FEDC Inside Track for Legislative Affairs: Special Session On Florida’s Budget Shortfall To Be Called for January 5-16
Dec 16, 2008
In a joint memorandum issued to all members of the Florida Legislature on December 15, 2008, Senate President Jeff Atwater and House Speaker Ray Sansom announced that a Special Legislative Session to address Florida’s estimated $2 billion-plus shortfall will be called for January 5 through January 16, 2009 through a joint proclamation to be released prior to January 5, 2009.
The memorandum is reprinted below.
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To: All Members of the Florida Legislature
From: Jeff Atwater, President
Ray Sansom, Speaker
Subject: Special Session
Date: December 15, 2008
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Members, based on a careful review of the status of the 2008-09 state budget, and after consultation with Governor Crist’s office, we have concluded that it is in the best financial interests of the state that we convene in a special session from January 5 through January 16. The purpose of the special session will be to address the estimated $2 billion-plus shortfall in the current fiscal year’s budget through a combination of spending reductions and trust fund transfers. Our joint proclamation officially convening and specifying the agenda for the special session will be released prior to January 5.
The House and Senate budget committee meetings this week will provide you an opportunity to begin to prepare for the special session. The budget challenges before us are serious; we are prepared to meet those challenges. We intend to provide essential services to the citizens in a fiscally prudent way.
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