Florida Senate 2001-2002 Interim Work Program
Reports and Summaries

Committee on Agriculture and Consumer Services

• Review of the Relationship Between Motor Fuel Refiners and “Mom and Pop” Motor Fuel Retail Establishments and Review of the Motor Fuel Marketing Practices Act [2002-101]
  
• Review of a Proposal to Eliminate the Status of the Department of Citrus as a State Agency [2002-102]
  
• Review of Programs Pertaining to the Interception and Eradication of Agricultural Pests and Diseases in the State [2002-103]
  

Committee on Appropriations

• Review of Contracting Procedures in the Department of Juvenile Justice [2002-116]
  

Committee on Banking and Insurance

• How Does the Workers’ Compensation System in Florida Compare to Other States?
      Summary  or  Long Report [2002-117]
  
• Analysis of the Current Health Insurance Market in Florida
      Summary  or  Long Report [2002-118]
  
• Achieving Tax-Exempt Status and Efficiencies of Operation for Florida’s Residual Market Property Insurers
      Summary  or  Long Report [2002-119]
• Cancellation of Health Care Practitioner Contracts by Insurers and Health Maintenance Organizations
      Summary  or  Long Report [2002-120]
  
  Mandatory Reviews
  
• Review of Public Records Exemption for Risk-Based Capital Information Furnished to the Department of Insurance (s. 624.40851, F.S.) [2002-204]
  

Committee on Children and Families

• Review of the Family Courts Division and the Model Family Court [2002-121]
  
  Mandatory Reviews
  
• Choice and Control Pilot Project for Persons with Developmental Disabilities [2002-205]
  

Committee on Commerce and Economic Opportunities

• Solvency of the Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund and the Tax “Trigger” [2002-122]
  
• Technology Transfer and Commercialization [2002-123]
  
• International Business Promotion [2002-124]
  

Committee on Comprehensive Planning, Local and Military Affairs

• Integration of Water Supply Planning and Local Government Comprehensive Planning [2002-125]
  
• Growth Management [2002-126]
  
• Improvements to Mobile Homes and Parks [2002-127]
  
  Mandatory Reviews
  
• Business Damages in Eminent Domain Proceedings [2002-208]
  

Committee on Criminal Justice

• A Survey of the Jury’s Role in Sentencing in Death Penalty Cases [2002-128]
  
• Sentencing Alternatives for Juveniles Indicted for Murder [2002-129]
  
• Review of Chapter 948, F.S., Concerning Probation and Community Control [2002-130]
  
  Mandatory Reviews
  
• Open Government Sunset Review of Section 914.27, F.S [2002-211]
  
• Open Government Sunset Review of Section 943.031(7)(c) - (d), F.S. [2002-212]
  

Committee on Education

• Educational Facilities
  
  Mandatory Reviews
  
• School Code Review

Committee on Ethics and Elections

• Revision of Election Administration Portions of the Florida Election Code [2002-132]
  
  Mandatory Reviews
  
• Confidentiality of Ethics Complaints [2002-216]

Committee on Finance and Taxation

• None

Committee on Governmental Oversight and Productivity

• Chapter 287 Competitive Procurement Process For The Acquisition Of Property And Services [2002-133]
  
• Improved Choices For And Long-Term Financial Security Of State Employee Health Insurance [2002-134]
  
• Making The Multiple Exemptions To Florida’s Public Records Laws Easier To Locate [2002-135]
  

Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care

• Long-term Care Alternatives to Nursing Homes [2002-136]
  
• An Overview of the Long-Term Care and Managed Care Ombudsman Programs [2002-137]
  
• Review of the Implementation of the Statewide Provider and Subscriber Assistance Program [2002-138]
  
  Mandatory Reviews
  
• Review of Public Records Exemption in s. 456.046, F.S., relating to Practitioner Profiles [2002-218]
  
• Review of Public Records and Meetings Exemptions for Psychotherapy Regulation [2002-219]
  
• Review of Public Records/Meetings Exemptions for the Managed Care Ombudsman Program [2002-220]

Committee on Judiciary

• Analysis of the Jury Pool Selection Process [2002-139]
  
• The Legal Needs of Children
      Summary  or  Long Report [2002-140]
  
• Review of the Family Courts Division and the Model Family Court [2002-141]
  

Committee on Natural Resources

• Review of the Legislative Requirements for Solid Waste Management [2002-142]
  
• Review of Records and Mapping of State, Federal, and Locally Owned Lands [2002-143]
  
• Alternatives for Funding the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan [2002-144]
  
• Review of Exotic Plant and Animal Species Management Efforts [2002-145]
  

Committee on Regulated Industries

• Universal Provision of DSL Services in Florida [2002-146]
  
• Review of Florida’s Wholesale Electricity Market
      Summary  or  Long Report [2002-147]
  

Committee on Transportation

• Florida’s Highway Transportation Needs [2002-148]
  
• Review of Law Enforcement Functions Within Selected State Agencies [2002-149]
  
• Right of Way Acquisition [2002-150]
  
• Improving Inter-City and Intra-City Mobility [2002-151]
  
  Mandatory Reviews
  
• Public Records Exemption for Certain Records Held by Deepwater Ports [2002-222]