EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Division of Emergency Management
STATE OF FLORIDA
DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
In re:
EMERGENCY AUTHORIZATION FOR DEM NO. 14-001 SUSSPENSION OF PROCUREMENT STATUTES RULES AND ORDERS, MADE NECESSARY BY SPRING 2014 NORTH FLORIDA FLOODS.
EMERGENCY ORDER
I hereby find that the Division of Emergency Management’s timely performance of disaster response functions related to the Spring 2014 North Florida floods are hindered by the application of procurement procedures imposed by statute, rule, or order.
Therefore, pursuant to the authority granted by Section 4 of Executive Order No 14-144, I hereby suspend, to the extent necessary to ensure said emergency response functions, the effect of any statute, rule, or order, to the extent needed to procure and all necessary supplies, commodities, services, temporary premises, and other resources, to include, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any and all statutes, rules, and orders which affect budgeting, leasing, printing, purchasing, travel, the conditions of employment and the compensation of employees.
The effective dates of this Order shall correspond to the effective dates of Executive Order 14-144.
Executed this 30th day of April, 2014 in Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida.
FLORIDA DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
Bryan W. Koon
2555 Shumard Oak Boulevard
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2100
Filed on this date, pursuant to § 120.52, Florida Statutes, with the designated Division Clerk, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged.
Melinda Zody Dowling Division Clerk
Date: April 30, 2014
Original signed order on file at the above address.