Friday, April 24, 2009

67 days

The Florida Legislature has only a week left in its regular session, and reports are the Senate and House are far part on a compromise budget for 2009-2010. A special session appears likely.

So what is the drop-dead deadline for lawmakers to craft a final budget, complete with the taxes and fees to pay for it?

Sixty-seven days - or July 1 - the Senate's budget chief, J.D. Alexander, told the Herald's Tallahassee reporter Marc Caputo.

"That's when the government shuts down if we don't have a budget," Alexander said.

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