Florida Statutes Part I - General Provisions (Ss. 252.31-252.63)

• 252.31 - Short Title.
  Sections 252.31-252.60 shall be known and may be cited as the “State Emergency Management Act.”History.—s. 1, ch. 74-285; s. 13, ch. 83-334.
• 252.311 - Legislative Intent.
  (1) The Legislature finds and declares that the state is vulnerable to a wide range of emergencies, including natural, technological, and manmade disasters, all of which...
• 252.32 - Policy And Purpose.
  (1) Because of the existing and continuing possibility of the occurrence of emergencies and disasters resulting from natural, technological, or manmade causes; in order to ensure...
• 252.33 - Limitations.
  Nothing in ss. 252.31-252.60 shall be construed to:(1) Interfere with the course or conduct of a labor dispute, except that actions otherwise authorized by ss. 252.31-252.60...
• 252.34 - Definitions.
  As used in this part, the term:(1) “Disaster” means any natural, technological, or civil emergency that causes damage of sufficient severity and magnitude to result in...
• 252.35 - Emergency Management Powers; Division Of Emergency Management.
  (1) The division is responsible for maintaining a comprehensive statewide program of emergency management. The division is responsible for coordination with efforts of the Federal Government...
• 252.355 - Registry Of Persons With Special Needs; Notice; Registration Program.
  (1) In order to meet the special needs of persons who would need assistance during evacuations and sheltering because of physical, mental, cognitive impairment, or sensory...
• 252.356 - Emergency And Disaster Planning Provisions To Assist Persons With Disabilities Or Limitations.
  State agencies that contract with providers for the care of persons with disabilities or limitations that make such persons dependent upon the care of others...
• 252.3568 - Emergency Sheltering Of Persons With Pets.
  In accordance with s. 252.35, the division shall address strategies for the evacuation of persons with pets in the shelter component of the state comprehensive...
• 252.357 - Monitoring Of Nursing Homes And Assisted Living Facilities During Disaster.
  The Florida Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan shall permit the Agency for Health Care Administration, working from the agency’s offices or in the Emergency Operations Center,...
• 252.358 - Emergency-preparedness Prescription Medication Refills.
  All health insurers, managed care organizations, and other entities that are licensed by the Office of Insurance Regulation and provide prescription medication coverage as part...
• 252.36 - Emergency Management Powers Of The Governor.
  (1)(a) The Governor is responsible for meeting the dangers presented to this state and its people by emergencies. In the event of an emergency beyond local...
• 252.363 - Tolling And Extension Of Permits And Other Authorizations.
  (1)(a) The declaration of a state of emergency by the Governor tolls the period remaining to exercise the rights under a permit or other authorization for...
• 252.365 - Emergency Coordination Officers; Disaster-preparedness Plans.
  (1) The head of each executive department, the executive director of each water management district, the Public Service Commission, the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and...
• 252.37 - Financing.
  (1) The Legislature intends and declares it to be the policy of the state that funds to meet emergencies shall always be available.(2) It is the legislative...
• 252.371 - Emergency Management, Preparedness, And Assistance Trust Fund.
  There is created the Emergency Management, Preparedness, and Assistance Trust Fund to be administered by the division.History.—s. 1, ch. 93-128; s. 101, ch. 2011-142.
• 252.372 - Imposition And Collection Of Surcharge.
  In order to provide funds for emergency management, preparedness, and assistance, an annual surcharge of $2 per policy shall be imposed on every homeowners, mobile...
• 252.373 - Allocation Of Funds; Rules.
  (1) Funds appropriated from the Emergency Management, Preparedness, and Assistance Trust Fund shall be allocated by the division for the following purposes:(a) To implement and administer state...
• 252.38 - Emergency Management Powers Of Political Subdivisions.
  Safeguarding the life and property of its citizens is an innate responsibility of the governing body of each political subdivision of the state.(1) COUNTIES.—(a) In order to...
• 252.385 - Public Shelter Space.
  (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that this state not have a deficit of safe public hurricane evacuation shelter space in any region of...
• 252.39 - Local Services.
  (1) Whenever the employees of any political subdivision are rendering outside aid pursuant to the authority contained in s. 252.38, such employees shall have the same...
• 252.40 - Mutual Aid Arrangements.
  (1) The governing body of each political subdivision of the state is authorized to develop and enter into mutual aid agreements within the state for reciprocal...
• 252.41 - Emergency Management Support Forces.
  (1) The division is authorized to provide, within or without the state, such support from available personnel, equipment, and other resources of state agencies and the...
• 252.42 - Government Equipment, Services, And Facilities.
  In the event of any emergency, the division may make available any equipment, services, or facilities owned or organized by the state or its political...
• 252.43 - Compensation.
  (1) Compensation for services or for the taking or use of property shall be owed only to the extent that a claimant may not be deemed...
• 252.44 - Emergency Mitigation.
  (1) In addition to prevention measures included in the state and local comprehensive emergency management plans, the Governor shall consider on a continuing basis steps that...
• 252.45 - Lease Or Loan Of State Property; Transfer Of State Personnel.
  Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law:(1) Whenever the Governor deems it to be in the public interest, she or he may:(a) Authorize any department or agency of...
• 252.46 - Orders And Rules.
  (1) In accordance with the provisions of chapter 120, the political subdivisions of the state and other agencies designated or appointed by the Governor or in...
• 252.47 - Enforcement.
  The law enforcement authorities of the state and the political subdivisions thereof shall enforce the orders and rules issued pursuant to ss. 252.31-252.90.History.—s. 1, ch....
• 252.50 - Penalties.
  Any person violating any provision of ss. 252.31-252.90 or any rule or order made pursuant to ss. 252.31-252.90 is guilty of a misdemeanor of the...
• 252.51 - Liability.
  Any person or organization, public or private, owning or controlling real estate or other premises who voluntarily and without compensation, other than payment or reimbursement...
• 252.515 - Postdisaster Relief Assistance Act; Immunity From Civil Liability.
  (1) This section may be cited as the “Postdisaster Relief Assistance Act.”(2) Any person who gratuitously and in good faith provides temporary housing, food, water, or electricity...
• 252.52 - Liberality Of Construction.
  Sections 252.31-252.90 shall be construed liberally in order to effectuate their purposes.History.—s. 1, ch. 74-285; s. 33, ch. 83-334; s. 21, ch. 93-211; s. 38,...
• 252.55 - Civil Air Patrol, Florida Wing.
  (1) The Florida Wing of the Civil Air Patrol, an auxiliary of the United States Air Force, shall be recognized as a nonprofit, educational, and emergency-management-related...
• 252.60 - Radiological Emergency Preparedness.
  (1) PURPOSE AND INTENT.—It is the purpose of this section to establish the means by which certain radiological emergency response plans and preparedness requirements of the...
• 252.61 - List Of Persons For Contact Relating To Release Of Toxic Substances Into Atmosphere.
  The Division of Emergency Management shall maintain a list of contact persons.History.—s. 13, ch. 85-269; s. 3, ch. 85-277; s. 71, ch. 87-224; s. 105,...
• 252.62 - Director Of Office Of Financial Regulation; Powers In A State Of Emergency.
  (1) It is the purpose and intent of this section to provide the Director of the Office of Financial Regulation of the Financial Services Commission the...
• 252.63 - Commissioner Of Insurance Regulation; Powers In A State Of Emergency.
  (1) When the Governor declares a state of emergency pursuant to s. 252.36, the commissioner may issue one or more general orders applicable to all insurance...

Last modified: September 23, 2016