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FAC’s Legislative Conference will be held November 13-15 at the Hilton Daytona Beach Oceanfront in Volusia County.  This is the final opportunity for the membership and Legislative Policy Committees to meet and voice their opinion on th...

On behalf of Florida’s 67 counties, FAC President Bryan Desloge this week appealed to members of Congress for their help in addressing provisions of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act that affect Florida. The reforms, which were p...

 FAC to offer this training in November The Florida Commission on Ethics has issued an advisory opinion, answering a series of questions under the new Senate Bill 2 four hour ethics training requirements for “cons...

Next week, FAC staff will join South Florida county commissioners and staff for two days of federal advocacy in Washington, D.C. FAC will meet with members of Congress to support passage of a Water Resources Development Act and $1 billion in infra...

FAC staff has been speaking with Senator David Simmons, Senator Darren Soto, and Representative Bryan Nelson, each of whom has expressed interest in springs protection legislation this coming session.    Although precise language ha...

During the 2013 session, the Legislature passed SB 1852, which allocated $100 million from the National Mortgage Settlement to state and local housing programs. This week, the Senate Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations Subcommittee...

The Department of Economic Opportunity made its annual economic indicators presentation this week in the House.  Speaking before the House Economic Affairs Committee, DEO Executive Director Jesse Panuccio highlighted several indicators demons...

The House Insurance and Banking Committee met this week and heard a report from the Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) on the 2012 Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012.  Acknowledging recent media reports regarding escalating p...

During the week of September 23rd the legislature its first round of interim committee meetings. Although the Senate Finance and Tax committee did not meet, staff met with Chairwoman, Sen. Hukill. Issues discussed primarily focus...

This week the House Criminal Justice committee announced its 2014 work plan.  The subjects they plan to take up are: Stand  Your Ground; Juvenile Sentencing Reform based on the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Graham;  Sexual Predator...