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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


Orange County Lobbying Team:

Mark Jeffries

Johnson & Blanton Government Consultants

Capitol Hill Group


Presentation Outline: Overview State Budget Situation Funding Priorities Legislative Priorities Other Issues


Presentation Outline:

Overview State Budget Situation Funding Priorities Legislative Priorities Other Issues


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



Overview

State Budget Situation

Funding Priorities

Legislative Priorities

Other Issues



2007/08 Budget - $72 billion

2008/09 Budget - $66 billion

Total Budget Reduction - $6 billion

Budget not yet presented to Governor



Overview State Budget Situation Funding Priorities Legislative Priorities Other Issues


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


Presentation Outline: Overview State Budget Situation Funding Priorities Legislative Priorities Other Issues


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


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


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


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


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


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



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



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


Legislative Priorities: Affordable Housing

Reauthorize Sadowski Program Trust Fund Cap remains $243 million Passed


Presentation Outline: Overview


Funding Priorities

Legislative Priorities

Other Issues


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Streamlined Sales Tax Agreement Toll Indexing - 682



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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Funding Priorities - Defense:

Medicaid Transportation Disadvantaged Transportation Regional Incentive Program County Incentive Grant Program Juvenile Justice ? Unfunded Mandates

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