Senate Bill sb1888

    Florida Senate - 2006                                  SB 1888

    By Senator Fasano





    11-1158-06

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Department of Community

  3         Affairs; amending s. 20.18, F.S.; providing

  4         that the Director of the Division of Emergency

  5         Management be appointed by the Governor;

  6         providing that the division be a separate

  7         budget entity, not subject to control by the

  8         department; providing for an agreement between

  9         the division and department for certain

10         services; prescribing duties of the division;

11         providing an effective date.

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

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15         Section 1.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section

16  20.18, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

17         20.18  Department of Community Affairs.--There is

18  created a Department of Community Affairs.

19         (2)  The following units of the Department of Community

20  Affairs are established:

21         (a)  Division of Emergency Management. The division

22  director shall be appointed by and serve under the oversight

23  of the Governor in carrying out the responsibilities of

24  chapter 252. The division is a separate budget entity and not

25  subject to the control, supervision, or direction of the

26  department in matters involving personnel, purchasing, and

27  budget. The division shall enter into a service agreement with

28  the department for professional, technological, and

29  administrative support services. The division shall

30  collaborate and coordinate with the department on nonemergency

31  response matters, including, but not limited to, disaster

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    Florida Senate - 2006                                  SB 1888
    11-1158-06




 1  recovery programs, grant programs, mitigation programs, and

 2  emergency matters related to comprehensive plans.

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

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 6                          SENATE SUMMARY

 7    Provides a more autonomous role for the Division of
      Emergency Management of the Department of Community
 8    Affairs. The division is under the oversight of the
      Governor, rather than the department, and will function
 9    as a separate budget entity for purposes of personnel,
      purchasing, and budget. Provides for the division
10    director to be appointed by the Governor, not the
      Secretary of Community Affairs. Provides for a service
11    agreement for support services between the division and
      department.
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