This section was last updated on 11/19/08 at 11:30 hours

Please note: Legislative agenda’s, especially those for consumers, are constantly in flux. Additionally, the final pieces of legislation will be in place by Jan 1, 2009.

 

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2009 – 2010 Legislative Agenda

• Bonds
• RX Cannabis
• zoning
• defining organic cannabis
• Taxes – equality for depreciation
• Legislative Operations
• CID – management with a budget of over $250 K per year MUST be a registered CID MGR.
• Vacation status for consumer services
• Lemon Computers
• Fantasy Sports leagues
• Public Safety Devices
• Teaching Financial Literacy
• Credit: Faster pay offs
• Computers for Graduates
• Films for hearing impaired
• Substitute Teachers
• Investors – short term sale = faster write off “don’t have to hold for 1 full year to get lower tax rates (long term v short term)”
• Automatic “insurance adjusting” on homes
• Value of home must equal value of replacing it, after all, how can a home be valued at less than replacement value?