1、Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS WebOrder Code RS21784March 26, 2004Florida Emergency Management andHomeland Security Statutory AuthoritiesSummarizedKeith BeaSpecialist in American National GovernmentGovernment and Finance Division
2、L. Cheryl Runyon and Kae M. WarnockConsultantsGovernment and Finance DivisionSummaryThe State Emergency Management Act sets out emergency powers and provides formutual aid agreements. Seven entities are vested with specific statutory responsibilitiesin relation to emergency management. One notable a
3、gency is the Florida DomesticSecurity and Counter-Terrorism Intelligence Center, the role of which is to gatherterrorism related data. The governor may assume full control of emergency managementfunctions in an emergency. State financial assistance for the administration of state andlocal emergency
4、management activities is derived from an emergency management fund.Continuity of government laws cover elected officials and the judiciary, and are gearedtoward effectively filling vacant positions, following lines of succession and relocatinggovernment during an emergency. Emergency management plan
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