Coming Up On Monday, April 4th, 2011 In the Florida Legislature

The House Transportation & Highway Safety Subcommittee will consider the following item(s) and others:

HB 689 – Driver Education Programs by Berman

Requires curricula of driver improvement schools & education programs to include instruction on risks associated with using handheld electronic communication device while operating motor vehicle

The Senate Community Affairs Committee will consider the following item(s) and others:

SB 880 – Value Adjustment Boards by Garcia

Requires a petitioner challenging ad valorem taxes before the value adjustment board to pay a specified percentage of the taxes by a certain date; requires the board to deny the petition if the required amount of taxes is not timely paid

SB 1408 – Public Meetings / Pending Litigation by Bogdanoff

Revises an exemption from public meetings requirements which authorizes a board or commission of a state agency, authority, county, municipal corporation, or political subdivision and the chief administrative or executive officer of such governmental entity to meet in private with the entity’s attorney to discuss pending litigation

SB 1766 – Property Assessment / Challenge Proceedings by Storms

Prohibits the value adjustment board from considering certain evidence or documentation that was not timely disclosed

SB 534 – Firesafety by Wise

Revises the rulemaking authority and responsibilities of the State Fire Marshal relating to educational and ancillary plants

The Senate Health Regulation Committee will consider the following item(s) and others:

SB 730 – Youth & Student Athletes / Head Injuries by Flores

Requires independent sanctioning authorities to adopt policies to inform youth athletes and their parents of the nature and risk of certain head injuries

The Senate Higher Education Committee will consider the following item(s) and others:

SB 1546 – Charter Schools by Thrasher

Revises provisions relating to the sponsoring entities of charter schools; authorizes state universities and colleges to approve charter school applications and develop charter schools under certain circumstances; provides for the designation of charter schools as high-performing

The Senate Judiciary Committee will consider the following item(s) and others:

SB 88 – Public Employee Compensation by Gaetz

Revises provisions relating to the prohibition against the payment of extra compensation; prohibits provisions in contracts that provide for severance pay

SJR 658 – Homestead / Non-Homestead Assessment by Fasano

Proposes amendments to the State Constitution to prohibit increases in the assessed value of homestead property if the just value of the property decreases, reduce the limitation on annual assessment increases applicable to nonhomestead real property, provide an additional homestead exemption

SB 1722 – Ad Valorem Taxation by Fasano

[Note: SB 1722 serves as the implementing bill of SJR 658]

SJR 1218 – Religious Freedom by Altman

Proposes an amendment to the State Constitution to provide that an individual may not be barred from participating in any public program because of choosing to use public benefits at a religious provider and to delete a prohibition against using public revenues in aid of any church, sect, or religious denomination or any sectarian institution

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