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2018 Senate District 38
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Presented by State Senator Daphne Campbell
Senator Daphne CampbeIl's District Office
633 N.E. 167" Street Suite 1101
North Miami Beach, FL 33162
(305)-493-6009
City of Miami
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
(305) 416-1100
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2018 Update
Table of Contents
• Thank you Letter from Senator Campbell ................................. Pg. 3
• Letters to Senate President and Governor Scott
o Senator Campbell's position on Assault Rifles ................... Pg. 4
o Senator Campbell's position on Vetoed Budget List ............
Pg. 6
• 2018 Gun Regulation Legislation by the Florida Senate Democratic
Caucus............................................................................
Pg. 8
• 2018 Funding Request City of Miami ........................................ Pg. 9
• HB 5001/SB 2500- Senator Campbell's 2018 Appropriation List ....
Pg. 10
• HB 5001/SB 2500- Senator Campbell's 2017 Appropriation List ....
Pg. 11
• 2018 Department of State Funding for Miami -Dade County .........
Pg. 14
• 2017 Department of State Funding for Miami -Dade County .........
Pg. 18
• 2018 Legislation Signed by the Governor .................................
Pg. 22
• 2018 Legislation that Failed .................................................
Pg. 27
• 2018 Legislation Vetoed by Governor .....................................
Pg. 30
• 2018 Condominium Legislation ...........................................
Pg. 31
• 2017 Condominium Legislation ...........................................
Pg. 33
• Questions to Consider & Answer .........................................
Pg. 35
• Sen. Campbell's Resolution in Honor of City of Miami ................Pg.
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• District 38 Cities & Map.................................................................Pg. 39
• Important Numbers to Note ............................................
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Letter to the Senate President
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SENATOR DAPHNE CAMPBELL
38th District
February 19, 2018
The Honorable Joe Negron
Senate President
305 Senate Office Building
405 Capitol Building
404 South Monroe Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399
Dear President Negron:
THE FLORIDA
SENATE
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1100
COMMITTEES:
Appropriations Subcommittee on Finance
and Tarr
Appropriations Subcommittee on General
Government
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
Communications, Energy, and Public
Utilities
Community Affairs
JOINT COMMITTEE:
Joint Administrative Procedures Committee
On Wednesday, February 14, 2018, another massacre, this time at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High
School in Parkland, took place. I'm sure you as well as others sat in shock and disbelief as we watched
the news reveal how, many students were injured and how many students and teachers lost their lives in
this latest tragedy. I know I did.
This massacre was allegedly done by a former student while using an AR -15 rifle. With this news, it is
imperative that we act now and pass meaningful legislation that can address the issue of mass shootings
and stop future tragedies. I request that under your leadership, the Florida Senate hold hearings on
legislation filed for the past two years banning assault weapons that will finally end this reign of terror.
During the last 35 years, there have been 13 mass shootings where an AR -15 style rifle was the weapon of
choice. Just two years ago, 49 victims at the Pulse Nightclub died in a hail of bullets fired from another
man with another AR -15. Moments of silence were held. The Old Capitol was ringed with crosses and
photos in their memory as promises were made but nothing was done.
In announcing your priorities on ensuring school safety, one component was glaringly omitted — the key
element every single one of these shooters using assault weapons had in common. Because while some
were young, most were older than 21. While some may, have had mental issues in their past, not all of
them officially did. Some targeted children, others did not discriminate. The one single thing each and
every one had in common was access and possession of an assault rifle, a military weapon of war that has
been repeatedly turned on our own children and citizens.
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SENATOR DAPHNE CAMPBELL
38th District
June 28, 2018
City of Miami
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
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THE FLORIDA
COMMITTEES:
SENATE
Appropriations Subcommittee on Finance
and Tax
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1100 Appropriations Subcommittee on General
Government
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
Communications, Energy, and Public
Utilities
Community Affairs
Dear City of Miami Commission, Constituents and Neighbors,
JOINT COMMITTEE:
Joint Administrative Procedures Committee
I would like to thank you for your help and support during the 2018 Legislative Session. In the
Senate, I have worked tirelessly to ensure that we do what we need, for the diverse communities
throughout the state of Florida. This year, due to a few disagreements between the Senate and
House budgets the legislature was forced into a short extended session that ran until March 11,
2018.
The 2018 Legislative Session presented a variety of different issues that sent members of both the
House and Senate into an array of emotions. The historic legislation involving gun control and
school safety was the main focal point this year as well as other issues such as condominium
associations, education, transportation, and the budget. Please know that I have listened to you on
all of these very important issues. I thank you for utilizing your voice and allowing it to be heard
in Tallahassee.
Throughout this process, I have worked extremely hard to see that each city, town and village
within my district received thoughtful consideration from both the House and Senate Presiding
Officers and Budget Chairs. I held one on one meetings, provided additional information when
asked, and pushed as hard as I could to ensure that all of my cities were well represented. Some
projects were included in the final budget and others did not but I ensure you that I have worked
tirelessly on your behalf in Tallahassee.
Senate District 38 is a very diverse district with so much to offer the state of Florida. Through your
continued support I am hopeful that together we can build a stronger District 38 that rivals every
district in the state. Again, Thank You and I look forward to continue working with you all
Sincerely,
D4phne Campbell, RN
State Senator, District 38
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So as you discuss shoring up our schools, turning them into mini -fortresses, and kick around how to filter
the truly mentally ill from those who are simply actin; out, consider the dangers to which you continue to
expose these kids once they leave the school. So long as assault rifles like the AR -1 5 are legally sold in
this state, so long as they are not banned, their threat to civilians will remain in every mall, in every movie
theater, and in every public place of gathering.
As you know, there is currently legislation languishing in the Senate and House which would finally stop
this carnage. SB 196 and HB 219 would finally outlaw the weapons so many have used for so much
killing. `Chev would finally cut the single cord hindinQ these mass shooters together.
1 urge you to put the power of your office into bringing these bills to the floor, and allow the
representatives of the people to cast their votes before this legislative session ends.
ICS time to stop blaming everything, and everyone but the true culprit for the very real threat students face
every day, and not just in the classroom.
It's time to hold these assault weapons accountable. It's time to hear the bills.
Sincerely,
Daphne Campbell, RN
State Senator, District 38
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Letter to the Governor
�tiKA THE FLORIDA
COMMITTEES:
SENATE
Appropriations Subcommittee on Finance
and Tax
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1100
Approprations Subcommittee on General
Government
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
OF F_i, Communications, Energy, and Public
Utilities
Community Affairs
SENATOR DAPHNE CAMPBELL
38th District
March 20, 2018
The Honorable Rick Scott
Governor of Florida
The Capitol
400 South Monroe Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399
Re: 2018 Legislative Budget
Dear Governor Scott:
JOINT COMMITTEE.
Joint Administrative Procedures Committee
I would like to take this time to say thank you for all of your hard work, dedication, and the
positive things that you do for the State of Florida. As a State legislature for the past 8 years, I have
learned that dedication, passion, and consistency is necessary in order to maintain your seat in office.
Because of my firsthand experience and working alongside you all of these years, I know that these are
qualities you possess, which brings me to the purpose of this letter.
I am extremely disheartened and disappointed by your judgment in vetoing so many crucial items
from the 2018 proposed budget. This is a devastating act leaving many of my constituents upset.
As the first Haitian -American State Senator I have a personal connection with my constituents
and understand that many of them have come to South Florida to obtain a piece of the American Dream
and have a better living. I too had that same dream, and I am thankful of the opportunities that were
presented to me that have allowed me to be in the position that I am in today. Many of my constituents
are people living on minimum wage and some struggling with unemployment. I want equality and justice
for all and, I am offended for those living within my district as your decision serves as an injustice to
them.
There were 13 appropriations that were sent to your office for approval, 5 of them were vetoed.
The problem is that the 5 that were vetoed were crucial to my constituency. Out of the t5 cities that I
represent, many were affected by your decision to veto their project including Bal Harbour, Biscayne
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Park, City of Miami, North Bay Village, Sunny Isles Beach and the City of North Miami Beach and City
of Miami Beach.
For example, Bal Harbour petitioned to have two projects funded, Bal Harbour Village Bakers
Haulover Inlet Bypassing Project and Bal Harbour Village Roadway Infrastructure Improvements and
Rehabilitation. The objective for the Inlet Bypassing Project was to reconfigure the north jetty at the inlet
to enhance sand deposition to keep sand out of the ebb and flood shoals. The beach (updrift, to the north)
will be dredged and sand bypassed to "downdrift" areas of the County, thereby maximizing inlet
bypassing. The objective for the Village Roadway Infrastructure project is to improve traffic flow,
pedestrian flow, and safety of roadways and sidewalks of Collins Avenue and 96`h street in Bal Harbour
Village. The removal, relocation and introduction of new signals, intersections, curb cuts, sidewalk and
planting will significantly improve traffic.
These projects are important because for Bal Harbour Village the building of a new roadway will
improve the traffic flow by as much as 15% allowing residents of the region and tourists to have a more
seamless stay. In addition, having the Inlet Bypassing project will allow residents and tourist who utilize
the beaches from the Village a more comfortable visit.
Another set of programs that were vetoed were the Village of Biscayne Park -Roadway
Infrastructure Improvements and Biscayne Green. The purpose of the Village of Biscayne Park project is
to repair/repave and improve drainage both on streets and swales. The community has had problem with
their roadway and infrastructure for a while however, the aftermath from Hurricane Irma has left the area
in a desperate need to receive the requested funding so that they are able to fix the roads for their citizens.
Biscayne Green is a project aimed to minimize the barrier effect Biscayne Boulevard represents to the
community and enhance the connections to the Biscayne Bay and other attractions to make downtown a
more walkable, accessible, and connected place, and increase economic development opportunities all by
redesigning and repurposing Biscayne Boulevard.
As you can see, these programs that are crucial to the betterment of not only, my constituency in
South Florida, but of the state as a whole. Although I highlighted only 4 of the vetoed projects this was
just to show that all of the items, presented from my office, are vital.
Governor, this is a country that is built on multiple values some of which include integrity,
justice, and freedom. The State of Florida does not fall outside of these values. Let us not lose sight of
these and use the power that we have to help those that are in need and not our own personal agendas.
Sincerely,
Daphne Campbell, RN
State Senator, District 38
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2018 Gun Regulation Legislation
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Democratic Caucus
SB 400 Concealed Weapons or Concealed Firearms- Sen. Campbell
This bill would have required a mental health screening in order to apply for a concealed weapons permit.
SB 196 Gun Safety- Sen. Stewart (Co -Sponsored by: Campbell, Taddeo, Torres, Farer, Rodrizuez,
Rouson, Bracy, Rader, Thurston, Powell)
This bill would have banned the sale and possession of assault style weapons and high capacity magazines.
SB 334 Firearm Purchases
This bill would have required FDLE to notify law enforcement when an attempt to by a firearm is made by
someone who is prohibited from buying a firearm.
SB 838 Sale and Delivery of Firearms
The bill would have required private sales of Firearms to be conducted through a licensed dealer with a
background check and 3 -day waiting period.
SB 1476 Prohibited Recordkeeping of Firearms or Firearm Owners
This bill would have repealed the Florida law that prevents registration of firearms or firearm owners.
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2018 Appropriations Projects
Miami Fire -Rescue Mobile Command Vehicle,
$600,000
The requested funds will be used for a regional
response mobile command vehicle for complex
multi -jurisdictional incident management that will
provide an effective response to local and regional
disasters such as hurricanes, terrorist attacks, mass
casualty incidents, etc.
*Never made it into the Budget.
Biscayne Green, $10,000,000
Biscayne Green is a project that will redesign and
repurpose Biscayne Boulevard to include a
pedestrian promenade, enhancing pedestrian safety
and connectivity and celebrating the Burle Marx
promenade implementation in Downtown Miami.
*$1,000,000 VETOED
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1. Title of Project: Miami Fire -Rescue Mobile Command Vehicle
2. Senate Sponsor: Daphne Campbell
3. Date of Submission: 12/16/2017
4. Project/Program Description:
Regional Response Mobile Command Vehicle for complex multi -jurisdictional incident management.
S. State Agency Contacted? No
a. If yes, which state agency?
b. If no, which is the most appropriate state agency to place an appropriation for the issue being requested?
Department of Law Enforcement
6. Amount of Non-recurring Requested for fiscal year 2018-19:
Amount Requested for Operations
Amount Requested for Total Amount of
Fixed Capital Outlay Requested State Funds
600,000 1600,000
7. Type, amount and percent of matching funds available for this project for fiscal year 2018-19:
Type
Amount
Percent
Federal 0 0.0%
State (excluding the amount of this request) 0 0.0%
Local 0 0.0%
Other 0 0.0%
TOTAL 0 0.0%
8. Total Project Cost for fiscal year 2018-19 (including the Total Amount of Requested State Funds): 600,000
9. Previous Year Funding Details:
a. Has funding been provided in a previous state budget for this activity? No
b. In the previous 5 fiscal years, how many years was funding provided? (Optional)
c. What is the most recent fiscal year the project was funded?
d. Were the funds provided in the most recent fiscal year subsequently vetoed?
e. Complete the following Worksheet.
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Column:
Funds
Description:
Input Amounts:
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Input Prior FY Appropriation for this project
for FY 2017-18
(If appropriated in FY 2017-18 enter the appropriated amount, even if vetoed.)
A B C
Prior Year Prior Year Total Funds Appropriated
Recurring Funds * Nonrecurring Funds
10. Is future -year funding likely to be requested?
No
11. Program Performance:
a. What is the specific purpose or goal that will be achieved by the funds requested?
Effective response to local and regional disasters such as hurricanes, terrorist attacks, mass casualty incidents,
etc.
b. What are the activities and services that will be provided to meet the intended purpose of these funds?
Effective command of complex regional incidents, measured through reduced physical and economic impact
and increased recovery time from a catastrophic event.
c. How will the funds be expended?
Spending Category
Administrative Costs
OExecutive Director/Project Head Salary and
Benefits
❑Other Salary and Benefits
OExpense/Equipment/Travel/Supplies/Other
OConsultants/Contracted Services/Study
Operational Costs
OSalary and Benefits
OExpense/Equipment/Travel/Supplies/Other
Description
Design, build and delivery of
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command vehicle
❑Consultants/Contracted Services/Study
Fixed Capital Construction/Major Renovation
❑Construction/Renovation/Land/Planning
Engineering
TOTAL
d. What are the direct services to be provided to citizens by the appropriations project?
Unified command support for complex critical incidents affecting the region.
e. Who is the target population served by this project? How many individuals are expected to be served?
1 million + citizens
f. What is the expected benefit or outcome of this project? What is the methodology by which this outcome
will be measured?
Effective command of complex regional incidents, measured through reduced physical and economic impact
and increased recovery time from a catastrophic event.
g. What are the suggested penalties that the contracting agency may consider in addition to its standard
penalties for failing to meet deliverables or performance measures provided for in the contract?
None
12. The owner(s) of the facility to receive, directly or indirectly, any fixed capital outlay funding. Include the
relationship between the owner(s) of the facility and the entity.
None
13. Requestor Contact Information:
a. Name: Pedro Gomez
b. Organization: Miami Fire -Rescue Department
c. Email: Pgomez@miamigov.com
d. Phone Number: (786)367-7746
14. Recipient Contact Information:
a. Organization: Miami Fire -Rescue Department
b. County: Miami -Dade
c. Organization Type:
O For Profit
O Non Profit 501(c) (3)
O Non Profit 501(c) (4)
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O Local Entity
O University or College
O Other (Please specify)
d. Contact Name: Pedro Gomez
e. E-mail Address: Peomez@miamieov.com
f. Phone Number: (786)367-7746
15. If there is a registered lobbyist, fill out the lobbyist information below.
a. Name: Diana Arteaea
b. Firm: City of Miami
c. Email: darteaga@miamieov.com
d. Phone Number: (786)469-1644
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1. Title of Project: Biscayne Green
2. Senate Sponsor: Daphne Campbell
3. Date of Submission: 11/12/2017
4. Project/Program Description:
Biscayne Green is a project that will redesign and repurpose Biscayne Boulevard to include a pedestrian promenade,
enhancing pedestrian safety and connectivity and celebrating the Burle Marx promenade implementation in
Downtown Miami. This project aims to minimize the barrier effect Biscayne Boulevard represents to the community
and enhance the connections to the Biscayne Bay and other attractions to make downtown a more walkable,
accessible, and connected place, and increase economic development opportunities.
S. State Agency Contacted? No
a. If yes, which state agency?
b. If no, which is the most appropriate state agency to place an appropriation for the issue being requested?
Department of Transportation
6. Amount of Non-recurring Requested for fiscal year 2018-19:
Amount Requested for Operations Amount Requested for Total Amount of
Fixed Capital Outlay Requested State Funds
10,000,000 10,000,000
7. Type, amount and percent of matching funds available for this project for fiscal year 2018-19:
Type
Federal
State (excluding the amount of this request)
Local
Other
TOTAL
Amount Percent
0 1 '0.0%
421,829 4.0%
150,000 1.4%
0 0.0%
571,829 5.4%
8. Total Project Cost for fiscal year 2018-19 (including the Total Amount of Requested State Funds): 10,571,829
9. Previous Year Funding Details:
a. Has funding been provided in a previous state budget for this activity? No
b. In the previous 5 fiscal years, how many years was funding provided? (Optional)
c. What is the most recent fiscal year the project was funded?
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d. Were the funds provided in the most recent fiscal year subsequently vetoed?
e. Complete the following Worksheet.
FY:
Column:
Funds
Description:
Input Amounts:
Input Prior FY Appropriation for this project
for FY 2017-18
(If appropriated in FY 2017-18 enter the appropriated amount, even if vetoed.)
A B C
Prior Year Prior Year Total Funds Appropriated
Recurring FundsNonrecurring Funds' (Colum -n A + Column B)
10. Is future -year funding likely to be requested?
Yes
a. If yes, indicate non-recurring amount per year.
$10,000,000
11. Program Performance:
a. What is the specific purpose or goal that will be achieved by the funds requested?
In order to accommodate our rapidly growing population, the Miami Downtown Development Authority
(DDA) has plans to help rebalance roadways toward transit, pedestrians and cyclists, and goals that provide
direction to create a grand promenade along Biscayne Boulevard. Capitalizing on the goals of the 2025
Downtown Master Plan, Biscayne Green aims to create high quality public spaces, improve pedestrian safety,
celebrate the Burle Marx design for Biscayne Boulevard, and elevate the status of Downtown Miami as a
walkable environment. The Miami DDA has invested more than $300,000 this past January 2017 during a public
space intervention to test this concept with an overwhelmingly positive response. This project will deliver an
urban boulevard with a signature promenade that acts as a gateway to Downtown Miami, and infrastructure
that better accommodate multiple modes of transportation, spurring more economic development in
downtown.
b. What are the activities and services that will be provided to meet the intended purpose of these funds?
These funds are requested to provide for design development and engineering services. and for construction
activities towards implementation. A portion of the funding requested will be utilized to cover planning, design,
and engineering costs for the development of construction documents. The other portion of the funding
requested will be for construction costs. This includes all work related to demolition, mobilization, utilities,
drainage, electrical, lighting, concrete or pavement work, landscaping, and the fabrication of signage,
streetscape elements, and furnishings. Part of this amount will be utilized towards construction inspection,
construction management costs, governance/operations, and maintenance.
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c. How will the funds be expended?
Spending Category
Administrative Costs
❑Executive Director/Project Head Salary and
Benefits
❑Other Salary and Benefits
❑Expense/Equipment/Travel/Supplies/Other
❑Consultants/Contracted Services/Study
Operational Costs
❑Salary and Benefits
❑Expense/Equipment/Travel/Supplies/Other
❑ Cons ultants/Contracted Services/Study
Fixed Capital Construction/Major Renovation
OConstruction/Renovation/Land/Planning
Engineering
TOTAL
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Description
The funding requested will
cover planning, design,
engineering and construction
costs. This includes all work
related to demolition,
mobilization, utilities,
drainage, electrical, lighting,
concrete or pavement work,
landscaping, and fabrication of
signage, streetscape elements,
and furnishings. Construction
inspection, construction
management costs will be
included.
d. What are the direct services to be provided to citizens by the appropriations project?
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Amount
10,000,000
10,000,000
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The proposal for this vision includes narrowing Biscayne Boulevard between SE 1st Street and NE 6th Street,
and providing for on -street parking and an off-street bicycle facility. This proiect will deliver an urban boulevard
with a signature promenade that acts as a gateway to Downtown Miami, celebrates the Burle Marx design for
Biscayne Boulevard, and provides infrastructure that better accommodate multiple modes of transportation.
e. Who is the target population served by this project? How many individuals are expected to be served?
Downtown Miami is uniquely positioned to ensure maximum impact. There's 220,000 daytime users and
90,000 residents within greater downtown. In terms of demographics, the Miami Metropolitan Statistical Area
for Miami compares with New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago and.Houston in terms of diversity, with a
diversity index of 73.1. In Downtown Miami the number of households have more than doubled between 2000
and 2014 and trends anticipate adding more than 12,000 new residents within the next five years.
What is the expected benefit or outcome of this project? What is the methodology by which this outcome
will be measured?
This proiect will increase multimodal safety, operations, and connectivity by utilizing a complete streets and
context -sensitive approach. This proiect will deliver a signature promenade that acts as a gateway to
Downtown Miami, celebrating Burle Marx design for Biscayne Boulevard. Furthermore, it activates an isolated
space, especially at night, and highlights maior cultural destinations, such as the Frost Science Museum, the
Perez Art Museum Miami and American Airlines Arena. Regular physical activity is associated with improved
quality of life and emotional well-being, and this proiect, through its design, will support more active lifestyles.
This proiect will minimize the barrier effect Biscayne Boulevard currently represents to the community and
enhance the connections to the Biscayne Bay and other key attractions. Finally, this proiect beautifies an area
where thousands of condo units are currently in construction, permitting or design.
g. What are the suggested penalties that the contracting agency may consider in addition to its standard
penalties for failing to meet deliverables or performance measures provided for in the contract?
Withholding of funds.
12. The owner(s) of the facility to receive, directly or indirectly, any fixed capital outlay funding. Include the
relationship between the owner(s) of the facility and the entity.
The Miami DDA carries out its mission through collaboration. To ensure the best possible execution and exposure,
we will lead this effort with our oartners. The iurisdiction of the proiect site falls under City of Miami and the Florida
Department of Transportation. Both of these agencies are partners of the Miami DDA on Biscayne Green as well as
other projects.
13. Requestor Contact Information:
a. Name: Maurice Ferre
b. Organization: Miami Downtown Development Authority
c. Email: crespi@miamidda.com
d. Phone Number: (3051379-6565
14. Recipient Contact Information:
a. Organization: Miami Downtown Development Authority
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b. County: Miami -Dade
c. Organization Type:
O For Profit
O Non Profit 501(c) (3)
O Non Profit 501(c) (4)
O Local Entity
O University or College
O Other (Please specify) Local Government
d. Contact Name: Christina Crespi
e. E-mail Address: Crespi@miamidda.com
f. Phone Number: (305)379-6565
15. If there is a registered lobbyist, fill out the lobbyist information below.
a. Name: Nelson Diaz
b. Firm: Southern Strategies Group
c. Email: diazsostrateev.com
d. Phone Number: (305)490-3414
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Senator Carte bell 2,018 Appropriations
Projects introduced into HB 5001/SB
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Bal Harbour Village Bakers Haulover Inlet
$750,000
S750,000
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Bypassing Project (Senate Form 1909)
276
Bal Harbour Village Roadway Infrastructure
$1,613.576
$500,000
Improvements and Rehabilitation (Senate Form
YES
1902)
242
Citv of North Miami Beach- Master Force Main
$670,650
$400,000
NO
Installation (Senate Form 1399)
241
Aventura- NE 133rd St Seawall Restoration
5544,214
! $200,000
NO
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Improvements (Senate Form 1536)
242
North Miami Arch Creek North/South Drainage
$496,750
5496.750
NO
Improvement- Basin C (Senate Form 1900)
29
Holocaust Memonal Miami Beach (Senate Form
$333,499
566. 501 (Recurring funds)
NO
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S333,499 (Nun -Recurring)
29
Jesus Christ Arch Angels Liberty Square Program
51.275,000
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$100.000
NO
(Senate Form 2233)
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Park Intermodal Logistic Center $25.000.000
$2,000.000 j
NO
(Senate Form 1203)
276
Biscavne Green (Senate Form l 199) SI0,000.000
$1.000.000 YES
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304
No One Left Behind (Senate Form 1615) $150.000 S150,000 NO
276
Village of Biscayne Park- Street & Infrastructure $915,000 $915.000
YES
Improvements (Senate Form 2212)
313
City of Miami Beach North Beach Business
$1,000.000
$200.000
ES
Incubator (Senate Form 2230)
93
Project Be Strom Teen Pregnancy Prevention
$50,000
S50,000
NO
Program (Senate Form 1907)
j
7
Miami Dade College
$1.697.130 S 1.697,130
NO
Rem/Ren Fac 14 (Gym) for Justice Center- North
36
:Miami Dade College $127,972,371 S 127,972,371 NO
i
TOTAL 5173,071,955 St33,400,300 $3,365,000
I VETOED
10 1
Submitted into the public
record f9r itern(s)
on City Clerk
SB 2500 -Senator Campbell Funding
(Complete List) 2017
Pg#
Project Name
Amount
Committee
Vetoed
Yes (Y)/ No (N)
199
Fxpansion/Remodel of the Bay
$200,000.00
Appropriations
Y
Harbor Islands Police Department
Subcommittee on
Criminal and Civil
Justice
207
Haitian Lawyers Association Legal
$45,000.00
Appropriations
N
support in the Kreyol language
Subcommittee on
(Senate Form 1042)
Criminal and Civil
Justice
30
Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach
$66,501.00
Appropriations
N
Subcommittee on
Pre -K-12 Education
31
Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach
$163,499
Appropriations
N
(Senate Form 1052)
Subcommittee on
Pre -K-12 Education
68
MACtown's — MACFit Wellness
$50,000.00
Appropriations
N
Center
Subcommittee on
Health and Human
Services
242
Town of Bay Harbor Islands Sewer
$500,000.00
Appropriations
N
Lateral Lining Project
Subcommittee on
the Environment
and Natural
Resources.
312
Bal Harbor Village -Utility Master
$50,000.00
Y
Plan (HB 3395)
94
FCO -Senior Community Center-
$1,000,000.00
Appropriations
Y
North Miami Foundation for Senior
Subcommittee on
Citizens Services, Inc
Health and Human
(Senate Form 1209)
Services
93
North Miami Foundation for Senior
$50,000.00
Appropriations
N
Citizens " Services, Inc., home
Subcommittee on
delivered meals
Health and Human
Seryices
101
Be Strong Project teen pregnancy
$50,000.00
Appropriations
N
prevention program (withdrawn)
Subcommittee on
Health and Human
Services
204
Wipe out Human trafficking,
$200,000.00
Appropriations
N
Domestic and Teen Violence, and
Subcommittee on
Missing Children
Health and Human
Services
11 1
S,thmitted into the publil l
record o ite s)
on City Clerk
311
African Cultural And Community
$212,000.00
Appropriations
Center
Subcommittee on
Transportation,
Tourism, and
Economic
Development
277
Sunny Isles Beach Complete
$250,000.00
Appropriations
Streets Project
Subcommittee on
Transportation,
Tourism, and
Economic
Development
316
CEDIA Violence Prevention and
$500,000.00
Appropriations
Economic Development Project
Subcommittee on
(HB 3505)
Transportation,
Tourism, and
Economic
Development
101
Miami Beach Community Health
$200,000.00
Appropriations
Center -Increasing Access to
Subcommittee on
Primary Care
Health and Human
Services
311
North Bay Village Boardwalk &
$250,000.00
Appropriations
Economic Revitalization
Subcommittee on
transportation,
Tourism, and
Economic
Development
243
North Bay Village Drainage
$500,000.00
Improvement Project
312
Golden Beach Street Lighting
$100,000.00
Appropriations
Project
Subcommittee on
transportation,
Tourism, and
Economic
Development
406
African Museum of Arts and
$500,000.00
Appropriations
Culture (AMAC) Center
Subcommittee on
transportation,
Tourism, and
Economic
Development
242
Aventura NE 191st Street
$100.000.00
Appropriations
Roadway and Drainage
Subcommittee on
transportation,
Tourism, and
Economic
Development
ki
Y
Y
IN
04
Y
N
W
N
121 = �- ;
312 Aventura NE 191 st Street
Stormwater Retrofits
(HB 3393)
276 Sunny Isles Beach Drainage
Improvements
243 Surfside Biscaya Island Water
Main Crossing
$400,000.00
$300,000.00
$124,000.00
205 Pro -Bono Foreclosure and Credit $75,000.00
Suhmitted into the pub
record fr ite (s -
on City Clerk
Appropriations
Subcommittee on
the Environment
and Natural
Resources.
Appropriations
Subcommittee on
transportation,
Tourism, and
Economic
Development
Appropriations
Subcommittee on
Criminal and Civil
Justice
Subcommittee on
Criminal and Civil
Justice
Y
N
Y
Iv
N
N
N
Y
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
131 = , _
legal assistance to eligible
participants (HB 2899)
306
Non Custodial Parent Program
$1,416,000.00
14
ABLE Grants
$6,832,500.00
243
Village of El Portal -El Jardin
$550,000.00
Stromwater Improvements (HB
3341)
4
Miami -Dade Collage for
$5,000,000.00
Gymnasium -North for $5,000,000
7
MIAMI DADE COLLEGE
$5,402,820.00
101
Sant La Haitian Neighborhood
$50,000
Association (HB 3233)
31
Florida Children's Iniative
$600,000
(HV 3) 125)
93
Miami Beach Senior Center-
$158,367
Jewish Community Services of
South Florida, Inc.
242
City of Miami Stromwater Master
$1,125,000.00
Plan (HB 2429)
37
Miami Dade College
$130,995,392.00
198
Advanced Crime Reporting &
$700,000.00
Analytics App (1234)
Suhmitted into the pub
record fr ite (s -
on City Clerk
Appropriations
Subcommittee on
the Environment
and Natural
Resources.
Appropriations
Subcommittee on
transportation,
Tourism, and
Economic
Development
Appropriations
Subcommittee on
Criminal and Civil
Justice
Subcommittee on
Criminal and Civil
Justice
Y
N
Y
Iv
N
N
N
Y
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
131 = , _
Su. mitted into the public
record f r it s K)A• X
on 611 City Clerk
2018 Department of State Funding for
Miami -Dade County
*Cultural Grants
Patrons of Exceptional Artists, Inc.
$2,514.00
Miami -Dade
Aventura
Musicall, Inc.
$1,583.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
Seraphic Fire, Inc.
$9,885.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
Gold Coast Railroad Museum, Inc.
$5,382.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
The Miami Symphony Orchestra/Orquesta
Sinfonica De Miami, Inc.
$7,248.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
Olympia Center, Inc.
$9,423.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
Civic Chorale of Greater Miami, Inc.
$1,000.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
The Dave and Mary Alper Jewish Community
Center, Inc.
$_9,532.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
Bascomb Memorial Broadcasting Foundation,
Inc.
$6,584.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
City Theatre
$3,145.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
The Florida International University Board of
Trustees
$9,550.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
Miami Dade College
$9,751.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
Florida Grand Opera, Inc.
$9,663.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
Miami Music Project, Inc.
$7,800.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
Miami Dade College Foundation, Inc.
$4,036.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
Center for the Advancement of Jewish
Education, Inc.
$3,506.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
Miami Light Project, Inc.
$5,621.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
Cuban Classical Ballet of Miami, Inc.
$1,849.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
Creation Art Center Corporation
$2,155.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
Miami Hispanic Ballet Corp.
$4,467.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
Zoo Miami Foundation
$9,743.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
Chopin Foundation of the United States, Inc.
$4,472.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
Jorge M. Perez Art Museum of Miami -Dade
County, Inc.
$9,920.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
Arts & Business Council of Miami, Inc.
$2,796.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
University of Wynwood, Inc.
$2,088.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
The Florida International University Board of
Trustees
$9,146.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
Florida International University Foundation,
Inc.
$5,825.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
Vizcaya Museum
$10,100.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
141
Submitted into the public
recorMit(s�a�onCity Clerk
Bakehouse Art Complex, Inc.
$5,861.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
Arca Images, Inc.
$2,499.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
EI Ingenio, Inc.
$1,000.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
Ballet Flamenco La Rosa, Inc.
$2,476.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
Miami Dade College
$5,623.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
Miami Dade College Foundation, Inc.
$10,089.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
Miami Dade College
$4,057.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
Museum of Science, Inc.
$9,392.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
Guitars Over Guns Organization, Inc.
$1,580.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
The Murray Dranoff Foundation, Inc.
$4,759.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
Performing Arts Center Trust, Inc.
$10,085.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
Miami Dade College
$2,920.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
Fantasy Theatre Factory, Inc.
$4,192.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
Arts for Learning/Miami, Inc.
$9,029.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
The Opera Atelier, Inc
$1,000.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
Dade Heritage Trust, Inc.
$1,563.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
Miami Music Institute, Inc.
$1,580.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
Miami Dade College
$5,811.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
Orchestra Miami, Inc.
$2,575.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
Greater Miami Youth Symphony of Dade
County, Florida, Inc.
$5,886.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
National Foundation for Advancement in the
Arts, Inc.
$9,709.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
Living Arts Trust, Inc.
$5,825.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
Miami Dance Project, Inc.
$3,715.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
Miami Youth for Chamber Music, Inc.
$1,000.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
Miami Dade College
$5,753.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
American Children's Orchestras for Peace,
Inc.
$3,482.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
Miami Short Film Festival
$1,359.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
Miami Children's Museum, Inc.
$9,874.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
Centro Cultural Espanol de Cooperacion
Iberoamericana, Inc.
$6,055.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
Borscht Corp
$1,631.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
Locust Projects, Inc.
$6,026.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
Diaspora Vibe Cultural Arts Incubator, Inc.
$2,485.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
Hispanic Heritage Literature Organization
Corp
$1,000.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
Zoetic Stage, Inc
$1,597.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
Miami Center for Architecture & Design, Inc.
$1,419.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
Artmonia Inc.
$1,000.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
Moksha Arts Collective
$1,364.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
Historical Association of Southern Florida,
Inc.
$9,498.00
Miami -Dade
Miami
1s d
Submitted into the pu i
record f�T it s
ori I City Clerk
Community Arts and Culture, Inc.
$1,177.00
Miami -Dade
Miami Beach
Miami City Ballet, Inc.
$10,184.00
Miami -Dade
Miami Beach
New World Symphony, Inc.
$10,191.00
Miami -Dade
Miami Beach
Miami Beach Film Society, Inc.
$3,192.00
Miami -Dade
Miami Beach
Holocaust Memorial Committee
$5,690.00
Miami -Dade
Miami Beach
Miami Beach Garden Conservancy, Inc.
$4,898.00
Miami -Dade
Miami Beach
The Dance Now! Ensemble, Inc.
$2,611.00
Miami -Dade
Miami Beach
Miami Design Preservation League, Inc.
$9,744.00
Miami -Dade
Miami Beach
Fundarte, Inc.
$4,928.00
Miami -Dade
Miami Beach
Friends of the Bass Museum, Inc.
$9,407.00
Miami -Dade
Miami Beach
South Florida Art Center, Inc.
$8,141.00
Miami -Dade
Miami Beach
Miami Theater Hub, Inc.
$1,622.00
Miami -Dade
Miami Beach
The Rhythm Foundation, Inc.
$7,409.00
Miami -Dade
Miami Beach
IFCM Corp.
$1,477.00
Miami -Dade
Miami Beach
Peter London Global Dance Company, Inc.
$1,569.00
Miami -Dade
North Miami
Florida Film Institute, Inc.
$2,533.00
Miami -Dade
North Miami
Museum of Contemporary Art, Inc.
$9,136.00
Miami -Dade
North Miami
The M Ensemble Company, Inc.
$1,000.00
Miami -Dade
North Miami
North Miami
Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida, Inc.
$5,487.00
Miami -Dade
Beach
Michael -Ann Russell Jewish Community
North Miami
Center, Inc.
$1,548.00
Miami -Dade
Beach
North Miami
Miami International Jazz Fest, Inc.
$1,000.00
Miami -Dade
Beach
16!
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recf ite s �U-
on ord City Clerk
2018 Department of State Funding for
Miami -Dade County
*Historical Grants
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens
Miami -Dade
Preserving Robert W. Chanler
Grotto Ceiling Mural
Tropical Audubon Society, Inc.
Miami -Dade
Doc Thomas House
Dade Heritage Trust, Inc.
Miami -Dade
Shenandoah Historic District
Survey
Miami -Dade County
Miami -Dade
Miami Dade Pedro Pan- Camp
Metacumbe
Carrollton School of the Sacred
Miami -Dade
Heart
EI Jardin 1918 Courtyard Screen
Restoration
City of Miami
Miami -Dade
Historic Virginia Key Beach Park
Project 2017
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens
Miami -Dade
Restoration of Vizcaya's Main
House Roof System
Miami Dade College
Miami -Dade
Remodeling, Renovation, and
Selective Restoration and
Preservation of the National
Historic David W. Dyer U.S.
Courthouse Building -Courtyard
Project
City of Miami Beach
Miami -Dade
41st Street and Pinetree Drive
Fountain
City of North Miami Beach
Miami -Dade
Fulford -By -The -Sea Fountain
Historical Marker
Miami $50,000
Miami $22,200
Miami $50,000
Miami $50,000
Miami $50,000
Miami $49,751
Miami $500,000
Miami $500,000
Miami Beach $50,000
North Miami Beach $950
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+,ccord, f r iter�(s)
City Clerk
2017 Department of State Funding for
Miami -Dade County
Rank Project
1 New World Symphony, Inc.
2 Miami Music
8 Miami City Ballet, Inc.
10 Miami Dade College Foundation
12 Fantasy Theatre Factory, Inc.
16 Jorge M Perez Art Museum
18 Thomas Armour Youth Ballet, Inc.
20 Gablestage, Inc.
22 Miami Children's Museum, Inc.
27 ArtSouth, A Not -For -Profit Corporation
32 Performing Arts Center Trust
40 Miami Children's Chorus
43 Fundarte, Inc.
45 The Rhythm Foundation, Inc.
54 University of Miami
57 University of Wynwood, Inc.
66 Orchestra Miami, Inc.
74 Greater Miami Youth Symphony of Dade County, Inc.
77 Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Inc.
78 Chopin Foundation of the United States
81 Seraphic Fire, Inc.
88 The Dance Now! Ensemble, Inc.
90 Living Arts Trust, Inc.
105 National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, Inc.
Request
$150,000
$92,� 91
$150,000
$150,000
$44,869
$150,000
$112,240
$123,423
$142,000
$18,468
$150,000
$30,000
$47,250
$90,000
$47,000
$25,000
$23,174
$61,288
$150,000
$40,000
$150,000
$19,265
$64,605
$150,000
18 1 -
1 1 1 Miami -Dade County
125 Arts for Learning/Miami, Inc.
128 Miami Dade College
129 Miami Theatre Center, Inc.
131 Actors' Playhouse Productions
139 Miami International Jass Fcst, Inc.
146 South Florida Art Center, Inc.
156 Holocaust Memorial Committee
158 South Florida Composers Alliance, Inc.
165 Miami Dade College
184 Arca Images, Inc.
190 Florida International University Research Foundation
193 Florida International University Foundation, Inc.
197 American Children's Orchestras for Peace, Inc.
201 Zoo Miami Foundation
203 Locust Projects, Inc.
204 Miami Hispanic Ballet Corp.
215 Miami Dade Colleae
216 Miami Dade College
221 Flroida Grand Opera, Inc.
231 Bascomb Memorial Broadcasting Foundation, Inc.
235 Village of Pinecrest
243 Center for the Advancement of Jewish Education
246 The Children's Voice Chorus, Inc.
247 Creation Art Center Corporation
250 Michael- Ann Russell Jewish Community Center
253 Miami Rail Publishing Corporation
261 Historical Association of Southern Florida, Inc.
262 Miami Dade College Foundation, Inc.
SI.i4mitte•9 into the public
record Wr itefi(s)
Pn City clerk
$150,000
$130,000
$107,200
$150,000
$150,000
$6,442-
$123,000
6,442$123,000
$106,000
$13,955
$67,525
$14,443
$150,000
$150,000
$32,932
$150,000
$75,000
$40,000
$40,575
$39,268
$150,000
$100,650
$150,000
$40,000
$7,400
$14,000
$23,500
$7,352
$150,000
$25,000
19
Submitted into the pubs
record qr it (s
'MI f City Clerk
264
Area Performance Gallery, Inc.
$75,000
265
Miami Beach Film Society, Inc.
$35,000
271
Friends of the Bass Museum, Inc.
$150,000
272
Patrons of Exceptional Artists, Inc.
$17,300
275
Guitards Over Guns Organizations, Inc.
$25,000
287
Musicall, Inc.
$8,100
289
Bakehouse Art Complex, Inc.
$25,000
309
South Florida Youth Symphony
$19,200
315
Centro Cultural Espanol De Cooperacion Iberoamerican
$60,000
328
Miami Light Project, Inc.
$80,000
329
Coral Gables Cinemateque, Inc.
$79,871
334
Ballet Etudes of South Florida, Inc.
$9,989
335
South Florida PBS, Inc.
$25,000
337
Miami Lyric Opera, Inc.
$16,662
341
Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida, Inc.
$85,000
343
City Theatre
$472,000
351
The Miami Music Association, Inc.
$150,000
352
Marjory Stoneman Douglas Biscayne Nature Center, Inc.
$25,000
357
Miami Dade College
$70,000
359
Peter London Global Dance Company, Inc.
$23,400
376
Miami Music Institute, Inc.
$25,000
380
Dade Heritage Trust, Inc.
$17,500
381
Miami Dance Project, Inc.
$40,000
382
Miami Dade College
$100,000
383
Miami Bach Society, Inc.
$30,000
384
Sociedad Pro Arte Grateli, Inc.
$24,500
385
Arts & Business Council of Miami, Inc.
26,000
388
Greater Miami Youth for Christ, Inc.
$35,000
389
Tiger -tail Productions, Inc.
$46,236
201 = _ , _
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record f r ite (s) _� ,
X11 City Clerk
396
Museum of Contemporary Art, Inc.
$150,000
398
Florida Film Institute, Inc.
$18,600
401
The Florida International University Board of Trustees
$ 150,000
402
Olympia Center, Inc.
$25,000
403
The Miami Symphony Orchestra/ Orquesta Sinfonica De Miami,
$140,000
Inc.
409
Gold Coast Railroad Museum, Inc.
$48,000
417
The Cove/ Rinco Corp.
$2,000
421
Alhambra Music, Inc.
$6,330
422
Cuban Classical Ballet of Miami, Inc.
$9,176
433
Cuban Classical Ballet of Miami, Inc.
$14,000
437
Beacon College (Broward)
$25,000
444
Brazz Dance Theater, Incorporated
$8,000
449
Algo Nuevo, Incorporated
$1,975
450
El Ingenio Inc
$5,200
454
City of Homestead
$25,000
455
Civic Chorale of Greater Miami Inc
$4,555
458
South Florida Friends of Classical Music
$5,639
460
Museum of Science
$ 150,000
465
Mosaic Dance Project
$7,394
466
The M Ensemble Company Inc
$18,000
468
IFCM Corp Media Arts
$25,500
472
Cannonball Miami Inc
$10,000
21 1
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on_ KIN City Clerk
2018 Legislation Signed by the Governor
Appropriations
• SB 472 National Statuary Hall -Thurston
This bill requests that the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress to approve the replacement
of the statute of Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith in the National Statutory Hall
Collection with a statute of Mary McLeod Bethune.
Banking, Insurance and Regulated Industries
• SB 922 (HB 1265) Sale of Alcoholic Beverages- Bean
This bill removes the requirement that intrastate operators of passenger trains or sleeping cars only
purchase or sell liquor in miniature bottles. It clarifies that interstate train operators must continue
to keep alcoholic beverages intended for sale on passenger trains separate from alcoholic beverages
intended for sale in a railroad transit station.
• CS/SB 1224 (HB 961) Beverage Law- Bradley
This bill authorizes a malt beverage distributor to give branded glassware to vendors licensed to
sell malt beverages for on -premises consumption; requiring that the glassware bear certain
branding; prohibiting a vendor from selling the branded glassware or returning it to a distributor
for cash, credit, or replacement, etc.
CS/CS/CS/SB 920 Deferred Presentment Transactions — Bradley
This bill authorizes deferred presentment transactions. It specifies that the maximum amount of
checks that may be taken for deferred presentment installment transactions, exclusive fees;
specifying the maximum rate and frequency of fees that deferred presentment providers of their
affiliates may charge on deferred presentment installment transactions and authorizes providers of
deferred presentment installment transactions to accept additional checks subject to certain
limitations, etc.
Commerce and Tourism
• SB 962 (HB 1267) Call Blocking- Rouson
This bill authorizes telecommunication providers to block certain calls; prohibiting the blocking of
certain calls; authorizing telecommunication providers to rely upon caller identification service
information to determine originating numbers for the purpose of blocking such calls, etc.
Communications, Energy and Public Utilities
• HB 405 (SB 494) Linear Facilities- Williamson; Payne
Linear Facilities; Devises definition of "development" to exclude certain utility work on rights-of-
way or corridors & creation or termination of distribution & transmission corridors; requires DEP
to consider certain variance standard for certification of power plants & transmission corridors;
specifies PSC authority to locate transmission lines underground.
Cummurlity ;affairs
• HB 1013 (SB 858) Daylight Savings Time- Nunez; Fitzenhagen
This bill provides legislative intent regarding State of Florida and its political subdivisions
observing daylight saving time year-round under certain conditions.
221
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Criminal and Civil ,Justice
CS/CS/SB 140 Marriage Licenses- Benacquisto
This bill provides that a marriage license may not be issued to a person under the age of 18 years
except under certain circumstances. It also requires parties to a marriage to file a written and signed
affidavit with the county court judge or clerk of the circuit court before the judge or clerk may issue
a marriage license.
CS/CS/SB 1392 Criminal Justice- Brandes
This bill requires the Department of Corrections to include information in its annual report on
inmate admission based on offense type and recidivism rate; encouraging local communities and
public or private educational institutions to implement pre -arrest diversion programs for certain
offenders; requiring each pretrial release program to include in its annual report the types of
criminal charges of defendants accepted into a pretrial release program, the number of defendants
accepted into a pretrial release program who paid a bail or bond, the number of defendants accepted
into a pretrial release program with no prior criminal conviction, and the number of defendants for
whom a pretrial risk assessment tool was used or was not, etc. APPROPRIATION: $1,750,000.00
• RB 1065 (SB 298) Expunction of Criminal History Records- Eagle: Jones
This bill provides that a person receiving a judgment of acquittal or not guilty verdict is eligible to
have his or her criminal record expunged. It also revises the circumstances under which the
Department of Law Enforcement must issue a certificate of eligibility for the sealing of a criminal
history record, etc.
HB 631 (SB 804) Possession of Real Property- Edwards -Walpole
This bill authorizes a person with superior right to possession of real property to recover possession
by ejectment. They also are entitled to possession of real property has cause of action to regain
possession from another person who obtained possession of real property by forcible entry,
unlawful entry, or unlawful detainer.
Education: PreK — 12 and Higher Education
• CS/IIB 7055 Education- Bileca; Diaz, M.
Education; Revises provisions relating to Commissioner of Education, DOE, school districts,
school district superintendents, statewide, standardized assessments, charter schools, educational
scholarship programs, principal autonomy, pilot program initiative, dual enrollment, FLYS, &
private schools. APPROPRIATION: $14,000,000.00
CS/SB 4 Higher Education — Galvano
Citing this act as the "Florida Excellence in Higher Education Act of 2018"; revising the preeminent
state research universities program graduation rate requirements and funding distributions;
authorizing a public institution of higher education to create and enforce certain restrictions relating
to expressive activities on campus; providing for the future repeal of provisions relating to the
University of South Florida St. Petersburg and Sarasota/Manatee, respectively; establishing the
World Class Faculty and Scholar Program; establishing the State University Professional and
Graduate Degree Excellence Program; authorizing students to use certain Florida Bright Futures
Scholarship Program awards for summer term enrollment beginning in specified years under
certain circumstances; extending coverage of the Benacquisto Scholarship Program to include
tuition and fees for qualified nonresident students, etc. APPROPRIATION: 5123,513,035.00
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Environmental Preservation, Conservation, and Agriculture
• HB 7043 (SB 1402) State Assumption of Federal Section 404 Dredge and Fill Permitting
Authority — Raschein
This bill provides DEP, upon approval of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, with power &
authority to adopt rules to assume & implement permitting program pursuant to federal Clean
Water Act for dredge & fill activities in certain state waters; provides applicability of state laws,
exemptions, & administrative procedures; provides permit requirements; provides for delegation
of certain activities.
• HB 53 (SB 232) Coral Reefs- Jacobs
Coral Reefs; Establishes Southeast Florida Coral Reef Ecosystem Conservation Area that includes
the sovereign submerged lands and state waters offshore of Broward, Martin, Miami -Dade, and
Palm Beach Counties from the St. Lucie Inlet in the north to the northern boundary of the Biscayne
National Park in the south.
CS/SB 1576 Animal Welfare — Steube
This bill requires specified entities that take receivership of lost or stray dogs or cats to adopt written
policies and procedures to ensure that every reasonable effort is made to quickly and reliably return
owned animals to their owners; authorizing a court to prohibit certain offenders from owning or
having custody or control over animals; revising the ranking of offenses on the offense severity
ranking chart of the Criminal Punishment Code, etc.
Ethics and Elections
• CS/HB 85 Voter Reeistration List Maintenance- Spano
Voter Registration List Maintenance; Authorizes Department of State (DOS) to become member
of nongovernmental entity to verify voter registration information; establishes requirements for
such memberships; requires Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV) to
provide specified information to DOS; establishes reporting requirements.
• SB 186 Resign -to -Run Law- Hutson
This bill requires an officer who qualifies for federal public office to resign from the office he or
she presently holds if the terms, or any part thereof, run concurrently; prescribing requirements for
the written resignation; providing for an automatic irrevocable resignation in the event of
noncompliance, etc.
Finance and Taxation
• HJR 7001 Supermaiority vote for State Taxes or Fees —Leek
This bill proposes an amendment to State Constitution to prohibit a state tax or fee from being
imposed or raised except through legislation approved by two-thirds of each house of legislature;
requires a state tax or fee imposed or raised to be contained in separate bill that contains no other
subject.
CS/HB 7087 Taxation- Renner
This bill provides for the appointment of the taxpayers' rights advocate within the Department of
Revenue by the Chief Inspector General rather than by the department's executive director;
authorizing counties imposing the tourist development tax to use the tax revenues to finance
channel, estuary, or lagoon improvements; providing that an owner of homestead property that was
significantly damaged or destroyed as a result of a named tropical storm or hurricane may elect to
have such property deemed abandoned, for the purpose of receiving a certain assessment reduction,
if the owner establishes a new homestead property by a specified date; providing sales tax
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exemptions for the retail sale of certain clothing and school supplies during a specified timeframe;
providing a sales tax exemption for specified disaster preparedness supplies during a specified
timeframe, etc. APPROPRIATION: Indeterminate
HB 7093 Corporate Income Tax — Renner
This bill revises the definition of the term "adjusted federal income" relating to adjustments related
to federal acts; requiring the Department of Revenue to make a certain examination, monitor
guidance by the Internal Revenue Service, conduct workshops, and develop a certain process
regarding the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017; requiring the department to consult with the Revenue
Estimating Conference in developing required reports, etc.
Governmental Oversight, Accountability and General Government
• HB 67 (SB 286) Florida Slavery Memorial — McGhee; Lee
Florida Slavery Memorial will be administered by DMS. DMS is required to develop a plan for
the design, placement, and cost of the memorial, which must include the designation of an
appropriate public area for the memorial on the premises of the Capitol Complex, not to include
the CCCOC. Additionally, DMS must submit the plan to the governor, the President of the Senate,
and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Health and Human Services
CS/CS/HB 21 Controlled Substances- Bovd
This bill requires certain boards to require certain registered practitioners to complete a specified
board -approved continuing education course to obtain authorization to prescribe controlled
substances as part of biennial license renewal and before a specified date. It also requires the
applicable boards to adopt rules establishing certain guidelines for prescribing controlled
substances for acute pain. APPROPRIATION: $53,653, 232.00
• CS/HB 41 Pregnancy Support and Wellness Services — Toledo
Pregnancy Support and Wellness Services, Requires DOH to contract with not-for-profit statewide
alliance of organizations to provide pregnancy support & wellness services through subcontractors;
provides duties of department; provides contract requirements, requires services to be provided in
non -coercive manner & forbids inclusion of religious content.
• CS/CS41B 1165 Trauma Services — Trumbull
This bill revises trauma service areas & provisions relating to number & location of trauma
centers, requires DOH to establish Florida Trauma System Advisory Council by specified date.
• HB 37 (SB 80) Direct Primary Care Agreements — Burgess; Miller, M.
This bill specifies that direct primary care agreement does not constitute insurance and provide
requirements for such agreement.
• HB 6049 Medical Marii uana Growers —Jones; Newton
This bill removes requirement that DOH grant a medical marijuana treatment center license to
member of specified association.
Rules
• CS/SB 7026- Public Safety- Rules
Public Safety; Citing this act as the ''Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Act";
authorizing the awarding of ;rants through the Crime Stoppers Trust Fund for student crime watch
programs; establishing the Office of Safe Schools within the Department of Education; providing
that each sheriff may establish a Coach Aaron Fels Guardian Program and appoint certain volunteer
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school employees as school guardians; prohibiting a person who has been adjudicated mentally
defective or been committed to a mental institution from owning or possessing a firearm until
certain relief is obtained; prohibiting a person younger than a certain age from purchasing a firearm;
prohibiting specified acts relating to the sale and possession of bump -fire stocks; creating the
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission within the Department of Law
Enforcement, etc. APPROPRIATION: $400,000,000.00
HB 7099 Ratification of Aeencv for Health Care Administration (AHCA) Rule for Nursin
Homes- Malar
This bill ratifies specified AHCA rule relating to emergency environmental control for nursing
homes for sole & exclusive purpose of satisfying any condition on effectiveness pursuant to s.
t20.541(3), F.S., which requires ratification of rule meeting specified thresholds for likely adverse
impact or increase in regulatory costs.
• SB 7028 Ratification of Department of Elder Affairs Rule for Assisted Living Facilities- Rules
This bill ratifies a specified rule relating to emergency environmental control for assisted living
facilities for the sole and exclusive purpose of satisfying any condition on effectiveness pursuant
to s. 120.54 t(3), F.S., which requires ratification of any rule exceeding the specified thresholds for
likely adverse impact or increase in regulatory costs, etc.
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2018 Legislation that Failed
SB 840 Gaming- Hutson
This bill proposed a revision to the Compact between the Seminole Tribe of Florida and the State to remain
in effect until 2040. The Seminoles would be able to offer slots, live table games and banked table games
at their seven facilities in Florida. The Tribe would pay a guaranteed $3 billion over the first seven years of
the Compact, with payments after that based on their net win. The proposal allowed Florida parimutuels in
Miami -Dade, Broward and other counties that have approved slots by referendum to decouple and offer
slots, poker and other designated player card instead of live racing. The bill also would have allowed fantasy
contests (such as fantasy football) and "pay -at -the -pump" lottery vending machines.
• What Happened. The companion House bill, HB 7067, was narrower in scope than the Senate
bill. It also created a new Seminole Compact but would have maintained the Tribe's exclusivity
over slot machines outside of Miami -Dade and Broward counties. Like the Senate bill, the House
version would require a $3 billion payout by the Tribe over the first seven years, but the House bill
would not allow decoupling, expansion of slots to referendum counties, or card games beyond the
existing pari-mutuel style poker games. The Senate passed it version of the bill 22-10, and the
House passed its version 70-40. The bill died after the conference committee announced it could
not reach an agreement.
SB 1168 Insurance (Assignment of Benefits)- Steube
The bill would have created new requirements for assignment of post -loss benefits from personal residential
property insurance policies in an attempt to stem high insurance premiums that insurance companies say
are due to the current assignment of benefit system.
• What Happened. This bill passed the committees on Banking and Insurance and Judiciary before
dying in the Rules Committee. When insurers were asked by committee members if limiting one
way attorney fee provisions to insureds, but not assignees, would lower rates, the insurers' lobbyists
would not commit to lowering rates.
SB 1304 Bicycle Sharing- Young
The bill would have created a regulatory framework for bicycle sharing companies operating in the state
and would have preempted local governments from regulating bicycle sharing companies.
• What Happened: The debate over the bill centered on the issue of shared bicycles that do not use
racks, stations, or hubs to "dock" the bicycles when not in use. Advocates of the dockless bicycle
sharing see it as a way for private industry to provide alternative transportation options with little
or no up -front investment by local government. Opponents highlight that since the bicycles aren't
locked to anything, there is the potential for bicycles to be left in inconvenient places such as in the
middle of the sidewalk, blocking curb ramps and ADA -sensitive locations. The bill passed the
Banking and Insurance Committee before dying in Community Affairs.
SB 1568 Prohibited Activities Under the Workers' Compensation Law- Farmer
The bill would have revised Florida's workers' compensation laws to stop a practice where employers,
mostly employee leasing companies, hire undocumented workers to do dangerous jobs and then deny
workers' comp benefits when they are injured. The workers receive no benefits, are charged with
insurance fraud and likely face deportation while their employers avoid paying for treating their on-the-
job injuries.
• What Happened: This bill passed the Banking and Insurance Committee on a narrow vote, but
died in the Commerce and Tourism Committee.
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SB 150 Motor Vehicle Insurance- Lee
The bill would have repealed the no-fault system, which requires motorists to carry $10,000 in PIP
coverage. Instead, the bill would have required motorists to carry $20,000 for bodily -injury or death of one
person and $40,000 for bodily injury or death of two or more people in any one crash; $10,000 coverage
for property damage; and $5,000 in medical -payment coverages. Over the course of four years, the bodily
injury requirements would increase to $30,000/$60,000 under the provisions of the bill.
• What Happened: The bill passed in the Banking and Insurance Committee but died in the
Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services.
SB 674 Steroid Use in Racing Greyhounds
The bill would have banned the use of testosterone, an anabolic steroid, from being used in racing
greyhounds.
What Happened: This bill was opposed by the greyhound racing industry, and supported by the
ASCPA, the Humane Society and other groups opposed to greyhound racing. The bill passed the
Senate on a vote of 31 to 6, but died in House messages.
SB 1036 Labor Organizations- Steube
This bill required unions to include in their annual financial reports the number of employees in the
bargaining unit who are eligible for representation and the number of employees who are represented by
the organization, specifying the number of dues paying members and those who don't. It also required a
union to petition for recertification if its dues paying membership dropped below 50 percent of the
eligible number of employees for representation in that unit.
• What Happened: The Senate bill was never placed on a committee agenda and it died in the
Commerce and Tourism Committee. The House bill passed its one committee of reference before
passing on a party line vote of 65-41. While the bill died, the portions of this bill that applied to
teachers' unions passed in the all-encompassing education bill HB 7055.
SB 90 Use of Wireless Communications Devices While Driving- Perry
The bill would have ratcheted up the state's ban on texting while driving to a primary offense, meaning
someone could be pulled over if a police officer suspected the driver was texting. The bill also required the
law enforcement officer to inform the person being stopped of their right to decline a search of his or her
wireless communication device and to also collect the driver's race and ethnicity on the citation and report
that information to the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.
• What Happened. Even with the required notification of rights and the collections of data on the
citations issued, many Democrats were still concerned that the bill could lead to racial profiling by
law enforcement officers. The bill died in the Appropriations Committee.
SB 1400 Vacation Rentals- Steube
The bill created the "Florida Vacation Rental Act" explicitly preempting the regulation of vacation rentals
to the state and separating the regulation of vacation rentals from the regulation of public lodging
establishments, such as hotels and motels.
What Happened: Major points of contention included whether local ordinances should be
grandfathered, the ability for local governments or the department to regulate health and building
codes, and ensuring maximum occupancy- limits. This bill was heavily debated and passed its first
two committees before dying in the Appropriations Committee.
SB 224 Legal Holidays- Book
This bill would have removed the birthdays of Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis and Confederate
Memorial Day as legal holidays.
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What Happened: In the Community Affairs Committee there was public testimony in opposition
The bill received a 4-2 vote to move on but died in Government Oversight and Accountability.
SB 1776 Vegetable Gardens- Bradley
This bill would have preempted local governments from regulating vegetable gardens on residential
property. Local governments regulate aspects of gardening, such as fertilizer use, water use, or control of
invasive species.
• What Happened: The Florida League of Cities opposed the bill because it prohibited all regulation
and did not provide size limits of vegetable gardens, which could affect public health and property
value. Despite these concerns, the bill passed the Senate 36-1 but died in House messages.
SB 574 Tree and Vegetation Trimming and Removal- Steube
This bill would not have preempted local governments from regulating the trimming, removal or harvesting
of any tree and timber on private property. Instead, the local governments are held liable for compensatory
damages to utility companies if trees damage their power lines and the utility had notified the local
government of specific trees' risk.
• What Happened: The original drafting of the bill was heavily opposed due to the preemption, but
was amended in the Community Affairs Committee and passed on a 3-2 vote. There were still
major concerns about the bill "shifting the burden of proof onto the local governments" and the bill
died in Environmental Preservation and Conservation.
SB 1328 Affordable Housing- Perry
This bill created programs to facilitate the creation of affordable housing for Florida. The bill provided for
additional evaluation criteria of lands available for affordable housing, expedited local permit approval,
exempted housing authorities from "user fees," and nonprofit housing corporations from taxes, user fees,
and assessments.
What Happened: This bill passed all of its committees unanimously but died on the Senate
Calendar.
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Legislation Vetoed by the Governor
HB 1113 Palm Beach County Housinz Authority
Provides exceptions to general law; provides that governing body of Palm Beach County may appoint two
additional commissioners to housing authority & remove or suspend same.
HB 1149 Environmental Regulation
Directing the Department of Environmental Protection and water management districts to reissue the
construction phase of an expired environmental resource permit under certain conditions; encouraging the
development of aquifer recharge for reuse implementation; requiring counties and municipalities to address
contamination of recyclable material in specified contracts; providing an exemption from certain
requirements for mitigation areas created by a local government under a permit issued before a specified
date and for certain mitigation banks, etc.
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2018 Condominium Legislation
SB 1238 Homeowners' Associations
This bill is designed to prohibit an association from hiring an attorney who represents the
management company of the association. It requires an association to provide members with a
copy of the most recent annual financial report or a written notice detailing how to obtain such a
report. This bill also prohibits an officer, director, or manager from soliciting, offering to accept,
or accepting a kickback for which consideration has not been provided and it provides
requirements and procedures relating to conflicts of interest, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/18
Status: Died in Regulated Industries
SB 734 Homeowners' Associations
This bill revises the uses of the Florida Condominiums, timeshares, and Mobile Homes Trust Fund
to include reimbursement of costs to the Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and
Mobile Homes for the administration and operation of the Homeowners' Association Act. It
provides a cause of action for a member against a community association manager or management
firm under certain circumstances. This bill also revises the circumstances under which members
other than the developer are entitled to elect at least a majority of the board of directors of the
homeowners' association, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/18
Status: Died in Regulated Industries
HB 377 Homeowners' Associations
This bill revises the uses of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, & Mobile Homes Trust Fund and
it increases the damages to which member of homeowners' associations is entitled for denial of
access to official records. It provides causes of action for member against community association
manager or management firm as well be prohibiting reimbursement to community association
manager or management firms for certain finds. The bill provides DBPR with jurisdiction to
investigate certain complaints as well as providing a cause of action against developers by HOA
or non -developer member of HOA.
Effective Date: 7/1/18
Status: 3/10/18 House- Died in Careers and Competition Subcommittee
SB 1768 Community Associations
This bill requires the Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes of the
Department of Business and Professional Regulation to establish the Office of Community
Association Hearings; allowing the division to certify attorneys who are not employed by the
division to act as community association hearing officers under specified conditions; specifying
grounds for which a community association hearing officer may be terminated, etc.
Effective Date: 7111/18
Status: 3/10/18 Senate- Died in Regulated Industries
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SB 1530 Condominium Associations
This bill deletes a restriction on attorney representation and revises the list of documents that the
association is required to post online. It also provides that the failure of an association to post
certain information is not sufficient in and of itself, to invalidate any action or decision of the
association, etc.
Effective date: 7/1/18
Status: 3/10/18 Senate- Died in Regulated Industries
SB 1432 Community Association Fire and Life Safety Systems
This bill requires certain condominium or cooperative associations to post certain signs or
symbols on buildings. It revises provisions relating to evidence of condominium and cooperative
association compliance with the fire and life safety code. It also revises unit and common
elements required to be retrofitted, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/18
Status: 3/10/18 Senate- Died in Community Affairs
HB 841 Community Associations
This bill revises condominium association recordkeeping and financial reporting requirements
and provisions relating to required association bylaws, board term limits, voting requirements
relating to alterations and additions to certain common elements or association property. It also
provides that an association may not prohibit a unit owner from installing an electronic vehicle
charging station which can be used as the basis of a lien.
Effective Date: 7/1/18
Status: 3/27/18 Signed into Law- Chapter No. 2018-96
HB 1061 Community Association Fire & Life Safety Svstems
This bill requires certain condominium or cooperative associations to post certain signs or
symbols on buildings and it requires the State Fire Marshal to adopt rules governing such signs
or symbols. It revise provisions relating to evidence of condominium & cooperative association
compliance with fire & life safety code.
Effective Date: 7/1/18
Status: 3/10/18 House- Died in Government Operations and Technology
SB 1386 Taxation of Real Property
This bill prohibits separate ad valorem taxes or non -ad valorem assessments against the land
upon which a multiple parcel building is located. It also provides that easements for support of
improvements that may be constructed above lands survive tax sales and deeds of such lands,
etc.
Effective Date: Upon becoming law
Status: 3/10/18 Senate- Died in Community Affairs
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HB 873 Homeowners' Associations
This bill prohibits association from hiring attorney who represents management company of
association are revises and provides provisions relating to associations, including official
records, inspection & copying of bylaws & rules, association websites, financial reports, use of
association debit card, recall of directors, kickbacks, officers and directors, voting rights, term
limits, & conflicts of interest. It provides criminal penalties.
Effective Date: 7/1/18
Status: 3/10/18 House- Died in Agriculture and Property Rights Subcommittee
SB 1274 Community Associations
This bill deletes a provision and prohibits an association from hiring an attorney who represents
the management company of the association. It revises the list of documents that the association
is required to post online and the voting requirements relating to alterations and additions to
certain common elements or associations property; revising cooperative association
recordkeeping requirements; prohibits a board member from voting via email, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/18
Status: 3/8/18 Senate — Laid on Table, refer to HB 841
2017 Condominium Legislation
SB 398 Estoppel Certificates
This bill revises the requirements relating to the issuance of an estoppel certificate to specified persons.
It also requires a condominium, cooperative, or homeowners' association to designate a street or e-
mail address on its website for estoppel certificate requests. This bill also prohibits an association from
charging a preparation and delivery, fee or making certain claims if it fails to deliver an estoppel
certificate within certain timeframes, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/17
Status: Signed into Law- Chapter No. 2017-93
HB 653 Community Associations
This bill requires certain condominium or cooperative associations to post certain signs or symbols on
buildings. It prohibits an officer, director, or manager from soliciting, offering to accept, or accepting
a kickback for which consideration has not been provided. This bill revises voting requirements
relating to alterations and additions to certain common elements or association property as well as
revises provisions relating to required condominium and cooperative association bylaws, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/17
Status: 3/12/18 House- Veto \Message transmitted to Secretary of State
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HB 1237 Condominiums
This bill revise and provides requirements relating to condominiums, including kickbacks, association
documents, attorney representation, recording requirements, purchasing of units at foreclosure sale,
financial statements, powers & duties of Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, & Mobile
Homes, board membership, management services, conflicts of interest, arbitration, member voting
rights, and reporting requirements. It also provides criminal penalties. Effective Date: 7/1/17
Status: Signed into Law- Chapter No. 2017-188
SB 1520 Termination of Condominium Association
This bill requires a plan of termination to be approved by the Division of Florida Condominiums,
Timeshares and Mobile Homes of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation and meet
specified requirements for a condominium form of ownership to be terminated for all or a portion of
the condominium property under certain circumstances. It also specifies that a plan of termination is
presumed to be accepted if notice is not provided within the specified timeframe, etc.
APPROPRIATION: $89,052.00
Effective Date: 7/1/07
Status: Signed into Law- Chapter No. 2017-122
HB 6027 Financial Reporting
This bill deletes a provision that authorizes certain associations to prepare report of cash receipts and
expenditures in lieu of specified financial statements. It deletes provisions that prohibit condominium
and cooperative associations from waiving certain financial reporting requirements.
Effective Date: 7/1/17
Status: Signed into Law- Chapter No. 2017-161
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Questions to consider & Answer
1. When a resident that belongs to a condominium association has to
pay additional fees, where exactly does the money from the fees go?
Does it go back to the IIOA to be used for services for the
community? Is a portion of the money governed by the state?
Response provided by Chief Attorney under the Senate Regulated
Industries Committee:
A condominium association has the power to make and collect assessments from unit
owners for the payment of common expenses. See ss.718.103 (1) and 718.111 (4), F.S.
The term "common expenses" means all expenses properly incurred by the
condominium association in the performance of its duties. See s.718.103 (9), F.S.
If an assessment is required to support the expenses proposed in the condominium
association's annual budget, it is referred to as a "regular assessment," and such
regular assessments are typically paid monthly or quarterly as required by the
condominium documents. A "special assessment" means any assessment made
against a unit owner other than a regular assessment. Special assessments are
imposed when the expense to be paid is not addressed in the association's annual
budget, or the amount needed is greater than anticipated in the budget.
Notice of a meeting of the board of directors of a condominium to consider regular
assessments or special assessments against unit owners must state that assessments
will be considered, and the board meeting notice must provide the nature, estimated
cost, and description of the purposes for such assessments. See s. 718.112 (2)(c)I.,
F.S.
The funds raised by regular assessments are paid to a condominium association for
the operation, maintenance, repair, replacement, or protection of the condominium's
common elements and property, for the cost of carrying out the duties and powers of
the association, and for any other common expense. See S. 718.115, F.S.
However, the funds raised by special assessments made by used only for the specific
purpose or purposes described in the board meeting notice. Upon completion of
those specific purpose(s), any excess funds may, at the discretion of the board, either
be returned to the unit owners or applied as a credit toward future assessments. See
S. 718.116 (io), F.S.
As to the issue of monies paid by condominium associations to the State,
Section718.501 (2)(a), F.S., provides that each condominium association operating
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more than two units must pay an annual fee to the Division of Florida
Condominiums, Timeshare, and Mobile Homes (division) of the Department of
Business and Professional Regulation. The annual fee is $4 for each residential unit
(for example, the fee to be paid every year by a loo -unit condominium association to
the division is $400). All annual fees must be deposited in the Division of Florida
Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes Trust Fund, to be used for the
administration and operation by the division of chapters 718 (condominiums), 719
(cooperatives), 721 (timeshares), and 723 (mobile home parks), of the Florida
Statutes. See s. 718.5o9, F.S.
For your convenience, if needed, the link to the Condominium Act is:
http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App mode=Displav Statute&URL=o
7oo-o7qq/o718/o718.html.
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FIORIDA SEW -A7 -B RBS01 U7IOW
By Senator Campbell
A resolution recognizing the City of Miami on the occasion of the 122nd
anniversary of its incorporation.
WHEREAS, before the Spanish claimed the land along the Miami River
in the 15oos, it was a 7equesta Indian setttement namedfor a wordin their
language meaning "big water," and
WHEREAS, when the Spanish established a mission on the river's north
bank in the late 1500s, the 7equestas were targetedfor conversion to
Christianity and subsequently perished after contracting smallpox and other
European introduced diseases, and
WHEREAS, a wave of Native .americans migrated to South FCorida in
the 1700s, incCuding the "Cimarron, " or `WiCd men" in Spanish, later known as
the Seminole tribe, and
WHEREAS, after Florida tivas purchased from Spain and became part
of the United States in 1819, three major -wars -were wagedby the Seminoles
against the government, sCavving the settlement of the Miami area by white
pioneers, and
WHEREAS, in the 1840s, ytantation owner Wiffiam English estabCtshed
the Village of Miami on the south bank of the Miami River, andwealthy
widLnv JuCia 7uttCe establisheda large citrusplantation on the north side of the
river, and
WHEREAS, JuCia Tuttle, aCong -with Wiffiam and Mary BrickeCl,
persuaded railroad magnate Henry Ftagler to extend his railroad line to
Miami, and
WHEREAS, the City of Miami tivas incorporated in 1896, boasting 444
residents, infrastructure, anda resort hoteCfinancedby Ftagler, and
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-WHEREAS, Miami became an instant tourist attraction and retreat
for the rich andfamous, earning the nickname "the Magic City" andprompting
severaCreaCestate booms, and
WHERE -As, during one of the reaCestate booms, John Coffins and CarC
Fisher transformedMiami Beach into a tourist haven, and
WHERE -AS, Miami reboundedafter a devastating hurricane in 1926 and
blossomed in the post -hurricane development years, and
WHERE -IS, Miami today is stdCevolving as an internationaCport and
tourist destination and as a gateway for gCobaC indus tries establishing foothoCds
in the 'United States, and
WHERE -IS, the City of Miami is ted by .Mayor Francis Suarez, City
Manager DanieCJ..ACfonso, Chair Xeon Hardemon, Vice Chair Xen Russe CC,
and commissioners Wifredo Gort, Frank CaroCCo, andManoCo Reyes, XO'W,
THEREFORE,
Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
That the City of Miami is recognizedon the occasion of the 122nd anniversary
of its incorporation.
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reco=its City Clerk
District 38 Cities & Map
City of Aventura
Village of Bal Harbour
Town of Bay Harbor Islands
Town of Biscayne Park
Village of EI Portal
Town of Golden Beach
Village Indian Creek
City of Miami
City of Miami Beach
Village of Miami Shores
North Bay Village
City of North Miami
City of North Miami Beach
City of Sunny Isles Beach
Town of Surfside
Miami -Dade
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Important Numbers to Remember
Florida State Senator
Daphne Campbell, RN
District Office
633 NE 167th St., Ste .1101
North Miami Beach, FL 33162
(305) 403-6009
City of Miami
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
305-416-1100
Social Security Administration
1800-772-1213
Www.ssa.gov
Medicare
1800-633-4227
Www.medicare.gov
Unemployment
Www.fluidnow.com
1800-204-2418
United States Citizenship and Immigration
Services
8801 NW 7th Avenue
Miami, Fl 33150
Www.uscis.gov
1800-375-5283
Miami -Dade County Housing Counseling
Office
701 NW 1 st Court, 16th Floor
Miami, FL 33136
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