RIDE SHARING SERVICES Bills impacting the operations of ride sharing services are slated for consideration this session. Senator David Simmons (R-Altamonte Springs) filed a proposal requiring drivers of Uber and Lyft to have coverage of $50,000 for death and bodily injury per person, $100,000 for death and bodily injury per incident and $25,000 for property Read more about Legislative Issues[…]
DRIVER LICENSE SNAFU In a two-week period, Florida’s Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles had two instances where inaccurate drivers licenses were mailed to motorists. Approximately 10,000 people who had changed their address online received driver’s licenses listing their previous address. The Department cited antiquated computer hardware as the culprit, saying licenses were printed Read more about Issues of Interest[…]
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[…]
Special elections were held on April 7th for House Districts 17 (St. Augustine) and 24 (Palm Coast) and Senate District 6 (St. Augustine). Republican Cyndi Stevenson beat two opponents for HD 17, winning 77.7% of the vote. Paul Renner defeated a democratic opponent with 67% of the vote and Representative Travis Hutson beat a democratic Read more about Special Elections[…]
Special Elections were held on April 7th for House Districts 17 and 24 and Senate District 6. Congratulations to Cyndi Stevenson (HD 17), Paul Renner (HD 24) and Travis Hutson (SD 6) on winning their elections!