a U(ITIl{GREC(IRDS 0t{ KEYBUSII{ESS ISSUES 1987& 1988SESS|0I{S ()F THTFL()RIDA LEGISTATURE

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LECTSTATIYETETTER

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July 22, 1988

'KBI' "VONXG EECORI)i9NARE TEE The Yoting records contained herein show how the members of the Legislature voted on major issuesof interest to the genefal businesscommunity in Florida during the 1987 snd 1988 R€ulsr snd Special Sessioosof the Legislature. tis ate 0n many cases,the votes on amendments, more siglificant than votes on passagebut €re seldomreported to the businesscommunity and the public. This .eport attempts to fiU that void. The 1988 votei on l!4glgg;gggg of bius, sj|d 198? votes on final passageof bills from Special Se8sionnBn and tD,tr have not been corrected at this time. Pleasebe advisedthat it is pGsible for corrections to be made in these votes. The corrected final votes will be available in the Houseand SenateBound toulnal3 in October 1988. Since these BoundJoumals will be unavsilableprior to the Prim€ry Elections,Associated Industri€ of Florida is besirg the 1988votitE records on flnal passageof bills from the regular 1988 l{ouse and SenateJourEls. If there are any changesin the Bourd Joumals, AssqciatedIndustries wiU notify you after October 1988. The lg8? votes on @Lg€lggg of bills were taken from the 198? Houseand SenateBound Journab. No one vote shouldsway you! opinion of your legislators. However,after reviewlrg this booklet, it is hopedyou wiU draw your own conclusionsas to whether or not your legblators' nE]lqn on major businessissues have been in the best interest of your businessand the entire businesscommunity.

PICK YOUB CATDIDAItsS AND fc8f, IT{VOLVBI)I

It matteN tittle what I legislator says duritg a camgaign for office unlesshis ny9!i!&l!99l9" supportshis rhetoric. Your company, its employees, and the stockhold€B have a big stake in the legislstive process. The nvotesi of your legislatoF should be one of the principal bases rpon which nsupportnor nopposiuonnof a csndidate for electiofl is determined. Your A.ssoeiationcannot tell you which legblators you shouldnsrsport'or noppocen-g& AIF FEELSCOMPELLED IN THE BESTINTEREST OF YOUR COMPANYTO URCEYOU TO BECOMEINVOLVED IN THE ELECTIVEPROCESS BY SUPPORTINCTITOSE CANDIDATES WHO. BY THEIR VOTINCRECORDS. HAVE SHOWNTHAT THEY SUPPORTTHE FREE ENTERPRISESYSTEM.

This yesr, 120 membeF ol the Florida l{ouseof Representativ$ and 20 membersof the Florida Senatewill be ruming ior election, PLEASE CONSIDEBTIIE vonNc RECoRDS oF TIIE CANDIDATESBEFoRE BECoMING INvoLvED IN THE ELECTIVEPROCESS - THEN.TBECOME INVOLVEDi BY SUPPORTINGTHE CANDIDATESWHO BEST REPRESENT YOUR INTEREIllS.

Sincerely,

. Shebel sident ociated Industrie ol Florida

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+ Vote FOE peition of AIF EBIfATE AYEBAGE: ?t% - vote IffiEf pcitim of AIF

-1- KEY TQSEXAIE VOTES lr Ceng pTOvIDFBf by $enator Riehard Llngley (R- clermont) establishedI penalty to be imposedupon insurancecarrlers who improperlydeauthorize I health care provider who has been furnlshedby the employerunder the workers'eompensationlaw. A flne of $100would be imposedon a carrier upon I finding by the division or a deputy commissionerthat I ea$ier desuthorizedthe health eare provider furnishedby the employer,without the emptoyertsagreement, or upona determinationthat the deauthorlzatlonwas not in the best interest of the inJuredemployee. The SenateCommeree Committee passedthe blll ut 4121/8? by s vote of 8-0. A "yea" vote lB I vote for the AIF position. The bill passedon the $enateFloor on 5129/81by I vote of 3?{. A nyeailvote is a vote for the AIF posltion.

*2 gB 699 - LABOB UQLEjCE by SenatorRoe-Lehtinen (R-Mtami) called for the areation of section44?.18, F.S., to eryress the publie policy in Florida relating to job-site violencearisirg out of a Laboror employmentdispute. The legislatton is designedto prohibit vlolenee by membersof labor organizationsagainst buslnessentities. Businessentities eonfrontedby such violeneeand destructionof property would be granted the right to obtain injunetive relief and damages. The SenateCommeree Committee passedthe biU on 4/30/81by I vote of 5-3, A "yearrvote ls a vote fon the AIF position.

;3 LEASING COMP by Senator comPsnywere no joint employeesof the leasirg companyand elient eompany, 9uch workers were employeesof the emplayeeleasing eompany. Other languagein the blll ineluded lncreasirrythe maximum weeklt benefit amount from $1?5 to $200; expanding qoverageof agrieultural workersby limiting the numberof employeesand payroll amount neeessarybefore an agricultural employereould make unemploymentaompensation tax contributionsto the statei and extendingthe agricultural (H-2) worker exemptlon from unemploymenteompensation eoverage until 1993, traeking federal legtslation. The Senstepassed CS/SB 600 an the Floor on 3/29187by a vote of 35-0. A nyea"vote is a vote in favor of the AIF poeition.

*4 CSISIB608 - ADUIIIE-trBATI1/E PEoCEDUBES AgI by senator W. D. Chtlders (D-Pensacola)was an attempt to resolve the prnblem of rulee which are not based on sgeelflc statutory Euthorlty but r8ther are prediaated on Interpretatiorn of legislatlve Intent. Too rnany hws have been eompletely twisted aFoundby ageneyrules which were srppoeed to apply the lews. ltlis bill makes ageney rulee follow more eloeely the statutes whleh authoriEe them. The SenateGovernmental Operations Committee passedthe blll on 4/14/81by a vote of 6-0. A 'fyeailvote ls a vote in favor of the AIF peition. Ar 4l28187,the btll persed the full Senateby a vote of 38-0. A nyeaftvote is a vote in favor of the AIF po$ition. t5 CglgB fi? - SALES T*fX Oil SEBVICEBby Senator Tim Deratany (R-Indtan Harbour Beaeh) and others is the sel€8tExbaeetoenablethestatetokeeppaeewithgrowthand infrastructure. AIF supported the ssles tax on eervlcee exeept for advertlslng, pyramiding, and a few other areas, which we were assued would be amendedout of the bill befae the Legislature adjourned. A eonferenee aommittee wss appolnted,and their report passedon the genate Floor on 4/23187by I vote of ?4-14. A'fyean vote is I vote for the AIF pwition. (R4rlando) t6 CglgB,8zr f, WOBKEBS COilPEt{SAnOil4EALTH CABE by Senator elarified several provisiilns-oT the workers' compensCfibri-Iaw-pu-ra-uantto agreement by labor and managemenl One lmportsnt feature of the bill was the redefinition qf nhealth eare providertr to exelude certified registered nur$e anesthetists. Anothet important feature was the ehange in the definition of fiwagesnto specifiaally limit those items whieh will be irrcludedas wagesin determinirg an employeefsaverage weekly wage. The biU Bpeeifiedthat when an Injured emplayec recelves I full or partial lump+um advance for a permanent and total disability, the weekly eompensationrate shall be redueedby the lump+um advances. The bill imposeda limitation on the types of inJuries to the nervous Bystem aoverable under temporery total disability. Lump=um settlements were permltted three monthsafter the date of maxlmum medical improvementrather than the six monthsthat was current law. The blll passedon the Floor of the genate on 6/0f/87 by I vote of 36-0. A nyeanvote is a vote for the AIF peition. f? C$E 866 - SEfflfifElTI OEFEBE by Senator Fred Dudley (R-Cape Coral) and the Senate Judieiary-Civil mintlncivileases.Uni|erthe6i4anypartymayserveuponanadverse psrty I wrltten offer to gettle a elalm for money, property or relief and enter into a stipulation dismissingthe clairn tr allowtrry Judgment. The Senate Judiciary-Civil Committee passedth6 bill on 5/04/8? by I vote of 5-1. A nyeanvote is I vote fol the AIF position. t8 CSrSb 1096. 063 & 65{ - DIBBCTOR8 & OFnG:BBII UABILITI by Senate Commerce Committee and Senators ! Plummer (D-) addressedthe crisis in the availabiilty of direetors and offlcers llabillty insurance. Beeauseof the laek of avallability and extreme eost of sueh insuranee, many forarofit and not-forarofit eorporations were experiencirg difflcttltles In malntalning or recruiting eompetent and qualified offieers and directors. Tte bill passed on the Floor of the genate 88 amendedby the Houseon5128/87 by e vote of 3$-1. A nyearvote is a vote for the AIF position.

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le CS/Cg/$ts1192 - SOIJD WA^$TBMAHAGEIf,EI|T by Senator George Kirkpetriek (D-cainesville) and others createdeffective methodsof dealingwith florida's garbege- dispostngof it, recyellngit, andpaying for it. One important amendmentin the bill dealt with a sales tax eredit for maehineryand equipmentintegFal ta reeyelllE. The exemptlon will be granted if the maehinery and equipment is erpressly designedto utilize secondaryreeyelsble materiEls ln manufacturing,proeessing, compounding or groducingfor ssle items of tangtble personalpropertyt and the machineryis directly utilized to inereasethe consumptlo'nby the tarFEyerat a single loeation of Florlda $ourse seeondaryrecyclable materlals by not less than 10%. Where the tarcpayeris a corporation, this requlrement shall apply to all membersof the afflliated group to whleh lt belongu. Ttris amendment,offered by S€natoFBob Crawford(D-Winter Haven) in the 5A?/88 meetlngof the SenateFinanee, Taxation 6r Claims Committee, pf,ssedby a vote of 11-0. A Sear vote ie a vote ftr the AIF pooltion. - (D-Miami) t10 CS/TB {?0 CEILD HBALfII 4SlgBAilCE ACT by Representative Art Simon extendsd this epeniive mandatedlrqrnanc€ benefit for tluee more years. Origitully $eh€duledto sunsetOctober I, 1989,the IJeglslatureextended the sunsetdate untll October t, 1992,the date BUother mandatedcovetages are sqheduled to come under leglslatlve revlew. The Child Health A$tfanee Aat require8that lndividusl andgroup, blanketr or frsnehlse health insurencepollcknr and health care services plsn contraets provide coversge for qhild heslth srpervision through the age of 16 years, Increaslrg employerstpremlums by more than 2%. The hill passedthe Senateby e vote of 36-0. A ryeanvote lBI vote Egainstthe AIF posltlon.

lu HB 91 - UilIFOBM TBADE IiECEEf,$ AC!'by RepresentativeC_h6rles Canady (D-Lekelsnd) is intended to aaeseerets.M8nyofthclewsofthevarious8tatesarepresently in conflict creating difftcultles for multistate buslneese8and indu8tries. TTrisbllt passedby both Houses,will help make fade seeret laws uniform Bmongthe stat€s r,vhlehadopt the aeL fire Senatepas$ed the bill on 6101/88by a vote of iS{. A ny€envote iEI vote for the AIF position. lu & ltst - TAX by SenatorTim Deratany(R-Indtsn lieense taxes to pay for eounty economicdevelopment programs. The fundsralsed frcm thk sourcewould be turned over to a eounty agencyor an organiEstlondeslgnated by the eounty to operatethe county'seconomle development program. The bill passed the SenEteEconomle, Community d( ConsumerAffairu Commltteeon 5/05/88by I vote of 84. A ryeanvote was a vote agalnat the AIF positlon. On 5/10/88, the genste Flnance,Taxatlon & Clslme Committee passedthe bill by I vote of l1{1. A ryeanvote was s vote again8t the AIF pettlon. On $/26/88, the bill passedon the Senste Floor by a vote of 31-2. A nnayilvote wa.se vqte for the AIF positlon.

118 CErEBf230 - rOBLEllg COIPBilEAIIIOrIIqU$-TODIAI,CAnJEby Senator Wayne Holltrgsworth (D-Lake city) dant or eustodialeare to an injurui wori

f16 the Commerca Committee and r€8pon8e to dealslonof the Florida $rpreme Court. Ttretr deeirton in thls aa.$ccrgunded the deftnition of purpces of the co-smployec liabtlity provlslon of the workeruf eompensationlaw to lnclude eorporate offleers, dlrectorer managersrand srpenvlsois. Thb btu wlll pruvlde that the sf,me immuliticg cxtcnded to EIl ernployer under the workerer compensation law also sD'ptyto sole proprlotqrs, partnerq and sup€rvisotE who aat in a manaserial on Poliey makirg capaclty and where thelr managerialor pollcy makirg aatlqns do not eonstltute a violatlon of the l,aw, whether or not astual chargearre filc4 for whleh there ls a penalty of at least 60 days lrnprlsonment. CS/HB 1288qonstltutes r reasonabiereasonableapproach to the lmmunity questionslnae lt wlll not lmmunlseeonduct whlch might otherwisebe eonddereda flrBt degrGGmlsdemeanol or felony. Sucheonduct should not be prot6cted 8nd wlU not when the bill beaomeglaw on Oetober 1, 1988. fire $enatepsssed CS/HB 1288 on the Floor on 5/30/88by a vote of 39-0. A ryeail vote is a vote for the AIF posltlon,

-8 - Rankingof the FlorideSenate by Percentageof Votes FOR the Positionof AssoeietedIndustries of Florida During1987-1988 Begular & Speeial$essions (Highestto Lowest)

Total # Votes Total # Votes FOR Position AGAINST % of Votes RANK SENATOR of AIF Positionof AIF with AIF

Notc: Rankingsare basedon overall position within eaeh house,with all memberswith the same pereentageof voteswith AIF reeeivingthe samerenking.

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-8- KEY TO HOUSEVOTES

ll qgrEB ?7? - SALES TAE SN SEBVICEBby SenatorTim Deratany(R-Indian Harbour Beaeh) and others is the sSalestaxb8setoenabletheSt8tetokeePpacewithgrowthand infrastructure. AIF supportedthe sales tax on services exeept for advertising,pyramiding, and a few other areas, whleh we were assuredwould be amendedout of the bill before the Legislatureadjourned. A eonferenee eommitteewas appointed and their report passedthe Houseon 4/23/fl1by a vote of 83-31. A I'yeB'votei.$ a vote for the AIF pooition.

*2 Cgleg/SB 14 - EAIE9TAX ON SEBVICE$/REFOBMby SenatorTim Deratany(B-tndisn HarbourBeach) was the Legislature'sattempt to revlse the salestax on servieesby keepilg the eontroversialtax, but lettirrg voters decideits fate in s referendum. The referendumwould have given voter$ sn opportunity to deeideif they wanted a tsx on professionalservices or, did they prefer a half+ent increasein the eurrent 5 percent salestax on goods such &s refrigeratorc and cars. Most advertisingservlces would not have been affected by the tax under this bill The biII passedon the llouse Floor on L0/08/87by a vote of 63-50. A "nay" vote was a vote for the AIF position.

#3 5D TAX YI0ESIBEEEALby SenatorsTim Deratany(R-Indian Harbour Beach) er d CS/SB777, the SslesTax on Serviees. The Housepassed the bill on the Floor on 12/09/87by a vote ofTt-42. A "naytfvote is I vote for the AIF position. *4 HB ?06 - HO!{{OMPETB CLAU$EBby RepresentativesDixie Sansom(R+ateltite Beaeh)and Bud Gardner(D- t-trestitutoryprohib1tions8gatn8teontfaet.3inrestraintoftradetoincIude ttindependent contractorsnamong those who, a$ part of an employmentcontraet, may agree to refrain from engagirg in a similar businessor soliciting the employerrsformer customers. Employersin the private sector eould expect rellef from this bill in the form of lower eommercial liability insurancecosts, espeeiatlythose businesseswlth signtflcant Ua_9ilityqxposure. The bill passedthe full Houseon 5/04/87 by s vote of 114-0. A tryeanvote is a vote for the AIF position. t5 HB 3!i8 - COBPOBATE TAI{BOVERSba Representative Robert Trammell (D-Marlanna) was designedto protect iindlytakeoversofthoseeor[orations.ThisbillappueaToeorporations with 300 or more shareholdersand required that transactionsbetween affiliated corporations,shareholders, and affi[ates be apprcved by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the votllE shares other than the shares benefleially ownedby interestedsharehotders. The bill passedthe HouseCommerce Commlttee on 4/30/8?by a vote of 18{. A Sean vote is a vote for the AIF position. Qn6/02/87, the Housepassed the bill as amendedby the Senate,by a vote of g${1. A nyeanvote is a vote for the AIF position.

*6 C$/HB 478 - ADVBRTSING BY COHTBACTOB$ by Representative Bud csrdner (D-Tttusville) was introduced avaitadtetoeng8geinthebusinessortoaetinthecapaeityof a cantractor without being duly reglstered or eertified. Onee the bill passed,it was hopedthat the numberof ineidents of unlieensedeontraetirg (898 complaints in 1985-86)would dop dramatically. fie bitl passedthe HouseCommittee on RegulatoryBeform by a vote of 184. A nyeanvote is a vote for the AIF position.

*7 787 - ENSA by RepresentativeMike Friedman or maximum availableunder the WC law to the dependents of an worker fnom $11000.00to $1001000.00Most of these dependentslive in countriesother than the UnitedStates where the eostsand standardof living are significantly lower. A eompromisewas re&ched at the $501000.00level in recognition of the disparity in livirg costs. The HouseCommerce Cammittee passed the bill on4/30187by a vote of 15-0- A ilyeanvote ls a vote foithe AIF position. t8 I{B 13U -'-QOUU.EECIAL SBL8 D{SUBANCEfGOLDEN HANDCUFF9il by the Committee on Insuranee and iEJ-se-IFtnsura-nee funds whieh wriie workers' compensatlonand employertsliability insurancesto comply with the same rating laws that govern insurance companies. At AIF's request, RepresentativeSlmon sueeessfullyamended the bill to release the i'golden handeuffs"qn Fl*ida employers. The effeet of the Simon amendmentwas to plaee all workersrcompensation providenson an even playing field by requirlng group self-lruurers regulated by the Department of Labor to pay dividendsto memb€rswho are not in the fund at the time the dividendis paid. Sineedividends are not paid until more than a year after the fund year ends, paftleipating enployers and the independentegents feel trapped into renewlrg premlums. Releasirg the ngoldenhandcuffsil would provide the best eompetitive environment for emPloyersand give them freedom of eholee. The Housepassed HB 1317with thesimon amendmenton tl?s/87 by a vote of 105-0. A 'ryeanvote is a vote for the AIF poeition. l9 by the Committeeson Appropriations, ealled for eleaning up Floridars lf,kes, riversr and eoastal sress. The bill, known as the SWIM bilt went to eonferenceeommittee, where several problemswere ironed out, Buchas whieh water managementdlstricts wouldbe permitted to assessan ad valorem tax for land aequisitionand sapital proJects,and eoastal eonstructionrules. The staters5 water management distriets were allowed to decide how they would spendthe eleanup money designatedin the btll The House {iqa{y approvedthe .confepencecommittee eompromiseversion of the SWIMlegislation on 6/04/8? by a vote of It4-2, A "yef," vote is I yote for the AIF position.

-9 - - tl0 flB::160 IJI'IEII|P!9YMENI C9,MPE{SAfION by Senator W. D. Childers (D-Pensacola)was the "clean up" bill that smencledthe Uc law. Most important was the languageredefining the term 'wages.'r AIF had supportid the bill" but not the attempt by RepresentativeGeorge Crady (D-Yulee) to amendthe lockout provisiononto the bill nlockout" on the House Floor. would allow the payment of benefits to workers involved in a loekout, thus erodinga key managementbargaining tool Under a loekout, employer$would also be faced with picking up the tab for the exeessutilization of benefits by employers if Ioekouts last for any length of time. ThE irady amendmentfailed by a vote of 49 - 61. A nnay'rvote on the amendmentis a vote for the positionof AIF.

f11 I{B 113?- by RepresentstiveStan Bainter (R-Mt. Dora) was an attempt to t and desired a eontsiner deposit program. The House Naturel ResourcesCommittee disagreed and the bill faited by a vote of 8-15. A nnay"vote is a vote for the AIF position, -, l12 I4 8l LABOF, PBA0IICF/.EHI9TLE BLOWEBSby RepresentativeJaek Tobin (D-Margate) as originalty Introouceorwoulcl have made it iUe88l for an employerto take retaliatory personnelaetion agairst an employee who goes to the news media, some governmentalageney, or otherwise"goes publienwith aceusationsthat the employeris engagirgin illegal aets after havingealled to the employertsattention the violation and havinggiven the employerreesonable time to eeasethe violation. Amendmentsproposed by AIF were approvedby the House CommereeCommittee on 4/18/88. Thoseamendments provided that an employeels withoutproteetion under the aet unles$he hasbrought the allegedviolation to the attention of managementin writing, manegementhas failed to take eorrective aetion, and_the employeehas eomplainedto an ilappropriategovernmental agencyr in writing, under oath. Experieneeteaehes that requiFingaceulatlons to be in writing re*dueesthe numder of comptainii considerablyand mandating that accusationsbe made under oath reduees the number even further. mre CommereeCommittee passedthe amendmentson 4/18/gBby a vote of t0-0. A nyea"vote is a vote for the AIF pmition.

fr3 lt88 - BEBTERN by the CommereeCommittee and decisionof the Florida Supreme Court. Their decisian in this ease expanded the definition of "eo+mploiee" fm purposesof the eo-employee liability provision of the workers' eompensationlaw to include eorporate offieerr, dlrectors, msnager;, snd srpervisors. ThiE blU will provide that the same immunities extended to En e[rployer under the-workers' eompensationlaw also apply to sole proprletors, partners, and supervisorswho aet in a managerialor pollcy makingmlKqtg capaeitycaPaeity and where their m_anagerialor poliey maktngaetions do not constitute a viol,ationof the law, whethe,rwnerneFor not aetualactual ahargesehBrEesare filed,rued, for whiehwhleh there is LpenaltyI penalty of st least 60 days imprisonment. CS/HIiCs/HB 1288eonstitutes a rea$onableapproaeh to the immunity questionsinde it wlll not immunizeconduet whieh might otherwisebe eonsiderede flrst degreemisdemeanor or felony. Suehconduet should not be proteetedand will not when the bill becomeslaw on Oetober1, 1988. The Housepassed CS/HB 1288 on the Flooion i/25/88, by a vote of 112-3. A "yeanvote is a vote for the AIF position. f14 HB ?81 - BilPLOYgE DBUG I'ESTIHG by RepresentativeLois Frankel (D-west Palm Beaeh) dealt with s-andileohoLAIFopposedthebl1lbeeauseofitsvaguenes8and amblguitiesrand beeauseit would have plaeed unduerestrietioru on the abitlty of employersto tesi employees for drtrys and alaohol yet would not exelude employers from liability eaused6y an emptoyee who could noi be te$ted as the bill was originally drafted. The bill passedthe CommereeSubeommlttee on lJaborand Employment seeurity by a vote of 4-3 on t/04/88. A nyea"vote is a vote againstthe positionof AIF. lr5 by RepresentativeSteve Press (D-Delray Beaeh)called for an t of t9??. The aat generally prohibits diserimination against employeesor job applieantson the basisof race, eolor, religion, sex, national origin, age, handieapor marital status. It appliesonly to emPloyerswith 15 or more employees. RepresentativePress'bill wouldhave amended the aet to extend coverageto any personemploying one or mere employees.The blll -passedthe HouseJudieiary commlttee by a vote of 21-4 on 5/04/88. A nnay"vbte is a vote fm the AIF pmition. t16 ,q/.c,s/Hq ug9,-.cl,EA[ ryDoOR AIB AC"Tby Representatlve Anne Maekenzie(D-Ft. Lauderdale),as originatly lnErooucBorcaued tor emPloyers to Provide a work space in a non-smoking area if an employee produeed a physicianrswritten $tatem-entstatirry that tobaqeosmoke is "deleteriousto the employeershealth." Employer$ had 3O-days,toprovlde suitable work space. The HouseHealth Care Committee paisei the bill on q/21l88 nnayn 6y a vote of 13-1. 4 vote is a vote for the AIF positioru On ill?/gil, the Hluse Committee on Finanee& Taxatlon amendedthe bjll substantially to eliminate all languageexeept the lsnguageregarding the enforeement authorlty of the elean Indoor Alr Aet by the Departmentof Health and Rehabl[titlve Services. Final vote on the bill was 19-1. A $eail vote is a vote for the AIF position. -. lu C8/HB, 4?0 WlD HEALTH Agqq&LHCE ACT by Representetive Art Simon (D-Mlami) extended this eryensyeirs.briginallyseheduledtosunsetoet;beri;198g,.h; Legislatureextended the sunsetdate until Oetober t, 1992,the date f,ll other mandatedeoverages are seheduled to eome mder legislative review. The Child Health AssuraneeAct requiresthat indivldualand group, blanket, or franehise health lnsurence polieies and health care servlces plan eontraets provide eoverage for ehild health gupervistonthror{-h tle sge of 16 years, inereasingemployersr premiums by more than 2%. The bill passedthe Houseby a vote of 113-1on 1/24/88. A nnay"votels a voti for the AIF posiiion.

-10- #18 CS/SBts849 & 1351- LOCAL OCCUPATIONALLICENSE TAX INCREASEby SenatorTim Deratany(R-lndian Harbour Beach) sought to authorize a 50% inerease in local oeeupationallieense taxes to pay for eounty eeonomlcdevelopment programs. The fundsraised from this soureewould be turned over to a eountyEgency or an organigationdesignated by the eounty to opepatethe eountytseconomic development program. The bill was brought tp on the HouseFloor on 6/07/BBand failed by I vote of 43-69. A "yea'vote is a vote against the AIF position.

#1S HB 91 - UilIFORM TRADE IIECBET8 ACT by RepresentativeCharles Canady(D-Lakeland) is intended to adesetrets.ManyofthelawsofthevariousStates8rePresently in conflict creating difficulties for multistate businessesand industries. This bill" passedby both Houses,will hep make trade seeret laws uniform Bmongthe states whiehadopt the aet. The Housepassed the bill on 5/17/88 by a vote of lll-0. A fiyeanvote is s vote for the AIF position.

120 _81!IE_laST - SOIJD WASTE UAIIAGEilENT by the Committee on Natwal Resourcesand RepresentativeSid seFinaneeandT8t(8tionCommitteeon4/25/88.-Thebill,which wasthe Legislature'sattempt at dealingeffeetively with Floridatslitter, solJdwaste, and recyeling problems, had an amendmentincluded that sought to imposeI nprodueewaste disposalfee" (2 eents for eaeh $100of retail sales taxable under Chapter 212, Florida Statutes). There was much oppositionto the amendment,which was nothing but I grossreceipts tax. TEFr-esentativepete Dunbar(R-Dunedin) introduced a substitute amendment recommendeeby AIF and designedto delete the gross reeeipts portion of the propoeal The Dunbarsubstitute amendmentpassed by a vote of 1S-8. A I'yearrvote is a vote for the AIF position.

*11- Rankingof the Florida Houseof Representutives5y Peceentageof Votes FOR the Position of ,{ssociated Industries of Florida During the 198?-1988Regular & Special Sessions(Highest to Lowest)

Total # Votes Total # Votes Total # Votes Total # Votes REPRE- FOR Fosition AGAINST % of Votes REPRE- FOR Position AGAINST % of Votes RANK $ENTATIVE of AIF Position of AIF 'ryithAIF RANK SENTATIVE of AIF Position of AIF WithAIF Crotty 13 s3

I Frishe t{ 93 J $onz&Iez-(4uevedo 9Z 4 Burnsed 10 1 91 4 weosler IO I CI 6 Woodruff I I 89 I Meffert z B7 I IJantzler LZ 2 86 I Holland l2 , 86 E ,Jones,u. LZ E6 I Sangom t2 2 8S E $outo LZ z 8E t3 Harris 2 85 I3 Jonn$on,K. 2 E5 I3 Mitcheu 1I z 85 13 Rehm 2 E5 I3 $rmone 11 t 85 t8 Bess IU 83 l8 ar?enter IO z E3 IS Gafcla 10 u 83 t8 Uutman 10 2 83 18 Hanson 10 z 83 IB Jones,!. 10 2 83 IB Sample l0 z UJ I8 Shelley 10 z 83 18 Tobia8sen 10 2 Bil ,IT ulementS I z 82 27 MeEwan t4 5 EZ z7 Patchett I 2 82 27 Renke t4 ;, EZ 't7 $anderson I 2 82 32 Qrady I3 3 EI 'JZ Ler,vl$ 13 3 8t 32 Trammell IJ It UI 35 Bankhead TZ 3 EO 35 Bronson 1? 3 80 35 Dunbar LZ 3 EO 35 Goode E 2 80 35 Harden U z EO 3$ wlse 4 I 80 41 Grindle J 79 41 Hill ll 3 79 41 Lawson 11 3 7C 44 Carlton 7 2 78 45 Uasas 10 U 77 4S Dra*e 10 3 77 45 hrodges 10 3 77 45 MoFse IO T 77 45 Mortham 10 3 77 45 $tarks 10 3 77 5t canady I J 75 5l {-o9gTove I 3 75 51 uiaz-BB],art U 3 75 5t lrvlne I 3 75 51 ,Iennings s 3 IJ 5l MeSSerSmith I 3 TJ 51 Smith c 3 75 5E LoMbeFCI I 3 ?3 58 Mackev I 3 73 5E Budd I 3 7!

HOTE: Ranktngs are based on overall positlon within each House, with all members with the same percsntsge of votes with AIF reeeiving the same rf,nking. Representative Wise was voted into the Hause on April 5, 1988. Representative Holzendorf was voted into the Hougeon May 17, 1988. -t2 -