Senate Bill 0662e1
CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.
CS for SB 662 First Engrossed
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to trust funds; exempting from
3 termination or modifying specified trust funds
4 administered by state general-government
5 agencies; amending s. 11.045, F.S.; modifying
6 purposes for which moneys in the Legislative
7 Lobbyist Registration Trust Fund may be used;
8 amending s. 17.41, F.S.; revising provisions
9 relating to funding of the Department of
10 Banking and Finance Tobacco Settlement Clearing
11 Trust Fund and exemption of funds therein from
12 the general revenue service charge; amending s.
13 413.615, F.S.; establishing the endowment fund
14 principal of the Florida Endowment for
15 Vocational Rehabilitation for fiscal year
16 2000-2001 and providing for subsequent annual
17 increases; merging the State Property Insurance
18 Trust Fund into the Florida Casualty Insurance
19 Risk Management Trust Fund and renaming the
20 merged fund as the State Risk Management Trust
21 Fund; renaming parts I and II of chapter 284,
22 F.S., to conform; amending ss. 258.007,
23 272.185, 284.01, 284.03, 284.05, 284.14,
24 284.30, 284.36, 284.385, 284.44, 284.50,
25 287.025, 287.059, 331.350, 393.075, 402.3015,
26 409.175, 946.509, 985.406, and 985.409, F.S.,
27 to conform; providing an effective date.
28
29 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
30
31
1
CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.
CS for SB 662 First Engrossed
1 Section 1. The Legislature finds that the following
2 trust funds administered by the State Board of Administration
3 are exempt from termination pursuant to Section 19(f), Article
4 III of the State Constitution:
5 (1) The Florida Retirement Systems Trust Fund.
6 (2) The Local Government Surplus Funds Trust Fund.
7 (3) The Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Trust Fund.
8 (4) The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
9 Supplemental Trust Fund.
10 (5) The Retiree Health Insurance Subsidy Trust Fund.
11 (6) The Bond Proceeds Trust Fund.
12 (7) The Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education
13 Expense Trust Fund.
14 (8) The Department of the Lottery Fund pursuant to
15 section 24.120, Florida Statutes.
16 (9) The Debt Service Trust Fund.
17 (10) The Gas Tax Fund.
18 (11) The Police and Firefighters' Premium Tax Trust
19 Fund.
20 (12) The Lawton Chiles Endowment Fund.
21 (13) Funds of the Inland Protection Financing
22 Corporation created under section 376.3075, Florida Statutes.
23 (14) Funds of the Investment Fraud Restoration
24 Financing Corporation created under section 517.1204, Florida
25 Statutes.
26 Section 2. Subsection (8) of section 11.045, Florida
27 Statutes, is amended to read:
28 11.045 Lobbyists; registration and reporting;
29 exemptions; penalties.--
30 (8) There is hereby created the Legislative Lobbyist
31 Registration Trust Fund, to be used for the purpose of funding
2
CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.
CS for SB 662 First Engrossed
1 any office established for the administration of the
2 registration of lobbyist lobbying the Legislature, including
3 the payment of salaries and other expenses, and for the
4 purpose of paying the expenses incurred by the Legislature in
5 providing services to lobbyists. The trust fund is not
6 subject to the service charge to general revenue provisions of
7 chapter 215. Fees collected pursuant to rules established in
8 accordance with subsection (2) shall be deposited into the
9 Legislative Lobbyist Registration Trust Fund.
10 Section 3. Subsection (2) of section 17.41, Florida
11 Statutes, is amended to read:
12 17.41 Department of Banking and Finance Tobacco
13 Settlement Clearing Trust Fund.--
14 (2) Funds to be credited to the trust fund shall
15 consist of all annual payments received by the state from
16 settlement of State of Florida v. American Tobacco Co., No.
17 95-1466AH (Fla. 15th Cir. Ct. 1996). All moneys received from
18 the settlement shall be deposited into the trust fund. Such
19 moneys and interest thereon and are exempt from the service
20 charges imposed under s. 215.20.
21 Section 4. Paragraph (c) of subsection (4) of section
22 413.615, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
23 413.615 Florida Endowment for Vocational
24 Rehabilitation.--
25 (4) REVENUE FOR THE ENDOWMENT FUND.--
26 (c) The State Board of Administration shall invest and
27 reinvest moneys of the endowment fund in accordance with the
28 provisions of ss. 215.44-215.53. Moneys in the endowment fund
29 in excess of the endowment fund principal, or such lesser
30 amount as may be requested in writing by the foundation, shall
31 be annually transmitted to the foundation, based upon a fiscal
3
CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.
CS for SB 662 First Engrossed
1 year which shall run from July 1 through June 30, and shall be
2 deposited in the foundation's operating account, for
3 distribution as provided in subsection (10). The endowment
4 fund principal shall be $1 $5 million for the 2000-2001
5 1995-1996 fiscal year and shall be increased by 5 percent in
6 each subsequent fiscal year.
7 Section 5. The State Property Insurance Trust Fund
8 created pursuant to section 284.01, Florida Statutes, is
9 merged into the Florida Casualty Insurance Risk Management
10 Trust Fund created pursuant to section 284.30, Florida
11 Statutes, which is renamed the "State Risk Management Trust
12 Fund."
13 Section 6. Part I of chapter 284, Florida Statutes,
14 entitled "Florida Fire Insurance Trust Fund," is renamed
15 "State Property Claims"; and part II of chapter 284, Florida
16 Statutes, entitled "Florida Casualty Insurance Risk Management
17 Trust Fund," is renamed "State Casualty Claims."
18 Section 7. Subsection (1) of section 258.007, Florida
19 Statutes, is amended to read:
20 258.007 Powers of division.--
21 (1) The Division of Recreation and Parks shall have
22 power to acquire in the name of the state any property, real
23 or personal, by purchase, grant, devise, condemnation,
24 donation, or otherwise, which in its judgment may be necessary
25 or proper toward the administration of the purposes of this
26 chapter; however, no property of any nature may be acquired by
27 purchase, lease, grant, donation, devise, or otherwise, under
28 conditions which shall pledge the credit of, or obligate in
29 any manner whatsoever, the state to pay any sum of money, and
30 the power of condemnation as herein granted is limited to the
31 acquisition of property or property rights which may be
4
CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.
CS for SB 662 First Engrossed
1 required for state park purposes for parks under the
2 jurisdiction of the Division of Recreation and Parks on July
3 1, 1980. Acquisition of such property or property rights
4 shall not exceed an aggregate of 40 acres or 10 percent of the
5 total acreage of the respective park as it existed on July 1,
6 1980, whichever is less, and shall be restricted to properties
7 wholly surrounded by state park property at the time of
8 acquisition. Express legislative approval is required for the
9 acquisition by condemnation of any new area or memorial which
10 the division may desire for the purposes set forth in this
11 chapter, except that the division may maintain and insure with
12 the State Risk Management Property Insurance Trust Fund
13 buildings on property owned by the state or any of its
14 agencies.
15 Section 8. Subsection (2) of section 272.185, Florida
16 Statutes, is amended to read:
17 272.185 Maintenance of Governor's Mansion by
18 Department of Management Services.--
19 (2) The department shall insure the Governor's
20 Mansion, its contents, and all structures and appurtenances
21 thereto with the State Risk Management Property Insurance
22 Trust Fund as provided in s. 284.01. The department may
23 purchase any necessary insurance either by a primary insurance
24 contract, excess coverage insurance, or reinsurance to cover
25 the contents of the mansion, whether title of the contents is
26 in the state or in any other person or entity not a resident
27 of the mansion, notwithstanding the provision of s. 287.025.
28 Section 9. Subsection (1) of section 284.01, Florida
29 Statutes, is amended to read:
30 284.01 State Risk Management Property Insurance Trust
31 Fund; coverages to be provided.--
5
CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.
CS for SB 662 First Engrossed
1 (1) A state self-insurance fund, designated as the
2 "State Property Insurance Trust Fund," is created to be set up
3 by the Department of Insurance and administered with a program
4 of risk management. The State Risk Management Trust Fund
5 shall insure those properties designated in subsection (2)
6 which are owned by the state or its agencies, boards, or
7 bureaus against loss from fire, lightning, sinkholes, and
8 hazards customarily insured by extended coverage and loss from
9 the removal of personal property from such properties when
10 endangered by covered perils. Furthermore, the fund may also
11 insure the State Regional Office Building located in the City
12 of Jacksonville, Duval County, including the parking facility
13 owned by the City of Jacksonville, since such building is
14 jointly owned by the State of Florida and the City of
15 Jacksonville. The City of Jacksonville shall be responsible
16 for the payment of all premiums charged by the fund to insure
17 property owned by the City of Jacksonville. Flood insurance
18 shall be provided for state-owned structures and contents
19 designated in subsection (2) to the extent necessary to meet
20 self-insurance requirements of the National Flood Insurance
21 Program, as prescribed in rules and regulations of the Federal
22 Emergency Management Agency in 44 C.F.R. parts 59, 60, and 74,
23 effective October 1, 1986.
24 Section 10. Section 284.03, Florida Statutes, is
25 amended to read:
26 284.03 Deficits in fund supplied from General Revenue
27 Fund; repayment.--Should a loss occur upon property insured in
28 the State Risk Management Property Insurance Trust Fund that
29 would require more funds, to pay the amount of any loss
30 covered by insurance in said fund, than are at that time
31 available in said fund, in that event there is appropriated
6
CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.
CS for SB 662 First Engrossed
1 out of any funds in the General Revenue Fund not otherwise
2 appropriated a sum which, added to the sum then available in
3 the said State Risk Management Property Insurance Trust Fund,
4 shall be sufficient to pay the amount of the covered loss. In
5 the event any funds shall be paid out of the General Revenue
6 Fund under this provision, such amounts so paid out of the
7 General Revenue Fund shall be returned to it out of the first
8 available assets of the State Risk Management said Insurance
9 Trust Fund after paying any necessary expenses as provided in
10 s. 284.02(2) and (3).
11 Section 11. Section 284.05, Florida Statutes, is
12 amended to read:
13 284.05 Inspection of insured state property.--The
14 Department of Insurance shall inspect all permanent buildings
15 insured by the State Risk Management Property Insurance Trust
16 Fund, and whenever conditions are found to exist which, in the
17 opinion of the Department of Insurance, are hazardous from the
18 standpoint of destruction by fire or other loss, the
19 Department of Insurance may order the same repaired or
20 remedied, and the agency, board, or person in charge of such
21 property is required to have such dangerous conditions
22 immediately repaired or remedied upon written notice from the
23 Department of Insurance of such hazardous conditions. Such
24 amounts as may be necessary to comply with such notice or
25 notices shall be paid by the Department of Management Services
26 or by the agency, board, or person in charge of such property
27 out of any moneys appropriated for the maintenance of the
28 respective agency or for the repairs or permanent improvement
29 of such properties or from any incidental or contingent funds
30 they may have on hand. In the event of a disagreement between
31 the Department of Insurance and the agency, board, or person
7
CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.
CS for SB 662 First Engrossed
1 having charge of such property as to the necessity of the
2 repairs or remedies ordered, the matter in disagreement shall
3 be determined by the Department of Management Services.
4 Section 12. Section 284.14, Florida Statutes, is
5 amended to read:
6 284.14 State Risk Management Property Insurance Trust
7 Fund; leasehold interest.--In the event the state or any
8 department or agency thereof has acquired or hereafter
9 acquires a leasehold interest in any improved real property
10 and by the terms and provisions of said lease it is obligated
11 to insure such premises against loss by fire or other hazard
12 to such premises, it shall insure such premises in the State
13 Risk Management Property Insurance Trust Fund as required by
14 the terms of said lease or as required by the provisions of
15 this chapter. No state agency shall enter into or acquire any
16 such leasehold interest until the coverages required to be
17 maintained by the provisions of the lease are approved in
18 writing by the Department of Insurance.
19 Section 13. Section 284.30, Florida Statutes, is
20 amended to read:
21 284.30 State Florida Casualty Insurance Risk
22 Management Trust Fund; coverages to be provided.--A state
23 self-insurance fund, designated as the "State Florida Casualty
24 Insurance Risk Management Trust Fund," is created to be set up
25 by the Department of Insurance and administered with a program
26 of risk management, which fund is to provide insurance, as
27 authorized by s. 284.33, for workers' compensation, general
28 liability, fleet automotive liability, federal civil rights
29 actions under 42 U.S.C. s. 1983 or similar federal statutes,
30 and court-awarded attorney's fees in other proceedings against
31 the state except for such awards in eminent domain or for
8
CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.
CS for SB 662 First Engrossed
1 inverse condemnation or for awards by the Public Employees
2 Relations Commission. A party to a suit in any court, to be
3 entitled to have his or her attorney's fees paid by the state
4 or any of its agencies, must serve a copy of the pleading
5 claiming the fees on the Department of Insurance; and
6 thereafter the department shall be entitled to participate
7 with the agency in the defense of the suit and any appeal
8 thereof with respect to such fees.
9 Section 14. Section 284.36, Florida Statutes, is
10 amended to read:
11 284.36 Appropriation deposits; premium
12 payment.--Premiums for coverage by the State Florida Casualty
13 Insurance Risk Management Trust Fund as calculated on all
14 coverages shall be billed and charged to each state agency
15 according to coverages obtained by the fund for their benefit,
16 and such obligations shall be paid promptly by each agency
17 from its operating budget upon presentation of a bill
18 therefor. After the first year of operation, premiums to be
19 charged to all departments of the state are to be computed on
20 a retrospective rating arrangement based upon actual losses
21 accruing to the fund, taking into account reasonable
22 expectations, the maintenance and stability of the fund, and
23 the cost of insurance.
24 Section 15. Section 284.385, Florida Statutes, is
25 amended to read:
26 284.385 Reporting and handling of claims.--All
27 departments covered by the State Florida Casualty Insurance
28 Risk Management Trust Fund under this part shall immediately
29 report all known or potential claims to the Department of
30 Insurance for handling, except employment complaints which
31 have not been filed with the Florida Human Relations
9
CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.
CS for SB 662 First Engrossed
1 Commission, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, or any
2 similar agency. When deemed necessary, the Department of
3 Insurance shall assign or reassign the claim to counsel. The
4 assigned counsel shall report regularly to the Department of
5 Insurance on the status of any such claims or litigation as
6 required by the Department of Insurance. No such claim shall
7 be compromised or settled for monetary compensation without
8 the prior approval of the Department of Insurance. All
9 departments shall cooperate with the Department of Insurance
10 in its handling of claims. The Department of Insurance, the
11 Department of Management Services, and the Department of
12 Banking and Finance, with the cooperation of the state
13 attorneys and the clerks of the courts, shall develop a system
14 to coordinate the exchange of information concerning claims
15 for and against the state, its agencies, and its subdivisions,
16 to assist in collection of amounts due to them. The covered
17 department shall have the responsibility for the settlement of
18 any claim for injunctive or affirmative relief under 42 U.S.C.
19 s. 1983 or similar federal or state statutes. The payment of
20 a settlement or judgment for any claim covered and reported
21 under this part shall be made only from the State Florida
22 Casualty Insurance Risk Management Trust Fund.
23 Section 16. Subsections (3), (5), (6), and (7) of
24 section 284.44, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
25 284.44 Salary indemnification costs of state
26 agencies.--
27 (3) For the purposes of this section, "salary
28 indemnification costs" means the payments made to employees
29 for temporary total disability benefits. After an employee
30 has been eligible for disability benefits for 10 weeks, salary
31 indemnification costs shall be funded from the State Florida
10
CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.
CS for SB 662 First Engrossed
1 Casualty Insurance Risk Management Trust Fund in accordance
2 with the provisions of this part for those agencies insured by
3 the fund.
4 (5) If a state agency demonstrates to the Executive
5 Office of the Governor and the chairs of the legislative
6 appropriations committees that no funds are available to pay
7 initial salary indemnification costs for a specific claim
8 pursuant to this section without adversely impacting its
9 ability to perform statutory responsibilities, the Executive
10 Office of the Governor may direct the Division of Risk
11 Management to fund all salary indemnification costs for that
12 specific claim from the State Florida Casualty Insurance Risk
13 Management Trust Fund and waive the state agency reimbursement
14 requirement.
15 (6) The Division of Risk Management shall prepare
16 quarterly reports to the Executive Office of the Governor and
17 the chairs of the legislative appropriations committees
18 indicating for each state agency the total amount of salary
19 indemnification benefits paid to claimants and the total
20 amount of reimbursements from state agencies to the State
21 Florida Casualty Insurance Risk Management Trust Fund for
22 initial costs for the previous quarter. These reports shall
23 also include information for each state agency indicating the
24 number of cases and amounts of initial salary indemnification
25 costs for which reimbursement requirements were waived by the
26 Executive Office of the Governor pursuant to this section.
27 (7) If a state agency fails to pay casualty increase
28 premiums or salary indemnification reimbursements within 30
29 days after being billed, the Division of Risk Management shall
30 advise the Comptroller. After verifying the accuracy of the
31 billing, the Comptroller shall transfer the appropriate amount
11
CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.
CS for SB 662 First Engrossed
1 from any available funds of the delinquent state agency to the
2 State Florida Casualty Insurance Risk Management Trust Fund.
3 Section 17. Subsection (2) of section 284.50, Florida
4 Statutes, is amended to read:
5 284.50 Loss prevention program; safety coordinators;
6 Interagency Advisory Council on Loss Prevention; employee
7 recognition program.--
8 (2) There shall be an Interagency Advisory Council on
9 Loss Prevention composed of the safety coordinators from each
10 department and representatives designated by the Division of
11 State Fire Marshal and the Division of Risk Management. The
12 chair of the council shall be the Director of the Division of
13 Risk Management or his or her designee. The council shall
14 meet at least quarterly to discuss safety problems within
15 state government, to attempt to find solutions for these
16 problems, and, when possible, to assist in the implementation
17 of the solutions. If the safety coordinator of a department
18 or office is unable to attend a council meeting, an alternate,
19 selected by the department head or his or her designee, shall
20 attend the meeting to represent and provide input for that
21 department or office on the council. The council is further
22 authorized to provide for the recognition of employees,
23 agents, and volunteers who make exceptional contributions to
24 the reduction and control of employment-related accidents.
25 The necessary expenses for the administration of this program
26 of recognition shall be considered an authorized
27 administrative expense payable from the State Florida Casualty
28 Insurance Risk Management Trust Fund.
29 Section 18. Subsection (3) of section 287.025, Florida
30 Statutes, is amended to read:
31
12
CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.
CS for SB 662 First Engrossed
1 287.025 Prohibition against certain insurance coverage
2 on specified state property or insurable subjects.--
3 (3) Any items, property, or insurable subjects titled
4 in the name of the state or its departments, divisions,
5 bureaus, commissions, or agencies which are not included or
6 insured by the State Risk Management Property Insurance Trust
7 Fund under chapter 284 or specifically designated not to be
8 insured by this section shall be eligible subjects for
9 insurance coverage through commercial insurance carriers as
10 otherwise provided by law.
11 Section 19. Paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section
12 287.059, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
13 287.059 Private attorney services.--
14 (2) No agency shall contract for private attorney
15 services without the prior written approval of the Attorney
16 General, except that such written approval is not required for
17 private attorney services:
18 (c) Necessary to represent the state in litigation
19 involving the State Florida Casualty Insurance Risk Management
20 Trust Fund pursuant to part II of chapter 284.
21 Section 20. Subsections (1) and (2) of section
22 331.350, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
23 331.350 Insurance coverage of the authority; safety
24 program.--
25 (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
26 State Risk Management Property Insurance Trust Fund
27 established under s. 284.01 shall not insure buildings and
28 property owned or leased by the authority.
29 (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
30 State Florida Casualty Insurance Risk Management Trust Fund
31
13
CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.
CS for SB 662 First Engrossed
1 established under s. 284.30 shall not insure against any
2 liability of the authority.
3 Section 21. Subsection (2) of section 393.075, Florida
4 Statutes, is amended to read:
5 393.075 General liability coverage.--
6 (2) The Division of Risk Management of the Department
7 of Insurance shall provide coverage through the Department of
8 Children and Family Services to any person who owns or
9 operates a foster care facility or group home facility solely
10 for the Department of Children and Family Services, who cares
11 for children placed by developmental services staff of the
12 department, and who is licensed pursuant to s. 393.067 to
13 provide such supervision and care in his or her place of
14 residence. The coverage shall be provided from the general
15 liability account of the State Florida Casualty Insurance Risk
16 Management Trust Fund. The coverage is limited to general
17 liability claims arising from the provision of supervision and
18 care of children in a foster care facility or group home
19 facility pursuant to an agreement with the department and
20 pursuant to guidelines established through policy, rule, or
21 statute. Coverage shall be subject to the limits provided in
22 ss. 284.38 and 284.385, and the exclusions set forth therein,
23 together with other exclusions as may be set forth in the
24 certificate of coverage issued by the trust fund. A person
25 covered under the general liability account pursuant to this
26 subsection shall immediately notify the Division of Risk
27 Management of the Department of Insurance of any potential or
28 actual claim.
29 Section 22. Paragraph (f) of subsection (6) of section
30 402.3015, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
31
14
CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.
CS for SB 662 First Engrossed
1 402.3015 Subsidized child care program; purpose; fees;
2 contracts.--
3 (6)
4 (f) The Division of Risk Management of the Department
5 of Insurance shall provide coverage through the department to
6 the community child care coordinating agencies for the
7 subsidized child care program. The coverage shall be provided
8 from the general liability account of the State Florida
9 Casualty Insurance Risk Management Trust Fund, and the
10 coverage shall be primary. The coverage is limited to general
11 liability claims arising from the management of the subsidized
12 child care program under a contract with the department and
13 under guidelines established through policy, rule, or law.
14 Coverage shall be limited as provided in ss. 284.38 and
15 284.385, and the exclusions set forth therein, together with
16 other exclusions that are set forth in the certificate of
17 coverage issued by the trust fund, shall apply. A community
18 child care coordinating agency covered under the general
19 liability account pursuant to this paragraph shall immediately
20 notify the Division of Risk Management of the Department of
21 Insurance of any potential or actual claim.
22 Section 23. Paragraph (a) of subsection (14) of
23 section 409.175, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
24 409.175 Licensure of family foster homes, residential
25 child-caring agencies, and child-placing agencies.--
26 (14)(a) The Division of Risk Management of the
27 Department of Insurance shall provide coverage through the
28 Department of Children and Family Services to any person who
29 owns or operates a family foster home solely for the
30 Department of Children and Family Services and who is licensed
31 to provide family foster home care in her or his place of
15
CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.
CS for SB 662 First Engrossed
1 residence. The coverage shall be provided from the general
2 liability account of the State Florida Casualty Insurance Risk
3 Management Trust Fund, and the coverage shall be primary. The
4 coverage is limited to general liability claims arising from
5 the provision of family foster home care pursuant to an
6 agreement with the department and pursuant to guidelines
7 established through policy, rule, or statute. Coverage shall
8 be limited as provided in ss. 284.38 and 284.385, and the
9 exclusions set forth therein, together with other exclusions
10 as may be set forth in the certificate of coverage issued by
11 the trust fund, shall apply. A person covered under the
12 general liability account pursuant to this subsection shall
13 immediately notify the Division of Risk Management of the
14 Department of Insurance of any potential or actual claim.
15 Section 24. Section 946.509, Florida Statutes, is
16 amended to read:
17 946.509 Insurance of property leased or acquired by
18 the corporation.--
19 (1) The State Risk Management Property Insurance Trust
20 Fund created under s. 284.01 shall insure all property
21 eligible for coverage under part I of chapter 284 which is
22 leased by the department to the corporation or which is
23 subsequently acquired and owned by the corporation and subject
24 to the reversionary ownership interest of the state
25 established in s. 946.505.
26 (2) Coverage under the State Risk Management Property
27 Insurance Trust Fund of property leased to or otherwise
28 acquired by the corporation shall be secured and maintained
29 through the existing policy and account of the Department of
30 Corrections with the Division of Risk Management of the
31 Department of Insurance. All matters, including premium
16
CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.
CS for SB 662 First Engrossed
1 calculations, assessments and payments, retrospective premium
2 adjustments, reporting requirements, and other requirements,
3 concerning coverage of such property under the State Risk
4 Management Property Insurance Trust Fund shall be conducted as
5 if all such property were owned solely by the department.
6 Except as required by chapter 284, if the corporation finds
7 that it is more economical to do so, the corporation may
8 secure private insurance coverage on all or a portion of the
9 activities of or properties used by the corporation. If
10 coverage through the State Risk Management Property Insurance
11 Trust Fund is not secured, the corporation must present
12 documentation of insurance coverage to the Division of Risk
13 Management equal to the coverage that could otherwise be
14 provided by the State Risk Management Property Insurance Trust
15 Fund.
16 Section 25. Subsection (8) of section 985.406, Florida
17 Statutes, is amended to read:
18 985.406 Juvenile justice training academies
19 established; Juvenile Justice Standards and Training
20 Commission created; Juvenile Justice Training Trust Fund
21 created.--
22 (8) PARTICIPATION OF CERTAIN PROGRAMS IN THE STATE
23 FLORIDA CASUALTY INSURANCE RISK MANAGEMENT TRUST
24 FUND.--Pursuant to s. 284.30, the Division of Risk Management
25 of the Department of Insurance is authorized to insure a
26 private agency, individual, or corporation operating a
27 state-owned training school under a contract to carry out the
28 purposes and responsibilities of any program of the
29 department. The coverage authorized herein shall be under the
30 same general terms and conditions as the department is insured
31 for its responsibilities under chapter 284.
17
CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.
CS for SB 662 First Engrossed
1 Section 26. Section 985.409, Florida Statutes, is
2 amended to read:
3 985.409 Participation of certain programs in the State
4 Florida Casualty Insurance Risk Management Trust
5 Fund.--Pursuant to s. 284.30, the Division of Risk Management
6 of the Department of Insurance is authorized to insure a
7 private agency, individual, or corporation operating a
8 state-owned training school under a contract to carry out the
9 purposes and responsibilities of any program of the
10 department. The coverage authorized herein shall be under the
11 same general terms and conditions as the department is insured
12 for its responsibilities under chapter 284.
13 Section 27. This act shall take effect July 1, 2000.
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
18