Florida Senate - 2021                      CS for CS for SB 1966
       
       
        
       By the Committees on Appropriations; and Regulated Industries;
       and Senators Diaz and Garcia
       
       
       
       
       576-04220-21                                          20211966c2
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Department of Business and
    3         Professional Regulation; amending s. 210.09, F.S.;
    4         requiring that certain reports relating to the
    5         transportation or possession of cigarettes be filed
    6         with the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco
    7         through the division’s electronic data submission
    8         system; providing that specified records relating to
    9         cigarettes received, sold, or delivered within the
   10         state may be kept in an electronic or paper format;
   11         amending s. 210.55, F.S.; requiring that certain
   12         entities file reports, rather than returns, relating
   13         to tobacco products with the division; providing
   14         requirements for such reports; amending s. 210.60,
   15         F.S.; providing that specified records relating to
   16         tobacco products may be kept in an electronic or paper
   17         format; amending s. 489.109, F.S.; removing provisions
   18         relating to an additional fee for application and
   19         renewal, transfer of funds, recommendations by the
   20         Construction Industry Licensing Board for use of such
   21         funds, distribution of such funds by the department,
   22         and required reports of the department; amending s.
   23         489.118, F.S.; removing an obsolete date; amending s.
   24         489.509, F.S.; deleting requirements relating to
   25         certain fees collected by the department for
   26         electrical and alarm system contracting; amending s.
   27         499.01, F.S.; exempting certain persons from specified
   28         permit requirements under certain circumstances;
   29         requiring an exempt cosmetics manufacturer to provide,
   30         upon request, to the department specified
   31         documentation verifying his or her annual gross sales;
   32         authorizing an exempt cosmetics manufacturer to only
   33         manufacture and sell specified products; requiring
   34         specified labeling for each unit of cosmetics
   35         manufactured by an exempt cosmetics manufacturer;
   36         authorizing the department to investigate complaints
   37         and to enter and inspect the premises of an exempt
   38         cosmetics manufacturer; providing disciplinary
   39         actions; providing construction; amending s. 499.012,
   40         F.S.; authorizing specified establishments to submit a
   41         request for a temporary permit; requiring such
   42         establishments to submit the request to the department
   43         on specified forms; providing that upon authorization
   44         by the department for a temporary permit for a certain
   45         location, the existing permit for such location is
   46         immediately null and void; prohibiting a temporary
   47         permit from being extended; providing for expiration
   48         of a temporary permit; prohibiting an establishment
   49         from operating under an expired temporary permit;
   50         amending s. 499.066, F.S.; requiring the department to
   51         adopt rules to permit the issuance of remedial,
   52         nondisciplinary citations; providing requirements for
   53         such citations; providing for contest of and the
   54         rescinding of a citation; authorizing the department
   55         to recover specified costs relating to a citation;
   56         providing a timeframe for when a citation may be
   57         issued; providing requirements for the service of a
   58         citation; authorizing the department to adopt and
   59         amend rules, designate violations and monetary
   60         assessments, and order remedial measures that must be
   61         taken for such violations; amending s. 548.003, F.S.;
   62         renaming the Florida State Boxing Commission as the
   63         Florida Athletic Commission; amending s. 548.043,
   64         F.S.; revising rulemaking requirements for the
   65         commission relating to gloves; amending s. 553.841,
   66         F.S.; conforming a provision to changes made by the
   67         act; amending s. 561.01, F.S.; deleting the definition
   68         of the term “permit carrier”; amending s. 561.17,
   69         F.S.; revising a requirement related to the filing of
   70         fingerprints with the division; requiring that
   71         applications be accompanied by certain information
   72         relating to right of occupancy; providing requirements
   73         relating to contact information for licensees and
   74         permittees; amending s. 561.19, F.S.; revising
   75         provisions relating to the availability of beverage
   76         licenses to include by reason of the cancellation of a
   77         quota beverage license; amending s. 561.20, F.S.;
   78         conforming cross-references; revising requirements for
   79         issuing special licenses to certain food service
   80         establishments; amending s. 561.42, F.S.; requiring
   81         the division, and authorizing vendors, to use
   82         electronic mail to give certain notice; amending s.
   83         561.55, F.S.; revising requirements for reports
   84         relating to alcoholic beverages; amending s. 562.455,
   85         F.S.; removing grains of paradise as a form of
   86         adulteration of liquor used or intended for drink;
   87         amending s. 718.112, F.S.; providing the circumstances
   88         under which a person is delinquent in the payment of
   89         an assessment in the context of eligibility for
   90         membership on certain condominium boards; requiring
   91         boards to adopt annual budgets within a specified
   92         timeframe; specifying that the failure to adopt a
   93         timely budget a second time is a minor violation and
   94         that the previous year’s budget continues in effect
   95         until a new budget is adopted; amending s. 718.501,
   96         F.S.; authorizing the Division of Florida
   97         Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes to adopt
   98         rules regarding the submission of complaints against a
   99         condominium association; amending s. 718.5014, F.S.;
  100         revising the location requirements for the principal
  101         office of the condominium ombudsman; amending s.
  102         719.106, F.S.; requiring boards of administration to
  103         adopt annual budgets within a specified timeframe;
  104         specifying that the failure to adopt a timely budget a
  105         second time is a minor violation and that the previous
  106         year’s budget continues in effect until a new budget
  107         is adopted; amending ss. 455.219, 548.002, 548.05,
  108         548.071, and 548.077, F.S.; conforming provisions to
  109         changes made by the act; providing an effective date.
  110          
  111  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
  112  
  113         Section 1. Subsections (2) and (3) of section 210.09,
  114  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  115         210.09 Records to be kept; reports to be made;
  116  examination.—
  117         (2) The division is authorized to prescribe and promulgate
  118  by rules and regulations, which shall have the force and effect
  119  of the law, such records to be kept and reports to be made to
  120  the division by any manufacturer, importer, distributing agent,
  121  wholesale dealer, retail dealer, common carrier, or any other
  122  person handling, transporting or possessing cigarettes for sale
  123  or distribution within the state as may be necessary to collect
  124  and properly distribute the taxes imposed by s. 210.02. All
  125  reports shall be made on or before the 10th day of the month
  126  following the month for which the report is made, unless the
  127  division by rule or regulation shall prescribe that reports be
  128  made more often. All reports shall be filed with the division
  129  through the division’s electronic data submission system.
  130         (3) All manufacturers, importers, distributing agents,
  131  wholesale dealers, agents, or retail dealers shall maintain and
  132  keep for a period of 3 years at the place of business where any
  133  transaction takes place, such records of cigarettes received,
  134  sold, or delivered within the state as may be required by the
  135  division. Such records may be kept in an electronic or paper
  136  format. The division or its duly authorized representative is
  137  hereby authorized to examine the books, papers, invoices, and
  138  other records, the stock of cigarettes in and upon any premises
  139  where the same are placed, stored, and sold, and the equipment
  140  of any such manufacturers, importers, distributing agents,
  141  wholesale dealers, agents, or retail dealers, pertaining to the
  142  sale and delivery of cigarettes taxable under this part. To
  143  verify the accuracy of the tax imposed and assessed by this
  144  part, each person is hereby directed and required to give to the
  145  division or its duly authorized representatives the means,
  146  facilities, and opportunity for such examinations as are herein
  147  provided for and required.
  148         Section 2. Section 210.55, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  149  read:
  150         210.55 Distributors; monthly reports returns.—
  151         (1) On or before the 10th of each month, every taxpayer
  152  with a place of business in this state shall file a full and
  153  complete report return with the division showing the taxable
  154  price of each tobacco product brought or caused to be brought
  155  into this state for sale, or made, manufactured, or fabricated
  156  in this state for sale in this state, during the preceding
  157  month. Every taxpayer outside this state shall file a full and
  158  complete report with the division through the division’s
  159  electronic data submission system return showing the quantity
  160  and taxable price of each tobacco product shipped or transported
  161  to retailers in this state, to be sold by those retailers,
  162  during the preceding month. Reports must Returns shall be made
  163  upon forms furnished and prescribed by the division and must
  164  shall contain any other information that the division requires.
  165  Each report must return shall be accompanied by a remittance for
  166  the full tax liability shown and be filed with the division
  167  through the division’s electronic data submission system.
  168         (2) As soon as practicable after any report return is
  169  filed, the division shall examine each report return and correct
  170  it, if necessary, according to its best judgment and
  171  information. If the division finds that any amount of tax is due
  172  from the taxpayer and unpaid, it shall notify the taxpayer of
  173  the deficiency, stating that it proposes to assess the amount
  174  due together with interest and penalties. If a deficiency
  175  disclosed by the division’s examination cannot be allocated to
  176  one or more particular months, the division shall notify the
  177  taxpayer of the deficiency, stating its intention to assess the
  178  amount due for a given period without allocating it to any
  179  particular months.
  180         (3) If, within 60 days after the mailing of notice of the
  181  proposed assessment, the taxpayer files a protest to the
  182  proposed assessment and requests a hearing on it, the division
  183  shall give notice to the taxpayer of the time and place fixed
  184  for the hearing, shall hold a hearing on the protest, and shall
  185  issue a final assessment to the taxpayer for the amount found to
  186  be due as a result of the hearing. If a protest is not filed
  187  within 60 days, the division shall issue a final assessment to
  188  the taxpayer. In any action or proceeding in respect to the
  189  proposed assessment, the taxpayer shall have the burden of
  190  establishing the incorrectness or invalidity of any final
  191  assessment made by the division.
  192         (4) If any taxpayer required to file any report return
  193  fails to do so within the time prescribed, the taxpayer shall,
  194  on the written demand of the division, file the report return
  195  within 20 days after mailing of the demand and at the same time
  196  pay the tax due on its basis. If the taxpayer fails within that
  197  time to file the report return, the division shall prepare the
  198  report return from its own knowledge and from the information
  199  that it obtains and on that basis shall assess a tax, which
  200  shall be paid within 10 days after the division has mailed to
  201  the taxpayer a written notice of the amount and a demand for its
  202  payment. In any action or proceeding in respect to the
  203  assessment, the taxpayer shall have the burden of establishing
  204  the incorrectness or invalidity of any report return or
  205  assessment made by the division because of the failure of the
  206  taxpayer to make a report return.
  207         (5) All taxes are due not later than the 10th day of the
  208  month following the calendar month in which they were incurred,
  209  and thereafter shall bear interest at the annual rate of 12
  210  percent. If the amount of tax due for a given period is assessed
  211  without allocating it to any particular month, the interest
  212  shall begin with the date of the assessment.
  213         (6) In issuing its final assessment, the division shall add
  214  to the amount of tax found due and unpaid a penalty of 10
  215  percent, but if it finds that the taxpayer has made a false
  216  report return with intent to evade the tax, the penalty shall be
  217  50 percent of the entire tax as shown by the corrected report
  218  return. In assessing a tax on the basis of a report return made
  219  under subsection (4), the division shall add to the amount of
  220  tax found due and unpaid a penalty of 25 percent.
  221         (7) For the purpose of compensating the distributor for the
  222  keeping of prescribed records and the proper accounting and
  223  remitting of taxes imposed under this part, the distributor
  224  shall be allowed 1 percent of the amount of the tax due and
  225  accounted for and remitted to the division in the form of a
  226  deduction in submitting his or her report and paying the amount
  227  due; and the division shall allow such deduction of 1 percent of
  228  the amount of the tax to the person paying the same for
  229  remitting the tax in the manner herein provided, for paying the
  230  amount due to be paid by him or her, and as further compensation
  231  to the distributor for the keeping of prescribed records and for
  232  collection of taxes and remitting the same.
  233         (a) The collection allowance may not be granted, nor may
  234  any deduction be permitted, if the tax is delinquent at the time
  235  of payment.
  236         (b) The division may reduce the collection allowance by 10
  237  percent or $50, whichever is less, if a taxpayer files an
  238  incomplete report return.
  239         1. An “incomplete report returnmeans is, for purposes of
  240  this section part, a report return which is lacking such
  241  uniformity, completeness, and arrangement that the physical
  242  handling, verification, or review of the report return may not
  243  be readily accomplished.
  244         2. The division shall adopt rules requiring such
  245  information as it may deem necessary to ensure that the tax
  246  levied hereunder is properly collected, reviewed, compiled, and
  247  enforced, including, but not limited to: the amount of taxable
  248  sales; the amount of tax collected or due; the amount claimed as
  249  the collection allowance; the amount of penalty and interest;
  250  the amount due with the report return; and such other
  251  information as the division may specify.
  252         Section 3. Section 210.60, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  253  read:
  254         210.60 Books, records, and invoices to be kept and
  255  preserved; inspection by agents of division.—Every distributor
  256  shall keep in each licensed place of business complete and
  257  accurate records for that place of business, including itemized
  258  invoices of tobacco products held, purchased, manufactured,
  259  brought in or caused to be brought in from without the state, or
  260  shipped or transported to retailers in this state, and of all
  261  sales of tobacco products made, except sales to an ultimate
  262  consumer. Such records shall show the names and addresses of
  263  purchasers and other pertinent papers and documents relating to
  264  the purchase, sale, or disposition of tobacco products. When a
  265  licensed distributor sells tobacco products exclusively to
  266  ultimate consumers at the addresses given in the license, no
  267  invoice of those sales shall be required, but itemized invoices
  268  shall be made of all tobacco products transferred to other
  269  retail outlets owned or controlled by that licensed distributor.
  270  All books, records and other papers, and other documents
  271  required by this section to be kept shall be preserved for a
  272  period of at least 3 years after the date of the documents, as
  273  aforesaid, or the date of the entries thereof appearing in the
  274  records, unless the division, in writing, authorizes their
  275  destruction or disposal at an earlier date. At any time during
  276  usual business hours, duly authorized agents or employees of the
  277  division may enter any place of business of a distributor and
  278  inspect the premises, the records required to be kept under this
  279  part, and the tobacco products contained therein to determine
  280  whether all the provisions of this part are being fully complied
  281  with. Refusal to permit such inspection by a duly authorized
  282  agent or employee of the division shall be grounds for
  283  revocation of the license. Every person who sells tobacco
  284  products to persons other than an ultimate consumer shall render
  285  with each sale an itemized invoice showing the seller’s name and
  286  address, the purchaser’s name and address, the date of sale, and
  287  all prices and discounts. The seller shall preserve legible
  288  copies of all such invoices for 3 years from the date of sale.
  289  Every retailer shall produce itemized invoices of all tobacco
  290  products purchased. The invoices shall show the name and address
  291  of the seller and the date of purchase. The retailer shall
  292  preserve a legible copy of each such invoice for 3 years from
  293  the date of purchase. Invoices shall be available for inspection
  294  by authorized agents or employees of the division at the
  295  retailer’s place of business. Any records required by this
  296  section may be kept in an electronic or paper format.
  297         Section 4. Subsection (3) of section 489.109, Florida
  298  Statutes, is amended to read:
  299         489.109 Fees.—
  300         (3)In addition to the fees provided in subsection (1) for
  301  application and renewal for certification and registration, all
  302  certificateholders and registrants must pay a fee of $4 to the
  303  department at the time of application or renewal. The funds must
  304  be transferred at the end of each licensing period to the
  305  department to fund projects relating to the building
  306  construction industry or continuing education programs offered
  307  to persons engaged in the building construction industry in
  308  Florida, to be selected by the Florida Building Commission. The
  309  board shall, at the time the funds are transferred, advise the
  310  department on the most needed areas of research or continuing
  311  education based on significant changes in the industry’s
  312  practices or on changes in the state building code or on the
  313  most common types of consumer complaints or on problems costing
  314  the state or local governmental entities substantial waste. The
  315  board’s advice is not binding on the department. The department
  316  shall ensure the distribution of research reports and the
  317  availability of continuing education programs to all segments of
  318  the building construction industry to which they relate. The
  319  department shall report to the board in October of each year,
  320  summarizing the allocation of the funds by institution and
  321  summarizing the new projects funded and the status of previously
  322  funded projects.
  323         Section 5. Section 489.118, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  324  read:
  325         489.118 Certification of registered contractors;
  326  grandfathering provisions.—The board shall, upon receipt of a
  327  completed application and appropriate fee, issue a certificate
  328  in the appropriate category to any contractor registered under
  329  this part who makes application to the board and can show that
  330  he or she meets each of the following requirements:
  331         (1) Currently holds a valid registered local license in one
  332  of the contractor categories defined in s. 489.105(3)(a)-(p).
  333         (2) Has, for that category, passed a written examination
  334  that the board finds to be substantially similar to the
  335  examination required to be licensed as a certified contractor
  336  under this part. For purposes of this subsection, a written,
  337  proctored examination such as that produced by the National
  338  Assessment Institute, Block and Associates, NAI/Block, Experior
  339  Assessments, Professional Testing, Inc., or Assessment Systems,
  340  Inc., shall be considered to be substantially similar to the
  341  examination required to be licensed as a certified contractor.
  342  The board may not impose or make any requirements regarding the
  343  nature or content of these cited examinations.
  344         (3) Has at least 5 years of experience as a contractor in
  345  that contracting category, or as an inspector or building
  346  administrator with oversight over that category, at the time of
  347  application. For contractors, only time periods in which the
  348  contractor license is active and the contractor is not on
  349  probation shall count toward the 5 years required by this
  350  subsection.
  351         (4) Has not had his or her contractor’s license revoked at
  352  any time, had his or her contractor’s license suspended within
  353  the last 5 years, or been assessed a fine in excess of $500
  354  within the last 5 years.
  355         (5) Is in compliance with the insurance and financial
  356  responsibility requirements in s. 489.115(5).
  357  
  358  Applicants wishing to obtain a certificate pursuant to this
  359  section must make application by November 1, 2015.
  360         Section 6. Subsection (3) of section 489.509, Florida
  361  Statutes, is amended, and subsection (1) of that section is
  362  republished, to read:
  363         489.509 Fees.—
  364         (1) The board, by rule, shall establish fees to be paid for
  365  applications, examination, reexamination, transfers, licensing
  366  and renewal, reinstatement, and recordmaking and recordkeeping.
  367  The examination fee shall be in an amount that covers the cost
  368  of obtaining and administering the examination and shall be
  369  refunded if the applicant is found ineligible to sit for the
  370  examination. The application fee is nonrefundable. The fee for
  371  initial application and examination for certification of
  372  electrical contractors may not exceed $400. The initial
  373  application fee for registration may not exceed $150. The
  374  biennial renewal fee may not exceed $400 for certificateholders
  375  and $200 for registrants. The fee for initial application and
  376  examination for certification of alarm system contractors may
  377  not exceed $400. The biennial renewal fee for certified alarm
  378  system contractors may not exceed $450. The board may establish
  379  a fee for a temporary certificate as an alarm system contractor
  380  not to exceed $75. The board may also establish by rule a
  381  delinquency fee not to exceed $50. The fee to transfer a
  382  certificate or registration from one business organization to
  383  another may not exceed $200. The fee for reactivation of an
  384  inactive license may not exceed $50. The board shall establish
  385  fees that are adequate to ensure the continued operation of the
  386  board. Fees shall be based on department estimates of the
  387  revenue required to implement this part and the provisions of
  388  law with respect to the regulation of electrical contractors and
  389  alarm system contractors.
  390         (3) Four dollars of each fee under subsection (1) paid to
  391  the department at the time of application or renewal shall be
  392  transferred at the end of each licensing period to the
  393  department to fund projects relating to the building
  394  construction industry or continuing education programs offered
  395  to persons engaged in the building construction industry in
  396  Florida. The board shall, at the time the funds are transferred,
  397  advise the department on the most needed areas of research or
  398  continuing education based on significant changes in the
  399  industry’s practices or on the most common types of consumer
  400  complaints or on problems costing the state or local
  401  governmental entities substantial waste. The board’s advice is
  402  not binding on the department. The department shall ensure the
  403  distribution of research reports and the availability of
  404  continuing education programs to all segments of the building
  405  construction industry to which they relate. The department shall
  406  report to the board in October of each year, summarizing the
  407  allocation of the funds by institution and summarizing the new
  408  projects funded and the status of previously funded projects.
  409         Section 7. Paragraph (p) of subsection (2) of section
  410  499.01, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  411         499.01 Permits.—
  412         (2) The following permits are established:
  413         (p) Cosmetic manufacturer permit.—A cosmetic manufacturer
  414  permit is required for any person that manufactures or
  415  repackages cosmetics in this state. A person that only labels or
  416  changes the labeling of a cosmetic but does not open the
  417  container sealed by the manufacturer of the product is exempt
  418  from obtaining a permit under this paragraph. A person who
  419  manufactures cosmetics and has annual gross sales of $25,000 or
  420  less is exempt from the permit requirements of this paragraph.
  421  Upon request, an exempt cosmetics manufacturer must provide to
  422  the department written documentation to verify his or her annual
  423  gross sales, including all sales of cosmetic products at any
  424  location, regardless of the types of products sold or the number
  425  of persons involved in the operation.
  426         1.An exempt cosmetics manufacturer may only:
  427         a.Sell prepackaged cosmetics affixed with a label
  428  containing information required by the United States Food and
  429  Drug Administration.
  430         b.Manufacture and sell cosmetics that are soaps, not
  431  otherwise exempt from the definition of cosmetics, lotions,
  432  moisturizers, and creams.
  433         c.Sell cosmetics that are not adulterated or misbranded in
  434  accordance with 21 U.S.C. ss. 361 and 362.
  435         d.Sell cosmetic products that are stored on the premises
  436  of the cosmetic manufacturing operation.
  437         2.Each unit of cosmetics manufactured under this paragraph
  438  must contain, in contrasting color and not less than 10-point
  439  type, the following statement: “Made by a manufacturer exempt
  440  from Florida’s cosmetic manufacturing permit requirements.”
  441         3.The department may investigate any complaint which
  442  alleges that an exempt cosmetics manufacturer has violated an
  443  applicable provision of this chapter or a rule adopted under
  444  this chapter. The department’s authorized officer or employee
  445  may enter and inspect the premises of an exempt cosmetic
  446  manufacturer to determine compliance with this chapter and
  447  department rules, as applicable. A refusal to permit an
  448  authorized officer or employee of the department to enter the
  449  premises or to conduct an inspection is a violation of s.
  450  499.005(6) and is grounds for disciplinary action pursuant to s.
  451  499.066.
  452         4.This paragraph does not exempt any person from any state
  453  or federal tax law, rule, regulation, or certificate or from any
  454  county or municipal law or ordinance that applies to cosmetic
  455  manufacturing.
  456         Section 8. Paragraph (d) is added to subsection (6) of
  457  section 499.012, Florida Statutes, to read:
  458         499.012 Permit application requirements.—
  459         (6) A permit issued by the department is nontransferable.
  460  Each permit is valid only for the person or governmental unit to
  461  which it is issued and is not subject to sale, assignment, or
  462  other transfer, voluntarily or involuntarily; nor is a permit
  463  valid for any establishment other than the establishment for
  464  which it was originally issued.
  465         (d) When an establishment that requires a permit pursuant
  466  to this part submits an application to the department for a
  467  change of ownership or controlling interest or a change of
  468  location with the required fees under this subsection, the
  469  establishment may also submit a request for a temporary permit
  470  granting the establishment authority to operate for no more than
  471  90 calendar days. The establishment must submit the request for
  472  a temporary permit to the department on a form provided by the
  473  department and obtain authorization to operate with the
  474  temporary permit before operating under the change of ownership
  475  or operating at the new location. Upon authorization of a
  476  temporary permit, the existing permit at the location for which
  477  the temporary permit is submitted is immediately null and void.
  478  A temporary permit may not be extended and shall expire and
  479  become null and void by operation of law without further action
  480  by the department at 12:01 a.m. on the 91st day after the
  481  department authorizes such permit. Upon expiration of the
  482  temporary permit, the establishment may not continue to operate
  483  under such permit.
  484  
  485  The department may revoke the permit of any person that fails to
  486  comply with the requirements of this subsection.
  487         Section 9. Subsection (8) is added to section 499.066,
  488  Florida Statutes, to read:
  489         499.066 Penalties; remedies.—In addition to other penalties
  490  and other enforcement provisions:
  491         (8)(a) The department shall adopt rules to authorize the
  492  issuance of a remedial, nondisciplinary citation. A citation
  493  shall be issued to the person alleged to have committed a
  494  violation and contain the person’s name, address, and license
  495  number, if applicable; a brief factual statement; the sections
  496  of the law allegedly violated; and the monetary assessment and
  497  or other remedial measures imposed. The person shall have 30
  498  days after the citation is served to contest the citation by
  499  providing supplemental and clarifying information to the
  500  department. The citation must clearly state that the person may
  501  choose, in lieu of accepting the citation, to have the
  502  department rescind the citation and conduct an investigation
  503  pursuant to s. 499.051 of only those alleged violations
  504  contained in the citation. The citation shall be rescinded by
  505  the department if the person remedies or corrects the violations
  506  or deficiencies contained in the citation within 30 days after
  507  the citation is served. If the person does not successfully
  508  contest the citation to the satisfaction of the department, or
  509  complete remedial action pursuant to this paragraph, the
  510  citation becomes a final order and does not constitute
  511  discipline.
  512         (b) The department is entitled to recover the costs of
  513  investigation, in addition to any penalty provided according to
  514  department rule, as part of the penalty levied pursuant to a
  515  citation.
  516         (c) A citation must be issued within 6 months after the
  517  filing of the complaint that is the basis for the citation.
  518         (d) Service of a citation may be made by personal service
  519  or certified mail, restricted delivery, to the person at the
  520  person’s last known address of record with the department, or to
  521  the person’s Florida registered agent.
  522         (e) The department may adopt rules to designate those
  523  violations for which a person is subject to the issuance of a
  524  citation and the monetary assessments or other remedial measures
  525  that must be taken for those violations. Violations designated
  526  as subject to issuance of a citation shall include violations
  527  for which there is no substantial threat to the public health,
  528  safety, or welfare. The department has continuous authority to
  529  amend its rules adopted pursuant to this section.
  530         Section 10. Section 548.003, Florida Statutes, is amended
  531  to read:
  532         548.003 Florida Athletic State Boxing Commission.—
  533         (1) The Florida Athletic State Boxing Commission is created
  534  and is assigned to the Department of Business and Professional
  535  Regulation for administrative and fiscal accountability purposes
  536  only. The Florida State Boxing commission shall consist of five
  537  members appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by
  538  the Senate. One member must be a physician licensed under
  539  pursuant to chapter 458 or chapter 459, who must maintain an
  540  unencumbered license in good standing, and who must, at the time
  541  of her or his appointment, have practiced medicine for at least
  542  5 years. Upon the expiration of the term of a commissioner, the
  543  Governor shall appoint a successor to serve for a 4-year term. A
  544  commissioner whose term has expired shall continue to serve on
  545  the commission until such time as a replacement is appointed. If
  546  a vacancy on the commission occurs before prior to the
  547  expiration of the term, it shall be filled for the unexpired
  548  portion of the term in the same manner as the original
  549  appointment.
  550         (2) The Florida State Boxing commission, as created by
  551  subsection (1), shall administer the provisions of this chapter.
  552  The commission has authority to adopt rules pursuant to ss.
  553  120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement the provisions of this
  554  chapter and to implement each of the duties and responsibilities
  555  conferred upon the commission, including, but not limited to:
  556         (a) Development of an ethical code of conduct for
  557  commissioners, commission staff, and commission officials.
  558         (b) Facility and safety requirements relating to the ring,
  559  floor plan and apron seating, emergency medical equipment and
  560  services, and other equipment and services necessary for the
  561  conduct of a program of matches.
  562         (c) Requirements regarding a participant’s apparel,
  563  bandages, handwraps, gloves, mouthpiece, and appearance during a
  564  match.
  565         (d) Requirements relating to a manager’s participation,
  566  presence, and conduct during a match.
  567         (e) Duties and responsibilities of all licensees under this
  568  chapter.
  569         (f) Procedures for hearings and resolution of disputes.
  570         (g) Qualifications for appointment of referees and judges.
  571         (h) Qualifications for and appointment of chief inspectors
  572  and inspectors and duties and responsibilities of chief
  573  inspectors and inspectors with respect to oversight and
  574  coordination of activities for each program of matches regulated
  575  under this chapter.
  576         (i) Setting fee and reimbursement schedules for referees
  577  and other officials appointed by the commission or the
  578  representative of the commission.
  579         (j) Establishment of criteria for approval, disapproval,
  580  suspension of approval, and revocation of approval of amateur
  581  sanctioning organizations for amateur boxing, kickboxing, and
  582  mixed martial arts held in this state, including, but not
  583  limited to, the health and safety standards the organizations
  584  use before, during, and after the matches to ensure the health,
  585  safety, and well-being of the amateurs participating in the
  586  matches, including the qualifications and numbers of health care
  587  personnel required to be present, the qualifications required
  588  for referees, and other requirements relating to the health,
  589  safety, and well-being of the amateurs participating in the
  590  matches. The commission may adopt by rule, or incorporate by
  591  reference into rule, the health and safety standards of USA
  592  Boxing as the minimum health and safety standards for an amateur
  593  boxing sanctioning organization, the health and safety standards
  594  of the International Sport Kickboxing Association as the minimum
  595  health and safety standards for an amateur kickboxing
  596  sanctioning organization, and the minimum health and safety
  597  standards for an amateur mixed martial arts sanctioning
  598  organization. The commission shall review its rules for
  599  necessary revision at least every 2 years and may adopt by rule,
  600  or incorporate by reference into rule, the then-existing current
  601  health and safety standards of USA Boxing and the International
  602  Sport Kickboxing Association. The commission may adopt emergency
  603  rules to administer this paragraph.
  604         (3) The commission shall maintain an office in Tallahassee.
  605  At the first meeting of the commission after June 1 of each
  606  year, the commission shall select a chair and a vice chair from
  607  among its membership. Three members shall constitute a quorum
  608  and the concurrence of at least three members is necessary for
  609  official commission action.
  610         (4) Three consecutive unexcused absences or absences
  611  constituting 50 percent or more of the commission’s meetings
  612  within any 12-month period shall cause the commission membership
  613  of the member in question to become void, and the position shall
  614  be considered vacant. The commission shall, by rule, define
  615  unexcused absences.
  616         (5) Each commission member shall be accountable to the
  617  Governor for the proper performance of duties as a member of the
  618  commission. The Governor shall cause to be investigated any
  619  complaint or unfavorable report received by the Governor or the
  620  department concerning an action of the commission or any member
  621  and shall take appropriate action thereon. The Governor may
  622  remove from office any member for malfeasance, unethical
  623  conduct, misfeasance, neglect of duty, incompetence, permanent
  624  inability to perform official duties, or pleading guilty or nolo
  625  contendere to or being found guilty of a felony.
  626         (6) Each member of the commission shall be compensated at
  627  the rate of $50 for each day she or he attends a commission
  628  meeting and shall be reimbursed for other expenses as provided
  629  in s. 112.061.
  630         (7) The commission shall be authorized to join and
  631  participate in the activities of the Association of Boxing
  632  Commissions (ABC).
  633         (8) The department shall provide all legal and
  634  investigative services necessary to implement this chapter. The
  635  department may adopt rules as provided in ss. 120.536(1) and
  636  120.54 to carry out its duties under this chapter.
  637         Section 11. Subsection (3) of section 548.043, Florida
  638  Statutes, is amended to read:
  639         548.043 Weights and classes, limitations; gloves.—
  640         (3) The commission shall establish by rule the need for
  641  gloves, if any, and the weight of any such gloves to be used in
  642  each pugilistic match the appropriate weight of gloves to be
  643  used in each boxing match; however, all participants in boxing
  644  matches shall wear gloves weighing not less than 8 ounces each
  645  and participants in mixed martial arts matches shall wear gloves
  646  weighing 4 to 8 ounces each. Participants shall wear such
  647  protective devices as the commission deems necessary.
  648         Section 12. Subsection (5) of section 553.841, Florida
  649  Statutes, is amended to read:
  650         553.841 Building code compliance and mitigation program.—
  651         (5) Each biennium, upon receipt of funds by the Department
  652  of Business and Professional Regulation from the Construction
  653  Industry Licensing Board and the Electrical Contractors’
  654  Licensing Board provided under ss. 489.109(3) and 489.509(3),
  655  the department shall determine the amount of funds available for
  656  the Florida Building Code Compliance and Mitigation Program.
  657         Section 13. Subsection (20) of section 561.01, Florida
  658  Statutes, is amended to read:
  659         561.01 Definitions.—As used in the Beverage Law:
  660         (20) “Permit carrier” means a licensee authorized to make
  661  deliveries as provided in s. 561.57.
  662         Section 14. Subsections (1) and (2) of section 561.17,
  663  Florida Statutes, are amended, and subsection (5) is added to
  664  that section, to read:
  665         561.17 License and registration applications; approved
  666  person.—
  667         (1) Any person, before engaging in the business of
  668  manufacturing, bottling, distributing, selling, or in any way
  669  dealing in alcoholic beverages, shall file, with the district
  670  licensing personnel of the district of the division in which the
  671  place of business for which a license is sought is located, a
  672  sworn application in the format prescribed by the division. The
  673  applicant must be a legal or business entity, person, or persons
  674  and must include all persons, officers, shareholders, and
  675  directors of such legal or business entity that have a direct or
  676  indirect interest in the business seeking to be licensed under
  677  this part. However, the applicant does not include any person
  678  that derives revenue from the license solely through a
  679  contractual relationship with the licensee, the substance of
  680  which contractual relationship is not related to the control of
  681  the sale of alcoholic beverages. Before any application is
  682  approved, the division may require the applicant to file a set
  683  of fingerprints electronically through an approved electronic
  684  fingerprinting vendor or on regular United States Department of
  685  Justice forms prescribed by the Florida Department of Law
  686  Enforcement for herself or himself and for any person or persons
  687  interested directly or indirectly with the applicant in the
  688  business for which the license is being sought, when required by
  689  the division. If the applicant or any person who is interested
  690  with the applicant either directly or indirectly in the business
  691  or who has a security interest in the license being sought or
  692  has a right to a percentage payment from the proceeds of the
  693  business, either by lease or otherwise, is not qualified, the
  694  division shall deny the application. However, any company
  695  regularly traded on a national securities exchange and not over
  696  the counter; any insurer, as defined in the Florida Insurance
  697  Code; or any bank or savings and loan association chartered by
  698  this state, another state, or the United States which has an
  699  interest, directly or indirectly, in an alcoholic beverage
  700  license is not required to obtain the division’s approval of its
  701  officers, directors, or stockholders or any change of such
  702  positions or interests. A shopping center with five or more
  703  stores, one or more of which has an alcoholic beverage license
  704  and is required under a lease common to all shopping center
  705  tenants to pay no more than 10 percent of the gross proceeds of
  706  the business holding the license to the shopping center, is not
  707  considered as having an interest, directly or indirectly, in the
  708  license. A performing arts center, as defined in s. 561.01,
  709  which has an interest, directly or indirectly, in an alcoholic
  710  beverage license is not required to obtain division approval of
  711  its volunteer officers or directors or of any change in such
  712  positions or interests.
  713         (2) All applications for any alcoholic beverage license
  714  must be accompanied by proof of the applicant’s right of
  715  occupancy for the entire premises sought to be licensed. All
  716  applications for alcoholic beverage licenses for consumption on
  717  the premises shall be accompanied by a certificate of the
  718  Division of Hotels and Restaurants of the Department of Business
  719  and Professional Regulation, the Department of Agriculture and
  720  Consumer Services, the Department of Health, the Agency for
  721  Health Care Administration, or the county health department that
  722  the place of business wherein the business is to be conducted
  723  meets all of the sanitary requirements of the state.
  724         (5) Any person or entity licensed or permitted by the
  725  division must provide an electronic mail address to the division
  726  to function as the primary contact for all communication by the
  727  division to the licensee or permittees. Licensees and permittees
  728  are responsible for maintaining accurate contact information on
  729  file with the division.
  730         Section 15. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
  731  561.19, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  732         561.19 License issuance upon approval of division.—
  733         (2)(a) When beverage licenses become available by reason of
  734  an increase in the population of a county, by reason of a county
  735  permitting the sale of intoxicating beverages when such sale had
  736  been prohibited, or by reason of the cancellation or revocation
  737  of a quota beverage license, the division, if there are more
  738  applicants than the number of available licenses, shall provide
  739  a method of double random selection by public drawing to
  740  determine which applicants shall be considered for issuance of
  741  licenses. The double random selection drawing method shall allow
  742  each applicant whose application is complete and does not
  743  disclose on its face any matter rendering the applicant
  744  ineligible an equal opportunity of obtaining an available
  745  license. After all applications are filed with the director, the
  746  director shall then determine by random selection drawing the
  747  order in which each applicant’s name shall be matched with a
  748  number selected by random drawing, and that number shall
  749  determine the order in which the applicant will be considered
  750  for a license. This paragraph does not prohibit a person holding
  751  a perfected lien or security interest in a quota alcoholic
  752  beverage license, in accordance with s. 561.65, from enforcing
  753  the lien or security interest against the license within 180
  754  days after a final order of revocation or suspension. A revoked
  755  quota alcoholic beverage license encumbered by a lien or
  756  security interest, perfected pursuant to s. 561.65, may not be
  757  issued under this subsection until the 180-day period has
  758  elapsed or until such enforcement proceeding is final.
  759         Section 16. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
  760  561.20, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  761         561.20 Limitation upon number of licenses issued.—
  762         (2)(a) The limitation of the number of licenses as provided
  763  in this section does not prohibit the issuance of a special
  764  license to:
  765         1. Any bona fide hotel, motel, or motor court of not fewer
  766  than 80 guest rooms in any county having a population of less
  767  than 50,000 residents, and of not fewer than 100 guest rooms in
  768  any county having a population of 50,000 residents or greater;
  769  or any bona fide hotel or motel located in a historic structure,
  770  as defined in s. 561.01(20) s. 561.01(21), with fewer than 100
  771  guest rooms which derives at least 51 percent of its gross
  772  revenue from the rental of hotel or motel rooms, which is
  773  licensed as a public lodging establishment by the Division of
  774  Hotels and Restaurants; provided, however, that a bona fide
  775  hotel or motel with no fewer than 10 and no more than 25 guest
  776  rooms which is a historic structure, as defined in s. 561.01(20)
  777  s. 561.01(21), in a municipality that on the effective date of
  778  this act has a population, according to the University of
  779  Florida’s Bureau of Economic and Business Research Estimates of
  780  Population for 1998, of no fewer than 25,000 and no more than
  781  35,000 residents and that is within a constitutionally chartered
  782  county may be issued a special license. This special license
  783  shall allow the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages only
  784  on the licensed premises of the hotel or motel. In addition, the
  785  hotel or motel must derive at least 60 percent of its gross
  786  revenue from the rental of hotel or motel rooms and the sale of
  787  food and nonalcoholic beverages; provided that this subparagraph
  788  shall supersede local laws requiring a greater number of hotel
  789  rooms;
  790         2. Any condominium accommodation of which no fewer than 100
  791  condominium units are wholly rentable to transients and which is
  792  licensed under chapter 509, except that the license shall be
  793  issued only to the person or corporation that operates the hotel
  794  or motel operation and not to the association of condominium
  795  owners;
  796         3. Any condominium accommodation of which no fewer than 50
  797  condominium units are wholly rentable to transients, which is
  798  licensed under chapter 509, and which is located in any county
  799  having home rule under s. 10 or s. 11, Art. VIII of the State
  800  Constitution of 1885, as amended, and incorporated by reference
  801  in s. 6(e), Art. VIII of the State Constitution, except that the
  802  license shall be issued only to the person or corporation that
  803  operates the hotel or motel operation and not to the association
  804  of condominium owners;
  805         4. A food service establishment that has 2,500 square feet
  806  of service area, is equipped to serve meals to 150 persons at
  807  one time, and derives at least 51 percent of its gross food and
  808  beverage revenue from the sale of food and nonalcoholic
  809  beverages during the first 120-day 60-day operating period and
  810  the first each 12-month operating period thereafter. Subsequent
  811  audit timeframes must be based upon the audit percentage
  812  established by the most recent audit and conducted on a
  813  staggered scale as follows: level 1, 51 percent to 60 percent,
  814  every year; level 2, 61 percent to 75 percent, every 2 years;
  815  level 3, 76 percent to 90 percent, every 3 years; and level 4,
  816  91 percent to 100 percent, every 4 years. A food service
  817  establishment granted a special license on or after January 1,
  818  1958, pursuant to general or special law may not operate as a
  819  package store and may not sell intoxicating beverages under such
  820  license after the hours of serving or consumption of food have
  821  elapsed. Failure by a licensee to meet the required percentage
  822  of food and nonalcoholic beverage gross revenues during the
  823  covered operating period shall result in revocation of the
  824  license or denial of the pending license application. A licensee
  825  whose license is revoked or an applicant whose pending
  826  application is denied, or any person required to qualify on the
  827  special license application, is ineligible to have any interest
  828  in a subsequent application for such a license for a period of
  829  120 days after the date of the final denial or revocation;
  830         5. Any caterer, deriving at least 51 percent of its gross
  831  food and beverage revenue from the sale of food and nonalcoholic
  832  beverages at each catered event, licensed by the Division of
  833  Hotels and Restaurants under chapter 509. This subparagraph does
  834  not apply to a culinary education program, as defined in s.
  835  381.0072(2), which is licensed as a public food service
  836  establishment by the Division of Hotels and Restaurants and
  837  provides catering services. Notwithstanding any law to the
  838  contrary, a licensee under this subparagraph shall sell or serve
  839  alcoholic beverages only for consumption on the premises of a
  840  catered event at which the licensee is also providing prepared
  841  food, and shall prominently display its license at any catered
  842  event at which the caterer is selling or serving alcoholic
  843  beverages. A licensee under this subparagraph shall purchase all
  844  alcoholic beverages it sells or serves at a catered event from a
  845  vendor licensed under s. 563.02(1), s. 564.02(1), or licensed
  846  under s. 565.02(1) subject to the limitation imposed in
  847  subsection (1), as appropriate. A licensee under this
  848  subparagraph may not store any alcoholic beverages to be sold or
  849  served at a catered event. Any alcoholic beverages purchased by
  850  a licensee under this subparagraph for a catered event that are
  851  not used at that event must remain with the customer; provided
  852  that if the vendor accepts unopened alcoholic beverages, the
  853  licensee may return such alcoholic beverages to the vendor for a
  854  credit or reimbursement. Regardless of the county or counties in
  855  which the licensee operates, a licensee under this subparagraph
  856  shall pay the annual state license tax set forth in s.
  857  565.02(1)(b). A licensee under this subparagraph must maintain
  858  for a period of 3 years all records and receipts for each
  859  catered event, including all contracts, customers’ names, event
  860  locations, event dates, food purchases and sales, alcoholic
  861  beverage purchases and sales, nonalcoholic beverage purchases
  862  and sales, and any other records required by the department by
  863  rule to demonstrate compliance with the requirements of this
  864  subparagraph. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any
  865  vendor licensed under s. 565.02(1) subject to the limitation
  866  imposed in subsection (1), may, without any additional licensure
  867  under this subparagraph, serve or sell alcoholic beverages for
  868  consumption on the premises of a catered event at which prepared
  869  food is provided by a caterer licensed under chapter 509. If a
  870  licensee under this subparagraph also possesses any other
  871  license under the Beverage Law, the license issued under this
  872  subparagraph may shall not authorize the holder to conduct
  873  activities on the premises to which the other license or
  874  licenses apply that would otherwise be prohibited by the terms
  875  of that license or the Beverage Law. Nothing in this section
  876  shall permit the licensee to conduct activities that are
  877  otherwise prohibited by the Beverage Law or local law. The
  878  Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco is hereby authorized
  879  to adopt rules to administer the license created in this
  880  subparagraph, to include rules governing licensure,
  881  recordkeeping, and enforcement. The first $300,000 in fees
  882  collected by the division each fiscal year pursuant to this
  883  subparagraph shall be deposited in the Department of Children
  884  and Families’ Operations and Maintenance Trust Fund to be used
  885  only for alcohol and drug abuse education, treatment, and
  886  prevention programs. The remainder of the fees collected shall
  887  be deposited into the Hotel and Restaurant Trust Fund created
  888  pursuant to s. 509.072; or
  889         6. A culinary education program as defined in s.
  890  381.0072(2) which is licensed as a public food service
  891  establishment by the Division of Hotels and Restaurants.
  892         a. This special license shall allow the sale and
  893  consumption of alcoholic beverages on the licensed premises of
  894  the culinary education program. The culinary education program
  895  shall specify designated areas in the facility where the
  896  alcoholic beverages may be consumed at the time of application.
  897  Alcoholic beverages sold for consumption on the premises may be
  898  consumed only in areas designated pursuant to s. 561.01(11) and
  899  may not be removed from the designated area. Such license shall
  900  be applicable only in and for designated areas used by the
  901  culinary education program.
  902         b. If the culinary education program provides catering
  903  services, this special license shall also allow the sale and
  904  consumption of alcoholic beverages on the premises of a catered
  905  event at which the licensee is also providing prepared food. A
  906  culinary education program that provides catering services is
  907  not required to derive at least 51 percent of its gross revenue
  908  from the sale of food and nonalcoholic beverages.
  909  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a licensee that
  910  provides catering services under this sub-subparagraph shall
  911  prominently display its beverage license at any catered event at
  912  which the caterer is selling or serving alcoholic beverages.
  913  Regardless of the county or counties in which the licensee
  914  operates, a licensee under this sub-subparagraph shall pay the
  915  annual state license tax set forth in s. 565.02(1)(b). A
  916  licensee under this sub-subparagraph must maintain for a period
  917  of 3 years all records required by the department by rule to
  918  demonstrate compliance with the requirements of this sub
  919  subparagraph.
  920         c. If a licensee under this subparagraph also possesses any
  921  other license under the Beverage Law, the license issued under
  922  this subparagraph does not authorize the holder to conduct
  923  activities on the premises to which the other license or
  924  licenses apply that would otherwise be prohibited by the terms
  925  of that license or the Beverage Law. Nothing in this
  926  subparagraph shall permit the licensee to conduct activities
  927  that are otherwise prohibited by the Beverage Law or local law.
  928  Any culinary education program that holds a license to sell
  929  alcoholic beverages shall comply with the age requirements set
  930  forth in ss. 562.11(4), 562.111(2), and 562.13.
  931         d. The Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco may
  932  adopt rules to administer the license created in this
  933  subparagraph, to include rules governing licensure,
  934  recordkeeping, and enforcement.
  935         e. A license issued pursuant to this subparagraph does not
  936  permit the licensee to sell alcoholic beverages by the package
  937  for off-premises consumption.
  938  
  939  However, any license heretofore issued to any such hotel, motel,
  940  motor court, or restaurant or hereafter issued to any such
  941  hotel, motel, or motor court, including a condominium
  942  accommodation, under the general law shall not be moved to a new
  943  location, such license being valid only on the premises of such
  944  hotel, motel, motor court, or restaurant. Licenses issued to
  945  hotels, motels, motor courts, or restaurants under the general
  946  law and held by such hotels, motels, motor courts, or
  947  restaurants on May 24, 1947, shall be counted in the quota
  948  limitation contained in subsection (1). Any license issued for
  949  any hotel, motel, or motor court under this law shall be issued
  950  only to the owner of the hotel, motel, or motor court or, in the
  951  event the hotel, motel, or motor court is leased, to the lessee
  952  of the hotel, motel, or motor court; and the license shall
  953  remain in the name of the owner or lessee so long as the license
  954  is in existence. Any special license now in existence heretofore
  955  issued under this law cannot be renewed except in the name of
  956  the owner of the hotel, motel, motor court, or restaurant or, in
  957  the event the hotel, motel, motor court, or restaurant is
  958  leased, in the name of the lessee of the hotel, motel, motor
  959  court, or restaurant in which the license is located and must
  960  remain in the name of the owner or lessee so long as the license
  961  is in existence. Any license issued under this section shall be
  962  marked “Special,” and nothing herein provided shall limit,
  963  restrict, or prevent the issuance of a special license for any
  964  restaurant or motel which shall hereafter meet the requirements
  965  of the law existing immediately prior to the effective date of
  966  this act, if construction of such restaurant has commenced prior
  967  to the effective date of this act and is completed within 30
  968  days thereafter, or if an application is on file for such
  969  special license at the time this act takes effect; and any such
  970  licenses issued under this proviso may be annually renewed as
  971  now provided by law. Nothing herein prevents an application for
  972  transfer of a license to a bona fide purchaser of any hotel,
  973  motel, motor court, or restaurant by the purchaser of such
  974  facility or the transfer of such license pursuant to law.
  975         Section 17. Subsection (4) of section 561.42, Florida
  976  Statutes, is amended to read:
  977         561.42 Tied house evil; financial aid and assistance to
  978  vendor by manufacturer, distributor, importer, primary American
  979  source of supply, brand owner or registrant, or any broker,
  980  sales agent, or sales person thereof, prohibited; procedure for
  981  enforcement; exception.—
  982         (4) Before the division shall so declare and prohibit such
  983  sales to such vendor, it shall, within 2 days after receipt of
  984  such notice, the division shall give written notice to such
  985  vendor by electronic mail of the receipt by the division of such
  986  notification of delinquency and such vendor shall be directed to
  987  forthwith make payment thereof or, upon failure to do so, to
  988  show cause before the division why further sales to such vendor
  989  may shall not be prohibited. Good and sufficient cause to
  990  prevent such action by the division may be made by showing
  991  payment, failure of consideration, or any other defense which
  992  would be considered sufficient in a common-law action. The
  993  vendor shall have 5 days after service receipt of such notice
  994  via electronic mail within which to show such cause, and he or
  995  she may demand a hearing thereon, provided he or she does so in
  996  writing within said 5 days, such written demand to be delivered
  997  to the division either in person, by electronic mail, or by due
  998  course of mail within such 5 days. If no such demand for hearing
  999  is made, the division shall thereupon declare in writing to such
 1000  vendor and to all manufacturers and distributors within the
 1001  state that all further sales to such vendor are prohibited until
 1002  such time as the division certifies in writing that such vendor
 1003  has fully paid for all liquors previously purchased. In the
 1004  event such prohibition of sales and declaration thereof to the
 1005  vendor, manufacturers, and distributors is ordered by the
 1006  division, the vendor may seek review of such decision by the
 1007  Department of Business and Professional Regulation within 5
 1008  days. In the event application for such review is filed within
 1009  such time, such prohibition of sales may shall not be made,
 1010  published, or declared until final disposition of such review by
 1011  the department.
 1012         Section 18. Subsection (2) of section 561.55, Florida
 1013  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1014         561.55 Manufacturers’, distributors’, brokers’, sales
 1015  agents’, importers’, vendors’, and exporters’ records and
 1016  reports.—
 1017         (2) Each manufacturer, distributor, broker, sales agent,
 1018  and importer shall make a full and complete report by the 10th
 1019  day of each month for the previous calendar month. The report
 1020  must be shall be made out in triplicate; two copies shall be
 1021  sent to the division, and the third copy shall be retained for
 1022  the manufacturer’s, distributor’s, broker’s, sales agent’s, or
 1023  importer’s record. Reports shall be made on forms prepared and
 1024  furnished by the division and filed with the division through
 1025  the division’s electronic data submission system.
 1026         Section 19. Section 562.455, Florida Statutes, is amended
 1027  to read:
 1028         562.455 Adulterating liquor; penalty.—Whoever adulterates,
 1029  for the purpose of sale, any liquor, used or intended for drink,
 1030  with cocculus indicus, vitriol, grains of paradise, opium, alum,
 1031  capsicum, copperas, laurel water, logwood, brazil wood,
 1032  cochineal, sugar of lead, or any other substance which is
 1033  poisonous or injurious to health, and whoever knowingly sells
 1034  any liquor so adulterated, commits shall be guilty of a felony
 1035  of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s.
 1036  775.083, or s. 775.084.
 1037         Section 20. Paragraphs (d) and (f) of subsection (2) of
 1038  section 718.112, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 1039         718.112 Bylaws.—
 1040         (2) REQUIRED PROVISIONS.—The bylaws shall provide for the
 1041  following and, if they do not do so, shall be deemed to include
 1042  the following:
 1043         (d) Unit owner meetings.—
 1044         1. An annual meeting of the unit owners must be held at the
 1045  location provided in the association bylaws and, if the bylaws
 1046  are silent as to the location, the meeting must be held within
 1047  45 miles of the condominium property. However, such distance
 1048  requirement does not apply to an association governing a
 1049  timeshare condominium.
 1050         2. Unless the bylaws provide otherwise, a vacancy on the
 1051  board caused by the expiration of a director’s term must be
 1052  filled by electing a new board member, and the election must be
 1053  by secret ballot. An election is not required if the number of
 1054  vacancies equals or exceeds the number of candidates. For
 1055  purposes of this paragraph, the term “candidate” means an
 1056  eligible person who has timely submitted the written notice, as
 1057  described in sub-subparagraph 4.a., of his or her intention to
 1058  become a candidate. Except in a timeshare or nonresidential
 1059  condominium, or if the staggered term of a board member does not
 1060  expire until a later annual meeting, or if all members’ terms
 1061  would otherwise expire but there are no candidates, the terms of
 1062  all board members expire at the annual meeting, and such members
 1063  may stand for reelection unless prohibited by the bylaws. Board
 1064  members may serve terms longer than 1 year if permitted by the
 1065  bylaws or articles of incorporation. A board member may not
 1066  serve more than 8 consecutive years unless approved by an
 1067  affirmative vote of unit owners representing two-thirds of all
 1068  votes cast in the election or unless there are not enough
 1069  eligible candidates to fill the vacancies on the board at the
 1070  time of the vacancy. If the number of board members whose terms
 1071  expire at the annual meeting equals or exceeds the number of
 1072  candidates, the candidates become members of the board effective
 1073  upon the adjournment of the annual meeting. Unless the bylaws
 1074  provide otherwise, any remaining vacancies shall be filled by
 1075  the affirmative vote of the majority of the directors making up
 1076  the newly constituted board even if the directors constitute
 1077  less than a quorum or there is only one director. In a
 1078  residential condominium association of more than 10 units or in
 1079  a residential condominium association that does not include
 1080  timeshare units or timeshare interests, co-owners of a unit may
 1081  not serve as members of the board of directors at the same time
 1082  unless they own more than one unit or unless there are not
 1083  enough eligible candidates to fill the vacancies on the board at
 1084  the time of the vacancy. A unit owner in a residential
 1085  condominium desiring to be a candidate for board membership must
 1086  comply with sub-subparagraph 4.a. and must be eligible to be a
 1087  candidate to serve on the board of directors at the time of the
 1088  deadline for submitting a notice of intent to run in order to
 1089  have his or her name listed as a proper candidate on the ballot
 1090  or to serve on the board. A person who has been suspended or
 1091  removed by the division under this chapter, or who is delinquent
 1092  in the payment of any assessment monetary obligation due to the
 1093  association, is not eligible to be a candidate for board
 1094  membership and may not be listed on the ballot. For purposes of
 1095  this paragraph, a person is delinquent if a payment is not made
 1096  by the due date as specifically identified in the declaration of
 1097  condominium, bylaws, or articles of incorporation. If a due date
 1098  is not specifically identified in the declaration of
 1099  condominium, bylaws, or articles of incorporation, the due date
 1100  is the first day of the assessment period. A person who has been
 1101  convicted of any felony in this state or in a United States
 1102  District or Territorial Court, or who has been convicted of any
 1103  offense in another jurisdiction which would be considered a
 1104  felony if committed in this state, is not eligible for board
 1105  membership unless such felon’s civil rights have been restored
 1106  for at least 5 years as of the date such person seeks election
 1107  to the board. The validity of an action by the board is not
 1108  affected if it is later determined that a board member is
 1109  ineligible for board membership due to having been convicted of
 1110  a felony. This subparagraph does not limit the term of a member
 1111  of the board of a nonresidential or timeshare condominium.
 1112         3. The bylaws must provide the method of calling meetings
 1113  of unit owners, including annual meetings. Written notice must
 1114  include an agenda, must be mailed, hand delivered, or
 1115  electronically transmitted to each unit owner at least 14 days
 1116  before the annual meeting, and must be posted in a conspicuous
 1117  place on the condominium property at least 14 continuous days
 1118  before the annual meeting. Upon notice to the unit owners, the
 1119  board shall, by duly adopted rule, designate a specific location
 1120  on the condominium property where all notices of unit owner
 1121  meetings must be posted. This requirement does not apply if
 1122  there is no condominium property for posting notices. In lieu
 1123  of, or in addition to, the physical posting of meeting notices,
 1124  the association may, by reasonable rule, adopt a procedure for
 1125  conspicuously posting and repeatedly broadcasting the notice and
 1126  the agenda on a closed-circuit cable television system serving
 1127  the condominium association. However, if broadcast notice is
 1128  used in lieu of a notice posted physically on the condominium
 1129  property, the notice and agenda must be broadcast at least four
 1130  times every broadcast hour of each day that a posted notice is
 1131  otherwise required under this section. If broadcast notice is
 1132  provided, the notice and agenda must be broadcast in a manner
 1133  and for a sufficient continuous length of time so as to allow an
 1134  average reader to observe the notice and read and comprehend the
 1135  entire content of the notice and the agenda. In addition to any
 1136  of the authorized means of providing notice of a meeting of the
 1137  board, the association may, by rule, adopt a procedure for
 1138  conspicuously posting the meeting notice and the agenda on a
 1139  website serving the condominium association for at least the
 1140  minimum period of time for which a notice of a meeting is also
 1141  required to be physically posted on the condominium property.
 1142  Any rule adopted shall, in addition to other matters, include a
 1143  requirement that the association send an electronic notice in
 1144  the same manner as a notice for a meeting of the members, which
 1145  must include a hyperlink to the website where the notice is
 1146  posted, to unit owners whose e-mail addresses are included in
 1147  the association’s official records. Unless a unit owner waives
 1148  in writing the right to receive notice of the annual meeting,
 1149  such notice must be hand delivered, mailed, or electronically
 1150  transmitted to each unit owner. Notice for meetings and notice
 1151  for all other purposes must be mailed to each unit owner at the
 1152  address last furnished to the association by the unit owner, or
 1153  hand delivered to each unit owner. However, if a unit is owned
 1154  by more than one person, the association must provide notice to
 1155  the address that the developer identifies for that purpose and
 1156  thereafter as one or more of the owners of the unit advise the
 1157  association in writing, or if no address is given or the owners
 1158  of the unit do not agree, to the address provided on the deed of
 1159  record. An officer of the association, or the manager or other
 1160  person providing notice of the association meeting, must provide
 1161  an affidavit or United States Postal Service certificate of
 1162  mailing, to be included in the official records of the
 1163  association affirming that the notice was mailed or hand
 1164  delivered in accordance with this provision.
 1165         4. The members of the board of a residential condominium
 1166  shall be elected by written ballot or voting machine. Proxies
 1167  may not be used in electing the board in general elections or
 1168  elections to fill vacancies caused by recall, resignation, or
 1169  otherwise, unless otherwise provided in this chapter. This
 1170  subparagraph does not apply to an association governing a
 1171  timeshare condominium.
 1172         a. At least 60 days before a scheduled election, the
 1173  association shall mail, deliver, or electronically transmit, by
 1174  separate association mailing or included in another association
 1175  mailing, delivery, or transmission, including regularly
 1176  published newsletters, to each unit owner entitled to a vote, a
 1177  first notice of the date of the election. A unit owner or other
 1178  eligible person desiring to be a candidate for the board must
 1179  give written notice of his or her intent to be a candidate to
 1180  the association at least 40 days before a scheduled election.
 1181  Together with the written notice and agenda as set forth in
 1182  subparagraph 3., the association shall mail, deliver, or
 1183  electronically transmit a second notice of the election to all
 1184  unit owners entitled to vote, together with a ballot that lists
 1185  all candidates. Upon request of a candidate, an information
 1186  sheet, no larger than 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches, which must be
 1187  furnished by the candidate at least 35 days before the election,
 1188  must be included with the mailing, delivery, or transmission of
 1189  the ballot, with the costs of mailing, delivery, or electronic
 1190  transmission and copying to be borne by the association. The
 1191  association is not liable for the contents of the information
 1192  sheets prepared by the candidates. In order to reduce costs, the
 1193  association may print or duplicate the information sheets on
 1194  both sides of the paper. The division shall by rule establish
 1195  voting procedures consistent with this sub-subparagraph,
 1196  including rules establishing procedures for giving notice by
 1197  electronic transmission and rules providing for the secrecy of
 1198  ballots. Elections shall be decided by a plurality of ballots
 1199  cast. There is no quorum requirement; however, at least 20
 1200  percent of the eligible voters must cast a ballot in order to
 1201  have a valid election. A unit owner may not authorize any other
 1202  person to vote his or her ballot, and any ballots improperly
 1203  cast are invalid. A unit owner who violates this provision may
 1204  be fined by the association in accordance with s. 718.303. A
 1205  unit owner who needs assistance in casting the ballot for the
 1206  reasons stated in s. 101.051 may obtain such assistance. The
 1207  regular election must occur on the date of the annual meeting.
 1208  Notwithstanding this sub-subparagraph, an election is not
 1209  required unless more candidates file notices of intent to run or
 1210  are nominated than board vacancies exist.
 1211         b. Within 90 days after being elected or appointed to the
 1212  board of an association of a residential condominium, each newly
 1213  elected or appointed director shall certify in writing to the
 1214  secretary of the association that he or she has read the
 1215  association’s declaration of condominium, articles of
 1216  incorporation, bylaws, and current written policies; that he or
 1217  she will work to uphold such documents and policies to the best
 1218  of his or her ability; and that he or she will faithfully
 1219  discharge his or her fiduciary responsibility to the
 1220  association’s members. In lieu of this written certification,
 1221  within 90 days after being elected or appointed to the board,
 1222  the newly elected or appointed director may submit a certificate
 1223  of having satisfactorily completed the educational curriculum
 1224  administered by a division-approved condominium education
 1225  provider within 1 year before or 90 days after the date of
 1226  election or appointment. The written certification or
 1227  educational certificate is valid and does not have to be
 1228  resubmitted as long as the director serves on the board without
 1229  interruption. A director of an association of a residential
 1230  condominium who fails to timely file the written certification
 1231  or educational certificate is suspended from service on the
 1232  board until he or she complies with this sub-subparagraph. The
 1233  board may temporarily fill the vacancy during the period of
 1234  suspension. The secretary shall cause the association to retain
 1235  a director’s written certification or educational certificate
 1236  for inspection by the members for 5 years after a director’s
 1237  election or the duration of the director’s uninterrupted tenure,
 1238  whichever is longer. Failure to have such written certification
 1239  or educational certificate on file does not affect the validity
 1240  of any board action.
 1241         c. Any challenge to the election process must be commenced
 1242  within 60 days after the election results are announced.
 1243         5. Any approval by unit owners called for by this chapter
 1244  or the applicable declaration or bylaws, including, but not
 1245  limited to, the approval requirement in s. 718.111(8), must be
 1246  made at a duly noticed meeting of unit owners and is subject to
 1247  all requirements of this chapter or the applicable condominium
 1248  documents relating to unit owner decisionmaking, except that
 1249  unit owners may take action by written agreement, without
 1250  meetings, on matters for which action by written agreement
 1251  without meetings is expressly allowed by the applicable bylaws
 1252  or declaration or any law that provides for such action.
 1253         6. Unit owners may waive notice of specific meetings if
 1254  allowed by the applicable bylaws or declaration or any law.
 1255  Notice of meetings of the board of administration, unit owner
 1256  meetings, except unit owner meetings called to recall board
 1257  members under paragraph (j), and committee meetings may be given
 1258  by electronic transmission to unit owners who consent to receive
 1259  notice by electronic transmission. A unit owner who consents to
 1260  receiving notices by electronic transmission is solely
 1261  responsible for removing or bypassing filters that block receipt
 1262  of mass emails sent to members on behalf of the association in
 1263  the course of giving electronic notices.
 1264         7. Unit owners have the right to participate in meetings of
 1265  unit owners with reference to all designated agenda items.
 1266  However, the association may adopt reasonable rules governing
 1267  the frequency, duration, and manner of unit owner participation.
 1268         8. A unit owner may tape record or videotape a meeting of
 1269  the unit owners subject to reasonable rules adopted by the
 1270  division.
 1271         9. Unless otherwise provided in the bylaws, any vacancy
 1272  occurring on the board before the expiration of a term may be
 1273  filled by the affirmative vote of the majority of the remaining
 1274  directors, even if the remaining directors constitute less than
 1275  a quorum, or by the sole remaining director. In the alternative,
 1276  a board may hold an election to fill the vacancy, in which case
 1277  the election procedures must conform to sub-subparagraph 4.a.
 1278  unless the association governs 10 units or fewer and has opted
 1279  out of the statutory election process, in which case the bylaws
 1280  of the association control. Unless otherwise provided in the
 1281  bylaws, a board member appointed or elected under this section
 1282  shall fill the vacancy for the unexpired term of the seat being
 1283  filled. Filling vacancies created by recall is governed by
 1284  paragraph (j) and rules adopted by the division.
 1285         10. This chapter does not limit the use of general or
 1286  limited proxies, require the use of general or limited proxies,
 1287  or require the use of a written ballot or voting machine for any
 1288  agenda item or election at any meeting of a timeshare
 1289  condominium association or nonresidential condominium
 1290  association.
 1291  
 1292  Notwithstanding subparagraph (b)2. and sub-subparagraph 4.a., an
 1293  association of 10 or fewer units may, by affirmative vote of a
 1294  majority of the total voting interests, provide for different
 1295  voting and election procedures in its bylaws, which may be by a
 1296  proxy specifically delineating the different voting and election
 1297  procedures. The different voting and election procedures may
 1298  provide for elections to be conducted by limited or general
 1299  proxy.
 1300         (f) Annual budget.—
 1301         1. The proposed annual budget of estimated revenues and
 1302  expenses must be detailed and must show the amounts budgeted by
 1303  accounts and expense classifications, including, at a minimum,
 1304  any applicable expenses listed in s. 718.504(21). The board
 1305  shall adopt the annual budget at least 14 days prior to the
 1306  start of the association’s fiscal year. In the event that the
 1307  board fails to timely adopt the annual budget a second time, it
 1308  shall be deemed a minor violation and the prior year’s budget
 1309  shall continue in effect until a new budget is adopted. A
 1310  multicondominium association shall adopt a separate budget of
 1311  common expenses for each condominium the association operates
 1312  and shall adopt a separate budget of common expenses for the
 1313  association. In addition, if the association maintains limited
 1314  common elements with the cost to be shared only by those
 1315  entitled to use the limited common elements as provided for in
 1316  s. 718.113(1), the budget or a schedule attached to it must show
 1317  the amount budgeted for this maintenance. If, after turnover of
 1318  control of the association to the unit owners, any of the
 1319  expenses listed in s. 718.504(21) are not applicable, they need
 1320  not be listed.
 1321         2.a. In addition to annual operating expenses, the budget
 1322  must include reserve accounts for capital expenditures and
 1323  deferred maintenance. These accounts must include, but are not
 1324  limited to, roof replacement, building painting, and pavement
 1325  resurfacing, regardless of the amount of deferred maintenance
 1326  expense or replacement cost, and any other item that has a
 1327  deferred maintenance expense or replacement cost that exceeds
 1328  $10,000. The amount to be reserved must be computed using a
 1329  formula based upon estimated remaining useful life and estimated
 1330  replacement cost or deferred maintenance expense of each reserve
 1331  item. The association may adjust replacement reserve assessments
 1332  annually to take into account any changes in estimates or
 1333  extension of the useful life of a reserve item caused by
 1334  deferred maintenance. This subsection does not apply to an
 1335  adopted budget in which the members of an association have
 1336  determined, by a majority vote at a duly called meeting of the
 1337  association, to provide no reserves or less reserves than
 1338  required by this subsection.
 1339         b. Before turnover of control of an association by a
 1340  developer to unit owners other than a developer pursuant to s.
 1341  718.301, the developer may vote the voting interests allocated
 1342  to its units to waive the reserves or reduce the funding of
 1343  reserves through the period expiring at the end of the second
 1344  fiscal year after the fiscal year in which the certificate of a
 1345  surveyor and mapper is recorded pursuant to s. 718.104(4)(e) or
 1346  an instrument that transfers title to a unit in the condominium
 1347  which is not accompanied by a recorded assignment of developer
 1348  rights in favor of the grantee of such unit is recorded,
 1349  whichever occurs first, after which time reserves may be waived
 1350  or reduced only upon the vote of a majority of all nondeveloper
 1351  voting interests voting in person or by limited proxy at a duly
 1352  called meeting of the association. If a meeting of the unit
 1353  owners has been called to determine whether to waive or reduce
 1354  the funding of reserves and no such result is achieved or a
 1355  quorum is not attained, the reserves included in the budget
 1356  shall go into effect. After the turnover, the developer may vote
 1357  its voting interest to waive or reduce the funding of reserves.
 1358         3. Reserve funds and any interest accruing thereon shall
 1359  remain in the reserve account or accounts, and may be used only
 1360  for authorized reserve expenditures unless their use for other
 1361  purposes is approved in advance by a majority vote at a duly
 1362  called meeting of the association. Before turnover of control of
 1363  an association by a developer to unit owners other than the
 1364  developer pursuant to s. 718.301, the developer-controlled
 1365  association may not vote to use reserves for purposes other than
 1366  those for which they were intended without the approval of a
 1367  majority of all nondeveloper voting interests, voting in person
 1368  or by limited proxy at a duly called meeting of the association.
 1369         4. The only voting interests that are eligible to vote on
 1370  questions that involve waiving or reducing the funding of
 1371  reserves, or using existing reserve funds for purposes other
 1372  than purposes for which the reserves were intended, are the
 1373  voting interests of the units subject to assessment to fund the
 1374  reserves in question. Proxy questions relating to waiving or
 1375  reducing the funding of reserves or using existing reserve funds
 1376  for purposes other than purposes for which the reserves were
 1377  intended must contain the following statement in capitalized,
 1378  bold letters in a font size larger than any other used on the
 1379  face of the proxy ballot: WAIVING OF RESERVES, IN WHOLE OR IN
 1380  PART, OR ALLOWING ALTERNATIVE USES OF EXISTING RESERVES MAY
 1381  RESULT IN UNIT OWNER LIABILITY FOR PAYMENT OF UNANTICIPATED
 1382  SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS REGARDING THOSE ITEMS.
 1383         Section 21. Paragraph (m) of subsection (1) of section
 1384  718.501, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1385         718.501 Authority, responsibility, and duties of Division
 1386  of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes.—
 1387         (1) The division may enforce and ensure compliance with the
 1388  provisions of this chapter and rules relating to the
 1389  development, construction, sale, lease, ownership, operation,
 1390  and management of residential condominium units. In performing
 1391  its duties, the division has complete jurisdiction to
 1392  investigate complaints and enforce compliance with respect to
 1393  associations that are still under developer control or the
 1394  control of a bulk assignee or bulk buyer pursuant to part VII of
 1395  this chapter and complaints against developers, bulk assignees,
 1396  or bulk buyers involving improper turnover or failure to
 1397  turnover, pursuant to s. 718.301. However, after turnover has
 1398  occurred, the division has jurisdiction to investigate
 1399  complaints related only to financial issues, elections, and unit
 1400  owner access to association records pursuant to s. 718.111(12).
 1401         (m) If a complaint is made, the division must conduct its
 1402  inquiry with due regard for the interests of the affected
 1403  parties. Within 30 days after receipt of a complaint, the
 1404  division shall acknowledge the complaint in writing and notify
 1405  the complainant whether the complaint is within the jurisdiction
 1406  of the division and whether additional information is needed by
 1407  the division from the complainant. The division shall conduct
 1408  its investigation and, within 90 days after receipt of the
 1409  original complaint or of timely requested additional
 1410  information, take action upon the complaint. However, the
 1411  failure to complete the investigation within 90 days does not
 1412  prevent the division from continuing the investigation,
 1413  accepting or considering evidence obtained or received after 90
 1414  days, or taking administrative action if reasonable cause exists
 1415  to believe that a violation of this chapter or a rule has
 1416  occurred. If an investigation is not completed within the time
 1417  limits established in this paragraph, the division shall, on a
 1418  monthly basis, notify the complainant in writing of the status
 1419  of the investigation. When reporting its action to the
 1420  complainant, the division shall inform the complainant of any
 1421  right to a hearing pursuant to ss. 120.569 and 120.57. The
 1422  division may adopt rules regarding the submission of a complaint
 1423  against an association.
 1424         Section 22. Section 718.5014, Florida Statutes, is amended
 1425  to read:
 1426         718.5014 Ombudsman location.—The ombudsman shall maintain
 1427  his or her principal office at a in Leon County on the premises
 1428  of the division or, if suitable space cannot be provided there,
 1429  at another place convenient to the offices of the division which
 1430  will enable the ombudsman to expeditiously carry out the duties
 1431  and functions of his or her office. The ombudsman may establish
 1432  branch offices elsewhere in the state upon the concurrence of
 1433  the Governor.
 1434         Section 23. Paragraph (j) of subsection (1) of section
 1435  719.106, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1436         719.106 Bylaws; cooperative ownership.—
 1437         (1) MANDATORY PROVISIONS.—The bylaws or other cooperative
 1438  documents shall provide for the following, and if they do not,
 1439  they shall be deemed to include the following:
 1440         (j) Annual budget.—
 1441         1. The proposed annual budget of common expenses shall be
 1442  detailed and shall show the amounts budgeted by accounts and
 1443  expense classifications, including, if applicable, but not
 1444  limited to, those expenses listed in s. 719.504(20). The board
 1445  of administration shall adopt the annual budget at least 14 days
 1446  prior to the start of the association’s fiscal year. In the
 1447  event that the board fails to timely adopt the annual budget a
 1448  second time, it shall be deemed a minor violation and the prior
 1449  year’s budget shall continue in effect until a new budget is
 1450  adopted.
 1451         2. In addition to annual operating expenses, the budget
 1452  shall include reserve accounts for capital expenditures and
 1453  deferred maintenance. These accounts shall include, but not be
 1454  limited to, roof replacement, building painting, and pavement
 1455  resurfacing, regardless of the amount of deferred maintenance
 1456  expense or replacement cost, and for any other items for which
 1457  the deferred maintenance expense or replacement cost exceeds
 1458  $10,000. The amount to be reserved shall be computed by means of
 1459  a formula which is based upon estimated remaining useful life
 1460  and estimated replacement cost or deferred maintenance expense
 1461  of each reserve item. The association may adjust replacement
 1462  reserve assessments annually to take into account any changes in
 1463  estimates or extension of the useful life of a reserve item
 1464  caused by deferred maintenance. This paragraph shall not apply
 1465  to any budget in which the members of an association have, at a
 1466  duly called meeting of the association, determined for a fiscal
 1467  year to provide no reserves or reserves less adequate than
 1468  required by this subsection. However, prior to turnover of
 1469  control of an association by a developer to unit owners other
 1470  than a developer pursuant to s. 719.301, the developer may vote
 1471  to waive the reserves or reduce the funding of reserves for the
 1472  first 2 years of the operation of the association after which
 1473  time reserves may only be waived or reduced upon the vote of a
 1474  majority of all nondeveloper voting interests voting in person
 1475  or by limited proxy at a duly called meeting of the association.
 1476  If a meeting of the unit owners has been called to determine to
 1477  provide no reserves, or reserves less adequate than required,
 1478  and such result is not attained or a quorum is not attained, the
 1479  reserves as included in the budget shall go into effect.
 1480         3. Reserve funds and any interest accruing thereon shall
 1481  remain in the reserve account or accounts, and shall be used
 1482  only for authorized reserve expenditures unless their use for
 1483  other purposes is approved in advance by a vote of the majority
 1484  of the voting interests, voting in person or by limited proxy at
 1485  a duly called meeting of the association. Prior to turnover of
 1486  control of an association by a developer to unit owners other
 1487  than the developer under s. 719.301, the developer may not vote
 1488  to use reserves for purposes other than that for which they were
 1489  intended without the approval of a majority of all nondeveloper
 1490  voting interests, voting in person or by limited proxy at a duly
 1491  called meeting of the association.
 1492         Section 24. Subsection (1) of section 455.219, Florida
 1493  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1494         455.219 Fees; receipts; disposition; periodic management
 1495  reports.—
 1496         (1) Each board within the department shall determine by
 1497  rule the amount of license fees for its profession, based upon
 1498  department-prepared long-range estimates of the revenue required
 1499  to implement all provisions of law relating to the regulation of
 1500  professions by the department and any board; however, when the
 1501  department has determined, based on the long-range estimates of
 1502  such revenue, that a profession’s trust fund moneys are in
 1503  excess of the amount required to cover the necessary functions
 1504  of the board, or the department when there is no board, the
 1505  department may adopt rules to implement a waiver of license
 1506  renewal fees for that profession for a period not to exceed 2
 1507  years, as determined by the department. Each board, or the
 1508  department when there is no board, shall ensure license fees are
 1509  adequate to cover all anticipated costs and to maintain a
 1510  reasonable cash balance, as determined by rule of the
 1511  department, with advice of the applicable board. If sufficient
 1512  action is not taken by a board within 1 year of notification by
 1513  the department that license fees are projected to be inadequate,
 1514  the department shall set license fees on behalf of the
 1515  applicable board to cover anticipated costs and to maintain the
 1516  required cash balance. The department shall include recommended
 1517  fee cap increases in its annual report to the Legislature.
 1518  Further, it is legislative intent that no regulated profession
 1519  operate with a negative cash balance. The department may provide
 1520  by rule for the advancement of sufficient funds to any
 1521  profession or the Florida Athletic State Boxing Commission
 1522  operating with a negative cash balance. Such advancement may be
 1523  for a period not to exceed 2 consecutive years and shall require
 1524  interest to be paid by the regulated profession. Interest shall
 1525  be calculated at the current rate earned on Professional
 1526  Regulation Trust Fund investments. Interest earned shall be
 1527  allocated to the various funds in accordance with the allocation
 1528  of investment earnings during the period of the advance.
 1529         Section 25. Subsection (4) of section 548.002, Florida
 1530  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1531         548.002 Definitions.—As used in this chapter, the term:
 1532         (4) “Commission” means the Florida Athletic State Boxing
 1533  Commission.
 1534         Section 26. Subsections (3) and (4) of section 548.05,
 1535  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 1536         548.05 Control of contracts.—
 1537         (3) The commission may require that each contract contain
 1538  language authorizing the Florida State Boxing commission to
 1539  withhold any or all of any manager’s share of a purse in the
 1540  event of a contractual dispute as to entitlement to any portion
 1541  of a purse. The commission may establish rules governing the
 1542  manner of resolution of such dispute. In addition, if the
 1543  commission deems it appropriate, the commission is hereby
 1544  authorized to implead interested parties over any disputed funds
 1545  into the appropriate circuit court for resolution of the dispute
 1546  before prior to release of all or any part of the funds.
 1547         (4) Each contract subject to this section shall contain the
 1548  following clause: “This agreement is subject to the provisions
 1549  of chapter 548, Florida Statutes, and to the rules of the
 1550  Florida Athletic State Boxing Commission and to any future
 1551  amendments of either.”
 1552         Section 27. Subsection (12) of section 548.071, Florida
 1553  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1554         548.071 Suspension or revocation of license or permit by
 1555  commission.—The commission may suspend or revoke a license or
 1556  permit if the commission finds that the licensee or permittee:
 1557         (12) Has been disciplined by the Florida State Boxing
 1558  commission or similar agency or body of any jurisdiction.
 1559         Section 28. Section 548.077, Florida Statutes, is amended
 1560  to read:
 1561         548.077 Florida Athletic State Boxing Commission;
 1562  collection and disposition of moneys.—All fees, fines,
 1563  forfeitures, and other moneys collected under the provisions of
 1564  this chapter shall be paid by the commission to the Chief
 1565  Financial Officer who, after the expenses of the commission are
 1566  paid, shall deposit them in the Professional Regulation Trust
 1567  Fund to be used for the administration and operation of the
 1568  commission and to enforce the laws and rules under its
 1569  jurisdiction. In the event the unexpended balance of such moneys
 1570  collected under the provisions of this chapter exceeds $250,000,
 1571  any excess of that amount shall be deposited in the General
 1572  Revenue Fund.
 1573         Section 29. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.