Florida Senate - 2022             CONFERENCE COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 2512
       
       
       
       
       
       
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             03/14/2022 12:14 PM       .      03/14/2022 12:45 PM       
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       The Conference Committee on SB 2512 recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Conference Committee Amendment (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    5  and insert:
    6         Section 1. Section 287.1611, Florida Statutes, is created
    7  to read:
    8         287.1611 Executive aircraft pool; assignment of aircraft;
    9  charge for transportation.—
   10         (1)The executive aircraft pool is created within the
   11  Department of Management Services for the purpose of providing
   12  state-owned aircraft for executive air travel. The pool must
   13  consist of at least two aircraft.
   14         (2)It shall be the responsibility of the state official
   15  requesting the use of, or requesting travel in, an aircraft of
   16  the executive aircraft pool to ensure that all such use or
   17  travel is in compliance with s. 112.061. Each agency,
   18  legislative entity, and the Supreme Court must maintain records
   19  demonstrating evidence of such compliance.
   20         (3)Each plane in the aircraft pool shall be designated and
   21  assigned to a tier of traveler, and the priority order for
   22  scheduling each of the aircraft is as follows:
   23         (a)Aircraft one is designated for and may be used in the
   24  following order of priority:
   25         1.Lieutenant Governor.
   26         2.Cabinet officers.
   27         3.Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
   28         4.Justices of the Supreme Court.
   29         (b)Aircraft two is designated for and may be used in the
   30  following order of priority:
   31         1.President of the Senate or Speaker of the House of
   32  Representatives.
   33         2.Chairs of standing committees of the Legislature.
   34         3.Appointed secretaries and executive directors of
   35  departments in the executive branch.
   36         4.Chairs of the Florida Gaming Control Commission, Public
   37  Service Commission, and the Florida Commission on Offender
   38  Review.
   39         (c)Trip requests for aircraft one and aircraft two must be
   40  scheduled on a first-call, first-served basis, except in the
   41  event of a scheduling conflict the priority order must apply.
   42         (4)It is the intent of the Legislature that the executive
   43  aircraft pool be operated on a full-cost-recovery basis, less
   44  available funds. The Department of Management Services shall
   45  charge state officials traveling on, or requesting the use of,
   46  aircraft from the executive aircraft pool a rate not less than
   47  the mileage allowance fixed by the Legislature for the use of
   48  privately owned vehicles. Payments collected for persons
   49  traveling by aircraft in the executive aircraft pool must be
   50  deposited into the department’s Operating Trust Fund and must be
   51  expended for costs incurred to operate the aircraft management
   52  activities of the department.
   53         Section 2. Subsection (7) of section 934.50, Florida
   54  Statutes, is amended to read:
   55         934.50 Searches and seizure using a drone.—
   56         (7) SECURITY STANDARDS FOR GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY DRONE USE.—
   57         (a) As used in this subsection, the term:
   58         1. “Department” means the Department of Management
   59  Services.
   60         2. “Governmental agency” means any state, county, local, or
   61  municipal governmental entity or any unit of government created
   62  or established by law that uses a drone for any purpose.
   63         3.“Foreign country of concern” means the People’s Republic
   64  of China, the Russian Federation, the Islamic Republic of Iran,
   65  the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Republic of Cuba,
   66  the Venezuelan regime of Nicolás Maduro, or the Syrian Arab
   67  Republic, including any agency of or any other entity under
   68  significant control of such foreign country of concern.
   69         (b) By July January 1, 2022, and each July 1 thereafter,
   70  the department, in consultation with the state chief information
   71  officer, shall publish on the department’s website a list of
   72  approved manufacturers and related model numbers whose drones
   73  may be purchased or otherwise acquired and used by a
   74  governmental agency under this section. An approved manufacturer
   75  shall not be located in, substantially owned, controlled,
   76  sponsored, commanded, managed, or dominated by a foreign country
   77  of concern, and must provide appropriate safeguards to protect
   78  the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data
   79  collected, transmitted, or stored by a drone. The department may
   80  consult state and federal agencies and any relevant federal
   81  guidance in developing the list of approved manufacturers
   82  required under this paragraph. The department may update the
   83  list of approved manufacturers and model numbers, as needed,
   84  based on the emergence of new manufacturers and models that meet
   85  the security requirements of this section or if new information
   86  about an approved manufacturer or model obtained by the
   87  department would require that manufacturer or model to be
   88  removed from the approved list.
   89         (c) Beginning July 1, 2022 on the date the department
   90  publishes the list of approved drone manufacturers under
   91  paragraph (b), a governmental agency may only purchase or
   92  otherwise acquire a drone from the an approved manufacturer and
   93  model list developed pursuant to paragraph (b) in effect at the
   94  time of the acquisition or purchase.
   95         (d) By July 1, 2022, and each July 1 thereafter, when a
   96  drone not produced by an approved manufacturer or model remains
   97  in use, a governmental agency that uses such a any drone not
   98  produced by an approved manufacturer shall submit to the
   99  department a comprehensive plan for discontinuing the use of
  100  that such a drone. The department shall adopt rules identifying
  101  the requirements for the comprehensive plan of the comprehensive
  102  plan required under this paragraph.
  103         (e) By July January 1, 2023, all governmental agencies must
  104  discontinue the use of drones that are not on the approved list
  105  of manufacturers and models not produced by an approved
  106  manufacturer. The department shall establish by rule, consistent
  107  with any federal guidance on drone security, minimum security
  108  requirements for governmental agency drone use to protect the
  109  confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data collected,
  110  transmitted, or stored by a drone. The department may consult
  111  federal agencies in establishing the minimum security
  112  requirements required under this paragraph.
  113         (f)An agency that oversees the Florida Forest Service may
  114  request the department to grant a waiver for the acquisition or
  115  use of a drone from a manufacturer not on an approved list so
  116  long as the manufacturer is not located in, substantially owned,
  117  controlled, sponsored, commanded, managed, or dominated by a
  118  foreign country of concern. The department shall grant waivers
  119  to governmental agencies so long as the public’s interest is
  120  protected. The department shall establish the process for
  121  waivers by rule in accordance with this paragraph.
  122         Section 3. Subsection (5) of section 287.17, Florida
  123  Statutes, is amended to read:
  124         287.17 Limitation on use of motor vehicles and aircraft.—
  125         (5) A person who is not otherwise authorized in this
  126  section may accompany a state official identified in s. 287.1611
  127  the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, a member of the Cabinet,
  128  the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
  129  Representatives, or the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court when
  130  such official is traveling on state aircraft for official state
  131  business and the aircraft is traveling with seats available.
  132  Transportation of a person accompanying any official specified
  133  in this subsection must shall be approved by the official, who
  134  shall also guarantee payment of the transportation charges. When
  135  the person accompanying such official is not traveling on
  136  official state business as provided in this section, the
  137  transportation charge is shall be a prorated share of all fixed
  138  and variable expenses related to the ownership, operation, and
  139  use of such state aircraft. The spouse or immediate family
  140  members of any official identified in s. 287.1611 specified in
  141  this subsection may, with payment of transportation charges,
  142  accompany the official when such official is traveling for
  143  official state business and the aircraft has seats available.
  144         Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.
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  146  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
  147  And the title is amended as follows:
  148         Delete everything before the enacting clause
  149  and insert:
  150                        A bill to be entitled                      
  151         An act relating to aircraft; creating s. 287.1611,
  152         F.S.; creating the executive aircraft pool within the
  153         Department of Management Services; providing the
  154         purpose for the pool; requiring a specified number of
  155         aircraft; requiring state officials who request use of
  156         or travel in pool aircraft to ensure that such use or
  157         travel complies with specified provisions; requiring
  158         specified governmental entities to maintain records
  159         demonstrating such compliance; designating the
  160         respective planes in the aircraft pool for use by
  161         specified persons; establishing the order of priority
  162         for use of each aircraft; providing that the use of
  163         such aircraft is on a first-call, first-served basis,
  164         except in the event of a scheduling conflict the
  165         priority order applies; providing legislative intent;
  166         requiring the department to charge all users a
  167         specified rate; requiring the collected funds to be
  168         deposited into the department’s Operating Trust Fund;
  169         amending s. 934.50, F.S.; defining the term “foreign
  170         country of concern”; revising the date by which the
  171         department must annually publish a specified list;
  172         revising the contents of the list; prohibiting certain
  173         manufacturers from being on such list; authorizing the
  174         department to update such list as needed; authorizing
  175         a governmental agency to purchase drones only from
  176         such list, beginning on a specified date; requiring
  177         governmental agencies using nonapproved drones to
  178         submit a comprehensive plan to the department
  179         beginning on a specified date; prohibiting the use of
  180         nonapproved drones after a specified date; authorizing
  181         an agency overseeing the Florida Forest Service to
  182         request a waiver; requiring the department to grant
  183         such waivers under specified circumstances; requiring
  184         the department to adopt a certain rule; amending s.
  185         287.17, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by
  186         the act; making technical changes; providing an
  187         effective date.