The Florida Senate

272.185  Maintenance of Governor's Mansion by ¹Division of Facilities Management.--

(1)  POWERS AND DUTIES OF ¹DIVISION.--

(a)  The ¹Division of Facilities Management of the Department of Management Services shall maintain all structures, furnishings, equipment, and grounds of the Governor's Mansion, except that the exterior facades; the landscaping of the grounds; the antique furnishings in the private quarters; the interiors of the state rooms; and the articles of furniture, fixtures, and decorative objects used or displayed in the state rooms shall be maintained pursuant to the directives of the Governor's Mansion Commission.

(b)  The ¹division shall insure the Governor's Mansion, its contents, and all structures and appurtenances thereto with the State Property Insurance Trust Fund as provided in s. 284.01. The ¹division is authorized to purchase any necessary insurance either by a primary insurance contract, excess coverage insurance, or reinsurance to cover the contents of the mansion, whether title of the contents is in the state or in any other person or entity not a resident of the mansion, notwithstanding the provision of s. 287.025.

(c)  The ¹division shall have authority to contract and be contracted with for work and materials required.

(d)  The ¹division shall keep a continuing and accurate inventory of all equipment and furnishings.

(2)  FINANCING; BUDGETS.--The ¹division shall submit its budgetary requirements to the Department of Management Services for its approval and inclusion in legislative budget requests.

History.--ss. 2, 3, ch. 57-61; s. 1, ch. 61-30; ss. 22, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 78, ch. 71-377; s. 2, ch. 75-70; s. 2, ch. 81-13; s. 1, ch. 81-316; s. 56, ch. 85-349; s. 214, ch. 92-279; s. 55, ch. 92-326; s. 59, ch. 96-418.

¹Note.--Deleted in the reorganization of the Department of Management Services by s. 3, ch. 97-296. Section 4, ch. 97-296, requires the Division of Statutory Revision to prepare a reviser's bill for submission to the 1998 Regular Session of the Legislature substituting references to the Department of Management Services in the Florida Statutes for references to divisions, bureaus, or other units of that department.

Note.--Former s. 272.18(2), (3).