Florida Senate - 2023                                     SB 6-C
       
       
        
       By Senator Calatayud
       
       
       
       
       
       38-00003-23C                                            20236C__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to security grants; amending s.
    3         252.3712, F.S.; expanding the Nonprofit Security Grant
    4         Program to include additional organizations;
    5         specifying that grants may be used for certain
    6         materials; revising eligibility criteria to be awarded
    7         a grant; requiring that certain rules be adopted by
    8         the Division of Emergency Management; requiring the
    9         division to provide certain information to the
   10         Legislature annually by a specified date; requiring
   11         the division to adopt emergency rules by a specified
   12         date; providing appropriations; requiring reversion of
   13         unexpended funds; providing for future appropriations;
   14         providing an effective date.
   15          
   16  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   17  
   18         Section 1. Present subsection (6) of section 252.3712,
   19  Florida Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (7), subsections
   20  (1) and (2) are amended, paragraph (d) is added to subsection
   21  (5), and a new subsection (6) is added to that section, to read:
   22         252.3712 Nonprofit Security Grant Program.—
   23         (1) The division shall establish a Nonprofit Security Grant
   24  Program that shall consist of funds appropriated by the
   25  Legislature to nonprofit organizations, including houses of
   26  worship, schools, museums, and community centers, that are at
   27  high risk for violent attacks or hate crimes. The grants may be
   28  used to increase security and safety, including, but not limited
   29  to:
   30         (a) The purchase and installation of security
   31  infrastructure, perimeter lighting, materials for door
   32  hardening, security camera systems, perimeter fencing, barriers
   33  and bollards, and blast-resistant film and shatter-resistant
   34  glass for windows.
   35         (b) Hiring security personnel.
   36         (c) Training for security personnel and staff on threat
   37  awareness, emergency procedures, and first aid.
   38         (2) The division shall award grants to applicants that meet
   39  eligibility criteria for who were deemed eligible for but did
   40  not receive funding from the United States Department of
   41  Homeland Security’s Nonprofit Security Grant Program within the
   42  federal fiscal year.
   43         (5) The division shall adopt rules to administer this
   44  section, including rules providing criteria for all of the
   45  following:
   46         (d) Prioritizing applicants that are houses of worship or
   47  whose facilities are frequented by children or students on a
   48  daily basis.
   49         (6) By June 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, the division
   50  shall provide a list of grants awarded during that fiscal year
   51  to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
   52  Representatives.
   53         Section 2. No later than December 31, 2023, the Division of
   54  Emergency Management must adopt rules to administer the
   55  Nonprofit Security Grant Program. The division is authorized,
   56  and all conditions are deemed met, to adopt emergency rules
   57  under s. 120.54(4), Florida Statutes, for the purpose of
   58  implementing the Nonprofit Security Grant Program.
   59         Section 3. For the 2023-2024 fiscal year, the nonrecurring
   60  sum of $10,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund is appropriated
   61  to the Division of Emergency Management within the Executive
   62  Office of the Governor for the purpose of implementing the
   63  Nonprofit Security Grant Program. Grants must be awarded no
   64  later than March 1, 2024. The unexpended balance of funds
   65  appropriated to the division as of June 30, 2024, shall revert
   66  and is appropriated to the division for the same purpose for the
   67  2024-2025 fiscal year.
   68         Section 4. For the 2023-2024 fiscal year, the nonrecurring
   69  sum of $5,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund is appropriated
   70  to the Department of Education as fixed capital outlay to
   71  provide grants to full-time Jewish day schools and Jewish
   72  preschools for hardening security measures, including the
   73  purchase and installation of security infrastructure, perimeter
   74  lighting, materials for door hardening, security camera systems,
   75  perimeter fencing, barriers and bollards, and blast-resistant
   76  film and shatter-resistant glass for windows. Grants must be
   77  awarded no later than March 1, 2024.
   78         Section 5. For the 2023-2024 fiscal year, the nonrecurring
   79  sum of $20,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund is appropriated
   80  to the Department of Education to provide grants to full-time
   81  Jewish day schools and Jewish preschools for nonhardening
   82  security measures, including hiring security personnel and
   83  training for security personnel and staff on threat awareness,
   84  emergency procedures, and first aid. Grants must be awarded no
   85  later than March 1, 2024. The unexpended balance of funds
   86  appropriated to the department as of June 30, 2024, shall revert
   87  and is appropriated to the department for the same purpose for
   88  the 2024-2025 fiscal year.
   89         Section 6. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.