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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to emergency response mapping data; 2
amending s. 1013.13, F.S.; requiring the Department of 3
Education to procure a vendor to produce emergency 4
response mapping data for public school buildings; 5
requiring the vendor to provide the data to certain 6
entities; specifying requirements for the data; 7
providing an effective date. 8
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10
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Section 1. Present subsection (2) of section 1013.13, 12
Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (3), and a new 13
subsection (2) is added to that section, to read: 14
1013.13 Coordination of school safety information; 15
construction design documents. — 16
(2) The Department of Education shall procure a vendor to 17
produce standard emergency response mapping data for every 18
public school building in this state. The vendor shall be 19
responsible for providing the data to the applicable county, 20
district school boards, and th e appropriate local, state, and 21
federal public safety agencies for use in response to 22
emergencies. 23
(a) Emergency response mapping data must be provided in an 24
electronic or digital format to assist first responders in 25
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responding to emergencies at schools. 26
(b) The emergency response mapping data must, at a 27
minimum, meet all of the following requirements: 28
1. Be compatible with software platforms used by local, 29
state, and federal public safety agencies that provide emergency 30
services to the specific schoo l for which the data is provided 31
without requiring such agencies to purchase additional software 32
or requiring the integration of third -party software to view the 33
data; 34
2. Be compatible with security software platforms in use 35
by the specific school for wh ich the data is provided without 36
requiring the local law enforcement agencies or school districts 37
to purchase additional software or requiring the integration of 38
third-party software to view the data; 39
3. Be provided in a printable format; 40
4. Be verified for accuracy by a walk -through of school 41
buildings and grounds; 42
5. Be oriented true north; 43
6. Be overlaid on current aerial imagery or plans of 44
school buildings; 45
7. Contain site-specific labeling that matches the 46
structure of school buildings, incl uding room labels, hallway 47
names, and external door or stairwell numbers and locations of 48
hazards, critical utility locations, key boxes, automated 49
external defibrillators, and trauma kits; 50
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8. Contain site-specific labeling that matches the school 51
grounds, including parking areas, athletic fields, surrounding 52
roads, and neighboring properties; and 53
9. Be overlaid with gridded x/y coordinates. 54
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023. 55