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Florida Senate – 2022    SB 4-C

By Senator Bradley

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A bill to be entitled

An act relating to independent special amending s. 189.0311, F.S.; dissolving independent special districts; authorizing the reestablishment of certain independent special districts; providing an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida Section 1. Section 189.0311, Florida Statutes, is amended  to read: 189.0311 Independent special districts; charter requirements.—

(1) Notwithstanding any general law, special act, or ordinance of a local government to the contrary, any independent spe-cial district charter enacted after September 30, 1989, shall contain the information required by s. 189.031(3). Recognizing that the exclusive charter for a community development district is the statutory charter contained in ss. 190.006-190.041, community development districts established after July 1, 1980, pursuant to the provisions of chapter 190 shall be deemed in compliance with this requirement. Continue reading

Dear Friends,

This column will be the second in a series that we plan to write, providing an overview of the 2022 Legislative Session. Last month, we brought some information to you regarding Florida’s budget and what the Legislature did with your money. This month, we will highlight two education policy bills that we passed this year

HB 1557, Parental Rights in Education by Senator Baxley and Representative Harding. By now, many of you are familiar with this bill as it received national attention and is part of broader conversation regarding parental rights going all the way back to last year. Given the slanderous moniker “Don’t Say Gay Bill” by left wing media outlets, this bill expands on the Parental Rights bill passed in 2021. Let us be clear, this bill says nothing about not being able to say “gay” in schools. We are not prohibiting casual conversations. What we are saying is that children in K-3 schools do not need to be indoctrinated with gender theory instructional material and their parents left in the dark about it. HB 1557 will empower parents and families by prohibiting school districts from adopting policies that require employees to withhold information from a parent regarding their child, unless necessary to protect the child when the school suspects abuse or neglect. Continue reading

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Biden Administration’s dangerous immigration policies, as well as the soft on crime policies of the 9th Circuit State Attorney’s Office (Orange and Osceola counties), have once again resulted in the needless deaths of innocent Floridians. On March 10, 2022, a man named Jean R. Macean, a citizen of Haiti and an illegal immigrant, was taken into custody for the murder of Terry and Brenda Aultman and charged  with two counts of first-degree murder. Macean had previously been arrested in Orange County prior to the murders, but the charges were inexplicably dropped by the State Attorney’s Office under former State Attorney Aramis Ayala. Daytona Beach Police Chief Jakari Young described these killings as “one of the most vicious attacks I’ve ever seen in my 20 years.”

TRUE OR FALSE? A stunning breakthrough in chemical engineering has unleashed a massive supply of renewable energy…

Enough energy, in fact, to power the entire globe.

This technology is so revolutionary, it’s poised to decimate Big Oil’s obscene profits, make OPEC obsolete, and hand the United States 100% energy independence.

In fact, the U.S. Department of Defense just invested $250 million in over 60 different projects…

Google, Facebook and car manufacturers like GM, Toyota and BMW are spending billions racing to implement this technology.

And billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are going all in.

The International Energy Agency predicts $48 trillion could soon flow into this sector, making it the #1 source of energy on the planet.

Goldman Sachs is already calling this phenomenon a “once in a lifetime opportunity.” Continue reading

— Since the war began on Feb. 24, Russia has lost

15,300 personnel,

509 tanks,

1,556 armored combat vehicles,

252 artillery systems,

80 multiple-launch rocket systems,

99 warplanes,

123 helicopters,

1,000 vehicles,

three ships

35 drones.

KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Today, Governor Ron DeSantis was joined by pro-life advocates and community leaders to sign HB 5, the Reducing Fetal and Infant Mortality Act, to protect the lives of Florida’s most vulnerable by prohibiting all abortions after 15 weeks of gestation. HB 5 represent the most significant protections for life in Florida’s modern history. Read more on what they are saying below.

“Life is precious and children are a God-given gift,” said Lieutenant Governor Jeanette Nuñez. “That is why House Bill 5 is so important, as it provides added protections for the unborn child. Governor DeSantis and I remain steadfast in our commitment to defending the sanctity of innocent human life and protecting the unborn.”

“Every abortion kills a special and unique human being who deserves protection under the laws of this state and the chance to grow up in a loving family,” said Senate President Wilton Simpson. “As an adopted child in a family that took in foster children, it has always been important to me that our state do everything we can to promote adoption as an alternative to abortion. Floridians can be proud that we live in a state that not only protects innocent, unborn life, but also supports children and parents. I commend Governor DeSantis for making strong pro-life, pro-child, and pro-family legislation the centerpiece of his administration.” Continue reading

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Attorney General Ashley Moody is bringing a multistate action against President Joe Biden for fail-ing to enforce federal immigration law. The attorneys general of Alabama and Georgia joined Attorney General Moody in a complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief, arguing that the president is failing to perform the duties required by Con-gress by continuing to operate under unlawful immigration enforcement priorities. Under these priorities, the Biden admin-istration is refusing to detain and deport criminals in the country illegally—directly contrary to federal law.

The immigration enforcement priorities are also contrary to precedent set by presidents of both political parties. As Obama administration Solicitor General Donald Verrilli recognized, “Congress has told the Department of Homeland Security that it has to prioritize the removal of criminal aliens.”

Attorney General Ashley Moody said, “The Biden administration’s refusal to deport criminals here illegally after they com-plete their sentences makes us all less safe. Biden’s lax immigration policies are exacerbating the opioid crisis, facilitating human trafficking and further jeopardizing overall public safety. As Attorney General, I will continue fighting these unlaw-ful immigration policies until the president is forced to do his job and secure the southwest border.” Continue reading

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Frustrated by the border crisis and the federal government’s refusal to enforce its own laws, Attorney General Ashley Moody and Congressman Bill Posey today announced legislative efforts to give states more authority to combat illegal immigration. The congressional legislation, H.R. 7413, would allow state officials to demand the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security enforce federal immigration law in certain circumstances. DHS will then have the option to either enforce the law or deputize state officials to carry out the federal immigration duties.

he bill comes just days after President Joe Biden announced the termination of Title 42, a pandemic-era rule that allows border agents to quickly expel migrants attempting to enter the U.S. who traveled from a country where a communicable disease is present. DHS estimates that there might already be 25,000 migrants waiting in shelters just south of the border for Title 42 to come to an end. There are also projections that customs and border patrol agents could see up to 18,000 migrants a day after the removal of the policy.

Attorney General Ashley Moody said, “In less than a year and a half, the Biden administration has obliterated our southwest border and it’s about to get even worse as the president prepares to end Title 42. We can no longer trust this administration to enforce the law. It is time for swift action to protect the American people. That is why, Representative Posey and I are taking this matter to Congress and asking the legislative branch to let the states protect our citizens by enforcing public-safety immigration laws when Biden won’t.” Continue reading

Dear Friends,

The 2022 Legislative Session has concluded and it is nice to return home to family, friends, and the good people of Senate District 12. Over the next few columns, we plan to share a few highlights of what was done in Tallahassee over the last few months.

First, we want to share some budget numbers with you. Florida, thanks to a constitutional mandate, must pass a balanced budget every year. This means that we do not spend more money than what you, the taxpayer, sends us. This year, thanks to our robust economy, Florida’s budget set a new record at $112.1 billion. This budget leaves $8.9 billion in state reserves (our rainy day fund), establishes a $1 billion state inflation fund to help offset the rising costs of inflation, and provides $658 million in broad based tax relief to Florida families.

Within this budget, the legislature increased K-12 per-student funding to the highest level in state history and invested $800 million to increase the salaries of classroom teachers, a $250 million increase over the prior year. Continue reading

Oil report from Government energy office…..Last but not least. The question is how much oil does the U.S. Have in the ground?””More than all the Middle East put Together.”

The U.S. Geological Service issued a report in April 2008.  A revised report on how much oil was in this area of the western 2/3 of North Dakota, western South Dakota, and Extreme eastern Montana.

The Bakken is the largest domestic oil discovery since Alaska’s Prudhoe Bay and has the potential to eliminate all American dependence on foreign oil. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates it at 503 billion barrels. Continue reading

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