HB 1273

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the Seminole Tribe; creating s. 285.21,
3	F.S.; authorizing the Seminole Tribe to become a party to
4	existing mutual aid plans, arrangements, and agreements
5	under certain conditions; providing requirements for the
6	Division of Emergency Management and the Florida
7	Department of Law Enforcement; authorizing modification of
8	mutual aid plans, arrangements, and agreements for
9	specified purposes; providing an effective date.
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11	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13	Section 1.  Section 285.21, Florida Statutes, is created to
14	read:
15	285.21  Mutual aid plans, arrangements, and agreements.--
16	(1)  The Seminole Tribe may become a party to any existing
17	mutual aid plan, arrangement, or agreement, as established
18	pursuant to s. 23.1225 or s. 252.40, by executing a copy of such
19	plan, arrangement, or agreement with the appropriate law
20	enforcement agencies or political subdivisions and providing a
21	copy with original signatures and authorizing resolutions to the
22	Division of Emergency Management of the Department of Community
23	Affairs and the Department of Law Enforcement.
24	(2)  When the Seminole Tribe becomes a party to any
25	existing mutual aid plan, arrangement, or agreement pursuant to
26	subsection (1), the Division of Emergency Management of the
27	Department of Community Affairs and the Department of Law
28	Enforcement shall abide by the terms of the agreement and shall
29	assist the Seminole Tribe in the same manner as required to
30	assist political subdivisions as provided in s. 252.35 and local
31	law enforcement agencies as provided in part I of chapter 23,
32	the Florida Mutual Aid Act.
33	(3)  A mutual aid plan, arrangement, or agreement entered
34	into pursuant to this section may be amended to comply with the
35	provisions of this chapter.
36	Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2008.

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