Florida Senate - 2020 CS for SB 752
By the Committee on Infrastructure and Security; and Senators
Bean, Book, and Cruz
596-02648-20 2020752c1
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to emergency sheltering of persons
3 with pets; amending s. 252.3568, F.S.; requiring the
4 Department of Education to assist the Division of
5 Emergency Management in determining strategies
6 regarding the evacuation of persons with pets;
7 requiring counties that meet specified criteria to
8 designate and operate at least one shelter that can
9 accommodate persons with pets; specifying requirements
10 for such shelters; providing an effective date.
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12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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14 Section 1. Section 252.3568, Florida Statutes, is amended
15 to read:
16 252.3568 Emergency sheltering of persons with pets.—
17 (1) In accordance with s. 252.35, the division shall
18 address strategies for the evacuation of persons with pets in
19 the shelter component of the state comprehensive emergency
20 management plan and shall include the requirement for similar
21 strategies in its standards and requirements for local
22 comprehensive emergency management plans. The Department of
23 Agriculture and Consumer Services and the Department of
24 Education shall assist the division in determining strategies
25 regarding this activity.
26 (2) If a county maintains any designated shelters, it must
27 also designate and operate at least one shelter that can
28 accommodate persons with pets. The shelter must be in compliance
29 with any applicable disaster assistance policies and procedures
30 of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and with safety
31 procedures regarding the sheltering of pets established in the
32 shelter component of the local and state comprehensive emergency
33 management plans.
34 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.