CS/CS/CS/HB 1299 Summary

• Prohibits local governments from authorizing school district impact fees that increase 5% or more over a 2-year period.

• Restricts municipalities from purchasing real property within another municipality's boundaries or annexing areas within another municipality without consent (with exceptions under s. 171.205).

• Prohibits municipalities from levying or collecting excise taxes on cigarettes (after July 1, 1972), cigars, nicotine products, and nicotine dispensing devices (after July 1, 2019).

• Preempts to the state: regulation of single-use plastic straws, over-the-counter proprietary drugs and cosmetics, alternate generated power source requirements, and minimum age for tobacco/nicotine product sales and marketing.

• Prevents local governments from imposing additional fuel supply or temperature/cooling requirements beyond state standards for nursing homes and assisted living facilities' emergency management plans; requires emergency power capacity for assisted living facilities by June 1, 2020.

• Effective date: July 1, 2019.