Florida HB 1199: Transportation

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to transportation; providing for a 2
type one transfer of the duties and functions of the 3
Division of the Florida Highway Patrol and the Office 4
of Commercial Vehicle Enforcement from the Department 5
of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to the Department 6
of Law Enforcement; amending s. 20.24, F.S.; requiring 7
the executive director of the Department of Highway 8
Safety and Motor Vehicles to be appointed by the 9
Governor and subject to confirmation by the Senate; 10
amending s. 23.1231, F.S.; requiring the executive 11
director of the Department of Law Enforcement to act 12
as the liaison with the Department of Highway Safety 13
and Motor Vehicles rather than the Division of the 14
Florida Highway Patrol; amending s. 282.709, F.S.; 15
requiring the Joint Task Force on State Agency Law 16
Enforcement Communications to include a representative 17
of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles 18
rather than the Division of Florida Highway Patrol; 19
creating s. 321.011, F.S.; defining the term 20
"department"; amending ss. 20.201, 110.205, 120.80, 21
316.003, 316.640, 321.02, 321.03, 321.04, 321.05, 22
321.051, 321.245, 321.25, 338.239, and 713.78, F.S.; 23
conforming provisions to changes made by the act; 24
providing an effective date. 25

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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 27
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Section 1. All powers, duties, functions, rules, records, 29
personnel, property, and unexpended balances of appropriations, 30
allocations, and other public funds relating to the Division of 31
the Florida Highway Patrol and the Office of Commercial Vehicle 32
Enforcement are transferred by a type one transfer, as described 33
in s. 20.06(1), Florida Statutes, from the Department of Highway 34
Safety and Motor Vehicles to the Department of Law Enforcement. 35
Section 2. Section 20.24, Florida Statutes, is amended to 36
read: 37
20.24 Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.—38
There is created a Department of Highway Safety and Motor 39
Vehicles. 40
(1) The head of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor 41
Vehicles is the Governor and Cabinet. The executive director of 42
the department shall be appointed by the Governor subject to a 43
majority vote of the Governor and Cabinet, with the Governor on 44
the prevailing side. The appointment is subject to confirmation 45
by the Senate. The executive director shall serve at the 46
pleasure of the Governor and Cabinet. 47
(2) The Division of Motorist Services is established 48
within following divisions, and bureaus within the divisions, of 49
the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles are 50

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established: 51
(a) Division of the Florida Highway Patrol. 52
(b) Division of Motorist Services. 53
(3) The Office of Commercial Vehicle Enforcement is 54
established within the Division of the Florida Highway Patrol. 55
Section 3. Paragraph (e) of subsection (2) of section 56
23.1231, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 57
23.1231 Florida Mutual Aid Plan; powers and duties.— 58
(2) The executive director of the Department of Law 59
Enforcement acting under the Governor as the state's chief law 60
enforcement officer is the director of the Florida Mutual Aid 61
Plan. The director of the Florida Mutual Aid Plan shall: 62
(e) Act as the liaison with the Division of the Florida 63
Highway Patrol of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor 64
Vehicles in order to coordinate and integrate plans for traffic 65
control and the participation of the department in the law 66
enforcement operation; 67
Section 4. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 68
282.709, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 69
282.709 State agency law enforcement radio system and 70
interoperability network.— 71
(2) The Joint Task Force on State Agency Law Enforcement 72
Communications is created adjunct to the department to advise 73
the department of member-agency needs relating to the planning, 74
designing, and establishment of the statewide communication 75

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system. 76
(a) The Joint Task Force on State Agency Law Enforcement 77
Communications shall consist of the following members: 78
1. A representative of the Division of Alcoholic Beverages 79
and Tobacco of the Department of Business and Professional 80
Regulation who shall be appointed by the secretary of the 81