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RESOLUTION NO. 94 -05
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF CAPE CANAVERAL,
BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA; URGING THE FLORIDA
LEGISLATURE TO ENACT LEGISLATION THAT WOULD
GRANT IMMUNITY FROM PERSONAL CIVIL LIABILITY,
UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, TO VOLUNTEERS
WORKING ON BEHALF OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
AND GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES; AND PROVIDING FOR
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, thousands of dedicated volunteers work tirelessly to
improve conditions throughout our country; and
WHEREAS, many nonprofit organizations are experiencing
declining numbers of individuals willing to join their volunteer
ranks; and
WHEREAS, legislation is vital to the efforts of hundreds of
volunteer organizations that face the growing challenge of
enlisting hard working unpaid volunteers despite their concerns
over personal liability; and
WHEREAS, the Volunteer Protection Act, H.R. 911, encourages
states to make individual volunteers immune from personal civil
liability, except in extraordinary circumstances.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City
of Cape Canaveral, Florida, as follows:
SECTION 1. That the State of Florida Legislature is
encouraged to enact legislation that would grant immunity from
personal civil liability, under certain circumstances, to
volunteers working on behalf of nonprofit organizations and
governmental entities.
SECTION 2. That the City Clerk is instructed to send copies
of this resolution to the President and members of the Space Coast
City of Cape Canaveral, Florida
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League of Cities, State of Florida Legislative Delegation and
Congressman Jim Bacchus.
SECTION 3. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon
its adoption.
ADOPTED BY the City Council of the City of Cape Canaveral,
Florida, this 1st day of March
, 1994.
Salamone, MAYOR