As the 2012 Legislative Session gets underway Tuesday in Tallahassee, Sen. Greg Evers has set several priorities.

Top priorities, Evers said, are constitutional obligations of passing a sound, balanced budget, and redrawing the lines of the  state’s Congressional, House and Senate districts.

“Once our constitutional obligations are fulfilled, I will focus my efforts on our community’s needs and help to revive Florida’s economy and workforce by reducing over-burdomsome government regulations, fees and taxes,” Evers said.

One of Evers’ bills would eliminate a law passed in 2010 that requires the Florida Department of Health to create and administer a statewide septic tank evaluation program that would see every tank inspected every five years at the owner’s expense.

“I will continue to fight to get this bill passed to lessen the unnecessary and expensive burden on residents who are held financially responsible for the inspections every 5 years,” he said.

Another bill would repeal the “Florida Renewable Fuel Standard Act,” passed in 2008, that mandates ethanol be included in all gasoline for sale.

“I filed this important bill to allow for consumer choice and in response to the many of you who told me you were concerned about costly repairs or replacements of marine and small engines related to damage caused by ethanol gasoline,” the Baker Republican said.

Evers has also set his sights on repealing or changing vehicle and driver’s license laws during the 2012 Legislative Session.

The “”Florida Driver’s License Citizen Protection Act” would repeal the Real ID Law, making for a less tedious process for citizens to renew or modify their driver’s license or ID card.   Evers is also calling for a repeal of the law that allows the use of red light cameras to ticket drivers.

And, Evers said he intends to file a bill that will roll back the cost of renewing vehicle registrations to previous levels.

“This should provide additional relief for families who are struggling to make ends meet,” he said.

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