Florida HB 1085: Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles

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An act relating to local government cyber security; 2
creating s. 282.31855, F.S.; creating the Local 3
Government Cybersecurity Protection Program within the 4
Florida Digital Service, to be administered by the 5
Florida Digital Service; providing the purpose of the 6
grant program; requiring the Florida Digital Service 7
to enter into certain data-sharing agreements with 8
local governments for a specified purpose; requiring 9
the Florida Digital Service to administer the grant 10
program based on specified criteria to provide 11
information technology commodities and services to 12
local governments for a specified purpose; requiring 13
the Florida Digital Service to contract for 14
information technology commodities and services and 15
award such commodities and services to local 16
governments; establishing preference for certain 17
counties under the grant program; requiring grants to 18
be annually awarded by a certain date; authorizing 19
local governments to purchase information technology 20
commodities and services under specified criteria; 21
providing local governments are responsible for all 22
costs associated with such purchases; requiring the 23
Florida Digital Service to prepare and submit a 24
specified report to the Governor's Office of Policy 25

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and Budget and the chairs of the legislative 26
appropriations committees; authorizing the Florida 27
Digital Service to apply for and accept certain funds 28
or grants; providing for future repeal unless saved by 29
the Legislature through reenactment; providing an 30
effective date. 31
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 33
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Section 1. Section 282.31855, Florida Statutes, is created 35
to read: 36
282.31855 Local Government Cybersecurity Protection 37
Program.— 38
(1) The Local Government Cybersecurity Protection Program 39
is created within the Florida Digital Service, to be 40
administered by the Florida Digital Service. The purpose of the 41
grant program is to assist eligible local governments in 42
mitigating and defending against cybersecurity threats, 43
including, but not limited to, ransomware incidents. 44
(2) Under the grant program, the Florida Digital Service 45
shall enter into data-sharing agreements with local governments 46
as necessary to facilitate the collection, analysis, and 47
exchange of security-related information to support the 48
detection, prevention, and response to cybersecurity incidents 49
consistent with s. 282.318. 50

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(3)(a) The Florida Digital Service shall administer the 51
grant program based on objective eligibility and evaluation 52
criteria to provide information technology commodities and 53
services directly to local governments for the purpose of 54
developing and enhancing cybersecurity risk management programs 55
consistent with s. 282.3185. 56
(b) The Florida Digital Service shall contract for 57
information technology commodities and services and shall award 58
such commodities and services to local governments eligible 59
under the grant program criteria. 60
(c) In awarding information technology commodities and 61
services, the Florida Digital Service shall give preference to 62
fiscally constrained counties as described in s. 218.67(1). 63
(d) Grants shall be awarded to eligible local governments 64
by December 1 of each year. 65
(e) A local government may purchase information technology 66
commodities and services from the contracts managed by the 67
Florida Digital Service to administer this section even if it 68
does not apply for or receive a grant award. The local 69
government shall be solely responsible for all costs associated 70
with such purchases. 71
(f) Beginning December 15, 2027, and each year thereafter, 72
the Florida Digital Service shall prepare and submit to the 73
Governor's Office of Policy and Budget and the chairs of the 74
legislative appropriations committees a report on the 75

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implementation and outcomes of the grant program for the 76
preceding fiscal year. The report must include: 77
1. The total number of grant applications received and 78
number and dollar amount of grants awarded, as well as the 79
number of app