| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to licensing fee relief; amending s. 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | 455.213, F.S.; waiving a portion of the initial 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | license application fee and renewal fees for certain 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | licenses; providing a maximum waiver; providing an 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | expiration; providing an appropriation; providing for 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | disposition of any unexpended balance; providing an 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | effective date. 8 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Section 1. Subsection (15) is added to section 455.213, 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Florida Statutes, to read: 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | 455.213 General licensing provisions. — 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (15) For the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 fiscal years, the 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | department shall waive 50 percent of the initial licensing fee 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | for an applicant applying f or an initial license for a 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | profession under this chapter, with such waiver limited to a 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | maximum of $200 per year per license. The department shall waive 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | 50 percent of a licensee's license renewal fee for a profession 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | under this chapter, with such waiver l imited to a maximum of 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | $200 per year per license. Such fee waivers shall not include 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | any applicable unlicensed activity or background check fees. 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | This subsection expires July 1, 2025. 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Section 2. For the 2023-2024 fiscal year, the sum of $50 25 |
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| 47 | 47 | | 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 |
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| 51 | 51 | | million in nonrecurring funds is appropriated from the General 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | Revenue Fund to the Department of Business and Professional 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | Regulation to be deposited into the Professional Regulation 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | Trust Fund to implement this act. Any unexpended balance of 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | funds from this appropri ation remaining on June 30, 2024, shall 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | revert and is appropriated to the Department of Business and 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | Professional Regulation for the 2024 -2025 fiscal year for the 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | same purpose. 33 |
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| 59 | 59 | | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023. 34 |
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