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Capitol has budget on the brain

By Jim Ash

April 24, 2006

DEMOCRAT CAPITOL BUREAU CHIEF

Budget negotiations will dominate this week of the legislative session, House Speaker Allan Bense said.

Bense told reporters on Friday that House and Senate negotiators should have most of their differences over the proposed $71 billion budget ironed out by mid-week, when issues left unresolved will be kicked up to the respective budget leaders.

The two chambers were still grappling over a Senate proposal to use most of a $1.5 billion windfall in unexpected tax collections to help offset insurance increases for homeowners.

And as civil-rights protesters rallied in the Capitol courtyard four stories below the House Chamber, Bense vowed to hold firm to a House proposal to increase spending for juvenile-justice providers by $15 million, nearly twice the Senate proposal. Marchers were demanding justice for 14-year-old Martin Lee Anderson, who died earlier this year after an incident in a Bay County boot camp.

“It's not just because (reporters) have been asking about it," Bense said.

Also this week, the Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to take up a controversial measure opposed by the Florida trial bar.

The measure (SB-2686) by Sen. Daniel Webster, R-Winter Garden, would require non-state physicians to obtain special certification before testifying as expert witnesses in Florida courts. Supporters say the measure is needed to crack down on hired guns who contribute to frivolous lawsuits by making a living testifying against doctors. Opponents say the measure will make it harder for severely injured patients to recover damages from incompetent doctors.

Contact reporter Jim Ash at (850) 671-6547 or jash@tallahassee.com.

Originally published April 24, 2006

 
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