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Property Tax Reform
Over the last several years, escalating property taxes have far outpaced Floridians’ ability to pay. Between Fiscal Year 2000-2001 and 2006-2007, total property tax levies have increased by 99%. By comparison, personal income has increased by 44% and population plus inflation has grown 31%...

Budget Conference Report for FY 06-07
The budget totals $71.3 billion in spending, a 9% increase over the current budget year in order to support the needs of our growing state, while offering significant tax relief to all Floridians....

KidCare
Since 1998, the Florida Legislature and Governor Jeb Bush have consistently and generously increased spending on Health and Human Services, nearly doubling appropriations from $12.5 Billion in 1998-99 to $22.5 billion in 2005-06...

Appropriations Bill
Please find attached a summary of the House budget proposal, PCB FC 06-01...

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I appreciate your interest in public education, and share your belief that Florida students are best served by a well-rounded complement of course offerings, including arts education...

Hurricane Insurance
In the aftermath of the historic hurricane season of 2004, House Speaker Allan Bense and Senate President Tom Lee appointed the Joint Select Committee on Hurricane Insurance...

Castle Doctrine
Representative Dennis Baxley’s House Bill (HB) 249 gives back rights that have been eroded or taken away by a judicial system that, at times, appears to give preferential treatment to criminals...

Term Limits
The joint resolution would increase the current eight-year term to twelve years...

Jessica Lunsford Act
The arrest of a convicted sex offender last month in the kidnapping, rape and murder of a 9-year-old Florida girl from Citrus County underscores a growing national concern...

Patient's Right to Know
On November 2, 2004, Florida voters approved Constitutional Amendment 7 (Article X, Section 25) – A citizen initiative that makes hospital and physician records related to patient injuries or deaths available to the public...

Repeat Malpractice
On November 2, 2004, Florida voters approved Constitutional Amendment 8 (Article X, Section 26) – A citizen initiative that prohibits medical doctors who have been found to have committed three or more incidents of medical malpractice from being licensed to practice medicine in Florida...

Minimum Wage
On November 2, 2004, Florida voters approved Constitutional Amendment 5 (Article X, Section 24) – A citizen initiative that creates a Florida minimum wage covering all employees in the state covered by the federal minimum wage...

Constitutional Amendment Reform
The 1968 constitution was the first to implement the citizen initiative process. The original citizen initiative process allowed for initiative proposals to change any section of the constitution...

Property Insurance Reform
As a result of the destruction incurred during the 2004 Hurricane Season, the property insurance market in Florida has been under intense scrutiny...

Medicaid Modernization
Wednesday, March 16th the Health & Families Council and its respective committees will take a first glance at a proposal for modernizing Florida’s Medicaid system...

Agency for Persons with Disabilities
In recent weeks, newspaper articles have contended that Florida’s Agency for Persons with Disabilities experienced a budget surplus for the past three yearsi...

   
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