Florida Senate - 2022                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1658
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  01/31/2022           .                                
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       The Committee on Environment and Natural Resources (Bean)
       recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 20.201, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         20.201 Department of Law Enforcement.—
    8         (1) There is created a Department of Law Enforcement. The
    9  head of the department is the Governor and Cabinet. The
   10  executive director of the department shall be appointed by the
   11  Governor subject to a majority vote of the Governor and Cabinet,
   12  with the Governor on the prevailing side. The appointment is
   13  with the approval of three members of the Cabinet and subject to
   14  confirmation by the Senate. The executive director shall serve
   15  at the pleasure of the Governor and Cabinet. The executive
   16  director may establish a command, operational, and
   17  administrative services structure to assist, manage, and support
   18  the department in operating programs and delivering services.
   19         Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 20.255, Florida
   20  Statutes, is amended to read:
   21         20.255 Department of Environmental Protection.—There is
   22  created a Department of Environmental Protection.
   23         (1) Notwithstanding s. 20.05(2), the head of the Department
   24  of Environmental Protection shall be a secretary, who shall be
   25  appointed by the Governor, with the concurrence of three members
   26  of the Cabinet or subject to confirmation by the Senate.
   27         (a) Upon appointment, the Governor shall, in writing,
   28  notify the Cabinet and the President of the Senate that he or
   29  she will seek either the concurrence of three members of the
   30  Cabinet or confirmation of the appointee by the Senate.
   31         (b) If the Governor seeks the concurrence of three members
   32  of the Cabinet for the appointment, such concurrence must be
   33  obtained at the first scheduled meeting of the Cabinet following
   34  the appointment. If concurrence of three members of the Cabinet
   35  is not obtained at such meeting, the appointee may be held over
   36  until his or her successor is appointed and qualified, but the
   37  period of such holdover may not exceed 30 days from the date of
   38  the Cabinet meeting at which the appointment was considered. An
   39  appointee who does not receive the concurrence of three members
   40  of the Cabinet is not eligible for appointment to the same
   41  office for 1 year after the date of the Cabinet meeting at which
   42  the appointment was considered.
   43         (c) If the Governor seeks confirmation of the appointee by
   44  the Senate, s. 114.05 applies The secretary shall be confirmed
   45  by the Florida Senate.
   46         (d) The secretary shall serve at the pleasure of the
   47  Governor.
   48         Section 3. Subsection (1) of section 20.37, Florida
   49  Statutes, is amended to read:
   50         20.37 Department of Veterans’ Affairs.—There is created a
   51  Department of Veterans’ Affairs.
   52         (1) The head of the department is the Governor and Cabinet.
   53  The executive director of the department shall be appointed by
   54  the Governor subject to a majority vote of the Governor and
   55  Cabinet, with the Governor on the prevailing side. The
   56  appointment is with the approval of three members of the Cabinet
   57  and subject to confirmation by the Senate. The executive
   58  director shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor and
   59  Cabinet.
   60         Section 4. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.
   61  
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   63  And the title is amended as follows:
   64         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   65  and insert:
   66                        A bill to be entitled                      
   67         An act relating to executive appointments; amending s.
   68         20.201, F.S.; requiring that the executive director of
   69         the Department of Law Enforcement be appointed subject
   70         to a majority vote of the Governor and Cabinet, with
   71         the Governor on the prevailing side; amending s.
   72         20.255, F.S.; requiring the appointment of the
   73         secretary of the Department of Environmental
   74         Protection be subject to the concurrence of three
   75         members of the Cabinet or confirmation by the Senate;
   76         requiring the Governor to notify the Cabinet and the
   77         President of the Senate in writing of the method of
   78         confirmation; requiring the Governor, if seeking the
   79         concurrence of the Cabinet, to seek such concurrence
   80         at the first scheduled meeting after appointment;
   81         providing that an appointee who does not receive the
   82         concurrence of the Cabinet may serve for a specified
   83         timeframe; providing that an appointee who does not
   84         receive concurrence from the Cabinet is not eligible
   85         for appointment to the same office for a specified
   86         timeframe; providing procedures for confirmation by
   87         the Senate; amending s. 20.37, F.S.; requiring that
   88         the executive director of the Department of Veterans’
   89         Affairs be appointed subject to a majority vote of the
   90         Governor and Cabinet, with the Governor on the
   91         prevailing side; providing an effective date.