(1) The Florida Business Information Portal is established within the Department of Business and Professional Regulation.
(2) By June 30, 2017, the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, in collaboration with the state agencies identified in subsection (4), shall implement the Florida Business Information Portal. The Florida Business Information Portal shall provide the information needed to start and operate a business in Florida, including information regarding licenses, permits, or registrations that are issued by the state agencies in subsection (4).
(3) The Florida Business Information Portal must provide at least the following:
(a) A downloadable guide on how to start and operate a business in Florida.
(b) A list of business types and a checklist for starting each type of business.
(c) Links to guide users to the websites of appropriate state licensing, permitting, and registration agencies.
(d) Information regarding business tax registration and filing.
(e) Information regarding registering with the Department of State.
(4) The state agencies that must cooperate with the Department of Business and Professional Regulation in the development, implementation, and ongoing content updates of the Florida Business Information Portal include, but are not limited to:
(a) The Agency for Health Care Administration.
(b) The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
(c) The Department of Economic Opportunity.
(d) The Department of Environmental Protection.
(e) The Department of Financial Services, including the Office of Financial Regulation and the Office of Insurance Regulation.
(f) The Department of Health.
(g) The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.
(h) The Department of the Lottery.
(i) The Department of Management Services.
(j) The Department of Revenue.
(k) The Department of State.
(l) The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
(5) By October 1, 2017, the Department of Business and Professional Regulation shall submit to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives a report containing recommendations and estimated costs for the inclusion of local government information in the Florida Business Information Portal.
History.—s. 1, ch. 2015-224.
Structure Florida Statutes
Chapter 20 - Organizational Structure
20.02 - Declaration of Policy.
20.04 - Structure of Executive Branch.
20.05 - Heads of Departments; Powers and Duties.
20.052 - Advisory Bodies, Commissions, Boards; Establishment.
20.055 - Agency Inspectors General.
20.057 - Interagency Agreements to Delete Duplication of Inspections.
20.058 - Citizen Support and Direct-Support Organizations.
20.06 - Method of Reorganization.
20.104 - Clearing Funds Trust Fund.
20.105 - Federal Grants Trust Fund.
20.106 - Land Acquisition Trust Fund Within Department of State.
20.11 - Department of Legal Affairs.
20.111 - Operating Trust Fund.
20.112 - Federal Grants Trust Fund; Department of Legal Affairs.
20.121 - Department of Financial Services.
20.14 - Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
20.142 - Land Acquisition Trust Fund Within Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
20.15 - Department of Education.
20.155 - Board of Governors of the State University System.
20.165 - Department of Business and Professional Regulation.
20.166 - Florida Business Information Portal.
20.181 - Federal Grants Trust Fund.
20.19 - Department of Children and Families.
20.195 - Department of Children and Families; Trust Funds.
20.197 - Agency for Persons With Disabilities.
20.1971 - Agency for Persons With Disabilities; Trust Funds.
20.201 - Department of Law Enforcement.
20.21 - Department of Revenue.
20.22 - Department of Management Services.
20.221 - Federal Grants Trust Fund.
20.23 - Department of Transportation.
20.24 - Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.
20.241 - Federal Grants Trust Fund; Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.
20.255 - Department of Environmental Protection.
20.25501 - Department of Environmental Protection; Trust Funds.
20.2551 - Citizen Support Organizations; Use of Property; Audit; Public Records; Partnerships.
20.28 - State Board of Administration.
20.29 - Department of Citrus; Florida Citrus Commission; Executive Director.
20.315 - Department of Corrections.
20.3151 - Administrative Trust Fund.
20.316 - Department of Juvenile Justice.
20.3161 - Federal Grants Trust Fund; Department of Juvenile Justice.
20.317 - Department of the Lottery.
20.32 - Florida Commission on Offender Review.
20.331 - Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
20.3311 - Additional Powers of Commission.
20.34 - Governmental Reorganization Act of 1969; Effect on Rules.
20.37 - Department of Veterans’ Affairs.
20.375 - Department of Veterans’ Affairs; Trust Funds.
20.41 - Department of Elderly Affairs.
20.415 - Department of Elderly Affairs; Trust Funds.
20.42 - Agency for Health Care Administration.
20.425 - Agency for Health Care Administration; Trust Funds.
20.435 - Department of Health; Trust Funds.
20.506 - Welfare Transition Trust Fund.
20.60 - Department of Economic Opportunity; Creation; Powers and Duties.
20.601 - Agency Review; Department of Economic Opportunity.
20.605 - Administrative Trust Fund of the Department of Economic Opportunity.