Florida Senate - 2016                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 400
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/26/2016           .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Hays) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Subsections (2) and (3) of section 20.255,
    6  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
    7         20.255 Department of Environmental Protection.—There is
    8  created a Department of Environmental Protection.
    9         (2)(a) There shall be three deputy secretaries who are to
   10  be appointed by and shall serve at the pleasure of the
   11  secretary. The secretary may assign any deputy secretary the
   12  responsibility to supervise, coordinate, and formulate policy
   13  for any division, office, or district. The following special
   14  offices are established and headed by managers, each of whom is
   15  to be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the secretary:
   16         1. Office of Chief of Staff;
   17         2. Office of General Counsel;
   18         3. Office of Inspector General;
   19         4. Office of External Affairs;
   20         5. Office of Legislative Affairs;
   21         6. Office of Intergovernmental Programs; and
   22         7. Office of Greenways and Trails.
   23         8. Office of Emergency Response.
   24         (b) The Office of the Secretary is established. The
   25  secretary may establish offices within divisions or within the
   26  Office of the Secretary to promote the efficient and effective
   27  operation of the department.
   28         (c) The secretary shall appoint a general counsel who is
   29  directly responsible to and serves at the pleasure of the
   30  secretary. The general counsel is responsible for all legal
   31  matters of the department.
   32         (d)(b) There shall be six administrative districts involved
   33  in regulatory matters of waste management, water resource
   34  management, wetlands, and air resources, which shall be headed
   35  by managers, each of whom is to be appointed by and serve at the
   36  pleasure of the secretary. Divisions of the department may have
   37  one assistant or two deputy division directors, as required to
   38  facilitate effective operation.
   39  
   40  The directors managers of all divisions, managers of all and
   41  offices, specifically named in this section and the managers
   42  directors of the six administrative districts are exempt from
   43  part II of chapter 110 and are included in the Senior Management
   44  Service in accordance with s. 110.205(2)(j).
   45         (3) The following divisions of the Department of
   46  Environmental Protection are established:
   47         (a) Division of Administrative Services.
   48         (b) Division of Air Resource Management.
   49         (c) Division of Water Resource Management.
   50         (d) Division of Environmental Assessment and Restoration.
   51         (e) Division of Waste Management.
   52         (f) Division of Recreation and Parks.
   53         (g) Division of State Lands, the director of which is to be
   54  appointed by the secretary of the department, subject to
   55  confirmation by the Governor and Cabinet sitting as the Board of
   56  Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund.
   57         (h) Division of Water Restoration Assistance.
   58  
   59  In order to ensure statewide and intradepartmental consistency,
   60  the department’s divisions shall direct the district offices and
   61  bureaus on matters of interpretation and applicability of the
   62  department’s rules and programs.
   63         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016.
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   65  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   66  And the title is amended as follows:
   67         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   68  and insert:
   69                        A bill to be entitled                      
   70         An act relating to the organizational structure of the
   71         Department of Environmental Protection; amending s.
   72         20.255, F.S.; deleting a provision requiring certain
   73         offices within the department; establishing the Office
   74         of the Secretary; authorizing the secretary to
   75         establish offices within divisions or the Office of
   76         the Secretary as necessary to promote the efficient
   77         and effective operation of the department; requiring
   78         the appointment of a general counsel; providing an
   79         exemption for certain managers and directors from part
   80         II of ch. 110, F.S.; establishing the Division of
   81         Water Restoration Assistance within the department;
   82         providing an effective date.