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Resources
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Client Alerts
This client alert, by Beth Vecchioli, provides information on new captive insurance legislation designed to attract U.S. domiciled insurers to Florida.
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Articles
In this article, Carlton Fields shareholder Martha Chumbler discusses the implications of Florida's open meetings and public records laws as they pertain to both government agencies' procurement activities, and the operations of businesses that contract with the government.
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Resources
The Office of Economic and Demographic Research (“EDR”) is the research arm of the Florida Legislature principally focused on forecasting economic and social trends that affect policy making, revenues, and appropriations. The EDR prepares an Economic Overview report of the state on a quarterly basis, typically presented in an easy-to-understand graphic format. On a positive note, the May 2012 edition reports that Florida’s economic growth has returned to positive territory after declining for 2 consecutive years, but Florida’s job market will take a long time to recover. Florida’s population growth is forecast to remain relatively flat until 2014, but is expected to increase slightly later. Florida is on target to break the 20 million population mark during 2016, and becoming the third most populous state in the U.S.
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Articles
In this article, Carlton Fields shareholder Ray Allen discusses the federal and state challenges that have left Florida’s water quality standards in a state of flux.
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Articles
This article, by Carlton Fields shareholder Kelly Cruz-Brown, discusses changes made by the 2012 Florida Legislature to Florida’s Motor Vehicle No-Fault Law.
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Client Alerts
In this report, Rheb Harbison, a senior government consultant with Carlton Fields, discusses the implications of House Bill 711. The bill, which was passed by the Florida Legislature, requires a governing board or hospital district to evaluate its continued hospital ownership, and consider the benefits of selling or leasing its hospital to a for-profit or not-for-profit company by December 31, 2012.
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Articles
This article, by Carlton Fields shareholder Nancy Linnan, discusses changes to Florida growth management, environmental, and natural resources laws made by the 2012 Florida Legislature.
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Client Alerts
The 2012 Florida Legislature adjourned sine die on the evening of Friday, March 9, 2012. In total, the Legislature passed 238 general bills and 42 local bills. All bills are now subject to gubernatorial review, approval or veto by Governor Rick Scott. The attached report provides a broad overview of legislation that passed and failed at the close of the session. Members of Carlton Fields’ Government Law and Consulting Practice Group are now preparing the firm’s comprehensive annual Post-Legislative Session Report for the 2012 Legislative Session, which will be released in the several weeks.
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Articles
This article, by Carlton Fields shareholder Martha Chumbler, discusses the 2012 Amendments to the Florida Administrative Procedures Act. The amendments reflect an effort to further the Governor’s goal of reducing the number of agency rules and ensuring that the Governor retains direct control of rulemaking by agencies under his supervision. The Amendments also transition the publication of the official code of state regulations and notice of rulemaking from a printed publication to an Internet website.
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Client Alerts
FOIR exempts certain commercial lines policy forms from prior approval requirements. Do these exemptions apply to you?