Senate Bill sb1934

    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 1934

    By Senator Atwater





    25-885A-03                                          See HB 153

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the State Risk Management

  3         Trust Fund; amending s. 284.01, F.S.; providing

  4         construction; requiring the fund to insure the

  5         property and leasehold interests of certain

  6         hospital districts under certain circumstances;

  7         providing an effective date.

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  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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11         Section 1.  Subsection (1) of section 284.01, Florida

12  Statutes, is amended to read:

13         284.01  State Risk Management Trust Fund; coverages to

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15         (1)  The State Risk Management Trust Fund shall insure

16  those properties designated in subsection (2) which are owned

17  by the state or its agencies, boards, or bureaus against loss

18  from fire, lightning, sinkholes, and hazards customarily

19  insured by extended coverage and loss from the removal of

20  personal property from such properties when endangered by

21  covered perils. For the purposes of this part, a hospital

22  district created by special act which owns or operates one or

23  more hospitals, nursing homes, or other health care facilities

24  shall be considered a state agency and its property and

25  leasehold interests shall be considered owned by the state.

26  The fund shall insure the property or leasehold interests of

27  such a district in the same manner as property and leasehold

28  interests owned by other state agencies, boards, or bureaus,

29  upon the request of such district and payment of the premiums

30  for such insurance. Furthermore, the fund may also insure the

31  State Regional Office Building located in the City of

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    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 1934
    25-885A-03                                          See HB 153




 1  Jacksonville, Duval County, including the parking facility

 2  owned by the City of Jacksonville, since such building is

 3  jointly owned by the State of Florida and the City of

 4  Jacksonville. The City of Jacksonville shall be responsible

 5  for the payment of all premiums charged by the fund to insure

 6  property owned by the City of Jacksonville. Flood insurance

 7  shall be provided for state-owned structures and contents

 8  designated in subsection (2) to the extent necessary to meet

 9  self-insurance requirements of the National Flood Insurance

10  Program, as prescribed in rules and regulations of the Federal

11  Emergency Management Agency in 44 C.F.R. parts 59, 60, and 74,

12  effective October 1, 1986.

13         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.

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