AFP Bill Tracking Update 1: 1/17/11

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HB
Relating to Health Care Services Plakon
0001
Health Care Services: Proposes creation of s. 28, Art. I of State
Constitution to prohibit laws or rules from compelling any person,
employer, or health care provider to participate in any health care
system, permit person or employer to purchase lawful health care
services directly from health care provider, permit health care provider
to accept direct payment from person or employer for lawful health
care services, exempt persons, employers, & health care providers from
penalties & fines for paying or accepting direct payment for lawful
health care services, & permit purchase or sale of health insurance in
private health care systems; specifies what amendment does not affect
or prohibit. Effective Date: Not Specified
Current Committee of Reference: Health & Human Services Quality
Subcommittee
1/10/2011 HOUSE Now in Health & Human Services Quality Subcommittee
Identical
Relating to Health Care Services
SB 0002
(Haridopolos)
01/12/2011 SENATE Now in Budget

SB
Relating to Health Care Services Haridopolos
0002
Health Care Services; Proposes an amendment to the State Constitution
to prohibit laws or rules from compelling any person, employer, or
health care provider to participate in any health care system. Permits a
person or an employer to purchase lawful health care services directly
from a health care provider. Permits a health care provider to accept
direct payment from a person or an employer for lawful health care
services, etc.
Current Committee of Reference: Budget
1/12/2011 SENATE Now in Budget
Identical
HB 0001 Relating to Health Care Services (Plakon)
HOUSE Now in Health & Human Services Quality
01/10/2011
Subcommittee

HB Relating to Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal

Coley
0013 Systems
Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems: Revises legislative
intent; eliminates provisions directing DOH to create & administer
statewide septic tank evaluation program; eliminates procedures &
criteria for evaluation program; terminates grant program for repair of
onsite sewage treatment disposal systems identified pursuant to
 evaluation program, to conform; eliminates provisions authorizing
DOH to collect evaluation report fee & provisions relating to
disposition of fee proceeds & revenue-neutral fee schedule. Effective
Date: upon becoming a law
Current Committee of Reference: Agriculture & Natural Resources
Appropriations Subcommittee
1/10/2011 HOUSE Now in Agriculture & Natural Resources Appropriations
Subcommittee
Compare
Relating to Onsite Sewage Treatment and
HB 0167
Disposal Systems (Coley)
01/12/2011 HOUSE Withdrawn prior to introduction
Similar
Relating to Onsite Sewage Treatment and
SB 0082
Disposal Systems (Lynn)
SENATE Referred to Health Regulation;
11/29/2010
Environmental Preservation and Conservation; Budget
Relating to Onsite Sewage Treatment And
SB 0168
Disposal Systems (Evers)
SENATE Referred to Health Regulation;
12/16/2010
Environmental Preservation and Conservation; Budget
Identical
Relating to Onsite Sewage Treatment and
SB 0130
Disposal Systems (Dean)
SENATE Referred to Health Regulation;
11/29/2010
Environmental Preservation and Conservation; Budget

SB Relating to Environmental Surcharge On Bottled

Lynn
0078 Water
Environmental Surcharge On Bottled Water; Establishes a surcharge
on bottled water sold at retail in this state. Provides an exception.
Requires that moneys collected from the surcharge be deposited into
the Ecosystem Management and Restoration Trust Fund. EFFECTIVE
DATE: October 1, 2011
Current Committee of Reference: Environmental Preservation and
Conservation
11/29/2010SENATE Referred to Environmental Preservation and
Conservation; Commerce and Tourism; Budget

SB
Relating to Group Insurance for Public Employees Gaetz (D)
0092
Group Insurance for Public Employees; Requires that school districts
procure certain types of insurance through interlocal agreements.
Requires that each school district in this state enter into a specified type
of interlocal agreement and establish the School District Insurance
Consortium. Requires the consortium to advertise for competitive bids
 for health, accident, or hospitalization insurance, as well as certain
insurance plans, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2011
Current Committee of Reference: Education Pre-K - 12
11/29/2010SENATE Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Governmental
Oversight and Accountability; Budget

HB
Relating to Local Government Accountability Smith (J)
0107
Local Government Accountability: Revises provisions relating to
procedures for declaring special districts inactive; specifies level of
detail required for local governmental entity's proposed budget; revises
provisions for local governmental entity's audit & annual financial
reports; requires local governmental entity's budget to be posted online;
revises budgetary guidelines for district school boards. Effective Date:
October 1, 2011
Current Committee of Reference: Community & Military Affairs
Subcommittee
1/10/2011 HOUSE Now in Community & Military Affairs Subcommittee
Identical
Relating to Local Government
SB 0224
Accountability (Dean)
SENATE On Committee agenda - Community Affairs,
01/14/2011
01/25/11, 8:30 am, 412 K

HB Relating to Creation of the Department of Health

Adkins
0115 and Human Services
Creation of the Department of Health and Human Services: Creates
Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS); provides for
appointment of Secretary of Health & Human Services by Governor;
provides guidelines for procurement of health services; establishes
Central Office of Investigative Services & Office of Inspector General;
directs Board of Governors to establish regional policy development &
research exchange centers at specified state universities for certain
purposes; repeals provisions relating to DCFS, AHCA, DOH, &
related trust funds; provides for transfer of related functions &
responsibilities to DHHS. Effective Date: July 1, 2011
Current Committee of Reference: No Current Committee
1/3/201 HOUSE Filed

HB
Relating to Homestead Property Assessments Crisafulli
0117
Homestead Property Assessments: Provides additional limitations on
annual changes in assessments of homestead real property. Effective
Date: January 1, 2012
Current Committee of Reference: No Current Committee
1/4/201 HOUSE Filed
SB Relating to Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal
Dean
0130 Systems
Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems; Eliminates provisions
directing the Department of Health to create and administer a statewide
septic tank evaluation program. Eliminates procedures and criteria for
the evaluation program. Repeals a provision to terminate the grant
program for repair of onsite sewage treatment disposal systems
identified pursuant to the evaluation program, to conform, etc.
EFFECTIVE DATE: upon becoming a law
Current Committee of Reference: Health Regulation
11/29/2010SENATE Referred to Health Regulation; Environmental
Preservation and Conservation; Budget
Compare
Relating to Onsite Sewage Treatment and
HB 0167
Disposal Systems (Coley)
01/12/2011 HOUSE Withdrawn prior to introduction
Similar
Relating to Onsite Sewage Treatment and
SB 0082
Disposal Systems (Lynn)
SENATE Referred to Health Regulation;
11/29/2010
Environmental Preservation and Conservation; Budget
Relating to Onsite Sewage Treatment And
SB 0168
Disposal Systems (Evers)
SENATE Referred to Health Regulation;
12/16/2010
Environmental Preservation and Conservation; Budget
Identical
Relating to Onsite Sewage Treatment and
HB 0013
Disposal Systems (Coley)
HOUSE Now in Agriculture & Natural Resources
01/10/2011
Appropriations Subcommittee

HB
Relating to Tourist Development Tax Fresen
0141
Tourist Development Tax: Provides additional bonding authority for
specified additional tourist development tax; provides limitation on tax
revenues received from such tax & used for specified purposes; limits
expenditure of ad valorem tax revenue for expansion of facilities by
county imposing tourist development tax for certain purposes; provides
for nonapplication of prohibition against levying such tax in certain
cities & towns under certain conditions; provides for controlling
application notwithstanding certain contrary authority. Effective Date:
July 1, 2011
Current Committee of Reference: No Current Committee
1/7/201 HOUSE Filed
HB
Relating to Tax Credits Workman
0143
Tax Credits: Revises priority of tax credits that may be taken against
corporate income tax or franchise tax; redefines term "adjusted federal
income" to include amount of certain tax credits; authorizes aerospace-
sector jobs tax credits & tuition reimbursement tax credits; defines
terms; authorizes tax credit to aerospace businesses based on salary or
tuition reimbursed to certain employees; specifies maximum annual
amount of tax credits for aerospace business; limits annual amount of
tax credits available; prohibits business from claiming aerospace-sector
jobs tax credit & tuition reimbursement tax credit for same employee;
provides for Department of Revenue to approve applications for tax
credits; prohibits increases in amount of unused tax credits carried over
in amended tax returns; provides fines & criminal penalties for certain
unlawful claims of tax credits; authorizes DOR to adopt rules; provides
for expiration of tax credit program; provides for applicability.
Effective Date: January 1, 2012, and applies to tax years beginning on
or after that date
Current Committee of Reference: No Current Committee
1/7/201 HOUSE Filed

SB
Relating to Electronic Filing Of Court Documents Bennett
0170
Electronic Filing Of Court Documents; EFFECTIVE DATE: upon
becoming a law
Current Committee of Reference: Judiciary
12/16/2010SENATE Referred to Judiciary; Budget

SB
Relating to Homestead Property Assessed Value Fasano
0210
Homestead Property Assessed Value; Proposes amendments to the
State Constitution to prohibit increases in the assessed value of
homestead property if the fair market value of the property decreases
and to provide an effective date.
Current Committee of Reference: Community Affairs
1/14/2011 SENATE On Committee agenda - Community Affairs, 01/25/11,
8:30 am, 412 K
Similar
Relating to Homestead Property Assessed
SB 0390
Value (Flores)
01/11/2011 SENATE Filed

Relating to Trust Funds/Sustainable and

HB
Renewable Energy Policy Trust Fund/Florida Rehwinkel Vasilinda
0221
Energy Office/DEP
Trust Funds/Sustainable and Renewable Energy Policy Trust
 Fund/Florida Energy Office/DEP; Creates Sustainable and Renewable
Energy Policy Trust Fund within Florida Energy Office of DEP;
provides for sources of funds, purposes, & annual carryforward of
funds; provides for future review & termination or re-creation of trust
fund; provides for contingent effective date. EFFECTIVE DATE: on
the same date that House Bill 219 or similar legislation takes effect, if
such legislation is adopted in the same legislative session or an
extension thereof and becomes law
Current Committee of Reference: No Current Committee
1/14/201 HOUSE Filed
Compare
SB 0282 Relating to Renewable Energy (Bennett)
SENATE Referred to Communications, Energy, and
Public Utilities; Environmental Preservation and
01/05/2011
Conservation; Governmental Oversight and
Accountability; Budget
Relating to Sustainable & Renewable
SB 0284
Energy Policy Trust Fund (Bennett)
SENATE Referred to Communications, Energy, and
Public Utilities; Environmental Preservation and
01/05/2011
Conservation; Governmental Oversight and
Accountability; Budget
Linked
Relating to Renewable Energy (Rehwinkel
HB 0219
Vasilinda)
01/14/2011 HOUSE Filed

SB
Relating to Local Government Accountability Dean
0224
Local Government Accountability; Amends provisions relating to the
Legislative Auditing Committee to clarify when the Department of
Community Affairs may institute procedures for declaring that a
special district is inactive. Specifies the level of detail required for each
fund in the sheriff's proposed budget. Revises the schedule for
submitting a local governmental entity's audit and annual financial
reports to the Department of Financial Services. Revises provisions
relating to the guidelines for district school boards to maintain an
ending fund balance for the general fund, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE:
October 1, 2011
Current Committee of Reference: Community Affairs
1/14/2011 SENATE On Committee agenda - Community Affairs, 01/25/11,
8:30 am, 412 K
Identical
Relating to Local Government
HB 0107
Accountability (Smith (J))
01/10/2011 HOUSE Now in Community & Military Affairs
 Subcommittee

SB Relating to Florida Infrastructure Fund

Ring
0252 Partnership
Florida Infrastructure Fund Partnership; Provides legislative intent to
increase the availability of later stage venture equity capital and
infrastructure funding. Creates the Florida Infrastructure Fund
Partnership. Specifies the purpose and duties of the partnership, which
is to facilitate investment in the state's infrastructure. Creates the
Florida Infrastructure Investment Trust. Authorizes the trust to issue
certificates to investors, which are redeemable as tax credits, etc.
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2011
Current Committee of Reference: Commerce and Tourism
1/12/2011 SENATE Withdrawn prior to introduction

SB
Relating to Legislative Travel Reimbursement Bullard (L)
0256
Legislative Travel Reimbursement; Authorizes legislators and their
staff members to be reimbursed by the state under certain
circumstances for travel to visit an immediate family member in the
case of death or serious illness. Defines the term "immediate family
member." EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2011
Current Committee of Reference: Governmental Oversight and
Accountability
1/5/2011 SENATE Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability;
Budget; Rules

SB
Relating to Renewable Energy Bennett
0282
Renewable Energy; Requires each electric utility in the state to collect
from each residential, commercial, and industrial customer a
designated monthly systems charge. Requires the electric utilities to
deposit collected funds into the Sustainable and Renewable Energy
Policy Trust Fund. Requires that a purchase contract offered to
producers of renewable energy contain payment provisions for energy
and capacity based upon a public utility's equivalent cost-recovery rate
for certain clean energy projects rather than the utility's full avoided
costs, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2011
Current Committee of Reference: Communications, Energy and
Public Utilities
1/5/2011 SENATE Referred to Communications, Energy, and Public
Utilities; Environmental Preservation and Conservation;
Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Budget
Compare
SB 0156 Relating to Renewable Energy (Detert)
12/16/2010 SENATE Referred to Communications, Energy, and
 Public Utilities; Budget
Relating to Trust Funds/Sustainable and
Renewable Energy Policy Trust
HB 0221
Fund/Florida Energy Office/DEP
(Rehwinkel Vasilinda)
01/14/2011 HOUSE Filed
Similar
Relating to Renewable Energy (Rehwinkel
HB 0219
Vasilinda)
01/14/2011 HOUSE Filed
Linked
Relating to Sustainable & Renewable
SB 0284
Energy Policy Trust Fund (Bennett)
SENATE Referred to Communications, Energy, and
Public Utilities; Environmental Preservation and
01/05/2011
Conservation; Governmental Oversight and
Accountability; Budget

SB
Relating to Retirement for Elected Officials Fasano
0290
Retirement for Elected Officials; Reduces the employer retirement
contribution for members of the elected officers class. EFFECTIVE
DATE: July 1, 2011
Current Committee of Reference: Judiciary
1/5/2011 SENATE Referred to Judiciary; Governmental Oversight and
Accountability; Budget

SB Relating to Drug Testing/Unemployment

Bennett
0302 Compensation
Drug Testing/Unemployment Compensation; Creates the Drug
Deterrence Pilot Program within the Agency for Workforce
Innovation. Provides for the screening of individuals to determine
which individuals must be tested. Provides terms of disqualification of
benefits. Provides for authentication and the admissibility of drug tests
in unemployment compensation hearings. Directs the Office of
Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to submit a
report to the Governor and Legislature, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: July
1, 2011
Current Committee of Reference: Commerce and Tourism
1/5/2011 SENATE Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Governmental
Oversight and Accountability; Budget

SB
Relating to Public Meetings Negron
0310
Public Meetings; Provides a right for members of the public to be
heard at meetings of certain governmental boards and commissions.
 Prescribes conditions qualifying, and exceptions to, the right. Provides
for the adoption of rules governing the conduct of, and behavior at, the
meetings. EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2011
Current Committee of Reference: Governmental Oversight and
Accountability
1/5/2011 SENATE Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability;
Community Affairs; Rules

SB
Relating to Exercise of Federal Power Evers
0358
Exercise of Federal Power; Urges the Congress of the United States to
honor the provisions of the Constitution of the United States and
United States Supreme Court case law which limit the scope and
exercise of federal power.
Current Committee of Reference: Judiciary
1/12/2011 SENATE Referred to Judiciary; Governmental Oversight and
Accountability; Rules

SB Relating to Tax on Sales, Use, and Other

Gaetz (D)
0376 Transactions
Tax on Sales, Use, and Other Transactions; Provides definitions related
to the tourist development tax. Requires the owner of or the person
operating transient accommodations to separately state the amount of
the tourist development tax collected and the consideration charged on
a receipt, invoice, or other documentation. Exempts certain unrelated
persons from the requirement to separately state the amount of the
tourist development tax. Provides that the proceeds of the tourist
development tax are county funds, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1,
2011
Current Committee of Reference: Community Affairs
1/12/2011 SENATE Referred to Community Affairs; Budget; Rules

SB
Relating to Homestead Property Assessed Value Flores
0390
Homestead Property Assessed Value; Proposes amendments to the
State Constitution to prohibit increases in the assessed value of
homestead property if the just value of the property decreases and
provide an effective date.
Current Committee of Reference: No Current Committee
1/11/201 SENATE Filed
Similar
Relating to Homestead Property Assessed
SB 0210
Value (Fasano)
SENATE On Committee agenda - Community Affairs,
01/14/2011
01/25/11, 8:30 am, 412 K
SB
Relating to Property And Casualty Insurance Richter
0408
Property and Casualty Insurance; Revises the amount of surplus funds
required for domestic insurers applying for a certificate of authority
after a certain date. Authorizes the Office of Insurance Regulation to
reduce the surplus requirement under specified circumstances.
Prohibits the Office of Insurance Regulation from, directly or
indirectly, impeding the right of an insurer to acquire policyholders,
advertise or appoint agents, or regulate agent commissions. Requires
the delivery of a "Notice of Change in Policy Terms" under certain
circumstances, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: June 1, 2011
Current Committee of Reference: No Current Committee
1/14/2011 SENATE On Committee agenda - Banking and Insurance,
01/25/11, 1:45 pm, 412 K - If Received

SB
Relating to Impact Fees Bennett
0410
Impact Fees; Reenacts provision relating to the burden of proof
required by the government in an action challenging an impact fee.
Provides for retroactive operation of the act. Provides for an exception
under specified circumstances. EFFECTIVE DATE: upon becoming a
law, and shall operate retroactively to July 1, 2009
Current Committee of Reference: No Current Committee
1/12/201 SENATE Filed

SB Relating to Property Tax Exemption/Renewable

Bennett
0412 Energy
Property Tax Exemption/Renewable Energy; Proposes amendments to
the State Constitution relating to the property tax exemption for a
renewable energy source device and the property on which the device
is installed and operated.
Current Committee of Reference: No Current Committee
1/12/201 SENATE Filed

SB
Relating to Florida Retirement System Hill
0442
Florida Retirement System; Redefines "special risk member." Revises
criteria for membership in the special risk class to include members
employed by public acute care hospitals serving certain patients.
Provides legislative findings that the act fulfills an important state
interest. EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2011
Current Committee of Reference: No Current Committee
1/13/201 SENATE Filed

SB
Relating to Working Waterfront Property Diaz de la Portilla
0456
 Working Waterfront Property; Specifies property that is eligible for
classification as working waterfront property. Authorizes a property
appraiser to approve an application that is not filed by a certain
deadline due to extenuating circumstances. Requires property owners
to notify the property appraiser of changes in use or ownership of
property. Imposes a penalty on a property owner who fails to notify the
property appraiser of an event resulting in the unlawful or improper
classification of property as working waterfront property, etc.
EFFECTIVE DATE: upon becoming a law, except as otherwise
provided
Current Committee of Reference: No Current Committee
1/14/201 SENATE Filed

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