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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Chief of Domestic

  3         Security Initiatives; amending s. 943.0311,

  4         F.S.; providing for security assessments of all

  5         buildings, facilities, and structures owned or

  6         occupied by state agencies, state universities,

  7         and community colleges, by the employees and

  8         within existing resources of such state

  9         agencies, state universities, or community

10         colleges; requiring completion of initial

11         security assessments by a specified date;

12         providing for subsequent security assessments;

13         providing for reports; requiring the chief to

14         communicate to local governments and water

15         management districts regarding security

16         assessments of buildings and facilities;

17         providing that costs of security assessments of

18         local government buildings and facilities shall

19         be borne by the local government or water

20         management district; authorizing the chief to

21         communicate certain information concerning

22         security assessments to private entities;

23         requiring that the costs of such assessments be

24         borne by the private entities; defining the

25         term "state agency" for purposes of the act;

26         providing an effective date.

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

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30         Section 1.  Section 943.0311, Florida Statutes, is

31  amended to read:


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 1         943.0311  Chief of Domestic Security Initiatives; and

 2  the department's duties of the department with respect to

 3  domestic security.--

 4         (1)  The executive director of the department, or a

 5  member of the department designated by the executive director,

 6  shall serve as the Chief of Domestic Security Initiatives.

 7         (1)  The Chief of Domestic Security Initiatives shall:

 8         (a)  Coordinate the efforts of the department in the

 9  ongoing assessment of this state's vulnerability to, and

10  ability to detect and respond to, acts of terrorism, as

11  defined in s. 775.30, within or affecting this state.

12         (b)  Prepare recommendations for the Executive Office

13  of the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker

14  of the House of Representatives, which are based upon ongoing

15  assessments to limit the vulnerability of the state to

16  terrorism.

17         (c)  Coordinate the collection of proposals to limit

18  the vulnerability of the state to terrorism.

19         (d)  Use regional task forces to support the duties of

20  the department set forth in this section.

21         (e)  Use public or private resources to perform the

22  duties assigned to the department under this section.

23         (f)  Perform other duties assigned by law.

24         (2)(a)  The chief shall conduct or cause to be

25  conducted by the personnel and with the resources of the state

26  agency, state university, or community college that owns or

27  leases a building, facility, or structure, specific security

28  assessments of buildings, and facilities, and structures owned

29  or leased by state agencies, state universities, and community

30  colleges. Each state agency, state university, and community

31  college or local governments. All state agencies and local


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 1  governments shall cooperate with the department and provide

 2  the assistance of employees within existing resources to

 3  provide to the chief information in the format requested by

 4  the chief. The chief must report to the Governor, the

 5  President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of

 6  Representatives if any state agency, state university, or

 7  community college substantially fails to cooperate with the

 8  chief in making a security assessment of the buildings,

 9  facilities, and structures of the state agency, state

10  university, or community college.

11         (a)  The initial assessment of each building, facility,

12  or structure owned or leased by a state agency, state

13  university, or community college shall be completed by the

14  state agency, state university, or community college and shall

15  be provided to the chief no later than November 1, 2004.

16         (b)  The chief may request followup assessments to

17  ensure that the security assessments of buildings, facilities,

18  and structures, owned or leased by state agencies, state

19  universities, and community colleges, remain reasonably

20  current and valid. requested information and resources to

21  assist the department in meeting its responsibilities under

22  this section.

23         (b)  Based upon the security assessments, the chief

24  shall prepare recommendations to enhance the security of

25  buildings and facilities owned or leased by state agencies or

26  local governments.

27         (3)(c)  The chief shall report to the Executive Office

28  of the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker

29  of the House of Representatives by November 1 of each year

30  prioritized suggestions for specific security enhancement of

31  recommended minimum security standards or security-enhancement


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 1  needs for any building, or facility, or structure owned or

 2  leased by a state agency, state university, or community

 3  college or any entity that has conducted an assessment under

 4  subsection (5) or local government. The report must identify

 5  and prioritize the recommended security enhancements and

 6  provide recommendations to maximize federal funding in support

 7  of building and facility security.

 8         (4)(3)  The chief shall report develop and submit to

 9  the Executive Office of the Governor, the President of the

10  Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives

11  recommended best practices for safety and security of

12  buildings, facilities, and structures owned or leased by state

13  agencies, state universities, community colleges, and local

14  governments. To promote the continued safety of government

15  buildings, facilities, and structures within the state, the

16  best practices may be revised or enhanced by the chief as

17  necessary. The recommended best practices are not a rule as

18  defined in chapter 120.

19         (5)  The chief shall communicate to local governments

20  and water management districts the importance of conducting

21  security assessments of buildings, facilities, and structures

22  owned or leased by such local governments or water management

23  districts, and the options local governments and water

24  management districts should consider in obtaining security

25  assessments. The cost of any security assessment of a

26  building, facility, or structure owned or leased by a local

27  government or water management district shall be borne by the

28  local government or water management district, as applicable.

29  The chief shall review the recommended best practices as

30  necessary, but at least once each year, and shall submit any

31  recommended changes to the Executive Office of the Governor,


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 1  the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of

 2  Representatives.

 3         (6)(4)  The chief may communicate to private entities

 4  the options private entities should consider in obtaining

 5  security assessments and may solicit private entities for the

 6  purpose of communicating such options. The cost of any

 7  security assessment of a private entity shall be borne by the

 8  private entity. conduct specific security assessments of a

 9  building or facility owned by a private entity upon the

10  request of that private entity. The chief may prioritize

11  requests, and such prioritization is not agency action that is

12  subject to review under chapter 120. The chief may solicit

13  private entities for the purpose of receiving requests to

14  perform security assessments of buildings or facilities.

15  Private entities are urged to cooperate with and assist the

16  department in meeting its responsibilities for domestic

17  security.

18         (7)  As used in this section, the term "state agency"

19  includes the Agency for Health Care Administration, the Agency

20  for Workforce Innovation, the Department of Agriculture and

21  Consumer Services, the Department of Business and Professional

22  Regulation, the Department of Children and Family Services,

23  the Department of Citrus, the Department of Community Affairs,

24  the Department of Corrections, the Department of Education,

25  the Department of Elderly Affairs, the Department of

26  Environmental Protection, the Department of Financial

27  Services, the Department of Health, the Department of Highway

28  Safety and Motor Vehicles, the Department of Juvenile Justice,

29  the Department of Law Enforcement, the Department of Legal

30  Affairs, the Department of Management Services, the Department

31  of Military Affairs, the Department of Revenue, the Department


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 1  of State, the Department of the Lottery, the Department of

 2  Transportation, the Department of Veterans' Affairs, the Fish

 3  and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the Parole Commission,

 4  the State Board of Administration, and the Executive Office of

 5  the Governor.

 6         (5)  By November 1 of each year, the executive director

 7  shall compile, coordinate, and prioritize recommendations and

 8  proposals concerning security and shall present the

 9  recommendations and proposals to the Executive Office of the

10  Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the

11  House of Representatives. All recommendations seeking funding

12  shall be prioritized, with critical domestic security needs

13  requiring immediate or top-priority funding being clearly

14  identified. Such recommendations shall include recommendations

15  to maximize federal funding in support of the state's

16  domestic-security efforts.

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