Florida Senate - 2012                                    SB 2076
       
       
       
       By the Committee on Military Affairs, Space, and Domestic
       Security
       
       
       
       583-02471-12                                          20122076__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Florida Defense Support Task
    3         Force; transferring the functions of the Florida
    4         Council on Military Base and Mission Support to the
    5         Florida Defense Support Task Force; amending s.
    6         163.3175, F.S.; conforming references; repealing s.
    7         288.984, F.S., relating to the Florida Council on
    8         Military Base and Mission Support; amending s.
    9         288.985, F.S.; conforming references; amending s.
   10         288.987, F.S.; revising references to the Department
   11         of Economic Opportunity rather than the Office of
   12         Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development within the
   13         Executive Office of the Governor; providing an
   14         effective date.
   15  
   16  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   17  
   18         Section 1. The powers, duties, functions, records,
   19  personnel, property, pending issues, existing contracts,
   20  administrative authority, administrative rules, and unexpended
   21  balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds of the
   22  Florida Council on Military Base and Mission Support within the
   23  Department of Economic Opportunity are transferred by a type two
   24  transfer, as defined in s. 20.06(2), Florida Statutes, to the
   25  Florida Defense Support Task Force within the Department of
   26  Economic Opportunity.
   27         Section 2. Subsection (3) of section 163.3175, Florida
   28  Statutes, is amended to read:
   29         163.3175 Legislative findings on compatibility of
   30  development with military installations; exchange of information
   31  between local governments and military installations.—
   32         (3) The Florida Defense Support Task Force Florida Council
   33  on Military Base and Mission Support may recommend to the
   34  Legislature changes to the military installations and local
   35  governments specified in subsection (2) based on a military
   36  base’s potential for impacts from encroachment, and incompatible
   37  land uses and development.
   38         Section 3. Section 288.984, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
   39         Section 4. Subsections (1) and (2) of section 288.985,
   40  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
   41         288.985 Exemptions from public records and public meetings
   42  requirements.—
   43         (1) The following records held by the Florida Defense
   44  Support Task Force Florida Council on Military Base and Mission
   45  Support are exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the
   46  State Constitution:
   47         (a) That portion of a record which relates to strengths and
   48  weaknesses of military installations or military missions in
   49  this state relative to the selection criteria for the
   50  realignment and closure of military bases and missions under any
   51  United States Department of Defense base realignment and closure
   52  process.
   53         (b) That portion of a record which relates to strengths and
   54  weaknesses of military installations or military missions in
   55  other states or territories and the vulnerability of such
   56  installations or missions to base realignment or closure under
   57  the United States Department of Defense base realignment and
   58  closure process, and any agreements or proposals to relocate or
   59  realign military units and missions from other states or
   60  territories.
   61         (c) That portion of a record which relates to the state’s
   62  strategy to retain its military bases during any United States
   63  Department of Defense base realignment and closure process and
   64  any agreements or proposals to relocate or realign military
   65  units and missions.
   66         (2) Meetings or portions of meetings of the Florida Defense
   67  Support Task Force Florida Council on Military Base and Mission
   68  Support, or a workgroup of the task force council, at which
   69  records are presented or discussed which are exempt under
   70  subsection (1) are exempt from s. 286.011 and s. 24(b), Art. I
   71  of the State Constitution.
   72         Section 5. Subsections (5) and (7) of section 288.987,
   73  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
   74         288.987 Florida Defense Support Task Force.—
   75         (5) The executive director of the Department of Economic
   76  Opportunity Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development
   77  within the Executive Office of the Governor, or his or her
   78  designee, shall serve as the ex officio, nonvoting executive
   79  director of the task force.
   80         (7) The department Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic
   81  Development shall contract with the task force for expenditure
   82  of appropriated funds, which may be used by the task force for
   83  economic and product research and development, joint planning
   84  with host communities to accommodate military missions and
   85  prevent base encroachment, advocacy on the state’s behalf with
   86  federal civilian and military officials, assistance to school
   87  districts in providing a smooth transition for large numbers of
   88  additional military-related students, job training and placement
   89  for military spouses in communities with high proportions of
   90  active duty military personnel, and promotion of the state to
   91  military and related contractors and employers. The task force
   92  may annually spend up to $200,000 of funds appropriated to the
   93  department Executive Office of the Governor, Office of Tourism,
   94  Trade, and Economic Development, for the task force for staffing
   95  and administrative expenses of the task force, including travel
   96  and per diem costs incurred by task force members who are not
   97  otherwise eligible for state reimbursement.
   98         Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.