| APA Florida BIll Tracking Report April 25, 2008 |
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| Distribution of Proceeds from Excise Taxes on Documents: Removes a limitation on amount of proceeds which may be deposited into State Housing Trust Fund on or after specified date. Effective Date: July 1, 2008. |
| 5/23/2007 | HOUSE Filed |
| 9/10/2007 | HOUSE Referred to Economic Expansion & Infrastructure Council; Policy & Budget Council |
| 1/29/2008 | HOUSE Referred to Committee on Economic Development by Economic Expansion & Infrastructure Council |
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| Springs Protection: Creates pt. IV of ch. 369, F.S., entitled "Springs Protection"; establishes Florida Springs Stewardship Task Force; provides task force membership & duties; requires report to Governor & Legislature; provides for expiration of task force. Effective Date: July 1, 2008. |
| 3/26/2008 | HOUSE Favorable by Conservation & State Lands; 10 Yeas, 0 Nays; Now in Environment & Natural Resources Council |
| 4/7/2008 | HOUSE On Council agenda - Environment & Natural Resources Council, 04/09/08, 8:00 am, 404 H |
| 4/9/2008 | HOUSE Favorable by Environment & Natural Resources Council; 14 Yeas, 0 Nays; Now in Policy & Budget Council |
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| Community Redevelopment Areas: Authorizes counties & municipalities to use ad valorem tax revenues for law enforcement, fire rescue, or emergency medical services in community redevelopment areas. Effective Date: July 1, 2008. |
| 8/6/2007 | HOUSE Filed |
| 9/10/2007 | HOUSE Referred to Government Efficiency & Accountability Council; Policy & Budget Council |
| 11/29/2007 | HOUSE Referred to Committee on State Affairs by Government Efficiency & Accountability Council |
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| Documents Excise Taxes/State Housing Trust Fund [RPCC]; Removes a limitation on the amount of proceeds from excise taxes on documents which may be deposited into the State Housing Trust Fund on or after a specified date, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008. |
| 9/6/2007 | SENATE Filed |
| 11/28/2007 | SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations |
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| Documents Excise Tax Distribution/State Housing TF [RPCC]; Revises provisions governing the distribution of a portion of the proceeds of the excise tax on documents to the State Housing Trust Fund. Provides for the annual appropriation of at least 90 percent of the tax proceeds distributed to the trust fund to provide affordable housing units and other purposes for which the trust fund was created, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008. |
| 9/6/2007 | SENATE Filed |
| 11/28/2007 | SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations |
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| Legislature: Designates act "Truth in Government Act"; revises current provisions for oaths & affirmations for committee witnesses & penalties for false swearing; requires committee witnesses to take oath or affirmation; provides exceptions; requires committee member to administer oath or affirmation; provides penalties for false statements; provides for use of signed appearance card in lieu of oral oath or affirmation & penalties for making false statement after signing card. Effective Date: July 1, 2008. |
| 3/6/2008 | HOUSE Referred to Committee on State Affairs by Government Efficiency & Accountability Council |
| 3/24/2008 | HOUSE On Committee agenda - State Affairs, 03/26/08, 8:00 am, Morris Hall |
| 3/26/2008 | HOUSE Favorable by State Affairs; 10 Yeas, 0 Nays; Now in Government Efficiency & Accountability Council |
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| Residential Property Just Valuation [RPCC]; Provides an alternative methodology for deriving just valuation of residential property. Provides for retroactive application to assessments made for tax years beginning January 1, 2003, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon becoming law. |
| 11/28/2007 | SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; General Government Appropriations |
| 1/22/2008 | SENATE Reference to General Government Appropriations removed; References corrected to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Education Pre-K - 12 Appropriations |
| 3/12/2008 | SENATE Withdrawn from Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Education Pre-K - 12 Appropriations; Withdrawn from further consideration |
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| Just Valuation of Property: Revises provisions relating to factors for determining just valuation of property, value adjustment board decisions application, authorization of deed-restriction agreements & consideration of such agreements in determining just value, assessment notices, & objections to assessments, petition filing fees, membership of value adjustment boards, criteria for rescheduling hearings, hearing procedures, & judgments & awards of attorney fees against property appraisers. Effective Date: upon becoming a law |
| 3/31/2008 | HOUSE Now in Policy & Budget Council |
| 4/2/2008 | ----- Bill to Be Discussed During the Office of the EDR's Revenue Estimating Impact Conference; 04/04/08, 9:00 am, 117 K (No Votes Will Be Taken) |
| 4/23/2008 | HOUSE Withdrawn from Policy & Budget Council; Placed on Calendar; Placed on Special Order Calendar for 04/25/08 |
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| Expedited Permitting Process for Economic Development Projects: Designates act "Mike McHugh Act"; requires DEP & water management districts to adopt programs to expedite processing of permits for certain economic development projects; requires municipalities & counties to identify certain businesses by commission resolution; provides timeframe for permit application approval or denial. Effective Date: July 1, 2008. |
| 3/11/2008 | HOUSE Favorable by Policy & Budget Council; 34 Yeas, 0 Nays; Placed on Calendar, on second reading |
| 4/21/2008 | HOUSE Placed on Special Order Calendar for 04/23/08 |
| 4/23/2008 | HOUSE Read Second Time |
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| Just Valuation of Real Property: Deletes requirements for property appraisers to consider highest & best use of property in determining just valuation.
Effective Date: upon becoming a law and shall apply to assessments for tax years beginning January 1, 2009. |
| 9/27/2007 | HOUSE Filed |
| 10/10/2007 | HOUSE Referred to Government Efficiency & Accountability Council; Policy & Budget Council |
| 11/29/2007 | HOUSE Referred to Committee on State Affairs by Government Efficiency & Accountability Council |
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| State and Local Government Spending: Requires DOS to create & manage free website disclosing certain spending by state & local governmental entities under certain contracts; provides requirements concerning content of website; provides exemption for public records that are not subject to disclosure. Effective Date: July 1, 2008. |
| 1/9/2008 | HOUSE Favorable with Amendment(s) by Audit & Performance; 6 Yeas, 0 Nays; Now in Government Efficiency & Accountability Council |
| 4/21/2008 | HOUSE On Council agenda - Government Efficiency & Accountability Council, 04/22/08, 10:00 am, 404 H |
| 4/22/2008 | HOUSE Temporarily postponed by Government Efficiency & Accountability Council |
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| Protection of Florida Coastline Against Oil and Gas Drilling: Urges U.S. Congress to stand strong & united against any attempt to allow oil or gas drilling along Florida's coastline. Effective Date: Not Specified |
| 12/13/2007 | HOUSE Referred to Committee on Energy by Environment & Natural Resources Council |
| 2/13/2008 | HOUSE On Committee agenda - Energy, 02/20/08, 8:00 am, Morris Hall |
| 2/20/2008 | HOUSE Temporarily postponed by Energy |
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| Hurricane Preparedness and Insurance: Creates Citizens Property Insurance Corporation Mission Review Task Force; provides purposes; requires report; provides report requirements; provides for appointment of members; provides responsibilities; specifies service without compensation; provides for reimbursement of per diem & travel expenses; provides meeting requirements; requires corporation to assist task force; provides for expiration of task force; requires CFO to provide report on economic impact on state of specified hurricanes; provides report requirements. Effective Date: upon becoming a law |
| 4/1/2008 | HOUSE Favorable with CS by Jobs & Entrepreneurship Council; 14 Yeas, 0 Nays |
| 4/2/2008 | HOUSE Committee Substitute (C1) Filed |
| 4/4/2008 | HOUSE Placed on Calendar, on second reading |
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| Energy Conservation [RPCC]; Revises provisions authorizing the use of solar collectors and includes condominiums in such provisions. Revises provisions relating to rebates provided under the Solar Energy System Incentives Program. Revises provisions relating to the renewable energy source property tax exemption, the sales tax exemption on equipment, machinery, and other materials for renewable energy technologies, and the renewable energy production tax credit, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008. |
| 9/25/2007 | SENATE Filed |
| 11/28/2007 | SENATE Referred to Environmental Preservation and Conservation; Communications and Public Utilities; Governmental Operations; Finance and Tax; General Government Appropriations |
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| Community Redevelopment Areas/Ad Valorem Taxes [RPCC]; Authorizes a county or municipality to use ad valorem tax revenues to provide law enforcement, fire protection, or emergency medical services within a community redevelopment area, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008. |
| 9/27/2007 | SENATE Filed |
| 11/28/2007 | SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax |
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| Urban Revitalization Congress [RPCC]; Creates the Urban Revitalization Congress within the Executive Office of the Governor to foster leadership and provide resources and support to economically energize the state's urban centers, etc. APPROPRIATION. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008. |
| 10/1/2007 | SENATE Filed |
| 12/13/2007 | SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Commerce; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations |
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| Target Industry Businesses/Expedited Permitting [RPCC]; Cites act as the "Mike McHugh Act." Requires the Department of Environmental Protection and water management districts to adopt programs to expedite the processing of permits for certain economic development projects. Provides an exception. Requires a municipality or county to identify certain businesses by resolution. Requires a preapplication review. Requires that a permit application be approved or denied within a certain period, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008. |
| 4/14/2008 | SENATE On Committee agenda - Community Affairs, 04/17/08, 2:00 pm, 412 K |
| 4/17/2008 | SENATE Favorable by Community Affairs; 10 Yeas, 0 Nays |
| 4/18/2008 | SENATE Now in Commerce |
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| Energy [RPCC]; Revises provisions relating to the renewable energy source property tax exemption, the sales tax exemption on equipment, machinery, and other materials for renewable energy technologies, and renewable energy production tax credit. Revises provisions relating to the renewable energy technologies investment tax credit and authorizes transferability of such credit. Requires the Fla. Alternative Energy Center to certify the sales tax exemption, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008 except as otherwise provided. |
| 10/3/2007 | SENATE Filed |
| 12/13/2007 | SENATE Referred to Environmental Preservation and Conservation; Communications and Public Utilities; Governmental Operations; Finance and Tax; General Government Appropriations |
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| Alternative Energy Center/Incentive Program [RPCC]; Creates the Florida Alternative Energy Center to promote alternative energy technologies, including alternative fuels and technologies for electrical power plants, electric motor vehicles, energy conservation, distributed generation, advanced transmission methods, and the control of pollution and greenhouse gases, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon becoming law. |
| 10/3/2007 | SENATE Filed |
| 12/13/2007 | SENATE Referred to Communications and Public Utilities; Environmental Preservation and Conservation; Commerce; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations |
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| Florida Alternative Energy Center Trust Fund [RPCC]; Creates the Florida Alternative Energy Trust Fund within the Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development. Provides that the purpose of the trust fund is to provide funding for the Florida Alternative Energy Center. Provides for future review and termination or re-creation of the fund, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: Contingent. |
| 10/3/2007 | SENATE Filed |
| 12/13/2007 | SENATE Referred to Communications and Public Utilities; Environmental Preservation and Conservation; Commerce; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations |
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| Pub. Rec./Florida Alternative Energy Center [RPCC]; Creates an exemption from public records and public meetings requirements for certain information held by the Florida Alternative Energy Center. Provides a statement of public necessity exempting from public disclosure information relating to recruiting, proprietary business information, research information, and donor identification. Provides for future legislative review and repeal under the Open Government Sunset Review Act, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: Contingent. |
| 10/3/2007 | SENATE Filed |
| 12/13/2007 | SENATE Referred to Communications and Public Utilities; Environmental Preservation and Conservation; Commerce; Governmental Operations; Rules |
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| Oil and Gas Drilling/Florida Coastline [RPCC]; Urges the Congress of the United States to stand strong and united against any attempt to allow oil or gas drilling along Florida's coastline, etc. |
| 10/3/2007 | SENATE Filed |
| 12/13/2007 | SENATE Referred to Environmental Preservation and Conservation |
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| Affordable Housing: Provides for assessing property receiving low-income housing tax credit; defines term "community land trust"; provides for assessment of structural improvements, condominium parcels, & cooperative parcels on land owned by community land trust & used to provide affordable housing; provides for conveyance of structural improvements, condominium parcels, & cooperative parcels subject to specified conditions; specifies criteria to be used in arriving at just valuation of structural improvement, condominium parcel, or cooperative parcel. Effective Date: July 1, 2008 |
| 4/8/2008 | HOUSE Favorable with CS by Economic Expansion & Infrastructure Council; 14 Yeas, 0 Nays |
| 4/11/2008 | HOUSE Committee Substitute (C1) Filed |
| 4/14/2008 | HOUSE Placed on Calendar, on second reading |
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| Growth Management [RPCC]; Deletes an exemption from the limitation on the frequency of amendments of comprehensive plans. Requires counties to certify that they have prepared a list of county-owned property appropriate for affordable housing before obtaining certain funding. Extends the date for local governments to adopt plan amendments to implement a financially feasible capital improvements element, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008. |
| 4/17/2008 | SENATE On Committee agenda - Transportation, 04/22/08, 8:30 am, 37 S |
| 4/22/2008 | SENATE Favorable with CS by Transportation; 7 Yeas, 1 Nay |
| 4/24/2008 | SENATE Committee Substitute (C2) Filed; Reference to Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations removed; Placed on Calendar, on second reading |
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| Growth Management [RPCC]; Expresses the legislative intent to revise laws relating to growth management. EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon becoming law. |
| 10/8/2007 | SENATE Filed |
| 12/13/2007 | SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations; Rules |
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| Department of Community Affairs [RPCC]; Expresses the legislative intent to revise laws relating to the Department of Community Affairs. EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon becoming law. |
| 10/8/2007 | SENATE Filed |
| 12/13/2007 | SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Governmental Operations; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations; Rules |
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| Department of Community Affairs [RPCC]; Expresses the legislative intent to revise laws relating to the Department of Community Affairs. EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon becoming law. |
| 10/8/2007 | SENATE Filed |
| 12/13/2007 | SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Governmental Operations; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations; Rules |
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| Affordable Housing [RPCC]; Revises purposes for which State Apartment Incentive Loans may be used. Revises requirements for distribution of funds in the Local Government Housing Trust Fund. Requires that local housing assistance plans address the special housing needs of persons with disabilities. Authorizes and limits the percentage of funds from the local housing distribution that may be used for certain manufactured housing, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008. |
| 4/22/2008 | SENATE Placed on Special Order Calendar for 04/24/08 |
| 4/24/2008 | SENATE Temporarily Postponed on Second Reading; Placed on Special Order Calendar for 04/25/08 |
| 4/25/2008 | SENATE Temporarily Postponed on Second Reading |
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| Affordable Housing [RPCC]; Expresses the legislative intent to revise laws relating to affordable housing. EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon becoming law. |
| 10/8/2007 | SENATE Filed |
| 12/13/2007 | SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations; Rules |
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| Environmental Site Redevelopment: Defines term "acquired"; provides for financial assistance in certain additional circumstances involving transfer of contaminated property; expands eligibility for site rehabilitation tax credits; provides for application to brownfield site redevelopment solid waste removal costs; provides for application to construction & operation of new health care facilities or health care providers in brownfield sites; revises provisions providing tax credits for rehabilitation of contaminated sites & brownfield sites; provides criteria for claiming costs for solid waste removal; revises criteria & requirements for granting site rehabilitation removal tax credits; provides additional limitations on tax credit awards for site rehabilitation costs & solid waste removal costs; deletes specified brownfield site rehabilitation contractor certification requirements...Effective Date: upon becoming a law and shall operate retroactively to January 1, 2008
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| 4/15/2008 | HOUSE Favorable by Policy & Budget Council; 33 Yeas, 0 Nays; Placed on Calendar, on second reading |
| 4/21/2008 | HOUSE Placed on Special Order Calendar for 04/23/08 |
| 4/23/2008 | HOUSE Read Second Time; Amendment(s) Adopted (629039); Engrossed Text (E1) Filed |
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| Land Acquisition and Management [RPCC]; Authorizes the distribution of bonds for the acquisition of conservation lands. Directs the Legislature to complete an analysis on potential revenue sources by a date certain. Requires the Department of Environmental Protection to modernize its information systems. Requires that land management plans provide short-term and long-term management goals. Provides for funds to be deposited in the Florida Forever Trust Fund, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008. |
| 4/16/2008 | SENATE Read Second Time; Amendment(s) Adopted (822796, 806838, 649860, 563670, 563226, 539540, 531570, 494442, 479936, 315370, 273802, 267220, 265812, 230546, 203676, 093222); Ordered engrossed; Engrossed Text (E1) Filed |
| 4/17/2008 | SENATE Temporarily Postponed on Third Reading |
| 4/23/2008 | SENATE Read Third Time; Amendment(s) Adopted; Amendment(s) Withdrawn; Passed (Vote: 38 Yeas / 0 Nays); Immediately Certified; Engrossed Text (E2) Filed; In House Messages |
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| Water Pollution Control: Provides requirements for basin management action plans; allows such plans to take into account benefits of pollutant load reduction achieved by point or nonpoint sources; requires that DEP adopt such plan or amendment thereto by secretarial order pursuant to state law; provides that provisions of department's rule relating to equitable abatement of pollutants into surface waters may not be applied to water bodies or water body segments for which certain basin management plan has been adopted; authorizes water quality protection programs to include trading of water quality credits; specifies that water quality credit trading pilot project be limited to Lower St. Johns River Basin as pilot project; requires that department provide Legislature with annual report regarding effectiveness of pilot project...Effective Date: July 1, 2008 |
| 3/11/2008 | HOUSE Favorable by Policy & Budget Council; 34 Yeas, 0 Nays; Placed on Calendar, on second reading |
| 4/21/2008 | HOUSE Placed on Special Order Calendar for 04/23/08 |
| 4/23/2008 | HOUSE Read Second Time; Amendment Adopted (104767); Ordered engrossed; Engrossed Text (E1) Filed |
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| Building Code Standards [RPCC]; Revises provisions authorizing the use of solar collectors and other energy devices. Revises requirements for the future land use element of a local comprehensive plan to include energy-efficient land use patterns and greenhouse gas reduction strategies. Requires the installation of carbon monoxide detectors in certain new hospitals, hospice and nursing home facilities, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008. |
| 4/22/2008 | SENATE Placed on Calendar, on second reading; Placed on Special Order Calendar for 04/24/08 |
| 4/24/2008 | SENATE Read Second Time; Amendments Adopted (224402, 524398, 773790, 960512, 977212); Amendment Withdrawn (293054); Ordered engrossed; Engrossed Text (E1) Filed |
| 4/25/2008 | SENATE Read Third Time; Temporarily Postponed on Third Reading |
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| Wekiva Onsite Sewage Treatment Grant Program [SPCC]; Creates the Wekiva Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal System Compliance Grant Program in the Department of Health. Authorizes low-income property owners in certain areas of the Wekiva basin to apply for grants to improve onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems. Provides grant limitations and for the grant to be a rebate of costs incurred, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon becoming law. |
| 4/4/2008 | SENATE On Committee agenda - Environmental Preservation and Conservation, 04/09/08, 4:00 pm, 401 S |
| 4/9/2008 | SENATE Favorable by Environmental Preservation and Conservation; 5 Yeas, 0 Nays |
| 4/10/2008 | SENATE Now in Health and Human Services Appropriations |
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| Department of Business and Professional Regulation: Requires that hazard insurance be based upon replacement cost of property to be insured as determined by independent insurance appraisal or update of prior appraisal; changes name of Division of Florida Land Sales, Condominiums, & Mobile Homes to Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, & Mobile Homes & changes name of Division of Technology, Licensure, & Testing to Division of Technology, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2008 except as otherwise provided |
| 4/22/2008 | HOUSE Removed from Special Order Calendar for 04/22/08; Placed on Special Order Calendar for 04/23/08 |
| 4/23/2008 | HOUSE Read Second Time; Amendments Adopted (743317, 041235, 023651, 971219, 426735); Amendments Withdrawn (002175, 050785); Ordered engrossed; Engrossed Text (E1) Filed |
| 4/25/2008 | HOUSE Read Third Time; Amendment(s) Adopted; Amendment(s) Withdrawn; Passed (Vote: 110 Yeas / 0 Nays) |
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| Just Valuation of Property [RPCC]; Revises provisions relating to factors for determining just valuation of property. Requires property appraisers to consider only the market rent from income-producing property in the case of all residential rental and commercial property that is leased to more than one legal entity, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon becoming law. |
| 11/5/2007 | SENATE Filed |
| 12/13/2007 | SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; General Government Appropriations |
| 1/22/2008 | SENATE Reference to General Government Appropriations removed; References corrected to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Education Pre-K - 12 Appropriations |
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| Water Management: Authorizes inland navigation districts to aid & cooperate with certain nonmember counties, certain seaports, & navigation districts in planning & carrying out waterway access projects; requires FWCC to post & maintain regulatory markers for manatee protection speed zones; removes requirement for DEP to adopt procedural rules for dredge & fill projects; revises provisions for maintenance dredging; prohibits state from charging seaports & inland navigation districts certain fees; authorizes DEP to develop & maintain list concerning use of flocculants. Effective Date: July 1, 2008 |
| 4/11/2008 | HOUSE Committee Substitute (C1) Filed |
| 4/14/2008 | HOUSE Now in Policy & Budget Council |
| 4/23/2008 | HOUSE Withdrawn from Policy & Budget Council; Placed on Calendar, on second reading |
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| Affordable Housing: Revises & provides provisions relating to affordable housing; provides for assessment of property receiving low-income housing tax credit; defines term "community land trust"; provides for assessment of structural improvements, condominium parcels, & cooperative parcels on land owned by community land trust & used to provide affordable housing; provides for conveyance of structural improvements, condominium parcels, & cooperative parcels subject to certain conditions; specifies criteria to be used in arriving at just valuation of structural improvement, condominium parcel, or cooperative parcel; provides additional criteria for determining whether certain affordable housing property owned by certain exempt organizations is entitled to exemption; provides ad valorem taxation exemption for certain purposes; subjects certain organizations to ad valorem taxation under certain circumstances; ... Effective Date: July 1, 2008 |
| 4/18/2008 | HOUSE Council Substitute (C2) Filed |
| 4/21/2008 | HOUSE Placed on Calendar, on second reading; Placed on Special Order Calendar for 04/23/08 |
| 4/23/2008 | HOUSE Read Second Time; Amendments Adopted (254855, 512179, 454517); Ordered engrossed; Engrossed Text (E1) Filed |
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| Local Government Revenue Sources: Requires super majority vote for actions by local government to levy new, increase existing, expand base or area subject to, or eliminate exemption from taxes, special assessments, non-ad valorem assessments, or impact fees; requires super majority vote of electors voting in referenda on laws taking same actions; providies exception for emergencies; provides for nonapplication to specified other revenue sources. Effective Date: July 1, 2008 |
| 3/19/2008 | HOUSE Temporarily postponed by State Affairs |
| 3/24/2008 | HOUSE On Committee agenda - State Affairs, 03/26/08, 8:00 am, Morris Hall |
| 3/26/2008 | HOUSE Favorable by State Affairs; 8 Yeas, 3 Nays; Now in Government Efficiency & Accountability Council |
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| Affordable Housing Property Tax Exemptions: Provides additional criteria for determining whether affordable housing property owned by exempt organizations is exempt from ad valorem taxation; specifies criteria & requirements for revoking affordable housing property exemption; subjects organizations owning specified property to ad valorem taxation under specified circumstances; provides for tax liens; provides for penalties & interest; provides notice requirements. Effective Date: upon becoming a law |
| 2/6/2008 | HOUSE Referred to Government Efficiency & Accountability Council; Policy & Budget Council |
| 2/13/2008 | ----- Bill to Be Discussed During the Office of the EDR's Revenue Estimating Impact Conference; 02/15/08, 9:00 a.m., 117 K (No Votes Will Be Taken) |
| 3/6/2008 | HOUSE Referred to Committee on State Affairs by Government Efficiency & Accountability Council |
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| Hurricane Preparedness and Insurance [EPCC]; Creates the Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (CPIC) Mission Review Task Force to analyze and compile data and to develop a report setting forth the statutory and operational changes relating to the CPIC. Requires the Chief Financial Officer to provide a report on the economic impact on the state of a 1-in-250-year hurricane by March 1 of each year, etc. APPROPRIATION: $250,000. EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon becoming law. |
| 12/12/2007 | SENATE Filed |
| 1/9/2008 | SENATE Referred to Banking and Insurance; Community Affairs; General Government Appropriations |
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| Inland Navigation Districts [RPCC]]; Authorizes inland navigation districts to aid and cooperate with certain nonmember counties, certain seaports, and navigation districts in planning and carrying out certain projects concerning waterways. Requires that the FWC assume certain responsibilities for posting and maintaining regulatory markers concerning manatee protection speed zones. Authorizes the DEP to develop and maintain a list concerning use of flocculants, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008. |
| 4/22/2008 | SENATE Placed on Special Order Calendar for 04/24/08 |
| 4/24/2008 | SENATE Read Second Time; Amendments Withdrawn (227268, 850322) |
| 4/25/2008 | SENATE Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 36 Yeas / 0 Nays) |
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| Agriculture: Repeals provision relating to campaign contributions to Commissioner of Agriculture candidates; prohibits county government enforcement of certain ordinances, resolutions, regulations, rules, or policies relating to certain activities of bona fide farm operation on land classified as agricultural; expands eligibility for exemption from local business tax receipt for privilege of selling specified products, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2008 |
| 4/21/2008 | HOUSE On Council agenda - Policy & Budget Council, 04/21/08, 1:00 pm, 212 K; Favorable with CS by Policy & Budget Council; 29 Yeas, 0 Nays |
| 4/22/2008 | HOUSE Placed on Special Order Calendar for 04/24/08 |
| 4/24/2008 | HOUSE Read Second Time; Amendment(s) Adopted (233297, 283909); Ordered engrossed; Engrossed Text (E1) Filed |
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| Relief/Salazar/City of Lake Worth: Provides for relief of Lisa Freeman-Salazar & Andy Salazar by City of Lake Worth; provides for appropriation to compensate them for death of their daughter, Alexandria Salazar, due to negligence of city; provides for attorney's fees & costs; provides limitation on attorney's fees, lobbying fees, costs, & other similar expenses relating to claim.
Effective Date: upon becoming a law |
| 4/14/2008 | HOUSE Referral revoked from Committee on Urban & Local Affairs by Government Efficiency & Accountability Council; Now in Government Efficiency & Accountability Council; On Council agenda - Government Efficiency & Accountability Council, 04/16/08, 9:00 am, Morris Hall |
| 4/16/2008 | HOUSE Favorable by Government Efficiency & Accountability Council; 15 Yeas, 0 Nays |
| 4/17/2008 | HOUSE Placed on Calendar, on second reading |
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| Education for Children in Shelter Care or Foster Care: Provides conditions for court & district school board appointment of surrogate parent for educational decisionmaking for certain children who have or are suspected of having disability; provides for joint responsibility of court & district school board; provides access to medical & educational records; provides access to free public education for children known to DCFS; authorizes certain temporary exemptions from requirements for school attendance & school-entry health examinations.
Effective Date: July 1, 2008 |
| 4/16/2008 | HOUSE Read Second Time |
| 4/18/2008 | HOUSE Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 112 Yeas / 0 Nays) |
| 4/22/2008 | SENATE In Messages |
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| Transportation/Construction Aggregate Materials [EPCC]; Requires a super majority vote by the local government decisionmaking body in order to deny approval of a construction aggregate materials mining site. Provides for a final determination to be made by the Governor and Cabinet sitting as the Administration Commission if the local government does not approve or deny an application for construction aggregate materials mining activities after two meetings or 3 months, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008. |
| 4/14/2008 | SENATE On Committtee agenda - Environmental Preservation and Conservation, 04/17/08, 2:00 pm, 401 S |
| 4/17/2008 | SENATE Unfavorable by Environmental Preservation and Conservation; 2 Yeas, 4 Nays |
| 4/18/2008 | SENATE Laid on table |
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| Transportation; Expresses the legislative intent to revise laws relating to transportation. EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon becoming law. |
| 12/13/2007 | SENATE Filed |
| 1/24/2008 | SENATE Referred to Transportation; Community Affairs; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations; Rules |
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| Department of Transportation [EPCC]; Expresses the legislative intent to revise laws relating to the Department of Transportation. EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon becoming law. |
| 12/13/2007 | SENATE Filed |
| 1/24/2008 | SENATE Referred to Transportation; Governmental Operations; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations; Rules |
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| Special Districts: Declares it state policy to codify charter of each independent & dependent special district every 10 years; requires each governmental entity that creates district to be responsible for subsequent examination of charter; provides criteria for determining district performance; requires that Legislature dispose of assets of district it abolishes & assign district's powers & duties; requires that DCA confirm any recommendation by local governmental entity to abolish district; requires that assets, powers, & duties of district be transferred to county or counties in which district operates; requires each district to pay costs of conducting subsequent examination; requires that examination be conducted by outside auditor in certain circumstances; provides schedule of codifications; provides procedures with respect to newly created districts, districts that appear in more than one function classification, & districts codification of which was omitted; provides liability of district officer or board member when audit shows that officer or member is responsible for financial loss by district through misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance; provides that district has cause of action against officer or member for recovery of its loss. Effective Date: July 1, 2008 |
| 1/31/2008 | HOUSE Filed |
| 2/11/2008 | HOUSE Referred to Government Efficiency & Accountability Council; Policy & Budget Council |
| 3/6/2008 | HOUSE Referred to Committee on Urban & Local Affairs by Government Efficiency & Accountability Council |
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| Affordable Housing [RPCC]; Defines "community land trust" as a nonprofit, qualified charitable entity that has as one of its purposes the acquisition of land to be held in perpetuity for the primary purpose of providing affordable housing ownership. Provides for the assessment of structural improvements on land owned by a community land trust and used to provide affordable housing, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008. |
| 12/13/2007 | SENATE Filed |
| 1/24/2008 | SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; General Government Appropriations |
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| Working Waterfront Real Property: Authorizes owners of working waterfront real property to convey development rights to such property to county or municipality; authorizes counties or municipalities to enter into agreements with owners of working waterfront real property to acquire development rights to such property for specified consideration & for specified periods; provides for renewals; authorizes owners to opt out of conveyance, subject to specified payment; provides for assessing such property; provides duties of property appraisers.
Effective Date: upon becoming a law
Working Waterfront Real Property: Authorizes owners of working waterfront real property to convey development rights to such property to county or municipality; authorizes counties or municipalities to enter into agreements with owners of working waterfront real property to acquire development rights to such property for specified consideration & for specified periods; provides for renewals; authorizes owners to opt out of conveyance, subject to specified payment; provides for assessing such property; provides duties of property appraisers. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
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| 4/11/2008 | HOUSE Favorable with CS by Economic Expansion & Infrastructure Council; 14 Yeas, 0 Nays |
| 4/17/2008 | HOUSE Council Substitute (C1) Filed |
| 4/18/2008 | HOUSE Now in Policy & Budget Council |
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| Property Rights: Revises Bert J. Harris, Jr., Private Property Rights Protection Act; revises definition of "inordinate burden" or "inordinately burdened"; shortens notice period for certain actions; provides for state land planning agency to receive notice of claims; revises procedures for determining governmental entity's final decision identifying allowable uses for property; extends period of time for bringing an action; provides that enactment of law or adoption of regulation does not constitute applying law or regulation; provides for waiver of sovereign immunity for liability; provides for prospective application. Effective Date: July 1, 2008 |
| 4/9/2008 | HOUSE Favorable by Safety & Security Council; 15 Yeas, 0 Nays |
| 4/10/2008 | HOUSE Now in Policy & Budget Council |
| 4/23/2008 | HOUSE Withdrawn from Policy & Budget Council; Placed on Calendar, on second reading; Placed on Special Order Calendar for 04/25/08 |
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| Obsolete/Outdated Agency Plans/Reports/Programs [RPCC]; Amends, deletes, and repeals obsolete or outdated agency plans, reports, and programs, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon becoming law. |
| 12/21/2007 | SENATE Filed |
| 1/24/2008 | SENATE Referred to Governmental Operations; Community Affairs; Judiciary; Finance and Tax; General Government Appropriations |
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| Department of Transportation: Requires department to conduct study of alternative highway routes parallel to Interstate 95. Effective Date: July 1, 2008 |
| 2/11/2008 | HOUSE Filed |
| 2/18/2008 | HOUSE Referred to Economic Expansion & Infrastructure Council; Policy & Budget Council |
| 2/27/2008 | HOUSE Referred to Committee on Infrastructure by Economic Expansion & Infrastructure Council |
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| Initiatives: Provides that petition signatures are valid for 2 years; requires background screening for persons gathering signatures on initiative petitions; provides that supervisors shall verify signatures only if signed with specified period. Effective Date: July 1, 2008 |
| 4/15/2008 | HOUSE Favorable with CS by Policy & Budget Council; 21 Yeas, 11 Nays |
| 4/17/2008 | HOUSE Committee Substitute (C2) Filed |
| 4/18/2008 | HOUSE Placed on Calendar, on second reading |
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| Disposition of Public Property for Affordable Housing: Provides for county & municipality ineligibility to receive state funding for affordable housing for failing to complete & update inventory list of surplus real property; increases frequency required of managers of state lands under management or use plans to evaluate & indicate to BTII Trust Fund which lands are not being used for specified purposes; requires Division of State Lands to annually submit to Legislature state inventory of specified lands; requires publication of inventory on division's website & notification of local governments; requires district school boards to prepare inventory list of surplus district real property; requires boards to review list & determine appropriateness of properties for affordable housing; requires boards to state public purpose for use of specified properties; authorizes boards to dispose of specified properties for affordable housing purposes; provides for ineligibility of boards to receive Merit Award Program funding for failing to complete & update inventory list of specified real property; requires boards to certify completing & updating inventory list of specified real property for Merit Award Program funding eligibility; specifies ineligibility for such funding until completing & updating such list. Effective Date: July 1, 2008 |
| 2/11/2008 | HOUSE Filed |
| 2/18/2008 | HOUSE Referred to Economic Expansion & Infrastructure Council; Policy & Budget Council |
| 2/27/2008 | HOUSE Referred to Committee on Economic Development by Economic Expansion & Infrastructure Council |
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| Developments of Regional Impact: Revises criteria for extending application of specified deadline dates & approvals for developments of regional impact; provides additional statutory exemption for specified developments in counties of specified population; provides requirements & limitations. Effective Date: July 1, 2008 |
| 4/15/2008 | HOUSE Placed on Calendar, on second reading |
| 4/21/2008 | HOUSE Placed on Special Order Calendar for 04/23/08 |
| 4/23/2008 | HOUSE Read Second Time |
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| Tax/Food, Beverages, & Alcohol/Education Funding [EPCC]; Authorizes any county to impose a tax on the sale of food, beverages, or alcoholic beverages in hotels and motels pursuant to an ordinance adopted by a majority vote of the governing body. Continues the authority of counties operating under a home rule charter to impose such tax in establishments licensed by the state to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008. |
| 4/1/2008 | SENATE Favorable with CS by Commerce; 5 Yeas, 3 Nays |
| 4/2/2008 | SENATE Committee Substitute (C1) Filed |
| 4/7/2008 | SENATE References to Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations, Rules removed; References to Community Affairs, Education Pre-K - 12, Education Pre-K - 12 Appropriations added; Remaining references: Community Affairs; Education Pre-K - 12; Finance and Tax; Education Pre-K - 12 Appropriations; Now in Community Affairs |
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| Economic Development [EPCC]; Requires that the report of the Small Business Regulatory Advisory Council be included in recommendations of the Joint Legislative Sunset Committee. Designates the Florida Small Business Development Center Network as the principal business assistance organization for small businesses in the state. Cites this act as the "Small Business Regulatory Advisory Act." Creates the Small Business Regulatory Advisory Council, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008. |
| 4/17/2008 | SENATE On Committee agenda - Governmental Operations, 04/22/08, 1:00 pm, 110 S |
| 4/22/2008 | SENATE Favorable with CS by Governmental Operations; 4 Yeas, 0 Nays |
| 4/23/2008 | SENATE Committee Substitute (C2) Filed |
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| Economic Development [EPCC]; Expresses the legislative intent to revise laws relating to economic development. EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon becoming law. |
| 1/3/2008 | SENATE Filed |
| 1/24/2008 | SENATE Referred to Commerce; Finance and Tax; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations; Rules |
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| Economic Development [EPCC]; Expresses the legislative intent to revise laws relating to economic development. EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon becoming law. |
| 1/3/2008 | SENATE Filed |
| 1/24/2008 | SENATE Referred to Commerce; Finance and Tax; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations; Rules |
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| Economic Development [EPCC]; Expresses the legislative intent to revise laws relating to economic development. EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon becoming law. |
| 1/3/2008 | SENATE Filed |
| 1/24/2008 | SENATE Referred to Commerce; Finance and Tax; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations; Rules |
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| Maximum Ad Valorem Tax Limitation; Voter-Approved Exception: Proposes amendment to s. 9, Art. VII of State Constitution to provide that total combined property taxes on any parcel of real property shall not exceed 1.35 percent of highest taxable value of property, apply property tax limit to all property taxes except property taxes approved by voters, & provide for distribution of revenue from parcels that have reached 1.35-percent limit by general law. Preserves Save Our Homes, homestead exemption, & any other exemptions. Effective Date: Not Specified |
| 4/18/2008 | HOUSE Placed on Special Order Calendar for 04/22/08 |
| 4/22/2008 | HOUSE Read Second Time; Amendment(s) Failed; Amendment(s) Withdrawn |
| 4/23/2008 | HOUSE Read Third Time; Amendment(s) Withdrawn (175045); Passed (Vote: 79 Yeas / 38 Nays); In Senate messages |
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| Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems: Establishes Wekiva Onsite Sewage Treatment & Disposal System Compliance Grant Program in DOH; provides grants to low-income property owners contingent upon specific appropriation; specifies eligibility & grant amounts; requires DOH to adopt rules; directs DOH, DEP, & St. Johns River Water Management District to conduct specified evaluations; provides that program funding is contingent on specific appropriation by Legislature. Effective Date: July 1, 2008 |
| 4/21/2008 | HOUSE On Council agenda - Policy & Budget Council, 04/21/08, 1:00 pm, 212 K; Favorable with CS by Policy & Budget Council; 28 Yeas, 0 Nays; Council Substitute (C2) Filed |
| 4/22/2008 | HOUSE Placed on Special Order Calendar for 04/24/08 |
| 4/24/2008 | HOUSE Read Second Time |
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| Windstorm Insurance Coverage: Creates Florida Windstorm Insurance Program within Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund; provides program requirements for coverage, standards, & policy forms; provides for program administration by SBA; provides requirements for program participating insurers; provides contract requirements; provides for participating insurer compliance audits; specifies program powers & duties; provides claims & insurer costs & expenses payment requirements; provides for penalties for insurers for specified actions; specifies absence of liability for specified actions; provides for effect of termination of insurer's participation; specifies ratemaking requirements & requires adoption of rate plan; authorizes board to add rapid cash buildup premium surcharge to rates; provides requirements for procuring reinsurance; subjects specified windstorm coverage to rate standards; provides transitional requirements; specifies requirements for SBA in implementing program; provides for application of Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund to program costs; provides for application to coverage of costs of property damage under policies issued under program; revises emergency assessment requirement provisions to include application to policies issued under program; provides for future expiration of specified provisions. Effective Date: upon becoming a law |
| 3/28/2008 | HOUSE On Council agenda - Jobs & Entrepreneurship Council, 04/01/08, 4:00 pm, Morris Hall |
| 4/1/2008 | HOUSE Favorable with CS by Jobs & Entrepreneurship Council; 14 Yeas, 0 Nays |
| 4/3/2008 | HOUSE Committee Substitute (C1) Filed |
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| Local Government Infrastructure Surtax/Housing [RPCC]; Redefines "infrastructure" to allow the proceeds of a local government infrastructure surtax to be used to purchase land for the construction of affordable or workforce housing units, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008. |
| 1/7/2008 | SENATE Filed |
| 1/24/2008 | SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations |
| 1/30/2008 | ----- Bill to Be Discussed During the Office of the EDR`s Revenue Estimating Impact Conference; 02/01/08, 9:00 a.m., 301 C (No Votes Will Be Taken) |
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| Public Meetings/Governing Boards of Local Government Authorities: Creates "Vox Populi - Voice of the People Act"; provides definitions; provides purpose; provides requirements with respect to decorum in meetings of governing boards of local government authorities; requires governing body of local government authority to provide specified opportunities for citizens to address issues at meetings of governing body; prescribes allocations of time for citizen participation; provides restrictions with respect to placement of non-agenda & citizen-participation orders of business within order of consideration; provides procedures & requirements with respect to specified orders of business & agendas of meetings of governing boards of local government authorities; defines "public hearings"; requiries local government authorities to adopt written policy that implements requirements of act by specified date; provides for public & electronic notification of policy; authorizes local government authorities to opt out of requirements of act & provides requirements & criteria with respect thereto; provides construction of act. Effective Date: July 1, 2008 |
| 4/18/2008 | HOUSE Placed on Special Order Calendar for 04/22/08 |
| 4/22/2008 | HOUSE Read Second Time |
| 4/23/2008 | HOUSE Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 118 Yeas / 0 Nays); In Senate messages |
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| Homeowners' Associations: Requires stormwater management systems, dams, impoundments, reservoirs, appurtenant works, or works to be inspected by water management district or DEP prior to being dedicated to homeowners' association; prohibits dedication under certain circumstances; provides that certain stormwater management systems, dams, impoundments, reservoirs, appurtenant works, or works are dedicated to water management districts until title of real estate is established & determined; authorizes display of certain signs; requires inspection of certain structures prior to relinquishment of control of association. Effective Date: July 1, 2008 |
| 2/26/2008 | HOUSE Filed |
| 3/2/2008 | HOUSE Referred to Environment & Natural Resources Council; Policy & Budget Council |
| 3/7/2008 | HOUSE Referred to Committee on Environmental Protection by Environment & Natural Resources Council |
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| Renewable Energy: Creates Task Force on Oil & Natural Gas Inventory; revises provisions relating to renewable energy source exemption; provides tax exemption for sale or use of renewable fuel; provides for transfer of renewable energy technologies investment tax credit; repeals implementing bill reversion provision relating to Renewable Energy Technologies Grants program; revises provisions relating to solar energy system incentives; extends Farm-to-Fuel Grants Program; requires DOR & DEP to adopt rules. Effective Date: July 1, 2008 |
| 2/26/2008 | HOUSE Filed |
| 3/2/2008 | HOUSE Referred to Environment & Natural Resources Council; Policy & Budget Council |
| 3/7/2008 | HOUSE Referred to Committee on Energy by Environment & Natural Resources Council |
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| Land Development Regulation: Provides for use of certain lands surrounding agricultural enclave; creates rebuttable presumption for imposition of certain development conditions relating to agricultural enclaves; provides for exceptions; provides timeframe for submitting certain information relating to proposed plan amendments; creates rebuttable presumption for denial of or failure to approve plan amendments relating to agricultural enclaves; revises definition of "agricultural enclaves"; provides concurrency for treatment of agricultural enclaves; revises provisions relating to optional sector plans; provides applicability to certain pending applications. Effective Date: July 1, 2008 |
| 4/16/2008 | HOUSE Placed on Calendar, on second reading |
| 4/21/2008 | HOUSE Placed on Special Order Calendar for 04/23/08 |
| 4/23/2008 | HOUSE Read Second Time; Amendment(s) Withdrawn (139667); Amendment(s) Adopted (537857); Engrossed Text (E1) Filed |
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| Community Redevelopment Areas: Expands definition of term "blighted area" to include land previously used as military facility. Effective Date: July 1, 2008 |
| 3/2/2008 | HOUSE Referred to Economic Expansion & Infrastructure Council; Policy & Budget Council |
| 3/3/2008 | HOUSE Referred to Committee on Economic Development by Economic Expansion & Infrastructure Council |
| 4/10/2008 | HOUSE Withdrawn from Committee on Economic Development; Withdrawn from Economic Expansion & Infrastructure Council; Withdrawn from Policy & Budget Council; Withdrawn from further consideration |
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| Green Building Construction: Provides for sales tax credit for green building construction; provides for corporate income tax credit for green building construction; provides for additional member of Florida Building Commission; creates Florida Green Building Act; requires state-funded major facility projects to be constructed to meet specified energy & environmental design rating systems; provides for application to public agencies; exempts specified affordable housing projects; provides duties of various state agencies & OPPAGA; creates Florida Green Building Council in DCA. Effective Date: July 1, 2008 |
| 3/7/2008 | HOUSE Referred to Committee on Energy by Environment & Natural Resources Council |
| 3/12/2008 | ----- Bill to Be Discussed During the Office of the EDR's Revenue Estimating Impact Conference; 03/14/08, 9:00 am, 216 C (No Votes Will Be Taken) |
| 3/19/2008 | ----- Bill to Be Discussed During the Office of the EDR's Revenue Estimating Impact Conference; 3/21/08, 9:00 a.m., 117 K (No Votes Will Be Taken) |
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| Water Pollution Control [RPCC]; Provides requirements for basin management action plans. Allows such plans to take into account the benefits of pollutant load reduction achieved by point or nonpoint sources, where appropriate. Authorizes water quality protection programs to include the trading of water quality credits. Specifies that a water quality credit trading pilot project be limited to the Lower St. Johns River Basin as a pilot project, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008. |
| 4/9/2008 | SENATE Favorable with CS by Community Affairs; 9 Yeas, 0 Nays |
| 4/10/2008 | SENATE Committee Substitute (C2) Filed |
| 4/14/2008 | SENATE Now in General Government Appropriations |
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| Regional Transportation Authorities: Requires deposit into account of South Florida Regional Transportation Authority proceeds subject to being deposited into State Transportation Trust Fund & collected within counties within authority's service area; authorizes specified other regional transportation authorities to elect to receive proceeds subject to being deposited into State Transportation Trust Fund collected within counties within each authority's service area; requires notice to DOR of such election; provides effective date for such election; provides method for determining amounts due to such authorities; relieves DOR's funding obligation to specified regional transportation authorities to conform; revises DOR's obligation to fund specified regional transportation authorities under specified circumstances; relieves specified counties of funding obligations to South Florida Regional Transportation Authority under specified circumstances to conform; abolishes Tampa Bay Commuter Transit Authority. Effective Date: July 1, 2008 |
| 4/18/2008 | HOUSE Placed on Special Order Calendar for 04/22/08 |
| 4/22/2008 | HOUSE Read Second Time |
| 4/23/2008 | HOUSE Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 114 Yeas / 0 Nays); In Senate Messages |
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| Retiree Health Insurance Subsidy: Revises provisions for determination of amount of subsidy for retirees of defined benefit program & eligible participants of Public Employee Optional Retirement Program of Florida Retirement System or their beneficiaries; provides that spouse at time of FRS participant's death is considered beneficiary for purposes of retiree health insurance subsidy unless different beneficiary has been designated; revises contribution paid by employers of state-administered retirement plans; provides finding of important state interest. Effective Date: upon becoming a law |
| 2/29/2008 | HOUSE Filed |
| 3/7/2008 | HOUSE Referred to Government Efficiency & Accountability Council; Policy & Budget Council |
| 3/14/2008 | HOUSE Referred to Committee on State Affairs by Government Efficiency & Accountability Council |
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| Protecting Urban & Residential Environments and Water : Creates "Protection of Urban & Residential Environments & Water Act;" requires DEP by secretarial order to adopt "Florida Friendly Fertilizer Use on Urban Landscapes Model Ordinance" by time certain; provides for review & updating of ordinance; provides for exceptions & for additions to ordinance by local governments; requires person who applies fertilizer commercially to urban turf to be certified by DACS; provides requirements for training for applicants; requires training program to be designed, approved, & made available by DEP & IFAS; requires trainer certification; provides for commercial fertilizer appplicator recertification & requires maintenance of certain fertilizer application information; authorizes information to be shared with specified state & local agencies. Effective Date: upon becoming a law |
| 3/26/2008 | HOUSE Favorable with CS by Environment & Natural Resources Council; 13 Yeas, 3 Nays |
| 4/1/2008 | HOUSE Committee Substitute (C1) Filed |
| 4/2/2008 | HOUSE Now in Policy & Budget Council |
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| Homestead Property Assessments: Requires annual changes in assessments of homestead property to reflect changes in just value of such property; preserves limitation on increases in assessments. Effective Date: January 1, 2009
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| 4/8/2008 | HOUSE Favorable by Government Efficiency & Accountability Council; 14 Yeas, 0 Nays |
| 4/9/2008 | HOUSE Heard At Previous Government Efficiency & Accountability Council Meeting, 04/08/09 |
| 4/11/2008 | HOUSE Now in Policy & Budget Council |
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| Ad Valorem Tax Assessment Value Challenges: Revises criteria for burden of proof in ad valorem tax assessment value challenges; deletes provisions relating to presumption of correctness of property appraiser's assessments; specifies no presumption of correctness of property appraiser's denial of exemption or assessment classification in actions challenging denial; provides legislative intent relating to taxpayer burden of proof. Effective Date: upon becoming a law |
| 4/18/2008 | HOUSE Placed on Special Order Calendar for 04/22/08 |
| 4/22/2008 | HOUSE Read Second Time |
| 4/23/2008 | HOUSE Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 114 Yeas / 1 Nays); In Senate messages |
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| Seaport Development: Prescribes when certain funds will become subject to appropriation; revises distribution of license tax moneys deposited in State Transportation Trust Fund for funding of Florida Seaport Transportation & Economic Development Program & certain seaport intermodal access projects; requires DOT to include selected projects for funding in tentative work program; provides that specified bonds shall be issued by Division of Bond Finance at request of DOT; provides for funding construction or rehabilitation of wharves, docks, or similar structures; provides for funding certain seaport intermodal access projects; requires match; provides for issuance of bonds for such projects; creates Florida Seaport Finance Corporation; authorizes issuance & validation of bonds. Effective Date: July 1, 2008 |
| 2/29/2008 | HOUSE Filed |
| 3/7/2008 | HOUSE Referred to Economic Expansion & Infrastructure Council; Policy & Budget Council |
| 3/10/2008 | HOUSE Referred to Committee on Infrastructure by Economic Expansion & Infrastructure Council |
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| Land Acquisition/Florida Forever Trust Fund [RPCC]; Eliminates an obsolete provision relating to the distribution of funds in the Florida Forever Trust Fund to the South Florida Water Management District, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008. |
| 1/23/2008 | SENATE Filed |
| 2/7/2008 | SENATE Referred to Environmental Preservation and Conservation; General Government Appropriations; Rules |
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| Stimulating the Economy: Requires SBA to report on amount & type of technology & growth investments held in certain funds; authorizes board to invest certain percentage of net assets in certain technology & growth investments; increases percentage amount of alternative investments in any fund; requires OPPAGA to perform annual review; creates Reusable Space Vehicle Industry Prize Program within OTTED; provides for cash prize; requires Lt. Governor to serve as chair of program; requires adoption of rules; provides for program to terminate on specified date.
Effective Date: July 1, 2008 |
| 4/18/2008 | HOUSE Favorable with CS by Economic Expansion & Infrastructure Council; 10 Yeas, 4 Nays |
| 4/21/2008 | HOUSE Council Substitute (C1) Filed |
| 4/23/2008 | HOUSE Placed on Calendar, on second reading; Placed on Special Order Calendar for 04/25/08 |
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| Water Management Districts [RPCC]; Reenacts specified provisions relating to the creation of the WMDs, pursuant to the provisions of the Florida Government Accountability Act. Eliminates the Oklawaha River Basin Advisory Council. Provides that a WMD's millage rate is subject to annual authorization by the Legislature. Revises the beginning and ending dates of a district's fiscal year. Revises meeting requirements for members of the governing boards of WMDs, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon becoming law. |
| 4/10/2008 | SENATE Temporarily postponed by General Government Appropriations; On Committee agenda - General Government Appropriations, 04/15/08, 2:15 pm, 401 S |
| 4/15/2008 | SENATE Favorable with CS by General Government Appropriations; 6 Yeas, 0 Nays |
| 4/17/2008 | SENATE Committee Substitute (C2) Filed; Placed on Calendar, on second reading |
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| Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles: Revises provisions relating to high-occupancy-vehicle lanes, payment of certain tolls, railroad crossings, driving under influence, ignition interlock devices, prohibition against pleading guilty to lesser offense than offense charged, commercial motor vehicles engaged in intrastate commerce, DOT duties, child restraint & safety belt usage requirements, traffic citations, citation data, certificates of title, motorcycles and motorcycle endorsements, displaying truck license plate, commercial motor vehicle federal identifying number, specialty license plates, Gold Star license plates, transactions with department, offenses committed by person holding commercial driver's license, license valid in Florida only, holding more than one driver's license, issuance or renewal of an identification card, application for driver's license, content of driver's license, fingerprinting, replacement of an instruction permit or driver license, expiration & renewal of driver's licenses,Effective Date: October 1, 2008 |
| 4/21/2008 | HOUSE On Council agenda - Policy & Budget Council, 04/21/08, 1:00 pm, 212 K; Favorable with CS by Policy & Budget Council; 28 Yeas, 0 Nays |
| 4/22/2008 | HOUSE Placed on Special Order Calendar for 04/24/08; Council Substitute (C2) Filed |
| 4/24/2008 | HOUSE Read Second Time; Substituted for SB 1992; Laid on Table, Refer to SB 1992; |
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| Affordable Housing Preservation [RPCC]; Creates the Florida Housing Preservation Program. Directs the Florida Housing Finance Corporation to use state funds for loans and financing to preserve and rehabilitate affordable multifamily rental housing properties that are 15 years old or older, and mobile home parks, for low-income, very-low-income, and extremely-low-income persons and families, etc. APPROPRIATION: $50,000,000. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008. |
| 1/24/2008 | SENATE Filed |
| 2/21/2008 | SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Banking and Insurance; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations |
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| Department of Transportation: Revises provisions for comprehensive plans, transportation concurrency backlog authorities, HOV lane use, toll violations, DUI offenses, use of blue lights on vehicles, commercial motor vehicles engaged in intrastate commerce, duties assigned to Field Administrator of Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, agriculture-related vehicles & farming or agricultural equipment, child restraint & safety belt usage, vehicle registration, powers & duties of department, training programs, county or municipality construction & reconstruction or repair of roads & bridges, prequalification of persons interested in performing work under contract, the Strategic Aggregate Review Task Force, aggregate construction materials in state, proposal development costs, design-build contracts, ... Effective Date: upon becoming a law |
| 4/22/2008 | HOUSE Placed on Special Order Calendar for 04/24/08; Council Substitute (C2) Filed |
| 4/23/2008 | HOUSE Placed on Special Order Calendar for 04/25/08 |
| 4/24/2008 | HOUSE Read Second Time; Amendments Withdrawn (208527, 232273, 327295, 697193, 791579, 870115); Amendments Failed (028283, 240431, 353023, 498529, 573673, 729907, 836227, 887193); Amendment Adopted (654745); Ordered engrossed; Engrossed Text (E1) Filed |
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| Fla. Forever Water Management District Work Plan [RPCC]; Eliminates an obsolete requirement for an initial 5-year work plan from each water management district pertaining to the Florida Forever Water Management District Work Plan, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon becoming law. |
| 1/29/2008 | SENATE Filed |
| 2/21/2008 | SENATE Referred to Environmental Preservation and Conservation; General Government Appropriations; Rules |
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| Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems [SPCC]; Provides the legislative intent to research and find cost-effective methods for reducing nitrogen levels in the state's springs and to expand research in the Wekiva Springs Basin. Requires the Department of Health to conduct a study, or contract with the Stormwater Management Academy of the University of Central Florida, to develop and evaluate passive onsite wastewater nitrogen reduction systems, etc. APPROPRIATION: $5,000,000. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008. |
| 1/31/2008 | SENATE Filed |
| 2/21/2008 | SENATE Referred to Health Regulation; Environmental Preservation and Conservation; Health and Human Services Appropriations; General Government Appropriations |
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| Electric Utilities [RPCC]; Requires a court to conduct a hearing no more than 120 days after an electric utility has filed a petition seeking to appropriate property necessary for an electric generation plant, an associated facility of such a plant, an electric substation, or a power line. Requires the court to issue its final judgment no more than 30 days after the hearing, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon becoming law. |
| 2/4/2008 | SENATE Filed |
| 2/21/2008 | SENATE Referred to Environmental Preservation and Conservation; Communications and Public Utilities; Community Affairs; General Government Appropriations |
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| Public Access to Beaches: Prohibits local government from adopting ordinance, resolution, or development order excluding certain individuals from public beach; prohibits obstruction of beach access under certain conditions; requires display of certain signs meet criteria concerning beach access; prohibits governmental entity from placing obstruction upon public beach under certain conditions; authorizes owners of land within specified distance of specified coastal waters to record or revoke notice concerning granting of permission for public's recreational use of land; provides limitations on duty or liability of owner while such notice is recorded; prohibits owner from preventing certain public uses of land while such notice is recorded. Effective Date: July 1, 2008 |
| 3/7/2008 | HOUSE Filed |
| 3/11/2008 | HOUSE Referred to Environment & Natural Resources Council |
| 3/13/2008 | HOUSE Referred to Committee on Environmental Protection by Environment & Natural Resources Council |
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| Community Redevelopment Agencies/Dissolution [RPCC]; Provides for the dissolution of community redevelopment agencies within 15 years after creation, except that such agencies that were created before July 1, 2008, and that have been in existence longer than 15 years must be dissolved by July 1, 2009, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008. |
| 2/5/2008 | SENATE Filed |
| 2/21/2008 | SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations |
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| Energy Conservation [RPCC]; Requires a court to conduct a hearing and issue a final judgment on a petition for a taking within specified times after a utility's request for such hearing. Revises requirements for the future land use element of a local comprehensive plan. Requires that the traffic-circulation element incorporate transportation strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Creates the "Florida Energy Conservation and Sustainable Buildings Act," etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008 except as otherwise provided. |
| 4/23/2008 | ----- Bill to Be Discussed During the Office of the EDR's Revenue Estimating Impact Conference; 04/25/08, 9:00 a.m., 117 K (No Votes Will Be Taken) |
| 4/24/2008 | SENATE Temporarily Postponed on Third Reading |
| 4/25/2008 | SENATE Temporarily Postponed on Third Reading |
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| Transportation [EPCC]; Creates the Florida Seaport Finance Corporation and authorizes the corporation to issue bonds at the request of the Department of Transportation for the financing or refinancing of port improvements. Provides that the corporation is exempt from taxation, is not a special district, and is authorized to enter into interlocal agreements, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008. |
| 2/7/2008 | SENATE Filed |
| 2/27/2008 | SENATE Referred to Transportation; Governmental Operations; Finance and Tax; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations |
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| Governmental Effectivness and Efficiency[RPCC]; Expresses the legislative intent to improving governmental effectiveness and efficiency. EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon becoming law. |
| 2/7/2008 | SENATE Filed |
| 2/27/2008 | SENATE Referred to Governmental Operations; General Government Appropriations; Rules |
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| Commuter Rail Service[EPCC]; Authorizes the Department of Transportation (DOT) to purchase and provide liability insurance in relation to rail corridors and to indemnify and hold harmless a railroad company when the DOT acquires a rail corridor from the company. Extends these provisions to other governmental entities providing commuter rail service and constructing, operating, maintaining, or managing a rail corridor on any publicly owned right-of-way, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008. |
| 2/8/2008 | SENATE Filed |
| 2/27/2008 | SENATE Referred to Transportation; Governmental Operations; Judiciary; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations |
| 3/20/2008 | SENATE Withdrawn from Transportation; Governmental Operations; Judiciary; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations; Withdrawn from further consideration |
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| Transportation [EPCC]; Creates the Florida Transportation Revenue Study Commission to study state, regional, and local transportation needs and develop recommendations for funding sources to address those needs. Authorizes the transportation concurrency backlog authority to borrow money, including, but not limited to, issuing debt obligations, such as bonds, notes, certificates, and similar debt instruments, etc. APPROPRIATION: $200,000. EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon becoming law. |
| 3/13/2008 | SENATE On Committee agenda - Transportation, 03/18/08, 9:00 am, 37 S |
| 3/18/2008 | SENATE Favorable with 2 Amendments by Transportation; 7 Yeas, 1 Nay |
| 3/19/2008 | SENATE Now in Community Affairs |
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| Developments of Regional Impact [RPCC]; Exempts proposed developments involving medical technology, biotechnology, or life sciences which meet certain criteria from review as a development of regional impact, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008. |
| 4/14/2008 | SENATE Placed on Calendar, on second reading |
| 4/23/2008 | SENATE Placed on Special Order Calendar for 04/25/08 |
| 4/25/2008 | SENATE Read Second Time; Amendment(s) Adopted; Read Third Time; Immediately Certified; Passed (Vote: 37 Yeas / 0 Nays) |
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| Trust Funds [FPCC]; Expresses the legislative intent to revise laws relating to trust funds. EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon becoming law. |
| 2/12/2008 | SENATE Filed |
| 2/27/2008 | SENATE Referred to General Government Appropriations |
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| Trust Funds [SPCC]; Expresses the legislative intent to revise laws relating to trust funds. EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon becoming law. |
| 2/13/2008 | SENATE Filed |
| 2/27/2008 | SENATE Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Education Pre-K - 12 Appropriations; Rules |
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| Commercial Development and Capital Improvements [RPCC]; Creates the "Economic Stimulus Act of 2008." Authorizes an applicant seeking to create a commercial development to elect to pay a per trip mobility fee in lieu of paying impact fees, proportionate share, or proportionate fair-share pursuant to state law. Provides that such options apply regardless of whether the development is part of the development-of-regional-impact program, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008. |
| 2/13/2008 | SENATE Filed |
| 2/27/2008 | SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Transportation; Finance and Tax; Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations |
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| Department of Transportation [EPCC]; Provides Senior Management Service status to the Executive Director of the Florida Transportation Commission. Provides an exception to utility owners from the responsibility for relocating utilities along county roads and highways. Expands the power of authorities to borrow money to include issuing certain debt obligations. Authorizes the driving of a hybrid, low-emission, or energy-efficient vehicle in a HOV lane regardless of occupancy, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008. |
| 4/22/2008 | SENATE Favorable with CS by Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations; 5 Yeas, 0 Nays |
| 4/23/2008 | SENATE Committee Substitute (C2) Filed; Reference to Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations added; Remaining reference: Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations; Now in Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations; On Committee agenda - Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations, 04/24/08, 4:00 pm, 110 S |
| 4/24/2008 | SENATE Favorable with CS by Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations; 4 Yeas, 1 Nay |
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| Just Valuation of Real Property [RPCC]; Proposes an amendment to the State Constitution to require that the just valuation of property be based on present use and not on hypothetical use, etc. |
| 2/18/2008 | SENATE Filed |
| 2/27/2008 | SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax; Education Pre-K - 12 Appropriations; Rules |
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| Impact Fees [RPCC]; Requires that notice be provided no less than 90 days before the effective date of a county or municipal ordinance or a special district resolution imposing a new or increased impact fee. Provides that the notice is not required if an impact fee is decreased or eliminated, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008. |
| 2/19/2008 | SENATE Filed |
| 3/7/2008 | SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Finance and Tax |
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| Water Supply [RPCC]; Creates part VII of ch. 373, F.S., relating to water supply policy, planning, production, and funding, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/2008. |
| 2/20/2008 | SENATE Filed |
| 3/7/2008 | SENATE Referred to Environmental Preservation and Conservation; Community Affairs; Governmental Operations; General Government Appropriations |
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| Trust Funds/Department of Community Affairs [FPCC]; Terminates specified trust funds within the Department of Community Affairs. Provides for the disposition of balances in and revenues of such trust funds. Prescribes the procedures for the termination of such trust funds. Redesignates the Energy Consumption Trust Fund within the Department of Community Affairs as the Federal Grants Trust Fund, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: Contingent. |
| 3/20/2008 | SENATE Placed on Special Order Calendar for 03/26/08 |
| 3/26/2008 | SENATE Read Second Time; Read Third Time; Passed (Vote: 36 Yeas / 0 Nays) |
| 3/27/2008 | HOUSE In Messages |
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| Ad Valorem Tax Limitation [RPCC]; Proposes an amendment to the State Constitution to limit the total property tax that may be levied on any parcel of real property to 1.35 percent of the property's highest taxable value, distribute tax revenues that exceed this cap in accordance with general law, and exempt from this cap taxes levied for the payment of bonds and taxes that are imposed for a period of 2 years or less when authorized by a vote of the electors, etc. |
| 4/4/2008 | SENATE On Committee agenda - Community Affairs, 04/09/08, 4:00 pm, 412 K |
| 4/9/2008 | SENATE Favorable with 1 Amendment by Community Affairs; 7 Yeas, 3 Nays |
| 4/10/2008 | SENATE Now in Finance and Tax |
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