The Florida Legislature Issues Joint Proclamation Calling Special Session

Senate President Ken Pruitt and House Speaker Marco Rubio have jointly called a Special Session today that will commence on October 3, 2007 and end on October 12, 2007.

The Special Session will consider the following legislation:

• Legislation making adjustments to fiscal year 2007-2008 appropriations;

• Legislation providing for the redirection of trust fund revenues and balances to the General Revenue Fund;

• Legislation making adjustments to user fees;

• Legislation to conform Florida law to such adjustments and redirections; and

• Legislation narrowing the definition of “municipality of special financial concern” created by Section 8 of Chapter 2007-321, Laws of Florida.

PIP has not been added to the call and remains scheduled to sunset on October 1, 2007. Below please find a copy of the Joint Proclamation establishing the Special Session.

 

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THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE
JOINT PROCLAMATION

TO THE HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE FLORIDA SENATE AND THE FLORIDA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:

We, Ken Pruitt, President of the Florida Senate, and Marco Rubio, Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, by virtue of the authority vested in us by Article III, Section 3(c)(2), Florida Constitution, and Section 11.011, Florida Statutes, do hereby proclaim:

Section 1. That the Legislature of the State of Florida is convened in Special Session at the Capitol in Tallahassee, Florida, beginning at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, the 3rd day of October, 2007, for a period of 10 days, ending at 11:59 p.m. on Friday, the 12th day of October, 2007.

Section 2. That the Legislature of the State of Florida is convened for the sole and exclusive purpose of considering: legislation making adjustments to fiscal year 2007-2008 appropriations; legislation providing for the redirection of trust fund revenues and balances to the General Revenue Fund; legislation making adjustments to user fees; legislation to conform Florida law to such adjustments and redirections; and legislation narrowing the definition of “municipality of special financial concern” created by Section 8 of Chapter 2007-321, Laws of Florida.

Section 3. That the committees of either house of the Legislature are authorized to consider legislation within the purview of this proclamation from this date forward.

Ken Pruitt
President, The Florida Senate
September 28, 2007

Marco Rubio
Speaker, The Florida House of Representatives
September 28, 2007

Duly filed with and received by the Florida Department of State in Tallahassee this 28th day of September, 2007, by:

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Kurt S. Browning
Secretary of State

 

 

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