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Orange County’s 2008 Legislative Wrap-up
Presentation to the Orange County Board of County Commissioners
May 20, 2008
Orange County Legislative Team:
George Rodon – Chief of Staff to Mayor Crotty Linda Weinberg – Deputy County Administrator Sharon Donoghue – Deputy County Administrator Chris Testerman – Director of Government
Relations Eric Gassman – Assistant County Administrator Mark Jeffries – Public Affairs Director Erin Waldron – Public Affairs Assistant/Delegation
Aide 26 Department Legislative Liaisons
2008 Legislative Session
2008 Legislative Session
Orange County Lobbying Team:
Mark Jeffries
Johnson & Blanton Government Consultants
Capitol Hill Group
2008 Legislative Session
Presentation Outline: Overview State Budget Situation Funding Priorities Legislative Priorities Other Issues
2008 Legislative Session
Presentation Outline:
Overview State Budget Situation Funding Priorities Legislative Priorities Other Issues
2008 Legislative Session
Overview Bill Statistics
2503 Bills Filed/313 Passed
80 Presented to Governor
31 Bills Signed by Governor
3 Bill Became Law Without Signature
0 Bills Vetoed
46 Bills Pending in Governor’s office
233 Bills not yet delivered to Governor
2008 Legislative Session
Presentation Outline:
Overview
State Budget Situation
Funding Priorities
Legislative Priorities
Other Issues
2008 Legislative Session
State Budget Situation
2007/08 Budget - $72 billion
2008/09 Budget - $66 billion
Total Budget Reduction - $6 billion
Budget not yet presented to Governor
2008 Legislative Session
Presentation Outline:
Overview State Budget Situation Funding Priorities Legislative Priorities Other Issues
2008 Legislative Session
Funding Priorities Funding Requests:
Central Receiving Center - $3 million requested, $500,000 appropriated
PCAN Extended Hours - $1 million for pilot project appropriation rolled over to next year
OCCC Solar energy collectors - $2.5 million grant
Bio-diesel blending station - $2.5 million grant
2008 Legislative Session
Presentation Outline: Overview State Budget Situation Funding Priorities Legislative Priorities Other Issues
2008 Legislative Session
Legislative Priorities: Central Florida Commuter Rail - HB
1399 & SB 1978
Keep Funding in FDOT Work Plan Retained Succeeded
Liability indemnification/sovereign immunity Failed
FDOT/CSX contract in effect until June 2009
2008 Legislative Session
Legislative Priorities:
Establish Florida Transportation Revenue Study Commission
Study infrastructure needs & recommend funding sources
Failed
Charter County Transit Surtax Parity - SB 1626 & HB 747
Allow all charter counties to place dedicated transit funding tax on ballot
Passed Senate Failed in House
2008 Legislative Session
Legislative Priorities: Red Light Cameras - HB 351 & SB 816
Support change in statute to allow use of automated traffic enforcement technology to combat red light running
Support reasonable funding from fines for equipment costs
Failed
2008 Legislative Session
Legislative Priorities:
Elections – SB 866 & HB 1201
Lengthen period between election days and fund raising cut-off
Failed
Allow local governments to require electronic filing of candidate financial reports
Passed
2008 Legislative Session
Legislative Priorities: Energy Bill – HB 7135 Florida Conservation and Sustainable Buildings
Act – All new state and local government buildings will be required to meet LEED certification, Florida Green Building Coalition standards, or a national equivalent
Florida Building Code – increase energy efficiency in 2007 code by 20% by 2010, 30% by 2013, 40% by 2016, 50% by 2019
Efficiency for Condominiums & HOAs – May not prohibit the installation of energy efficient devices such as solar panels or clotheslines
2008 Legislative Session
Legislative Priorities: Energy Bill – HB 7135 (cont.)
Compost – by July 1, 2010, counties shall remove up to 10% but not less than 5% of organic material from their waste streams
Plastic bag regulations – FDEP will establish a statewide rule for use and disposal of plastic bags by February 1, 2009
Ethanol blending – up to 10% ethanol blend may be added to gasoline and sold by service stations
2008 Legislative Session
Legislative Priorities: Energy Bill – HB 7135 (cont.)
Florida Climate Protection Act – establishes the only carbon cap & trade market in the Southeast; by January 1, 2010, FDEP will submit implementation rules to the Legislature for ratification
Vehicle emission standards – FDEP will adopt an emissions rule, if California standards are recommended, the rule must be approved by the Legislature
2008 Legislative Session
Legislative Priorities: Energy Bill – HB 7135 (cont.)
Interconnection/Net-metering – utilities will establish standard agreements to purchase citizen-generated energy
Renewable Portfolio Standard – Public Service Commission will create rule for utilities
Recycling – By 2020, FDEP guidelines will require state and local governments, private companies and organizations, and general public will reduce recyclable solid waste disposal in landfills by 75%
Standards must be approved by the Legislature
2008 Legislative Session
Legislative Priorities: Affordable Housing
Reauthorize Sadowski Program Trust Fund Cap remains $243 million Passed
2008 Legislative Session
Presentation Outline: Overview
State Budget Situation
Funding Priorities
Legislative Priorities
Other Issues
2008 Legislative Session
Other Issues: Florida Taxation and Budget Reform
Commission Meets every 20 years
25 members, 4 Ex Oficio members
Allan Bense – Chair
7 statewide hearings
Many Committee & Commission meetings
2/3 vote to place on November 2008 ballot
Majority vote to make statutory suggestions
2008 Legislative Session
Florida Taxation and Budget Reform Commission (cont.) Constitutional Amendments on
November 4 CP 2 - Tax swap for Required Local Effort
CP 4 - Wind resistance
CP 6,8,34 - Working Waterfronts
CP 15,16 - Conservation lands
CP 20 - Religious discrimination
CP 26, 40 - 65% funding spent in classroom
CP 35 - Community College tax referendum
2008 Legislative Session
Florida Taxation and Budget Reform Commission (cont.) Statutory Recommendations
SR 5 - Renewal Energy/Wind Resistance exemptions
SR 11 - Word limits for constitutional amendments
SR 13 - Presumption of correctness for appraisers
SR 17 - Streamline Sales Tax and Use Agreement
SR 19 - Faith/Character-based correctional programs
SR 29 - Joint Legislative Sales and Use Tax Exemption
Review Committee
SR 36 - Fuel/Transportation Taxes
SR 49 - County Officers/Taxing Authorities’ budgets
2008 Legislative Session
Other Issues:
Street Racing - SB 1992 Prohibits being a spectator at illegal street
races
Non-criminal traffic infraction, punishable as a moving violation
Passed
Direct Payment of Emergency Services - SB 1012 & HB 405
Authorizes requiring insurers to pay EMS directly instead of the insured
Passed
2008 Legislative Session
Other Issues: Public Works Construction - HB 683,
1399 & SB 2148
Required bidding out all local government repair and maintenance projects over $200,000
Required bidding out all road construction, reconstruction and repairs utilizing constitutional and local fuel taxes
Failed
2008 Legislative Session
Other Issues: Property Tax/Value Adjustment Boards –
HB 909
Prohibits VAB counsel from representing taxing authority
Decreases tax payer burden of proof Adds two citizen members to VAB in place of
one governing board and school board member
Requires uniform policies and manual No minimum acreage for agriculture
designation Passed
2008 Legislative Session
Other Issues: Direct Payment of Emergency Services
- SB 1012 & HB 405
Authorizes requiring insurers to pay EMS directly instead of the insured
Passed
Guns at Work - HB 503 & SB 1130
Employers and businesses can not prohibit holders of concealed weapons permits to possess firearms in locked cars
Passed
2008 Legislative Session
Other Issues: Transparency in local government
finances – SB 392 Required posting of all contracts above
$5000 on local government website
Failed
Online Hotel Room Sales/Tourist Development Tax - SB 2788 & HB 7147
Exempted portion of hotel room price from TDT when sold via internet
Failed
2008 Legislative Session
Other Issues: Inmates’ Medicaid Eligibility - SB 1456
Requires DCF to suspend inmates’ eligibility upon incarceration instead of terminate
Passed Florida Forever
10-year extension Passed
Everglades $50 million appropriated for continued
clean-up Passed
2008 Legislative Session
Other Issues: (cont.) Charter County Preemption
Preempts County authority to address regional issues via countywide ordinances and referendums within municipal boundaries
No legislation pursued
UCF $ 20 million appropriated for Partnership 3 $ 9.1 million appropriated for Force
Protection Passed in Budget
2008 Legislative Session
Other Issues: (cont.) Water Quality Credit Trading/TMDL -
HB 547 FDEP will initiate rulemaking to create a
water quality credit trading program By Sept. 1, 2008
US EPA will determine if program meets federal regulations
FDEP will not set credit prices Pilot program will be set up in Lower St.
Johns River Basin, reporting to Governor, President, and Speaker within 24 months
Passed
2008 Legislative Session
Other Issues: Growth Management – HB 7129 & SB
474 Comprehensive Plan change procedure
School concurrency changes
Failed
Vox Populi - HB 991 & 2276
Dictated local government meeting and public participation structure
Failed
Orange County’s 2008 Legislative Wrap-up
Presentation to the Orange County Board of County Commissioners
May 20, 2008
2008 Legislative Session
2008 Legislative Session
Streamlined Sales Tax Agreement Toll Indexing - 682
2008 Legislative Session
State Budget Situation
Budget Cuts Pre-K
2007/28 Budget - $ 72 billion 2008/09 Budget - $66 billion Total Budget Reduction - $6 billion Budget Cuts
$332 million – K-12 Education Orange County
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2008 Legislative Session
Funding Priorities - Defense:
Medicaid Transportation Disadvantaged Transportation Regional Incentive Program County Incentive Grant Program Juvenile Justice ? Unfunded Mandates