Florida Senate - 2009                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 2282
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                 Floor: WD/2R          .                                
             04/28/2009 11:30 AM       .                                
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       Senator Bennett moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 14 - 50
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Section 125.01045, Florida Statutes, is created
    6  to read:
    7         125.01045 Prohibition of collection of fees for first
    8  responder services.—
    9         (1) As residents are currently taxed or assessed for
   10  essential government services, a county may not seek
   11  reimbursement from a resident of that county for any costs or
   12  expenses that may be incurred for services provided by a first
   13  responder, including costs or expenses related to personnel,
   14  supplies, motor vehicles, or equipment in response to a motor
   15  vehicle accident, except for costs of materials to contain or
   16  clean up hazardous materials in quantities reportable to the
   17  Florida State Warning Point at the Division of Emergency
   18  Management, and costs for transportation and treatment provided
   19  by ambulance services licensed pursuant to s. 401.23(5).
   20         (2) As used in this section, the term “first responder”
   21  means a law enforcement officer as defined in s. 943.10, a
   22  firefighter as defined in s. 633.30, or an emergency medical
   23  technician or paramedic as defined in s. 401.23 who is employed
   24  by the state or a local government. A volunteer law enforcement
   25  officer, firefighter, or emergency medical technician or
   26  paramedic engaged by the state or a local government is also
   27  considered a first responder of the state or local government
   28  for purposes of this section.
   29         Section 2. Section 166.0446, Florida Statutes, is created
   30  to read:
   31         166.0446 Prohibition of collection of fees for first
   32  responder services.—
   33         (1) As residents are currently taxed or assessed for
   34  essential government services, a municipality may not seek
   35  reimbursement for any costs or expenses that may be incurred for
   36  services provided by a first responder, including costs or
   37  expenses related to personnel, supplies, motor vehicles, or
   38  equipment in response to a motor vehicle accident, except for
   39  transportation and treatment provided by ambulance services
   40  licensed pursuant to s. 401.23(5) or for costs of materials to
   41  contain or clean up hazardous materials in quantities reportable
   42  to the Florida State Warning Point at the Division of Emergency
   43  Management.
   44         (2) As used in this section, the term “first responder”
   45  means a law enforcement officer as defined in s. 943.10, a
   46  firefighter as defined in s. 633.30, or an emergency medical
   47  technician or paramedic as defined in s. 401.23 who is employed
   48  by the state or a local government. A volunteer law enforcement
   49  officer, firefighter, or emergency medical technician or
   50  paramedic engaged by the state or a local government is also
   51  considered a first responder of the state or local government
   52  for purposes of this section.