Florida Senate - 2024 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1262
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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The Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and
Domestic Security (Collins) 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. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
6 252.38, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
7 252.38 Emergency management powers of political
8 subdivisions.—Safeguarding the life and property of its citizens
9 is an innate responsibility of the governing body of each
10 political subdivision of the state.
11 (1) COUNTIES.—
12 (b)1. Each county emergency management agency created and
13 established pursuant to ss. 252.31-252.90 shall have a director.
14 The director must meet the following minimum training and
15 education qualifications:
16 a. A bachelor’s degree.
17 b. Six years of verifiable experience in emergency
18 services, emergency management, emergency planning, law
19 enforcement, or firefighting services, of which at least 3 years
20 must be supervisory experience in emergency management,
21 response, or operations for a county, a municipality, the state,
22 or the Federal Government.
23 c. A master’s degree in emergency preparedness or
24 management, business or public administration, communications,
25 finance, homeland security, public health, criminal justice,
26 meteorology, or environmental science may be substituted for 2
27 years of experience of those required in sub-subparagraph b. but
28 not for the required years of supervisory experience.
29 d. Completion of the following National Incident Management
30 System courses, or equivalent courses established by the Federal
31 Emergency Management Agency through the Emergency Management
32 Institute:
33 (I) ICS-100: Introduction to the Incident Command System;
34 (II) ICS-200: ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action
35 Incidents;
36 (III) IS-700.b: National Incident Management System, An
37 Introduction;
38 (IV) IS-703.b: NIMS Resource Management; and
39 (V) IS-800.d: National Response Framework, An Introduction.
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41 A valid accreditation as a Certified Master Exercise
42 Practitioner by the Federal Emergency Management Agency,
43 Certified Emergency Manager, or Florida Professional Emergency
44 Manager will satisfy the requirements of this sub-subparagraph.
45 e. A valid driver license. If the license is not a Florida
46 driver license, the director must obtain a Florida driver
47 license within 30 days after being appointed as director.
48 2. established in a job description approved by the county.
49 The director shall be appointed by the board of county
50 commissioners or the chief administrative officer of the county,
51 as described in chapter 125 or the county charter, if
52 applicable, to serve at the pleasure of the appointing
53 authority, in conformance with applicable resolutions,
54 ordinances, and laws.
55 3. A county constitutional officer, or an employee of a
56 county constitutional officer, may be appointed as director
57 following prior notification to the division.
58 4. Each board of county commissioners shall promptly inform
59 the division of the appointment of the director and other
60 personnel.
61 5. Each director has direct responsibility for the
62 organization, administration, and operation of the county
63 emergency management agency. The director shall coordinate
64 emergency management activities, services, and programs within
65 the county and shall serve as liaison to the division and other
66 local emergency management agencies and organizations.
67 Section 2. A county emergency management director who does
68 not satisfy the training or certification requirements of
69 section 1 of this act as of July 1, 2024, shall have until June
70 30, 2026, to complete such requirements.
71 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.
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73 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================
74 And the title is amended as follows:
75 Delete everything before the enacting clause
76 and insert:
77 A bill to be entitled
78 An act relating to qualifications for county emergency
79 management directors; amending s. 252.38, F.S.;
80 requiring county emergency management directors to
81 meet specified qualifications; requiring such
82 directors to meet such qualifications by a specified
83 date; providing an effective date.