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NO. 089-2015 LETTER TO COUNCIL
TO: Mayor Martin Packer and Members of the Village Council
FROM: Jorge M. Gonzalez, Village Manager �k(�
DATE: May 22, 2015
SUBJECT: 2015 Florida Legislative Session Update
The purpose of this Letter to Council (LTC) is to transmit the attached Final Session Report
and Florida Legislature Joint Proclamation for a Special Session beginning on June 1, 2015
provided by Ron L. Book.
Please let me know if you need additional information.
Ronald L, Book, P. A
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Jorge Gonzalez, Village Manager
Ball Harbour Village
FROM: Ronald L. Book, Esq.
Kelly C. Mallette
Rana G. Brown
DATE: May 15, 2015
RE: Final Session Report - SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES
On behalf of Ronald L. Book, P.A., we would like to first and foremost extend our appreciation for the
continued opportunity to represent Bal Harbour Village. In a year that began with leadership cooperation
on ajoint agenda, the 2015 session will be remembered for its historic and abrupt end, when the House of
Representatives adjourned three days early due to a breakdown largely over budget issues. As a result,
the last week of session, normally a very busy week, was slow with limited meetings and floor action
leaving many priorities to die on the calendar. Major policy initiatives and department packages that
seemed poised for final negotiation and final passage, including the Department of Transportation
package, the Department of Corrections reform package and legislation addressing issues for people with
special needs, were not taken up.
The issue at the center of it all: expansion of the state's Medicaid program. The Senate's budget proposal
included funding to expand the Medicaid program while the House budget did not. The House remained
adamant in their opposition to expansion. Also at issue: Florida's Low Income Pool (LIP), which is a state
and federal program that funds uncompensated care in hospitals. Florida's LIP waiver is set to expire this
year, and without renewal, the loss of funding would have a significant impact on Florida's budget and
safety net hospitals, including Jackson Health System. As the House and Senate approached the closing
days, the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) formally submitted to the Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), a request to approve a revised LIP program, while the House
offered to set aside general revenue to offset any LIP loss. Ultimately, the two chambers could not come
to agreement on overall funding allocations, despite pressure from the Governor.
Senate and House leaders have agreed to call a special session to approve a budget beginning June I
continuing through June 20. In addition to the budget, conforming and implementing Also listed in the
call are health care reform, a number of health care related issues, tax relief, water projects and park
projects, will be discussed during the special session.
We remain focused on budget priorities, and are regularly communicating with House and Senate leaders,
Appropriations chairs and other key members about the budget and budget process. We will keep you
informed as we continue to navigate this unusual set of circumstances. Below you will find an update on
substantive issues that were considered during the 2015 Regular Session. Should you have any questions
regarding legislation or legislative action, please do not hesitate to call or email us.
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Legislative Issues:
Body Cameras CS/CS/CS/SB 248 Public Records/Body Cameras by Senator Smith, SB 7080, a Criminal
Justice committee bill, and CS/CS/CS/HB 57 Body Cameras by Representative S. Jones were bills
addressing law enforcement body cameras this session. As the use of body cameras by law enforcement
agencies increases, the Legislature addressed the issue with a two-step approach.
First, they approved a public records exemption (CS/CS/CS/SB 248), which included appropriate
definitions of body cameras and provided a framework for what should and should not be readily
available in the public record. The sponsor of the legislation, Senator Chris Smith, worked with dozens of
stakeholders to craft the bill, including: law enforcement agencies, law enforcement union
representatives, local governments, state attorneys, public defenders, the ACLU and the First Amendment
Foundation.
The second step, SB 7080 and CS/CS/CS/HB 57, the body camera policy bill, would have provided some
guidelines to agencies regarding the policies and procedures for use of body cameras. Although the policy
piece seemed poised to pass, it died on the calendar in the final days of session.
Municipal Pension Reform HB 341 by Representative Cummings and its companion SB 172 by
Senators Bradley and Ring, has passed both the House and Senate and will soon be sent to the Governor.
The final version of this bill is supported by the Florida League of Cities, and both the Police and Fire
unions. This compromise is agreed to by all parties, including the police and fire unions, is beneficial to
cities, and is a product of a five year focus on pension reform. The Governor is favorably inclined to this
position as well. The provisions of that amendment are as follows:
• Changes base premium revenues from the 1997 calendar year to the 2002 calendar year.
• Includes transparency provisions related to a local pension fund Board of Trustees, requiring
members to provide a detailed accounting reports of their expenses to the Department of Management
Services (DMS), and to make them available online, and would require them to operate under an
administrative expense budget.
• Revises how insurance premium tax revenues must be used, and amends the default formula for the
use of the insurance premium tax revenues if the parties cannot agree through mutual consent.
• Increases the minimum plan multiplier for pension plan benefits to 2.75 percent, rather than 2 percent,
but provides exceptions.
• Naples letter For those cities who are operating under a Naples letter interpretation, this
interpretation will be grandfathered in for three years, starting on the effective date of the bill. (July 1,
2015). Those cities who have contracts in place, would be able to finish that contract and go back into
collective bargaining with the possibility of extending these existing provisions, as long as all sides
agree.
Publicly Funded Retirement Plans HB 1309 by Representative Drake has passed both the House and
Senate and will soon be sent to the Governor. This bill requires local government pension plans, when
conducting the actuarial valuation of the plans, to use the mortality tables used in either of the two most
recently published actuarial valuation reports of the Florida Retirement System, including the projection
scale for mortality improvement. It requires appropriate risk and collar adjustments to be made based on
plan demographics. The bill requires the tables to be used for assumptions for preretirement and
postretirement mortality. The bill also revises the mortality tables used in the actuarial disclosures in
financial statements submitted to the Department of Management Services.
FRS Contribution Rates As this is a budget issue, FRS Contribution Rates have not been addressed to
date. However, throughout Session and immediately after, our firm was in continuous discussions with
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Appropriations staff, who do indicate that rates will be addressed this year. The individual House and
Senate budget bills address the FRS Contribution rates, as well as the HIS rate adjustment (Health
Insurance Subsidy). These recommendations are based on a 5 year review of actuarial reports and are
recommendations made to the state through this analysis. Both the House and Senate bills have rate
adjustments. (SB 7038, HB 5005).
Racing Animals SB 226 by Senator Latvala and its companion bill, HB 239 modifies requirements
regarding prohibited medication or drugging of racing animals (horses and greyhounds). Violations are no
longer contingent upon a person administering or causing a prohibited substance to be administered; the
mere presence of a prohibited substance in a racing animal is evidence of the violation. The fine for
violations may be up to $10,000 or the race winnings (purse or sweepstakes amount), whichever is
greater. SB 226 and its companion bill HB 239, have passed both houses and will soon be sent to the
Governor.
Gaming SB 7088, a committee bill by Senate Regulated Industries, was the Senate version of the
omnibus gaming bill, HB 1233 by Representative Young, as detailed in the week 7 report. The gaming
bill stalled during week 8 and did not pass. We will continue to report on developments as they occur
throughout the Special Session.
Greyhound Racing Injuries SB 2 by Senator Sobel - The "Victoria Q. Gaetz Racing Greyhound
Protection Act;" requires injuries to racing greyhounds to be reported on a form adopted by the Division
of Pari-mutuel Wagering in the Department of Business and Professional Regulation. SB 2 passed the
Senate with a vote of 38-0, but was never heard in the House and therefore, did not pass.
Sober Homes HB 21 by Representative Hager SB 326 by Senator Clemens has passed both the House
and Senate and will soon be sent to the Governor. Our firm assisted throughout the committee and floor
process, in voicing support for this legislation. This bill in its final form would accomplish the following:
• establishes voluntary certification programs for recovery residences and administrators.
• prohibits licensed substance providers from referring patients to recovery residences which are not
certified.
• creates a voluntary certification programs for recovery residences and administrators.
• requires DCF to select a credentialing entity to issue certificates of compliance for each program by
December 1, 2015, and establishes that criteria.
• requires all owners, directors and chief financial officers of a recovery residence, as well as
individuals seeking certification as an administrator, to pass a Level 2 background screening.
• creates a first degree misdemeanor for any entity or person who advertises as a "certified recovery
residence" or "certified recovery residence administrator", if the certification is not secured.
Communication Services Tax (CST) CS/CS/SB 110 by Senator Hukill reduces the state
communications services tax (CST) rates by 3.6 percentage points. The standard state CST rate is reduced
from 6.65 percent to 3.05 percent, and the tax rate on direct -to -home satellite services is reduced from
10.8 percent to 7.2 percent. It is important to note that the bill language holds local governments
harmless. It changes the distribution percentages of CST revenue to ensure that local governments
continue to receive the same amount of revenue as they receive under current law. SB 110 was not heard
this week. As this is a bill that has a substantial impact on the budget, this also remains unresolved.
House Tax Package — Proposed committee bill, FTC 5, was filed as HB 7141, and was presented last
week in the House. This bill sponsored by the Finance and Tax Chair, Representative Gaetz is an
omnibus tax cut package totaling approximately $690 million in cuts. Dubbed the "No Tax is Safe"
package, this bill includes a variety of tax reductions, the largest of which is the proposed $470.5 million
in cuts to the state portion of the Communications Services Tax (CST). This provision continues to hold
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local governments harmless. HB 7141 did pass the House 112 — 3, but as this is a bill that has a
substantial impact on the budget, this also remains unresolved.
Regional Planning Councils / Growth Management SB 1216 by Senator Simpson, was the omnibus
growth management bill that passed this session, the House companion bill, HB 933 was sponsored by
Representative LaRosa. The bill does the following as it pertains to RPCs:
• Restructures the 11 Regional Planning Councils to 10, and reassigns counties in the panhandle to
existing RPCs, it deletes several statutory responsibilities of the RPCs that are duplicative or
unnecessary and removes the ability for counties to opt out of a Regional Planning Council ("RPC").
The bill further reinstates the Governor's authority to review and amend RPC boundaries.
Red Light Cameras HB 7071 was amended to remove the prohibition on local government enforcement
of citations for a right turn on red. The bill does still include the requirement that red light camera notices
of violation be sent via certified mail, rather than first-class mail, which does create a cost to local
governments. This bill did not pass. The bill would have done the following:
• Specifies the information a county or municipality that operates a traffic infraction detector must
submit in its annual report to the DHSMV;
• Requires DHSMV to provide notice to a county or municipality that is not compliant with the
reporting requirements, as determined by the DHSMV. If the county or municipality is still not in
compliance after 30 days from the date of the notice, the county or municipality must to remit its
portion of revenues derived from the use of red light cameras to enforce ss. 316.074(1) and
316.075(1)(c)l., F.S., to the Department of Revenue, to be returned once the county or municipality
has established compliance;
• Prohibits the issuance of a notice of violation or uniform traffic citation through the use of a traffic
infraction detector not in compliance with all specifications developed by the FDOT;
• Requires a county or municipality to document, and make available to FDOT upon request, the
alternative engineering countermeasures as recommended in publications by the ITE to reduce
violations of ss. 316.074(1) and 316.075(1)(c)l., F.S., which the county or municipality considered
and rejected, before a red light camera is installed.
Enterprise Zones Reauthorization Florida's Enterprise Zone (EZ) program set forth in statute, expires
in 2015. Early in the legislative session, both House and Senate leadership made it clear that the
Enterprise Zone program needed to be wholly rewritten or allowed to sunset. Even before committee
weeks began, both House and Senate leadership remained skeptical of the value of the Enterprise Zone
program. Over several committee weeks, the House and Senate held multiple workshops on the program.
The Florida League of Cities and Florida Association of Counties continued to represent the benefits of
specific portions of the EZ programs across the state and advocate in favor of the program extension.
Florida Tax Watch released a study supporting the program and recommended changes to the marketing
strategy to be more focused on jobs created in beginning and second stage companies, and recommending
a multiple tiered system that would be more suited to small and large businesses. Bills reauthorizing the
EZ program, SB 392 by Senator Clemens, and its House companion bill HB 903 by Representative
Porter, were never granted a hearing.
Our firm worked with members of both the House and Senate throughout committee weeks and Session,
however, the House leadership was resolute in its belief that incentive programs do not work and do not
bring a positive return on investment to the State. House leadership made it clear they would not accept
any program that is funded with state incentive dollars. In that light, the House enterprise zone proposal,
HB 7067, was the House economic development package that addresses a different Enterprise Zone
program. HB 7067 does not reauthorize the state Enterprise Zone (EZ) program, but allows for an
optional and local only, EZ type program, without any state dollars. If a local government creates a new
EZ, the bill exempts newly established or expanding businesses from paying local business taxes, impact
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fees, building permit fees and any local special assessments. Additionally, the bill would exempt these
businesses from complying with local sign ordinances, tree ordinances and would prohibit local
governments from issuing a citation or civil code ordinance violation within the newly established local
zone, for 24 months. It prohibits local governments from imposing impact fees on small businesses of 12
or less employees and buildings less than 6000 square feet. The bill also extends permit expirations for
two more years, issued by DEP or the Water Management District, and local development orders and
building permits.
HB 7067, the House version of a locally funded enterprise zone program, passed the House, 82 — 34 but
was never taken up by the Senate.
Film and Entertainment Incentives SB 1046 by Senator Detert and its House companion, HB 451 by
Representative Miller, as well as SB 1214, the Senate's Economic Development package by Senator
Latvala, in the end, has not passed. This issue is likely to be addressed during the Special Session on the
budget. These bills were addressed in length, by both the House and Senate, going through many
iterations that addressed the following areas: changes to the Entertainment Industry Financial Incentive
Economic Development Tax Credit Program, requiring that the application and certification process for
tax credits to be prioritized based on the expected economic benefit of an applicant's production; rather
than the current first come first serve basis; creates two application cycles per fiscal year, which consist of
an application deadline and review period. This is meant to distribute tax credits throughout the year
rather than once a year, leaving the state unable to draw productions once the cycle is complete; would
limit the certification of credits to up to 50 percent for the first application cycle of a fiscal year; would
limit the department's ability to certify tax credits for a fiscal year to no more than the allocated tax
credits for that fiscal year, later versions of the bills created a set aside of 20 percent of funds available in
each application period for "underutilized counties" for 4 months; created the Entertainment Industry
Quick Action Fund Program to respond to extraordinary opportunities to attract entertainment
productions, subject to appropriation; and required performance -based contracts. The final versions of the
bills did not provide additional tax credits for the Entertainment Industry Program and did not include an
appropriation for the Entertainment Industry Quick Action Fund program created in the bill. Support for
this program is strong, and is likely to be addressed during the Special Session on the budget.
Sadowski Act Affordable Housing Trust Fund At the end of week 5, both the House and Senate had
debated and passed their respective budgets. At that point in Session, there was a significant discrepancy
in the affordable housing funding area. Within the Department of Economic Opportunity budgets, the
House has proposed to spend a total of $122 million on affordable housing; $84 million to SHIP and
$37.5 million to SAIL. The Senate budget has appropriated $153.6 million to SHIP and $ 102.4 million to
SAIL. During the legislative session, we were instrumental in working with Senator Latvala, Chairman of
the Senate Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropriations subcommittee, to host
an affordable housing specific committee meeting, in which staff of the Florida Housing Finance
Corporation, and several affordable housing industry members discussed with members of the committee
all of the benefits of the program as well as suggested improvements. Chairman Latvala stated several
times that it was his observation that the current year budget's funding distribution was approximately
60% for SHIP (home ownership) and 40% for SAIL (rental) and it was his intent to provide a more even
ratio in the upcoming budget. Additionally, we met with the House Chairman of the Transportation, and
Economic Development Appropriations Subcommittee, Representative Ingram, multiple times on funding
issues for affordable housing. We expect this issue to be front and center during the budget special
session.
Amendment 1 / Housing Trust Fund Additionally, as the Legislature worked through budget funding to
identify areas that were to be Amendment 1 specific, several trust funds were modified to redirect funding
to environmental spending. A series of bills filed by Senator Dean implements Amendment 1, and
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restructures the state's existing trust funds that direct state dollars from the state documentary stamp tax.
A new trust fund is created so that 33 percent of the revenue generated by the tax is to be diverted as per
Amendment 1. These bills were SB 584, SB 586, SB 576, SB 578, SB 580 and SB 582. The companion
bills in the House, sponsored by Representative Boyd, also restructure the state's trust funds in order to
implement Amendment 1. The House companion bills were HB 1291, HB 1293, and HB 1295. These
bills are part of the budget process, therefore also at a standstill.
Specific to affordable housing, were SB 586 and HB 1291, which early on, differed significantly in how
funding was distributed. Our firm was instrumental in working with both the House and Senate
Appropriations chairmen as well as subcommittee chairmen, in prompting the change in the Senate bill to
more closely mirror the House bill. At issue, was that SB 586 established the distribution of 33% of
documentary stamp tax revenues, to go to the Land Acquisition Trust Fund, before any funding
distributions. This lowered the amounts available to go toward the Affordable Housing Trust Funds. The
House bill did not distribute funding in the same manner. During the budget process, the bill was
amended so that the Local Government Housing Trust Fund would receive the same dollar amounts as
they would have received under current law.
Homelessness The Senate and House proposed budgets each contained $3.8 million in non -recurring
funds for Challenge Grants. Additionally, Senator Latvala filed SB 1214, a comprehensive bill that
addressed various issues pertaining to homelessness. For the better part of two years, Senator Latvala has
been working together with stakeholders, local governments, and our firm in particular, in trying to
reform how we address homeless programs and state funding. SB 1214 made a number of changes to the
state's economic development and housing and community development programs to provide more
flexibility in programs, and to increase transparency and accountability across those programs. This bill
would have allowed local governments to use SHIP funding for rental assistance in cases of homelessness
and disability, and would have removed the requirement to allocate 65 percent of funds to home
ownership. It would have required the Office of Homelessness to administer Challenge Grants, and have
had award levels consider degrees of homelessness, rather than just consider population. The House bill
was not heard.
Juvenile Detention Costs SB 1414 by Senator Bradley, and HB 5201 by Representative Metz, attempted
to address the issue by setting forth several variations on the division of cost to detain juveniles. Neither
bill passed, but we expect that this issue would be addressed in the budget special session. These bills
originally split the cost in a 60% - 40% breakdown, with the state paying the lower percentage. The final
iteration of this bill put the breakdown at a 57% - 43% split. The House companion contains the same
percentages. Our firm had several positive meetings with leadership, and specifically Senator Bradley, on
this issue.
Health Insurance Coverage Emergency Services HB 681 by Representative Trujillo and SB 516 by
Senator Bean, in its original form, would have placed restrictions on the reimbursement amount an EMS
agency may receive for providing services. The bill prohibited a non -participating EMS provider from
collecting an amount in excess of the amounts determined by insurance companies as is customary. In
working with the League of Cities, and legislators from across the state, we voiced concerns with the cost
that would be imposed on local governments as the bill was originally drafted. The bill was amended to
remove any financial impact on local governments, regardless of these changes, this bill did not pass.
Local Preference Preemption HB 113 by Representative Perry, and SB 778 by Senator Hays did pass.
This bill prohibits any local laws that give preference to a local contractor in circumstances involving a
competitive solicitation for construction services in which 50 percent or more of the cost will be paid
from state -appropriated funds. The bill does not prohibit the application of a local preference in a
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competitive solicitation for construction services in which less than 50 percent of the cost will be paid
from state -appropriated funds. If approved by the Governor, this bill would take effect July 1, 2015.
Taxi, Chauffeured Limousines and Uber Preemption of Local Governments: HB 817 by
Representative Gaetz was heard and amended on the House floor passed the House but did not pass the
Senate and therefore did not pass. The bill, in its final form, would have done the following:
• Create a preemption to the state for regulation of transportation network companies.
• Representative Peters successfully amended the bill on the floor to require a Level 2 background
check of drivers applying to work for a transportation network company.
• Define transportation network company (TNC). Creates s. 316.680, F.S., called Transportation
Network Companies, to establish definitions for these companies, drivers and the service. It defines
the term trip, defines that a transportation network company or its driver is not a common carrier,
meaning that these drivers do not provide taxi or for -hire service.
• Establish a licensing process for TNC drivers.
• Provide for mandatory insurance requirements. These requirements are defined as in the event a
driver is on the way to pick up a passenger, or has a passenger in the car, a mandatory $1 million
insurance policy is required. If a driver is not on the way to pick up a passenger nor is there a
passenger in the car, but does have the TNC software app open, the insurance required would be as
follows; $50k per individual in the car, $100k per occurrence, $20k for any property damage. In the
strike all amendment, the insurance required could be from a FIGA approved company or the TNC
could also have a surplus line carrier authorized to do business in Florida. Regarding the $1 million
in insurance, in the strike everything amendment, the language revises previous bill versions to
require that this policy be the primary policy in the event of an accident, and begins with the first
dollar of the claim. However, the dollar amount of insurance required does not change or increase,
with an accident occurring with a larger vehicle with multiple passengers.
• Representative Miller passed an amendment that would ensure that airports could continue to charge
appropriate fees for the operation of TNCs on airport property.
Disposable Plastic Bags HB 661 by Representative Richardson and its Senate companion, SB 966 by
Senator Bullard, did not pass. This bill would have authorized local governments, with a population of
fewer than 100,000, to establish pilot programs for regulation or ban of disposable plastic bags. A total
preemption of local government regulation of plastic bag use was passed in the 2008 regular Session. This
bill requires that a municipality (of fewer than 100,000) who establishes a pilot program, shall do the
following:
• By December 31, 2015, enact an ordinance for the regulation or ban of disposable plastic bags that
begins January 1, 2016, and expires June 30, 2018. Such ordinance may not include any new taxes or
fees on the use or distribution of disposable plastic bags.
• Collect data pertaining to the impact of the ban.
• By April 1, 2018, submit a report on the impact of the ban to the governing body of the municipality
at a public hearing that is open to comments from the public.
• Provide a copy of the report to the department.
• A municipality may continue to regulate or ban disposable plastic bags after June 30, 2018, if the
municipality enacts an ordinance after April 1, 2018, indicating that the municipality will continue the
regulation or ban of plastic bags, notwithstanding s. 403.7033.
Local Government Services / Municipal Utility Services: HB 337 by Representative Mayfield and its
companion bill SB 442 by Senator Altman, did not pass. This bill would have adversely affected a
municipality's ability to regulate services provided outside of the municipal boundaries. It may be
reintroduced as a local bill in future sessions, that would only affect the Indian River County area.
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jgonzalez@balharbour.org
From: Rana Brown <Rana@rlbookpa.com>
Sent: Friday, May 15, 2015 6:37 PM
To: Rana Brown
Subject: Special Session scheduled
Attachments: Florida Legislature Joint Proclamation.pdf
Good evening,
Just a brief note to let you know that Senate President Gardiner and House Speaker Crisafulli have, in the past
hour, reached agreement on the joint proclamation for the June 1 - 20 Special Session to complete the
Legislature's work on a balanced budget. We have attached the proclamation for your review.
The proclamation includes the budget and conforming bills which were poised for conference during the 2015
Regular Legislative Session. Also listed in the call are health care reform, a number of health care related
issues, and tax relief. At this time, budget allocations have not been agreed to by the President and the
Speaker, but will be reached before the beginning of Special Session on June 1, 2015.
Thank you.
Rana Brown
Rana G. Brown
Ronald L. Book, P.A.
18851 N.E. 29th Ave., Ste.1010
Aventura, FL 33180
Phone: 305.935.1866
TLH Office: 850.224.3427
Email: rana@rlbookpa.com
THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE
JOINT PROCLAMATION
TO THE HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE FLORIDA SENATE AND THE FLORIDA
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:
We, Andy Gardiner, President of the Florida Senate, and Steve Crisafulli,
Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, by virtue of the authority vested in us
by Article III, Section 3(c), 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
pursuant to Article III, Section 3(c), Florida Constitution, and Section 11.011, Florida
Statutes, at the Capitol in Tallahassee, Florida beginning at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, the
1st day of June, 2015, for a period of 20 days, ending at 11:59 p.m. on Saturday, the
20th day of June, 2015.
Section 2. That the Legislature is convened for the sole and exclusive purpose of
considering the following:
a. Legislation identical to Senate Bill 2500, First Engrossed, as passed by the
Senate on April 1, 2015, or House Bill 5001, filed during the 2015 Regular
Session, relating to the General Appropriations Act and any conference
report resulting therefrom during the special session;
b. Legislation identical to Senate Bill 2502, First Engrossed, as passed by the
Senate on April 1, 2015, or House Bill 5003, filed during the 2015 Regular
Session, relating to implementing the General Appropriations Act and any
conference report resulting therefrom during the special session;
C. Legislation identical to Senate Bill 2504, as passed by the Senate on April 1,
2015, or House Bill 5007, conforming bills filed during the 2015 Regular
Session, relating to state employees and any conference report resulting
therefrom during the special session;
d. Legislation identical to Senate Bill 2510, as passed by the Senate on April 1,
2015, or House Bill 5301, conforming bills filed during the 2015 Regular
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Session, relating to the Florida Business Information Portal and any
conference report resulting therefrom during the special session;
e. Legislation identical to Senate Bill 2514, as passed by the Senate on April 1,
2015, or House Bill 5103, conforming bills filed during the 2015 Regular
Session, relating to the Allocation of Funds for Community -based Care Lead
Agencies and any conference report resulting therefrom during the special
session;
f. Legislation identical to Senate Bill 7038, as passed by the Senate on April 1,
2015, or House Bill 5005, conforming bills filed during the 2015 Regular
Session, relating to State Administered Retirement Systems and any
conference report resulting therefrom during the special session;
g. Legislation identical to Senate Bill 7054, relating to the Department of
Transportation as passed by the Senate on April 1, 2015, and an
amendment identical to House Amendment # 197405 to SB 7054 as
adopted on April 2, 2015, and any conference report resulting therefrom
during the special session;
h. Legislation identical to Senate Bill 576, relating to the Land Acquisition Trust
Fund/Agency for Persons with Disabilities as passed by the Senate on April
1, 2015, and an amendment identical to House Amendment # 412147 to SIB
576 as adopted on April 2, 2015, and any conference report resulting
therefrom during the special session;
i. Legislation identical to Senate Bill 578, as passed by the Senate on April 1,
2015, or House Bill 1295, conforming bills filed during the 2015 Regular
Session, relating to the Land Acquisition Trust Fund/Department of
Agriculture and Consumer Services and any conference report resulting
therefrom during the special session;
j. Legislation identical to Senate Bill 580, as passed by the Senate on April 1,
2015, or House Bill 1293, conforming bills filed during the 2015 Regular
Session, relating to the Land Acquisition Trust Fund/Department of State
and any conference report resulting therefrom during the special session;
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k. Legislation identical to Senate Bill 582, relating to the Land Acquisition Trust
Fund/Department of Transportation as passed by the Senate on April 1,
2015, and an amendment identical to House Amendment # 433471 to SIB
582 as adopted on April 2, 2015, and any conference report resulting
therefrom during the special session;
I. Legislation identical to CS/Senate Bill 584, as passed by the Senate on April
1, 2015, or House Bill 1291, conforming bills filed during the 2015 Regular
Session, relating to the Implementation of the Water and Land Conservation
Constitutional Amendment and any conference report resulting therefrom
during the special session;
m. Legislation identical to Senate Bill 2512, First Engrossed, as passed by the
Senate on April 1, 2015, or House Bill 5101, conforming bills filed during the
2015 Regular Session, relating to Medicaid and any conference report
resulting therefrom during the special session;
n. Legislation repealing the hospital certificate of need program and legislation
similar to the following House bills filed during the 2015 Regular Session:
CS/House Bill 7097 relating to the state group insurance program, House Bill
7047 relating to direct primary care, CS/House Bill 999 relating to recovery
care services, CS/CS/House Bill 281 relating to drug prescription by
advanced registered nurse practitioners and physician assistants, and
House Bill 161 relating to responsibilities of health care facilities;
o. Legislation similar to CS/Senate Bill 7044 filed during the 2015 Regular
Session, relating to the health insurance affordability exchange;
p. Legislation similar to HB 7141 filed during the 2015 Regular Session, relating
to taxation.
Section 3. That the committees and subcommittees of either house of the
Legislature are authorized to consider legislation within the purview of this
proclamation from this date forward.
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Andy Gardiner
President
The Florida Senate
May _, 2015
Duly filed with and received by the Florida
Department of State in Tallahassee this
_ day of May, 2015.
Secretary of State
Steve Crisafulli
Speaker
The Florida House of Representatives
May_, 2015
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