Florida Senate - 2023                   (PROPOSED BILL) SPB 2502
       
       
        
       FOR CONSIDERATION By the Committee on Appropriations
       
       
       
       
       
       576-02087-23                                          20232502pb
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act implementing the 2023-2024 General
    3         Appropriations Act; providing legislative intent;
    4         incorporating by reference certain calculations of the
    5         Florida Education Finance Program; providing that
    6         funds for instructional materials must be released and
    7         expended as required in the General Appropriations
    8         Act; amending s. 1013.62, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal
    9         year specified charter school capital outlay funding
   10         provisions; providing for the future expiration and
   11         reversion of specified statutory text; amending s.
   12         1011.62, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year
   13         authorization for the Legislature to provide a funding
   14         compression and hold harmless allocation; modifying
   15         the manner of prorating appropriations made under the
   16         funding compression and hold harmless allocation;
   17         revising district school board authorizations relating
   18         to categorical funds; providing for the future
   19         expiration and reversion of specified statutory text;
   20         reenacting s. 1001.26(1), F.S., relating to the public
   21         broadcasting program system; providing for the future
   22         expiration and reversion of specified statutory text;
   23         amending s. 1002.45, F.S.; revising the limitation on
   24         enrollment of full-time equivalent virtual students
   25         residing outside of school districts; providing for
   26         the future expiration and reversion of specified
   27         statutory text; amending s. 1011.62, F.S.; revising
   28         the cost factor for secondary career education
   29         programs; providing for the future expiration and
   30         reversion of specified statutory text; amending s.
   31         1002.995, F.S.; requiring the Department of Education
   32         to provide incentives to school readiness personnel in
   33         a specified fiscal year who meet certain requirements;
   34         amending s. 1001.42, F.S.; authorizing school
   35         districts to adopt specified salary incentives and
   36         other strategies under certain circumstances;
   37         specifying that certain salary incentives and
   38         strategies are not subject to collective bargaining
   39         requirements; providing for the future expiration and
   40         reversion of specified statutory text; amending s.
   41         1009.895, F.S.; deleting definitions; requiring the
   42         Open Door Grant Program to be administered by
   43         specified entities; providing eligibility
   44         requirements; providing what the grant award may
   45         cover; providing requirements for the distribution of
   46         funds; requiring institutions to make specified
   47         reports to the Department of Education; deleting the
   48         requirement to distribute a specified grant in certain
   49         ratios; providing for the future expiration and
   50         reversion of specified statutory text; amending s.
   51         1011.62, F.S.; authorizing certain funding in a
   52         specified fiscal year to be used to provide salary
   53         increases to specified personnel; amending s.
   54         1011.687, F.S.; requiring the Education Estimating
   55         Conference to include specified forecasts relating to
   56         the K-12 scholarship programs; requiring the
   57         Department of Education to report certain students in
   58         support of the conference; specifying that a school
   59         district is not required to report students who are
   60         receiving a scholarship under the scholarship
   61         programs; providing for the calculation of scholarship
   62         awards; establishing the K-12 Education Scholarship
   63         Program Allocation; providing requirements relating to
   64         funds for the allocation; authorizing the Agency for
   65         Health Care Administration, in consultation with the
   66         Department of Health, to submit a budget amendment to
   67         realign funding for specified purposes; specifying
   68         requirements for such realignment; authorizing the
   69         agency to request nonoperating budget authority for
   70         transferring certain federal funds to the Department
   71         of Health; authorizing the Agency for Health Care
   72         Administration to submit a budget amendment to realign
   73         Medicaid funding for specified purposes, subject to
   74         certain limitations; authorizing the Agency for Health
   75         Care Administration and the Department of Health to
   76         each submit a budget amendment to realign funding
   77         within the Florida Kidcare program appropriation
   78         categories or increase budget authority for certain
   79         purposes; specifying the time period within which each
   80         budget amendment must be submitted; amending s.
   81         381.986, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year the
   82         exemption of certain rules pertaining to the medical
   83         use of marijuana from certain rulemaking requirements;
   84         amending s. 14, chapter 2017-232, Laws of Florida;
   85         exempting certain rules pertaining to medical
   86         marijuana adopted to replace emergency rules from
   87         specified rulemaking requirements; providing for the
   88         future expiration and reversion of specified law;
   89         authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration
   90         to submit budget amendments seeking additional
   91         spending authority to implement specified programs;
   92         requiring institutions participating in a specified
   93         workforce expansion and education program to provide
   94         quarterly reports to the agency; authorizing the
   95         agency to submit a budget amendment seeking additional
   96         spending authority to implement the Low Income Pool
   97         component of the Florida Managed Medical Assistance
   98         Demonstration; requiring a signed attestation and
   99         acknowledgment for entities relating to the Low Income
  100         Pool; authorizing the Department of Children and
  101         Families to submit a budget amendment to realign
  102         funding within the specified areas of the department
  103         based on implementation for the Guardianship
  104         Assistance Program; authorizing the Department of
  105         Children and Families to submit a budget amendment to
  106         realign funding within the Family Safety Program for
  107         specified purposes; authorizing the Department of
  108         Children and Families, Department of Health, and
  109         Agency for Health Care Administration to submit budget
  110         amendments to increase budget authority to support
  111         certain refugee programs; requiring the Department of
  112         Children and Families to submit quarterly reports to
  113         the Executive Office of the Governor and the
  114         Legislature; requiring certain sheriffs’ offices to
  115         transfer child protective investigation services to
  116         the Department of Children and Families; authorizing
  117         the Department of Children and Families to submit
  118         budget amendments to realign funding within the Family
  119         Safety program for specified purposes; authorizing the
  120         Department of Children and Families to submit budget
  121         amendments to increase budget authority to support
  122         specified federal grant programs; authorizing the
  123         Department of Health to submit a budget amendment to
  124         increase budget authority for the Supplemental
  125         Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children
  126         (WIC) and the Child Care Food Program if a certain
  127         condition is met; authorizing the Department of Health
  128         to submit a budget amendment to increase budget
  129         authority for the HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment
  130         Program if a certain condition is met; authorizing the
  131         Department of Health to submit a budget amendment to
  132         increase budget authority for the department if
  133         additional federal revenues specific to COVID-19
  134         relief funds become available; requiring the Agency
  135         for Health Care Administration to replace the Florida
  136         Medicaid Management Information System (FMMIS) and
  137         fiscal agent operations with a specified new system;
  138         specifying items that may not be included in the new
  139         system; providing directives to the agency related to
  140         the new system, the Florida Health Care Connection
  141         (FX) system; requiring the agency to meet certain
  142         requirements in replacing FMMIS and the current
  143         Medicaid fiscal agent; requiring the agency to
  144         implement a project governance structure that includes
  145         an executive steering committee; providing procedures
  146         for use by the executive steering committee; providing
  147         responsibilities of the executive steering committee;
  148         requiring the agency, in consultation with the
  149         Department of Health, the Agency for Persons with
  150         Disabilities, the Department of Children and Families,
  151         and the Department of Corrections, to competitively
  152         procure a contract with a vendor to negotiate prices
  153         for certain prescribed drugs and biological products;
  154         providing requirements for such contract; authorizing
  155         the Agency for Persons with Disabilities to submit
  156         budget amendments to transfer funding from the
  157         Salaries and Benefits appropriation categories for a
  158         specified purpose; requiring the Department of Health
  159         to exclude a specific amount of money from the General
  160         Revenue Fund when calculating the allocation of funds
  161         to certain cancer centers under a specified law;
  162         requiring the department to distribute the excluded
  163         funds to certain cancer centers using a specified
  164         methodology; amending s. 216.262, F.S.; extending for
  165         1 fiscal year the authority of the Department of
  166         Corrections to submit a budget amendment for
  167         additional positions and appropriations under certain
  168         circumstances; requiring review and approval by the
  169         Legislative Budget Commission; amending s. 215.18,
  170         F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year the authority and
  171         related repayment requirements for temporary trust
  172         fund loans to the state court system which are
  173         sufficient to meet the system’s appropriation;
  174         requiring the Department of Juvenile Justice to review
  175         county juvenile detention payments to determine
  176         whether a county has met specified financial
  177         responsibilities; requiring amounts owed by the county
  178         for such financial responsibilities to be deducted
  179         from certain county funds; requiring the Department of
  180         Revenue to transfer withheld funds to a specified
  181         trust fund; requiring the Department of Revenue to
  182         ensure that such reductions in amounts distributed do
  183         not reduce distributions below amounts necessary for
  184         certain payments due on bonds and to comply with bond
  185         covenants; requiring the Department of Revenue to
  186         notify the Department of Juvenile Justice if bond
  187         payment requirements mandate a reduction in deductions
  188         for amounts owed by a county; reenacting s. 27.40(1),
  189         (2)(a), (3)(a), (5), (6), and (7), F.S., relating to
  190         court-appointed counsel; extending for 1 fiscal year
  191         provisions governing the appointment of court
  192         appointed counsel; providing for the future expiration
  193         and reversion of specified statutory text; reenacting
  194         and amending s. 27.5304, F.S.; revising compensation
  195         limits for representation pursuant to a court
  196         appointment for specified proceedings; extending for 1
  197         fiscal year limitations on compensation for
  198         representation in criminal proceedings; providing for
  199         the future expiration and reversion of specified
  200         statutory text; requiring the Department of Management
  201         Services to use tenant broker services to renegotiate
  202         or reprocure certain private lease agreements for
  203         office or storage space; requiring the Department of
  204         Management Services to provide a report to the
  205         Governor and the Legislature by a specified date;
  206         prohibiting an agency from transferring funds from a
  207         data processing category to another category that is
  208         not a data processing category; authorizing the
  209         Executive Office of the Governor to transfer funds
  210         between departments for purposes of aligning amounts
  211         paid for risk management insurance and for human
  212         resources services purchased per statewide contract;
  213         authorizing the Department of Management Services to
  214         use a specified percentage of facility disposition
  215         funds to offset relocation expenses; authorizing the
  216         Department of Management Services to use certain
  217         facility disposition funds from the Architects
  218         Incidental Trust Fund to pay for certain relocation
  219         expenses; authorizing the Department of Management
  220         Services to submit budget amendments for certain
  221         purposes related to the relocation; requiring the
  222         Department of Financial Services to replace specified
  223         components of the Florida Accounting Information
  224         Resource Subsystem (FLAIR) and the Cash Management
  225         Subsystem (CMS); specifying certain actions to be
  226         taken by the Department of Financial Services
  227         regarding FLAIR and CMS replacement; providing for the
  228         composition of an executive steering committee to
  229         oversee FLAIR and CMS replacement; prescribing duties
  230         and responsibilities of the executive steering
  231         committee; reenacting s. 282.709(3), F.S., relating to
  232         the state agency law enforcement radio system and
  233         interoperability network; providing for future
  234         expiration and reversion of specified statutory text;
  235         authorizing state agencies and other eligible users of
  236         the Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System to use the
  237         Department of Management Services contract to purchase
  238         equipment and services; requiring a specified
  239         transaction fee percentage for use of the online
  240         procurement system; amending s. 24.105, F.S.;
  241         specifying how Department of the Lottery rules are to
  242         be adopted, except certain rules for 1 fiscal year
  243         regarding the commission for lottery ticket sales;
  244         limiting additional retailer compensation in a
  245         specified manner; providing for the future expiration
  246         and reversion of specified statutory text; amending s.
  247         717.123, F.S.; requiring the Department of Financial
  248         Services to retain certain funds relating to unclaimed
  249         property and make specified payments; authorizing the
  250         Department of Revenue to use the unexpended balance of
  251         specified funds as provided in the General
  252         Appropriations Act; specifying that taxpayers filing a
  253         claim for a specified refund are not entitled to
  254         interest on the amount refunded; amending s. 627.351,
  255         F.S.; authorizing the Citizens Property Insurance
  256         Corporation to adopt certain policy forms; authorizing
  257         the corporation to contract with the Division of
  258         Administrative Hearings to conduct certain proceedings
  259         and resolve specified disputes; amending s. 215.18,
  260         F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year the authority of the
  261         Governor, if there is a specified temporary deficiency
  262         in a land acquisition trust fund in the Department of
  263         Agriculture and Consumer Services, the Department of
  264         Environmental Protection, the Department of State, or
  265         the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, to
  266         transfer funds from other trust funds in the State
  267         Treasury as a temporary loan to such trust fund;
  268         providing a deadline for the repayment of a temporary
  269         loan; requiring the Department of Environmental
  270         Protection to transfer designated proportions of the
  271         revenues deposited in the Land Acquisition Trust Fund
  272         within the department to land acquisition trust funds
  273         in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer
  274         Services, the Department of State, and the Fish and
  275         Wildlife Conservation Commission according to
  276         specified parameters and calculations; defining the
  277         term “department”; requiring the Department of
  278         Environmental Protection to make transfers to land
  279         acquisition trust funds monthly; specifying the method
  280         of determining transfer amounts; authorizing the
  281         Department of Environmental Protection to advance
  282         funds from its land acquisition trust fund to the Fish
  283         and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s land
  284         acquisition trust fund for specified purposes;
  285         amending s. 259.105, F.S.; providing for the
  286         distribution of proceeds from the Florida Forever
  287         Trust Fund for the 2023-2024 fiscal year; reenacting
  288         s. 570.93(1)(a), F.S., relating to the agricultural
  289         water conservation program of the Department of
  290         Agriculture and Consumer Services; extending for 1
  291         fiscal year provisions governing administration of a
  292         cost-share program; providing for the future
  293         expiration and reversion of specified statutory text;
  294         reenacting s. 376.3071(15)(g), F.S., relating to the
  295         Inland Protection Trust Fund; exempting specified
  296         costs incurred by certain petroleum storage system
  297         owners or operators during a specified period from the
  298         prohibition against making payments in excess of
  299         amounts approved by the Department of Environmental
  300         Protection; providing for the future expiration and
  301         reversion of specified statutory text; exempting the
  302         Department of Environmental Protection from the
  303         competitive procurement requirements for certain
  304         commodities or contractual services in order to
  305         expedite the closure of the Piney Point facility
  306         located in Manatee County; authorizing the Department
  307         of Agriculture and Consumer Services to reorganize
  308         departmental units without specified approval;
  309         requiring the Department of Citrus to enter into
  310         agreements to expedite the increased production of
  311         disease free citrus trees and commercialize certain
  312         technologies; specifying a timeframe for entering into
  313         such agreements; requiring a specified certification;
  314         amending s. 321.04, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year
  315         the requirement that the Department of Highway Safety
  316         and Motor Vehicles assign one or more patrol officers
  317         to the office of Lieutenant Governor for security
  318         purposes, upon request of the Governor; extending for
  319         1 fiscal year the requirement that the Department of
  320         Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles assign a patrol
  321         officer to a Cabinet member under certain
  322         circumstances; amending s. 288.80125, F.S.; extending
  323         for 1 fiscal year a requirement that funds in the
  324         Triumph Gulf Coast Trust Fund be related to Hurricane
  325         Michael recovery; amending s. 288.8013, F.S.;
  326         authorizing earnings and interest generated by the
  327         Triumph Gulf Coast Trust Fund to be retained and used
  328         to make specified awards; providing for the future
  329         expiration and reversion of specified statutory text;
  330         amending s. 339.08, F.S.; appropriating funds to the
  331         State Transportation Trust Fund from the General
  332         Revenue Fund or the Discretionary Sales Surtax
  333         Clearing Trust Fund as appropriated in the General
  334         Appropriations Act; requiring the Department of
  335         Transportation to track and account for such funds in
  336         a specified manner; amending s. 339.135, F.S.;
  337         extending by 1 fiscal year the authority for the chair
  338         and vice chair of the Legislative Budget Commission to
  339         approve certain work program amendments under
  340         specified circumstances; amending s. 338.165, F.S.;
  341         extending for 1 fiscal year a prohibition on adjusting
  342         toll rates for inflation; creating s. 250.245, F.S.;
  343         establishing the Florida National Guard Joint
  344         Enlistment Enhancement Program within the Department
  345         of Military Affairs; providing the purpose of the
  346         program; defining the term “recruiting assistant”;
  347         providing eligibility requirements for participation
  348         in the program; requiring the Adjutant General to
  349         provide specified compensation to recruiting
  350         assistants; requiring the Department of Military
  351         Affairs, in cooperation with the Florida National
  352         Guard, to adopt rules; authorizing the Division of
  353         Emergency Management to submit budget amendments to
  354         increase budget authority for certain project
  355         expenditures; amending s. 112.061, F.S.; extending for
  356         1 fiscal year the authorization for the Lieutenant
  357         Governor to designate an alternative official
  358         headquarters under certain conditions; specifying
  359         restrictions, limitations, eligibility for the
  360         subsistence allowance, reimbursement of transportation
  361         expenses, and payment thereof; requiring the
  362         Department of Management Services to release certain
  363         competitive procurements by a specified date;
  364         providing requirements for such procurements;
  365         providing legislative intent; authorizing the
  366         department to enter into contracts that may require
  367         the payment of administrative fees under a specified
  368         amount; requiring the department to maintain and offer
  369         the same health insurance options for participants of
  370         the State Group Health Insurance Program for the 2023
  371         2024 fiscal year as applied in the preceding fiscal
  372         year; prohibiting a state agency from initiating a
  373         competitive solicitation for a product or service
  374         under certain circumstances; providing an exception;
  375         providing that the annual salaries of the members of
  376         the Legislature be maintained at a specified level;
  377         reenacting s. 215.32(2)(b), F.S., relating to the
  378         authorization for transferring unappropriated cash
  379         balances from selected trust funds to the Budget
  380         Stabilization Fund and General Revenue Fund; providing
  381         for future expiration and reversion of specific
  382         statutory text; specifying the type of travel which
  383         may be used with state employee travel funds;
  384         providing exceptions; providing a monetary cap on
  385         lodging costs for state employee travel to certain
  386         meetings organized or sponsored by a state agency or
  387         the judicial branch; authorizing employees to expend
  388         their own funds for lodging expenses that exceed the
  389         monetary caps; authorizing state agencies to purchase
  390         vehicles from nonstate term contract vendors without
  391         prior approval from the Department of Management
  392         Services under certain circumstances; reenacting and
  393         amending s. 112.3144, F.S.; requiring the Commission
  394         on Ethics to accept federal income tax returns,
  395         financial statements, and other forms or attachments
  396         showing sources of income for a specified purpose;
  397         requiring a filer to include certain attachments and
  398         schedules with a filing under certain circumstances;
  399         deleting the prohibition on including a federal income
  400         tax return or a copy thereof for certain filings;
  401         requiring the commission to allow a filer to include
  402         attachments and other supporting documentation with
  403         his or her disclosure; revising the notice the
  404         commission sends to specified persons; requiring that
  405         disclosure statements be filed using the commission’s
  406         electronic filing system; deleting provisions relating
  407         to financial statements filed by mail; revising a
  408         provision requiring the commission to adopt a
  409         specified rule; providing for the future expiration
  410         and reversion of specified statutory text; reenacting
  411         and amending s. 112.3145, F.S.; deleting the
  412         prohibition on including a federal income tax return
  413         or a copy thereof for certain filings; requiring the
  414         commission to allow a filer to include attachments and
  415         other supporting documentation with his or her
  416         disclosure; revising the notice the commission sends
  417         to specified persons; providing for the future
  418         expiration and reversion of specified statutory text;
  419         providing conditions under which the veto of certain
  420         appropriations or proviso language in the General
  421         Appropriations Act voids language that implements such
  422         appropriation; providing for the continued operation
  423         of certain provisions notwithstanding a future repeal
  424         or expiration provided by the act; providing
  425         severability; providing for contingent retroactivity;
  426         providing effective dates.
  427          
  428  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
  429  
  430         Section 1. It is the intent of the Legislature that the
  431  implementing and administering provisions of this act apply to
  432  the General Appropriations Act for the 2023-2024 fiscal year.
  433         Section 2. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 5,
  434  6, 80, 81, and 81A of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act,
  435  the calculations of the Florida Education Finance Program for
  436  the 2023-2024 fiscal year included in the document titled
  437  “Public School Funding: The Florida Education Finance Program
  438  (FEFP) Fiscal Year 2023-2024,” dated March 23, 2023, and filed
  439  with the Secretary of the Senate, are incorporated by reference
  440  for the purpose of displaying the calculations used by the
  441  Legislature, consistent with the requirements of state law, in
  442  making appropriations for the Florida Education Finance Program.
  443  This section expires July 1, 2024.
  444         Section 3. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 5
  445  and 80 of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, and
  446  notwithstanding ss. 1002.20, 1003.02, 1006.28-1006.42,
  447  1011.62(6)(b)3., and 1011.67, Florida Statutes, relating to the
  448  expenditure of funds provided for instructional materials, for
  449  the 2023-2024 fiscal year, funds provided for instructional
  450  materials shall be released and expended as required in the
  451  proviso language for Specific Appropriation 80 of the 2023-2024
  452  General Appropriations Act. This section expires July 1, 2024.
  453         Section 4. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 15
  454  of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding
  455  the expiration date in section 5 of chapter 2022-157, Laws of
  456  Florida, subsection (1) of section 1013.62, Florida Statutes, is
  457  amended to read:
  458         1013.62 Charter schools capital outlay funding.—
  459         (1) For the 2023-2024 2022-2023 fiscal year, charter school
  460  capital outlay funding shall consist of state funds appropriated
  461  in the 2023-2024 2022-2023 General Appropriations Act. Beginning
  462  in fiscal year 2024-2025 2023-2024, charter school capital
  463  outlay funding shall consist of state funds when such funds are
  464  appropriated in the General Appropriations Act and revenue
  465  resulting from the discretionary millage authorized in s.
  466  1011.71(2) if the amount of state funds appropriated for charter
  467  school capital outlay in any fiscal year is less than the
  468  average charter school capital outlay funds per unweighted full
  469  time equivalent student for the 2018-2019 fiscal year,
  470  multiplied by the estimated number of charter school students
  471  for the applicable fiscal year, and adjusted by changes in the
  472  Consumer Price Index issued by the United States Department of
  473  Labor from the previous fiscal year. Nothing in this subsection
  474  prohibits a school district from distributing to charter schools
  475  funds resulting from the discretionary millage authorized in s.
  476  1011.71(2).
  477         (a) To be eligible to receive capital outlay funds, a
  478  charter school must:
  479         1.a. Have been in operation for 2 or more years;
  480         b. Be governed by a governing board established in the
  481  state for 2 or more years which operates both charter schools
  482  and conversion charter schools within the state;
  483         c. Be an expanded feeder chain of a charter school within
  484  the same school district that is currently receiving charter
  485  school capital outlay funds;
  486         d. Have been accredited by a regional accrediting
  487  association as defined by State Board of Education rule;
  488         e. Serve students in facilities that are provided by a
  489  business partner for a charter school-in-the-workplace pursuant
  490  to s. 1002.33(15)(b); or
  491         f. Be operated by a hope operator pursuant to s. 1002.333.
  492         2. Have an annual audit that does not reveal any of the
  493  financial emergency conditions provided in s. 218.503(1) for the
  494  most recent fiscal year for which such audit results are
  495  available.
  496         3. Have satisfactory student achievement based on state
  497  accountability standards applicable to the charter school.
  498         4. Have received final approval from its sponsor pursuant
  499  to s. 1002.33 for operation during that fiscal year.
  500         5. Serve students in facilities that are not provided by
  501  the charter school’s sponsor.
  502         (b) A charter school is not eligible to receive capital
  503  outlay funds if it was created by the conversion of a public
  504  school and operates in facilities provided by the charter
  505  school’s sponsor for a nominal fee, or at no charge, or if it is
  506  directly or indirectly operated by the school district.
  507         Section 5. The amendments to s. 1013.62(1), Florida
  508  Statutes, made by this act expire July 1, 2024, and the text of
  509  that subsection shall revert to that in existence on June 30,
  510  2020, except that any amendments to such text enacted other than
  511  by this act shall be preserved and continue to operate to the
  512  extent that such amendments are not dependent upon the portions
  513  of text which expire pursuant to this section.
  514         Section 6. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 5
  515  and 80 of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, subsection
  516  (18) is added to section 1011.62, Florida Statutes, to read:
  517         1011.62 Funds for operation of schools.—If the annual
  518  allocation from the Florida Education Finance Program to each
  519  district for operation of schools is not determined in the
  520  annual appropriations act or the substantive bill implementing
  521  the annual appropriations act, it shall be determined as
  522  follows:
  523         (18)FUNDING COMPRESSION AND HOLD HARMLESS ALLOCATION.—The
  524  Legislature may provide an annual funding compression and hold
  525  harmless allocation in the General Appropriations Act. The
  526  allocation is created to provide additional funding to a school
  527  district if the school district’s total funds per FTE in the
  528  prior year were less than the statewide average or if the school
  529  district’s district cost differential in the current year is
  530  less than the prior year. The total allocation shall be
  531  distributed to eligible school districts as follows:
  532         (a)Using the most recent prior year FEFP calculation for
  533  each eligible school district, subtract the total school
  534  district funds per FTE from the state average funds per FTE, not
  535  including any adjustments made pursuant to paragraph (15)(b).
  536  The resulting funds per FTE difference, or a portion thereof, as
  537  designated in the General Appropriations Act, shall then be
  538  multiplied by the school district’s total unweighted FTE.
  539         (b)Multiply the absolute value of the difference between
  540  the eligible school district’s current year district cost
  541  differential and the prior year district cost differential by a
  542  hold harmless factor as designated in the General Appropriations
  543  Act. The result is the district cost differential hold harmless
  544  index. Multiply the index by the eligible school district’s
  545  weighted FTE and by the base student allocation as designated in
  546  the General Appropriations Act.
  547         (c)For each district, select the greater of the amounts
  548  calculated in paragraphs (a) and (b) and upon summation, if the
  549  total amount is greater than the amount included in the General
  550  Appropriations Act, the allocation shall be prorated to the
  551  appropriation amount based on each participating school
  552  district’s share.
  553  
  554  This subsection expires July 1, 2024.
  555         Section 7. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 5
  556  and 80 of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, subsection
  557  (6) of section 1011.62, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  558         1011.62 Funds for operation of schools.—If the annual
  559  allocation from the Florida Education Finance Program to each
  560  district for operation of schools is not determined in the
  561  annual appropriations act or the substantive bill implementing
  562  the annual appropriations act, it shall be determined as
  563  follows:
  564         (6) CATEGORICAL FUNDS.—
  565         (a) In addition to the basic amount for current operations
  566  for the FEFP as determined in subsection (1), the Legislature
  567  may appropriate categorical funding for specified programs,
  568  activities, or purposes.
  569         (b) If a district school board determines finds and
  570  declares in a resolution adopted at a regular meeting of the
  571  school board that some or all of the funds received for any of
  572  the following categorical appropriations are urgently needed to
  573  maintain or enhance school board specified academic classroom
  574  instruction, maintain or expand career and technical education
  575  instruction, or improve school safety, the school board may
  576  consider and approve an amendment to the school district
  577  operating budget transferring the identified amount of the
  578  categorical funds to the appropriate account for expenditure:
  579         1. Funds for student transportation.
  580         2. Funds for instructional materials if all instructional
  581  material purchases necessary to provide updated materials that
  582  are aligned with applicable state standards and course
  583  descriptions and that meet statutory requirements of content and
  584  learning have been completed for that fiscal year, but no sooner
  585  than March 1. Funds available after March 1 may be used to
  586  purchase computers and device hardware for student instruction
  587  that comply with the requirements of s. 1001.20(4)(a)1.b.
  588         3. Funds for the guaranteed allocation as provided in
  589  subparagraph (1)(e)2.
  590         4. Funds for the supplemental academic instruction
  591  allocation as provided in paragraph (1)(f).
  592         5. Funds for the evidence-based reading instruction
  593  allocation as provided in subsection (8).
  594         6. Funds for the federally connected student supplement as
  595  provided in subsection (10).
  596         7.6. Funds for class size reduction as provided in s.
  597  1011.685.
  598         (c) Each district school board shall include in its annual
  599  financial report to the Department of Education the amount of
  600  funds the school board transferred from each of the categorical
  601  funds identified in this subsection and the specific academic
  602  classroom instruction, career and technical education
  603  instruction, or school safety need for which the transferred
  604  funds were expended. The Department of Education shall provide
  605  instructions and specify the format to be used in submitting
  606  this required information as a part of the district annual
  607  financial report. The Department of Education shall submit a
  608  report to the Legislature that identifies by district and by
  609  categorical fund the amount transferred and the specific
  610  academic classroom activity, career and technical education
  611  activity, or school safety need for which the funds were
  612  expended.
  613         Section 8. The amendments to s. 1011.62(6), Florida
  614  Statutes, made by this act expire July 1, 2024, and the text of
  615  that subsection shall revert to that in existence on June 30,
  616  2023, except that any amendments to such text enacted other than
  617  by this act shall be preserved and continue to operate to the
  618  extent that such amendments are not dependent upon the portions
  619  of text which expire pursuant to this section.
  620         Section 9. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 110
  621  of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding
  622  the expiration date in section 8 of chapter 2022-157, Laws of
  623  Florida, subsection (1) of section 1001.26, Florida Statutes, is
  624  reenacted to read:
  625         1001.26 Public broadcasting program system.—
  626         (1) There is created a public broadcasting program system
  627  for the state. The department shall provide funds, as
  628  specifically appropriated in the General Appropriations Act, to
  629  educational television stations qualified by the Corporation for
  630  Public Broadcasting or public colleges and universities that are
  631  part of the public broadcasting program system. The program
  632  system must include:
  633         (a) Support for existing Corporation for Public
  634  Broadcasting qualified program system educational television
  635  stations.
  636         (b) Maintenance of quality broadcast capability for
  637  educational stations that are part of the program system.
  638         (c) Interconnection of all educational stations that are
  639  part of the program system for simultaneous broadcast and of
  640  such stations with all universities and other institutions as
  641  necessary for sharing of resources and delivery of programming.
  642         (d) Establishment and maintenance of a capability for
  643  statewide program distribution with facilities and staff,
  644  provided such facilities and staff complement and strengthen
  645  existing educational television stations.
  646         (e) Provision of both statewide programming funds and
  647  station programming support for educational television to meet
  648  statewide priorities. Priorities for station programming need
  649  not be the same as priorities for programming to be used
  650  statewide. Station programming may include, but shall not be
  651  limited to, citizens’ participation programs, music and fine
  652  arts programs, coverage of public hearings and governmental
  653  meetings, equal air time for political candidates, and other
  654  public interest programming.
  655         Section 10. The text of s. 1001.26(1), Florida Statutes, as
  656  carried forward from chapter 2018-18, Laws of Florida, by this
  657  act, expires July 1, 2024, and the text of that subsection shall
  658  revert to that in existence on June 30, 2018, except that any
  659  amendment enacted other than by this act shall be preserved and
  660  continue to operate to the extent that such amendments are not
  661  dependent upon the portions of text which expire pursuant to
  662  this section.
  663         Section 11. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 80
  664  of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, paragraph (e) of
  665  subsection (1) of section 1002.45, Florida Statutes, is amended
  666  to read:
  667         1002.45 Virtual instruction programs.—
  668         (1) PROGRAM.—
  669         (e) Each school district shall:
  670         1. Provide to the department by each October 1, a copy of
  671  each contract and the amount paid per unweighted full-time
  672  equivalent virtual student for services procured pursuant to
  673  subparagraphs (c)1. and 2.
  674         2. Expend any difference in the amount of funds per
  675  unweighted full-time equivalent virtual student allocated to the
  676  school district pursuant to subsection (6) and the amount paid
  677  per unweighted full-time equivalent virtual student by the
  678  school district for a contract executed pursuant to subparagraph
  679  (c)1. or subparagraph (c)2. on acquiring computer and device
  680  hardware and associated operating system software that comply
  681  with the requirements of s. 1001.20(4)(a)1.b.
  682         3. Provide to the department by September 1 of each year an
  683  itemized list of items acquired in subparagraph 2.
  684         4. Limit the enrollment of full-time equivalent virtual
  685  students residing outside of the school district providing the
  686  virtual instruction pursuant to paragraph (c) to no more than
  687  those that can be funded from state funds 50 percent of the
  688  total enrolled full-time equivalent virtual students residing
  689  inside the school district providing the virtual instruction.
  690  This subparagraph applies to any virtual instruction contract or
  691  agreement that is entered into for the first time after June 30,
  692  2021. However, a school district may not enroll more full-time
  693  equivalent virtual students residing outside of the school
  694  district than the total number of reported full-time equivalent
  695  students residing inside the school district.
  696         Section 12. The amendments to s. 1002.45(1)(e), Florida
  697  Statutes, made by this act expire July 1, 2024, and the text of
  698  that paragraph shall revert to that in existence on June 30,
  699  2023, except that any amendments to such text enacted other than
  700  by this act shall be preserved and continue to operate to the
  701  extent that such amendments are not dependent upon the portions
  702  of text which expire pursuant to this section.
  703         Section 13. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 80
  704  of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, paragraph (c) of
  705  subsection (1) of section 1011.62, Florida Statutes, is amended
  706  to read:
  707         1011.62 Funds for operation of schools.—If the annual
  708  allocation from the Florida Education Finance Program to each
  709  district for operation of schools is not determined in the
  710  annual appropriations act or the substantive bill implementing
  711  the annual appropriations act, it shall be determined as
  712  follows:
  713         (1) COMPUTATION OF THE BASIC AMOUNT TO BE INCLUDED FOR
  714  OPERATION.—The following procedure shall be followed in
  715  determining the annual allocation to each district for
  716  operation:
  717         (c) Determination of programs.—Cost factors based on
  718  desired relative cost differences between the following programs
  719  shall be established in the annual General Appropriations Act.
  720  The cost factor for secondary career education programs must be
  721  greater than the cost factor for and basic programs grade 9
  722  through 12 shall be equal. The Commissioner of Education shall
  723  specify a matrix of services and intensity levels to be used by
  724  districts in the determination of the two weighted cost factors
  725  for exceptional students with the highest levels of need. For
  726  these students, the funding support level shall fund the
  727  exceptional students’ education program, with the exception of
  728  extended school year services for students with disabilities.
  729         1. Basic programs.—
  730         a. Kindergarten and grades 1, 2, and 3.
  731         b. Grades 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8.
  732         c. Grades 9, 10, 11, and 12.
  733         2. Programs for exceptional students.—
  734         a. Support Level IV.
  735         b. Support Level V.
  736         3. Secondary career education programs.
  737         4. English for Speakers of Other Languages.
  738         Section 14. The amendments to s. 1011.62(1)(c), Florida
  739  Statutes, made by this act expire July 1, 2024, and the text of
  740  that paragraph shall revert to that in existence on June 30,
  741  2023, except that any amendments to such text enacted other than
  742  by this act shall be preserved and continue to operate to the
  743  extent that such amendments are not dependent upon the portions
  744  of text which expire pursuant to this section.
  745         Section 15. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
  746  76 and 96 of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, paragraph
  747  (c) of subsection (1) of section 1002.995, Florida Statutes, is
  748  amended to read:
  749         1002.995 Early learning professional development standards
  750  and career pathways.—
  751         (1) The department shall:
  752         (c) Subject to the appropriation of funds by the
  753  Legislature, provide incentives to school readiness personnel
  754  who meet the requirements of:
  755         1. Section 1002.88(1)(e) s. 1002.88(1)(e) and
  756  prekindergarten instructors who meet the requirements specified
  757  in s. 1002.55, s. 1002.61, or s. 1002.63 and who possess a
  758  reading certification or endorsement or a literacy micro
  759  credential as specified in s. 1003.485 and teach students in the
  760  school readiness program or the voluntary prekindergarten
  761  education program; or
  762         2. For the 2023-2024 fiscal year, s. 1002.88(1)(e) and
  763  prekindergarten instructors who meet the requirements specified
  764  in s. 1002.55, s. 1002.61, or s. 1002.63 and who possess a
  765  reading certification or endorsement or a literacy micro
  766  credential as specified in s. 1003.485 and work in the child
  767  care or early learning setting. This subparagraph expires July
  768  1, 2024.
  769         Section 16. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 5
  770  and 80 of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, subsection
  771  (21) of section 1001.42, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  772         1001.42 Powers and duties of district school board.—The
  773  district school board, acting as a board, shall exercise all
  774  powers and perform all duties listed below:
  775         (21) EDUCATIONAL EMERGENCY.—Negotiate special provisions of
  776  its contract with the appropriate bargaining units To free
  777  schools with a school grade of “D” or “F” from contract
  778  restrictions that limit the school’s ability to implement
  779  programs and strategies needed to improve student performance, a
  780  district school board may adopt salary incentives or other
  781  strategies that address. The negotiations shall result in a
  782  memorandum of understanding that addresses the selection,
  783  placement, compensation, and expectations of instructional
  784  personnel and provides principals with the autonomy described in
  785  s. 1012.28(8). For purposes of this subsection, an educational
  786  emergency exists in a school district if one or more schools in
  787  the district have a school grade of “D” or “F.” Notwithstanding
  788  chapter 447, relating to collective bargaining, a district
  789  school board may:
  790         (a) Provide salary incentives that differentiate based on a
  791  teacher’s certification, subject area taught, or grade level
  792  taught. Such incentives are not subject to collective bargaining
  793  requirements.
  794         (b) Notwithstanding s. 1012.2315 relating to assignment of
  795  teachers, adopt strategies to assign high-quality teachers more
  796  equitably across schools in the district to low-performing
  797  schools as a management right. Such strategies are not subject
  798  to collective bargaining requirements.
  799         Section 17. The amendments to s. 1001.42(21), Florida
  800  Statutes, made by this act expire July 1, 2024, and the text of
  801  that subsection shall revert to that in existence on June 30,
  802  2023, except that any amendments to such text enacted other than
  803  by this act shall be preserved and continue to operate to the
  804  extent that such amendments are not dependent upon the portions
  805  of text which expire pursuant to this section.
  806         Section 18. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
  807  59B of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, section
  808  1009.895, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  809         1009.895 Open Door Grant Program.—
  810         (1) ESTABLISHMENT; PURPOSE.—As used in this section, the
  811  term:
  812         (a) “Cost of the program” means the cost of tuition, fees,
  813  examination, books, and materials to a student enrolled in an
  814  eligible program.
  815         (b) “Department” means the Department of Education.
  816         (c) “Institution” means school district postsecondary
  817  technical career centers under s. 1001.44, Florida College
  818  System institutions under s. 1000.21(3), charter technical
  819  career centers under s. 1002.34, and school districts with
  820  eligible integrated education and training programs.
  821         (d) “Program” means a noncredit industry certification
  822  preparation, clock hour career certificate programs, or for
  823  credit short-term career and technical education programs that
  824  result in the award of credentials identified under s.
  825  445.004(4).
  826         (e) “Student” means a person who is a resident of this
  827  state as determined under s. 1009.21 and is unemployed,
  828  underemployed, or furloughed.
  829         (2) The Open Door Grant Program is established and shall be
  830  administered by participating institutions in accordance with
  831  rules of the State Board of Education. The program is created to
  832  incentivize for the purpose of:
  833         (a) Creating and sustaining a demand-driven supply of
  834  credentialed workers for high-demand occupations by addressing
  835  and closing the gap between the skills needed by workers in the
  836  state and the skills of the available workforce in the state.
  837         (b) Expanding the affordability of workforce training and
  838  credentialing.
  839         (c)Increasing the interest of current and future workers
  840  to enroll in short-term, high-demand career and technical
  841  education that leads to a credential, credentialing and
  842  certificate, or degree programs.
  843         (2)ELIGIBILITY.—In order to be eligible for the program, a
  844  student must:
  845         (a) Meet the requirements under s. 1009.40(1)(a)2. and 3.;
  846         (b) Be enrolled in a workforce education program as defined
  847  under s. 1011.80(1); and
  848         (c) Be enrolled at a school district postsecondary
  849  technical career center under s. 1001.44, a Florida College
  850  System institution under s. 1000.21(3), or a charter technical
  851  career center under s. 1002.34.
  852  
  853  An institution may not impose additional criteria to determine a
  854  student’s eligibility to receive a grant under this section.
  855         (3) GRANT AWARD.—A student is eligible to receive an award
  856  equal to the amount needed to cover 100 percent of the cost for
  857  the eligible program after all other federal and state financial
  858  aid is applied. These costs may include, but are not limited to,
  859  tuition and fees, exam or assessment costs, books, materials, or
  860  other college-related expenses such as personal computers,
  861  housing, or transportation. The institution shall make awards
  862  subject to availability of funding. Returning students must be
  863  given priority over new students.
  864         (4) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.—
  865         (a) For the 2023-2024 fiscal year, funding for eligible
  866  institutions must consist of a base amount provided for in the
  867  General Appropriations Act plus each institution’s proportionate
  868  share of full-time equivalent students enrolled in workforce
  869  education programs. Beginning in the 2024-2025 fiscal year, the
  870  funds appropriated for the Open Door Grant Program must be
  871  distributed to eligible institutions in accordance with a
  872  formula approved by the State Board of Education. The formula
  873  must consider at least the prior year’s distribution of funds
  874  and the number of eligible applicants who did not receive
  875  awards.
  876         (b) Subject to the appropriation of funds by the
  877  Legislature, the Department of Education shall transmit payment
  878  of grants to the institution in advance of the registration
  879  period. Institutions shall notify students of the amount of
  880  their awards.
  881         (c) The eligibility status of each student to receive a
  882  disbursement must be determined by each institution as of the
  883  end of its regular registration period, inclusive of a drop-add
  884  period. Institutions may not be required to reevaluate a
  885  student’s eligibility status after this date for purposes of
  886  changing eligibility determinations previously made.
  887         (d) Each term, institutions shall certify to the department
  888  within 30 days after the end of the regular registration period
  889  the amount of funds disbursed to each student. Institutions
  890  shall remit to the department any undisbursed advances for the
  891  fall, spring, and summer terms within 30 days after the end of
  892  the summer term.
  893         (5) INSTITUTIONAL REPORTING.—Each institution shall report
  894  to the department by the established date:
  895         (a) The number of students eligible for the program for
  896  each academic term. Each institution shall also report to the
  897  department any necessary demographic and eligibility data for
  898  students; and
  899         (3) The department shall provide grants to institutions on
  900  a first-come, first-serve basis for students who enroll in an
  901  eligible program. The department shall prioritize funding for
  902  integrated education and training programs in which institutions
  903  establish partnerships with local workforce development boards
  904  to provide basic skills instruction, contextually and
  905  concurrently, with workforce training that results in the award
  906  of credentials under s. 445.004(4). One-quarter of the
  907  appropriated funds must be prioritized to serve students
  908  attending rural institutions. No more than one-quarter of the
  909  appropriated funds may be disbursed annually to any eligible
  910  institution.
  911         (4) Subject to the availability of funds:
  912         (a) A student who enrolls in an eligible program offered by
  913  an institution and who does not receive state or federal
  914  financial aid may apply for and be awarded a grant to cover two
  915  thirds of the cost of the program, if at the time of enrollment
  916  the student pays one-third of the cost of the program and signs
  917  an agreement to either complete the program or pay an additional
  918  one-third of the cost of the program in the event of
  919  noncompletion. The department shall reimburse the institution in
  920  an amount equal to one-third of the cost of the program upon a
  921  student’s completion of the program. An additional one-third
  922  shall be provided upon attainment of a workforce credential or
  923  certificate by the student. Grant funds may be used to cover the
  924  student’s one-third of the cost of the program for students in
  925  integrated education and training programs and students who do
  926  not have a high school diploma and meet the requirements
  927  established by the department. An institution may cover the
  928  student’s one-third of the cost of the program based on student
  929  need, as determined by the institution.
  930         (b) A student receiving state or federal financial aid who
  931  enrolls in an eligible program offered by an institution may
  932  apply for and be awarded a grant to cover the unmet need of the
  933  cost of the program after the application of all eligible
  934  financial aid. Financial aid and grants received by the student
  935  shall be credited first to the student’s costs before the award
  936  of an open door grant. After a student is enrolled in an
  937  eligible program, the department shall award the grant to the
  938  institution for the amount of unmet need for the eligible
  939  student.
  940         (5) The department may not reimburse any institution more
  941  than $3,000 per completed workforce training program by an
  942  eligible student.
  943         (6) The department shall administer the grant and shall
  944  carry out the goals and purposes of the grant set forth in
  945  subsection (2). In administering the grant, the department
  946  shall:
  947         (a) Require eligible institutions to provide student
  948  specific data.
  949         (b) Undertake periodic assessments of the overall success
  950  of the grant program and recommend modifications, interventions,
  951  and other actions based on such assessments.
  952         (c) Establish the procedure by which eligible institutions
  953  shall notify the department when eligible students enroll in
  954  eligible programs.
  955         (d) Require each eligible institution to Submit a report
  956  with data from the previous fiscal year on program completion
  957  and credential attainment by students participating in the grant
  958  program that, at a minimum, includes:
  959         1. A list of the programs offered.
  960         2. The number of students who enrolled in the programs.
  961         3. The number of students who completed the programs.
  962         4. The number of students who attained workforce
  963  credentials, categorized by credential name and relevant
  964  occupation, after completing training programs.
  965         5. The average cost per workforce credential attained,
  966  categorized by credential name and relevant occupation.
  967         (6)(7)REPORTING.—The department shall compile the data
  968  provided under paragraph (5)(b) (6)(d) and annually report such
  969  aggregate data, in the aggregate and categorize such information
  970  by eligible institution, to the State Board of Education. The
  971  report shall also include information on the average wage, age,
  972  gender, race, ethnicity, veteran status, and other relevant
  973  information, of students who have completed workforce training
  974  programs categorized by credential name and relevant occupation.
  975         (7)(8)RULES.—The State Board of Education shall adopt
  976  rules to implement this section.
  977         Section 19. The amendments to s. 1009.895, Florida
  978  Statutes, made by this act expire July 1, 2024, and the text of
  979  that section shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 2023,
  980  except that any amendments to such text enacted other than by
  981  this act shall be preserved and continue to operate to the
  982  extent that such amendments are not dependent upon the portions
  983  of text which expire pursuant to this section.
  984         Section 20. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 5
  985  and 80 of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, paragraph
  986  (f) is added to subsection (14) of section 1011.62, Florida
  987  Statutes, to read:
  988         1011.62 Funds for operation of schools.—If the annual
  989  allocation from the Florida Education Finance Program to each
  990  district for operation of schools is not determined in the
  991  annual appropriations act or the substantive bill implementing
  992  the annual appropriations act, it shall be determined as
  993  follows:
  994         (14) TEACHER SALARY INCREASE ALLOCATION.—The Legislature
  995  may annually provide in the Florida Education Finance Program a
  996  teacher salary increase allocation to assist school districts in
  997  their recruitment and retention of classroom teachers and other
  998  instructional personnel. The amount of the allocation shall be
  999  specified in the General Appropriations Act.
 1000         (f) For fiscal year 2023-2024, any additional funding
 1001  appropriated for the teacher salary increase allocation above
 1002  the amount provided in fiscal year 2022-2023 may be used to
 1003  provide salary increases for the following personnel in a manner
 1004  that best meets the needs of the school district or charter
 1005  school:
 1006         1. Full-time classroom teachers, as defined in s.
 1007  1012.01(2)(a), plus certified prekindergarten teachers funded in
 1008  the Florida Education Finance Program. This subparagraph does
 1009  not apply to substitute teachers.
 1010         2. Other full-time instructional personnel as defined in s.
 1011  1012.01(2)(b), (c), and (d).
 1012  
 1013  This paragraph expires July 1, 2024.
 1014         Section 21. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 1015  81A of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, section
 1016  1011.687, Florida Statutes, is created to read:
 1017         1011.687 K-12 Education Scholarship Program Funding.—
 1018         (1) ESTIMATING CONFERENCE.—The Education Estimating
 1019  Conference shall include forecasts for the number of K-12
 1020  scholarship eligible students and the appropriations required to
 1021  fund the full award amounts for the K-12 scholarship programs.
 1022         (a) The department shall report all students who are
 1023  receiving a scholarship under the Family Empowerment Scholarship
 1024  Program or the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program separately
 1025  by district, grade, program, and scholarship award type to
 1026  support the estimating conference. An eligible nonprofit
 1027  scholarship-funding organization must provide the department
 1028  with all the documentation necessary to verify a student’s
 1029  participation.
 1030         (b) Notwithstanding s. 1002.394(7), a school district is
 1031  not required to report students who are receiving a scholarship
 1032  under the scholarship programs.
 1033         (2) SCHOLARSHIP AWARD CALCULATIONS.—Notwithstanding s.
 1034  1002.394 or s. 1002.395, a student FTE scholarship amount for a
 1035  Family Empowerment Scholarship awarded pursuant to s. 1002.394
 1036  or a Florida Tax Credit Scholarship awarded pursuant to s.
 1037  1002.395 shall be calculated as follows:
 1038         (a)The calculated scholarship amount for a participating
 1039  student must be based upon the grade level and school district
 1040  in which the student was assigned.
 1041         (b)For the 2023-2024 school year, the student award
 1042  amounts are the award amounts established for the 2022-2023
 1043  school year plus the percentage change increase as provided in
 1044  the General Appropriations Act.
 1045         (c)Beginning in the 2024-2025 school year, and every
 1046  school year thereafter, award amounts may be adjusted based on
 1047  the percentage change increase as provided in the General
 1048  Appropriations Act.
 1049         (d)For purposes of this calculation, one student FTE is
 1050  equivalent to four quarterly scholarship payments. A student who
 1051  receives funding for the program for less than a full year shall
 1052  be a fraction of an FTE.
 1053         (3) SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING ALLOCATION.—The K-12 Education
 1054  Scholarship Program Allocation is established to provide funds
 1055  to implement the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program provided
 1056  in s. 1002.394.
 1057         (a)Funds for the scholarship allocation shall be provided
 1058  for student FTE in each county in the amount prescribed in the
 1059  General Appropriations Act, from state funds only.
 1060         (b)If the amount of funds provided in the allocation is
 1061  less than the amount of funds necessary to cover the awards for
 1062  all eligible students with approved applications, the department
 1063  may submit budget amendments pursuant to chapter 216 to request
 1064  release of additional funds if such funds are appropriated to
 1065  the department pursuant to the General Appropriations Act, and
 1066  which are held in reserve. Such funds shall be provided to the
 1067  eligible nonprofit scholarship-funding organization to fund the
 1068  awards for such students.
 1069         (4)EXPIRATION.—This section expires July 1, 2024.
 1070         Section 22. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 1071  197 through 223 and 539 of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations
 1072  Act, and notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida
 1073  Statutes, the Agency for Health Care Administration, in
 1074  consultation with the Department of Health, may submit a budget
 1075  amendment, subject to the notice, review, and objection
 1076  procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, to realign funding
 1077  within and between agencies based on implementation of the
 1078  managed medical assistance component of the Statewide Medicaid
 1079  Managed Care program for the Children’s Medical Services program
 1080  of the Department of Health. The funding realignment shall
 1081  reflect the actual enrollment changes due to the transfer of
 1082  beneficiaries from fee-for-service to the capitated Children’s
 1083  Medical Services network. The Agency for Health Care
 1084  Administration may submit a request for nonoperating budget
 1085  authority to transfer the federal funds to the Department of
 1086  Health pursuant to s. 216.181(12), Florida Statutes. This
 1087  section expires July 1, 2024.
 1088         Section 23. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 1089  197 through 223 of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, and
 1090  notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes, the
 1091  Agency for Health Care Administration may submit a budget
 1092  amendment, subject to the notice, review, and objection
 1093  procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, to realign funding
 1094  within the Medicaid program appropriation categories to address
 1095  projected surpluses and deficits within the program and to
 1096  maximize the use of state trust funds. A single budget amendment
 1097  shall be submitted in the last quarter of the 2023-2024 fiscal
 1098  year only. This section expires July 1, 2024.
 1099         Section 24. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 1100  176 through 181 and 539 of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations
 1101  Act, and notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida
 1102  Statutes, the Agency for Health Care Administration and the
 1103  Department of Health may each submit a budget amendment, subject
 1104  to the notice, review, and objection procedures of s. 216.177,
 1105  Florida Statutes, to realign funding within the Florida Kidcare
 1106  program appropriation categories, or to increase budget
 1107  authority in the Children’s Medical Services network category,
 1108  to address projected surpluses and deficits within the program
 1109  or to maximize the use of state trust funds. A single budget
 1110  amendment must be submitted by each agency in the last quarter
 1111  of the 2023-2024 fiscal year only. This section expires July 1,
 1112  2024.
 1113         Section 25. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 1114  490 through 494 of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act,
 1115  subsection (17) of section 381.986, Florida Statutes, is amended
 1116  to read:
 1117         381.986 Medical use of marijuana.—
 1118         (17) Rules adopted pursuant to this section before July 1,
 1119  2024 2023, are not subject to ss. 120.54(3)(b) and 120.541. This
 1120  subsection expires July 1, 2024 2023.
 1121         Section 26. Effective July 1, 2023, upon the expiration and
 1122  reversion of the amendments made to subsection (1) of section 14
 1123  of chapter 2017-232, Laws of Florida, pursuant to section 18 of
 1124  chapter 2022-157, Laws of Florida, and in order to implement
 1125  Specific Appropriations 490 through 494 of the 2023-2024 General
 1126  Appropriations Act, subsection (1) of section 14 of chapter
 1127  2017-232, Laws of Florida, is amended to read:
 1128         Section 14. Department of Health; authority to adopt rules;
 1129  cause of action.—
 1130         (1) EMERGENCY RULEMAKING.—
 1131         (a) The Department of Health and the applicable boards
 1132  shall adopt emergency rules pursuant to s. 120.54(4), Florida
 1133  Statutes, and this section necessary to implement s. 381.986 ss.
 1134  381.986 and 381.988, Florida Statutes. If an emergency rule
 1135  adopted under this section is held to be unconstitutional or an
 1136  invalid exercise of delegated legislative authority, and becomes
 1137  void, the department or the applicable boards may adopt an
 1138  emergency rule pursuant to this section to replace the rule that
 1139  has become void. If the emergency rule adopted to replace the
 1140  void emergency rule is also held to be unconstitutional or an
 1141  invalid exercise of delegated legislative authority and becomes
 1142  void, the department and the applicable boards must follow the
 1143  nonemergency rulemaking procedures of the Administrative
 1144  Procedures Act to replace the rule that has become void.
 1145         (b) For emergency rules adopted under this section, the
 1146  department and the applicable boards need not make the findings
 1147  required by s. 120.54(4)(a), Florida Statutes. Emergency rules
 1148  adopted under this section are exempt from ss. 120.54(3)(b) and
 1149  120.541, Florida Statutes. The department and the applicable
 1150  boards shall meet the procedural requirements in s. 120.54(4)(a)
 1151  s. 120.54(a), Florida Statutes, if the department or the
 1152  applicable boards have, before July 1, 2019 the effective date
 1153  of this act, held any public workshops or hearings on the
 1154  subject matter of the emergency rules adopted under this
 1155  subsection. Challenges to emergency rules adopted under this
 1156  subsection are subject to the time schedules provided in s.
 1157  120.56(5), Florida Statutes.
 1158         (c) Emergency rules adopted under this section are exempt
 1159  from s. 120.54(4)(c), Florida Statutes, and shall remain in
 1160  effect until replaced by rules adopted under the nonemergency
 1161  rulemaking procedures of the Administrative Procedures Act.
 1162  Rules adopted under the nonemergency rulemaking procedures of
 1163  the Administrative Procedures Act to replace emergency rules
 1164  adopted under this section are exempt from ss. 120.54(3)(b) and
 1165  120.541, Florida Statutes. By July 1, 2024 January 1, 2018, the
 1166  department and the applicable boards shall initiate nonemergency
 1167  rulemaking pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act to
 1168  replace all emergency rules adopted under this section by
 1169  publishing a notice of rule development in the Florida
 1170  Administrative Register. Except as provided in paragraph (a),
 1171  after July 1, 2024 January 1, 2018, the department and
 1172  applicable boards may not adopt rules pursuant to the emergency
 1173  rulemaking procedures provided in this section.
 1174         Section 27. The amendments to s. 14(1) of chapter 2017-232,
 1175  Laws of Florida, made by this act expire July 1, 2024, and the
 1176  text of that subsection shall revert to that in existence on
 1177  June 30, 2019, except that any amendments to such text enacted
 1178  other than by this act shall be preserved and continue to
 1179  operate to the extent that such amendments are not dependent
 1180  upon the portions of text which expire pursuant to this section.
 1181         Section 28. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 1182  203, 206, and 210 of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act,
 1183  the Agency for Health Care Administration may submit a budget
 1184  amendment pursuant to chapter 216, Florida Statutes, requesting
 1185  additional spending authority to implement the federally
 1186  approved Directed Payment Program for hospitals statewide
 1187  providing inpatient and outpatient services to Medicaid managed
 1188  care enrollees. This section expires July 1, 2024.
 1189         Section 29. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 1190  203, 206, and 210 of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act,
 1191  the Agency for Health Care Administration may submit a budget
 1192  amendment pursuant to chapter 216, Florida Statutes, requesting
 1193  additional spending authority to implement the federally
 1194  approved Directed Payment Program for cancer hospitals that meet
 1195  the criteria in 42 U.S.C. s. 1395ww(d)(1)(B)(v). This section
 1196  expires July 1, 2024.
 1197         Section 30. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 1198  202 of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, the Agency for
 1199  Health Care Administration may submit a budget amendment
 1200  pursuant to chapter 216, Florida Statutes, requesting additional
 1201  spending authority to implement the federally approved Indirect
 1202  Medical Education (IME) Program and a nursing workforce
 1203  expansion and education program for certain institutions
 1204  participating in a graduate medical education or nursing
 1205  education program. For institutions participating in the nursing
 1206  workforce expansion and education program, the budget amendment
 1207  must identify the educational institutions partnering with the
 1208  teaching hospital. Institutions participating in the nursing
 1209  workforce expansion and education program shall provide
 1210  quarterly reports to the agency detailing the number of nurses
 1211  participating in the program. This section expires July 1, 2024.
 1212         Section 31. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 1213  197 through 223 of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, the
 1214  Agency for Health Care Administration may submit a budget
 1215  amendment, subject to the notice, review, and objection
 1216  procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, to provide spending
 1217  authority to implement the Low Income Pool component of the
 1218  Florida Managed Medical Assistance Demonstration up to the total
 1219  computable funds authorized by the federal Centers for Medicare
 1220  and Medicaid Services. The budget amendment must include the
 1221  final terms and conditions of the Low Income Pool, a proposed
 1222  distribution model by entity, and a listing of entities
 1223  contributing intergovernmental transfers to support the state
 1224  match required. In addition, for each entity included in the
 1225  distribution model, a signed attestation must be provided that
 1226  includes the charity care cost upon which the Low Income Pool
 1227  payment is based and an acknowledgment that should the
 1228  distribution result in an overpayment based on the Low Income
 1229  Pool cost limit audit, the entity is responsible for returning
 1230  that overpayment to the agency for return to the federal Centers
 1231  for Medicare and Medicaid Services. This section expires July 1,
 1232  2024.
 1233         Section 32. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 1234  328, 330, 361, and 362 of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations
 1235  Act, and notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida
 1236  Statutes, the Department of Children and Families may submit a
 1237  budget amendment, subject to the notice, review, and objection
 1238  procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, to realign funding
 1239  within the department based on the implementation of the
 1240  Guardianship Assistance Program, between the specific
 1241  appropriations for guardianship assistance payments, foster care
 1242  Level 1 room and board payments, relative caregiver payments,
 1243  and nonrelative caregiver payments. This section expires July 1,
 1244  2024.
 1245         Section 33. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 1246  306 through 309, 314, 316, 317, 319, 320, and 327 through 330 of
 1247  the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding
 1248  ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes, the Department of
 1249  Children and Families may submit a budget amendment, subject to
 1250  the notice, review, and objection procedures of s. 216.177,
 1251  Florida Statutes, to realign funding within the Family Safety
 1252  Program to maximize the use of Title IV-E and other federal
 1253  funds. This section expires July 1, 2024.
 1254         Section 34. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 1255  197 through 199, 203, 206, 207, 209 through 211, 355, 365, 482,
 1256  499 through 501, 507, and 511 of the 2023-2024 General
 1257  Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292,
 1258  Florida Statutes, the Department of Children and Families,
 1259  Department of Health, and Agency for Health Care Administration
 1260  may submit budget amendments, subject to the notice, review, and
 1261  objection procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, to
 1262  increase budget authority to support refugee programs
 1263  administered by the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement due
 1264  to the ongoing instability of federal immigration policy and the
 1265  resulting inability of the state to reasonably predict, with
 1266  certainty, the budgetary need of this state with respect to the
 1267  number of refugees relocated to the state as part of those
 1268  federal programs. The Department of Children and Families shall
 1269  submit quarterly reports to the Executive Office of the
 1270  Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the
 1271  House of Representatives on the number of refugees entering the
 1272  state, the nations of origin of such refugees, and current
 1273  expenditure projections. This section expires July 1, 2024.
 1274         Section 35. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 1275  293, 306 through 309, 314 through 316, 327, and 327A of the
 1276  2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding ss.
 1277  39.3065, 216.181, and 216.292, Florida Statutes, no later than
 1278  December 31, 2023, the Broward, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco,
 1279  Pinellas, Seminole, and Walton County sheriffs’ offices that
 1280  have entered into grant agreements with the Department of
 1281  Children and Families shall transfer child protective
 1282  investigative services to the department. Each sheriff’s office
 1283  and the department shall designate a mutually agreed upon date
 1284  by which the transfer is to be finalized. The department may
 1285  submit budget amendments, subject to the notice, review, and
 1286  objection procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, to realign
 1287  funding within the Family Safety Program to transition child
 1288  protective investigations from the Broward, Hillsborough,
 1289  Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Seminole, and Walton County sheriffs’
 1290  offices to the department. This section expires July 1, 2024.
 1291         Section 36. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 1292  358 through 360, 372 through 378, and 383 through 387 of the
 1293  2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding ss.
 1294  216.181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes, the Department of
 1295  Children and Families, may submit budget amendments, subject to
 1296  the notice, review, and objection procedures of s. 216.177,
 1297  Florida Statutes, to increase budget authority to support the
 1298  following federal grant programs: the Supplemental Nutrition
 1299  Assistance Grant Program, the American Rescue Plan Grant, the
 1300  State Opioid Response Grant, the Substance Abuse Prevention and
 1301  Treatment Block Grant, and the Mental Health Block Grant. This
 1302  section expires July 1, 2024.
 1303         Section 37. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 1304  469 and 471 of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, and
 1305  notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes, the
 1306  Department of Health may submit a budget amendment, subject to
 1307  the notice, review, and objection procedures of s. 216.177,
 1308  Florida Statutes, to increase budget authority for the
 1309  Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children
 1310  (WIC) and the Child Care Food Program if additional federal
 1311  revenues will be expended in the 2023-2024 fiscal year. This
 1312  section expires July 1, 2024.
 1313         Section 38. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 1314  478 and 523 of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, and
 1315  notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes, the
 1316  Department of Health may submit a budget amendment, subject to
 1317  the notice, review, and objection procedures of s. 216.177,
 1318  Florida Statutes, to increase budget authority for the HIV/AIDS
 1319  Prevention and Treatment Program if additional federal revenues
 1320  specific to HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment become available
 1321  in the 2023-2024 fiscal year. This section expires July 1, 2024.
 1322         Section 39. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 1323  432 through 567 of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, and
 1324  notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes, the
 1325  Department of Health may submit a budget amendment, subject to
 1326  the notice, review, and objection procedures of s. 216.177,
 1327  Florida Statutes, to increase budget authority for the
 1328  department if additional federal revenues specific to COVID-19
 1329  relief funds become available in the 2023-2024 fiscal year. This
 1330  section expires July 1, 2024.
 1331         Section 40. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 1332  191 and 192A through 192E of the 2023-2024 General
 1333  Appropriations Act:
 1334         (1)The Agency for Health Care Administration shall replace
 1335  the current Florida Medicaid Management Information System
 1336  (FMMIS) and fiscal agent operations with a system that is
 1337  modular, interoperable, and scalable for the Florida Medicaid
 1338  program that complies with all applicable federal and state laws
 1339  and requirements. The agency may not include in the project to
 1340  replace the current FMMIS and fiscal agent contract:
 1341         (a)Functionality that duplicates any of the information
 1342  systems of the other health and human services state agencies;
 1343         (b)Procurement for agency requirements external to
 1344  Medicaid programs with the intent to leverage the Medicaid
 1345  technology infrastructure for other purposes without legislative
 1346  appropriation or legislative authorization to procure these
 1347  requirements. The new system, the Florida Health Care Connection
 1348  (FX) system, must provide better integration with subsystems
 1349  supporting Florida’s Medicaid program; uniformity, consistency,
 1350  and improved access to data; and compatibility with the Centers
 1351  for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Medicaid Information
 1352  Technology Architecture (MITA) as the system matures and expands
 1353  its functionality; or
 1354         (c)Any contract executed after July 1, 2022, not including
 1355  staff augmentation services purchased off the Department of
 1356  Management Services Information Technology staff augmentation
 1357  state term contract that are not deliverables based fixed price
 1358  contracts.
 1359         (2)For purposes of replacing FMMIS and the current
 1360  Medicaid fiscal agent, the Agency for Health Care Administration
 1361  shall:
 1362         (a)Prioritize procurements for the replacement of the
 1363  current functions of FMMIS and the responsibilities of the
 1364  current Medicaid fiscal agent, to minimize the need to extend
 1365  all or portions of the current fiscal agent contract.
 1366         (b)Comply with and not exceed the Centers for Medicare and
 1367  Medicaid Services funding authorizations for the FX system.
 1368         (c)Ensure compliance and uniformity with the published
 1369  MITA framework and guidelines.
 1370         (d)Ensure that all business requirements and technical
 1371  specifications have been provided to all affected state agencies
 1372  for their review and input and approved by the executive
 1373  steering committee established in paragraph (g).
 1374         (e)Consult with the Executive Office of the Governor’s
 1375  working group for interagency information technology integration
 1376  for the development of competitive solicitations that provide
 1377  for data interoperability and shared information technology
 1378  services across the state’s health and human services agencies.
 1379         (f)Implement a data governance structure for the project
 1380  to coordinate data sharing and interoperability across state
 1381  health care entities.
 1382         (g)Implement a project governance structure that includes
 1383  an executive steering committee composed of:
 1384         1.The Secretary of Health Care Administration, or the
 1385  executive sponsor of the project.
 1386         2.A representative of the Division of Operations of the
 1387  Agency for Health Care Administration, appointed by the
 1388  Secretary of Health Care Administration.
 1389         3.Two representatives from the Division of Medicaid of the
 1390  Agency for Health Care Administration, appointed by the
 1391  Secretary of Health Care Administration.
 1392         4.A representative of the Division of Health Quality
 1393  Assurance of the Agency for Health Care Administration,
 1394  appointed by the Secretary of Health Care Administration.
 1395         5.A representative of the Florida Center for Health
 1396  Information and Transparency of the Agency for Health Care
 1397  Administration, appointed by the Secretary of Health Care
 1398  Administration.
 1399         6.The Chief Information Officer of the Agency for Health
 1400  Care Administration, or his or her designee.
 1401         7.The state chief information officer, or his or her
 1402  designee.
 1403         8.Two representatives of the Department of Children and
 1404  Families, appointed by the Secretary of Children and Families.
 1405         9.A representative of the Department of Health, appointed
 1406  by the State Surgeon General.
 1407         10.A representative of the Agency for Persons with
 1408  Disabilities, appointed by the director of the Agency for
 1409  Persons with Disabilities.
 1410         11.A representative from the Florida Healthy Kids
 1411  Corporation.
 1412         12.A representative from the Department of Elderly
 1413  Affairs, appointed by the Secretary of Elderly Affairs.
 1414         13.A representative of the Department of Financial
 1415  Services who has experience with the state’s financial
 1416  processes, including development of the PALM system, appointed
 1417  by the Chief Financial Officer.
 1418         (3)The Secretary of Health Care Administration or the
 1419  executive sponsor of the project shall serve as chair of the
 1420  executive steering committee, and the committee shall take
 1421  action by a vote of at least 10 affirmative votes with the chair
 1422  voting on the prevailing side. A quorum of the executive
 1423  steering committee consists of at least 11 members.
 1424         (4)The executive steering committee has the overall
 1425  responsibility for ensuring that the project to replace FMMIS
 1426  and the Medicaid fiscal agent meets its primary business
 1427  objectives and shall:
 1428         (a)Identify and recommend to the Executive Office of the
 1429  Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the
 1430  House of Representatives any statutory changes needed to
 1431  implement the modular replacement to standardize, to the fullest
 1432  extent possible, the state’s health care data and business
 1433  processes.
 1434         (b)Review and approve any changes to the project’s scope,
 1435  schedule, and budget which do not conflict with the requirements
 1436  of subsections (1) and (2).
 1437         (c)Ensure that adequate resources are provided throughout
 1438  all phases of the project.
 1439         (d)Approve all major project deliverables.
 1440         (e)Review and verify that all procurement and contractual
 1441  documents associated with the replacement of the current FMMIS
 1442  and Medicaid fiscal agent align with the scope, schedule, and
 1443  anticipated budget for the project.
 1444         (5)This section expires July 1, 2024.
 1445         Section 41. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 1446  210, 211, 265, 277, 340, 501, and 523 of the 2023-2024 General
 1447  Appropriations Act, the Agency for Health Care Administration,
 1448  in consultation with the Department of Health, the Agency for
 1449  Persons with Disabilities, the Department of Children and
 1450  Families, and the Department of Corrections, shall competitively
 1451  procure a contract with a vendor to negotiate, for these
 1452  agencies, prices for prescribed drugs and biological products
 1453  excluded from the programs established under s. 381.02035,
 1454  Florida Statutes, and ineligible under 21 U.S.C. s. 384,
 1455  including, but not limited to, insulin and epinephrine. The
 1456  contract may allow the vendor to directly purchase these
 1457  products for participating agencies when feasible and
 1458  advantageous. The contracted vendor will be compensated on a
 1459  contingency basis, paid from a portion of the savings achieved
 1460  by its price negotiation or purchase of the prescription drugs
 1461  and products. This section expires July 1, 2024.
 1462         Section 42. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 1463  256, 263, 264, 275, and 276 of the 2023-2024 General
 1464  Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292,
 1465  Florida Statutes, the Agency for Persons with Disabilities may
 1466  submit budget amendments, subject to the notice, review, and
 1467  objection procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, to
 1468  transfer funding from the Salaries and Benefits appropriation
 1469  categories to categories used for contractual services in order
 1470  to support additional staff augmentation resources needed at the
 1471  Developmental Disability Centers. This section expires July 1,
 1472  2024.
 1473         Section 43. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 1474  464 of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, and
 1475  notwithstanding the allocation calculation under s. 381.915,
 1476  Florida Statutes, from funds appropriated in the General Revenue
 1477  Fund to the Department of Health, the department shall exclude
 1478  $37,771,257 from the calculation for the distribution of funds
 1479  pursuant to s. 381.915, Florida Statutes. The funds remaining in
 1480  the General Revenue Fund shall first be distributed pursuant to
 1481  the allocation formula in s. 381.915, Florida Statutes, and the
 1482  excluded funds shall then be distributed to the cancer centers
 1483  participating in the Florida Consortium of National Cancer
 1484  Institute Centers Program in the same proportion as is required
 1485  to be allocated to each cancer center in s. 381.915, Florida
 1486  Statutes. This section expires July 1, 2024.
 1487         Section 44. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 1488  598 through 705 and 718 through 753 of the 2023-2024 General
 1489  Appropriations Act, subsection (4) of section 216.262, Florida
 1490  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1491         216.262 Authorized positions.—
 1492         (4) Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter relating
 1493  to increasing the number of authorized positions, and for the
 1494  2023-2024 2022-2023 fiscal year only, if the actual inmate
 1495  population of the Department of Corrections exceeds the inmate
 1496  population projections of the February 13, 2023 January 13,
 1497  2022, Criminal Justice Estimating Conference by 1 percent for 2
 1498  consecutive months or 2 percent for any month, the Executive
 1499  Office of the Governor, with the approval of the Legislative
 1500  Budget Commission, shall immediately notify the Criminal Justice
 1501  Estimating Conference, which shall convene as soon as possible
 1502  to revise the estimates. The Department of Corrections may then
 1503  submit a budget amendment requesting the establishment of
 1504  positions in excess of the number authorized by the Legislature
 1505  and additional appropriations from unallocated general revenue
 1506  sufficient to provide for essential staff, fixed capital
 1507  improvements, and other resources to provide classification,
 1508  security, food services, health services, and other variable
 1509  expenses within the institutions to accommodate the estimated
 1510  increase in the inmate population. All actions taken pursuant to
 1511  this subsection are subject to review and approval by the
 1512  Legislative Budget Commission. This subsection expires July 1,
 1513  2024 2023.
 1514         Section 45. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 1515  3271 through 3337 of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act,
 1516  subsection (2) of section 215.18, Florida Statutes, is amended
 1517  to read:
 1518         215.18 Transfers between funds; limitation.—
 1519         (2) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court may receive one
 1520  or more trust fund loans to ensure that the state court system
 1521  has funds sufficient to meet its appropriations in the 2023-2024
 1522  2022-2023 General Appropriations Act. If the Chief Justice
 1523  accesses the loan, he or she must notify the Governor and the
 1524  chairs of the legislative appropriations committees in writing.
 1525  The loan must come from other funds in the State Treasury which
 1526  are for the time being or otherwise in excess of the amounts
 1527  necessary to meet the just requirements of such last-mentioned
 1528  funds. The Governor shall order the transfer of funds within 5
 1529  days after the written notification from the Chief Justice. If
 1530  the Governor does not order the transfer, the Chief Financial
 1531  Officer shall transfer the requested funds. The loan of funds
 1532  from which any money is temporarily transferred must be repaid
 1533  by the end of the 2023-2024 2022-2023 fiscal year. This
 1534  subsection expires July 1, 2024 2023.
 1535         Section 46. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 1536  1132 through 1143 of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act:
 1537         (1)The Department of Juvenile Justice is required to
 1538  review county juvenile detention payments to ensure that
 1539  counties fulfill their financial responsibilities required in s.
 1540  985.6865, Florida Statutes. If the Department of Juvenile
 1541  Justice determines that a county has not met its obligations,
 1542  the department shall direct the Department of Revenue to deduct
 1543  the amount owed to the Department of Juvenile Justice from the
 1544  funds provided to the county under s. 218.23, Florida Statutes.
 1545  The Department of Revenue shall transfer the funds withheld to
 1546  the Shared County/State Juvenile Detention Trust Fund.
 1547         (2)As an assurance to holders of bonds issued by counties
 1548  before July 1, 2023, for which distributions made pursuant to s.
 1549  218.23, Florida Statutes, are pledged, or bonds issued to refund
 1550  such bonds which mature no later than the bonds they refunded
 1551  and which result in a reduction of debt service payable in each
 1552  fiscal year, the amount available for distribution to a county
 1553  shall remain as provided by law and continue to be subject to
 1554  any lien or claim on behalf of the bondholders. The Department
 1555  of Revenue must ensure, based on information provided by an
 1556  affected county, that any reduction in amounts distributed
 1557  pursuant to subsection (1) does not reduce the amount of
 1558  distribution to a county below the amount necessary for the
 1559  timely payment of principal and interest when due on the bonds
 1560  and the amount necessary to comply with any covenant under the
 1561  bond resolution or other documents relating to the issuance of
 1562  the bonds. If a reduction to a county’s monthly distribution
 1563  must be decreased in order to comply with this section, the
 1564  Department of Revenue must notify the Department of Juvenile
 1565  Justice of the amount of the decrease, and the Department of
 1566  Juvenile Justice must send a bill for payment of such amount to
 1567  the affected county.
 1568  
 1569  This section expires July 1, 2024.
 1570         Section 47. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 1571  763 through 784, 932 through 1075, and 1096 through 1131 of the
 1572  2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding the
 1573  expiration date in section 36 of chapter 2022-157, Laws of
 1574  Florida, subsection (1), paragraph (a) of subsection (2),
 1575  paragraph (a) of subsection (3), and subsections (5), (6), and
 1576  (7) of section 27.40, Florida Statutes, are reenacted to read:
 1577         27.40 Court-appointed counsel; circuit registries; minimum
 1578  requirements; appointment by court.—
 1579         (1) Counsel shall be appointed to represent any individual
 1580  in a criminal or civil proceeding entitled to court-appointed
 1581  counsel under the Federal or State Constitution or as authorized
 1582  by general law. The court shall appoint a public defender to
 1583  represent indigent persons as authorized in s. 27.51. The office
 1584  of criminal conflict and civil regional counsel shall be
 1585  appointed to represent persons in those cases in which provision
 1586  is made for court-appointed counsel, but only after the public
 1587  defender has certified to the court in writing that the public
 1588  defender is unable to provide representation due to a conflict
 1589  of interest or is not authorized to provide representation. The
 1590  public defender shall report, in the aggregate, the specific
 1591  basis of all conflicts of interest certified to the court. On a
 1592  quarterly basis, the public defender shall submit this
 1593  information to the Justice Administrative Commission.
 1594         (2)(a) Private counsel shall be appointed to represent
 1595  persons in those cases in which provision is made for court
 1596  appointed counsel but only after the office of criminal conflict
 1597  and civil regional counsel has been appointed and has certified
 1598  to the court in writing that the criminal conflict and civil
 1599  regional counsel is unable to provide representation due to a
 1600  conflict of interest. The criminal conflict and civil regional
 1601  counsel shall report, in the aggregate, the specific basis of
 1602  all conflicts of interest certified to the court. On a quarterly
 1603  basis, the criminal conflict and civil regional counsel shall
 1604  submit this information to the Justice Administrative
 1605  Commission.
 1606         (3) In using a registry:
 1607         (a) The chief judge of the circuit shall compile a list of
 1608  attorneys in private practice, by county and by category of
 1609  cases, and provide the list to the clerk of court in each
 1610  county. The chief judge of the circuit may restrict the number
 1611  of attorneys on the general registry list. To be included on a
 1612  registry, an attorney must certify that he or she:
 1613         1. Meets any minimum requirements established by the chief
 1614  judge and by general law for court appointment;
 1615         2. Is available to represent indigent defendants in cases
 1616  requiring court appointment of private counsel; and
 1617         3. Is willing to abide by the terms of the contract for
 1618  services, s. 27.5304, and this section.
 1619  
 1620  To be included on a registry, an attorney must enter into a
 1621  contract for services with the Justice Administrative
 1622  Commission. Failure to comply with the terms of the contract for
 1623  services may result in termination of the contract and removal
 1624  from the registry. Each attorney on the registry is responsible
 1625  for notifying the clerk of the court and the Justice
 1626  Administrative Commission of any change in his or her status.
 1627  Failure to comply with this requirement is cause for termination
 1628  of the contract for services and removal from the registry until
 1629  the requirement is fulfilled.
 1630         (5) The Justice Administrative Commission shall approve
 1631  uniform contract forms for use in procuring the services of
 1632  private court-appointed counsel and uniform procedures and forms
 1633  for use by a court-appointed attorney in support of billing for
 1634  attorney’s fees, costs, and related expenses to demonstrate the
 1635  attorney’s completion of specified duties. Such uniform
 1636  contracts and forms for use in billing must be consistent with
 1637  s. 27.5304, s. 216.311, and the General Appropriations Act and
 1638  must contain the following statement: “The State of Florida’s
 1639  performance and obligation to pay under this contract is
 1640  contingent upon an annual appropriation by the Legislature.”
 1641         (6) After court appointment, the attorney must immediately
 1642  file a notice of appearance with the court indicating acceptance
 1643  of the appointment to represent the defendant and of the terms
 1644  of the uniform contract as specified in subsection (5).
 1645         (7)(a) A private attorney appointed by the court from the
 1646  registry to represent a client is entitled to payment as
 1647  provided in s. 27.5304 so long as the requirements of subsection
 1648  (1) and paragraph (2)(a) are met. An attorney appointed by the
 1649  court who is not on the registry list may be compensated under
 1650  s. 27.5304 only if the court finds in the order of appointment
 1651  that there were no registry attorneys available for
 1652  representation for that case and only if the requirements of
 1653  subsection (1) and paragraph (2)(a) are met.
 1654         (b)1. The flat fee established in s. 27.5304 and the
 1655  General Appropriations Act shall be presumed by the court to be
 1656  sufficient compensation. The attorney shall maintain appropriate
 1657  documentation, including contemporaneous and detailed hourly
 1658  accounting of time spent representing the client. If the
 1659  attorney fails to maintain such contemporaneous and detailed
 1660  hourly records, the attorney waives the right to seek
 1661  compensation in excess of the flat fee established in s. 27.5304
 1662  and the General Appropriations Act. These records and documents
 1663  are subject to review by the Justice Administrative Commission
 1664  and audit by the Auditor General, subject to the attorney-client
 1665  privilege and work-product privilege. The attorney shall
 1666  maintain the records and documents in a manner that enables the
 1667  attorney to redact any information subject to a privilege in
 1668  order to facilitate the commission’s review of the records and
 1669  documents and not to impede such review. The attorney may redact
 1670  information from the records and documents only to the extent
 1671  necessary to comply with the privilege. The Justice
 1672  Administrative Commission shall review such records and shall
 1673  contemporaneously document such review before authorizing
 1674  payment to an attorney. Objections by or on behalf of the
 1675  Justice Administrative Commission to records or documents or to
 1676  claims for payment by the attorney shall be presumed correct by
 1677  the court unless the court determines, in writing, that
 1678  competent and substantial evidence exists to justify overcoming
 1679  the presumption.
 1680         2. If an attorney fails, refuses, or declines to permit the
 1681  commission or the Auditor General to review documentation for a
 1682  case as provided in this paragraph, the attorney waives the
 1683  right to seek, and the commission may not pay, compensation in
 1684  excess of the flat fee established in s. 27.5304 and the General
 1685  Appropriations Act for that case.
 1686         3. A finding by the commission that an attorney has waived
 1687  the right to seek compensation in excess of the flat fee
 1688  established in s. 27.5304 and the General Appropriations Act, as
 1689  provided in this paragraph, shall be presumed to be correct,
 1690  unless the court determines, in writing, that competent and
 1691  substantial evidence exists to justify overcoming the
 1692  presumption.
 1693         Section 48. The text of s. 27.40(1), (2)(a), (3)(a), (5),
 1694  (6), and (7), Florida Statutes, as carried forward from chapter
 1695  2019-116, Laws of Florida, by this act, expires July 1, 2024,
 1696  and the text of those subsections and paragraphs, as applicable,
 1697  shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 2019, except that
 1698  any amendments to such text enacted other than by this act shall
 1699  be preserved and continue to operate to the extent that such
 1700  amendments are not dependent upon the portions of text which
 1701  expire pursuant to this section.
 1702         Section 49. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 1703  763 through 784, 932 through 1075, and 1096 through 1131 of the
 1704  2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding the
 1705  expiration date in section 38 of chapter 2022-157, Laws of
 1706  Florida, subsections (6) and (13) of section 27.5304, Florida
 1707  Statutes, are reenacted and amended, and subsections (1), (3),
 1708  (7), and (11), and paragraphs (a) through (e) of subsection (12)
 1709  of that section are reenacted, to read:
 1710         27.5304 Private court-appointed counsel; compensation;
 1711  notice.—
 1712         (1) Private court-appointed counsel appointed in the manner
 1713  prescribed in s. 27.40(1) and (2)(a) shall be compensated by the
 1714  Justice Administrative Commission only as provided in this
 1715  section and the General Appropriations Act. The flat fees
 1716  prescribed in this section are limitations on compensation. The
 1717  specific flat fee amounts for compensation shall be established
 1718  annually in the General Appropriations Act. The attorney also
 1719  shall be reimbursed for reasonable and necessary expenses in
 1720  accordance with s. 29.007. If the attorney is representing a
 1721  defendant charged with more than one offense in the same case,
 1722  the attorney shall be compensated at the rate provided for the
 1723  most serious offense for which he or she represented the
 1724  defendant. This section does not allow stacking of the fee
 1725  limits established by this section.
 1726         (3) The court retains primary authority and responsibility
 1727  for determining the reasonableness of all billings for attorney
 1728  fees, costs, and related expenses, subject to statutory
 1729  limitations and the requirements of s. 27.40(7). Private court
 1730  appointed counsel is entitled to compensation upon final
 1731  disposition of a case.
 1732         (6) For compensation for representation pursuant to a court
 1733  appointment in a proceeding under chapter 39:
 1734         (a) At the trial level, compensation for representation for
 1735  dependency proceedings shall not exceed $1,450 $1,000 for the
 1736  first year following the date of appointment and shall not
 1737  exceed $350 $200 each year thereafter. Compensation shall be
 1738  paid based upon representation of a parent irrespective of the
 1739  number of case numbers that may be assigned or the number of
 1740  children involved, including any children born during the
 1741  pendency of the proceeding. Any appeal, except for an appeal
 1742  from an adjudication of dependency, shall be completed by the
 1743  trial attorney and is considered compensated by the flat fee for
 1744  dependency proceedings.
 1745         1. Counsel may bill the flat fee not exceeding $1,450
 1746  $1,000 following disposition or upon dismissal of the petition.
 1747         2. Counsel may bill the annual flat fee not exceeding $350
 1748  $200 following the first judicial review in the second year
 1749  following the date of appointment and each year thereafter as
 1750  long as the case remains under protective supervision.
 1751         3. If the court grants a motion to reactivate protective
 1752  supervision, the attorney shall receive the annual flat fee not
 1753  exceeding $350 $200 following the first judicial review and up
 1754  to an additional $350 $200 each year thereafter.
 1755         4. If, during the course of dependency proceedings, a
 1756  proceeding to terminate parental rights is initiated,
 1757  compensation shall be as set forth in paragraph (b). If counsel
 1758  handling the dependency proceeding is not authorized to handle
 1759  proceedings to terminate parental rights, the counsel must
 1760  withdraw and new counsel must be appointed.
 1761         (b) At the trial level, compensation for representation in
 1762  termination of parental rights proceedings shall not exceed
 1763  $1,800 $1,000 for the first year following the date of
 1764  appointment and shall not exceed $350 $200 each year thereafter.
 1765  Compensation shall be paid based upon representation of a parent
 1766  irrespective of the number of case numbers that may be assigned
 1767  or the number of children involved, including any children born
 1768  during the pendency of the proceeding. Any appeal, except for an
 1769  appeal from an order granting or denying termination of parental
 1770  rights, shall be completed by trial counsel and is considered
 1771  compensated by the flat fee for termination of parental rights
 1772  proceedings. If the individual has dependency proceedings
 1773  ongoing as to other children, those proceedings are considered
 1774  part of the termination of parental rights proceedings as long
 1775  as that termination of parental rights proceeding is ongoing.
 1776         1. Counsel may bill the flat fee not exceeding $1,800
 1777  $1,000 30 days after rendition of the final order. Each request
 1778  for payment submitted to the Justice Administrative Commission
 1779  must include the trial counsel’s certification that:
 1780         a. Counsel discussed grounds for appeal with the parent or
 1781  that counsel attempted and was unable to contact the parent; and
 1782         b. No appeal will be filed or that a notice of appeal and a
 1783  motion for appointment of appellate counsel, containing the
 1784  signature of the parent, have been filed.
 1785         2. Counsel may bill the annual flat fee not exceeding $350
 1786  $200 following the first judicial review in the second year
 1787  after the date of appointment and each year thereafter as long
 1788  as the termination of parental rights proceedings are still
 1789  ongoing.
 1790         (c) For appeals from an adjudication of dependency,
 1791  compensation may not exceed $1,800 $1,000.
 1792         1. Counsel may bill a flat fee not exceeding $1,200 $750
 1793  upon filing the initial brief or the granting of a motion to
 1794  withdraw.
 1795         2. If a brief is filed, counsel may bill an additional flat
 1796  fee not exceeding $600 $250 upon rendition of the mandate.
 1797         (d) For an appeal from an adjudication of termination of
 1798  parental rights, compensation may not exceed $3,500 $2,000.
 1799         1. Counsel may bill a flat fee not exceeding $1,750 $1,000
 1800  upon filing the initial brief or the granting of a motion to
 1801  withdraw.
 1802         2. If a brief is filed, counsel may bill an additional flat
 1803  fee not exceeding $1,750 $1,000 upon rendition of the mandate.
 1804         (7) Counsel eligible to receive compensation from the state
 1805  for representation pursuant to court appointment made in
 1806  accordance with the requirements of s. 27.40(1) and (2)(a) in a
 1807  proceeding under chapter 384, chapter 390, chapter 392, chapter
 1808  393, chapter 394, chapter 397, chapter 415, chapter 743, chapter
 1809  744, or chapter 984 shall receive compensation not to exceed the
 1810  limits prescribed in the General Appropriations Act. Any such
 1811  compensation must be determined as provided in s. 27.40(7).
 1812         (11) It is the intent of the Legislature that the flat fees
 1813  prescribed under this section and the General Appropriations Act
 1814  comprise the full and complete compensation for private court
 1815  appointed counsel. It is further the intent of the Legislature
 1816  that the fees in this section are prescribed for the purpose of
 1817  providing counsel with notice of the limit on the amount of
 1818  compensation for representation in particular proceedings and
 1819  the sole procedure and requirements for obtaining payment for
 1820  the same.
 1821         (a) If court-appointed counsel moves to withdraw prior to
 1822  the full performance of his or her duties through the completion
 1823  of the case, the court shall presume that the attorney is not
 1824  entitled to the payment of the full flat fee established under
 1825  this section and the General Appropriations Act.
 1826         (b) If court-appointed counsel is allowed to withdraw from
 1827  representation prior to the full performance of his or her
 1828  duties through the completion of the case and the court appoints
 1829  a subsequent attorney, the total compensation for the initial
 1830  and any and all subsequent attorneys may not exceed the flat fee
 1831  established under this section and the General Appropriations
 1832  Act, except as provided in subsection (12).
 1833  
 1834  This subsection constitutes notice to any subsequently appointed
 1835  attorney that he or she will not be compensated the full flat
 1836  fee.
 1837         (12) The Legislature recognizes that on rare occasions an
 1838  attorney may receive a case that requires extraordinary and
 1839  unusual effort.
 1840         (a) If counsel seeks compensation that exceeds the limits
 1841  prescribed by law, he or she must file a motion with the chief
 1842  judge for an order approving payment of attorney fees in excess
 1843  of these limits.
 1844         1. Before filing the motion, the counsel shall deliver a
 1845  copy of the intended billing, together with supporting
 1846  affidavits and all other necessary documentation, to the Justice
 1847  Administrative Commission.
 1848         2. The Justice Administrative Commission shall review the
 1849  billings, affidavit, and documentation for completeness and
 1850  compliance with contractual and statutory requirements and shall
 1851  contemporaneously document such review before authorizing
 1852  payment to an attorney. If the Justice Administrative Commission
 1853  objects to any portion of the proposed billing, the objection
 1854  and supporting reasons must be communicated in writing to the
 1855  private court-appointed counsel. The counsel may thereafter file
 1856  his or her motion, which must specify whether the commission
 1857  objects to any portion of the billing or the sufficiency of
 1858  documentation, and shall attach the commission’s letter stating
 1859  its objection.
 1860         (b) Following receipt of the motion to exceed the fee
 1861  limits, the chief judge or a single designee shall hold an
 1862  evidentiary hearing. The chief judge may select only one judge
 1863  per circuit to hear and determine motions pursuant to this
 1864  subsection, except multicounty circuits and the eleventh circuit
 1865  may have up to two designees.
 1866         1. At the hearing, the attorney seeking compensation must
 1867  prove by competent and substantial evidence that the case
 1868  required extraordinary and unusual efforts. The chief judge or
 1869  single designee shall consider criteria such as the number of
 1870  witnesses, the complexity of the factual and legal issues, and
 1871  the length of trial. The fact that a trial was conducted in a
 1872  case does not, by itself, constitute competent substantial
 1873  evidence of an extraordinary and unusual effort. In a criminal
 1874  case, relief under this section may not be granted if the number
 1875  of work hours does not exceed 75 or the number of the state’s
 1876  witnesses deposed does not exceed 20.
 1877         2. Objections by or on behalf of the Justice Administrative
 1878  Commission to records or documents or to claims for payment by
 1879  the attorney shall be presumed correct by the court unless the
 1880  court determines, in writing, that competent and substantial
 1881  evidence exists to justify overcoming the presumption. The chief
 1882  judge or single designee shall enter a written order detailing
 1883  his or her findings and identifying the extraordinary nature of
 1884  the time and efforts of the attorney in the case which warrant
 1885  exceeding the flat fee established by this section and the
 1886  General Appropriations Act.
 1887         (c) A copy of the motion and attachments shall be served on
 1888  the Justice Administrative Commission at least 20 business days
 1889  before the date of a hearing. The Justice Administrative
 1890  Commission has standing to appear before the court, and may
 1891  appear in person or telephonically, including at the hearing
 1892  under paragraph (b), to contest any motion for an order
 1893  approving payment of attorney fees, costs, or related expenses
 1894  and may participate in a hearing on the motion by use of
 1895  telephonic or other communication equipment. The Justice
 1896  Administrative Commission may contract with other public or
 1897  private entities or individuals to appear before the court for
 1898  the purpose of contesting any motion for an order approving
 1899  payment of attorney fees, costs, or related expenses. The fact
 1900  that the Justice Administrative Commission has not objected to
 1901  any portion of the billing or to the sufficiency of the
 1902  documentation is not binding on the court.
 1903         (d) If the chief judge or a single designee finds that
 1904  counsel has proved by competent and substantial evidence that
 1905  the case required extraordinary and unusual efforts, the chief
 1906  judge or single designee shall order the compensation to be paid
 1907  to the attorney at a percentage above the flat fee rate,
 1908  depending on the extent of the unusual and extraordinary effort
 1909  required. The percentage must be only the rate necessary to
 1910  ensure that the fees paid are not confiscatory under common law.
 1911  The percentage may not exceed 200 percent of the established
 1912  flat fee, absent a specific finding that 200 percent of the flat
 1913  fee in the case would be confiscatory. If the chief judge or
 1914  single designee determines that 200 percent of the flat fee
 1915  would be confiscatory, he or she shall order the amount of
 1916  compensation using an hourly rate not to exceed $75 per hour for
 1917  a noncapital case and $100 per hour for a capital case. However,
 1918  the compensation calculated by using the hourly rate shall be
 1919  only that amount necessary to ensure that the total fees paid
 1920  are not confiscatory, subject to the requirements of s.
 1921  27.40(7).
 1922         (e) Any order granting relief under this subsection must be
 1923  attached to the final request for a payment submitted to the
 1924  Justice Administrative Commission and must satisfy the
 1925  requirements of subparagraph (b)2.
 1926         (13) Notwithstanding the limitation set forth in subsection
 1927  (5) and for the 2023-2024 2022-2023 fiscal year only, the
 1928  compensation for representation in a criminal proceeding may not
 1929  exceed the following:
 1930         (a) For misdemeanors and juveniles represented at the trial
 1931  level: $1,000.
 1932         (b) For noncapital, nonlife felonies represented at the
 1933  trial level: $15,000.
 1934         (c) For life felonies represented at the trial level:
 1935  $15,000.
 1936         (d) For capital cases represented at the trial level:
 1937  $25,000. For purposes of this paragraph, a “capital case” is any
 1938  offense for which the potential sentence is death and the state
 1939  has not waived seeking the death penalty.
 1940         (e) For representation on appeal: $9,000.
 1941         (f) This subsection expires July 1, 2024 2023.
 1942         Section 50. The amendments made to s. 27.5304(6), Florida
 1943  Statutes, by this act, and the text of s. 27.5304(1), (3), (7),
 1944  (11), and (12)(a)-(e), Florida Statutes, as carried forward from
 1945  chapter 2019-116, Laws of Florida, by this act, expire July 1,
 1946  2024, and the text of those subsections and paragraphs, as
 1947  applicable, shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 2019,
 1948  except that any amendments to such text enacted other than by
 1949  this act shall be preserved and continue to operate to the
 1950  extent that such amendments are not dependent upon the portions
 1951  of text which expire pursuant to this section.
 1952         Section 51. In order to implement appropriations used to
 1953  pay existing lease contracts for private lease space in excess
 1954  of 2,000 square feet in the 2023-2024 General Appropriations
 1955  Act, the Department of Management Services, with the cooperation
 1956  of the agencies having the existing lease contracts for office
 1957  or storage space, shall use tenant broker services to
 1958  renegotiate or reprocure all private lease agreements for office
 1959  or storage space expiring between July 1, 2024, and June 30,
 1960  2026, in order to reduce costs in future years. The department
 1961  shall incorporate this initiative into its 2023 master leasing
 1962  report required under s. 255.249(7), Florida Statutes, and may
 1963  use tenant broker services to explore the possibilities of
 1964  collocating office or storage space, to review the space needs
 1965  of each agency, and to review the length and terms of potential
 1966  renewals or renegotiations. The department shall provide a
 1967  report to the Executive Office of the Governor, the President of
 1968  the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by
 1969  November 1, 2023, which lists each lease contract for private
 1970  office or storage space, the status of renegotiations, and the
 1971  savings achieved. This section expires July 1, 2024.
 1972         Section 52. In order to implement appropriations authorized
 1973  in the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act for data center
 1974  services, and notwithstanding s. 216.292(2)(a), Florida
 1975  Statutes, an agency may not transfer funds from a data
 1976  processing category to a category other than another data
 1977  processing category. This section expires July 1, 2024.
 1978         Section 53. In order to implement the appropriation of
 1979  funds in the appropriation category “Special Categories-Risk
 1980  Management Insurance” in the 2023-2024 General Appropriations
 1981  Act, and pursuant to the notice, review, and objection
 1982  procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, the Executive Office
 1983  of the Governor may transfer funds appropriated in that category
 1984  between departments in order to align the budget authority
 1985  granted with the premiums paid by each department for risk
 1986  management insurance. This section expires July 1, 2024.
 1987         Section 54. In order to implement the appropriation of
 1988  funds in the appropriation category “Special Categories-Transfer
 1989  to Department of Management Services-Human Resources Services
 1990  Purchased per Statewide Contract” in the 2023-2024 General
 1991  Appropriations Act, and pursuant to the notice, review, and
 1992  objection procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, the
 1993  Executive Office of the Governor may transfer funds appropriated
 1994  in that category between departments in order to align the
 1995  budget authority granted with the assessments that must be paid
 1996  by each agency to the Department of Management Services for
 1997  human resource management services. This section expires July 1,
 1998  2024.
 1999         Section 55. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 2000  2871 in the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act in the Building
 2001  Relocation appropriation category from the Architects Incidental
 2002  Trust Fund of the Department of Management Services, and in
 2003  accordance with s. 215.196, Florida Statutes:
 2004         (1)Upon the final disposition of a state-owned building,
 2005  the Department of Management Services may use up to 5 percent of
 2006  facility disposition funds from the Architects Incidental Trust
 2007  Fund to defer, offset, or otherwise pay for all or a portion of
 2008  relocation expenses including furniture, fixtures, and equipment
 2009  for state agencies impacted by the disposition of the
 2010  department’s managed facilities in the Florida Facilities Pool.
 2011  The extent of the financial assistance provided to impacted
 2012  state agencies shall be determined by the department.
 2013         (2)The Department of Management Services may submit budget
 2014  amendments for an increase in appropriation if necessary for the
 2015  implementation of this section pursuant to the provisions of
 2016  chapter 216, Florida Statutes. Budget amendments for an increase
 2017  in appropriation shall include a detailed plan providing all
 2018  estimated costs and relocation proposals.
 2019         (3)This section expires July 1, 2024.
 2020         Section 56. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 2021  2449 through 2452 of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act:
 2022         (1)The Department of Financial Services shall replace the
 2023  four main components of the Florida Accounting Information
 2024  Resource Subsystem (FLAIR), which include central FLAIR,
 2025  departmental FLAIR, payroll, and information warehouse, and
 2026  shall replace the cash management and accounting management
 2027  components of the Cash Management Subsystem (CMS) with an
 2028  integrated enterprise system that allows the state to organize,
 2029  define, and standardize its financial management business
 2030  processes and that complies with ss. 215.90-215.96, Florida
 2031  Statutes. The department may not include in the replacement of
 2032  FLAIR and CMS:
 2033         (a)Functionality that duplicates any of the other
 2034  information subsystems of the Florida Financial Management
 2035  Information System; or
 2036         (b)Agency business processes related to any of the
 2037  functions included in the Personnel Information System, the
 2038  Purchasing Subsystem, or the Legislative Appropriations
 2039  System/Planning and Budgeting Subsystem.
 2040         (2)For purposes of replacing FLAIR and CMS, the Department
 2041  of Financial Services shall:
 2042         (a)Take into consideration the cost and implementation
 2043  data identified for Option 3 as recommended in the March 31,
 2044  2014, Florida Department of Financial Services FLAIR Study,
 2045  version 031.
 2046         (b)Ensure that all business requirements and technical
 2047  specifications have been provided to all state agencies for
 2048  their review and input and approved by the executive steering
 2049  committee established in paragraph (c), including any updates to
 2050  these documents.
 2051         (c)Implement a project governance structure that includes
 2052  an executive steering committee composed of:
 2053         1.The Chief Financial Officer or the executive sponsor of
 2054  the project.
 2055         2.A representative of the Division of Treasury of the
 2056  Department of Financial Services, appointed by the Chief
 2057  Financial Officer.
 2058         3.The Chief Information Officers of the Department of
 2059  Financial Services and the Department of Environmental
 2060  Protection.
 2061         4.Two employees from the Division of Accounting and
 2062  Auditing of the Department of Financial Services, appointed by
 2063  the Chief Financial Officer. Each employee must have experience
 2064  relating to at least one of the four main components that
 2065  compose FLAIR.
 2066         5.Two employees from the Executive Office of the Governor,
 2067  appointed by the Governor. One employee must have experience
 2068  relating to the Legislative Appropriations System/Planning and
 2069  Budgeting Subsystem.
 2070         6.One employee from the Department of Revenue, appointed
 2071  by the executive director, who has experience using or
 2072  maintaining the department’s finance and accounting systems.
 2073         7.Two employees from the Department of Management
 2074  Services, appointed by the Secretary of Management Services. One
 2075  employee must have experience relating to the department’s
 2076  personnel information subsystem and one employee must have
 2077  experience relating to the department’s purchasing subsystem.
 2078         8.A state agency administrative services director,
 2079  appointed by the Governor.
 2080         9.The executive sponsor of the Florida Health Care
 2081  Connection (FX) System or his or her designee, appointed by the
 2082  Secretary of Health Care Administration.
 2083         10.The State Chief Information Officer, or his or her
 2084  designee, as a nonvoting member. The State Chief Information
 2085  Officer, or his or her designee, shall provide monthly status
 2086  reports to the executive steering committee pursuant to the
 2087  oversight responsibilities in s. 282.0051, Florida Statutes.
 2088         11.One employee from the Department of Business and
 2089  Professional Regulation who has experience in finance and
 2090  accounting and FLAIR, appointed by the Secretary of Business and
 2091  Professional Regulation.
 2092         12.One employee from the Florida Fish and Wildlife
 2093  Conservation Commission who has experience using or maintaining
 2094  the commission’s finance and accounting systems, appointed by
 2095  the Chair of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
 2096  Commission.
 2097         13.The budget director of the Department of Education, or
 2098  his or her designee.
 2099         (3)(a)The Chief Financial Officer or the executive sponsor
 2100  of the project shall serve as chair of the executive steering
 2101  committee, and the committee shall take action by a vote of at
 2102  least eight affirmative votes with the Chief Financial Officer
 2103  or the executive sponsor of the project voting on the prevailing
 2104  side. A quorum of the executive steering committee consists of
 2105  at least 10 members.
 2106         (b)No later than 14 days before a meeting of the executive
 2107  steering committee, the chair shall request input from committee
 2108  members on agenda items for the next scheduled meeting.
 2109         (c)The chair shall establish a working group consisting of
 2110  FLAIR users, state agency technical staff who maintain
 2111  applications that integrate with FLAIR, and no less than four
 2112  state agency finance and accounting or budget directors. The
 2113  working group shall meet at least monthly to review PALM
 2114  functionality, assess project impacts to state financial
 2115  business processes and agency staff, and develop recommendations
 2116  to the executive steering committee for improvements. The chair
 2117  shall request input from the working group on agenda items for
 2118  each scheduled meeting. The PALM project team shall dedicate a
 2119  staff member to the group and provide system demonstrations and
 2120  any project documentation, as needed, for the group to fulfill
 2121  its duties.
 2122         (4)The executive steering committee has the overall
 2123  responsibility for ensuring that the project to replace FLAIR
 2124  and CMS meets its primary business objectives and shall:
 2125         (a)Identify and recommend to the Executive Office of the
 2126  Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the
 2127  House of Representatives any statutory changes needed to
 2128  implement the replacement subsystem that will standardize, to
 2129  the fullest extent possible, the state’s financial management
 2130  business processes.
 2131         (b)Review and approve any changes to the project’s scope,
 2132  schedule, and budget which do not conflict with the requirements
 2133  of subsection (1).
 2134         (c)Ensure that adequate resources are provided throughout
 2135  all phases of the project.
 2136         (d)Approve all major project deliverables and any cost
 2137  changes to each deliverable over $250,000.
 2138         (e)Approve contract amendments and changes to all
 2139  contract-related documents associated with the replacement of
 2140  FLAIR and CMS.
 2141         (f)Ensure compliance with ss. 216.181(16), 216.311,
 2142  216.313, 282.318(4)(h), and 287.058, Florida Statutes.
 2143         (5)This section expires July 1, 2024.
 2144         Section 57. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 2145  2995 of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, and
 2146  notwithstanding the expiration date in section 54 of chapter
 2147  2022-157, Laws of Florida, subsection (3) of section 282.709,
 2148  Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read:
 2149         282.709 State agency law enforcement radio system and
 2150  interoperability network.—
 2151         (3) In recognition of the critical nature of the statewide
 2152  law enforcement radio communications system, the Legislature
 2153  finds that there is an immediate danger to the public health,
 2154  safety, and welfare, and that it is in the best interest of the
 2155  state to continue partnering with the system’s current operator.
 2156  The Legislature finds that continuity of coverage is critical to
 2157  supporting law enforcement, first responders, and other public
 2158  safety users. The potential for a loss in coverage or a lack of
 2159  interoperability between users requires emergency action and is
 2160  a serious concern for officers’ safety and their ability to
 2161  communicate and respond to various disasters and events.
 2162         (a) The department, pursuant to s. 287.057(10), shall enter
 2163  into a 15-year contract with the entity that was operating the
 2164  statewide radio communications system on January 1, 2021. The
 2165  contract must include:
 2166         1. The purchase of radios;
 2167         2. The upgrade to the Project 25 communications standard;
 2168         3. Increased system capacity and enhanced coverage for
 2169  system users;
 2170         4. Operations, maintenance, and support at a fixed annual
 2171  rate;
 2172         5. The conveyance of communications towers to the
 2173  department; and
 2174         6. The assignment of communications tower leases to the
 2175  department.
 2176         (b) The State Agency Law Enforcement Radio System Trust
 2177  Fund is established in the department and funded from surcharges
 2178  collected under ss. 318.18, 320.0802, and 328.72. Upon
 2179  appropriation, moneys in the trust fund may be used by the
 2180  department to acquire the equipment, software, and engineering,
 2181  administrative, and maintenance services it needs to construct,
 2182  operate, and maintain the statewide radio system. Moneys in the
 2183  trust fund from surcharges shall be used to help fund the costs
 2184  of the system. Upon completion of the system, moneys in the
 2185  trust fund may also be used by the department for payment of the
 2186  recurring maintenance costs of the system.
 2187         Section 58. The text of s. 282.709(3), Florida Statutes, as
 2188  carried forward from chapter 2021-37, Laws of Florida, by this
 2189  act, expires July 1, 2024, and the text of that subsection shall
 2190  revert to that in existence on June 1, 2021, except that any
 2191  amendments to such text enacted other than by this act shall be
 2192  preserved and continue to operate to the extent that such
 2193  amendments are not dependent upon the portions of text which
 2194  expire pursuant to this section.
 2195         Section 59. In order to implement appropriations relating
 2196  to the purchase of equipment and services related to the
 2197  Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System (SLERS) as authorized in
 2198  the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding s.
 2199  287.057, Florida Statutes, state agencies and other eligible
 2200  users of the SLERS network may use the Department of Management
 2201  Services SLERS contract for purchase of equipment and services.
 2202  This section expires July 1, 2024.
 2203         Section 60. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 2204  2889 through 2900 of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act,
 2205  and notwithstanding rule 60A-1.031, Florida Administrative Code,
 2206  the transaction fee as identified in s. 287.057(24)(c), Florida
 2207  Statutes, shall be collected for use of the online procurement
 2208  system and is 0.7 percent for the 2023-2024 fiscal year only.
 2209  This section expires July 1, 2024.
 2210         Section 61. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 2211  2800 through 2824 of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act,
 2212  and upon the expiration and reversion of the amendments made by
 2213  section 57 of chapter 2022-157, Laws of Florida, paragraph (i)
 2214  of subsection (9) of section 24.105, Florida Statutes, is
 2215  amended to read:
 2216         24.105 Powers and duties of department.—The department
 2217  shall:
 2218         (9) Adopt rules governing the establishment and operation
 2219  of the state lottery, including:
 2220         (i) The manner and amount of compensation of retailers,
 2221  except for the 2023-2024 fiscal year only, effective July 1,
 2222  2023, the commission for lottery ticket sales shall be 5.75
 2223  percent of the purchase price of each ticket sold or issued as a
 2224  prize by a retailer. Any additional retailer compensation is
 2225  limited to the Florida Lottery Retailer Bonus Commission program
 2226  appropriated in Specific Appropriation 2820 of the 2023-2024
 2227  General Appropriations Act.
 2228         Section 62. The amendment to s. 24.105(9)(i), Florida
 2229  Statutes, made by this act expires July 1, 2024, and the text of
 2230  that paragraph shall revert to that in existence on June 30,
 2231  2022, except that any amendments to such text enacted other than
 2232  by this act shall be preserved and continue to operate to the
 2233  extent that such amendments are not dependent upon the portions
 2234  of text which expire pursuant to this section.
 2235         Section 63. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 2236  2441 through 2448 of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act,
 2237  subsection (3) is added to section 717.123, Florida Statutes, to
 2238  read:
 2239         717.123 Deposit of funds.—
 2240         (3) Notwithstanding subsection (1), and for the 2023-2024
 2241  fiscal year, the department shall retain, from funds received
 2242  under this chapter, an amount not exceeding $60 million from
 2243  which the department shall make prompt payment of claims allowed
 2244  by the department and shall pay the costs incurred by the
 2245  department in administering and enforcing this chapter. This
 2246  subsection expires July 1, 2024.
 2247         Section 64. In order to implement section 162 of the 2023
 2248  2024 General Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding chapter 212
 2249  or chapter 215, Florida Statutes, the Department of Revenue may
 2250  use the unexpended balance of funds provided to the department
 2251  in section 155 of chapter 2022-156, Laws of Florida, from the
 2252  Hillsborough County Transportation Discretionary Sales Surtax as
 2253  provided in the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act.
 2254  Notwithstanding any other law, a taxpayer who files a claim for
 2255  a refund pursuant to section 162 of the General Appropriations
 2256  Act is not entitled to interest on any amount refunded. This
 2257  section expires July 1, 2024.
 2258         Section 65. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 2259  3033 through 3041 of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act,
 2260  paragraph (ll) is added to subsection (6) of section 627.351,
 2261  Florida Statutes, to read:
 2262         627.351 Insurance risk apportionment plans.—
 2263         (6) CITIZENS PROPERTY INSURANCE CORPORATION.—
 2264         (ll)1. In addition to any other method of alternative
 2265  dispute resolution authorized by Florida law, the corporation
 2266  may adopt policy forms which provide for the resolution of
 2267  disputes regarding its claim determinations, including disputes
 2268  regarding coverage for, or the scope and value of, a claim, in a
 2269  proceeding before the Division of Administrative Hearings. Any
 2270  such policy forms are not subject to s. 627.70154.
 2271         2. The corporation may contract with the division to
 2272  conduct proceedings to resolve disputes regarding its claim
 2273  determinations as may be provided for in the applicable policies
 2274  of insurance.
 2275         3. This paragraph expires July 1, 2024.
 2276         Section 66. In order to implement specific appropriations
 2277  from the land acquisition trust funds within the Department of
 2278  Agriculture and Consumer Services, the Department of
 2279  Environmental Protection, the Department of State, and the Fish
 2280  and Wildlife Conservation Commission, which are contained in the
 2281  2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, subsection (3) of section
 2282  215.18, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 2283         215.18 Transfers between funds; limitation.—
 2284         (3) Notwithstanding subsection (1) and only with respect to
 2285  a land acquisition trust fund in the Department of Agriculture
 2286  and Consumer Services, the Department of Environmental
 2287  Protection, the Department of State, or the Fish and Wildlife
 2288  Conservation Commission, whenever there is a deficiency in a
 2289  land acquisition trust fund which would render that trust fund
 2290  temporarily insufficient to meet its just requirements,
 2291  including the timely payment of appropriations from that trust
 2292  fund, and other trust funds in the State Treasury have moneys
 2293  that are for the time being or otherwise in excess of the
 2294  amounts necessary to meet the just requirements, including
 2295  appropriated obligations, of those other trust funds, the
 2296  Governor may order a temporary transfer of moneys from one or
 2297  more of the other trust funds to a land acquisition trust fund
 2298  in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the
 2299  Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of State,
 2300  or the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Any action
 2301  proposed pursuant to this subsection is subject to the notice,
 2302  review, and objection procedures of s. 216.177, and the Governor
 2303  shall provide notice of such action at least 7 days before the
 2304  effective date of the transfer of trust funds, except that
 2305  during July 2023 2022, notice of such action shall be provided
 2306  at least 3 days before the effective date of a transfer unless
 2307  such 3-day notice is waived by the chair and vice chair of the
 2308  Legislative Budget Commission. Any transfer of trust funds to a
 2309  land acquisition trust fund in the Department of Agriculture and
 2310  Consumer Services, the Department of Environmental Protection,
 2311  the Department of State, or the Fish and Wildlife Conservation
 2312  Commission must be repaid to the trust funds from which the
 2313  moneys were loaned by the end of the 2023-2024 2022-2023 fiscal
 2314  year. The Legislature has determined that the repayment of the
 2315  other trust fund moneys temporarily loaned to a land acquisition
 2316  trust fund in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer
 2317  Services, the Department of Environmental Protection, the
 2318  Department of State, or the Fish and Wildlife Conservation
 2319  Commission pursuant to this subsection is an allowable use of
 2320  the moneys in a land acquisition trust fund because the moneys
 2321  from other trust funds temporarily loaned to a land acquisition
 2322  trust fund shall be expended solely and exclusively in
 2323  accordance with s. 28, Art. X of the State Constitution. This
 2324  subsection expires July 1, 2024 2023.
 2325         Section 67. (1)In order to implement specific
 2326  appropriations from the land acquisition trust funds within the
 2327  Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the Department
 2328  of Environmental Protection, the Department of State, and the
 2329  Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, which are contained
 2330  in the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, the Department of
 2331  Environmental Protection shall transfer revenues from the Land
 2332  Acquisition Trust Fund within the department to the land
 2333  acquisition trust funds within the Department of Agriculture and
 2334  Consumer Services, the Department of State, and the Fish and
 2335  Wildlife Conservation Commission, as provided in this section.
 2336  As used in this section, the term “department” means the
 2337  Department of Environmental Protection.
 2338         (2)After subtracting any required debt service payments,
 2339  the proportionate share of revenues to be transferred to each
 2340  land acquisition trust fund shall be calculated by dividing the
 2341  appropriations from each of the land acquisition trust funds for
 2342  the fiscal year by the total appropriations from the Land
 2343  Acquisition Trust Fund within the department and the land
 2344  acquisition trust funds within the Department of Agriculture and
 2345  Consumer Services, the Department of State, and the Fish and
 2346  Wildlife Conservation Commission for the fiscal year. The
 2347  department shall transfer the proportionate share of the
 2348  revenues in the Land Acquisition Trust Fund within the
 2349  department on a monthly basis to the appropriate land
 2350  acquisition trust funds within the Department of Agriculture and
 2351  Consumer Services, the Department of State, and the Fish and
 2352  Wildlife Conservation Commission and shall retain its
 2353  proportionate share of the revenues in the Land Acquisition
 2354  Trust Fund within the department. Total distributions to a land
 2355  acquisition trust fund within the Department of Agriculture and
 2356  Consumer Services, the Department of State, and the Fish and
 2357  Wildlife Conservation Commission may not exceed the total
 2358  appropriations from such trust fund for the fiscal year.
 2359         (3)In addition, the department shall transfer from the
 2360  Land Acquisition Trust Fund to land acquisition trust funds
 2361  within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the
 2362  Department of State, and the Fish and Wildlife Conservation
 2363  Commission amounts equal to the difference between the amounts
 2364  appropriated in chapter 2022-156, Laws of Florida, to the
 2365  department’s Land Acquisition Trust Fund and the other land
 2366  acquisition trust funds, and the amounts actually transferred
 2367  between those trust funds during the 2022-2023 fiscal year.
 2368         (4)The department may advance funds from the beginning
 2369  unobligated fund balance in the Land Acquisition Trust Fund to
 2370  the Land Acquisition Trust Fund within the Fish and Wildlife
 2371  Conservation Commission needed for cash flow purposes based on a
 2372  detailed expenditure plan. The department shall prorate amounts
 2373  transferred quarterly to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation
 2374  Commission to recoup the amount of funds advanced by June 30,
 2375  2024.
 2376         (5)This section expires July 1, 2024.
 2377         Section 68. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 2378  1641 of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, paragraph (m)
 2379  of subsection (3) of section 259.105, Florida Statutes, is
 2380  amended to read:
 2381         259.105 The Florida Forever Act.—
 2382         (3) Less the costs of issuing and the costs of funding
 2383  reserve accounts and other costs associated with bonds, the
 2384  proceeds of cash payments or bonds issued pursuant to this
 2385  section shall be deposited into the Florida Forever Trust Fund
 2386  created by s. 259.1051. The proceeds shall be distributed by the
 2387  Department of Environmental Protection in the following manner:
 2388         (m) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a)-(j) and for the 2023
 2389  2024 fiscal year, the proceeds shall be distributed as provided
 2390  in the General Appropriations Act. This paragraph expires July
 2391  1, 2024 Notwithstanding paragraphs (a)-(j) and for the 2021-2022
 2392  fiscal year, the amount of $1,998,100 to only the Department of
 2393  Environmental Protection for grants pursuant to s. 375.075. This
 2394  paragraph expires July 1, 2022.
 2395         Section 69. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 2396  1438 of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, and
 2397  notwithstanding the expiration date in section 64 of chapter
 2398  2022-157, Laws of Florida, paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of
 2399  section 570.93, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read:
 2400         570.93 Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services;
 2401  agricultural water conservation and agricultural water supply
 2402  planning.—
 2403         (1) The department shall establish an agricultural water
 2404  conservation program that includes the following:
 2405         (a) A cost-share program, coordinated with the United
 2406  States Department of Agriculture and other federal, state,
 2407  regional, and local agencies when appropriate, for irrigation
 2408  system retrofit and application of mobile irrigation laboratory
 2409  evaluations, and for water conservation and water quality
 2410  improvement pursuant to s. 403.067(7)(c).
 2411         Section 70. The text of s. 570.93(1)(a), Florida Statutes,
 2412  as carried forward from chapter 2019-116, Laws of Florida, by
 2413  this act expires July 1, 2024, and the text of that paragraph
 2414  shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 2019, except that
 2415  any amendments to such text enacted other than by this act shall
 2416  be preserved and continue to operate to the extent that such
 2417  amendments are not dependent upon the portions of text which
 2418  expire pursuant to this section.
 2419         Section 71. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 2420  1757 of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, and
 2421  notwithstanding the expiration date in section 66 of chapter
 2422  2022-157, Laws of Florida, paragraph (g) of subsection (15) of
 2423  section 376.3071, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read:
 2424         376.3071 Inland Protection Trust Fund; creation; purposes;
 2425  funding.—
 2426         (15) ETHANOL OR BIODIESEL DAMAGE; PREVENTIVE MEASURES.—The
 2427  department shall pay, pursuant to this subsection, up to $10
 2428  million each fiscal year from the fund for the costs of labor
 2429  and equipment to repair or replace petroleum storage systems
 2430  that may have been damaged due to the storage of fuels blended
 2431  with ethanol or biodiesel, or for preventive measures to reduce
 2432  the potential for such damage.
 2433         (g) Payments may not be made for the following:
 2434         1. Proposal costs or costs related to preparation of the
 2435  application and required documentation;
 2436         2. Certified public accountant costs;
 2437         3. Except as provided in paragraph (j), any costs in excess
 2438  of the amount approved by the department under paragraph (b) or
 2439  which are not in substantial compliance with the purchase order;
 2440         4. Costs associated with storage tanks, piping, or
 2441  ancillary equipment that has previously been repaired or
 2442  replaced for which costs have been paid under this section;
 2443         5. Facilities that are not in compliance with department
 2444  storage tank rules, until the noncompliance issues have been
 2445  resolved; or
 2446         6. Costs associated with damage to petroleum storage
 2447  systems caused in whole or in part by causes other than the
 2448  storage of fuels blended with ethanol or biodiesel.
 2449         Section 72. The text of s. 376.3071(15)(g), Florida
 2450  Statutes, as carried forward from chapter 2020-114, Laws of
 2451  Florida, by this act, expires July 1, 2024, and the text of that
 2452  paragraph shall revert to that in existence on July 1, 2020, but
 2453  not including any amendments made by this act or chapter 2020
 2454  114, Laws of Florida, and any amendments to such text enacted
 2455  other than by this act shall be preserved and continue to
 2456  operate to the extent that such amendments are not dependent
 2457  upon the portion of text which expires pursuant to this section.
 2458         Section 73. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 2459  1740 of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, and in order
 2460  to expedite the closure of the Piney Point facility located in
 2461  Manatee County, the Department of Environmental Protection is
 2462  exempt from the competitive procurement requirements of s.
 2463  287.057, Florida Statutes, for any procurement of commodities or
 2464  contractual services in support of the site closure or to
 2465  address environmental impacts associated with the system
 2466  failure. This section expires July 1, 2024.
 2467         Section 74. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 2468  1423 through 1595A of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act,
 2469  and notwithstanding s. 20.04(7), Florida Statutes, the
 2470  Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services may reorganize
 2471  departmental units without a recommendation by the Department of
 2472  Management Services or approval by the Executive Office of the
 2473  Governor. This section expires July 1, 2024.
 2474         Section 75. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 2475  2267 of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, and
 2476  notwithstanding chapter 287, Florida Statutes, the Department of
 2477  Citrus shall enter into agreements for the purpose of increasing
 2478  production of trees that show tolerance or resistance to citrus
 2479  greening and to commercialize technologies that produce
 2480  tolerance or resistance to citrus greening in trees. The
 2481  department shall enter into these agreements no later than
 2482  August 31, 2023, and shall file with the department’s Inspector
 2483  General a certification of conditions and circumstances
 2484  justifying each agreement entered into without competitive
 2485  solicitation. This section expires July 1, 2024.
 2486         Section 76. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 2487  2722 of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, paragraph (b)
 2488  of subsection (3) and subsection (5) of section 321.04, Florida
 2489  Statutes, are amended to read:
 2490         321.04 Personnel of the highway patrol; rank
 2491  classifications; probationary status of new patrol officers;
 2492  subsistence; special assignments.—
 2493         (3)
 2494         (b) For the 2023-2024 2022-2023 fiscal year only, upon the
 2495  request of the Governor, the Department of Highway Safety and
 2496  Motor Vehicles shall assign one or more patrol officers to the
 2497  office of the Lieutenant Governor for security services. This
 2498  paragraph expires July 1, 2024 2023.
 2499         (5) For the 2023-2024 2022-2023 fiscal year only, the
 2500  assignment of a patrol officer by the department shall include a
 2501  Cabinet member specified in s. 4, Art. IV of the State
 2502  Constitution if deemed appropriate by the department or in
 2503  response to a threat and upon written request of such Cabinet
 2504  member. This subsection expires July 1, 2024 2023.
 2505         Section 77. In order to implement section 165 of the 2023
 2506  2024 General Appropriations Act, subsection (3) of section
 2507  288.80125, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 2508         288.80125 Triumph Gulf Coast Trust Fund.—
 2509         (3) For the 2023-2024 2022-2023 fiscal year, funds shall be
 2510  used for the Rebuild Florida Revolving Loan Fund program to
 2511  provide assistance to businesses impacted by Hurricane Michael
 2512  as provided in the General Appropriations Act. This subsection
 2513  expires July 1, 2024 2023.
 2514         Section 78. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 2515  2277 of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, subsection (3)
 2516  of section 288.8013, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 2517         288.8013 Triumph Gulf Coast, Inc.; creation; funding;
 2518  investment.—
 2519         (3) Triumph Gulf Coast, Inc., shall establish a trust
 2520  account at a federally insured financial institution to hold
 2521  funds received from the Triumph Gulf Coast Trust Fund and make
 2522  deposits and payments. Interest earned in the trust account
 2523  shall be deposited monthly into the Triumph Gulf Coast Trust
 2524  Fund. Triumph Gulf Coast, Inc., may invest surplus funds in the
 2525  Local Government Surplus Funds Trust Fund, pursuant to s.
 2526  218.407. Earnings generated by investments and interest of the
 2527  fund may be retained and used to make awards pursuant to this
 2528  act, and interest earned, net of fees, shall be transferred
 2529  monthly into the Triumph Gulf Coast Trust Fund. Administrative
 2530  costs may include payment of travel and per diem expenses of
 2531  board members, audits, salary or other costs for employed or
 2532  contracted staff, including required staff under s. 288.8014(9),
 2533  and other allowable costs. The annual salary for any employee or
 2534  contracted staff may not exceed $130,000, and associated
 2535  benefits may not exceed 35 percent of salary.
 2536         Section 79. The amendments to s. 288.8013(3), Florida
 2537  Statutes, made by this act expire July 1, 2024, and the text of
 2538  that subsection shall revert to that in existence on June 30,
 2539  2023, except that any amendments to such text enacted other than
 2540  by this act shall be preserved and continue to operate to the
 2541  extent that such amendments are not dependent upon the portions
 2542  of text which expire pursuant to this section.
 2543         Section 80. In order to implement sections 162 and 192 of
 2544  the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, subsection (4) of
 2545  section 339.08, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 2546         339.08 Use of moneys in State Transportation Trust Fund.—
 2547         (4) Notwithstanding any other law, and for the 2023-2024
 2548  2022-2023 fiscal year only, funds are appropriated to the State
 2549  Transportation Trust Fund from the General Revenue Fund or the
 2550  Discretionary Sales Surtax Clearing Trust Fund as provided in
 2551  the General Appropriations Act. The department is not required
 2552  to deplete the resources transferred from the General Revenue
 2553  Fund for the fiscal year as required in s. 339.135(3)(b), and
 2554  the funds may not be used in calculating the required quarterly
 2555  cash balance of the trust fund as required in s. 339.135(6)(b).
 2556  The department shall track and account for such appropriated
 2557  funds from the General Revenue Fund as a separate funding source
 2558  for eligible projects on the State Highway System and from the
 2559  Discretionary Sales Surtax Clearing Trust Fund for eligible
 2560  projects pursuant to the General Appropriations Act grants to
 2561  Florida ports. This subsection expires July 1, 2024 2023.
 2562         Section 81. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 2563  1992 through 2005, 2015, 2016, 2024 through 2035, 2037 through
 2564  2045, and 2080 through 2093 of the 2023-2024 General
 2565  Appropriations Act, paragraph (h) of subsection (7) of section
 2566  339.135, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 2567         339.135 Work program; legislative budget request;
 2568  definitions; preparation, adoption, execution, and amendment.—
 2569         (7) AMENDMENT OF THE ADOPTED WORK PROGRAM.—
 2570         (h)1. Any work program amendment that also adds a new
 2571  project, or phase thereof, to the adopted work program in excess
 2572  of $3 million is subject to approval by the Legislative Budget
 2573  Commission. Any work program amendment submitted under this
 2574  paragraph must include, as supplemental information, a list of
 2575  projects, or phases thereof, in the current 5-year adopted work
 2576  program which are eligible for the funds within the
 2577  appropriation category being used for the proposed amendment.
 2578  The department shall provide a narrative with the rationale for
 2579  not advancing an existing project, or phase thereof, in lieu of
 2580  the proposed amendment.
 2581         2. If the department submits an amendment to the
 2582  Legislative Budget Commission and the commission does not meet
 2583  or consider the amendment within 30 days after its submittal,
 2584  the chair and vice chair of the commission may authorize the
 2585  amendment to be approved pursuant to s. 216.177. This
 2586  subparagraph expires July 1, 2024 2023.
 2587         Section 82. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 2588  1992 through 2005, 2015, 2016, 2024 through 2035, 2037 through
 2589  2045, and 2080 through 2093 of the 2023-2024 General
 2590  Appropriations Act, subsection (3) of section 338.165, Florida
 2591  Statutes, is amended to read:
 2592         338.165 Continuation of tolls.—
 2593         (3)(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
 2594  department, including the turnpike enterprise, shall index toll
 2595  rates on existing toll facilities to the annual Consumer Price
 2596  Index or similar inflation indicators. Toll rate adjustments for
 2597  inflation under this subsection may be made no more frequently
 2598  than once a year and must be made no less frequently than once
 2599  every 5 years as necessary to accommodate cash toll rate
 2600  schedules. Toll rates may be increased beyond these limits as
 2601  directed by bond documents, covenants, or governing body
 2602  authorization or pursuant to department administrative rule.
 2603         (b) No toll rate adjustment for inflation may be made under
 2604  this subsection for the 2023-2024 2022-2023 fiscal year. This
 2605  paragraph expires July 1, 2024 2023.
 2606         Section 83. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 2607  3067 of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, section
 2608  250.245, Florida Statutes, is created to read:
 2609         250.245 Florida National Guard Joint Enlistment Enhancement
 2610  Program.—
 2611         (1)The Florida National Guard Joint Enlistment Enhancement
 2612  Program (JEEP) is established within the Department of Military
 2613  Affairs. The purpose of the program is to motivate soldiers,
 2614  airmen, and retirees of the Florida National Guard to bolster
 2615  recruitment efforts and increase the force structure of the
 2616  Florida National Guard.
 2617         (2)As used in this section, the term “recruiting
 2618  assistant” means a member of the Florida National Guard or a
 2619  retiree of the Florida National Guard who assists in the
 2620  recruitment of a new member and who provides motivation,
 2621  encouragement, and moral support until the enlistment of such
 2622  new member.
 2623         (3)A current member in pay grade E-1 to O-3 or a retiree
 2624  in any pay grade is eligible for participation in JEEP as a
 2625  recruiting assistant.
 2626         (4)The Adjutant General shall provide compensation to
 2627  recruiting assistants participating in JEEP. A recruiting
 2628  assistant shall receive $250 for each new member referred by
 2629  them to the Florida National Guard upon the enlistment of such
 2630  referred member.
 2631         (5)The Department of Military Affairs, in cooperation with
 2632  the Florida National Guard, shall adopt rules to administer the
 2633  program.
 2634         (6) This section expires July 1, 2024.
 2635         Section 84. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 2636  2687 through 2696 of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act,
 2637  and notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292, Florida Statutes,
 2638  the Division of Emergency Management may submit budget
 2639  amendments, subject to the notice, review, and objection
 2640  procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, to increase budget
 2641  authority for projected expenditures due to reimbursements from
 2642  federally declared disasters. This section expires July 1, 2024.
 2643         Section 85. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 2644  2599 of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, paragraph (d)
 2645  of subsection (4) of section 112.061, Florida Statutes, is
 2646  amended to read:
 2647         112.061 Per diem and travel expenses of public officers,
 2648  employees, and authorized persons; statewide travel management
 2649  system.—
 2650         (4) OFFICIAL HEADQUARTERS.—The official headquarters of an
 2651  officer or employee assigned to an office shall be the city or
 2652  town in which the office is located except that:
 2653         (d) A Lieutenant Governor who permanently resides outside
 2654  of Leon County, may, if he or she so requests, have an
 2655  appropriate facility in his or her county designated as his or
 2656  her official headquarters for purposes of this section. This
 2657  official headquarters may only serve as the Lieutenant
 2658  Governor’s personal office. The Lieutenant Governor may not use
 2659  state funds to lease space in any facility for his or her
 2660  official headquarters.
 2661         1. A Lieutenant Governor for whom an official headquarters
 2662  is established in his or her county of residence pursuant to
 2663  this paragraph is eligible for subsistence at a rate to be
 2664  established by the Governor for each day or partial day that the
 2665  Lieutenant Governor is at the State Capitol to conduct official
 2666  state business. In addition to the subsistence allowance, a
 2667  Lieutenant Governor is eligible for reimbursement for
 2668  transportation expenses as provided in subsection (7) for travel
 2669  between the Lieutenant Governor’s official headquarters and the
 2670  State Capitol to conduct state business.
 2671         2. Payment of subsistence and reimbursement for
 2672  transportation between a Lieutenant Governor’s official
 2673  headquarters and the State Capitol shall be made to the extent
 2674  appropriated funds are available, as determined by the Governor.
 2675         3. This paragraph expires July 1, 2024 2023.
 2676         Section 86. Effective upon this act becoming a law, in
 2677  order to implement section 8 of the 2023-2024 General
 2678  Appropriations Act:
 2679         (1)The Department of Management Services, pursuant to s.
 2680  110.123(3), Florida Statutes, shall release, during the 2021
 2681  2022 fiscal year or 2022-2023 fiscal year, competitive
 2682  procurements for third-party administrative services for
 2683  preferred provider organization plans, health maintenance
 2684  organization services, and pharmacy benefits manager services to
 2685  become effective January 1, 2024.
 2686         (2)Such competitive procurements and resultant contracts
 2687  shall continue the State Group Health Insurance Standard Plans,
 2688  State Group Health Insurance High Deductible Plans, State Group
 2689  Health Maintenance Organization Standard Plans, and State Group
 2690  Health Maintenance Organization High Deductible Plans within the
 2691  State Group Insurance Program. The benefits provided under each
 2692  of the plans shall be those benefits as provided in the Plan
 2693  Year 2023 State Employees’ PPO Plan Group Health Insurance Plan
 2694  Booklet and Benefit Document and the Plan Year 2023 Health
 2695  Maintenance Organization contracts and benefit documents,
 2696  modified only by revisions approved by the Legislature.
 2697         (3)It is the intent of the Legislature that state agencies
 2698  operate in an efficient manner and contract for necessary
 2699  services in the best interests of the state and its residents.
 2700  In recognition of the limitations otherwise placed on state
 2701  agencies pursuant to s. 216.311, Florida Statutes, when
 2702  contracting for services, the Department of Management Services,
 2703  when contracting for administrative services relating to the
 2704  administration of the health plans beginning in plan year 2024,
 2705  may enter into contracts that may require the payment of
 2706  administrative fees not to exceed 110 percent of the amount
 2707  appropriated in the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act to the
 2708  Division of State Group Insurance for such services.
 2709         (4)Notwithstanding s. 110.123(3)(f), Florida Statutes, the
 2710  Department of Management Services shall maintain and offer the
 2711  same PPO and HMO health plan alternatives to the participants of
 2712  the State Group Health Insurance Program during the 2023-2024
 2713  fiscal year which were in effect for the 2022-2023 fiscal year.
 2714  
 2715  This section expires July 1, 2024.
 2716         Section 87. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 2717  2787 and 2788 of the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act, and
 2718  notwithstanding s. 11.13(1), Florida Statutes, the authorized
 2719  salaries for members of the Legislature for the 2023-2024 fiscal
 2720  year shall be set at the same level in effect on July 1, 2010.
 2721  This section expires July 1, 2024.
 2722         Section 88. In order to implement the transfer of funds
 2723  from the General Revenue Fund from trust funds for the 2023-2024
 2724  General Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding the expiration
 2725  date in section 86 of chapter 2022-157, Laws of Florida,
 2726  paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section 215.32, Florida
 2727  Statutes, is reenacted to read:
 2728         215.32 State funds; segregation.—
 2729         (2) The source and use of each of these funds shall be as
 2730  follows:
 2731         (b)1. The trust funds shall consist of moneys received by
 2732  the state which under law or under trust agreement are
 2733  segregated for a purpose authorized by law. The state agency or
 2734  branch of state government receiving or collecting such moneys
 2735  is responsible for their proper expenditure as provided by law.
 2736  Upon the request of the state agency or branch of state
 2737  government responsible for the administration of the trust fund,
 2738  the Chief Financial Officer may establish accounts within the
 2739  trust fund at a level considered necessary for proper
 2740  accountability. Once an account is established, the Chief
 2741  Financial Officer may authorize payment from that account only
 2742  upon determining that there is sufficient cash and releases at
 2743  the level of the account.
 2744         2. In addition to other trust funds created by law, to the
 2745  extent possible, each agency shall use the following trust funds
 2746  as described in this subparagraph for day-to-day operations:
 2747         a. Operations or operating trust fund, for use as a
 2748  depository for funds to be used for program operations funded by
 2749  program revenues, with the exception of administrative
 2750  activities when the operations or operating trust fund is a
 2751  proprietary fund.
 2752         b. Operations and maintenance trust fund, for use as a
 2753  depository for client services funded by third-party payors.
 2754         c. Administrative trust fund, for use as a depository for
 2755  funds to be used for management activities that are departmental
 2756  in nature and funded by indirect cost earnings and assessments
 2757  against trust funds. Proprietary funds are excluded from the
 2758  requirement of using an administrative trust fund.
 2759         d. Grants and donations trust fund, for use as a depository
 2760  for funds to be used for allowable grant or donor agreement
 2761  activities funded by restricted contractual revenue from private
 2762  and public nonfederal sources.
 2763         e. Agency working capital trust fund, for use as a
 2764  depository for funds to be used pursuant to s. 216.272.
 2765         f. Clearing funds trust fund, for use as a depository for
 2766  funds to account for collections pending distribution to lawful
 2767  recipients.
 2768         g. Federal grant trust fund, for use as a depository for
 2769  funds to be used for allowable grant activities funded by
 2770  restricted program revenues from federal sources.
 2771  
 2772  To the extent possible, each agency must adjust its internal
 2773  accounting to use existing trust funds consistent with the
 2774  requirements of this subparagraph. If an agency does not have
 2775  trust funds listed in this subparagraph and cannot make such
 2776  adjustment, the agency must recommend the creation of the
 2777  necessary trust funds to the Legislature no later than the next
 2778  scheduled review of the agency’s trust funds pursuant to s.
 2779  215.3206.
 2780         3. All such moneys are hereby appropriated to be expended
 2781  in accordance with the law or trust agreement under which they
 2782  were received, subject always to the provisions of chapter 216
 2783  relating to the appropriation of funds and to the applicable
 2784  laws relating to the deposit or expenditure of moneys in the
 2785  State Treasury.
 2786         4.a. Notwithstanding any provision of law restricting the
 2787  use of trust funds to specific purposes, unappropriated cash
 2788  balances from selected trust funds may be authorized by the
 2789  Legislature for transfer to the Budget Stabilization Fund and
 2790  General Revenue Fund in the General Appropriations Act.
 2791         b. This subparagraph does not apply to trust funds required
 2792  by federal programs or mandates; trust funds established for
 2793  bond covenants, indentures, or resolutions whose revenues are
 2794  legally pledged by the state or public body to meet debt service
 2795  or other financial requirements of any debt obligations of the
 2796  state or any public body; the Division of Licensing Trust Fund
 2797  in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; the
 2798  State Transportation Trust Fund; the trust fund containing the
 2799  net annual proceeds from the Florida Education Lotteries; the
 2800  Florida Retirement System Trust Fund; trust funds under the
 2801  management of the State Board of Education or the Board of
 2802  Governors of the State University System, where such trust funds
 2803  are for auxiliary enterprises, self-insurance, and contracts,
 2804  grants, and donations, as those terms are defined by general
 2805  law; trust funds that serve as clearing funds or accounts for
 2806  the Chief Financial Officer or state agencies; trust funds that
 2807  account for assets held by the state in a trustee capacity as an
 2808  agent or fiduciary for individuals, private organizations, or
 2809  other governmental units; and other trust funds authorized by
 2810  the State Constitution.
 2811         Section 89. The text of s. 215.32(2)(b), Florida Statutes,
 2812  as carried forward from chapter 2011-47, Laws of Florida, by
 2813  this act, expires July 1, 2024, and the text of that paragraph
 2814  shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 2011, except that
 2815  any amendments to such text enacted other than by this act shall
 2816  be preserved and continue to operate to the extent that such
 2817  amendments are not dependent upon the portions of text which
 2818  expire pursuant to this section.
 2819         Section 90. In order to implement appropriations in the
 2820  2023-2024 General Appropriations Act for state employee travel,
 2821  the funds appropriated to each state agency which may be used
 2822  for travel by state employees are limited during the 2023-2024
 2823  fiscal year to travel for activities that are critical to each
 2824  state agency’s mission. Funds may not be used for travel by
 2825  state employees to foreign countries, other states, conferences,
 2826  staff training activities, or other administrative functions
 2827  unless the agency head has approved, in writing, that such
 2828  activities are critical to the agency’s mission. The agency head
 2829  shall consider using teleconferencing and other forms of
 2830  electronic communication to meet the needs of the proposed
 2831  activity before approving mission-critical travel. This section
 2832  does not apply to travel for law enforcement purposes, military
 2833  purposes, emergency management activities, or public health
 2834  activities. This section expires July 1, 2024.
 2835         Section 91. In order to implement appropriations in the
 2836  2023-2024 General Appropriations Act for state employee travel
 2837  and notwithstanding s. 112.061, Florida Statutes, costs for
 2838  lodging associated with a meeting, conference, or convention
 2839  organized or sponsored in whole or in part by a state agency or
 2840  the judicial branch may not exceed $175 per day. An employee may
 2841  expend his or her own funds for any lodging expenses in excess
 2842  of $175 per day. For purposes of this section, a meeting does
 2843  not include travel activities for conducting an audit,
 2844  examination, inspection, or investigation or travel activities
 2845  related to a litigation or emergency response. This section
 2846  expires July 1, 2024.
 2847         Section 92. In order to implement appropriations in the
 2848  2023-2024 General Appropriations Act for the acquisitions of
 2849  motor vehicles, and notwithstanding chapter 287, Florida
 2850  Statutes, relating to the purchase of motor vehicles from a
 2851  state term contract, state agencies may purchase vehicles from
 2852  nonstate term contract vendors without prior approval from the
 2853  Department of Management Services, provided the cost of the
 2854  motor vehicle is equal to or less than the cost of a similar
 2855  class of vehicle found on a state term contract and provided the
 2856  funds for the purchase have been specifically appropriated. This
 2857  section expires July 1, 2024.
 2858         Section 93. Effective upon this act becoming a law, in
 2859  order to implement appropriations in the 2023-2024 General
 2860  Appropriations Act for the development and implementation of the
 2861  electronic filing system provided in section 112.3144, Florida
 2862  Statutes, and notwithstanding the expiration date in section 92
 2863  of chapter 2022-157, Laws of Florida, subsection (2), paragraph
 2864  (c) of subsection (6), paragraphs (a) and (c) of subsection (7),
 2865  and subsection (8) of section 112.3144, Florida Statutes, are
 2866  reenacted and amended to read:
 2867         112.3144 Full and public disclosure of financial
 2868  interests.—
 2869         (2) Beginning January 1, 2023, all disclosures filed with
 2870  the commission must be filed electronically through an
 2871  electronic filing system that is created and maintained by the
 2872  commission as provided in s. 112.31446.
 2873         (6)
 2874         (c) Each separate source and amount of income which exceeds
 2875  $1,000 must be identified. For the purpose of a filer reporting
 2876  income, the commission shall accept federal income tax returns,
 2877  financial statements, and other forms or attachments showing
 2878  sources of income. If a filer submits a federal income tax
 2879  return as a substitute for reporting income, he or she must also
 2880  include all attachments and schedules associated with the
 2881  federal income tax return Beginning January 1, 2023, a federal
 2882  income tax return may not be used for purposes of reporting
 2883  income, and the commission may not accept a federal income tax
 2884  return or a copy thereof.
 2885         (7)(a) Beginning January 1, 2023, a filer may not include
 2886  in a filing to the commission a federal income tax return or a
 2887  copy thereof; a social security number; a bank, mortgage, or
 2888  brokerage account number; a debit, charge, or credit card
 2889  number; a personal identification number; or a taxpayer
 2890  identification number. If a filer includes such information in
 2891  his or her filing, the information may be made available as part
 2892  of the official records of the commission available for public
 2893  inspection and copying unless redaction is requested by the
 2894  filer. The commission is not liable for the release of social
 2895  security numbers or bank account, debit, charge, or credit card
 2896  numbers included in a filing to the commission if the filer has
 2897  not requested redaction of such information.
 2898         (c) The commission must conspicuously post a notice, in
 2899  substantially the following form, in the instructions for the
 2900  electronic filing system specifying that:
 2901         1. Any filer submitting information through the electronic
 2902  filing system may not include a federal income tax return or a
 2903  copy thereof; a social security number; a bank, mortgage, or
 2904  brokerage account number; a debit, charge, or credit card
 2905  number; a personal identification number; or a taxpayer
 2906  identification number in any filing unless required by law.
 2907         2. Information submitted through the electronic filing
 2908  system may be open to public inspection and copying.
 2909         3. Any filer has a right to request that the commission
 2910  redact from his or her filing any social security number, bank
 2911  account number, or debit, charge, or credit card number
 2912  contained in the filing. Such request must be made in writing
 2913  and delivered to the commission. The request must specify the
 2914  information to be redacted and the specific section or sections
 2915  of the disclosure in which it was included.
 2916         (8) Forms or fields of information for compliance with the
 2917  full and public disclosure requirements of s. 8, Art. II of the
 2918  State Constitution must shall be prescribed by the commission.
 2919  The commission shall allow a filer to include attachments or
 2920  other supporting documentation when filing a disclosure. The
 2921  commission shall give notice of disclosure deadlines and
 2922  delinquencies and distribute forms in the following manner:
 2923         (a) Not later than May 1 of each year, the commission shall
 2924  prepare a current list of the names, e-mail addresses, and
 2925  physical addresses of and the offices held by every person
 2926  required to file full and public disclosure annually by s. 8,
 2927  Art. II of the State Constitution, or other state law. Each unit
 2928  of government shall assist the commission in compiling the list
 2929  by providing to the commission not later than February 1 of each
 2930  year the name, e-mail address, physical address, and name of the
 2931  office held by such person within the respective unit of
 2932  government as of December 31 of the preceding year.
 2933         (b) Not later than June 1 of each year, the commission
 2934  shall distribute a copy of the form prescribed for compliance
 2935  with full and public disclosure and a notice of the filing
 2936  deadline to each person on the list. Beginning January 1, 2023
 2937  2022, no paper forms will not be provided by mail. The notice
 2938  required under this paragraph and instructions for electronic
 2939  submission of the form and any accompanying attachments must be
 2940  delivered by e-mail.
 2941         (c) Not later than August 1 of each year, the commission
 2942  shall determine which persons on the list have failed to file
 2943  full and public disclosure and shall send delinquency notices to
 2944  such persons. Each notice must state that a grace period is in
 2945  effect until September 1 of the current year. Beginning January
 2946  1, 2023 2022, the notice required under this paragraph must be
 2947  delivered by e-mail and must be redelivered on a weekly basis by
 2948  e-mail as long as a person remains delinquent.
 2949         (d) Disclosure statements required to be filed with the
 2950  commission must be filed on the commission’s electronic filing
 2951  system as provided in s. 112.31446 Disclosures must be received
 2952  by the commission not later than 5 p.m. of the due date.
 2953  However, any disclosure that is postmarked by the United States
 2954  Postal Service by midnight of the due date is deemed to have
 2955  been filed in a timely manner, and a certificate of mailing
 2956  obtained from and dated by the United States Postal Service at
 2957  the time of the mailing, or a receipt from an established
 2958  courier company which bears a date on or before the due date,
 2959  constitutes proof of mailing in a timely manner. Beginning
 2960  January 1, 2023, upon request of the filer, the commission must
 2961  provide verification to the filer that the commission has
 2962  received the filed disclosure.
 2963         (e) Beginning January 1, 2023, a written declaration, as
 2964  provided for under s. 92.525(2), accompanied by an electronic
 2965  signature satisfies the requirement that the disclosure be
 2966  sworn.
 2967         (f) Any person who is required to file full and public
 2968  disclosure of financial interests and whose name is on the
 2969  commission’s list, and to whom notice has been sent, but who
 2970  fails to timely file is assessed a fine of $25 per day for each
 2971  day late up to a maximum of $1,500; however this $1,500
 2972  limitation on automatic fines does not limit the civil penalty
 2973  that may be imposed if the statement is filed more than 60 days
 2974  after the deadline and a complaint is filed, as provided in s.
 2975  112.324. The commission must provide by rule the grounds for
 2976  waiving the fine and the procedures by which each person whose
 2977  name is on the list and who is determined to have not filed in a
 2978  timely manner will be notified of assessed fines and may appeal.
 2979  The rule must provide for and make specific that the amount of
 2980  the fine due is based upon when the disclosure is filed on the
 2981  commission’s electronic filing system that is created and
 2982  maintained by the commission as provided in s. 112.31446. the
 2983  following:
 2984         1. The amount of the fine due is based upon the earliest of
 2985  the following:
 2986         a. When a statement is actually received by the office.
 2987         b. When the statement is postmarked.
 2988         c. When the certificate of mailing is dated.
 2989         d. When the receipt from an established courier company is
 2990  dated.
 2991         2. Upon receipt of the disclosure statement or upon accrual
 2992  of the maximum penalty, whichever occurs first, the commission
 2993  shall determine the amount of the fine which is due and shall
 2994  notify the delinquent person. The notice must include an
 2995  explanation of the appeal procedure under subparagraph 2. 3.
 2996  Such fine must be paid within 30 days after the notice of
 2997  payment due is transmitted, unless appeal is made to the
 2998  commission pursuant to subparagraph 2. 3. The moneys shall be
 2999  deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 3000         2.3. Any reporting person may appeal or dispute a fine,
 3001  based upon unusual circumstances surrounding the failure to file
 3002  on the designated due date, and may request and is entitled to a
 3003  hearing before the commission, which may waive the fine in whole
 3004  or in part for good cause shown. Any such request must be in
 3005  writing and received by the commission within 30 days after the
 3006  notice of payment due is transmitted. In such a case, the
 3007  reporting person must, within the 30-day period, notify the
 3008  person designated to review the timeliness of reports in writing
 3009  of his or her intention to bring the matter before the
 3010  commission. For purposes of this subparagraph, “unusual
 3011  circumstances” does not include the failure to monitor an e-mail
 3012  account or failure to receive notice if the person has not
 3013  notified the commission of a change in his or her e-mail
 3014  address.
 3015         (g) Any person subject to the annual filing of full and
 3016  public disclosure under s. 8, Art. II of the State Constitution,
 3017  or other state law, whose name is not on the commission’s list
 3018  of persons required to file full and public disclosure is not
 3019  subject to the fines or penalties provided in this part for
 3020  failure to file full and public disclosure in any year in which
 3021  the omission occurred, but nevertheless is required to file the
 3022  disclosure statement.
 3023         (h) The notification requirements and fines of this
 3024  subsection do not apply to candidates or to the first filing
 3025  required of any person appointed to elective constitutional
 3026  office or other position required to file full and public
 3027  disclosure, unless the person’s name is on the commission’s
 3028  notification list and the person received notification from the
 3029  commission. The appointing official shall notify such newly
 3030  appointed person of the obligation to file full and public
 3031  disclosure by July 1. The notification requirements and fines of
 3032  this subsection do not apply to the final filing provided for in
 3033  subsection (10).
 3034         (i) Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 120, any fine
 3035  imposed under this subsection which is not waived by final order
 3036  of the commission and which remains unpaid more than 60 days
 3037  after the notice of payment due or more than 60 days after the
 3038  commission renders a final order on the appeal must be submitted
 3039  to the Department of Financial Services as a claim, debt, or
 3040  other obligation owed to the state, and the department shall
 3041  assign the collection of such fine to a collection agent as
 3042  provided in s. 17.20.
 3043         Section 94. The amendments to s. 112.3144(6)(c), (7)(a) and
 3044  (c), and (8), Florida Statutes, made by this act, and the text
 3045  of s. 112.3144(2), Florida Statutes, as carried forward from
 3046  chapter 2022-157, Laws of Florida, by this act, expire July 1,
 3047  2024, and the text of those subsections and paragraphs, as
 3048  applicable, shall revert to that in existence on June 1, 2022,
 3049  except that any amendments to such text enacted other than by
 3050  this act shall be preserved and continue to operate to the
 3051  extent that such amendments are not dependent upon the portions
 3052  of text which expire pursuant to this section.
 3053         Section 95. Effective upon this act becoming a law, in
 3054  order to implement appropriations in the 2023-2024 General
 3055  Appropriations Act for the development and implementation of the
 3056  electronic filing system provided in s. 112.31446, Florida
 3057  Statutes, and notwithstanding the expiration date in section 95
 3058  of chapter 2022-157, Laws of Florida, paragraphs (d) and (e) of
 3059  subsection (2), paragraphs (a) and (c) of subsection (4), and
 3060  subsection (8) of section 112.3145, Florida Statutes, are
 3061  reenacted and amended to read:
 3062         112.3145 Disclosure of financial interests and clients
 3063  represented before agencies.—
 3064         (2)
 3065         (d) State officers and specified state employees shall file
 3066  their statements of financial interests with the commission.
 3067  Through December 31, 2023, local officers shall file their
 3068  statements of financial interests with the supervisor of
 3069  elections of the county in which they permanently reside.
 3070  Through December 31, 2023, local officers who do not permanently
 3071  reside in any county in this state shall file their statements
 3072  of financial interests with the supervisor of elections of the
 3073  county in which their agency maintains its headquarters. Persons
 3074  seeking to qualify as candidates for local public office shall
 3075  file their statements of financial interests with the officer
 3076  before whom they qualify.
 3077         (e) Beginning January 1, 2024, a statement of financial
 3078  interests and a final statement of financial interests and any
 3079  amendments thereto or any other form required by this section,
 3080  except any statement of a candidate who is not subject to an
 3081  annual filing requirement, must be filed electronically through
 3082  an electronic filing system created and maintained by the
 3083  commission as provided in s. 112.31446.
 3084         (4)(a) Beginning January 1, 2024, a filer may not include
 3085  in a filing to the commission a federal income tax return or a
 3086  copy of thereof; a social security number; a bank, mortgage, or
 3087  brokerage account number; a debit, charge, or credit card
 3088  number; a personal identification number; or a taxpayer
 3089  identification number. If a filer includes such information in
 3090  his or her filing, the information may be made available as part
 3091  of the official records of the commission available for public
 3092  inspection and copying unless redaction is requested by the
 3093  filer. The commission is not liable for the release of social
 3094  security numbers, bank account numbers, or debit, charge, or
 3095  credit card numbers included in a filing to the commission if
 3096  the filer has not requested redaction of the information.
 3097         (c) The commission must conspicuously post a notice, in
 3098  substantially the following form, in the instructions for the
 3099  electronic filing system specifying that:
 3100         1. Any filer submitting information through the electronic
 3101  filing system may not include a federal income tax return or a
 3102  copy thereof; a social security number; a bank, mortgage, or
 3103  brokerage account number; a debit, charge, or credit card
 3104  number; a personal identification number; or a taxpayer
 3105  identification number in any filing unless required by law.
 3106         2. Information submitted through the electronic filing
 3107  system may be open to public inspection and copying.
 3108         3. Any filer has a right to request that the commission
 3109  redact from his or her filing any social security number, bank
 3110  account number, or debit, charge, or credit card number
 3111  contained in the filing. Such request must be made in writing
 3112  and delivered to the commission. The request must specify the
 3113  information to be redacted and the specific section or sections
 3114  of the disclosure in which it was included.
 3115         (8) Forms for compliance with the disclosure requirements
 3116  of this section and a current list of persons subject to
 3117  disclosure must shall be created by the commission and provided
 3118  to each supervisor of elections. The commission shall allow a
 3119  filer to include attachments or other supporting documentation
 3120  when filing a disclosure. The commission and each supervisor of
 3121  elections shall give notice of disclosure deadlines and
 3122  delinquencies and distribute forms in the following manner:
 3123         (a)1. Not later than May 1 of each year, the commission
 3124  shall prepare a current list of the names, e-mail addresses, and
 3125  physical addresses of, and the offices or positions held by,
 3126  every state officer, local officer, and specified employee. Each
 3127  unit of government shall assist the commission in compiling the
 3128  list by providing to the commission not later than February 1 of
 3129  each year the name, e-mail address, physical address, and name
 3130  of agency of, and the office or position held by, each state
 3131  officer, local officer, or specified state employee within the
 3132  respective unit of government as of December 31 of the preceding
 3133  year.
 3134         2. Not later than May 15 of each year, the commission shall
 3135  provide each supervisor of elections with a current list of all
 3136  local officers required to file with such supervisor of
 3137  elections.
 3138         (b) Not later than June 1 of each year, the commission and
 3139  each supervisor of elections, as appropriate, shall distribute a
 3140  copy of the form prescribed for compliance with subsection (3)
 3141  and a notice of all applicable disclosure forms and filing
 3142  deadlines to each person required to file a statement of
 3143  financial interests. Beginning January 1, 2024, no paper forms
 3144  will not be provided. The notice required under this paragraph
 3145  and instructions for electronic submission of the form and any
 3146  accompanying attachments must be delivered by e-mail.
 3147         (c) Not later than August 1 of each year, the commission
 3148  and each supervisor of elections shall determine which persons
 3149  required to file a statement of financial interests in their
 3150  respective offices have failed to do so and shall send
 3151  delinquency notices to these persons. Through December 31, 2023,
 3152  delinquency notices must be sent by certified mail, return
 3153  receipt requested. Each notice must state that a grace period is
 3154  in effect until September 1 of the current year; that no
 3155  investigative or disciplinary action based upon the delinquency
 3156  will be taken by the agency head or commission if the statement
 3157  is filed by September 1 of the current year; that, if the
 3158  statement is not filed by September 1 of the current year, a
 3159  fine of $25 for each day late will be imposed, up to a maximum
 3160  penalty of $1,500; for notices distributed by a supervisor of
 3161  elections, that he or she is required by law to notify the
 3162  commission of the delinquency; and that, if upon the filing of a
 3163  sworn complaint the commission finds that the person has failed
 3164  to timely file the statement within 60 days after September 1 of
 3165  the current year, such person will also be subject to the
 3166  penalties provided in s. 112.317. Beginning January 1, 2024,
 3167  notice required under this paragraph must be delivered by e-mail
 3168  and must be redelivered on a weekly basis by e-mail as long as
 3169  the person remains delinquent.
 3170         (d) No later than November 15 of each year, the supervisor
 3171  of elections in each county shall certify to the commission a
 3172  list of the names and addresses of, and the offices or positions
 3173  held by, all persons who have failed to timely file the required
 3174  statements of financial interests. The certification must
 3175  include the earliest of the dates described in subparagraph
 3176  (g)1. The certification shall be on a form prescribed by the
 3177  commission and shall indicate whether the supervisor of
 3178  elections has provided the disclosure forms and notice as
 3179  required by this subsection to all persons named on the
 3180  delinquency list.
 3181         (e) Statements must be received by the commission not later
 3182  than 5 p.m. of the due date. However, any statement that is
 3183  postmarked by the United States Postal Service by midnight of
 3184  the due date is deemed to have been filed in a timely manner,
 3185  and a certificate of mailing obtained from and dated by the
 3186  United States Postal Service at the time of the mailing, or a
 3187  receipt from an established courier company which bears a date
 3188  on or before the due date, constitutes proof of mailing in a
 3189  timely manner. Beginning January 1, 2023, upon request of the
 3190  filer, the commission must provide verification to the filer
 3191  that the commission has received the filed statement.
 3192         (f) Beginning January 1, 2023, the statement must be
 3193  accompanied by a declaration as provided in s. 92.525(2) and an
 3194  electronic acknowledgment thereof.
 3195         (g) Any person who is required to file a statement of
 3196  financial interests and whose name is on the commission’s list,
 3197  and to whom notice has been sent, but who fails to timely file
 3198  is assessed a fine of $25 per day for each day late up to a
 3199  maximum of $1,500; however, this $1,500 limitation on automatic
 3200  fines does not limit the civil penalty that may be imposed if
 3201  the statement is filed more than 60 days after the deadline and
 3202  a complaint is filed, as provided in s. 112.324. The commission
 3203  must provide by rule the grounds for waiving the fine and
 3204  procedures by which each person whose name is on the list and
 3205  who is determined to have not filed in a timely manner will be
 3206  notified of assessed fines and may appeal. The rule must provide
 3207  for and make specific the following:
 3208         1. The amount of the fine due is based upon the earliest of
 3209  the following:
 3210         a. When a statement is actually received by the office.
 3211         b. When the statement is postmarked.
 3212         c. When the certificate of mailing is dated.
 3213         d. When the receipt from an established courier company is
 3214  dated.
 3215         2. For a specified state employee or a state officer, upon
 3216  receipt of the disclosure statement by the commission or upon
 3217  accrual of the maximum penalty, whichever occurs first, and for
 3218  a local officer upon receipt by the commission of the
 3219  certification from the local officer’s supervisor of elections
 3220  pursuant to paragraph (d), the commission shall determine the
 3221  amount of the fine which is due and shall notify the delinquent
 3222  person. The notice must include an explanation of the appeal
 3223  procedure under subparagraph 3. The fine must be paid within 30
 3224  days after the notice of payment due is transmitted, unless
 3225  appeal is made to the commission pursuant to subparagraph 3. The
 3226  moneys are to be deposited into the General Revenue Fund.
 3227         3. Any reporting person may appeal or dispute a fine, based
 3228  upon unusual circumstances surrounding the failure to file on
 3229  the designated due date, and may request and is entitled to a
 3230  hearing before the commission, which may waive the fine in whole
 3231  or in part for good cause shown. Any such request must be in
 3232  writing and received by the commission within 30 days after the
 3233  notice of payment due is transmitted. In such a case, the
 3234  reporting person must, within the 30-day period, notify the
 3235  person designated to review the timeliness of reports in writing
 3236  of his or her intention to bring the matter before the
 3237  commission. For purposes of this subparagraph, the term “unusual
 3238  circumstances” does not include the failure to monitor an e-mail
 3239  account or failure to receive notice if the person has not
 3240  notified the commission of a change in his or her e-mail
 3241  address.
 3242         (h) Any state officer, local officer, or specified employee
 3243  whose name is not on the list of persons required to file an
 3244  annual statement of financial interests is not subject to the
 3245  penalties provided in s. 112.317 or the fine provided in this
 3246  section for failure to timely file a statement of financial
 3247  interests in any year in which the omission occurred, but
 3248  nevertheless is required to file the disclosure statement.
 3249         (i) The notification requirements and fines of this
 3250  subsection do not apply to candidates or to the first or final
 3251  filing required of any state officer, specified employee, or
 3252  local officer as provided in paragraph (2)(b).
 3253         (j) Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 120, any fine
 3254  imposed under this subsection which is not waived by final order
 3255  of the commission and which remains unpaid more than 60 days
 3256  after the notice of payment due or more than 60 days after the
 3257  commission renders a final order on the appeal must be submitted
 3258  to the Department of Financial Services as a claim, debt, or
 3259  other obligation owed to the state, and the department shall
 3260  assign the collection of such a fine to a collection agent as
 3261  provided in s. 17.20.
 3262         Section 96. The amendments to s. 112.3145(4)(a) and (c) and
 3263  (8), Florida Statutes, made by this act, and the text of s.
 3264  112.3145(2)(d) and (e), Florida Statutes, as carried forward
 3265  from chapter 2022-157, Laws of Florida, by this act, expire July
 3266  1, 2024, and the text of those subsections and paragraphs, as
 3267  applicable, shall revert to that in existence on June 1, 2022,
 3268  except that any amendments to such text enacted other than by
 3269  this act shall be preserved and continue to operate to the
 3270  extent that such amendments are not dependent upon the portions
 3271  of text which expire pursuant to this section.
 3272         Section 97. Any section of this act which implements a
 3273  specific appropriation or specifically identified proviso
 3274  language in the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act is void if
 3275  the specific appropriation or specifically identified proviso
 3276  language is vetoed. Any section of this act which implements
 3277  more than one specific appropriation or more than one portion of
 3278  specifically identified proviso language in the 2023-2024
 3279  General Appropriations Act is void if all the specific
 3280  appropriations or portions of specifically identified proviso
 3281  language are vetoed.
 3282         Section 98. If any other act passed during the 2023 Regular
 3283  Session of the Legislature contains a provision that is
 3284  substantively the same as a provision in this act, but that
 3285  removes or is otherwise not subject to the future repeal applied
 3286  to such provision by this act, the Legislature intends that the
 3287  provision in the other act takes precedence and continues to
 3288  operate, notwithstanding the future repeal provided by this act.
 3289         Section 99. If any provision of this act or its application
 3290  to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity
 3291  does not affect other provisions or applications of the act
 3292  which can be given effect without the invalid provision or
 3293  application, and to this end the provisions of this act are
 3294  severable.
 3295         Section 100. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
 3296  act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon
 3297  this act becoming a law, this act shall take effect July 1,
 3298  2023, or, if this act fails to become a law until after that
 3299  date, it shall take effect upon becoming a law and shall operate
 3300  retroactively to July 1, 2023.