News Reedy Creek Improvement District and the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District

[LAKid53]

Correct, the statewide building code went into effect after Hurricane Andrew in 1992. Prior to that, it was a mish mash of county codes.

After Hurricane Dennis damaged Alligator Point, Carrabelle and St. George Island (leveled the sand dunes) in 2005, local codes for homes built along the Panhandle Gulf Coast were changed - pylons for homes needed to be bigger in diameter, taller and sunk deeper, large windows facing the Gulf had to have hurricane shutter, etc. Many homes on both Carrabelle Beach and St. George Island were either flooded or knocked off their pylons due to the storm surge.

After the Surfside collapse, a new law was passed requiring inspections every 10 years in certain types of property taller than 3 stories. Counties may also have their own codes for inspection regarding commercial and large scale residential properties, like apartments and hotels.

 

[JohnD]

The next session of the legislature isn’t until march.

They aren not in a rush to announce things before they can actually be acted upon.

I doubt we see anything until closer to the session deadlines

By Florida Statute, the Governor is required to provide his recommended budget one month prior to session. Florida's 2023 session begins Tuesday, March 7. One month would be no later than Tuesday, February 7. That doesn't mean he'll have commentary on the next phase of RCID. This topic and the budget are separate. But it is one possible timeframe we may hear something.

 

[flynnibus]

By Florida Statute, the Governor is required to provide his recommended budget one month prior to session. Florida's 2023 session begins Tuesday, March 7. One month would be no later than Tuesday, February 7. That doesn't mean he'll have commentary on the next phase of RCID. This topic and the budget are separate. But it is one possible timeframe we may hear something.

There are published deadlines for submitting bills for the session too - just look at the state house website. This is why I mentioned ‘deadlines’ in the first place rather than the start of the session itself.

 

[LAKid53]

By Florida Statute, the Governor is required to provide his recommended budget one month prior to session. Florida's 2023 session begins Tuesday, March 7. One month would be no later than Tuesday, February 7. That doesn't mean he'll have commentary on the next phase of RCID. This topic and the budget are separate. But it is one possible timeframe we may hear something.

Governor usually issues his recommended budget shortly after the first of the year. We were always scrambling to make requested revisions in October/November.

 

[LAKid53]

The next session of the legislature isn’t until march.

They aren not in a rush to announce things before they can actually be acted upon.

I doubt we see anything until closer to the session deadlines

Executive agencies had to get their budgets to the governor's office August/September. Then revisions may go on for a month or two. The governor's recommended budget is usually sent to the Legislature in January and publicly announced at that time.

 

[CAV]

Individuals don't, but corporations do.

You JUST had to be different. No one said that. The poster said "local floridians" pay income taxes.

 

[JoeCamel]

You JUST had to be different. No one said that. The poster said "local floridians" pay income taxes.

I lived in Florida 20 years and paid income taxes........

 

[Rich Brownn]

I lived in Florida 20 years and paid income taxes........

There's no STATE income tax

 

[JoeCamel]

There's no STATE income tax

Wasn't stated......

 

[DisneyCane]

There's no STATE income tax

There used to be an intangible property tax but it was eliminated 15 years ago. It could be construed as an income tax of sorts because higher income people would typically have more intangible property.

 

[JohnD]

Executive agencies had to get their budgets to the governor's office August/September. Then revisions may go on for a month or two. The governor's recommended budget is usually sent to the Legislature in January and publicly announced at that time.

That's about right. The Governor has no later than one month prior to session to submit his recommended budget. Session always begins on the first Tuesday of the first Monday in March of odd years and January of even years. That's March 7 in 2023. So his recommended budget must be submitted no later than February 7.

Executive agencies submit their budgets by October 15 when Session begins in March and September 15 when Session begins in January.

 

[LAKid53]

That's about right. The Governor has no later than one month prior to session to submit his recommended budget. Session always begins on the first Tuesday of the first Monday in March of odd years and January of even years. That's March 7 in 2023. So his recommended budget must be submitted no later than February 7.

Executive agencies submit their budgets by October 15 when Session begins in March and September 15 when Session begins in January.

Been there, done that. Got pulled out of a FWS workshop in Orlando one July to rejigger our Bureau's budget. Thank goodness I had the laptop with me.

 

[JohnD]

The Legislature is already filing bills. Glad to know they're staying on top of the important issues such as the designation of the state bird.

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[LAKid53]

The Legislature is already filing bills. Glad to know they're staying on top of the important issues such as the designation of the state bird.

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It's that time of year. Committees are meeting to discuss upcoming legislation.

Wait, I thought the mockingbird was the state bird?

In the meantime, the property insurance crisis is reaching a disaster point.

 

[JohnD]

It's that time of year. Committees are meeting to discuss upcoming legislation.

Wait, I thought the mockingbird was the state bird?

In the meantime, the property insurance crisis is reaching a disaster point.

1. Yep.
2. Correct. But a bill was filed to switch it to the Scrub Jay. Other contenders: flamingo and osprey
3. Special Session for Property Insurance is next week.

 

[LAKid53]

1. Yep.
2. Correct. But a bill was filed to switch it to the Scrub Jay. Other contenders: flamingo and osprey
3. Special Session for Property Insurance is next week.

1.
2.
3. We'll see

 

[JoeCamel]

The Legislature is already filing bills. Glad to know they're staying on top of the important issues such as the designation of the state bird.

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About right, an endangered species dwindling with population growth

 

[CntrlFlPete]

The Legislature is already filing bills. Glad to know they're staying on top of the important issues such as the designation of the state bird.

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Trust me, their top priority is a FL law that requires anyone in state government to resign their office if they decide to run for any Federal Government office. I seem to recall this whole Reedy Creek thing came about at a special session called for to address FL's home insurance woes (and that was prior to a couple of hurricanes that have certainly made matters worse).



EDIT to state 'federal government' as opposed to just 'government'

 

[LAKid53]

Trust me, their top priority is a FL law that requires anyone in state government to resign their office if they decide to run for any Federal Government office. I seem to recall this whole Reedy Creek thing came about at a special session called for to address FL's home insurance woes (and that was prior to a couple of hurricanes that have certainly made matters worse).


EDIT to state 'federal government' as opposed to just 'government'

That is correct. At the last moment, the purpose of that special session was shifted. And I expect we'll see a return of the requirement to resign your current office if running for a federal office which term conflicts with your current office, back to the original wording of the Resign to Run law, which exempted those running for federal offices.

 

[Disstevefan1]

The Legislature is already filing bills. Glad to know they're staying on top of the important issues such as the designation of the state bird.

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I thought the state bird was the crane, the construction crane