Bill Text: FL S0894 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced

Florida Senate Bill 894 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Strategic Fuel Reserve Plan

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2022-03-14 - Died in Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security [S0894 Detail]

Download: Florida-2022-S0894-Introduced.html

       Florida Senate - 2022                                     SB 894
       
       
        
       By Senator Farmer
       
       
       
       
       
       34-00140A-22                                           2022894__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to a strategic fuel reserve plan;
    3         creating the Florida Strategic Fuel Reserve Task Force
    4         adjunct to the Division of Emergency Management within
    5         the Executive Office of the Governor to develop a
    6         recommended strategic fuel reserve plan for a disaster
    7         or an emergency; requiring the division to provide
    8         administrative and support services to the task force;
    9         specifying the membership of the task force; requiring
   10         the task force to elect a chair and a vice chair;
   11         requiring the task force to submit a report to the
   12         Governor and the Legislature by a specified date;
   13         providing for expiration; providing an effective date.
   14          
   15  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   16  
   17         Section 1. (1) The Florida Strategic Fuel Reserve Task
   18  Force, a task force as defined in s. 20.03(8), Florida Statutes,
   19  is created adjunct to the Division of Emergency Management
   20  within the Executive Office of the Governor to develop a
   21  recommended strategic fuel reserve plan for the state to respond
   22  to private and public fuel needs in the event of a disaster or
   23  an emergency, as those terms are defined in s. 252.34(2) and
   24  (4), Florida Statutes, respectively. The task force shall
   25  operate in a manner consistent with s. 20.052, Florida Statutes.
   26         (2) The division shall provide administrative and support
   27  services relating to the functions of the task force.
   28         (3) The task force is composed of the following members:
   29         (a) Three persons appointed by the President of the Senate.
   30  At least one of the appointees must have experience in consumer
   31  advocacy.
   32         (b) Three persons appointed by the Speaker of the House of
   33  Representatives. At least one of the appointees must have
   34  experience in consumer advocacy.
   35         (c) Three persons appointed by the Governor. At least one
   36  of the appointees must have experience in consumer advocacy.
   37         (4) The task force shall elect a chair and a vice chair.
   38         (5) The task force shall submit a report to the Governor,
   39  the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
   40  Representatives by April 30, 2023, which contains its
   41  recommendations for a strategic fuel reserve plan.
   42         (6) This section expires on June 30, 2023.
   43         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.