SB 1092                                         Second Engrossed
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
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    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to fire prevention and control;
    3         creating s. 633.137, F.S.; creating the Firefighter
    4         Cancer Decontamination Equipment Grant Program within
    5         the Division of State Fire Marshal of the Department
    6         of Financial Services for certain purposes; requiring
    7         the division to administer the program and annually
    8         award grants, and distribute equipment and training,
    9         to qualifying fire departments in a certain manner;
   10         requiring the State Fire Marshal to adopt rules and
   11         procedures; providing application criteria; providing
   12         requirements for grant recipients; amending s.
   13         191.006, F.S.; providing that an independent special
   14         fire control district has, and that the board of such
   15         district may exercise by majority vote, specified
   16         powers; providing an appropriation; providing an
   17         effective date.
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   19  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   21         Section 1. Section 633.137, Florida Statutes, is created to
   22  read:
   23         633.137Firefighter Cancer Decontamination Equipment Grant
   24  Program.—
   25         (1)The Firefighter Cancer Decontamination Equipment Grant
   26  Program is created within the division to help protect the
   27  health and safety of firefighters in this state. The program
   28  shall provide financial assistance to help fire departments,
   29  including volunteer fire departments, procure equipment,
   30  supplies, and educational training designed to mitigate exposure
   31  to hazardous, cancer-causing chemicals.
   32         (2)The division shall administer the program and annually
   33  award grants to fire departments on a need-based basis. The
   34  division shall distribute equipment and training in a manner
   35  that leads to the greatest reduction in incidences of
   36  firefighters being exposed to hazardous post-fire contaminants.
   37         (3)The State Fire Marshal shall adopt rules and procedures
   38  for the program, including for the approval of applications and
   39  development of need-based criteria. This criteria shall include,
   40  but are not limited to, the decontamination equipment and supply
   41  needs of the fire department, the financial needs of the fire
   42  department, and the level of nonstate matching funds proposed in
   43  the application. Grant applications must include a minimum of 25
   44  percent nonstate funding.
   45         (4)Grant recipients must:
   46         (a)Report their activity to the division for submission in
   47  the Fire and Emergency Incident Information Reporting System
   48  created under s. 633.136.
   49         (b)Comply with the Florida Firefighters Occupational
   50  Safety and Health Act, ss. 633.502-633.536.
   51         (c)Comply with any other rule determined by the State Fire
   52  Marshal to effectively and efficiently implement, administer,
   53  and manage the program.
   54         Section 2. Subsection (13) of section 191.006, Florida
   55  Statutes, is amended to read:
   56         191.006 General powers.—The district shall have, and the
   57  board may exercise by majority vote, the following powers:
   58         (13) To cooperate or contract with other persons or
   59  entities, including other governmental agencies, as necessary,
   60  convenient, incidental, or proper in connection with providing
   61  effective mutual aid and furthering any power, duty, or purpose
   62  authorized by this act. The district has, and the board may
   63  exercise, all powers and duties provided in s. 163.01, chapter
   64  189, and this chapter, including such powers within or without
   65  the district’s boundary, in cooperation with another
   66  governmental agency when such agency shares such powers in
   67  common with the district.
   68         Section 3. For the 2020-2021 fiscal year, the sum of
   69  $250,000 in recurring funds is appropriated from the Insurance
   70  Regulatory Trust Fund to the Department of Financial Services
   71  for the purpose of implementing s. 633.137, Florida Statutes, as
   72  created by this act.
   73         Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.