EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Division of Emergency Management
The Division of Emergency Management
STATE OF FLORIDA
DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
In re:
SUSPENSION OF STATUTES, RULESDEM NO. 17- 0001
AND ORDERS, MADE NECESSARY
BY HURRICANE IRMA
EMERGENCY ORDER
I hereby find that the Division of Emergency Management’s (“Division”) timely execution of the mitigation, response, and recovery aspects of the State’s emergency management plan, as it relates to the Hurricane Irma, is negatively impacted by the application of certain regulatory statutes prescribing the procedures for the conduct of state business as well as by certain orders and rules of this agency.
Therefore, pursuant to the authority granted by Executive Order No. 17-235, I hereby suspend the effect of any statute, rule, or order that would in any way prevent, hinder, or delay necessary action by the Division in coping with this emergency.
By its express terms, this Order suspends any statute, rule, or order if: (1) strict compliance with the statute, rule, or order (as unsuspended) would in any way prevent, hinder, or delay any mitigation, response, or recovery action undertaken by the Division; and, (2) such action is necessary to cope with this emergency. The suspension includes, but is not limited to, any and all statutes, rules, or orders that affect budgeting, leasing, printing, purchasing, travel, conditions of employment, and the compensation of employees.
Because section 252.36(5)(a), Florida Statutes, allows the Governor to suspend the provisions of “any regulatory statute prescribing the procedures for [the] conduct of state business”, and because Executive Order No. 17-235 designates the Director of the Division of Emergency Management as the State Coordinating Officer for this emergency, the requirements of sections 252.46 and 120.54(4), Florida Statutes, do not apply to this Order.
The effective dates of this Order shall correspond with the effective dates of Executive Order No. 17-235.
Executed this 5th day of September, 2017, in Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida.
FLORIDA DIVISION OF
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
Bryan W. Koon
Bryan W. Koon, Director
2555 Shumard Oak Blvd.
Tallahassee, Florida 32399
Filed on this date, with
the designated Division Clerk,
receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged.
Judith w. Crosby
Division Clerk
Date: September 5, 2017
A copy of the Emergency Order May be obtained by contacting the Agency Clerk at the Division of Emergency Management, Southwood State Office Complex, Sadowski Building, 2555 Shumard Oak Boulevard, Tallahassee, FL 32399-2100
