Florida Senate - 2020 SB By Senator Bean 4-01107-20 2020752__ CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. A bill to be entitled

An act relating to emergency sheltering of persons with pets; amending s. 252.3568, F.S.; requiring counties to designate at least one shelter that can accommodate persons with pets; specifying requirements for such shelters; providing an effective date. 6

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 8

Section

Section 252.3568, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 11 252.3568 Emergency sheltering of persons with pets.— 12

(1) In accordance with s. 252.35, the division shall address strategies for the evacuation of persons with pets in the shelter component of the state comprehensive emergency management plan and shall include the requirement for similar strategies in its standards and requirements for local comprehensive emergency management plans. The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall assist the division in determining strategies regarding this activity. 20

(2) Each county must designate at least one shelter that can accommodate persons with pets. The pets must be contained in secure enclosures in an area of the facility separate from the sheltering public. The shelter must be in compliance with safety procedures regarding the sheltering of pets established in the shelter component of the state comprehensive emergency management plan. 27

Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020. 28