Senate Bill sb1888c1

    Florida Senate - 2006                           CS for SB 1888

    By the Committee on Governmental Oversight and Productivity;
    and Senator Fasano




    585-2338-06

  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 designated as agency head of the

  6         division; providing for the director to be

  7         appointed by the Governor; providing that the

  8         division is a separate budget entity, not

  9         subject to control by the department; providing

10         for an agreement between the division and

11         department for certain services; prescribing

12         duties of the division; providing an effective

13         date.

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

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

18  20.18, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

19         20.18  Department of Community Affairs.--There is

20  created a Department of Community Affairs.

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

22  Affairs are established:

23         (a)  Division of Emergency Management. The division is

24  a separate budget entity and is not subject to control,

25  supervision, or direction by the Department of Community

26  Affairs in any manner, including, but not limited to,

27  personnel, purchasing, transactions involving personal

28  property, and budgetary matters. The division director shall

29  be appointed by the Governor, shall serve at the pleasure of

30  the Governor, and shall be the agency head of the division for

31  all purposes. The division shall enter into a service

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    Florida Senate - 2006                           CS for SB 1888
    585-2338-06




 1  agreement with the department for professional, technological,

 2  and administrative support services. The division shall

 3  collaborate and coordinate with the department on nonemergency

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

 5  recovery programs, grant programs, mitigation programs, and

 6  emergency matters related to comprehensive plans.

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

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 9          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
10                         Senate Bill 1888

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12  Establishes the Division of Emergency Management as a separate
    agency with an agency head appointed by, and serving at the
13  pleasure of, the Governor.

14  Clearly provides that the division director is the agency head
    of the division for all purposes.
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