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Section 2. I designate the Executive Director of the Division of Emergency Management <br />("Director") as the State Coordinating Officer for the duration of this emergency and direct him to <br />execute the State's Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan and other response, recovery, <br />and mitigation plans necessary to cope with the emergency, including any logistical, rescue or <br />evacuation operations. Pursuant to section 252.36(1)(a), Florida Statutes, I delegate to the State <br />Coordinating Officer the authority to exercise those powers delineated in sections 252.36(6)-(12), <br />Florida Statutes, which he shall exercise as needed to meet this emergency, subject to the <br />limitations of section 252.33, Florida Statutes. In exercising the powers delegated by this <br />Executive Order, the State Coordinating Officer shall confer with the Governor to the fullest extent <br />practicable. It is further ordered that the requirements of sections 943.13 and 943.131, Florida <br />Statutes, as they may be applicable to the State Coordinating Officer, shall be waived for the <br />duration of this emergency. The State Coordinating Officer shall not have the authority to suspend <br />or limit the sale, dispensing, or transportation of firearms pursuant to section 252.3 6(6)(h), Florida <br />Statutes. The State Coordinating Officer shall also have the authority to: <br />A. Invoke and administer the Emergency Management Assistance Compact <br />("EMAC") (sections 252.921-252.9335, Florida Statutes) and other compacts and agreements <br />existing between the State of Florida and other states, and the further authority to coordinate the <br />allocation of resources from such other states that are made available to Florida under such <br />compacts and agreements so as to best meet this emergency. <br />B. Seek direct assistance and enter into agreements with any and all agencies of <br />the federal government as may be needed to meet this emergency. <br />C. Direct all state, regional, and local governmental agencies, including law <br />enforcement agencies, to identify personnel needed from those agencies to assist in meeting the <br />response, recovery, and mitigation needs created by this emergency, and to place all such personnel <br />3 <br />