A new state panel created to analyze short-term and long-term solutions and examine programs to make Florida homes better able to resist hurricane will meet next week it was announced.
Florida Chief Financial Officer Adelaide "Alex" Sink said that the legislatively-created Windstorm Mitigation Study Committee will hold its first meeting on Thursday, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Senate Office Building in Tallahassee.
The committee was created as a result of House Bill 1A, passed recently by the Florida Legislature during its Special Session.
Eight members make up the committee, with two appointments each from the governor, chief financial officer, Senate president and speaker of the House. The committee is charged with analyzing short- and long-term solutions and programs that address the need to immediately and effectively mitigate homes in Florida.
A final committee report, including legislative recommendations, is due to the governor, CFO, insurance commissioner, Senate president and speaker of the House by March 6.
More information about the committee is online at http://www.fldfs.com/WindstormMSC/.
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