The South Palm Beach County Legislative Agenda sets priority issues and regional advocacy in motion for our City Council, County Commission, State Legislators and U.S. Congressional leaders during the 2021 sessions. The Boca Chamber, South Palm Beach County’s voice for business, has created its annual Legislative Agenda. It was developed based on input from a dozen entities including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Florida Chamber of Commerce, the Palm Beach County Business Development Board and The Boca Chamber membership.
agenda as a guideline to endorse pro-business candidates for city, county and state elections.
The agenda is a blueprint to chart the course for a strong and sustainable regional business community, and is focused on creating a positive business climate and lowering the cost of doing business.
Ensuring a pro-business environment where your company has the opportunity to succeed and thrive is a priority for The Chamber. In order to provide that environment, it is critical that our elected officials understand the needs and demands on what it takes to operate a successful business.
As you know, The Chamber uses the items outlined in the legislative
This is done through The Chamber’s political action committee Business Leaders United Political Action Committee (BLU-PAC).
BELOW ARE SOME KEY ISSUES THE CHAMBER WILL BE FOCUSING ON THIS YEAR: • Support efforts to create standard operating procedures (such as we have for hurricanes) for The City of Boca Raton, Boynton Beach, Palm Beach County and State of Florida for health and safety threats with prescribed actions aligned with data benchmarks. • Advocate that business taxes and fees remain unchanged. • Ensure tourism revenue generating cities receive equitable allocation of tourism investment. • Support efforts to increase opportunities for Palm Beach State College and
Palm Beach County School District to collaborate on career, certificate, vocational and apprenticeship programs to ensure that students are college and/or work ready. • Support legislation with a retroactive effective date of January 1, 2020, that provides blanket immunity for employers from liability lawsuits related to any aspect of COVID 19. • Support legislation that enables Florida to collect online sales tax from companies without a physical presence in Florida. To read the full agenda visit bocachamber.com
2021 EndorsedCandidates These candidates are the RIGHT LEADERS for our Boca Raton. They have the experience and knowledge to Move Business Forward in Boca Raton. Constance Scott and Brian Stenberg have the ability and skill set to lead the community to ensure all businesses, citizens, and visitors enjoy our unmatched quality of life, job growth, and economic prosperity. Our City's success is dependent on infrastructure development, quality education, a healthy business environment, and regional ooperation. These elected leaders will play a determining role in the future direction and success of Boca Raton. VOTE ON MARCH 9th Sponsored by Business Leaders United for Boca Raton - PC Pursuant to section 106.087(2)(a), Florida Statutes, 1800 N. Dixie Highway, Boca Raton, FL 33432. Not approved by any candidate.
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