Florida Senate - 2021                                    SB 1454
       
       
        
       By Senator Farmer
       
       
       
       
       
       34-00608-21                                           20211454__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to a strategic fuel reserve; creating
    3         the Florida Strategic Fuel Reserve Task Force adjunct
    4         to the Division of Emergency Management to develop a
    5         recommended strategic fuel reserve plan for an
    6         emergency or a disaster; requiring the division to
    7         provide administrative and support services to the
    8         task force; specifying the membership of the task
    9         force; requiring the task force to elect a chair and a
   10         vice chair; requiring the task force to submit a
   11         report to the Governor and the Legislature by a
   12         specified date; providing an expiration date;
   13         providing an effective date.
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   15  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   17         Section 1. (1) The Florida Strategic Fuel Reserve Task
   18  Force, a task force as defined in s. 20.03(8), Florida Statutes,
   19  is created adjunct to the Division of Emergency Management
   20  within the Executive Office of the Governor to develop a
   21  recommended strategic fuel reserve plan for the state to respond
   22  to private and public fuel needs in the event of a disaster or
   23  an emergency, as those terms are defined in s. 252.34(2) and
   24  (4), Florida Statutes, respectively. The task force shall
   25  operate in a manner consistent with s. 20.052, Florida Statutes.
   26         (2) The division shall provide administrative and support
   27  services relating to the functions of the task force.
   28         (3) The task force shall consist of the following members:
   29         (a) Three persons appointed by the President of the Senate.
   30         (b) Three persons appointed by the Speaker of the House of
   31  Representatives.
   32         (c) Three persons appointed by the Governor.
   33         (4) The task force shall elect a chair and a vice chair.
   34         (5) The task force shall submit a report to the Governor,
   35  the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
   36  Representatives by April 30, 2022, which contains its
   37  recommendations for a strategic fuel reserve plan.
   38         (6) This section expires on June 30, 2022.
   39         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.