Business Deregulation & Economic Reform Bills_4.27.11

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Business Deregulation & Economic Reform BillsSorted by Bill NumberSB 0728 Relating to Unemployment Compensation Detert

Unemployment Compensation; Increases the number of employer payroll service providers who qualifyfor access to unemployment tax information by filing a memorandum of understanding. Revisesprovisions relating to statutory construction. Requires that an individual claiming benefits report certaininformation and participate in an initial skills review. Disqualifies an individual for benefits for any weekhe or she is incarcerated. Requires claims to be submitted by electronic means, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE:upon becoming a law, except as otherwise providedCurrent Committee of Reference: Budget4/26/2011 SENATE Temporarily postponed by Budget

CompareSB 1058 Relating to Unemployment Compensation (Hill)HB 1283 Relating to Unemployment Compensation (Ahern)SB 1728 Relating to Unemployment Compensation (Latvala)

SB 2044Relating to Tax Administration (Budget Subcommittee on Financeand Tax)

SB 2156 Relating to Governmental Reorganization (Budget)

HB 7005Relating to Unemployment Compensation (EconomicDevelopment & Tourism Subcommittee)

HB 7247Relating to Government Reorganization/OTTED, DCA, & AWI(Select Committee on Government Reorganization)

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Priority/Importance/Position

Top Priority. / Importance not specified. / Support.

SB 0762 Relating to Florida Climate Protection Act Hays

Florida Climate Protection Act; Repeals provisions relating to a cap-and-trade regulatory program toreduce greenhouse gas emissions from electric utilities. Conforms a cross-reference. EFFECTIVE DATE:July 1, 2011Current Committee of Reference: Budget4/13/2011 SENATE Now in BudgetIdentical

HB 4117 Relating to Florida Climate Protection Act (Plakon)

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HB 1069 Relating to Capital Investment Tax Credits Dorworth

Capital Investment Tax Credit: Specifies procedures to claim sales & use tax credit; authorizes qualifyingbusiness that has insufficient corporate income tax liability to fully claim capital investment tax credit toapply credit against its liability for sales & use taxes to be collected, reported, & remitted to DOR;requires qualifying business that receives credit against its sales & use tax liability to make additionalcapital investments; requires qualifying business to annually report its capital investments to OTTED,President of Senate, & Speaker of House; requires qualifying business that fails to make required capitalinvestments to repay amount of sales & use tax credit claimed with interest; limits availability of sales &use tax credit to certain businesses that have their headquarters in this state, that qualify for capitalinvestment tax credit, & that entered into agreement with DOR during certain period; limits annualamount of tax credits that may be approved for each eligible qualifying business; authorizes OTTED &DOR to adopt rules. Effective Date: July 1, 2011Current Committee of Reference: Finance & Tax Committee4/6/2011 Bill to be Discussed During the Office of EDR's Revenue Estimating Impact Conference; 04/08/11,

9:00am, 117 K (No Votes Will Be Taken)Identical

SB 1470 Relating to Capital Investment Tax Credit (Altman)

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Top Priority. / Importance not specified. / Oppose.

SB 1102 Relating to Energy Detert

Energy; Requires that electric utilities meet or exceed specified standards for the production or purchaseof clean energy. Requires that the Solar Energy Center charge testing fees. Imposes a fee on alternativefuel containing alcohol. Requires that the Florida Energy and Climate Commission prepare a reportidentifying ways to increase the energy-efficiency practices of low-income households, etc. EFFECTIVEDATE: July 1, 2011

Current Committee of Reference: Communications, Energy and Public Utilities3/1/2011 SENATE Referred to Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities; Environmental Preservation and

Conservation; BudgetCompare

HB 1349 Relating to Renewable Energy (Burgin)SB 1724 Relating to Renewable Energy (Altman)SB 2078 Relating to Energy (Communications, Energy and Public Utilities)

HB 7217Relating to Energy Incentives and Initiatives (Energy & UtilitiesSubcommittee)




SB 1222 Relating to Corporate Income Tax/Reduction & Future Repeal Norman

Corporate Income Tax/Reduction & Future Repeal; Provides for incremental reductions of the corporateincome tax effective on specified dates. Provides for future repeal of part I of chapter 220, F.S., relatingto the chapter title, legislative intent, and definitions, and part II of chapter 220, F.S., relating to theimposition and apportionment of the corporate income tax. Provides legislative findings, intent, andapplication, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2011, except as otherwise providedCurrent Committee of Reference: Commerce and Tourism4/6/2011 Bill to be Discussed During the Office of EDR's Revenue Estimating Impact Conference; 04/08/11,

9:00am, 117 K (No Votes Will Be Taken)Compare

SB 1236 Relating to State Revenues (Richter)Identical

HB 0503Relating to Incremental Reduction and Future Repeal of theCorporate Income Tax (Harrison)




HB 1231 Relating to Telecommunications Horner

Telecommunications: Creates "Regulatory Reform Act"; revises & repeals provisions relating to PublicService Commission & telecommunication companies, facilities, & services; requires commission toinitiate rulemaking to reduce regulatory assessment fee for telecommunications companies & produceannual report describing its efforts to do so. Effective Date: July 1, 2011Current Committee of Reference: Communications, Energy and Public Utilities4/26/2011 SENATE Received; Referred to Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities; Commerce and Tourism

BudgetCompare

HB 4149 Relating to Regulation of Electronic Communications (Porter)Similar

SB 1524 Relating to Telecommunications (Simmons)

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HB 1243 Relating to Citizens Property Insurance Corporation Boyd

Citizens Property Insurance Corporation: Revises legislative intent; provides certain residential structuresare not eligible for coverage by corporation after certain date; prohibits corporation from levyingassessments until surcharge is levied; requires corporation to commission consultant to prepare reporton outsourcing; revises wind coverage provisions; specifies that corporation's insurance policies mustprovide that surplus lines insurer's offer to cover risks makes policy ineligible for renewal; requirespolicyholders acknowledge assessment of surcharges; provides for termination of agent for rebateviolation; provides policies do not cover screen enclosures & limits coverage for sinkhole damage;requires members of board to abstain from voting on issues of interest; requires members to discloseinterest; provides corporation is residual market mechanism; revises provisions relating to corporationrates; provides surplus lines insurers may participate in depopulation, take-out, or keep-out programs;provides requirements surplus lines insurer must meet to participate; clarifies corporation immunity;authorizes release of confidential files to insurer; deletes requirement for annual report on wind-onlylosses; requires property owners in Special Flood Areas maintain separate insurance. Effective Date:upon becoming a lawCurrent Committee of Reference: No Current Committee4/12/2011 HOUSE Placed on Calendar, on second readingCompare

SB 1714 Relating to Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (Hays)




SB 1336 Relating to Renewable Energy Bennett

Renewable Energy; Revises legislative intent regarding the state's renewable energy policy. Deletesprovisions requiring that the Public Service Commission adopt rules for a renewable portfolio standard.Requires that the commission provide for full cost recovery. Allows each provider of Florida renewableenergy resources to build such resources, convert existing fossil fuel generation plants to a renewableenergy resource, or purchase renewable energy to recover costs, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: uponbecoming a law

Current Committee of Reference: Environmental Preservation and Conservation3/7/2011 SENATE Referred to Environmental Preservation and Conservation; Communications, Energy, and

Public Utilities; BudgetCompare

SB 2078 Relating to Energy (Communications, Energy and Public Utilities)





HB 1349 Relating to Renewable Energy Burgin

Renewable Energy: Revises provisions relating to state energy policy & renewable energy development& deployment, renewable energy technology, energy efficiency technology, & biofuel technology; directsDCA to implement Energy Economic Zone Pilot Program. Effective Date: upon becoming a lawCurrent Committee of Reference: Energy & Utilities Subcommittee3/14/2011 HOUSE Now in Energy & Utilities SubcommitteeCompare

SB 1102 Relating to Energy (Detert)SB 2078 Relating to Energy (Communications, Energy and Public Utilities)

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Identical

SB 1724 Relating to Renewable Energy (Altman)




HB 1375 Relating to Greenhouse Gases Fresen

Greenhouse Gases: Urges Congress to take additional action to clarify & specify Environmental

Protection Agency's legal & regulatory obligations with respect to greenhouse gases. Effective Date: NotSpecifiedCurrent Committee of Reference: No Current Committee4/26/2011 SENATE In Messages




HB 1425 Relating to State Minimum Wage Tobia

State Minimum Wage: Provides requirements for adjustment of state minimum wage. Effective Date: July

1, 2011Current Committee of Reference: Economic Affairs Committee4/6/2011 HOUSE Now in Economic Affairs CommitteeSimilar

SB 1610 Relating to State Minimum Wage (Detert)




SB 1470 Relating to Capital Investment Tax Credit Altman

Capital Investment Tax Credit; Specifies procedures to claim a sales and use tax credit. Authorizes aqualifying business that has insufficient corporate income tax liability to fully claim a capital investmenttax credit to apply the credit against its liability for sales and use taxes to be collected, reported, andremitted to the Department of Revenue. Requires a qualifying business that receives a credit against itssales and use tax liability to make additional capital investments, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2011Current Committee of Reference: Budget3/24/2011 SENATE Now in BudgetIdentical

HB 1069 Relating to Capital Investment Tax Credits (Dorworth)

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SB 1524 Relating to Telecommunications Simmons

Telecommunications; Creates the "Regulatory Reform Act." Revises legislative intent with respect to thejurisdiction of the Florida Public Service Commission. Repeals provisions relating to price regulation,regulatory methods for small local exchange telecommunications companies, experimental andtransitional rates, limited proceedings, procedures for seeking a stay of proceedings, joint rates, tolls, andcontracts, rate adjustment orders, intrastate interexchange service contracts, and unlawful chargesagainst consumers, respectively, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2011Current Committee of Reference: No Current Committee4/25/2011 SENATE Placed on Special Order Calendar for 04/27/11
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Compare

HB 4149 Relating to Regulation of Electronic Communications (Porter)Similar

HB 1231 Relating to Telecommunications (Horner)




SB 1610 Relating to State Minimum Wage DetertState Minimum Wage; Conforms a provision to changes made by the act. Provides for calculating theadjusted real wage rate and its application as the Florida minimum wage when both the previous yearsFlorida minimum wage and the federal minimum wage are lower. Provides definitions. Conforms a cross-reference. EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2011Current Committee of Reference: Budget4/26/2011 SENATE Favorable by Budget; 14 Yeas, 6 NaysSimilar

HB 1425 Relating to State Minimum Wage (Tobia)

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SB 1714 Relating to Citizens Property Insurance Corporation Hays

Citizens Property Insurance Corporation; Discontinues policy discounts relating to the Citizens PropertyInsurance Corporation after a certain date. Directs the corporation to provide coverage to certainexcluded residential structures but at rates deemed appropriate by the corporation. Provides that certainresidential structures are not eligible for coverage by the corporation after a certain date. Prohibits thecorporation from levying certain assessments with respect to a year's deficit until the corporation has firstlevied a specified surcharge, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: upon becoming a lawCurrent Committee of Reference: Budget4/26/2011 SENATE Not received by RulesCompare

HB 1243 Relating to Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (Boyd)




SB 1724 Relating to Renewable Energy Altman

Renewable Energy; Requires that solar energy systems have a certain percentage of componentsmanufactured in Florida or the United States in order to be eligible for the exemption from the sales tax.Extends the date of eligibility for the renewable energy technologies investment tax credit. Revises theannual limits for the investment tax credits. Provides requirement for a solar electric generating facility to

be eligible to receive the tax credit, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: upon becoming a lawCurrent Committee of Reference: Communications, Energy and Public Utilities3/10/2011 SENATE Referred to Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities; Community Affairs; Commerce an

Tourism; BudgetCompare

SB 1102 Relating to Energy (Detert)SB 2078 Relating to Energy (Communications, Energy and Public Utilities)


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HB 1349 Relating to Renewable Energy (Burgin)

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SB 2078 Relating to EnergyCommunications, Energy and PublicUtilities

Energy; Requires a utility to purchase excess electrical output generated by any property owner's rooftopsolar equipment within its service area. Requires all public utilities to perform a free energy audit of thebusiness structures of commercial customers. Provides that the audit is deemed satisfied under certainconditions. Requires the Department of Management Services to prioritize buildings for an energy audit

and retrofits and to proceed with performing those audits and retrofits, etc. EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1,2011Current Committee of Reference: Budget4/26/2011 SENATE Temporarily postponed by BudgetCompare

SB 1102 Relating to Energy (Detert)SB 1336 Relating to Renewable Energy (Bennett)HB 1349 Relating to Renewable Energy (Burgin)SB 1724 Relating to Renewable Energy (Altman)





HB 4117 Relating to Florida Climate Protection Act Plakon

Florida Climate Protection Act: Repeals provisions for cap & trade regulatory program to reducegreenhouse gas emissions from electric utilities. Effective Date: July 1, 2011Current Committee of Reference: Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee2/16/2011 HOUSE Now in Agriculture & Natural Resources SubcommitteeIdentical

SB 0762 Relating to Florida Climate Protection Act (Hays)




HB 4195 Relating to Local Business Taxes O'Toole

Local Business Taxes: Repeals ch. 205, F.S., "Local Business Tax Act." Effective Date: July 1, 2011Current Committee of Reference: Finance & Tax Committee4/5/2011 HOUSE Temporarily postponed by Finance & Tax CommitteeCompare

HB 5005Relating to Deregulation of Professions and Occupations(Business & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee)




HB 7005 Relating to Unemployment CompensationEconomic Development & TourismSubcommittee

Unemployment Compensation: Increases number of employer payroll service providers who qualify foraccess to unemployment tax information; revises provisions relating to statutory construction; requiresthat applicant for benefits participate in initial skills review; provides exceptions; clarifies "good cause" for


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voluntarily leaving employment; disqualifies certain person for benefits; reduces amount & revisescalculation of number of weeks of claimant's benefit eligibility; revises employer's unemploymentcompensation contribution rate by certain factors; revises application to conform to changes made by thisact; provides employer payment schedule for 2012, 2013, & 2014 contributions; revises allowable formsof evidence in benefit appeals; revises judicial venue for reviewing commission orders; specifies thatevidence of mailing agency document is based on date stated on document; revives, readopts, &amends provision relating to temporary extended benefits; provides for retroactive application;establishes temporary state extended benefits for weeks of unemployment; provides for state extendedbenefits for certain weeks & for periods of high unemployment; provides severability; providesapplicability; provides appropriations for purposes of implementation; provides that act fulfills importantstate interest. Effective Date: upon becoming a lawCurrent Committee of Reference: No Current Committee3/15/2011 SENATE In MessagesCompare

SB 0728 Relating to Unemployment Compensation (Detert)HB 1283 Relating to Unemployment Compensation (Ahern)SB 1728 Relating to Unemployment Compensation (Latvala)

SB 2044Relating to Tax Administration (Budget Subcommittee on Financeand Tax)

SB 2156 Relating to Governmental Reorganization (Budget)

HB 7247Relating to Government Reorganization/OTTED, DCA, & AWI(Select Committee on Government Reorganization)

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HB 7217 Relating to Energy Incentives and Initiatives Energy & Utilities Subcommittee

Energy Incentives and Initiatives: Revises legislative intent relating to state's energy policy; provideslegislative intent relating to renewable energy production of electricity; deletes provisions for renewableportfolio standard & renewable energy credits; provides mechanism for providers to recover costs toproduce or purchase renewable energy under certain conditions; exempts renewable energy projects forwhich cost recovery is provided under mechanism from requirements for determination of need; requiresproviders to include specified information relating to renewable energy development in reports to PSC;transfers Florida Energy & Climate Commission within EOG to DACS; transfers Low-Income HomeEnergy Assistance Program & Weatherization Assistance Program within DCA to DACS; provides for

creation of Office of Energy & Water within DACS; repeals Solar Energy System Incentives Program &required studies & reports on greenhouse gas emissions associated with renewable fuels & certainDACS consumer conciliatory conference responsibilities. Effective Date: July 1, 2011Current Committee of Reference: State Affairs Committee4/7/2011 HOUSE Now in State Affairs CommitteeCompare

SB 1102 Relating to Energy (Detert)SB 1336 Relating to Renewable Energy (Bennett)HB 1349 Relating to Renewable Energy (Burgin)SB 1724 Relating to Renewable Energy (Altman)SB 1810 Relating to Energy (Benacquisto)

SB 2076Relating to Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services(Agriculture)

SB 2078 Relating to Energy (Communications, Energy and Public Utilities)

HB 7215Relating to Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services(Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee)




ENU1 Relating to Energy Incentives and Initiatives Energy & Utilities Subcommittee

PCB ENUS 11-01 -- Energy Incentives and InitiativesCurrent Committee of Reference: Energy & Utilities Subcommittee
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4/4/2011 HOUSE Committee Bill Filed as H 7217



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