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    2         An act relating to emergency reporting; creating s.
    3         252.351, F.S.; defining the term “office”; requiring
    4         the Division of Emergency Management to create a list
    5         of reportable incidents; requiring such list to
    6         include certain events; requiring a political
    7         subdivision to report incidents contained on the list
    8         to the State Watch Office; authorizing the Division of
    9         Emergency Management to establish guidelines a
   10         political subdivision must follow to report an
   11         incident; requiring the Division of Emergency
   12         Management to annually provide the list of reportable
   13         incidents to each political subdivision; providing an
   14         effective date.
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   16  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   18         Section 1. Section 252.351, Florida Statutes, is created to
   19  read:
   20         252.351 Mandatory reporting of certain incidents by
   21  political subdivisions.-
   22         (1) For purposes of this section, the term “office” means
   23  the State Watch Office established within the division pursuant
   24  to s. 14.2016.
   25         (2) The division shall create and maintain a list of
   26  reportable incidents. The list shall include, but is not limited
   27  to, the following events:
   28         (a) Major fires, including wildfires, commercial or multi
   29  unit residential fires, or industrial fires.
   30         (b) Search and rescue operations, including structure
   31  collapses or urban search and rescue responses.
   32         (c) Bomb threats or threats to inflict harm on a large
   33  number of people or significant infrastructure, suspicious
   34  devices, or device detonations.
   35         (d) Natural hazards and severe weather, including
   36  earthquakes, landslides, or ground subsidence or sinkholes.
   37         (e) Public health and population protective actions,
   38  including public health hazards, evacuation orders, or emergency
   39  shelter openings.
   40         (f) Animal or agricultural events, including suspected or
   41  confirmed animal diseases, suspected or confirmed agricultural
   42  diseases, crop failures, or food supply contamination.
   43         (g) Environmental concerns, including an incident of
   44  reportable pollution release as required in s. 403.077(2).
   45         (h) Nuclear power plant events, including events in process
   46  or that have occurred which indicate a potential degradation of
   47  the level of safety of the plant or which indicate a security
   48  threat to facility protection.
   49         (i) Major transportation events, including aircraft or
   50  airport incidents, passenger or commercial railroad incidents,
   51  major road or bridge closures, or marine incidents involving a
   52  blocked navigable channel of a major waterway.
   53         (j) Major utility or infrastructure events, including dam
   54  failures or overtopping, drinking water facility breaches, or
   55  major utility outages or disruptions involving transmission
   56  lines or substations.
   57         (k) Military events, when information regarding such
   58  activities are provided to a political subdivision.
   59         (3) As soon as practicable following its initial response
   60  to an incident, a political subdivision shall provide
   61  notification to the office that an incident specified on the
   62  list of reportable incidents has occurred within its
   63  geographical boundaries. The division may establish guidelines
   64  specifying the method and format a political subdivision must
   65  use when reporting an incident.
   66         (4) Beginning December 1, 2020, and by December 1 every
   67  year thereafter, the division must provide the list of
   68  reportable incidents to each political subdivision.
   69         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.