| 1 | The Domestic Security Committee recommends the following: |
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| 3 | Council/Committee Substitute |
| 4 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
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| 6 | A bill to be entitled |
| 7 | An act relating to emergency sheltering of persons with |
| 8 | pets; creating s. 252.3568, F.S.; requiring the Division |
| 9 | of Emergency Management of the Department of Community |
| 10 | Affairs to address evacuation of persons with pets in the |
| 11 | shelter component of the state comprehensive emergency |
| 12 | management plan; providing an 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 252.3568, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 17 | to read: |
| 18 | 252.3568 Emergency sheltering of persons with pets.--In |
| 19 | accordance with the provisions of s. 252.35, the division shall |
| 20 | address the evacuation of persons with pets in the shelter |
| 21 | component of the state comprehensive emergency management plan. |
| 22 | The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall assist |
| 23 | the division in determining strategies regarding this activity. |
| 24 | Section 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2007. |