I hope everyone had a great holiday season! The upcoming 2010 Session is about to start and we are ready to go!!
Our team kept working hard in preparation for the 2010 Legislative Session. Our lobbyist, Travis Moore, met again in Tallahassee with House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee Chair Trudi Williams. This time the meeting included her committee staff director and the attorneys for the committee. They agreed to place the issue of submerged land leases, as they pertain to residential facilities, on the Committee’s agenda for a February workshop in Tallahassee. The goal will be having the committee agree to "fix"/address the issue via a PCB (proposed committee bill) during the session. This is a very "chair" driven process so given Trudi Williams' support, this is a very positive development.
Travis has also spoken again with the Becker & Poliakoff attorney who is assisting with bill drafting and has introduced him to the staff attorneys with the House and Natural Resources Committee.
Since the deadline for House members (not Committees) to request a bill draft from House Bill Drafting is Jan. 22, to keep the "Member bill" as an option, Travis had Rep. Bogdanoff of Ft. Lauderdale submit a bill draft request just using the Mike Fasano senate bill language as a placeholder. That has all been completed.
We are starting the new legislative year off in good shape. As always, we appreciate your support and look forward to a very successful upcoming session. Over the next few months things will get a lot more hectic and updates will be more frequent. Stay tuned!
