Please find below the End of Session Report and an updated Bills of Interest Report on behalf of Sun City Strategies & Southern Strategy Group.

Appropriations:

We secured funding in this year's General Appropriations Act for the Town's Miami Lakes Business Park SE Resilient Transportation Infrastructure Project in the amount of $853,000. We will continue to advocate on the Town's behalf with Governor DeSantis' office prior to his review of the budget.

LPR Public Record Exemptions:

HB 7037 / SB 7034 would remove the scheduled repeal of the license plate recognition systems public records exemption. We successfully advocated the passage of this bill in both chambers and its approval by Governor DeSantis.

Tolling Extension of Permits:

HB 7103 by would revises circumstances under which state of emergency declaration tolls & extends remaining period for certain permits & authorizations. We successfully advocated the passage of this bill in both chambers, the bill now awaits approval by Governor DeSantis.

Rock Blasting:

SB 1356 / HB 1189 by Senator Diaz and Representative Rodriguez would require that the statewide ground vibration limits established by the State Fire Marshal be based on frequency and particle velocity. As well as establish certain regulations relating to blasting operations conducted with construction materials mining activities, and require the State Fire Marshal to create a form for complaint reports regarding blasting operations. While the bill was not passed this session, we made significant progress on educating leadership and CFO Patronis' office, we will continue to work with Senator Diaz towards next session.