The Florida Senate BILL ANALYSIS AND FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENT (This document is based on the provisions contained in the legislation as of the latest date listed below.) Prepared By: The Professional Staff of the Committee on Rules BILL: SB 76 INTRODUCER: Senator Mayfield SUBJECT: Florida Statutes DATE: December 12, 2023 ANALYST STAFF DIRECTOR REFERENCE ACTION 1. Pollitz (DLR) Twogood RC Pre-meeting I. Summary: The Division of Law Revision of the Office of Legislative Services is required, by statute, to conduct a systematic and continuing study of the Florida Statutes. The purpose of this study is to recommend to the Legislature changes that will remove inconsistencies, redundancies, and unnecessary repetition from the statutes; improve clarity and facilitate correct interpretation; correct grammatical and typographical errors; and delete obsolete, repealed, or superseded provisions. These recommendations are submitted to the Legislature in the form of technical, nonsubstantive reviser’s bills. A reviser’s bill cannot be amended except to delete a bill section. SB 76 deletes statute provisions that have been repealed by a noncurrent (past-year) session of the Legislature where that repeal or expiration date has now occurred, rendering the provision of no effect (an example would be a repeal set for October 1, 2023, by the 2022 Regular Session of the Legislature). This bill substantially amends the following sections of the Florida Statutes: ss. 14.2019, 119.071, 194.032, 216.181, 288.860, 327.4109, 338.165, 381.00318, 409.908, 420.0005, 627.749, 796.07, 1001.10, 1001.212, 1002.351, 1002.82, 1003.25, 1006.07, and 1006.1493, F.S., and repeals ss. 112.0441, 193.1557, 197.3181, 197.3182, 197.3195, 220.27, 381.00317, 766.105, and 943.0433, F.S. II. Present Situation: The Division of Law Revision, under the authority and requirements of s. 11.242(5)(b) and (i), Florida Statutes, must remove repealed statutory provisions from the statutes text where the repeal was voted by the Legislature sitting in the current year; sections effectively repealed but where that repeal was passed by a past-year session of the Legislature can only be omitted from the statutes text through a reviser’s bill pursuant to s. 11.242(5)(i). REVISED: BILL: SB 76 Page 2 III. Effect of Proposed Changes: This bill removes provisions that have already been repealed by the Legislature by substantive legislation that the Division of Law Revision could not remove from the statutes without the required inclusion in a reviser’s bill. IV. Constitutional Issues: A. Municipality/County Mandates Restrictions: None. B. Public Records/Open Meetings Issues: None. C. Trust Funds Restrictions: None. D. State Tax or Fee Increases: None. E. Other Constitutional Issues: None. V. Fiscal Impact Statement: A. Tax/Fee Issues: None. B. Private Sector Impact: None. C. Government Sector Impact: None. VI. Technical Deficiencies: None. VII. Related Issues: None. BILL: SB 76 Page 3 VIII. Statutes Affected: This bill substantially amends the following sections of the Florida Statutes: ss. 14.2019, 119.071, 194.032, 216.181, 288.860, 327.4109, 338.165, 381.00318, 409.908, 420.0005, 627.749, 796.07, 1001.10, 1001.212, 1002.351, 1002.82, 1003.25, 1006.07, and 1006.1493, F.S., and repeals ss. 112.0441, 193.1557, 197.3181, 197.3182, 197.3195, 220.27, 381.00317, 766.105, and 943.0433, F.S. IX. Additional Information: A. Committee Substitute – Statement of Changes: (Summarizing differences between the Committee Substitute and the prior version of the bill.) None. B. Amendments: None. This Senate Bill Analysis does not reflect the intent or official position of the bill’s introducer or the Florida Senate.