Florida Statutes § 943.0413 — Critical Infrastructure Mapping Grant Program.
This section creates a critical infrastructure mapping grant program in the department and sets conditions for how funded maps must be made and shared.
943.0413 Critical Infrastructure Mapping Grant Program.—(1)(a) Subject to legislative appropriation, the Critical Infrastructure Mapping Grant Program is created within the department to support the ongoing assessment of this state’s vulnerability to, and ability to detect, prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from, acts of terrorism within or affecting this state. (b) The state, or any law enforcement agency, county, municipality, or other political subdivision of this state, or any agent thereof, which has constitutional or statutory authority to employ or appoint law enforcement officers is eligible to receive funding from the grant program to map critical infrastructure locations that meet the requirements of this section. (2) Grant funds may be used to map critical infrastructure as defined in s. 812.141, public gathering places, places of worship, and any other location for which a map would be deemed of high value for facilitating an emergency response. (3) Each map of such locations must be created in an electronic or digital format and must be provided to all local, state, and federal responding agencies that request such maps for use in responding to emergencies. Each map must satisfy all of the following requirements:(a) Be compatible with and integrate into the department’s statewide database and be compatible with software platforms used by local, state, and federal public safety agencies that provide emergency services to the specific location for which the data is provided without requiring such agencies to purchase additional software or requiring a fee to view or access the data. (b) Be in a printable format and, if requested, be in a digital file format that can be integrated into interactive mobile platforms currently in use. (c) Be verified for accuracy, which must include a walk-through of a building or grounds. (d) Be oriented to true north. (e) Be overlaid on current aerial imagery. (f) Contain site-specific labeling that matches the structure of the building, including, but not limited to, room labels, hallway names, and external door or stairwell numbers and locations of hazards, critical utility locations, key boxes, automated external defibrillators, and trauma kits. (g) Contain site-specific labeling that matches the grounds, including, but not limited to, parking areas, surrounding roads, and neighboring properties. (h) Be overlaid with gridded x and y coordinates. (4) The department may adopt rules to administer this section.