Florida Senate - 2025                       CS for CS for SB 180
       
       
        
       By the Committees on Appropriations; and Community Affairs; and
       Senator DiCeglie
       
       
       
       
       576-03216-25                                           2025180c2
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to emergency preparedness and
    3         response; amending s. 161.101, F.S.; authorizing the
    4         Department of Environmental Protection to waive or
    5         reduce local government match requirements under
    6         certain circumstances; providing for future
    7         expiration; amending s. 193.4518, F.S.; providing a
    8         tangible personal property assessment limitation,
    9         during a certain timeframe and in certain counties,
   10         for certain agricultural equipment that is unable to
   11         be used due to Hurricanes Debby, Helene, or Milton;
   12         specifying conditions for applying for and receiving
   13         the assessment limitation; providing procedures for
   14         petitioning the value adjustment board if an
   15         application is denied; providing for retroactive
   16         application; amending s. 215.559, F.S.; deleting a
   17         reference to a certain report; revising public
   18         hurricane shelter funding prioritization requirements
   19         for the Division of Emergency Management; amending s.
   20         250.375, F.S.; authorizing certain servicemembers to
   21         provide medical care in specified circumstances;
   22         amending s. 252.35, F.S.; providing legislative
   23         intent; revising the date by which the state
   24         comprehensive emergency management plan must be
   25         submitted to the Governor and the Legislature;
   26         revising the components of the plan; requiring the
   27         division to provide certain assistance to political
   28         subdivisions; revising requirements for training
   29         provided by the division; authorizing such training to
   30         be provided by a foundation under certain
   31         circumstances; revising inventory requirements;
   32         deleting a requirement for a certain biennial report;
   33         requiring the division to conduct an annual hurricane
   34         readiness session in each region designated by the
   35         division for a specified purpose; requiring all county
   36         emergency management directors, and authorizing other
   37         county and municipal personnel, to attend such
   38         session; requiring that the session include specified
   39         topics and needs; amending s. 252.355, F.S.;
   40         authorizing the Department of Veterans’ Affairs to
   41         provide certain information to specified clients or
   42         their caregivers; amending s. 252.3611, F.S.;
   43         directing specified entities to submit specified
   44         contracts and reports to the Legislature under
   45         specified conditions; requiring that such contracts be
   46         posted on a specified secure contract system;
   47         requiring the Auditor General to post the results of
   48         specified audits on his or her official website;
   49         requiring the division to report annually to the
   50         Legislature specified information on expenditures
   51         related to emergencies; providing requirements for
   52         such report; amending s. 252.365, F.S.; revising the
   53         responsibilities for agency emergency coordination
   54         officers; requiring agency heads to notify the
   55         Governor and the division of the person designated as
   56         the emergency coordination officer annually by a
   57         specified date; amending s. 252.3655, F.S.; creating
   58         the natural hazards risks and mitigation interagency
   59         coordinating group; providing the purpose of the
   60         group; providing for the membership and administration
   61         of the group; requiring agency representatives to
   62         provide information relating to natural hazards to
   63         this state, agency resources, efforts to address and
   64         mitigate risk and impacts of natural hazards;
   65         requiring the group to meet in person or by
   66         communication media technology at least quarterly for
   67         specified purposes; requiring specified agency heads
   68         to meet at least annually to strategize and prioritize
   69         state efforts; requiring the division, on behalf of
   70         the group, to prepare a certain progress report;
   71         revising the requirements of such report; revising
   72         requirements for an annual progress report by the
   73         division on behalf of the group; requiring the
   74         division, on behalf of the group, to submit such
   75         report to the Governor and the Legislature; amending
   76         s. 252.37, F.S.; requiring the division to notify the
   77         Legislature of its intent to accept or apply for
   78         federal funds under certain circumstances; requiring
   79         the division to take steps to maximize the
   80         availability and expedite distribution of financial
   81         assistance from the Federal Government to state and
   82         local agencies; requiring that such steps include the
   83         standardization and streamlining of the application
   84         process for federal financial assistance and the
   85         provision of assistance to those applicants for a
   86         specified purpose; requiring the division to use
   87         certain federal funds to implement such requirements;
   88         creating s. 252.3713, F.S.; requiring the division to
   89         administer the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program;
   90         authorizing the division to retain a specified
   91         percentage of the funds for use within the state;
   92         requiring that the remaining percentage be distributed
   93         for use by certain recipients; authorizing
   94         subrecipients to make a certain election for a
   95         specified use; requiring the prioritization of certain
   96         projects; authorizing the division to coordinate with
   97         specified entities under certain circumstances;
   98         requiring that such cooperation ensures certain
   99         requirements are met and certain projects are funded;
  100         authorizing fiscally constrained counties to request
  101         that the division administer the grant for such a
  102         county; authorizing such counties to request certain
  103         assistance from the division; requiring the division
  104         to provide a certain report annually to the
  105         Legislature; requiring the division to adopt rules;
  106         amending s. 252.373, F.S.; conforming a cross
  107         reference; amending s. 252.38, F.S.; requiring each
  108         political subdivision to notify the division of the
  109         designated emergency contact annually by a specified
  110         date; amending s. 252.385, F.S.; revising reporting
  111         requirements for the division; revising requirements
  112         for a specified list; requiring the Department of
  113         Health and the Agency for Persons with Disabilities to
  114         assist the division with certain determinations;
  115         creating s. 252.392, F.S.; requiring counties and
  116         municipalities to develop a post-storm permitting
  117         plan; providing requirements for the plan; requiring
  118         annual updates to the plan by a specified date;
  119         requiring counties and municipalities to publish, and
  120         post on their websites, a specified storm recovery
  121         guide annually by a specified date; prohibiting
  122         certain counties and municipalities from increasing
  123         building permit or inspection fees within a specified
  124         timeframe; requiring, as soon as practicable, such
  125         counties and municipalities to have certain personnel
  126         available during normal business hours; amending s.
  127         380.0552, F.S.; revising the maximum evacuation
  128         clearance time for permanent residents of the Florida
  129         Keys Area, which time is an element for which
  130         amendments to local comprehensive plans in the Florida
  131         Keys Area must be reviewed for compliance; providing
  132         legislative intent; amending s. 400.063, F.S.;
  133         conforming a cross-reference; amending s. 403.7071,
  134         F.S.; providing that local governments are authorized
  135         and encouraged to add certain addendums to certain
  136         contracts or agreements; requiring counties and
  137         municipalities to apply to the Department of
  138         Environmental Protection for authorization to
  139         designate at least one debris management site;
  140         authorizing municipalities to apply jointly with a
  141         county or another adjacent municipality for
  142         authorization of a minimum number of debris management
  143         sites if such entities approve a memorandum of
  144         understanding; providing requirements for such
  145         memoranda; amending s. 553.73, F.S.; prohibiting local
  146         governments from adopting lookback ordinances for
  147         substantial improvements or repairs to a structure
  148         which are more stringent than the Florida Building
  149         Code; providing that lookback ordinances adopted by
  150         local governments before a specified date are void and
  151         unenforceable; prohibiting certain counties from
  152         proposing or adopting certain moratoriums, amendments,
  153         or procedures for a specified period; declaring that
  154         such moratoriums, amendments, or procedures are null
  155         and void; providing for retroactive application;
  156         providing that certain comprehensive plan amendments,
  157         land development regulation amendments, site plans,
  158         and development permits or orders may be enforced
  159         under specified conditions; authorizing residents and
  160         owners of certain businesses to bring a civil action
  161         for declaratory and injunctive relief against a county
  162         or municipality that violates specified provisions;
  163         providing that such residents or business owners are
  164         entitled to a preliminary injunction against such
  165         county or municipality, under a specified condition;
  166         providing for the award of attorney fees and costs;
  167         prohibiting the awarding of attorney fees and costs
  168         and damages under specified circumstances; providing
  169         for future expiration; reenacting s. 252.55(6), F.S.,
  170         relating to a certain biennial report submitted by the
  171         wing commander of the Civil Air Patrol, to incorporate
  172         the amendment made to s. 252.35, F.S., in a reference
  173         thereto; providing effective dates.
  174          
  175  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
  176  
  177         Section 1. Subsection (23) is added to section 161.101,
  178  Florida Statutes, to read:
  179         161.101 State and local participation in authorized
  180  projects and studies relating to beach management and erosion
  181  control.—
  182         (23) Notwithstanding subsections (1), (15), and (16), and
  183  for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, for beaches located in any county
  184  listed in a federal declaration of disaster in 2024 that were
  185  impacted by erosion caused by Hurricane Debby, Hurricane Helene,
  186  or Hurricane Milton, the department may waive or reduce the
  187  match requirements for local governments. This subsection
  188  expires July 1, 2026.
  189         Section 2. Effective upon becoming a law, section 193.4518,
  190  Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  191         193.4518 Assessment of agricultural equipment rendered
  192  unable to be used due to hurricanes Hurricane Idalia.—
  193         (1) As used in this section, the term:
  194         (a) “Farm” has the same meaning as provided in s.
  195  823.14(3).
  196         (b) “Farm operation” has the same meaning as provided in s.
  197  823.14(3).
  198         (c) “Unable to be used” means the tangible personal
  199  property was damaged, or the farm, farm operation, or
  200  agricultural processing facility was affected, to such a degree
  201  that the tangible personal property could not be used for its
  202  intended purpose.
  203         (2)(a) For purposes of ad valorem taxation and applying to
  204  the 2024 tax roll only, tangible personal property owned and
  205  operated by a farm, a farm operation, or an agriculture
  206  processing facility located in Charlotte County, Citrus County,
  207  Columbia County, Dixie County, Gilchrist County, Hamilton
  208  County, Hernando County, Jefferson County, Lafayette County,
  209  Levy County, Madison County, Manatee County, Pasco County,
  210  Pinellas County, Sarasota County, Suwannee County, or Taylor
  211  County is deemed to have a market value no greater than its
  212  value for salvage if the tangible personal property was unable
  213  to be used for at least 60 days due to the effects of Hurricane
  214  Idalia.
  215         (b)(3) The deadline for an applicant to file an application
  216  with the property appraiser for assessment pursuant to this
  217  subsection section is March 1, 2024.
  218         (c)(4) If the property appraiser denies an application, the
  219  applicant may file, pursuant to s. 194.011(3), a petition with
  220  the value adjustment board which requests that the tangible
  221  personal property be assessed pursuant to this section. Such
  222  petition must be filed on or before the 25th day after the
  223  mailing by the property appraiser during the 2024 calendar year
  224  of the notice required under s. 194.011(1).
  225         (d)(5) This subsection section applies to tax rolls
  226  beginning January 1, 2024.
  227         (3)(a) For purposes of ad valorem taxation and applying to
  228  the 2025 tax roll only, tangible personal property owned and
  229  operated by a farm, a farm operation, or an agriculture
  230  processing facility located in Alachua County, Baker County,
  231  Bradford County, Brevard County, Charlotte County, Citrus
  232  County, Clay County, Collier County, Columbia County, DeSoto
  233  County, Dixie County, Duval County, Flagler County, Franklin
  234  County, Gilchrist County, Glades County, Gulf County, Hamilton
  235  County, Hardee County, Hendry County, Hernando County, Highlands
  236  County, Hillsborough County, Indian River County, Jefferson
  237  County, Lafayette County, Lake County, Lee County, Leon County,
  238  Levy County, Madison County, Manatee County, Marion County,
  239  Martin County, Okeechobee County, Orange County, Osceola County,
  240  Palm Beach County, Pasco County, Pinellas County, Polk County,
  241  Putnam County, Sarasota County, Seminole County, St. Johns
  242  County, St. Lucie County, Sumter County, Suwannee County, Taylor
  243  County, Union County, Volusia County, or Wakulla County is
  244  deemed to have a market value no greater than its value for
  245  salvage if the tangible personal property was unable to be used
  246  for at least 60 days due to the effects of Hurricanes Debby,
  247  Helene, and Milton.
  248         (b) The deadline for an applicant to file an application
  249  with the property appraiser for assessment pursuant to this
  250  subsection is August 1, 2025.
  251         (c) If the property appraiser denies an application, the
  252  applicant may file, pursuant to s. 194.011(3), a petition with
  253  the value adjustment board which requests that the tangible
  254  personal property be assessed pursuant to this section. Such
  255  petition must be filed on or before the 25th day after the
  256  mailing by the property appraiser during the 2025 calendar year
  257  of the notice required under s. 194.011(1).
  258         (d) This subsection applies retroactively to January 1,
  259  2025.
  260         Section 3. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
  261  215.559, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  262         215.559 Hurricane Loss Mitigation Program.—A Hurricane Loss
  263  Mitigation Program is established in the Division of Emergency
  264  Management.
  265         (1) The Legislature shall annually appropriate $10 million
  266  of the moneys authorized for appropriation under s.
  267  215.555(7)(c) from the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund to the
  268  division for the purposes set forth in this section. Of the
  269  amount:
  270         (b) Three million dollars in funds shall be used to
  271  construct or retrofit facilities used as public hurricane
  272  shelters. Each year the division shall prioritize the use of
  273  these funds for projects included in the annual report of the
  274  Shelter Development Report prepared in accordance with s.
  275  252.385(3). The division shall must give funding priority to
  276  projects located in counties regional planning council regions
  277  that have shelter deficits, projects that are publicly owned,
  278  other than schools, and to projects that maximize the use of
  279  state funds.
  280         Section 4. Section 250.375, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  281  read:
  282         250.375 Medical officer authorization.—A servicemember
  283  trained to provide medical care who is assigned to a military
  284  duty position and authorized by the Florida National Guard to
  285  provide medical care by virtue of such duty position may provide
  286  such medical care to military personnel and civilians within
  287  this state physician who holds an active license to practice
  288  medicine in any state, a United States territory, or the
  289  District of Columbia, while serving as a medical officer with or
  290  in support of the Florida National Guard, pursuant to federal or
  291  state orders, may practice medicine on military personnel or
  292  civilians during an emergency or declared disaster or during
  293  federal military training.
  294         Section 5. Subsection (1) and paragraphs (a), (c), (n),
  295  (s), and (x) of subsection (2) of section 252.35, Florida
  296  Statutes, are amended, and a new paragraph (dd) is added to
  297  subsection (2) of that section, to read:
  298         252.35 Emergency management powers; Division of Emergency
  299  Management.—
  300         (1) The division is responsible for maintaining a
  301  comprehensive statewide program of emergency management. The
  302  division is responsible for coordination with efforts of the
  303  Federal Government with other departments and agencies of state
  304  government, with county and municipal governments and school
  305  boards, and with private agencies that have a role in emergency
  306  management. The Legislature intends for other departments and
  307  agencies of state government, county and municipal governments
  308  and school boards, and private agencies that have a role in
  309  emergency management to coordinate to the greatest extent
  310  possible in the provision of emergency management efforts
  311  through the division.
  312         (2) The division is responsible for carrying out the
  313  provisions of ss. 252.31-252.90. In performing its duties, the
  314  division shall:
  315         (a) Prepare a state comprehensive emergency management
  316  plan, which must shall be integrated into and coordinated with
  317  the emergency management plans and programs of the Federal
  318  Government. The complete state comprehensive emergency
  319  management plan must be submitted to the Governor, the President
  320  of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives
  321  on October 1 of every odd-numbered year. The division shall
  322  adopt the plan as a rule in accordance with chapter 120. The
  323  plan must be implemented by a continuous, integrated
  324  comprehensive emergency management program. The plan must
  325  contain provisions to ensure that the state is prepared for
  326  emergencies and minor, major, and catastrophic disasters, and
  327  the division shall work closely with local governments and
  328  agencies and organizations with emergency management
  329  responsibilities in preparing and maintaining the plan. The
  330  state comprehensive emergency management plan must be operations
  331  oriented and:
  332         1. Include an evacuation component that includes specific
  333  regional and interregional planning provisions and promotes
  334  intergovernmental coordination of evacuation activities. This
  335  component must, at a minimum: contain guidelines for lifting
  336  tolls on state highways; ensure coordination pertaining to
  337  evacuees crossing county lines; set forth procedures for
  338  directing people caught on evacuation routes to safe shelter;
  339  establish strategies for ensuring sufficient, reasonably priced
  340  fueling locations along evacuation routes; and establish
  341  policies and strategies for emergency medical evacuations.
  342         2. Include a shelter component that includes specific
  343  regional and interregional planning provisions and promotes
  344  coordination of shelter activities between the public, private,
  345  and nonprofit sectors. This component must, at a minimum:
  346  contain strategies to ensure the availability of adequate public
  347  shelter space in each county region of the state; establish
  348  strategies for refuge-of-last-resort programs; provide
  349  strategies to assist local emergency management efforts to
  350  ensure that adequate staffing plans exist for all shelters,
  351  including medical and security personnel; provide for a
  352  postdisaster communications system for public shelters;
  353  establish model shelter guidelines for operations, registration,
  354  inventory, power generation capability, information management,
  355  and staffing; and set forth policy guidance for sheltering
  356  people with special needs.
  357         3. Include a postdisaster response and recovery component
  358  that includes specific regional and interregional planning
  359  provisions and promotes intergovernmental coordination of
  360  postdisaster response and recovery activities. This component
  361  must provide for postdisaster response and recovery strategies
  362  according to whether a disaster is minor, major, or
  363  catastrophic. The postdisaster response and recovery component
  364  must, at a minimum: establish the structure of the state’s
  365  postdisaster response and recovery organization; establish
  366  procedures for activating the state’s plan; set forth policies
  367  used to guide postdisaster response and recovery activities;
  368  describe the chain of command during the postdisaster response
  369  and recovery period; describe initial and continuous
  370  postdisaster response and recovery actions; identify the roles
  371  and responsibilities of each involved agency and organization;
  372  provide for a comprehensive communications plan; establish
  373  procedures for coordinating and monitoring statewide mutual aid
  374  agreements reimbursable under federal public disaster assistance
  375  programs; provide for rapid impact assessment teams; ensure the
  376  availability of an effective statewide urban search and rescue
  377  program coordinated with the fire services; ensure the existence
  378  of a comprehensive statewide medical care and relief plan
  379  administered by the Department of Health; and establish systems
  380  for coordinating volunteers and accepting and distributing
  381  donated funds and goods.
  382         4. Include additional provisions addressing aspects of
  383  preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation as determined
  384  necessary by the division.
  385         5. Address the need for coordinated and expeditious
  386  deployment of state resources, including the Florida National
  387  Guard. In the case of an imminent major disaster, procedures
  388  should address predeployment of the Florida National Guard, and,
  389  in the case of an imminent catastrophic disaster, procedures
  390  should address predeployment of the Florida National Guard and
  391  the United States Armed Forces.
  392         6. Establish a system of communications and warning to
  393  ensure that the state’s population and emergency management
  394  agencies are warned of developing emergency situations,
  395  including public health emergencies, and can communicate
  396  emergency response decisions.
  397         7. Establish guidelines and schedules for annual exercises
  398  that evaluate the ability of the state and its political
  399  subdivisions to respond to minor, major, and catastrophic
  400  disasters and support local emergency management agencies. Such
  401  exercises shall be coordinated with local governments and, to
  402  the extent possible, the Federal Government.
  403         8. Assign lead and support responsibilities to state
  404  agencies and personnel for emergency support functions and other
  405  support activities.
  406         9. Include the public health emergency plan developed by
  407  the Department of Health pursuant to s. 381.00315.
  408         10. Include an update on the status of the emergency
  409  management capabilities of the state and its political
  410  subdivisions.
  411  
  412  The complete state comprehensive emergency management plan must
  413  be submitted to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the
  414  House of Representatives, and the Governor on February 1 of
  415  every even-numbered year.
  416         (c) Assist political subdivisions in preparing and
  417  maintaining emergency management plans. Such assistance must
  418  include the development of a template for comprehensive
  419  emergency management plans and guidance on the development of
  420  mutual aid agreements when requested by the political
  421  subdivision.
  422         (n) Implement training programs to maintain Florida’s
  423  status as a national leader in emergency management and improve
  424  the ability of state and local emergency management personnel to
  425  prepare and implement emergency management plans and programs.
  426  This must shall include a continuous training program for
  427  agencies and individuals who that will be called on to perform
  428  key roles in state and local postdisaster response and recovery
  429  efforts and for local government personnel on federal and state
  430  postdisaster response and recovery strategies and procedures.
  431  The division shall specify requirements for the minimum number
  432  of training hours that county or municipal administrators,
  433  county or city managers, county or municipal emergency
  434  management directors, and county or municipal public works
  435  directors or other officials responsible for the construction
  436  and maintenance of public infrastructure must complete
  437  biennially in addition to the training required pursuant to s.
  438  252.38(1)(b). Such training may be provided by the division or,
  439  for county personnel, by a foundation that is a not-for-profit
  440  corporation under s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and
  441  has a governing board that includes in its membership county
  442  commissioners and professional county staff. If training is
  443  provided by a foundation, such training must be approved by the
  444  division.
  445         (s) Complete an inventory of disaster response equipment,
  446  including portable generators owned by the state and local
  447  governments which are capable of operating during a major
  448  disaster. The inventory must identify, at a minimum, the
  449  location of each generator, the number of generators stored at
  450  each specific location, the agency to which each generator
  451  belongs, the primary use of the generator by the owner agency,
  452  and the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of persons
  453  having the authority to loan the stored generators as authorized
  454  by the division during a declared emergency.
  455         (x) Report biennially to the President of the Senate, the
  456  Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Chief Justice of
  457  the Supreme Court, and the Governor, no later than February 1 of
  458  every odd-numbered year, the status of the emergency management
  459  capabilities of the state and its political subdivisions. This
  460  report must include the emergency management capabilities
  461  related to public health emergencies, as determined in
  462  collaboration with the Department of Health.
  463         (dd) Conduct, by April 1 of each year, an annual hurricane
  464  readiness session in each region designated by the division to
  465  facilitate coordination between all emergency management
  466  stakeholders. Each county emergency management director or his
  467  or her designee shall, and other county and municipal personnel
  468  may, attend the session for his or her region. A session must
  469  include, but is not limited to, guidance on timelines for
  470  preparation and response, information on state and federal
  471  postdisaster resources and assistance, guidance to promote
  472  efficient and expedited rebuilding of the community after a
  473  hurricane, best practices for coordination and communication
  474  among entities engaged in postdisaster response and recovery,
  475  and discussion of any outstanding county or municipal
  476  preparedness or readiness needs.
  477         Section 6. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section
  478  252.355, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  479         252.355 Registry of persons with special needs; notice;
  480  registration program.—
  481         (2) In order to ensure that all persons with special needs
  482  may register, the division shall develop and maintain a special
  483  needs shelter registration program. During a public health
  484  emergency in which physical distancing is necessary, as
  485  determined by the State Health Officer, the division must
  486  maintain information on special needs shelter options that
  487  mitigate the threat of the spread of infectious diseases.
  488         (b) To assist in identifying persons with special needs,
  489  home health agencies, hospices, nurse registries, home medical
  490  equipment providers, the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, the
  491  Department of Children and Families, the Department of Health,
  492  the Agency for Health Care Administration, the Department of
  493  Education, the Agency for Persons with Disabilities, the
  494  Department of Elderly Affairs, and memory disorder clinics
  495  shall, and any physician licensed under chapter 458 or chapter
  496  459 and any pharmacy licensed under chapter 465 may, annually
  497  provide registration information to all of their special needs
  498  clients or their caregivers. The division shall develop a
  499  brochure that provides information regarding special needs
  500  shelter registration procedures. The brochure must be easily
  501  accessible on the division’s website. All appropriate agencies
  502  and community-based service providers, including aging and
  503  disability resource centers, memory disorder clinics, home
  504  health care providers, hospices, nurse registries, and home
  505  medical equipment providers, shall, and any physician licensed
  506  under chapter 458 or chapter 459 may, assist emergency
  507  management agencies by annually registering persons with special
  508  needs for special needs shelters, collecting registration
  509  information for persons with special needs as part of the
  510  program intake process, and establishing programs to educate
  511  clients about the registration process and disaster preparedness
  512  safety procedures. A client of a state-funded or federally
  513  funded service program who has a physical, mental, or cognitive
  514  impairment or sensory disability and who needs assistance in
  515  evacuating, or when in a shelter, must register as a person with
  516  special needs. The registration program shall give persons with
  517  special needs the option of preauthorizing emergency response
  518  personnel to enter their homes during search and rescue
  519  operations if necessary to ensure their safety and welfare
  520  following disasters.
  521         Section 7. Subsections (2), (3), and (4) of section
  522  252.3611, Florida Statutes, are amended, and subsection (5) is
  523  added to that section, to read:
  524         252.3611 Transparency; audits.—
  525         (2) If When the duration of a declaration of a state of an
  526  emergency issued by the Governor exceeds 90 days, regardless of
  527  whether pursuant to the original declaration or extensions of
  528  the same declaration:
  529         (a)1.The Executive Office of the Governor or the
  530  appropriate agency, within 72 hours after of executing a
  531  contract executed with moneys authorized for expenditure to
  532  support the response to the declared state of emergency, must
  533  the Executive Office of the Governor or the appropriate agency
  534  shall submit a copy of such contract to the Legislature. For
  535  contracts executed during the first 90 days of the declared
  536  state of emergency, the Executive Office of the Governor or the
  537  appropriate agency shall submit a copy to the Legislature within
  538  the first 120 days of the declared state of emergency.
  539         2. All contracts executed to support the response to a
  540  declared state of emergency, including contracts executed before
  541  a declared state of emergency to secure resources or services in
  542  advance or anticipation of an emergency, must be posted on the
  543  secure contract tracking system required under s. 215.985(14).
  544         (b) The Executive Office of the Governor or the appropriate
  545  agency shall submit monthly reports to the Legislature of all
  546  state expenditures, revenues received, and funds transferred by
  547  an agency during the previous month to support the declared
  548  state of emergency.
  549         (3) Once an emergency exceeds 1 year, the Auditor General
  550  shall conduct a financial audit of all associated expenditures
  551  and a compliance audit of all associated contracts entered into
  552  during the declared emergency. The Auditor General shall must
  553  update the audit annually until the emergency is declared to be
  554  ended. The Auditor General shall post the results of the audits
  555  on his or her official website.
  556         (4) Following the expiration or termination of a state of
  557  emergency, the Auditor General shall conduct a financial audit
  558  of all associated expenditures and a compliance audit of all
  559  associated contracts entered into during the state of emergency.
  560  The Auditor General shall post the results of the audits on his
  561  or her official website.
  562         (5) Annually by January 15, the division shall report to
  563  the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
  564  Representatives, and the chairs of the appropriations committee
  565  of each house of the Legislature on expenditures related to
  566  emergencies incurred over the year from November 1 of the
  567  previous year. The report must include:
  568         (a) A separate summary of each emergency event, whether
  569  complete or ongoing, and key actions taken by the division.
  570         (b) Details of expenditures, separated by emergency event
  571  and agency, for preparing for, responding to, or recovering from
  572  the event. The report must specify detailed expenditures for the
  573  entire report time period; specify total expenditures for the
  574  event; and indicate amounts that are being or are anticipated to
  575  be reimbursed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency or
  576  other federal entity, amounts ineligible for reimbursement, and
  577  any amounts deobligated by the Federal Emergency Management
  578  Agency or other federal entity for reimbursement. The division
  579  shall review expenditures by state agencies to ensure that
  580  efforts, purchases, contracts, or expenditures are not
  581  duplicated.
  582         (c) An accounting of all inventory and assets purchased,
  583  separated by emergency event and agency, for preparing for,
  584  responding to, or recovering from the event, including motor
  585  vehicles, boats, computers, and other equipment, and the current
  586  status of such assets, including divestment, sale, or donation
  587  by the state. The report must include a detailed accounting for
  588  the entire report time period and specify a total for the event.
  589         Section 8. Subsections (2) and (4) of section 252.365,
  590  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  591         252.365 Emergency coordination officers; disaster
  592  preparedness plans.—
  593         (2) The emergency coordination officer is responsible for
  594  coordinating with the division on emergency preparedness issues,
  595  preparing and maintaining emergency preparedness and
  596  postdisaster response and recovery plans for such agency,
  597  maintaining rosters of personnel to assist in disaster
  598  operations, and coordinating appropriate training for agency
  599  personnel, and coordinating with the division on emergency
  600  preparedness and recovery issues, including identifying
  601  priorities for postdisaster long-term recovery activities.
  602         (4) On or before May 1 of each year, the head of each
  603  agency shall notify the Governor and the division in writing of
  604  the person initially designated as the emergency coordination
  605  officer for such agency and her or his alternate and of any
  606  changes in persons so designated thereafter.
  607         Section 9. Section 252.3655, Florida Statutes, is amended
  608  to read:
  609         252.3655 Natural hazards risks and mitigation interagency
  610  coordinating group workgroup.—
  611         (1)(a) An interagency coordinating group workgroup is
  612  created for the purpose of sharing information on the current
  613  and potential risks and impacts of natural hazards throughout
  614  this the state, coordinating the ongoing efforts of state
  615  agencies in addressing and mitigating the risks and impacts of
  616  natural hazards, and collaborating on statewide initiatives to
  617  address and mitigate the risks and impacts of natural hazards.
  618  As used in this section, the term “natural hazards” includes,
  619  but is not limited to, extreme heat, drought, wildfire, sea
  620  level change, high tides, storm surge, saltwater intrusion,
  621  stormwater runoff, flash floods, inland flooding, and coastal
  622  flooding.
  623         (b) The agency head, or his or her designated senior
  624  manager, from each of the following agencies shall serve on the
  625  coordinating group:
  626         1. Chief Resilience Officer of the Statewide Office of
  627  Resilience.
  628         2. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
  629         3. Department of Commerce.
  630         4. Department of Environmental Protection.
  631         5. Department of Financial Services.
  632         6. Department of Law Enforcement.
  633         7. Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.
  634         8. Department of Military Affairs.
  635         9. Division of Emergency Management.
  636         10. Department of Transportation.
  637         11. Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
  638         12. Office of Insurance Regulation.
  639         13. Public Service Commission.
  640         14.Each water management district Each agency within the
  641  executive branch of state government, each water management
  642  district, and the Florida Public Service Commission shall select
  643  from within such agency a person to be designated as the agency
  644  liaison to the workgroup.
  645         (c) The director of the Division of Emergency Management,
  646  or his or her designee, shall serve as the administrator liaison
  647  to and coordinator of the coordinating group workgroup.
  648         (d) Each agency representative liaison shall provide
  649  information from his or her respective agency, including all
  650  relevant reports, on the current and potential risks and impacts
  651  of natural hazards to this state to his or her agency, agency
  652  resources available, and efforts made by the agency to address
  653  and mitigate the risks and impacts of against natural hazards,
  654  and efforts made by the agency to address the impacts of natural
  655  hazards.
  656         (e)1. The coordinating group workgroup shall meet in person
  657  or by means of communications media technology as provided in s.
  658  120.54(5)(b)2. at least teleconference on a quarterly basis to
  659  share information, leverage agency resources, coordinate ongoing
  660  efforts, and provide information for inclusion in the annual
  661  progress report submitted pursuant to subsection (2). Agency
  662  heads for the agencies listed in paragraph (b) shall meet in
  663  person at least annually to collectively strategize and
  664  prioritize state efforts.
  665         2.Information regarding the coordinating group, including
  666  meeting agendas and reports, must be posted in a conspicuous
  667  location on the division’s website.
  668         (2)(a) On behalf of the coordinating group workgroup, the
  669  division of Emergency Management shall prepare an annual
  670  progress report on the implementation of the state’s hazard
  671  mitigation plan, developed and submitted in accordance with 42
  672  U.S.C. s. 5165 and any implementing regulations, as it relates
  673  to natural hazards. At a minimum, the annual progress report
  674  must:
  675         1. Assess each agency’s the relevance, level, and
  676  significance of current agency efforts to address and mitigate
  677  the risks and impacts of natural hazards; and
  678         2. Strategize and prioritize ongoing efforts to address and
  679  mitigate the risks and impacts of natural hazards;.
  680         3.Provide recommendations regarding statutory changes and
  681  funding that may assist in addressing or mitigating the risks
  682  and impacts of natural hazards; and
  683         4.Provide recommendations for state and local natural
  684  hazard mitigation strategies.
  685         (b) Each liaison is responsible for ensuring that the
  686  workgroup’s annual progress report is posted on his or her
  687  agency’s website.
  688         (c) By January 1 of each year, 2019, and each year
  689  thereafter, the division on behalf of the coordinating group
  690  workgroup shall submit the annual progress report to the
  691  Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the
  692  House of Representatives.
  693         Section 10. Present paragraphs (c) and (d) of subsection
  694  (5) of section 252.37, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as
  695  paragraphs (d) and (e), respectively, a new paragraph (c) is
  696  added to that subsection, and subsection (7) is added to that
  697  section, to read:
  698         252.37 Financing.—
  699         (5) Unless otherwise specified in the General
  700  Appropriations Act:
  701         (c) If the division intends to accept or apply for federal
  702  funds for a division-administered program that is new, that will
  703  be implemented in a manner that is innovative or significantly
  704  different from the manner in which the program is typically
  705  administered, or that will require a state match for which the
  706  division will be required to seek new budget authority, the
  707  division must notify the Legislature of its intent to accept or
  708  apply for the federal funds. The notice must detail the federal
  709  program under which the funds will be accepted or applied for,
  710  the intended purpose and use of the funds, and the amount of
  711  funds, including the estimated state match.
  712         (7)The division shall take steps to maximize the
  713  availability and expedite the distribution of financial
  714  assistance from the Federal Government to state and local
  715  agencies. Such steps must include the standardization and
  716  streamlining of the application process for financial assistance
  717  through the federal Public Assistance Program and provision of
  718  assistance to applicants in order to mitigate the risk of
  719  noncompliance with federal program requirements. The division
  720  shall use federal funds allocated as management cost or other
  721  funds as appropriated to implement this subsection.
  722         Section 11. Section 252.3713, Florida Statutes, is created
  723  to read:
  724         252.3713 Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.—
  725         (1)The division shall administer the Hazard Mitigation
  726  Grant Program as authorized and described in s. 404 of the
  727  Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act,
  728  as amended by Pub. L. No. 103-181, Pub. L. No. 103-337, and Pub.
  729  L. No. 106-390.
  730         (2)The division may retain no more than 25 percent of the
  731  total federal allocation of funds received for use within the
  732  state. A minimum of 75 percent of any funds received pursuant to
  733  a declared disaster must be distributed for use by the
  734  subrecipients in the counties specified in the Presidential
  735  Disaster Declaration for that disaster. However, a subrecipient
  736  may elect to share some or all of its allocation with the
  737  division to be used for projects benefiting the region in which
  738  the subrecipient is located.
  739         (3)The division and subrecipients shall prioritize
  740  projects that fulfill the following purposes when adopting
  741  mitigation strategies and plans and applying for funds under the
  742  grant program:
  743         (a)Reducing shelter space deficits through retrofitting of
  744  existing shelters and hardening of public buildings that are not
  745  schools. Reducing deficits in shelter space intended to
  746  accommodate individuals with special needs must be prioritized
  747  before addressing deficits in other types of shelter space.
  748         (b)Mitigating impacts to public infrastructure, including
  749  roads, bridges, and stormwater, water, and sewer systems, to
  750  enhance resistance to natural hazards and prevent and reduce
  751  losses.
  752         (c)Mitigating impacts to school facilities which will
  753  reduce future disaster losses and make the facilities more
  754  resistant to natural hazards.
  755         (d)Retrofitting of regional and local emergency management
  756  or operations centers.
  757         (e) Other projects that the division may define by rule.
  758         (4)The division may coordinate with other state agencies
  759  and political subdivisions to develop and implement innovative
  760  approaches to funding mitigation projects using grants under the
  761  Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, including, but not limited to,
  762  combining funding received from multiple federal and state
  763  programs. The division, in cooperation with other state agencies
  764  that administer federal grant programs, shall ensure that:
  765         (a)Projects funded through multiple programs comply with
  766  all applicable federal and state requirements of the respective
  767  programs under which funding was received.
  768         (b)Funding is used for projects in the geographic areas
  769  specified in the grant of funding.
  770         (5)A fiscally constrained county may request that the
  771  division administer the grant for such county. A fiscally
  772  constrained county may request additional assistance from the
  773  division in preparing applications for grants and developing a
  774  structure for implementing, monitoring the execution of, and
  775  closing out projects.
  776         (6)Each year by August 1, the division shall submit a
  777  report to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the
  778  House of Representatives specifying the amount of funding
  779  received under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program for the
  780  previous fiscal year; projects funded by county; and the extent
  781  to which the priorities provided in this section were achieved.
  782         (7)The division shall adopt rules to implement this
  783  section.
  784         Section 12. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
  785  252.373, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  786         252.373 Allocation of funds; rules.—
  787         (2) The division shall allocate funds from the Emergency
  788  Management, Preparedness, and Assistance Trust Fund to local
  789  emergency management agencies and programs pursuant to criteria
  790  specified in rule. Such rules shall include, but are not limited
  791  to:
  792         (a) Requiring that, at a minimum, a local emergency
  793  management agency either:
  794         1. Have a program director who works at least 40 hours a
  795  week in that capacity; or
  796         2. If the county has fewer than 75,000 population or is
  797  party to an interjurisdictional emergency management agreement
  798  entered into pursuant to s. 252.38(3)(c) s. 252.38(3)(b), that
  799  is recognized by the Governor by executive order or rule, have
  800  an emergency management coordinator who works at least 20 hours
  801  a week in that capacity.
  802         Section 13. Present paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection
  803  (3) of section 252.38, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as
  804  paragraphs (b) and (c), respectively, a new paragraph (a) is
  805  added to that subsection, and paragraph (a) of subsection (1) is
  806  amended, to read:
  807         252.38 Emergency management powers of political
  808  subdivisions.—Safeguarding the life and property of its citizens
  809  is an innate responsibility of the governing body of each
  810  political subdivision of the state.
  811         (1) COUNTIES.—
  812         (a) In order to provide effective and orderly governmental
  813  control and coordination of emergency operations in emergencies
  814  within the scope of ss. 252.31-252.90, each county within this
  815  state shall be within the jurisdiction of, and served by, the
  816  division. Except as otherwise provided in ss. 252.31-252.90,
  817  each local emergency management agency shall have jurisdiction
  818  over and serve an entire county. Unless part of an
  819  interjurisdictional emergency management agreement entered into
  820  pursuant to paragraph (3)(c) (3)(b) which is recognized by the
  821  Governor by executive order or rule, each county must establish
  822  and maintain such an emergency management agency and shall
  823  develop a county emergency management plan and program that is
  824  coordinated and consistent with the state comprehensive
  825  emergency management plan and program. Counties that are part of
  826  an interjurisdictional emergency management agreement entered
  827  into pursuant to paragraph (3)(c) (3)(b) which is recognized by
  828  the Governor by executive order or rule shall cooperatively
  829  develop an emergency management plan and program that is
  830  coordinated and consistent with the state comprehensive
  831  emergency management plan and program.
  832         (3) EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT POWERS; POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS.—
  833         (a) Each political subdivision shall notify the division on
  834  or before May 1 each year of the person designated as the
  835  emergency contact for the political subdivision and his or her
  836  alternate and of any changes in persons so designated
  837  thereafter. For a county, this includes the county emergency
  838  management director.
  839         Section 14. Subsections (2) and (3) of section 252.385,
  840  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  841         252.385 Public shelter space; public records exemption.—
  842         (2)(a) The division shall administer a program to survey
  843  existing schools, universities, community colleges, and other
  844  state-owned, municipally owned, and county-owned public
  845  buildings and any private facility that the owner, in writing,
  846  agrees to provide for use as a public hurricane evacuation
  847  shelter to identify those that are appropriately designed and
  848  located to serve as such shelters. The owners of the facilities
  849  must be given the opportunity to participate in the surveys. The
  850  state university boards of trustees, district school boards,
  851  community college boards of trustees, and the Department of
  852  Education are responsible for coordinating and implementing the
  853  survey of public schools, universities, and community colleges
  854  with the division or the local emergency management agency.
  855         (b) By January 31 of each even-numbered year, the division
  856  shall prepare and submit a statewide emergency shelter plan to
  857  the Governor and Cabinet for approval, subject to the
  858  requirements for approval in s. 1013.37(2). The emergency
  859  shelter plan must project, for each of the next 5 years, the
  860  hurricane shelter needs of the state, including periods of time
  861  during which a concurrent public health emergency may
  862  necessitate more space for each individual to accommodate
  863  physical distancing. In addition to information on the general
  864  shelter needs throughout this state, the plan must identify the
  865  general location and square footage of special needs shelters,
  866  by regional planning council region. The plan must also include
  867  information on the availability of shelters that accept pets.
  868  The Department of Health shall assist the division in
  869  determining the estimated need for special needs shelter space
  870  and the adequacy of facilities to meet the needs of persons with
  871  special needs based on information from the registries of
  872  persons with special needs and other information.
  873         (3)(a) The division shall annually provide by October 15 to
  874  the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of
  875  the House of Representatives a report that includes, and the
  876  Governor a list of facilities recommended to be retrofitted
  877  using state funds. State funds should be maximized and targeted
  878  to projects in counties regional planning council regions with
  879  hurricane evacuation shelter deficits. Additionally, the
  880  division shall prioritize on the list of recommended facilities
  881  other state-owned, municipal-owned, and county-owned public
  882  buildings, other than schools, for retrofit using state funds.
  883  The owner or lessee of a public hurricane evacuation shelter
  884  that is included on the list of facilities recommended for
  885  retrofitting is not required to perform any recommended
  886  improvements.
  887         (b) The report required in paragraph (a) must include a
  888  statewide emergency shelter plan that must project, for each of
  889  the next 5 years, the hurricane shelter needs of the state. In
  890  addition to information on the general shelter needs throughout
  891  this state, the plan must identify, by county, the general
  892  location and square footage of special needs shelters. The plan
  893  must also include information on the availability of shelters
  894  that accept pets. The Department of Health and the Agency for
  895  Persons with Disabilities shall assist the division in
  896  determining the estimated need for special needs shelter space,
  897  the estimated need for general shelter space to accommodate
  898  persons with developmental disabilities, including, but not
  899  limited to, autism, and the adequacy of facilities to meet the
  900  needs of persons with special needs based on information from
  901  the registries of persons with special needs and other
  902  information.
  903         Section 15. Section 252.392, Florida Statutes, is created
  904  to read:
  905         252.392 Post-storm county and municipal permitting;
  906  operations.—
  907         (1)(a) Each county and municipality shall develop a post
  908  storm permitting plan to expedite recovery and rebuilding by
  909  providing for special building permit and inspection procedures
  910  after a hurricane or tropical storm. The plan must, at a
  911  minimum:
  912         1. Ensure sufficient personnel are prepared and available
  913  to expeditiously manage post-disaster building inspection,
  914  permitting, and enforcement tasks. The plan must anticipate
  915  conditions that would necessitate supplemental personnel for
  916  such tasks and address methods for fulfilling such personnel
  917  needs, including through mutual aid agreements as authorized in
  918  s. 252.40, other arrangements, such as those with private sector
  919  contractors, or supplemental state or federal funding. The plan
  920  must include training requirements and protocols for
  921  supplemental personnel to ensure compliance with local
  922  floodplain management requirements that apply within the county
  923  or municipality.
  924         2. Account for multiple or alternate locations where
  925  building permit services may be offered in-person to the public
  926  following a hurricane or tropical storm, during regular business
  927  hours.
  928         3. Specify a protocol to expedite permitting procedures
  929  and, if practicable, for the waiver or reduction of applicable
  930  fees in accordance with and in addition to the procedures and
  931  waivers provided for under s. 553.7922. The plan must identify
  932  the types of permits that are frequently requested following a
  933  hurricane or tropical storm and methods to expedite the
  934  processing of such permits.
  935         4. Specify procedures and resources necessary to promote
  936  expeditious debris removal following a hurricane or tropical
  937  storm.
  938         (b) Each county and municipality shall update the plan no
  939  later than May 1 annually.
  940         (2)(a) By May 1 annually, each county and municipality
  941  shall publish on its website a hurricane and tropical storm
  942  recovery permitting guide for residential and commercial
  943  property owners. The guide must describe:
  944         1. The types of post-storm repairs that require a permit
  945  and applicable fees.
  946         2. The types of post-storm repairs that do not require a
  947  permit.
  948         3. The post-storm permit application process and specific
  949  modifications the county or municipality commonly makes to
  950  expedite the process, including the physical locations where
  951  permitting services will be offered.
  952         4. Local requirements for rebuilding specific to the county
  953  or municipality, including elevation requirements following
  954  substantial damage and substantial improvement pursuant to the
  955  National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and any local amendments
  956  to the building code.
  957         (b) As soon as practicable following a hurricane or
  958  tropical storm, a county or municipality within the area for
  959  which a state of emergency pursuant to s. 252.36 for such
  960  hurricane or tropical storm is declared shall publish updates on
  961  its website to the information required under paragraph (a)
  962  which are specific to such storm, including any permitting fee
  963  waivers or reductions.
  964         (3) A county or municipality located entirely or partially
  965  within 100 miles of the track, as determined by the National
  966  Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, of a hurricane or
  967  tropical storm and for which a state of emergency is declared
  968  pursuant to s. 252.36:
  969         (a) May not increase building permit or inspection fees for
  970  a period of 180 days after the date on which the state of
  971  emergency was declared.
  972         (b)Must, as soon as practicable, have employees and
  973  supplemental personnel available during the county’s or
  974  municipality’s normal business hours to process permits.
  975         Section 16. Paragraph (a) of subsection (9) of section
  976  380.0552, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  977         380.0552 Florida Keys Area; protection and designation as
  978  area of critical state concern.—
  979         (9) MODIFICATION TO PLANS AND REGULATIONS.—
  980         (a) Any land development regulation or element of a local
  981  comprehensive plan in the Florida Keys Area may be enacted,
  982  amended, or rescinded by a local government, but the enactment,
  983  amendment, or rescission becomes effective only upon approval by
  984  the state land planning agency. The state land planning agency
  985  shall review the proposed change to determine if it is in
  986  compliance with the principles for guiding development specified
  987  in chapter 27F-8, Florida Administrative Code, as amended
  988  effective August 23, 1984, and must approve or reject the
  989  requested changes within 60 days after receipt. Amendments to
  990  local comprehensive plans in the Florida Keys Area must also be
  991  reviewed for compliance with the following:
  992         1. Construction schedules and detailed capital financing
  993  plans for wastewater management improvements in the annually
  994  adopted capital improvements element, and standards for the
  995  construction of wastewater treatment and disposal facilities or
  996  collection systems that meet or exceed the criteria in s.
  997  403.086(11) for wastewater treatment and disposal facilities or
  998  s. 381.0065(4)(l) for onsite sewage treatment and disposal
  999  systems.
 1000         2. Goals, objectives, and policies to protect public safety
 1001  and welfare in the event of a natural disaster by maintaining a
 1002  hurricane evacuation clearance time for permanent residents of
 1003  no more than 26 24 hours. The hurricane evacuation clearance
 1004  time shall be determined by a hurricane evacuation study
 1005  conducted in accordance with a professionally accepted
 1006  methodology and approved by the state land planning agency. For
 1007  purposes of hurricane evacuation clearance time:
 1008         a. Mobile home residents are not considered permanent
 1009  residents.
 1010         b. The City of Key West Area of Critical State Concern
 1011  established by chapter 28-36, Florida Administrative Code, shall
 1012  be included in the hurricane evacuation study and is subject to
 1013  the evacuation requirements of this subsection.
 1014         Section 17. It is the intent of the Legislature that the
 1015  amendment made by this act to s. 380.0552, Florida Statutes,
 1016  will accommodate the building of additional developments within
 1017  the Florida Keys to ameliorate the acute affordable housing and
 1018  building permit allocation shortage. The Legislature also
 1019  intends that local governments subject to the hurricane
 1020  evacuation clearance time restrictions on residential buildings
 1021  manage growth with a heightened focus on long-term stability and
 1022  affordable housing for the local workforce.
 1023         Section 18. Subsection (1) of section 400.063, Florida
 1024  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1025         400.063 Resident protection.—
 1026         (1) The Health Care Trust Fund shall be used for the
 1027  purpose of collecting and disbursing funds generated from the
 1028  license fees and administrative fines as provided for in ss.
 1029  393.0673(5), 400.062(3), 400.121(2), and 400.23(8). Such funds
 1030  shall be for the sole purpose of paying for the appropriate
 1031  alternate placement, care, and treatment of residents who are
 1032  removed from a facility licensed under this part or a facility
 1033  specified in s. 393.0678(1) in which the agency determines that
 1034  existing conditions or practices constitute an immediate danger
 1035  to the health, safety, or security of the residents. If the
 1036  agency determines that it is in the best interest of the health,
 1037  safety, or security of the residents to provide for an orderly
 1038  removal of the residents from the facility, the agency may
 1039  utilize such funds to maintain and care for the residents in the
 1040  facility pending removal and alternative placement. The
 1041  maintenance and care of the residents shall be under the
 1042  direction and control of a receiver appointed pursuant to s.
 1043  393.0678(1) or s. 400.126(1). However, funds may be expended in
 1044  an emergency upon a filing of a petition for a receiver, upon
 1045  the declaration of a state of local emergency pursuant to s.
 1046  252.38(3)(b)5. s. 252.38(3)(a)5., or upon a duly authorized
 1047  local order of evacuation of a facility by emergency personnel
 1048  to protect the health and safety of the residents.
 1049         Section 19. Subsection (7) of section 403.7071, Florida
 1050  Statutes, is amended, and subsection (8) is added to that
 1051  section, to read:
 1052         403.7071 Management of storm-generated debris.—Solid waste
 1053  generated as a result of a storm event that is the subject of an
 1054  emergency order issued by the department may be managed as
 1055  follows:
 1056         (7) Unless otherwise specified in a contract or franchise
 1057  agreement between a local government and a private solid waste
 1058  or debris management service provider, a private solid waste or
 1059  debris management service provider is not required to collect
 1060  storm-generated yard trash. Local governments are authorized and
 1061  encouraged to add an addendum to existing contracts or franchise
 1062  agreements for collection of storm-generated debris.
 1063         (8)(a) Each county and municipality shall apply to the
 1064  department for authorization of at least one debris management
 1065  site as described in subsection (2) and shall annually seek
 1066  preauthorization for any previously approved debris management
 1067  sites, as allowed by the department.
 1068         (b) A municipality may jointly apply for authorization of a
 1069  debris management site with a county or at least one adjacent
 1070  municipality, if the parties develop and approve a memorandum of
 1071  understanding. Such memorandum must clearly outline the capacity
 1072  of the debris management site and location of the site relative
 1073  to each party. The memorandum of understanding must be approved
 1074  annually as part of the preauthorization process described in
 1075  paragraph (a).
 1076         Section 20. Paragraph (m) is added to subsection (4) of
 1077  section 553.73, Florida Statutes, to read:
 1078         553.73 Florida Building Code.—
 1079         (4)
 1080         (m) A local government may not adopt a local lookback
 1081  ordinance for substantial improvements or repairs to a structure
 1082  which is more stringent than the Florida Building Code. A
 1083  lookback ordinance adopted by a local government before July 1,
 1084  2025, is void and unenforceable.
 1085         Section 21. (1)Each county listed in the federal disaster
 1086  declaration for Hurricane Debby (DR-4806), Hurricane Helene (DR
 1087  4828), or Hurricane Milton (DR-4834), and each municipality
 1088  within one of those counties, shall not propose or adopt any
 1089  moratorium on construction, reconstruction, or redevelopment of
 1090  any property damaged by such hurricanes; propose or adopt more
 1091  restrictive or burdensome amendments to its comprehensive plan
 1092  or land development regulations; or propose or adopt more
 1093  restrictive or burdensome procedures concerning review,
 1094  approval, or issuance of a site plan, development permit, or
 1095  development order, to the extent that those terms are defined by
 1096  s. 163.3164, Florida Statutes, before October 1, 2027, and any
 1097  such moratorium or restrictive or burdensome comprehensive plan
 1098  amendment, land development regulation, or procedure shall be
 1099  null and void ab initio. This subsection applies retroactively
 1100  to August 1, 2024.
 1101         (2)Notwithstanding subsection (1), any comprehensive plan
 1102  amendment, land development regulation amendment, site plan,
 1103  development permit, or development order approved or adopted by
 1104  a county or municipality before or after the effective date of
 1105  this section may be enforced if:
 1106         (a)The associated application is initiated by a private
 1107  party other than the county or municipality.
 1108         (b)The property that is the subject of the application is
 1109  owned by the initiating private party.
 1110         (3)(a)A resident of or the owner of a business in a county
 1111  or municipality may bring a civil action for declaratory and
 1112  injunctive relief against the county or municipality for a
 1113  violation of this section. Pending adjudication of the action
 1114  and upon filing of a complaint showing a violation of this
 1115  section, the resident or business owner is entitled to a
 1116  preliminary injunction against the county or municipality
 1117  preventing implementation of the moratorium or the comprehensive
 1118  plan amendment, land development regulation, or procedure. If
 1119  such civil action is successful, the resident or business owner
 1120  is entitled to reasonable attorney fees and costs.
 1121         (b)Attorney fees and costs and damages may not be awarded
 1122  pursuant to this subsection if:
 1123         1. The resident or business owner provides the governing
 1124  body of the county or municipality written notice that a
 1125  proposed or enacted moratorium, comprehensive plan amendment,
 1126  land development regulation, or procedure is in violation of
 1127  this section; and
 1128         2. The governing body of the county or municipality
 1129  withdraws the proposed moratorium, comprehensive plan amendment,
 1130  land development regulation, or procedure within 14 days; or, in
 1131  the case of an adopted moratorium, comprehensive plan amendment,
 1132  land development regulation, or procedure, the governing body of
 1133  a county or municipality notices an intent to repeal within 14
 1134  days after receipt of the notice and repeals the moratorium,
 1135  comprehensive plan amendment, land development regulation, or
 1136  procedure within 14 days thereafter.
 1137         (4)This section shall take effect upon becoming a law and
 1138  expires June 30, 2028.
 1139         Section 22. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
 1140  made by this act to section 252.35, Florida Statutes, in a
 1141  reference thereto, subsection (6) of section 252.55, Florida
 1142  Statutes, is reenacted to read:
 1143         252.55 Civil Air Patrol, Florida Wing.—
 1144         (6) The wing commander of the Florida Wing of the Civil Air
 1145  Patrol shall biennially furnish the division a 2-year projection
 1146  of the goals and objectives of the Civil Air Patrol which shall
 1147  be reported in the division’s biennial report submitted pursuant
 1148  to s. 252.35.
 1149         Section 23. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
 1150  act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon
 1151  this act becoming a law, this act shall take effect July 1,
 1152  2025.