Bill Text: FL S1050 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Disaster Volunteer Leave for State Employees
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2020-06-19 - Chapter No. 2020-36 [S1050 Detail]
Download: Florida-2020-S1050-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Disaster Volunteer Leave for State Employees
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2020-06-19 - Chapter No. 2020-36 [S1050 Detail]
Download: Florida-2020-S1050-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2020 SB 1050 By Senator Diaz 36-01364-20 20201050__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to disaster volunteer leave for state 3 employees; amending s. 110.120, F.S.; reordering, 4 revising, and providing definitions; expanding the 5 Florida Disaster Volunteer Leave Act to include 6 employees of the legislative and judicial branches of 7 state government; revising conditions under which an 8 employee may be granted leave under the act; 9 specifying requirements and limitations; providing an 10 effective date. 11 12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13 14 Section 1. Section 110.120, Florida Statutes, is amended to 15 read: 16 110.120 Administrative leave for disaster service 17 volunteers.— 18 (1) SHORT TITLE.—This sectionshall be known andmay be 19 cited as the “Florida Disaster Volunteer Leave Act.” 20 (2) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term 21following terms shall apply: 22 (c)(a)“State agency” means any official, officer, 23 commission, board, authority, council, committee, or department 24 of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state 25 government. 26 (a)(b)“Disaster” means an event that results in a state of 27 emergency, as declared by executive order or proclamation issued 28 by the Governor of this state or any other state or territory of 29 the United Statesincludes disasters designated at level II and30above in the American National Red Cross regulations and31procedures. 32 (b) “Disaster area” means a location covered under a state 33 of emergency, as declared by executive order or proclamation 34 issued by the Governor of this state or any other state or 35 territory of the United States. 36 (d) “Volunteer” means an individual who has entered into an 37 agreement with a tax-exempt nonprofit organization under s. 38 501(c)(3) or s. 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code to 39 provide nonpaid services to a disaster area for disaster 40 response or recovery. 41 (3) LEAVE OF ABSENCE.—An employee of a state agencywho is42acertified disaster service volunteer of the American Red Cross43 may be granted a leave of absence with pay for nonotmore than 44 120 working hours15 working daysin any 12-month period to 45 serve as a volunteerparticipate in specialized disaster relief46services for the American Red Cross. Such leave of absence may 47 be granted upon the request of the employeeAmerican Red Cross48 and upontheapproval of the employee’s employing agency after 49 verifying the employee’s volunteer status. An employee granted 50 leave under this section isshallnotbedeemed to be an 51 employee of the state for purposes of workers’ compensation. 52 Leave under this sectionactmay be granted only for providing 53 volunteerforservices related to a disaster occurring within 54 the boundaries of thisthestateof Florida, except that,with55the approval of the Governor and Cabinet,leave may be granted 56 to an employee to provide volunteerforservices in response to 57 a disaster occurring within the states or territoriesboundaries58 of the United States upon approval of the head of the employee’s 59 employing agency. An employee who is granted leave under this 60 section must attest to his or her employing agency that he or 61 she has completed his or her volunteer service for a disaster, 62 and must also specify the period of time for which he or she 63 served as a volunteer for that event and a description of the 64 disaster response or recovery services that the employee 65 provided. 66 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.