Florida Senate - 2026                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 7040
       
       
       
       
       
       
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             03/13/2026 02:39 PM       .      03/13/2026 03:12 PM       
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       Senator Hooper moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to House Amendment (520451) (with title
    2  amendment)
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    4         Delete lines 6 - 65
    5  and insert:
    6  within the Executive Office of the Governor, which terminated
    7  pursuant to s. 19(f), Article III of the State Constitution on
    8  February 17, 2026, is re-created within the Executive Office of
    9  the Governor.
   10         Section 2. Section 252.3711, Florida Statutes, is amended
   11  to read:
   12         252.3711 Emergency Preparedness and Response Fund.—
   13         (1) The Emergency Preparedness and Response Fund is created
   14  within the Executive Office of the Governor.
   15         (2) The fund is established for use as a depository for
   16  moneys specifically transferred or appropriated to the fund by
   17  the Legislature or pursuant to s. 11.90. The moneys deposited in
   18  the fund are available as a primary funding source for the
   19  Governor for purposes of preparing or responding to a disaster
   20  declared by the Governor as a state of emergency that exceeds
   21  regularly appropriated funding sources.
   22         (a)Moneys in the fund may be used for a natural emergency.
   23  If such state of emergency has been renewed pursuant to s.
   24  252.36, budget amendments must be submitted in accordance with
   25  the notice, review, and objection procedures set forth in s.
   26  216.177, notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292.
   27         (b)Moneys in the fund may be used for a state of emergency
   28  that is a manmade emergency or a technological emergency. If
   29  such state of emergency has been renewed pursuant to s. 252.36,
   30  budget amendments must be submitted in accordance with the
   31  notice, review, and objection procedures set forth in s.
   32  216.177. However, the chair and the vice chair of the
   33  Legislative Budget Commission may authorize such amendment to be
   34  approved pursuant to s. 216.177.
   35         (c)Federal reimbursements of state emergency expenditures
   36  shall be deposited in a separate account within the fund.
   37  Expenditures from this separate account may only be made for
   38  invoices that were incurred before the deposit of the federal
   39  reimbursement and may not be used for any other purpose until
   40  all outstanding prior invoices have been paid.
   41         (d) Moneys in the fund may not be used to purchase
   42  aircraft, boats, or motor vehicles; however, nothing in this
   43  paragraph shall prohibit the short-term lease of aircraft,
   44  boats, or motor vehicles for responding to an emergency.
   45         (3) In accordance with s. 19(f)(2), Art. III of the State
   46  Constitution, The Emergency Preparedness and Response Fund
   47  shall, unless terminated sooner, be terminated July 1, 2028 4
   48  years after the effective date of this act. Before its scheduled
   49  termination, the fund shall be reviewed as provided in s.
   50  215.3208 s. 215.3206(1) and (2).
   51         (4)Beginning July 15, 2026, and on or before the 15th day
   52  of the month following each quarter, the Division of Emergency
   53  Management shall submit a report to the President of the Senate
   54  and the Speaker of the House of Representatives which includes
   55  all of the following:
   56         (a)The projected year-end cash balance of the fund.
   57         (b)An updated cash flow statement for that fiscal year.
   58         (c)An update on all pending and received federal
   59  reimbursements.
   60         (d)An accounting of all inventory and assets purchased,
   61  itemized by emergency event and agency, for preparing for,
   62  responding to, or recovering from a state of emergency and the
   63  current status of such assets.
   64         (e)An accounting of all pending invoices, itemized by
   65  emergency event and agency, including the date the invoice was
   66  received.
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   69  And the title is amended as follows:
   70         Delete lines 77 - 82
   71  and insert:
   72         252.3711, F.S.; specifying that moneys are
   73         appropriated to the Emergency Preparedness and
   74         Response Fund by the Legislature or pursuant to a
   75         specified provision; authorizing funds to be used for
   76         specified emergencies; requiring that budget
   77         amendments be submitted in accordance with a specified
   78         provision; providing an exception; requiring that
   79         federal reimbursements of state emergency expenditures
   80         be deposited in a separate account within the fund;
   81         providing requirements for such account; prohibiting
   82         moneys in the fund from being used to purchase
   83         aircraft, boats, or motor vehicles; providing
   84         construction; providing for the termination of the
   85         fund on a specified date; requiring a certain review
   86         of the fund before termination; requiring the Division
   87         of Emergency management to submit a specified report
   88         periodically to the Legislature, beginning on a
   89         specified date; providing for retroactive application;
   90         providing