July 22, 2005

House Bills Filed for 2006

Legislature Still Working, Though Not in Session

H ouse and Senate staffs are busy working on interim committee projects, many of which will result in legislation for the 2006 Legislature’s consideration. Both the House and Senate have scheduled interim committees meetings to start in September and October.

to “freeze” their credit report until issues are nly a few weeks have passed since Gov. Jeb O remedied. A civil penalty is created and aimed at Bush acted on the last of the 2005 bills presented credit reporting agencies that fail to comply. to him for consideration. Meanwhile House members have begun filing bills for the 2006 Noteworthy 2006 Interim Legislature, which starts in March. Among the Legislative Committee Projects more interesting bills to clients are two: Following are select interim committee projects HJR 31 by Rice (R-Indian Shores) is a proposed undertaken by legislative staff in advance of the Constitutional amendment that would reverse the 2006 Legislature. Many interim projects result in effect of the recent US Supreme Court opinion on proposed committee legislation introduced for governments’ taking of property through action during the next available Legislative eminent domain actions for economic Session. development reasons. HB 37 by Adams (R-Oviedo) responds to the House Councils and Committees: recent incidents of consumer data breeches Commerce: Direct Shipping of Wine and would allow victims of identity thief Education: Charter Schools

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Fiscal: Effect of the Dept. of Transportation’s Leadership on Deck Funding Policies on Arterial Roads and MPO Priorities. The designees for future Speaker of the House and Senate President are working through the State Administration: Personal Information summer months to underpin the early re-election Protection efforts of their committed member “votes.” These State Infrastructure: 2005 Growth campaigns involve mostly incumbent legislators Management Act Review who have promised to vote for the respective State Infrastructure: Development of Regional designee’s election to Impact Affordable Housing Mitigation leadership in the Senate Committees: Organizational Session immediately following the Banking & Insurance: Workers’ 2006 elections. Compensation Rating System Community Affairs: Land Use Boards of Sen. (R-Port Appeal St. Lucie) is lined up to become the 2007-08 Community Affairs: 2005 Growth President of the Senate. Management Act Glitch Bill He was first elected to the Health Care: Medicaid Fraud & Abuse Legislature in 1990 and served in the House until Judiciary: Compensation for Wrongful his election to the Senate in 2000. Pruitt is Incarceration presently the chairman of the Senate Rules Judiciary: Streamlining the State Constitution Committee. Regulated Industries: Direct Shipping of Wine Interim Committee Weeks September 12 – 16, 2005 House October 17 – 21, 2005 House & Senate* November 7 – 10, 2005 House December 5 – 9, 2005 House January 9 – 13, 2006 House January 23 – 27, 2006 House February 6 – 10, 2006 House February 13 – 17, 2006 House February 20 – 24, 2006 House March 7, 2006 Opening Day May 5, 2006 Last Day * The Senate has announced only one week of (Photo by ) meetings to date.

 Rep. Marco Rubio (R-Miami-Dade) is the i For more information … Speaker of the House Designee for the 2007-08 Please contact Tami McQueen in term. Rubio was first elected to the House Carlton Fields’ Tallahassee Office at in 2000. He is a practicing attorney in Miami- 850.425.3383 or by email at Dade County and will be the first Cuban- [email protected]. American Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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Destin’s Rep. Ray Sansom is the early slated Alan Levine, Secretary of the Agency for Speaker Designee to Health Care Administration remains unconfirmed follow Rubio for the by the . 2009-10 term. Sansom is a former Okaloosa Political Money Line County commissioner Campaign contributions to major Florida Cabinet who directs community candidates as reported June 30, 2005, to the affairs for the Okaloosa Division of Elections: School District. (Photo by Mark Foley) Governor Jim Davis, Dem. $811,726. Rod Smith, Dem. $725,798. Special Election Yields Political Scott Maddox, Dem. $303,521. Newcomer in the Florida House , Rep. $3,840,000. Jackson County Tom Gallagher, Rep. $3,081,000. Chipola Attorney General Community , Rep. $602,570. College teacher Burt Saunders, Rep. $56,855. Marti Coley (R- Everett Rice, Rep. $107,655. Marianna) won easy election to Chief Financial Officer the Florida House Charlie Clary, Rep. $20,650. in a recent Special Election to fill the seat of her Randy Johnson, Rep. $116,475. husband, David, who died from illness in the Tom Lee, Rep. (Recently Announced) spring. House Speaker Allan Bense has Commissioner of Agriculture appointed her to serve on the committees on Civil Charlie Bronson, Rep. (Recently Announced) Justice; Pre K-12; Utilities & Telecommuni-cations; and Transportation & Economic Development Keep State Political Contributions Appropriations. (Photo by Mark Foley) Within the Limits of the Law Administration in Motion Florida law limits an individual, corporation, or a has appointed his Chief of Staff, political action committee to a $500 contribution Denver Stutler, as the new Secretary of the to any one candidate in any one election cycle. Dept. of Transportation. Mark Kaplan has For the 2006 Elections, there are two election moved into the Chief of Staff position. Kaplan cycles: the primary cycle, which is currently came from the Lt. Governor’s Office. running, and likely ending August 31, 2006; and Dr. John Agwunobi, the Secretary of the the general election cycle, likely ending Dept. of Health, is moving to Washington, DC, to November 2, 2006. (These are estimated dates become an Assistant Secretary at the US Dept. of since The Division of Elections has yet to post Health & Human Services. official notice of 2006 reporting deadlines.) These periods are for state and county races; city Former Disney executive Tom Lewis, Jr., has races may or may not observe these cycles. This replaced Bill Simon as the Secretary of the Dept. means a contribution to a particular candidate of Management Services. must be received by that candidate on or before the cycle deadline. It also means the most an individual candidate can legally receive from one

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