Category: Florida Legislative News

In a letter issued today, September 5, 2007, to the Florida Legislature, House Speaker Marco Rubio and Senate President Ken Pruitt announced the postponement of the Special Session on budget reform previously scheduled to begin September 18, 2007. The text …

Click on a headline to read the complete story:   Education budget ax honed When the state budget ax starts swinging in Tallahassee this month, where it will fall on public schools will be up to four key Northeast Floridians. …

The Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity and the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises have announced a Joint Subcommittee Hearing (“Hearing”) on the Homeowners Defense Act of 2007. The Hearing will be held on Thursday, September …

The Florida Senate and House of Representatives recently released Interim Block Calendars for the week of September 10, 2007, in preparation for the Special Session on the budget beginning September 18, 2007.  Please click here for the House Calendar. Please …

Click on a headline to read the complete story:   Home insurers fail to deliver state’s promised cuts Michelle and Kevin Erbrick are a lot like many homeowners in South Florida. The couple closely followed the special legislative session on …

Click on a headline to read the complete story:   Dade schools must replenish reserves Millions more spent on energy costs, the hiring of more teachers and other expenses caused the Miami-Dade school district to raid an already tight $70 …

The Specialty Agents Association (“Association”) released a summary of the proposed legislation that Senator Bill Posey (R- Rockledge) is drafting regarding Personal Injury Protection (“PIP”) coverage.  The proposed legislation is expected to be very similar to Senate Bill 1880 from …

Click on a headline to read the complete story:   Why are property tax bills rising? On the heels of a new law aimed at rolling back property taxess some Brevard homeowners have been getting a surprise: Notices that their …

Click on a headline to read the complete story:   Exemption might not be so super Many would be better off with Save Our Homes, analyses show. TAMPA — Living in your dream home? Have visions of growing old there? …

The meeting materials for today’s Florida Property and Casualty Association’s (“FPCA”) 3:00 p.m. teleconference are attached to this e-mail.  Included are the agenda, minutes and a breakdown of Representative Bogdanoff’s bill. As a reminder, the call-in information is as follows: …