Category: Florida Legislative News

The Florida Office of Economic and Demographic Research General Revenue Fund Estimating Conference (“Conference”) met on Friday, March 13, 2009 to evaluate the impact of state tax collections for the remainder of fiscal year 2008-2009, and for 2009-2010.  Economists are …

  The following insurance regulatory-related United States Congressional committee and subcommittee hearings have been scheduled:   U.S. House of Representatives March 17-“Perspectives on Regulation of Systemic Risk in the Financial Services Industry”(Full House Financial Services Committee) Scheduled witnesses (testimony included …

Members: Per our conference call today, please see the legislative proposals below that attempt to address the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (“FHCF”) liquidity issues.  Please provide any input or suggestions that you may have.  We would like to get these …

Above: Senator Don Gaetz’s bill to amend class-size caps passed House and Senate Education Committees this week.   A constitutional amendment proposed during the 2009 Legislative Session by Senator Steve Wise (R-Jacksonville) and Senator Don Gaetz (R-Niceville) to modify a …

REMINDER:  Please be advised that the FPCA Homeowners Division will hold its weekly conference call today (March 13) at 2:00 p.m.  The call-in number for today’s meeting is:  800.369.1285; conference code:  46367#. Minutes from the March 6, 2009 meeting, as …

  To view a complete story, click on a headline below:   Property tax relief bills zip through committee Four different measures that would provide various forms of property tax relief zipped through a Florida House committee Wednesday.   Florida …

As discussed during today’s FPCA Automobile Division meeting, Section 111 of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 (“SCHIP”) updates are available on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) Web site, which may be viewed by …

Senate Bill 742 Relating to Sinkhole Losses by the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee and Senator Mike Fasano (R-New Port Richey) unanimously passed the Senate Community Affairs Committee on March 10, 2009 with no amendments.  The bill now proceeds to …

REMINDER:  Please be advised that the FPCA Homeowners Division will hold its weekly conference call tomorrow (March 13) at 2:00 p.m.  The call-in number for tomorrow’s meeting is:  800.369.1285; conference code:  46367#. Minutes from the March 6, 2009 meeting, as …

REMINDER:  Please be advised that the FPCA Automobile Division will hold its weekly conference call today (March 12) at 4:00 p.m. The call-in number for today’s meeting is:  800.369.1285; conference code:  46366#. Minutes from the March 5, 2009 meeting, as …