PCB TED 26-02, Emergency Preparedness and Response Fund — Florida House of Representatives
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- 2026 3284 Transportation Economic Development Budget Subcommittee Proposed Committee Bills
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- 2026 3284 Transportation Economic Development Budget Subcommittee Proposed Committee Bills Pcbs Fn Pcb Ted 26 02
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A Florida House of Representatives proposed committee bill, PCB TED 26-02, an act relating to trust funds. Section 1 re-creates the Emergency Preparedness and Response Fund within the Executive Office of the Governor, which was to be terminated on February 17, 2026. Section 2 amends s. 252.3711, F.S., to revise uses of fund moneys, bar their use to purchase aircraft, boats or motor vehicles, and direct federal reimbursements of state emergency expenditures to the General Revenue Fund. It adds quarterly reports to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House, including a cash flow statement, an accounting of assets and an attestation from the director of the Division of Emergency Management. The bill applies retroactively to February 17, 2026 and takes effect upon becoming a law.
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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to trust funds; re-creating the
3 Emergency Preparedness and Response Fund within the
4 Executive Office of the Governor; amending s.
5 252.3711, F.S.; revising and providing uses of moneys
6 deposited in the fund; providing requirements for the
7 deposit of federal reimbursements of state emergency
8 expenditures; providing reporting requirements;
9 revising provisions relating to the termination of the
10 fund; providing for retroactive application; providing
11 an effective date.
12
13 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
14
15 Section 1. The Emergency Preparedness and Response Fund
16 within the Executive Office of the Governor, which is to be
17 terminated pursuant to Section 19(f), Article III of the State
18 Constitution on February 17, 2026, is re-created.
19 Section 2. Section 252.3711, Florida Statutes, is amended
20 to read:
21 252.3711 Emergency Preparedness and Response Fund.—
22 (1) The Emergency Preparedness and Response Fund is
23 created within the Executive Office of the Governor.
24 (2) The fund is established for use as a depository for
25 state moneys specifically transferred or appropriated to the
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26 fund by the Legislature. The moneys deposited in the fund are
27 available as a primary funding source for the Governor for
28 purposes of preparing or responding to a natural emergency as
29 defined in s. 252.34(8) disaster declared by the Governor as a
30 state of emergency that exceeds regularly appropriated funding
31 sources.
32 (a) Moneys in the fund that are appropriated for a state
33 of emergency that is a natural emergency and that has been
34 renewed pursuant to s. 252.36 are subject to the notice, review,
35 and objection procedures set forth in s. 216.177.
36 (b) Moneys in the fund may not be used to purchase
37 aircraft, boats, or motor vehicles.
38 (c) Moneys in the fund may not be invested as provided in
39 s. 17.61 but shall be retained in the fund for investment with
40 interest appropriated to the General Revenue Fund as provided in
41 s. 17.57.
42 (3) Federal reimbursements of state emergency expenditures
43 shall not be deposited in the fund. Federal reimbursements of
44 state emergency expenditures shall be deposited in the General
45 Revenue Fund pursuant to s. 215.32(2)(a).
46 (4) On or before the 15th day of the month following each
47 quarter, the Executive Office of the Governor shall submit a
48 report to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the
49 House of Representatives that includes the following:
50 (a) The projected year-end cash balance of the fund;
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51 (b) An updated cash flow statement for that fiscal year;
52 (c) An accounting of all inventory and assets purchased,
53 separated by emergency event and agency, for preparing for,
54 responding to, or recovering from a state of emergency that is a
55 natural emergency and the current status of such assets; and
56 (d) A written attestation, under penalty of perjury, from
57 the director of the Division of Emergency Management that the
58 information in the report is true, accurate, and complete.
59 (5)(3) In accordance with s. 19(f)(2), Art. III of the
60 State Constitution, The Emergency Preparedness and Response Fund
61 shall, unless terminated sooner, be terminated on July 1, 2030 4
62 years after the effective date of this act. Before its scheduled
63 termination, the fund shall be reviewed as provided in s.
64 215.3208 s. 215.3206(1) and (2).
65 Section 3. This act shall operate retroactively to
66 February 17, 2026.
67 Section 4. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.
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