Florida Senate - 2009                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 2282
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
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                 Floor: WD/2R          .                                
             04/27/2009 07:25 PM       .                                
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       Senator Bennett moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 16 - 41
    4  and insert:
    5         (1) A county may not impose a fee or seek reimbursement for
    6  any costs or expenses that may be incurred for services provided
    7  by a first responder, including costs or expenses related to
    8  personnel, supplies, motor vehicles, or equipment in response to
    9  a motor vehicle accident, except for costs of materials to
   10  contain or clean up hazardous waste in quantities reportable to
   11  the State Warning Point at the Division of Emergency Management
   12  within the Department of Community Affairs.
   13         (2) As used in this section, the term “first responder”
   14  means a law enforcement officer as defined in s. 943.10, a
   15  firefighter as defined in s. 633.30, or an emergency medical
   16  technician or paramedic as defined in s. 401.23 who is employed
   17  by the state or a local government. A volunteer law enforcement
   18  officer, firefighter, or emergency medical technician or
   19  paramedic engaged by the state or a local government is also
   20  considered a first responder of the state or local government
   21  for purposes of this section.
   22         Section 2. Section 166.0446, Florida Statutes, is created
   23  to read:
   24         166.0446 Prohibition of fees for first-responder services.—
   25         (1) A municipality may not impose a fee or seek
   26  reimbursement for any costs or expenses that may be incurred for
   27  services provided by a first responder, including costs or
   28  expenses related to personnel, supplies, motor vehicles, or
   29  equipment in response to a motor vehicle accident, except for
   30  costs of materials to contain or clean up hazardous waste in
   31  quantities reportable to the State Warning Point at the Division
   32  of Emergency Management within the Department of Community
   33  Affairs.