BP OIL SPILL SETTLEMENT Florida’s share of the $18.5 billion multi-state federal settlement from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster is $3.25 billion. This is new money for economic damages and restoration projects beyond what Florida has already received from the 2012 RESTORE Act. A legislatively created non-profit organization, Triumph Gulf Coast, Inc., will manage the majority Read more about Items of Interest[…]
Florida had three constitutional amendments on its ballot this year which we detailed in our last edition. In order to pass, the amendment needed 60% voter approval. This is how the voters cast their ballots on each of the initiatives. Amendment 1, Water & Land Conservation PASSED with 74.93% This citizens’ initiative was led Read more about Constitutional Amendments[…]
Florida has five ways in which an amendment may be proposed to our State’s Constitution. Regardless of how they are proposed, all amendments must be voted upon and passed with a minimum of 60% of the vote. The first, and most common method is the passage of a joint resolution by a 3/5 majority of Read more about Constitutional Amendments[…]
Florida has five ways in which an amendment may be proposed to our State’s Constitution. Regardless of how they are proposed, all amendments must be voted upon and passed with a minimum of 60% of the vote. The first, and most common method is the passage of a joint resolution by a 3/5 majority of Read more about Constitutional Amendments[…]
FAIR DISTRICTS – Since the passage of the Fair Districts constitutional amendment in 2010, there has been considerable legal maneuvers regarding the manner in which the Legislature redistricted the state. Currently there are three pending lawsuits contending the Republican controlled Legislature failed to adhere to the standards contained in the constitutional amendment. Recently, a state appeals Read more about Summer 2013 Legal Updates[…]