The Florida Senate

CS/SB 780: Wildfires

GENERAL BILL by Agriculture and Consumer Services ; Agriculture and Consumer Services

Wildfires; provides Forestry Division of Agriculture & Consumer Services Dept. with responsibility to prevent, detect, & suppress wildfires; authorizes division to appoint additional personnel to fight wildfires; provides for wildfire training & fire management & emergency response assistance; provides for agreements or contracts with private sector for fire prevention activities; creates advisory committee, etc. Amends Ch. 590.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  1/20/1999	Senate	• Prefiled
  2/2/1999	Senate	• Referred to Agriculture and Consumer Services; Fiscal Policy
  2/9/1999	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Agriculture and Consumer Services, 02/17/99, 9:00 am, Room-301C
  2/17/1999	Senate	• Comm. Action: CS by Agriculture and Consumer Services
  2/19/1999	Senate	• Now in Fiscal Policy
  3/2/1999	Senate	• Introduced, referred to Agriculture and Consumer Services; Fiscal Policy -SJ 00055; On Committee agenda-- Agriculture and Consumer Services, 02/17/99, 9:00 am, Room-301C; Comm. Action: CS by Agriculture and Consumer Services -SJ 00015; CS read first time on 03/02/99 -SJ 00109; Now in Fiscal Policy -SJ 00015
  3/9/1999	Senate	• Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy -SJ 00137; Placed on Calendar
  4/23/1999	Senate	• Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 00792; Read second time -SJ 00725; Amendment(s) adopted -SJ 00725; House Bill substituted -SJ 00725; Laid on Table, Iden./Sim./Compare Bill(s) passed, refer to CS/HB 1535 (Ch. 99-292)

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• CS/SB 780, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 8/28/2000 at 9:54 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Agriculture and Consumer Services (Post-Meeting) 2/17/1999 (pdf)

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
  H 1535 (e1)		Putnam	Similar	Last Action: 6/8/1999 Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 99-292; See also CS/CS/SB 908 (Ch. 99-247) Location:

  Floor Amendments (6)

  Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Floor Action	Format
  030910 - Amendment	Thomas	4/23/1999 3:52 AM		Web Page PDF
  202678 - Amendment	Thomas	4/23/1999 3:55 AM		Web Page PDF
  344596 - Amendment	Thomas	4/23/1999 3:57 AM		Web Page PDF
  355474 - Amendment	Thomas	4/23/1999 3:58 AM		Web Page PDF
  651628 - Amendment	Thomas	4/23/1999 4:02 AM		Web Page PDF
  841690 - Amendment	Thomas	4/23/1999 4:04 AM		Web Page PDF

  Citations - Statutes (30)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  590.01	Protection of forests and wild land.
  590.015
  590.02	Division powers, authority, and duties; law enforcement; liability; building structures.
  590.025	Control burning of wild land; authorization; conditions.
  590.026	Prescribed burning; requirements; liability.
  590.03	Authority of fire wardens.
  590.04	Organization of districts.
  590.05	Road crews to extinguish fires.
  590.06	Adoption of rules for road crews.
  590.07	Refusal of road crews.
  590.08	Unlawful burning of lands.
  590.081	Emergency drought conditions; burning prohibited.
  590.082	Extraordinary fire hazard; certain acts made unlawful; proclamations by the Governor.
  590.09	Setting fire on rights-of-way.
  590.091	Designation of railroad rights-of-way as fire hazard areas.
  590.10	Disposing of lighted cigars, etc.
  590.11	Campfires.
  590.12	Unlawful burning prohibited; penalty.
  590.125
  590.13	Civil liability.
  590.14	Penalties.
  590.16	Rewards.
  590.25	Penalty for preventing or obstructing extinguishment of woods fires.
  590.27	Penalty for mutilating or destroying state forestry or fire control signs and posters.
  590.28	Willful, malicious, or intentional burning of lands.
  590.29	Illegal possession of incendiary device.
  590.30	Penalties for violating ss. 590.28 and 590.29.
  590.33	State compact administrator; compact advisory committee.
  590.34	State compact administrator and compact advisory committee members; powers; aid from other state agencies.
  590.42	Federally funded fire protection assistance programs.

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• SB 780, Original Filed Version Posted 8/28/2000 at 9:54 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Citations - Statutes (30)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  590.01	Protection of forests and wild land.
  590.015
  590.02	Division powers, authority, and duties; law enforcement; liability; building structures.
  590.025	Control burning of wild land; authorization; conditions.
  590.026	Prescribed burning; requirements; liability.
  590.03	Authority of fire wardens.
  590.04	Organization of districts.
  590.05	Road crews to extinguish fires.
  590.06	Adoption of rules for road crews.
  590.07	Refusal of road crews.
  590.08	Unlawful burning of lands.
  590.081	Emergency drought conditions; burning prohibited.
  590.082	Extraordinary fire hazard; certain acts made unlawful; proclamations by the Governor.
  590.09	Setting fire on rights-of-way.
  590.091	Designation of railroad rights-of-way as fire hazard areas.
  590.10	Disposing of lighted cigars, etc.
  590.11	Campfires.
  590.12	Unlawful burning prohibited; penalty.
  590.125
  590.13	Civil liability.
  590.14	Penalties.
  590.16	Rewards.
  590.25	Penalty for preventing or obstructing extinguishment of woods fires.
  590.27	Penalty for mutilating or destroying state forestry or fire control signs and posters.
  590.28	Willful, malicious, or intentional burning of lands.
  590.29	Illegal possession of incendiary device.
  590.30	Penalties for violating ss. 590.28 and 590.29.
  590.33	State compact administrator; compact advisory committee.
  590.34	State compact administrator and compact advisory committee members; powers; aid from other state agencies.
  590.42	Federally funded fire protection assistance programs.

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