by a majority vote of the
  319  judges of the judicial circuit of the county ordering such
  320  change 30 days before prior to the end of the fiscal year,
  321  notice of which order shall be given to the previously
  322  designated record newspaper.
  323         (3) The publishers of any designated record newspapers, or
  324  the legal notice website, receiving payment from this court
  325  docket fund shall publish, without additional charge, the fact
  326  of the filing of any civil case, suit, or action filed in such
  327  county in the circuit. Such publication must shall be in
  328  accordance with a schedule agreed upon between the Florida
  329  Association of Court Clerks and Comptrollers, Inc., for notices
  330  published on the legal notice website, or the record newspaper
  331  and the clerk of the court in such county.
  332         (4) The legal notice website or the publishers of any
  333  designated record newspapers receiving revenues from the court
  334  docket fund established in subsection (1) shall, without charge,
  335  accept legal advertisements for the purpose of service of
  336  process by publication under s. 49.011(4), (10), and (11) when
  337  such publication is required of persons authorized to proceed as
  338  indigent persons under s. 57.081.
  339         Section 10. Subsection (4) of section 83.806, Florida
  340  Statutes, is amended to read:
  341         83.806 Enforcement of lien.—An owner’s lien as provided in
  342  s. 83.805 may be satisfied as follows:
  343         (4) After the expiration of the time given in the notice,
  344  an advertisement of the sale or other disposition shall be
  345  published once a week for 2 consecutive weeks in a newspaper of
  346  general circulation in the area where the self-service storage
  347  facility or self-contained storage unit is located or published
  348  continuously for 14 consecutive days on the legal notice website
  349  established pursuant to s. 50.0311.
  350         (a) A lien sale may be conducted on a public website that
  351  customarily conducts personal property auctions. The facility or
  352  unit owner is not required to hold a license to post property
  353  for online sale. Inasmuch as any sale may involve property of
  354  more than one tenant, a single advertisement may be used to
  355  dispose of property at any one sale.
  356         (b) The advertisement must shall include:
  357         1. A brief and general description of what is believed to
  358  constitute the personal property contained in the storage unit,
  359  as provided in paragraph (2)(b).
  360         2. The address of the self-service storage facility or the
  361  address where the self-contained storage unit is located and the
  362  name of the tenant.
  363         3. The time, place, and manner of the sale or other
  364  disposition. The sale or other disposition shall take place at
  365  least 15 days after the first publication.
  366         (c) If there is no newspaper of general circulation in the
  367  area where the self-service storage facility or self-contained
  368  storage unit is located, the advertisement shall be posted at
  369  least 10 days before the date of the sale or other disposition
  370  in at least three conspicuous places in the neighborhood where
  371  the self-service storage facility or self-contained storage unit
  372  is located or published continuously for 14 consecutive days on
  373  the legal notice website established pursuant to s. 50.0311.
  374         Section 11. Subsection (11) of section 775.089, Florida
  375  Statutes, is amended to read:
  376         775.089 Restitution.—
  377         (11)(a) The court shall may order the clerk of the court to
  378  collect and dispense restitution payments in any felony case
  379  unless the court orders the Department of Corrections to collect
  380  and remit the restitution payments. The court may order the
  381  clerk of the court to collect and disburse restitution in any
  382  misdemeanor or civil case.
  383         (b) The court may order the Department of Corrections to
  384  collect and dispense restitution and other payments from persons
  385  remanded to its custody or supervision. If the Department of
  386  Corrections is ordered to collect and remit restitution payments
  387  or any other payments, it must report the amounts collected and
  388  disbursed on a monthly basis to the Florida Association of Court
  389  Clerks and Comptrollers, Inc., in the form and detail required
  390  by the association for purposes of posting on the felon
  391  financial obligations website established under s. 28.46.
  392         Section 12. Section 11.02, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  393  read:
  394         11.02 Notice of special or local legislation or certain
  395  relief acts.—The notice required to obtain special or local
  396  legislation or any relief act specified in s. 11.065 shall be by
  397  publishing the identical notice in each county involved in some
  398  newspaper as provided defined in chapter 50 published in or
  399  circulated throughout the county or counties where the matter or
  400  thing to be affected by such legislation shall be situated one
  401  time at least 30 days before introduction of the proposed law
  402  into the Legislature or, if the notice is not posted on the
  403  legal notice website established pursuant to s. 50.0311 and
  404  there being no newspaper circulated throughout or published in
  405  the county, by posting for at least 30 days at not less than
  406  three public places in the county or each of the counties, one
  407  of which places shall be at the courthouse in the county or
  408  counties where the matter or thing to be affected by such
  409  legislation shall be situated. Notice of special or local
  410  legislation shall state the substance of the contemplated law,
  411  as required by s. 10, Art. III of the State Constitution. Notice
  412  of any relief act specified in s. 11.065 shall state the name of
  413  the claimant, the nature of the injury or loss for which the
  414  claim is made, and the amount of the claim against the affected
  415  municipality’s revenue-sharing trust fund.
  416         Section 13. Subsection (2) of section 45.031, Florida
  417  Statutes, is amended to read:
  418         45.031 Judicial sales procedure.—In any sale of real or
  419  personal property under an order or judgment, the procedures
  420  provided in this section and ss. 45.0315-45.035 may be followed
  421  as an alternative to any other sale procedure if so ordered by
  422  the court.
  423         (2) PUBLICATION OF SALE.—Notice of sale shall be published
  424  on the legal notice website established pursuant to s. 50.0311
  425  for at least 2 consecutive weeks before the sale or once a week
  426  for 2 consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation,
  427  as provided defined in chapter 50, published in the county where
  428  the sale is to be held. The second publication by newspaper
  429  shall be at least 5 days before the sale. The notice shall
  430  contain:
  431         (a) A description of the property to be sold.
  432         (b) The time and place of sale.
  433         (c) A statement that the sale will be made pursuant to the
  434  order or final judgment.
  435         (d) The caption of the action.
  436         (e) The name of the clerk making the sale.
  437         (f) A statement that any person claiming an interest in the
  438  surplus from the sale, if any, other than the property owner as
  439  of the date of the lis pendens must file a claim before the
  440  clerk reports the surplus as unclaimed.
  441  
  442  The court, in its discretion, may enlarge the time of the sale.
  443  Notice of the changed time of sale shall be published as
  444  provided herein.
  445         Section 14. Subsection (2) of section 121.0511, Florida
  446  Statutes, is amended to read:
  447         121.0511 Revocation of election and alternative plan.—The
  448  governing body of any municipality or independent special
  449  district that has elected to participate in the Florida
  450  Retirement System may revoke its election in accordance with the
  451  following procedure:
  452         (2) At least 7 days, but not more than 15 days, before the
  453  hearing, notice of intent to revoke, specifying the time and
  454  place of the hearing, must be published as provided in chapter
  455  50 in a newspaper of general circulation in the area affected,
  456  as provided by ss. 50.011-50.031. Proof of publication of the
  457  notice must be submitted to the Department of Management
  458  Services.
  459         Section 15. Paragraphs (b) and (h) of subsection (1) of
  460  section 121.055, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  461         121.055 Senior Management Service Class.—There is hereby
  462  established a separate class of membership within the Florida
  463  Retirement System to be known as the “Senior Management Service
  464  Class,” which shall become effective February 1, 1987.
  465         (1)
  466         (b)1. Except as provided in subparagraph 2., effective
  467  January 1, 1990, participation in the Senior Management Service
  468  Class is compulsory for the president of each community college,
  469  the manager of each participating municipality or county, and
  470  all appointed district school superintendents. Effective January
  471  1, 1994, additional positions may be designated for inclusion in
  472  the Senior Management Service Class if:
  473         a. Positions to be included in the class are designated by
  474  the local agency employer. Notice of intent to designate
  475  positions for inclusion in the class must be published for at
  476  least 2 consecutive weeks if published on the legal notice
  477  website established pursuant to s. 50.0311 or once a week for 2
  478  consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation
  479  published in the county or counties affected, as provided in
  480  chapter 50.
  481         b. Up to 10 nonelective full-time positions may be
  482  designated for each local agency employer reporting to the
  483  department; for local agencies with 100 or more regularly
  484  established positions, additional nonelective full-time
  485  positions may be designated, not to exceed 1 percent of the
  486  regularly established positions within the agency.
  487         c. Each position added to the class must be a managerial or
  488  policymaking position filled by an employee who is not subject
  489  to continuing contract and serves at the pleasure of the local
  490  agency employer without civil service protection, and who:
  491         (I) Heads an organizational unit; or
  492         (II) Has responsibility to effect or recommend personnel,
  493  budget, expenditure, or policy decisions in his or her areas of
  494  responsibility.
  495         2. In lieu of participation in the Senior Management
  496  Service Class, members of the Senior Management Service Class,
  497  pursuant to subparagraph 1., may withdraw from the Florida
  498  Retirement System altogether. The decision to withdraw from the
  499  system is irrevocable as long as the employee holds the
  500  position. Any service creditable under the Senior Management
  501  Service Class shall be retained after the member withdraws from
  502  the system; however, additional service credit in the Senior
  503  Management Service Class may not be earned after such
  504  withdrawal. Such members are not eligible to participate in the
  505  Senior Management Service Optional Annuity Program.
  506         3. Effective January 1, 2006, through June 30, 2006, an
  507  employee who has withdrawn from the Florida Retirement System
  508  under subparagraph 2. has one opportunity to elect to
  509  participate in the pension plan or the investment plan.
  510         a. If the employee elects to participate in the investment
  511  plan, membership shall be prospective, and the applicable
  512  provisions of s. 121.4501(4) govern the election.
  513         b. If the employee elects to participate in the pension
  514  plan, the employee shall, upon payment to the system trust fund
  515  of the amount calculated under sub-sub-subparagraph (I), receive
  516  service credit for prior service based upon the time during
  517  which the employee had withdrawn from the system.
  518         (I) The cost for such credit shall be an amount
  519  representing the actuarial accrued liability for the affected
  520  period of service. The cost shall be calculated using the
  521  discount rate and other relevant actuarial assumptions that were
  522  used to value the pension plan liabilities in the most recent
  523  actuarial valuation. The calculation must include any service
  524  already maintained under the pension plan in addition to the
  525  period of withdrawal. The actuarial accrued liability
  526  attributable to any service already maintained under the pension
  527  plan shall be applied as a credit to the total cost resulting
  528  from the calculation. The division must ensure that the transfer
  529  sum is prepared using a formula and methodology certified by an
  530  actuary.
  531         (II) The employee must transfer a sum representing the net
  532  cost owed for the actuarial accrued liability in sub-sub
  533  subparagraph (I) immediately following the time of such
  534  movement, determined assuming that attained service equals the
  535  sum of service in the pension plan and the period of withdrawal.
  536         (h)1. Except as provided in subparagraph 3., effective
  537  January 1, 1994, participation in the Senior Management Service
  538  Class shall be compulsory for the State Courts Administrator and
  539  the Deputy State Courts Administrators, the Clerk of the Supreme
  540  Court, the Marshal of the Supreme Court, the Executive Director
  541  of the Justice Administrative Commission, the capital collateral
  542  regional counsel, the clerks of the district courts of appeals,
  543  the marshals of the district courts of appeals, and the trial
  544  court administrator and the Chief Deputy Court Administrator in
  545  each judicial circuit. Effective January 1, 1994, additional
  546  positions in the offices of the state attorney and public
  547  defender in each judicial circuit may be designated for
  548  inclusion in the Senior Management Service Class of the Florida
  549  Retirement System, provided that:
  550         a. Positions to be included in the class shall be
  551  designated by the state attorney or public defender, as
  552  appropriate. Notice of intent to designate positions for
  553  inclusion in the class shall be published for at least 2
  554  consecutive weeks if published on the legal notice website
  555  established pursuant to s. 50.0311 or once a week for 2
  556  consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation
  557  published in the county or counties affected, as provided in
  558  chapter 50.
  559         b. One nonelective full-time position may be designated for
  560  each state attorney and public defender reporting to the
  561  Department of Management Services; for agencies with 200 or more
  562  regularly established positions under the state attorney or
  563  public defender, additional nonelective full-time positions may
  564  be designated, not to exceed 0.5 percent of the regularly
  565  established positions within the agency.
  566         c. Each position added to the class must be a managerial or
  567  policymaking position filled by an employee who serves at the
  568  pleasure of the state attorney or public defender without civil
  569  service protection, and who:
  570         (I) Heads an organizational unit; or
  571         (II) Has responsibility to effect or recommend personnel,
  572  budget, expenditure, or policy decisions in his or her areas of
  573  responsibility.
  574         2. Participation in this class shall be compulsory, except
  575  as provided in subparagraph 3., for any judicial employee who
  576  holds a position designated for coverage in the Senior
  577  Management Service Class, and such participation shall continue
  578  until the employee terminates employment in a covered position.
  579  Effective January 1, 2001, participation in this class is
  580  compulsory for assistant state attorneys, assistant statewide
  581  prosecutors, assistant public defenders, and assistant capital
  582  collateral regional counsel. Effective January 1, 2002,
  583  participation in this class is compulsory for assistant
  584  attorneys general.
  585         3. In lieu of participation in the Senior Management
  586  Service Class, such members, excluding assistant state
  587  attorneys, assistant public defenders, assistant statewide
  588  prosecutors, assistant attorneys general, and assistant capital
  589  collateral regional counsel, may participate in the Senior
  590  Management Service Optional Annuity Program as established in
  591  subsection (6).
  592         Section 16. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) and paragraph
  593  (b) of subsection (4) of section 125.66, Florida Statutes, are
  594  amended to read:
  595         125.66 Ordinances; enactment procedure; emergency
  596  ordinances; rezoning or change of land use ordinances or
  597  resolutions.—
  598         (2)(a) The regular enactment procedure shall be as follows:
  599  The board of county commissioners at any regular or special
  600  meeting may enact or amend any ordinance, except as provided in
  601  subsection (4), if notice of intent to consider such ordinance
  602  is given at least 10 days before any such prior to said meeting
  603  by publication as provided in chapter 50 in a newspaper of
  604  general circulation in the county. A copy of such notice must
  605  shall be kept available for public inspection during the regular
  606  business hours of the office of the clerk of the board of county
  607  commissioners. The notice of proposed enactment must shall state
  608  the date, time, and place of the meeting; the title or titles of
  609  proposed ordinances; and the place or places within the county
  610  where such proposed ordinances may be inspected by the public.
  611  The notice must shall also advise that interested parties may
  612  appear at the meeting and be heard with respect to the proposed
  613  ordinance.
  614         (4) Ordinances or resolutions, initiated by other than the
  615  county, that change the actual zoning map designation of a
  616  parcel or parcels of land shall be enacted pursuant to
  617  subsection (2). Ordinances or resolutions that change the actual
  618  list of permitted, conditional, or prohibited uses within a
  619  zoning category, or ordinances or resolutions initiated by the
  620  county that change the actual zoning map designation of a parcel
  621  or parcels of land shall be enacted pursuant to the following
  622  procedure:
  623         (b) In cases in which the proposed ordinance or resolution
  624  changes the actual list of permitted, conditional, or prohibited
  625  uses within a zoning category, or changes the actual zoning map
  626  designation of a parcel or parcels of land involving 10
  627  contiguous acres or more, the board of county commissioners
  628  shall provide for public notice and hearings as follows:
  629         1. The board of county commissioners shall hold two
  630  advertised public hearings on the proposed ordinance or
  631  resolution. At least one hearing shall be held after 5 p.m. on a
  632  weekday, unless the board of county commissioners, by a majority
  633  plus one vote, elects to conduct that hearing at another time of
  634  day. The first public hearing shall be held at least 7 days
  635  after the day that the first advertisement is published. The
  636  second hearing shall be held at least 10 days after the first
  637  hearing and shall be advertised at least 5 days before prior to
  638  the public hearing.
  639         2. If published in a newspaper, the required advertisements
  640  shall be no less than 2 columns wide by 10 inches long in a
  641  standard size or a tabloid size newspaper, and the headline in
  642  the advertisement shall be in a type no smaller than 18 point.
  643  The advertisement shall not be placed in that portion of the
  644  newspaper where legal notices and classified advertisements
  645  appear. The advertisement shall be placed in a newspaper of
  646  general paid circulation in the county and of general interest
  647  and readership in the community pursuant to chapter 50, not one
  648  of limited subject matter. It is the legislative intent that,
  649  whenever possible, the advertisement shall appear in a newspaper
  650  that is published at least weekly 5 days a week unless the only
  651  newspaper in the community is published less than weekly 5 days
  652  a week. The advertisement shall be in substantially the
  653  following form:
  654                     NOTICE OF (TYPE OF) CHANGE                    
  655  
  656         The ...(name of local governmental unit)... proposes to
  657  adopt the following by ordinance or resolution:...(title of
  658  ordinance or resolution)....
  659         A public hearing on the ordinance or resolution will be
  660  held on ...(date and time)... at ...(meeting place)....
  661  
  662  Except for amendments which change the actual list of permitted,
  663  conditional, or prohibited uses within a zoning category, the
  664  advertisement shall contain a geographic location map which
  665  clearly indicates the area within the local government covered
  666  by the proposed ordinance or resolution. The map shall include
  667  major street names as a means of identification of the general
  668  area. In addition to being published on the legal notice website
  669  established pursuant to s. 50.0311 or in the newspaper, the map
  670  must be part of the online notice required pursuant to s.
  671  50.0211 or s. 50.0311.
  672         3. In lieu of publishing the advertisements set out in this
  673  paragraph, the board of county commissioners may mail a notice
  674  to each person owning real property within the area covered by
  675  the ordinance or resolution. Such notice shall clearly explain
  676  the proposed ordinance or resolution and shall notify the person
  677  of the time, place, and location of both public hearings on the
  678  proposed ordinance or resolution.
  679         Section 17. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
  680  162.12, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  681         162.12 Notices.—
  682         (2) In addition to providing notice as set forth in
  683  subsection (1), at the option of the code enforcement board or
  684  the local government, notice may be served by publication or
  685  posting, as follows:
  686         (a)1. Such notice shall be published for 4 consecutive
  687  weeks on the legal notice website as provided in s. 50.0311 or
  688  once during each week for 4 consecutive weeks (four publications
  689  being sufficient) in a newspaper of general circulation in the
  690  county where the code enforcement board is located. The
  691  newspaper shall meet such requirements as are prescribed under
  692  chapter 50 for legal and official advertisements.
  693         2. Proof of publication shall be made as provided in ss.
  694  50.041 and 50.051.
  695         Section 18. Paragraph (c) of subsection (3) of section
  696  166.041, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  697         166.041 Procedures for adoption of ordinances and
  698  resolutions.—
  699         (3)
  700         (c) Ordinances initiated by other than the municipality
  701  that change the actual zoning map designation of a parcel or
  702  parcels of land shall be enacted pursuant to paragraph (a).
  703  Ordinances that change the actual list of permitted,
  704  conditional, or prohibited uses within a zoning category, or
  705  ordinances initiated by the municipality that change the actual
  706  zoning map designation of a parcel or parcels of land shall be
  707  enacted pursuant to the following procedure:
  708         1. In cases in which the proposed ordinance changes the
  709  actual zoning map designation for a parcel or parcels of land
  710  involving less than 10 contiguous acres, the governing body
  711  shall direct the clerk of the governing body to notify by mail
  712  each real property owner whose land the municipality will
  713  redesignate by enactment of the ordinance and whose address is
  714  known by reference to the latest ad valorem tax records. The
  715  notice shall state the substance of the proposed ordinance as it
  716  affects that property owner and shall set a time and place for
  717  one or more public hearings on such ordinance. Such notice shall
  718  be given at least 30 days before prior to the date set for the
  719  public hearing, and a copy of the notice shall be kept available
  720  for public inspection during the regular business hours of the
  721  office of the clerk of the governing body. The governing body
  722  shall hold a public hearing on the proposed ordinance and may,
  723  upon the conclusion of the hearing, immediately adopt the
  724  ordinance.
  725         2. In cases in which the proposed ordinance changes the
  726  actual list of permitted, conditional, or prohibited uses within
  727  a zoning category, or changes the actual zoning map designation
  728  of a parcel or parcels of land involving 10 contiguous acres or
  729  more, the governing body shall provide for public notice and
  730  hearings as follows:
  731         a. The local governing body shall hold two advertised
  732  public hearings on the proposed ordinance. At least one hearing
  733  shall be held after 5 p.m. on a weekday, unless the local
  734  governing body, by a majority plus one vote, elects to conduct
  735  that hearing at another time of day. The first public hearing
  736  shall be held at least 7 days after the day that the first
  737  advertisement is published. The second hearing shall be held at
  738  least 10 days after the first hearing and shall be advertised at
  739  least 5 days before prior to the public hearing.
  740         b. If published in a newspaper, the required advertisements
  741  shall be no less than 2 columns wide by 10 inches long in a
  742  standard size or a tabloid size newspaper, and the headline in
  743  the advertisement shall be in a type no smaller than 18 point.
  744  The advertisement shall not be placed in that portion of the
  745  newspaper where legal notices and classified advertisements
  746  appear. The advertisement shall be placed in a newspaper of
  747  general paid circulation in the municipality and of general
  748  interest and readership in the municipality, not one of limited
  749  subject matter, pursuant to chapter 50. It is the legislative
  750  intent that, whenever possible, the advertisement appear in a
  751  newspaper that is published at least weekly 5 days a week unless
  752  the only newspaper in the municipality is published less than
  753  weekly 5 days a week. The advertisement shall be in
  754  substantially the following form:
  755  
  756                     NOTICE OF (TYPE OF) CHANGE                    
  757  
  758         The ...(name of local governmental unit)... proposes to
  759  adopt the following ordinance:...(title of the ordinance)....
  760         A public hearing on the ordinance will be held on ...(date
  761  and time)... at ...(meeting place)....
  762  
  763  Except for amendments which change the actual list of permitted,
  764  conditional, or prohibited uses within a zoning category, the
  765  advertisement shall contain a geographic location map which
  766  clearly indicates the area covered by the proposed ordinance.
  767  The map shall include major street names as a means of
  768  identification of the general area. If In addition to being
  769  published in the newspaper, the map must also be part of the
  770  online notice required pursuant to s. 50.0211 or s. 50.0311.
  771         c. In lieu of publishing the advertisement set out in this
  772  paragraph, the municipality may mail a notice to each person
  773  owning real property within the area covered by the ordinance.
  774  Such notice shall clearly explain the proposed ordinance and
  775  shall notify the person of the time, place, and location of any
  776  public hearing on the proposed ordinance.
  777         Section 19. Subsection (1) of section 189.015, Florida
  778  Statutes, is amended to read:
  779         189.015 Meetings; notice; required reports.—
  780         (1) The governing body of each special district shall file
  781  quarterly, semiannually, or annually a schedule of its regular
  782  meetings with the local governing authority or authorities. The
  783  schedule shall include the date, time, and location of each
  784  scheduled meeting. The schedule shall be published quarterly,
  785  semiannually, or annually in a newspaper of general paid
  786  circulation in the manner required in this subsection. The
  787  governing body of an independent special district shall
  788  advertise the day, time, place, and purpose of any meeting other
  789  than a regular meeting or any recessed and reconvened meeting of
  790  the governing body, at least 7 days before such meeting as
  791  provided in chapter 50, in a newspaper of general paid
  792  circulation in the county or counties in which the special
  793  district is located, unless a bona fide emergency situation
  794  exists, in which case a meeting to deal with the emergency may
  795  be held as necessary, with reasonable notice, so long as it is
  796  subsequently ratified by the governing body. No approval of the
  797  annual budget shall be granted at an emergency meeting. The
  798  notice shall be posted as provided in advertisement shall be
  799  placed in that portion of the newspaper where legal notices and
  800  classified advertisements appear. The advertisement shall appear
  801  in a newspaper that is published at least 5 days a week, unless
  802  the only newspaper in the county is published fewer than 5 days
  803  a week. The newspaper selected must be one of general interest
  804  and readership in the community and not one of limited subject
  805  matter, pursuant to chapter 50. Any other provision of law to
  806  the contrary notwithstanding, and except in the case of
  807  emergency meetings, water management districts may provide
  808  reasonable notice of public meetings held to evaluate responses
  809  to solicitations issued by the water management district, by
  810  publication as provided in chapter 50 on the legal notice
  811  website or in a newspaper of general paid circulation in the
  812  county where the principal office of the water management
  813  district is located, or in the county or counties where the
  814  public work will be performed, no less than 7 days before such
  815  meeting.
  816         Section 20. Paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of section
  817  190.005, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  818         190.005 Establishment of district.—
  819         (1) The exclusive and uniform method for the establishment
  820  of a community development district with a size of 2,500 acres
  821  or more shall be pursuant to a rule, adopted under chapter 120
  822  by the Florida Land and Water Adjudicatory Commission, granting
  823  a petition for the establishment of a community development
  824  district.
  825         (d) A local public hearing on the petition shall be
  826  conducted by a hearing officer in conformance with the
  827  applicable requirements and procedures of the Administrative
  828  Procedure Act. The hearing shall include oral and written
  829  comments on the petition pertinent to the factors specified in
  830  paragraph (e). The hearing shall be held at an accessible
  831  location in the county in which the community development
  832  district is to be located. The petitioner shall cause a notice
  833  of the hearing to be published for 4 successive weeks on the
  834  legal notice website established pursuant to s. 50.0311 or in a
  835  newspaper at least once a week for the 4 successive weeks
  836  immediately before prior to the hearing as provided in chapter
  837  50. Such notice shall give the time and place for the hearing, a
  838  description of the area to be included in the district, which
  839  description shall include a map showing clearly the area to be
  840  covered by the district, and any other relevant information
  841  which the establishing governing bodies may require. If
  842  published in a newspaper, the advertisement may shall not be
  843  placed in the that portion of the newspaper where legal notices
  844  and classified advertisements appear. The advertisement shall be
  845  published in a newspaper of general paid circulation in the
  846  county and of general interest and readership in the community,
  847  not one of limited subject matter, pursuant to chapter 50.
  848  Whenever possible, the advertisement shall appear in a newspaper
  849  that is published at least weekly 5 days a week, unless the only
  850  newspaper in the community is published less than weekly fewer
  851  than 5 days a week. If In addition to being published in the
  852  newspaper, the map referenced above must also be part of the
  853  online advertisement required pursuant to s. 50.0211 or s.
  854  50.0311. All affected units of general-purpose local government
  855  and the general public shall be given an opportunity to appear
  856  at the hearing and present oral or written comments on the
  857  petition.
  858         Section 21. Paragraph (h) of subsection (1) of section
  859  190.046, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  860         190.046 Termination, contraction, or expansion of
  861  district.—
  862         (1) A landowner or the board may petition to contract or
  863  expand the boundaries of a community development district in the
  864  following manner:
  865         (h) For a petition to establish a new community development
  866  district of less than 2,500 acres on land located solely in one
  867  county or one municipality, sufficiently contiguous lands
  868  located within the county or municipality which the petitioner
  869  anticipates adding to the boundaries of the district within 10
  870  years after the effective date of the ordinance establishing the
  871  district may also be identified. If such sufficiently contiguous
  872  land is identified, the petition must include a legal
  873  description of each additional parcel within the sufficiently
  874  contiguous land, the current owner of the parcel, the acreage of
  875  the parcel, and the current land use designation of the parcel.
  876  At least 14 days before the hearing required under s.
  877  190.005(2)(b), the petitioner must give the current owner of
  878  each such parcel notice of filing the petition to establish the
  879  district, the date and time of the public hearing on the
  880  petition, and the name and address of the petitioner. A parcel
  881  may not be included in the district without the written consent
  882  of the owner of the parcel.
  883         1. After establishment of the district, a person may
  884  petition the county or municipality to amend the boundaries of
  885  the district to include a previously identified parcel that was
  886  a proposed addition to the district before its establishment. A
  887  filing fee may not be charged for this petition. Each such
  888  petition must include:
  889         a. A legal description by metes and bounds of the parcel to
  890  be added;
  891         b. A new legal description by metes and bounds of the
  892  district;
  893         c. Written consent of all owners of the parcel to be added;
  894         d. A map of the district including the parcel to be added;
  895         e. A description of the development proposed on the
  896  additional parcel; and
  897         f. A copy of the original petition identifying the parcel
  898  to be added.
  899         2. Before filing with the county or municipality, the
  900  person must provide the petition to the district and to the
  901  owner of the proposed additional parcel, if the owner is not the
  902  petitioner.
  903         3. Once the petition is determined sufficient and complete,
  904  the county or municipality must process the addition of the
  905  parcel to the district as an amendment to the ordinance that
  906  establishes the district. The county or municipality may process
  907  all petitions to amend the ordinance for parcels identified in
  908  the original petition, even if, by adding such parcels, the
  909  district exceeds 2,500 acres.
  910         4. The petitioner shall cause to be published in a
  911  newspaper of general circulation in the proposed district a
  912  notice of the intent to amend the ordinance that establishes the
  913  district. The notice must be in addition to any notice required
  914  for adoption of the ordinance amendment. Such notice must be
  915  published as provided in chapter 50 at least 10 days before the
  916  scheduled hearing on the ordinance amendment and may be
  917  published in the section of the newspaper reserved for legal
  918  notices. The notice must include a general description of the
  919  land to be added to the district and the date and time of the
  920  scheduled hearing to amend the ordinance. The petitioner shall
  921  deliver, including by mail or hand delivery, the notice of the
  922  hearing on the ordinance amendment to the owner of the parcel
  923  and to the district at least 14 days before the scheduled
  924  hearing.
  925         5. The amendment of a district by the addition of a parcel
  926  pursuant to this paragraph does not alter the transition from
  927  landowner voting to qualified elector voting pursuant to s.
  928  190.006, even if the total size of the district after the
  929  addition of the parcel exceeds 5,000 acres. Upon adoption of the
  930  ordinance expanding the district, the petitioner must cause to
  931  be recorded a notice of boundary amendment which reflects the
  932  new boundaries of the district.
  933         6. This paragraph is intended to facilitate the orderly
  934  addition of lands to a district under certain circumstances and
  935  does not preclude the addition of lands to any district using
  936  the procedures in the other provisions of this section.
  937         Section 22. Subsection (1) of section 194.037, Florida
  938  Statutes, is amended to read:
  939         194.037 Disclosure of tax impact.—
  940         (1) After hearing all petitions, complaints, appeals, and
  941  disputes, the clerk shall make public notice of the findings and
  942  results of the board as provided in chapter 50. If published in
  943  a newspaper, the notice must be in at least a quarter-page size
  944  advertisement of a standard size or tabloid size newspaper, and
  945  the headline shall be in a type no smaller than 18 point. The
  946  advertisement shall not be placed in that portion of the
  947  newspaper where legal notices and classified advertisements
  948  appear. The advertisement shall be published in a newspaper of
  949  general paid circulation in the county. The newspaper selected
  950  shall be one of general interest and readership in the
  951  community, and not one of limited subject matter, pursuant to
  952  chapter 50. For all advertisements published pursuant to this
  953  section, the headline shall read: TAX IMPACT OF VALUE ADJUSTMENT
  954  BOARD. The public notice shall list the members of the value
  955  adjustment board and the taxing authorities to which they are
  956  elected. The form shall show, in columnar form, for each of the
  957  property classes listed under subsection (2), the following
  958  information, with appropriate column totals:
  959         (a) In the first column, the number of parcels for which
  960  the board granted exemptions that had been denied or that had
  961  not been acted upon by the property appraiser.
  962         (b) In the second column, the number of parcels for which
  963  petitions were filed concerning a property tax exemption.
  964         (c) In the third column, the number of parcels for which
  965  the board considered the petition and reduced the assessment
  966  from that made by the property appraiser on the initial
  967  assessment roll.
  968         (d) In the fourth column, the number of parcels for which
  969  petitions were filed but not considered by the board because
  970  such petitions were withdrawn or settled before prior to the
  971  board’s consideration.
  972         (e) In the fifth column, the number of parcels for which
  973  petitions were filed requesting a change in assessed value,
  974  including requested changes in assessment classification.
  975         (f) In the sixth column, the net change in taxable value
  976  from the assessor’s initial roll which results from board
  977  decisions.
  978         (g) In the seventh column, the net shift in taxes to
  979  parcels not granted relief by the board. The shift shall be
  980  computed as the amount shown in column 6 multiplied by the
  981  applicable millage rates adopted by the taxing authorities in
  982  hearings held pursuant to s. 200.065(2)(d) or adopted by vote of
  983  the electors pursuant to s. 9(b) or s. 12, Art. VII of the State
  984  Constitution, but without adjustment as authorized pursuant to
  985  s. 200.065(6). If for any taxing authority the hearing has not
  986  been completed at the time the notice required herein is
  987  prepared, the millage rate used shall be that adopted in the
  988  hearing held pursuant to s. 200.065(2)(c).
  989         Section 23. Subsection (1) of section 197.402, Florida
  990  Statutes, is amended to read:
  991         197.402 Advertisement of real or personal property with
  992  delinquent taxes.—
  993         (1) If advertisements are required, the board of county
  994  commissioners shall make such notice select the newspaper as
  995  provided in chapter 50. The tax collector shall pay all
  996  newspaper charges, and the proportionate cost of the
  997  advertisements shall be added to the delinquent taxes collected.
  998         Section 24. Subsection (3) of section 200.065, Florida
  999  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1000         200.065 Method of fixing millage.—
 1001         (3) The advertisement shall be published as provided in
 1002  chapter 50. If the advertisement is published in a newspaper,
 1003  the advertisement must be no less than one-quarter page in size
 1004  of a standard size or a tabloid size newspaper, and the headline
 1005  in the advertisement shall be in a type no smaller than 18
 1006  point. The advertisement shall not be placed in that portion of
 1007  the newspaper where legal notices and classified advertisements
 1008  appear. The advertisement shall be published in a newspaper of
 1009  general paid circulation in the county or in a geographically
 1010  limited insert of such newspaper. The geographic boundaries in
 1011  which such insert is circulated shall include the geographic
 1012  boundaries of the taxing authority. It is the legislative intent
 1013  that, whenever possible, the advertisement appear in a newspaper
 1014  that is published at least weekly 5 days a week unless the only
 1015  newspaper in the county is published less than weekly 5 days a
 1016  week, or that the advertisement appear in a geographically
 1017  limited insert of such newspaper which insert is published
 1018  throughout the taxing authority’s jurisdiction at least twice
 1019  each week. It is further the legislative intent that the
 1020  newspaper selected be one of general interest and readership in
 1021  the community and not one of limited subject matter, pursuant to
 1022  chapter 50.
 1023         (a) For taxing authorities other than school districts
 1024  which have tentatively adopted a millage rate in excess of 100
 1025  percent of the rolled-back rate computed pursuant to subsection
 1026  (1), the advertisement shall be in the following form:
 1027  
 1028                   NOTICE OF PROPOSED TAX INCREASE                 
 1029  
 1030         The ...(name of the taxing authority)... has tentatively
 1031  adopted a measure to increase its property tax levy.
 1032  Last year’s property tax levy:
 1033         A. Initially proposed tax levy................$XX,XXX,XXX
 1034         B. Less tax reductions due to Value Adjustment Board and
 1035  other assessment changes...........................($XX,XXX,XXX)
 1036         C. Actual property tax levy...................$XX,XXX,XXX
 1037  This year’s proposed tax levy........................$XX,XXX,XXX
 1038         All concerned citizens are invited to attend a public
 1039  hearing on the tax increase to be held on ...(date and time)...
 1040  at ...(meeting place)....
 1041         A FINAL DECISION on the proposed tax increase and the
 1042  budget will be made at this hearing.
 1043  
 1044         (b) In all instances in which the provisions of paragraph
 1045  (a) are inapplicable for taxing authorities other than school
 1046  districts, the advertisement shall be in the following form:
 1047  
 1048                      NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING                     
 1049  
 1050         The ...(name of taxing authority)... has tentatively
 1051  adopted a budget for ...(fiscal year).... A public hearing to
 1052  make a FINAL DECISION on the budget AND TAXES will be held on
 1053  ...(date and time)... at ...(meeting place)....
 1054  
 1055         (c) For school districts which have proposed a millage rate
 1056  in excess of 100 percent of the rolled-back rate computed
 1057  pursuant to subsection (1) and which propose to levy nonvoted
 1058  millage in excess of the minimum amount required pursuant to s.
 1059  1011.60(6), the advertisement shall be in the following form:
 1060  
 1061                   NOTICE OF PROPOSED TAX INCREASE                 
 1062  
 1063         The ...(name of school district)... will soon consider a
 1064  measure to increase its property tax levy.
 1065  Last year’s property tax levy:
 1066         A. Initially proposed tax levy................$XX,XXX,XXX
 1067         B. Less tax reductions due to Value Adjustment Board and
 1068  other assessment changes...........................($XX,XXX,XXX)
 1069         C. Actual property tax levy...................$XX,XXX,XXX
 1070  This year’s proposed tax levy........................$XX,XXX,XXX
 1071         A portion of the tax levy is required under state law in
 1072  order for the school board to receive $...(amount A)... in state
 1073  education grants. The required portion has ...(increased or
 1074  decreased)... by ...(amount B)... percent and represents
 1075  approximately ...(amount C)... of the total proposed taxes.
 1076         The remainder of the taxes is proposed solely at the
 1077  discretion of the school board.
 1078         All concerned citizens are invited to a public hearing on
 1079  the tax increase to be held on ...(date and time)... at
 1080  ...(meeting place)....
 1081         A DECISION on the proposed tax increase and the budget will
 1082  be made at this hearing.
 1083         1. AMOUNT A shall be an estimate, provided by the
 1084  Department of Education, of the amount to be received in the
 1085  current fiscal year by the district from state appropriations
 1086  for the Florida Education Finance Program.
 1087         2. AMOUNT B shall be the percent increase over the rolled
 1088  back rate necessary to levy only the required local effort in
 1089  the current fiscal year, computed as though in the preceding
 1090  fiscal year only the required local effort was levied.
 1091         3. AMOUNT C shall be the quotient of required local-effort
 1092  millage divided by the total proposed nonvoted millage, rounded
 1093  to the nearest tenth and stated in words; however, the stated
 1094  amount shall not exceed nine-tenths.
 1095  
 1096         (d) For school districts which have proposed a millage rate
 1097  in excess of 100 percent of the rolled-back rate computed
 1098  pursuant to subsection (1) and which propose to levy as nonvoted
 1099  millage only the minimum amount required pursuant to s.
 1100  1011.60(6), the advertisement shall be the same as provided in
 1101  paragraph (c), except that the second and third paragraphs shall
 1102  be replaced with the following paragraph:
 1103  
 1104         This increase is required under state law in order for the
 1105  school board to receive $...(amount A)... in state education
 1106  grants.
 1107  
 1108         (e) In all instances in which the provisions of paragraphs
 1109  (c) and (d) are inapplicable for school districts, the
 1110  advertisement shall be in the following form:
 1111  
 1112                      NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING                     
 1113  
 1114         The ...(name of school district)... will soon consider a
 1115  budget for ...(fiscal year).... A public hearing to make a
 1116  DECISION on the budget AND TAXES will be held on ...(date and
 1117  time)... at ...(meeting place)....
 1118  
 1119         (f) In lieu of publishing the notice set out in this
 1120  subsection, the taxing authority may mail a copy of the notice
 1121  to each elector residing within the jurisdiction of the taxing
 1122  authority.
 1123         (g) In the event that the mailing of the notice of proposed
 1124  property taxes is delayed beyond September 3 in a county, any
 1125  multicounty taxing authority which levies ad valorem taxes
 1126  within that county shall advertise its intention to adopt a
 1127  tentative budget and millage rate in a newspaper of paid general
 1128  circulation within that county, as provided in this subsection,
 1129  and shall hold the hearing required pursuant to paragraph (2)(c)
 1130  not less than 2 days or more than 5 days thereafter, and not
 1131  later than September 18. The advertisement shall be in the
 1132  following form, unless the proposed millage rate is less than or
 1133  equal to the rolled-back rate, computed pursuant to subsection
 1134  (1), in which case the advertisement shall be as provided in
 1135  paragraph (e):
 1136  
 1137                       NOTICE OF TAX INCREASE                      
 1138  
 1139         The ...(name of the taxing authority)... proposes to
 1140  increase its property tax levy by ...(percentage of increase
 1141  over rolled-back rate)... percent.
 1142         All concerned citizens are invited to attend a public
 1143  hearing on the proposed tax increase to be held on ...(date and
 1144  time)... at ...(meeting place)....
 1145  
 1146         (h) In no event shall any taxing authority add to or delete
 1147  from the language of the advertisements as specified herein
 1148  unless expressly authorized by law, except that, if an increase
 1149  in ad valorem tax rates will affect only a portion of the
 1150  jurisdiction of a taxing authority, advertisements may include a
 1151  map or geographical description of the area to be affected and
 1152  the proposed use of the tax revenues under consideration. In
 1153  addition, if published in the newspaper, the map must be part of
 1154  the online advertisement required by s. 50.0211 or s. 50.0311.
 1155  The advertisements required herein shall not be accompanied,
 1156  preceded, or followed by other advertising or notices which
 1157  conflict with or modify the substantive content prescribed
 1158  herein.
 1159         (i) The advertisements required pursuant to paragraphs (b)
 1160  and (e) need not be one-quarter page in size or have a headline
 1161  in type no smaller than 18 point.
 1162         (j) The amounts to be published as percentages of increase
 1163  over the rolled-back rate pursuant to this subsection shall be
 1164  based on aggregate millage rates and shall exclude voted millage
 1165  levies unless expressly provided otherwise in this subsection.
 1166         (k) Any taxing authority which will levy an ad valorem tax
 1167  for an upcoming budget year but does not levy an ad valorem tax
 1168  currently shall, in the advertisement specified in paragraph
 1169  (a), paragraph (c), paragraph (d), or paragraph (g), replace the
 1170  phrase “increase its property tax levy by ...(percentage of
 1171  increase over rolled-back rate)... percent” with the phrase
 1172  “impose a new property tax levy of $...(amount)... per $1,000
 1173  value.”
 1174         (l) Any advertisement required pursuant to this section
 1175  shall be accompanied by an adjacent notice meeting the budget
 1176  summary requirements of s. 129.03(3)(b). Except for those taxing
 1177  authorities proposing to levy ad valorem taxes for the first
 1178  time, the following statement shall appear in the budget summary
 1179  in boldfaced type immediately following the heading, if the
 1180  applicable percentage is greater than zero:
 1181  
 1182         THE PROPOSED OPERATING BUDGET EXPENDITURES OF ...(name of
 1183  taxing authority)... ARE ...(percent rounded to one decimal
 1184  place)... MORE THAN LAST YEAR’S TOTAL OPERATING EXPENDITURES.
 1185  
 1186  For purposes of this paragraph, “proposed operating budget
 1187  expenditures” or “operating expenditures” means all moneys of
 1188  the local government, including dependent special districts,
 1189  that:
 1190         1. Were or could be expended during the applicable fiscal
 1191  year, or
 1192         2. Were or could be retained as a balance for future
 1193  spending in the fiscal year.
 1194  
 1195  Provided, however, those moneys held in or used in trust,
 1196  agency, or internal service funds, and expenditures of bond
 1197  proceeds for capital outlay or for advanced refunded debt
 1198  principal, shall be excluded.
 1199         Section 25. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
 1200  338.223, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1201         338.223 Proposed turnpike projects.—
 1202         (1)
 1203         (c) Before Prior to requesting legislative approval of a
 1204  proposed turnpike project, the environmental feasibility of the
 1205  proposed project shall be reviewed by the Department of
 1206  Environmental Protection. The department shall submit its
 1207  Project Development and Environmental Report to the Department
 1208  of Environmental Protection, along with a draft copy of a public
 1209  notice. Within 14 days of receipt of the draft public notice,
 1210  the Department of Environmental Protection shall return the
 1211  draft public notice to the Department of Transportation with an
 1212  approval of the language or modifications to the language. Upon
 1213  receipt of the approved or modified draft, or if no comments are
 1214  provided within 14 days, the Department of Transportation shall
 1215  publish the notice as provided in chapter 50 in a newspaper to
 1216  provide a 30-day public comment period. If published in a
 1217  newspaper, the headline of the required notice shall be in a
 1218  type no smaller than 18 point. The notice shall be placed in
 1219  that portion of the newspaper where legal notices appear and.
 1220  The notice shall be published in a newspaper of general
 1221  circulation in the county or counties of general interest and
 1222  readership in the community as provided in s. 50.031, not one of
 1223  limited subject matter. Whenever possible, the notice shall
 1224  appear in a newspaper that is published at least weekly 5 days a
 1225  week. All The notices notice published pursuant to this section
 1226  shall include, at a minimum but is not limited to, the following
 1227  information:
 1228         1. The purpose of the notice is to provide for a 30-day
 1229  period for written public comments on the environmental impacts
 1230  of a proposed turnpike project.
 1231         2. The name and description of the project, along with a
 1232  geographic location map clearly indicating the area where the
 1233  proposed project will be located.
 1234         3. The address where such comments must be sent and the
 1235  date such comments are due.
 1236  
 1237  After a review of the department’s report and any public
 1238  comments, the Department of Environmental Protection shall
 1239  submit a statement of environmental feasibility to the
 1240  department within 30 days after the date on which public
 1241  comments are due. The notice and the statement of environmental
 1242  feasibility shall not give rise to any rights to a hearing or
 1243  other rights or remedies provided pursuant to chapter 120 or
 1244  chapter 403, and shall not bind the Department of Environmental
 1245  Protection in any subsequent environmental permit review.
 1246         Section 26. Subsection (3) of section 348.0308, Florida
 1247  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1248         348.0308 Public-private partnership.—The Legislature
 1249  declares that there is a public need for the rapid construction
 1250  of safe and efficient transportation facilities for traveling
 1251  within the state and that it is in the public’s interest to
 1252  provide for public-private partnership agreements to effectuate
 1253  the construction of additional safe, convenient, and economical
 1254  transportation facilities.
 1255         (3) The agency may request proposals for public-private
 1256  transportation projects or, if it receives an unsolicited
 1257  proposal, it must publish a notice in the Florida Administrative
 1258  Register and as provided in chapter 50 a newspaper of general
 1259  circulation in the county in which it is located at least once a
 1260  week for 2 weeks stating that it has received the proposal and
 1261  will accept, for 60 days after the initial date of publication,
 1262  other proposals for the same project purpose. A copy of the
 1263  notice must be mailed to each local government in the affected
 1264  areas. After the public notification period has expired, the
 1265  agency shall rank the proposals in order of preference. In
 1266  ranking the proposals, the agency shall consider professional
 1267  qualifications, general business terms, innovative engineering
 1268  or cost-reduction terms, finance plans, and the need for state
 1269  funds to deliver the proposal. If the agency is not satisfied
 1270  with the results of the negotiations, it may, at its sole
 1271  discretion, terminate negotiations with the proposer. If these
 1272  negotiations are unsuccessful, the agency may go to the second
 1273  and lower-ranked firms, in order, using the same procedure. If
 1274  only one proposal is received, the agency may negotiate in good
 1275  faith, and if it is not satisfied with the results, it may, at
 1276  its sole discretion, terminate negotiations with the proposer.
 1277  The agency may, at its discretion, reject all proposals at any
 1278  point in the process up to completion of a contract with the
 1279  proposer.
 1280         Section 27. Subsection (3) of section 348.635, Florida
 1281  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1282         348.635 Public-private partnership.—The Legislature
 1283  declares that there is a public need for the rapid construction
 1284  of safe and efficient transportation facilities for traveling
 1285  within the state and that it is in the public’s interest to
 1286  provide for public-private partnership agreements to effectuate
 1287  the construction of additional safe, convenient, and economical
 1288  transportation facilities.
 1289         (3) The authority may request proposals for public-private
 1290  transportation projects or, if it receives an unsolicited
 1291  proposal, it must publish a notice in the Florida Administrative
 1292  Register as provided in chapter 50 and a newspaper of general
 1293  circulation in the county in which it is located at least once a
 1294  week for 2 weeks stating that it has received the proposal and
 1295  will accept, for 60 days after the initial date of publication,
 1296  other proposals for the same project purpose. A copy of the
 1297  notice must be mailed to each local government in the affected
 1298  areas. After the public notification period has expired, the
 1299  authority shall rank the proposals in order of preference. In
 1300  ranking the proposals, the authority shall consider professional
 1301  qualifications, general business terms, innovative engineering
 1302  or cost-reduction terms, finance plans, and the need for state
 1303  funds to deliver the proposal. If the authority is not satisfied
 1304  with the results of the negotiations, it may, at its sole
 1305  discretion, terminate negotiations with the proposer. If these
 1306  negotiations are unsuccessful, the authority may go to the
 1307  second and lower-ranked firms, in order, using the same
 1308  procedure. If only one proposal is received, the authority may
 1309  negotiate in good faith, and if it is not satisfied with the
 1310  results, it may, at its sole discretion, terminate negotiations
 1311  with the proposer. The authority may, at its discretion, reject
 1312  all proposals at any point in the process up to completion of a
 1313  contract with the proposer.
 1314         Section 28. Subsection (3) of section 348.7605, Florida
 1315  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1316         348.7605 Public-private partnership.—The Legislature
 1317  declares that there is a public need for the rapid construction
 1318  of safe and efficient transportation facilities for traveling
 1319  within the state and that it is in the public’s interest to
 1320  provide for public-private partnership agreements to effectuate
 1321  the construction of additional safe, convenient, and economical
 1322  transportation facilities.
 1323         (3) The authority may request proposals for public-private
 1324  transportation projects or, if it receives an unsolicited
 1325  proposal, it must publish a notice in the Florida Administrative
 1326  Register and as provided in chapter 50 a newspaper of general
 1327  circulation in the county in which it is located at least once a
 1328  week for 2 weeks stating that it has received the proposal and
 1329  will accept, for 60 days after the initial date of publication,
 1330  other proposals for the same project purpose. A copy of the
 1331  notice must be mailed to each local government in the affected
 1332  areas. After the public notification period has expired, the
 1333  authority shall rank the proposals in order of preference. In
 1334  ranking the proposals, the authority shall consider professional
 1335  qualifications, general business terms, innovative engineering
 1336  or cost-reduction terms, finance plans, and the need for state
 1337  funds to deliver the proposal. If the authority is not satisfied
 1338  with the results of the negotiations, it may, at its sole
 1339  discretion, terminate negotiations with the proposer. If these
 1340  negotiations are unsuccessful, the authority may go to the
 1341  second and lower-ranked firms, in order, using the same
 1342  procedure. If only one proposal is received, the authority may
 1343  negotiate in good faith, and if it is not satisfied with the
 1344  results, it may, at its sole discretion, terminate negotiations
 1345  with the proposer. The authority may, at its discretion, reject
 1346  all proposals at any point in the process up to completion of a
 1347  contract with the proposer.
 1348         Section 29. Section 373.0397, Florida Statutes, is amended
 1349  to read:
 1350         373.0397 Floridan and Biscayne aquifers; designation of
 1351  prime groundwater recharge areas.—Upon preparation of an
 1352  inventory of prime groundwater recharge areas for the Floridan
 1353  or Biscayne aquifers, but before prior to adoption by the
 1354  governing board, the water management district shall publish a
 1355  legal notice of public hearing on the designated areas for the
 1356  Floridan and Biscayne aquifers, with a map delineating the
 1357  boundaries of the areas, as provided in newspapers defined in
 1358  chapter 50 in each county as having general circulation within
 1359  the area to be affected. The notice shall be at least one-fourth
 1360  page and shall read as follows:
 1361  
 1362                      NOTICE OF PRIME RECHARGE                     
 1363                          AREA DESIGNATION                         
 1364  
 1365         The ...(name of taxing authority)... proposes to designate
 1366  specific land areas as areas of prime recharge to the ...(name
 1367  of aquifer)... Aquifer.
 1368         All concerned citizens are invited to attend a public
 1369  hearing on the proposed designation to be held on ...(date and
 1370  time)... at ...(meeting place)....
 1371         A map of the affected areas follows.
 1372  
 1373  The governing board of the water management district shall adopt
 1374  a designation of prime groundwater recharge areas to the
 1375  Floridan and Biscayne aquifers by rule within 120 days after the
 1376  public hearing, subject to the provisions of chapter 120.
 1377         Section 30. Section 373.146, Florida Statutes, is amended
 1378  to read:
 1379         373.146 Publication of notices, process, and papers.—
 1380         (1) Whenever in this chapter the publication of any notice,
 1381  process, or paper is required or provided for, unless otherwise
 1382  provided by law, the publication thereof in some newspaper or
 1383  newspapers as provided defined in chapter 50 in each county
 1384  having general circulation within the area to be affected shall
 1385  be taken and considered as being sufficient.
 1386         (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
 1387  contrary, and except in the case of emergency meetings, water
 1388  management districts may provide reasonable notice of public
 1389  meetings held to evaluate responses to solicitations issued by
 1390  the water management district, by publication as provided in
 1391  chapter 50 in a newspaper of general paid circulation in the
 1392  county where the principal office of the water management
 1393  district is located, or in the county or counties where the
 1394  public work will be performed, no less than 7 days before such
 1395  meeting.
 1396         Section 31. Subsection (12) of section 403.722, Florida
 1397  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1398         403.722 Permits; hazardous waste disposal, storage, and
 1399  treatment facilities.—
 1400         (12) On the same day of filing with the department of an
 1401  application for a permit for the construction modification, or
 1402  operation of a hazardous waste facility, the applicant shall
 1403  notify each city and county within 1 mile of the facility of the
 1404  filing of the application and shall publish notice of the filing
 1405  of the application. The applicant shall publish a second notice
 1406  of the filing within 14 days after the date of filing. Each
 1407  notice shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation
 1408  in the county in which the facility is located or is proposed to
 1409  be located as provided in chapter 50. Notwithstanding the
 1410  provisions of chapter 50, for purposes of this section, a
 1411  “newspaper of general circulation” shall be the newspaper within
 1412  the county in which the installation or facility is proposed
 1413  which has the largest daily circulation in that county and has
 1414  its principal office in that county. If the newspaper with the
 1415  largest daily circulation has its principal office outside the
 1416  county, the notice shall appear in both the newspaper with the
 1417  largest daily circulation in that county, and a newspaper
 1418  authorized to publish legal notices in that county. The notice
 1419  shall contain:
 1420         (a) The name of the applicant and a brief description of
 1421  the project and its location.
 1422         (b) The location of the application file and when it is
 1423  available for public inspection.
 1424  
 1425  The notice shall be prepared by the applicant and shall comply
 1426  with the following format:
 1427  
 1428                        Notice of Application                      
 1429  The Department of Environmental Protection announces receipt of
 1430  an application for a permit from ...(name of applicant)... to
 1431  ...(brief description of project).... This proposed project will
 1432  be located at ...(location)... in ...(county)... ...(city)....
 1433  
 1434  This application is being processed and is available for public
 1435  inspection during normal business hours, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.,
 1436  Monday through Friday, except legal holidays, at ...(name and
 1437  address of office)....
 1438         Section 32. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section
 1439  712.06, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1440         712.06 Contents of notice; recording and indexing.—
 1441         (3) The person providing the notice referred to in s.
 1442  712.05, other than a notice for preservation of a community
 1443  covenant or restriction, shall:
 1444         (b) Publish the notice referred to in s. 712.05 for 2
 1445  consecutive weeks on the legal notice website as provided in s.
 1446  50.0311, or once a week, for 2 consecutive weeks in a newspaper
 1447  as defined in chapter 50, the notice referred to in s. 712.05,
 1448  with the official record book and page number in which such
 1449  notice was recorded, in a newspaper as defined in chapter 50 in
 1450  the county in which the property is located.
 1451         Section 33. Subsection (5) of section 849.38, Florida
 1452  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1453         849.38 Proceedings for forfeiture; notice of seizure and
 1454  order to show cause.—
 1455         (5) If the value of the property seized is shown by the
 1456  sheriff’s return to have an appraised value of $1,000 or less,
 1457  the above citation shall be served by posting at three public
 1458  places in the county, one of which shall be the front door of
 1459  the courthouse; if the value of the property is shown by the
 1460  sheriff’s return to have an approximate value of more than
 1461  $1,000, the citation shall be published for at least 2
 1462  consecutive weeks on the legal notice website as provided in s.
 1463  50.0311 or at least once each week for 2 consecutive weeks in
 1464  some newspaper of general publication published in the county,
 1465  if there be such a newspaper published in the county and if not,
 1466  then said notice of such publication shall be made by
 1467  certificate of the clerk if publication is made by posting, and
 1468  by affidavit as provided in chapter 50, if made by publication
 1469  as provided in chapter 50 in a newspaper, which affidavit or
 1470  certificate shall be filed and become a part of the record in
 1471  the cause. Failure of the record to show proof of such
 1472  publication shall not affect any judgment made in the cause
 1473  unless it shall affirmatively appear that no such publication
 1474  was made.
 1475         Section 34. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section
 1476  865.09, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1477         865.09 Fictitious name registration.—
 1478         (3) REGISTRATION.—
 1479         (a) A person may not engage in business under a fictitious
 1480  name unless the person first registers the name with the
 1481  division by filing a registration listing:
 1482         1. The name to be registered.
 1483         2. The mailing address of the business.
 1484         3. The name and address of each registrant.
 1485         4. If the registrant is a business entity that was required
 1486  to file incorporation or similar documents with its state of
 1487  organization when it was organized, such entity must be
 1488  registered with the division and in active status with the
 1489  division; provide its Florida document registration number; and
 1490  provide its federal employer identification number if the entity
 1491  has such a number.
 1492         5. Certification by at least one registrant that the
 1493  intention to register such fictitious name has been advertised
 1494  as provided at least once in a newspaper as defined in chapter
 1495  50 in the county in which the principal place of business of the
 1496  registrant is or will be located.
 1497         6. Any other information the division may reasonably deem
 1498  necessary to adequately inform other governmental agencies and
 1499  the public as to the registrant so conducting business.
 1500         Section 35. Paragraph (a) of subsection (6) of section
 1501  932.704, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1502         932.704 Forfeiture proceedings.—
 1503         (6)(a) If the property is required by law to be titled or
 1504  registered, or if the owner of the property is known in fact to
 1505  the seizing agency, or if the seized property is subject to a
 1506  perfected security interest in accordance with the Uniform
 1507  Commercial Code, chapter 679, the attorney for the seizing
 1508  agency shall serve the forfeiture complaint as an original
 1509  service of process under the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure
 1510  and other applicable law to each person having an ownership or
 1511  security interest in the property. The seizing agency shall also
 1512  publish, in accordance with chapter 50, notice of the forfeiture
 1513  complaint for 2 consecutive weeks on the legal notice website as
 1514  provided in s. 50.0311 or once each week for 2 consecutive weeks
 1515  in a newspaper of general circulation, as defined in s. 165.031,
 1516  in the county where the seizure occurred.
 1517         Section 36. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.
 1518  
 1519  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
 1520  And the title is amended as follows:
 1521         Delete everything before the enacting clause
 1522  and insert:
 1523                        A bill to be entitled                      
 1524         An act relating to legal notices; creating s. 28.46,
 1525         F.S.; requiring the Florida Association of Court
 1526         Clerks and Comptrollers, Inc., to establish and
 1527         maintain an Internet database regarding financial
 1528         obligations owed by felons; specifying requirements
 1529         for the database; amending s. 50.011, F.S.; providing
 1530         for the publication of legal notices on a legal notice
 1531         database website established by the association;
 1532         amending ss. 50.021, 50.0211, and 50.031, F.S.;
 1533         conforming provisions to changes made by the act;
 1534         creating s. 50.0311, F.S.; defining terms; authorizing
 1535         certain legal notices and advertisements to be
 1536         published on the legal notice database website
 1537         established by the association, in lieu of newspaper
 1538         publication; providing that such legal notifications
 1539         be posted to the website following payment of a fee;
 1540         providing limitations for, and for the adjustment of,
 1541         such fees; specifying what constitutes adequate notice
 1542         for any notice or advertisement posted on the website;
 1543         providing requirements and limitations regarding the
 1544         operation of the website; providing that certain
 1545         revenue be used toward the association’s felon
 1546         financial obligations website; providing for the
 1547         deposit of any remaining excess revenue into specified
 1548         trust funds; specifying that a certain portion of
 1549         remaining excess revenue may be pledged toward
 1550         operating costs of the legal notice website; amending
 1551         s. 50.041, F.S.; removing provisions relating to the
 1552         publication of legal notices in newspapers; amending
 1553         s. 50.051, F.S.; revising a form for affidavits of
 1554         publication; amending s. 50.0711, F.S.; revising
 1555         provisions relating to the use of court docket funds;
 1556         amending s. 83.806, F.S.; providing that an
 1557         advertisement of a sale or disposition of property may
 1558         be published on the legal notice website for a
 1559         specified time period; amending s. 775.089, F.S.;
 1560         revising provisions governing the collection and
 1561         disbursement of restitution payments; requiring the
 1562         Department of Collections to report certain
 1563         restitution data to the association for display on the
 1564         felon financial obligations website; amending ss.
 1565         11.02, 45.031, 121.0511, 121.055, 125.66, 162.12,
 1566         166.041, 189.015, 190.005, 190.046, 194.037, 197.402,
 1567         200.065, 338.223, 348.0308, 348.635, 348.7605,
 1568         373.0397, 373.146, 403.722, 712.06, 849.38, 865.09,
 1569         and 932.704, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes
 1570         made by the act; providing an effective date.