Bill Text: FL S1050 | 2020 | Regular Session | Enrolled
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-Enrolled.html
ENROLLED
2020 Legislature CS for SB 1050
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2 An act relating to disaster volunteer leave for state
3 employees; amending s. 110.120, F.S.; reordering,
4 revising, and providing definitions; revising
5 conditions under which an employee may be granted
6 leave under the Florida Disaster Volunteer Leave Act;
7 specifying requirements and limitations; providing an
8 effective date.
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10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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12 Section 1. Section 110.120, Florida Statutes, is amended to
13 read:
14 110.120 Administrative leave for disaster service
15 volunteers.—
16 (1) SHORT TITLE.—This section shall be known and may be
17 cited as the “Florida Disaster Volunteer Leave Act.”
18 (2) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term
19 following terms shall apply:
20 (c)(a) “State agency” means any official, officer,
21 commission, board, authority, council, committee, or department
22 of the executive branch of state government.
23 (a)(b) “Disaster” means an event that results in a state of
24 emergency, as declared by executive order or proclamation issued
25 by the Governor of this state or any other state or territory of
26 the United States includes disasters designated at level II and
27 above in the American National Red Cross regulations and
28 procedures.
29 (b) “Disaster area” means a location covered under a state
30 of emergency, as declared by executive order or proclamation
31 issued by the Governor of this state or any other state or
32 territory of the United States.
33 (d) “Volunteer” means an individual who has entered into an
34 agreement with a tax-exempt nonprofit organization under s.
35 501(c)(3) or s. 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code to
36 provide nonpaid services to a disaster area for disaster
37 response or recovery.
38 (3) LEAVE OF ABSENCE.—An employee of a state agency who is
39 a certified disaster service volunteer of the American Red Cross
40 may be granted a leave of absence with pay for no not more than
41 120 working hours 15 working days in any 12-month period to
42 serve as a volunteer participate in specialized disaster relief
43 services for the American Red Cross. Such leave of absence may
44 be granted upon the request of the employee American Red Cross
45 and upon the approval of the employee’s employing agency after
46 verifying the employee’s volunteer status. An employee granted
47 leave under this section is shall not be deemed to be an
48 employee of the state for purposes of workers’ compensation.
49 Leave under this section act may be granted only for providing
50 volunteer for services related to a disaster occurring within
51 the boundaries of this the state of Florida, except that, with
52 the approval of the Governor and Cabinet, leave may be granted
53 to an employee to provide volunteer for services in response to
54 a disaster occurring within the states or territories boundaries
55 of the United States upon approval of the head of the employee’s
56 employing agency. An employee who is granted leave under this
57 section must attest to his or her employing agency that he or
58 she has completed his or her volunteer service for a disaster,
59 and must also specify the period of time for which he or she
60 served as a volunteer for that event and a description of the
61 disaster response or recovery services that the employee
62 provided.
63 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.
