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| 1 | A bill to be entitled | ||
| 2 | An act relating to the State Risk Management Trust Fund; | ||
| 3 | amending s. 284.01, F.S.; providing construction; | ||
| 4 | requiring the fund to insure the property and leasehold | ||
| 5 | interests of certain hospital districts under certain | ||
| 6 | circumstances; providing an effective date. | ||
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| 8 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: | ||
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| 10 | Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 284.01, Florida | ||
| 11 | Statutes, is amended to read: | ||
| 12 | 284.01 State Risk Management Trust Fund; coverages to be | ||
| 13 | provided.-- | ||
| 14 | (1) The State Risk Management Trust Fund shall insure | ||
| 15 | those properties designated in subsection (2) which are owned by | ||
| 16 | the state or its agencies, boards, or bureaus against loss from | ||
| 17 | fire, lightning, sinkholes, and hazards customarily insured by | ||
| 18 | extended coverage and loss from the removal of personal property | ||
| 19 | from such properties when endangered by covered perils.For the | ||
| 20 | purposes of this part, a hospital district created by special | ||
| 21 | act that owns or operates one or more hospitals, nursing homes, | ||
| 22 | or other health care facilities shall be considered a state | ||
| 23 | agency and its property and leasehold interests shall be | ||
| 24 | considered owned by the state. The fund shall insure the | ||
| 25 | property or leasehold interests of such a district in the same | ||
| 26 | manner as property and leasehold interests owned by other state | ||
| 27 | agencies, boards, or bureaus, upon the request of such district | ||
| 28 | and payment of the premiums for such insurance.Furthermore, the | ||
| 29 | fund may also insure the State Regional Office Building located | ||
| 30 | in the City of Jacksonville, Duval County, including the parking | ||
| 31 | facility owned by the City of Jacksonville, since such building | ||
| 32 | is jointly owned by the State of Florida and the City of | ||
| 33 | Jacksonville. The City of Jacksonville shall be responsible for | ||
| 34 | the payment of all premiums charged by the fund to insure | ||
| 35 | property owned by the City of Jacksonville. Flood insurance | ||
| 36 | shall be provided for state-owned structures and contents | ||
| 37 | designated in subsection (2) to the extent necessary to meet | ||
| 38 | self-insurance requirements of the National Flood Insurance | ||
| 39 | Program, as prescribed in rules and regulations of the Federal | ||
| 40 | Emergency Management Agency in 44 C.F.R. parts 59, 60, and 74, | ||
| 41 | effective October 1, 1986. | ||
| 42 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003. | ||
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