Florida Senate 1998-1999 Interim Work Program
Reports and Summaries

(If "Summary" is indicated, the full report is available in the Senate Document Center (850) 487-5915)

• Review of the Bill of Lading Program [1998-02]
  
• Summary: Review of Efforts to Optimize Management and Production of Timber on State Lands and Review of the Prescribed Burning Policy of the Division of Forestry [1998-01]
  
  

• Summary: Potential Impact of Mandating Bodily Injury Liability Insurance for Motor Vehicles [1998-03]
  
• Summary: Privatization of Functions Within the Division of Workers' Compensation [1998-04]
  
• Summary: Rating Practices of Insurers Issuing Health Insurance Policies and Certificates to Individuals who are Eligible for Guaranteed-Issuance of Coverage [1998-05]
  
  

• Role of the County Courts Under Chapter 916, F.S. [1998-06]
  
• Structure and Services of the Department of Elderly Affairs [1998-07]
  
• Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiatives in Florida [1998-66]
  
  

• An Effectiveness Review of Florida's Job Training Programs [1998-09]
  
• Summary: An Effectiveness Review of Florida's Economic Development Programs [1998-08]
  
• Summary: Review of the Organizational Structure of the Department of Labor and Employment Security [1998-10]
  
  

• Recent Issues in Eminent Domain Law: Proposed Expansion of the Statutory Entitlement to Business Damages [1998-11]
  
• Review of the FCC's Required Improvements to the 911 Emergency Telephone System [1998-12]
  
  

• Summary: Developing a Comprehensive Drug Control Strategy for Florida [1998-13]
  
• Summary: Review of the Public Defender Conflict System and Appellate Overload [1998-16]
  
• Summary: What are Florida's Prisoners Doing While They are Serving Time in the State Prison System? [1998-15]
  
  

• Community College Governance [1998-69]
  
• Elementary Student Progress, Implementation of Chapter 97-309, L.O.F. [1998-18]
  
• Increasing Access to Baccalaureate Degrees: Evaluation of Higher Education Joint-Use Facilities [1998-19]
  
• Readiness for School [1998-20]
  
• Truants and Disruptive Youth [1998-67]
  
• Summary: A Review of Public School Instructional Materials Including Technology [1998-17]
  
  

• A Review of Statutory Provisions That Relate to Appointments Requiring Senate Confirmation [1998-21]
  
• Summary: A Review of Selected Provisions of the Ethics Laws [1998-22]
  
  

• Consolidating Administrative Functions of State Agencies [1998-23]
  
• Florida Retirement System: Employer Responsibilities and Employee Choices in a Changed Employment Environment [1998-24]
  
• Model Contracted Services Corporation [1998-25]
  
• Restructuring the Career Service System: Policy Issues Facing Future Generations of Public Employers and Their Employees [1998-26]
  
• Review of the Role of a Central Services Agency in a Decentralized Environment [1998-27]
  
  

• Protection from Eviction of Medicaid Nursing Home Residents [1998-28]
  
• State-Sponsored Adult Heart Transplant Program [1998-29]
  
• Study Ways to Maximize Funding for Child and Adolescent Health Services [1998-30]
  
  

• Efficacy and Practicality of Centralized Filing and Recording of Judgment Liens in Florida [1998-31]
  
• Implementation of Article V Cost Shifting [1998-32]
  
• Is Florida Becoming a Debtor's Haven? A Review of Law on Exemptions from Creditors' Remedies [1998-34]
  
• Utilization of Judicial Resources [1998-36]
  
  

• Extending the Bond-Funded Conservation and Recreation Land Acquisition Program [1998-37]
  
• Summary: Review of the Department of Environmental Protection [1998-38]
  
  

• Funeral and Cemetery Regulation [1998-39]
  
• Privatization of Department of Business and Professional Regulation Functions [1998-40]
  
• A Report on Telecommunications [1998-41]
  
  

• Review of the Senate Page Program [1998-45]
  
  

• Alternative Fuel Vehicles [1998-47]
  
• Clean Air Act: Mobile Sources [1998-48]
  
• Evaluation and Selection of Products for the Department of Transportation's Qualified Products List [1998-49]
  
• Road Rage and Aggressive Driving [1998-50]
  
  

• Develop Grant Application Process for Economic Development Projects [1998-51]
  
  

• Summary: Florida Recreation Development Assistance Grant Program [1998-52]
  
• Summary: State Lands Management and Development Cost [1998-53]
  
  

• Class Size Reduction [1998-54]
  
• Evaluation of Community College Funding Formula [1998-55]
  
• Funding for Private Postsecondary Education Institutions [1998-56]
  
• State University System Funding Model Revisions [1998-58]
  
• Summary: Reduction in School District Administrative Overhead [1998-57]
  
  

• Comparative Analysis of Eligibility Criteria and Monetary Benefits Provided by "Foster Care for Children," "Subsidized Child Adoption," and WAGES [1998-59]
  
• Summary: Study of Medical Education in the State of Florida [1998-60]
  
  

• Improving the Collection of Fines, Fees and Forfeitures [1998-61]
  
• Improving the Cost-Effectiveness of Mandatory Background Checks [1998-62]
  
  

• Summary: Effects on State Revenues of Reducing the Statute of Limitations for Taxpayer Audits [1998-64]
  
• Summary: Impact of the International Fuel Tax Agreement on Diesel Fuel Sales in Florida [1998-65]
  
• Summary: The Effectiveness of Enterprise Zone Tax Incentives: Florida's Enterprise Zone Program Since 1994 [1998-63]