Bay Area Legislative Delegation

Citrus • Hernando • Hillsborough

Manatee • Pasco • Pinellas • Polk • Sarasota

Regional Transportation Authority

Support legislation to create regional authority to plan, develop, finance, build, and operate regionally significant transportation facilities – with the emphasis on transit so that Tampa Bay region can have a multi-modal transportation network.

Economic Development

1) Tool Kit for Economic Development:

Support Funding of Quick Action Closing Fund, $45 million; Qualified Target Industries (QTI), $24,687,500; Quick Response Training (QRT), $5,000,000; and the Road Fund, $10 million

Support Funding Appropriations for Innovation Cycle Funds for World Class Scholars, $20 million; Centers of Excellence, $40 million; and Innovation Incentive Fund, $100 million

2) Support passage of the Florida Capital Formation Act.

3) Support recurring Funding for EFI Operations – $12.5 million Recurring General Revenue

University of South Florida

1) Support $12 million in recurring funding for continued enhancement of advanced graduate studies.

2) Support $7 million to level the playing field in per-student medical school funding and additional facilities funding to keep USF’s medical school competitive with new or planned med schools at FSU, FIU, and UCF.

3) Support $69.49 million for capital project outlays, including utilities and infrastructure maintenance, visual and performing arts, Phase I campus at USF Lakeland, interdisciplinary science teaching & research facility, USF St. Petersburg science & technology general academic facility.

Electronic Health Information Exchange

Support the Agency for Health Care Administration’s recommendation to fund Regional Health Information Organization (RHIO) grants that benefit pilot projects such as the Tampa Bay’s RHIO in the amount of $7.7 million, recognizing that Governor Crist has included $3.8 million in the budget proposal submitted to the Legislature.

Housing Trust Funds – Scrap the Cap

Support passage of Legislation to repeal the legislative cap which limits the amount of new documentary stamp tax revenues for housing to $243 million per year beginning in Fiscal Year 2007-2008, and support state and local housing programs by appropriating 100% of the monies available in the State and Local Housing Trust Funds for housing. 

BALD LEADERSHIP

Chair - Rep. Seth McKeel (R)
Vice Chair - Sen. Mike Bennett (R)
Immediate Past Chair  - Sen. Mike Fasano (R)

 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

 Citrus -Sen. Charlie Dean (R) - District 3
Hillsborough - Rep. Seth McKeel (R) - District 63
Hernando - Rep. Robert Scheneck (R) -  District 44
Manatee - Sen. Michael Bennett (R) - District 21
Pasco - Sen. Mike Fasano (R) - District 11
Pinellas - Rep. James Frishe (R) - District 54
Polk - Sen. JD Alexander (R) - District 17
Sarasota - Rep. Doug Holder (R) - District 70

For information about our Public Policy Advocacy efforts, contact Natalie Mealey,

Public Policy Project Coordinator at (813) 872-2813 or via email nmealey@tampabay.orgTo access an electronic version of our legislative directory, please visit our

website at: www.tampabay.org

Tom Pepin, Pepin Distributing Company
Public Policy & Legislative Advocacy Chair

Ron Pierce, Tampa Bay Lightning Legislative Agenda Chair
www.TampaBay.org
4300 West Cypress St., Suite 250 • Tampa, FL 33607 • (813) 878-2208

Florida Senate
To send correspondence to Tallahassee, please use the following address:
          404 South Monroe Street
          (insert # Senate Office Building)
          Tallahassee, FL  32399-1100

J.D. Alexander, District 17
Michael Bennett, District 21
Charles S. Dean Sr., District 3
Nancy Detert, District 23
Paula Dockery, District 15
Mike Fasano, District 11
Dennis Jones, District 13
Arthenia Joyner, District 18
Jack Latvala, District 16
Jim Norman, District 12
Ronda Storms, District 10 

Florida House of Representatives
To send correspondence to Tallahassee, please use the following address:
          402 South Monroe Street
          (insert # Senate Office Building)
          Tallahassee, FL  32399-130

Larry Ahern, District 51
Ben Albritton, District 66
Jim Boyd, District 68
Jeff Brandes, District 52
Rachel Burgin, District 56
Richard Corcoran, District 45
Janet Cruz, District 58
James Frishe, District 54
Rich Glorioso, District 62
James Grant, District 47
Shawn Harrison, District 60
Doug Holder, District 70
Ed Hooper, District 50
Mike Horner, District 79
Rick Kriseman, District 53
John Legg, District 46
Seth McKeel, District 63
Peter Nehr, District 48
Ray Pilon, District 69
Betty Reed, District 59
Ken Roberson, District 71
Darryl Rouson, District 55
Robert Schenck, District 44
Jimmie Smith, District 43
Kelli Stargel, District 64
Greg Steube, District 67
Will Weatherford, District 61
John Wood, District 65
Dana Young, District 57

 U.S. Senate

Bill Nelson
Marco Rubio

U.S. House of Representatives

Gus Bilirakis, District 9
Vern Buchanan, District 13
Kathy Castor, District 11
Richard Nugent, District 5
Bill Posey, District 15
Dennis Ross, District 12
C.W. Bill Young, District 10