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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to licensing fee relief; amending s. 2
455.213, F.S.; waiving a portion of the initial 3
license application fee and renewal fees for certain 4
licenses; providing a maximum waiver; providing an 5
expiration; providing an appropriation; providing for 6
disposition of any unexpended balance; providing an 7
effective date. 8
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10
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Section 1. Subsection (15) is added to section 455.213, 12
Florida Statutes, to read: 13
455.213 General licensing provisions. — 14
(15) For the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 fiscal years, the 15
department shall waive 50 percent of the initial licensing fee 16
for an applicant applying f or an initial license for a 17
profession under this chapter, with such waiver limited to a 18
maximum of $200 per year per license. The department shall waive 19
50 percent of a licensee's license renewal fee for a profession 20
under this chapter, with such waiver l imited to a maximum of 21
$200 per year per license. Such fee waivers shall not include 22
any applicable unlicensed activity or background check fees. 23
This subsection expires July 1, 2025. 24
Section 2. For the 2023-2024 fiscal year, the sum of $50 25
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million in nonrecurring funds is appropriated from the General 26
Revenue Fund to the Department of Business and Professional 27
Regulation to be deposited into the Professional Regulation 28
Trust Fund to implement this act. Any unexpended balance of 29
funds from this appropri ation remaining on June 30, 2024, shall 30
revert and is appropriated to the Department of Business and 31
Professional Regulation for the 2024 -2025 fiscal year for the 32
same purpose. 33
Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023. 34