Florida Senate - 2015                              CS for SB 620
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability;
       and Senator Richter
       
       
       
       
       585-02127-15                                           2015620c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to emergency management; amending s.
    3         252.921, F.S.; revising a short title provision;
    4         creating s. 252.9335, F.S.; exempting certain
    5         employees from specified travel expense provisions
    6         when traveling under the Emergency Management
    7         Assistance Compact under certain circumstances;
    8         providing an effective date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Section 252.921, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   13  read:
   14         252.921 Short title.—Sections 252.921-252.933 This part may
   15  be cited as the “Emergency Management Assistance Compact.”
   16         Section 2. Section 252.9335, Florida Statutes, is created
   17  to read:
   18         252.9335 Expense reimbursement under compact.—Travel
   19  expense reimbursement limits provided in s. 112.061(6) do not
   20  apply to an employee of the state or of a political subdivision
   21  of the state traveling under the Emergency Management Assistance
   22  Compact when such expenses are reimbursed based on the amount
   23  agreed upon in an interstate mutual aid request for assistance.
   24         Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.