Senate Bill sb1708

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    Florida Senate - 2006                                  SB 1708

    By Senator Wise





    5-1288-06                                           See HB 707

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to emergency management;

  3         creating s. 252.63, F.S.; providing a short

  4         title; creating the Florida Disaster Supplier

  5         Program; providing purpose of the program;

  6         creating the Florida Disaster Supplier Program

  7         Committee; providing purpose, membership,

  8         terms, and organization of the committee;

  9         providing duties and responsibilities of the

10         committee; requiring a report; providing for

11         termination of the committee; providing an

12         effective date.

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

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16         Section 1.  Section 252.63, Florida Statutes, is

17  created to read:

18         252.63  Florida Disaster Supplier Program.--

19         (1)  SHORT TITLE.--This section may be cited as the

20  "Florida Disaster Supplier Program Act."

21         (2)  FLORIDA DISASTER SUPPLIER PROGRAM.--The Florida

22  Disaster Supplier Program is created within the division for

23  the purpose of providing statewide oversight of the

24  availability and provision of necessary supplies prior to,

25  during, and following a state of emergency or natural or

26  manmade disaster or catastrophe. Participation in the program

27  shall be at the option of each county governing body within

28  the state. Each county choosing to participate in the program

29  shall be primarily responsible for administering the program

30  within that county.

31         (3)  FLORIDA DISASTER SUPPLIER PROGRAM COMMITTEE.--

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    Florida Senate - 2006                                  SB 1708
    5-1288-06                                           See HB 707




 1         (a)  There is created the Florida Disaster Supplier

 2  Program Committee. The committee shall be composed of the

 3  county emergency operations directors from the nine most

 4  populous counties in the state or their designees. The

 5  committee shall be charged with the responsibility of

 6  establishing the Florida Disaster Supplier Program.

 7         (b)  The members of the committee shall elect a chair

 8  and a vice chair from among their membership. The chair shall

 9  preside at all meetings of the committee.

10         (c)  The committee shall meet at the call of the chair

11  or at the request of a majority of its membership.

12         (d)  Members shall serve for the duration of the

13  existence of the committee. A vacancy on the committee shall

14  be filled by the chair for the remainder of the unexpired

15  term.

16         (e)  Members of the committee shall serve without

17  compensation but shall be entitled to per diem and travel

18  expenses as provided in s. 112.061 while engaged in the

19  performance of their duties.

20         (4)  DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.--Duties and

21  responsibilities of the committee shall include, but not be

22  limited to, recommending to the division:

23         (a)  State disaster preparedness criteria necessary to

24  the implementation of the program.

25         (b)  A system of certification for disaster suppliers

26  in the following categories:

27         1.  Medicine.

28         2.  Gasoline.

29         3.  Ice.

30         (c)  The assessment of an annual license fee for

31  businesses seeking to obtain certification as a state disaster

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    Florida Senate - 2006                                  SB 1708
    5-1288-06                                           See HB 707




 1  supplier under the program and caps and guidelines for such

 2  license fee.

 3         (d)  A uniform state logo that bears the names of the

 4  respective counties participating in the program.

 5         (5)  USE OF LICENSE FEES.--License fees recommended by

 6  the committee must be apportioned with 90 percent of the

 7  license fees to be used by the participating counties for

 8  emergency disaster preparedness and 10 percent of the license

 9  fees to be deposited in the State Treasury into the General

10  Revenue Fund.

11         (6)  REPORT.--The committee shall submit a report on

12  the development and implementation of the program to the

13  Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the

14  President of the Senate no later than July 1, 2009. The report

15  shall include recommendations for any needed legislation with

16  respect to the provision of supplies within the state during a

17  state of emergency or natural or manmade disaster or

18  catastrophe.

19         (7)  TERMINATION.--The committee shall terminate on

20  July 1, 2009.

21         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2006.

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