Florida Senate - 2012 SB 2076
By the Committee on Military Affairs, Space, and Domestic
Security
583-02471-12 20122076__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the Florida Defense Support Task
3 Force; transferring the functions of the Florida
4 Council on Military Base and Mission Support to the
5 Florida Defense Support Task Force; amending s.
6 163.3175, F.S.; conforming references; repealing s.
7 288.984, F.S., relating to the Florida Council on
8 Military Base and Mission Support; amending s.
9 288.985, F.S.; conforming references; amending s.
10 288.987, F.S.; revising references to the Department
11 of Economic Opportunity rather than the Office of
12 Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development within the
13 Executive Office of the Governor; providing an
14 effective date.
15
16 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
17
18 Section 1. The powers, duties, functions, records,
19 personnel, property, pending issues, existing contracts,
20 administrative authority, administrative rules, and unexpended
21 balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds of the
22 Florida Council on Military Base and Mission Support within the
23 Department of Economic Opportunity are transferred by a type two
24 transfer, as defined in s. 20.06(2), Florida Statutes, to the
25 Florida Defense Support Task Force within the Department of
26 Economic Opportunity.
27 Section 2. Subsection (3) of section 163.3175, Florida
28 Statutes, is amended to read:
29 163.3175 Legislative findings on compatibility of
30 development with military installations; exchange of information
31 between local governments and military installations.—
32 (3) The Florida Defense Support Task Force Florida Council
33 on Military Base and Mission Support may recommend to the
34 Legislature changes to the military installations and local
35 governments specified in subsection (2) based on a military
36 base’s potential for impacts from encroachment, and incompatible
37 land uses and development.
38 Section 3. Section 288.984, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
39 Section 4. Subsections (1) and (2) of section 288.985,
40 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
41 288.985 Exemptions from public records and public meetings
42 requirements.—
43 (1) The following records held by the Florida Defense
44 Support Task Force Florida Council on Military Base and Mission
45 Support are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the
46 State Constitution:
47 (a) That portion of a record which relates to strengths and
48 weaknesses of military installations or military missions in
49 this state relative to the selection criteria for the
50 realignment and closure of military bases and missions under any
51 United States Department of Defense base realignment and closure
52 process.
53 (b) That portion of a record which relates to strengths and
54 weaknesses of military installations or military missions in
55 other states or territories and the vulnerability of such
56 installations or missions to base realignment or closure under
57 the United States Department of Defense base realignment and
58 closure process, and any agreements or proposals to relocate or
59 realign military units and missions from other states or
60 territories.
61 (c) That portion of a record which relates to the state’s
62 strategy to retain its military bases during any United States
63 Department of Defense base realignment and closure process and
64 any agreements or proposals to relocate or realign military
65 units and missions.
66 (2) Meetings or portions of meetings of the Florida Defense
67 Support Task Force Florida Council on Military Base and Mission
68 Support, or a workgroup of the task force council, at which
69 records are presented or discussed which are exempt under
70 subsection (1) are exempt from s. 286.011 and s. 24(b), Art. I
71 of the State Constitution.
72 Section 5. Subsections (5) and (7) of section 288.987,
73 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
74 288.987 Florida Defense Support Task Force.—
75 (5) The executive director of the Department of Economic
76 Opportunity Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development
77 within the Executive Office of the Governor, or his or her
78 designee, shall serve as the ex officio, nonvoting executive
79 director of the task force.
80 (7) The department Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
81 Development shall contract with the task force for expenditure
82 of appropriated funds, which may be used by the task force for
83 economic and product research and development, joint planning
84 with host communities to accommodate military missions and
85 prevent base encroachment, advocacy on the state’s behalf with
86 federal civilian and military officials, assistance to school
87 districts in providing a smooth transition for large numbers of
88 additional military-related students, job training and placement
89 for military spouses in communities with high proportions of
90 active duty military personnel, and promotion of the state to
91 military and related contractors and employers. The task force
92 may annually spend up to $200,000 of funds appropriated to the
93 department Executive Office of the Governor, Office of Tourism,
94 Trade, and Economic Development, for the task force for staffing
95 and administrative expenses of the task force, including travel
96 and per diem costs incurred by task force members who are not
97 otherwise eligible for state reimbursement.
98 Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.