Florida Senate - 2016                       CS for CS for SB 400
       
       
        
       By the Committees on Appropriations; and Environmental
       Preservation and Conservation; and Senator Hays
       
       576-04233-16                                           2016400c2
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the organizational structure of the
    3         Department of Environmental Protection; amending s.
    4         20.255, F.S.; deleting a provision requiring certain
    5         offices within the department; establishing the Office
    6         of the Secretary; authorizing the secretary to
    7         establish offices within divisions or the Office of
    8         the Secretary as necessary to promote the efficient
    9         and effective operation of the department; requiring
   10         the appointment of a general counsel; providing an
   11         exemption for certain managers and directors from part
   12         II of ch. 110, F.S.; establishing the Division of
   13         Water Restoration Assistance within the department;
   14         providing an effective date.
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   16  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   18         Section 1. Subsections (2) and (3) of section 20.255,
   19  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
   20         20.255 Department of Environmental Protection.—There is
   21  created a Department of Environmental Protection.
   22         (2)(a) There shall be three deputy secretaries who are to
   23  be appointed by and shall serve at the pleasure of the
   24  secretary. The secretary may assign any deputy secretary the
   25  responsibility to supervise, coordinate, and formulate policy
   26  for any division, office, or district. The following special
   27  offices are established and headed by managers, each of whom is
   28  to be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the secretary:
   29         1. Office of Chief of Staff;
   30         2. Office of General Counsel;
   31         3. Office of Inspector General;
   32         4. Office of External Affairs;
   33         5. Office of Legislative Affairs;
   34         6. Office of Intergovernmental Programs; and
   35         7. Office of Greenways and Trails.
   36         8. Office of Emergency Response.
   37         (b) The Office of the Secretary is established. The
   38  secretary may establish offices within divisions or within the
   39  Office of the Secretary to promote the efficient and effective
   40  operation of the department.
   41         (c) The secretary shall appoint a general counsel who is
   42  directly responsible to and serves at the pleasure of the
   43  secretary. The general counsel is responsible for all legal
   44  matters of the department.
   45         (d)(b) There shall be six administrative districts involved
   46  in regulatory matters of waste management, water resource
   47  management, wetlands, and air resources, which shall be headed
   48  by managers, each of whom is to be appointed by and serve at the
   49  pleasure of the secretary. Divisions of the department may have
   50  one assistant or two deputy division directors, as required to
   51  facilitate effective operation.
   52  
   53  The directors managers of all divisions, managers of all and
   54  offices, specifically named in this section and the managers
   55  directors of the six administrative districts are exempt from
   56  part II of chapter 110 and are included in the Senior Management
   57  Service in accordance with s. 110.205(2)(j).
   58         (3) The following divisions of the Department of
   59  Environmental Protection are established:
   60         (a) Division of Administrative Services.
   61         (b) Division of Air Resource Management.
   62         (c) Division of Water Resource Management.
   63         (d) Division of Environmental Assessment and Restoration.
   64         (e) Division of Waste Management.
   65         (f) Division of Recreation and Parks.
   66         (g) Division of State Lands, the director of which is to be
   67  appointed by the secretary of the department, subject to
   68  confirmation by the Governor and Cabinet sitting as the Board of
   69  Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund.
   70         (h) Division of Water Restoration Assistance.
   71  
   72  In order to ensure statewide and intradepartmental consistency,
   73  the department’s divisions shall direct the district offices and
   74  bureaus on matters of interpretation and applicability of the
   75  department’s rules and programs.
   76         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016.
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