Bill Text: FL H1145 | 2010 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: State Parks [EPSC]

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-3)

Status: (Passed) 2010-06-01 - Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2010-178 [H1145 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-H1145-Comm_Sub.html

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CS/HB 1145

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to state parks; creating s. 258.0145,
3	F.S.; providing discounts on annual passes for members and
4	veterans of the United States Armed Forces and reserve
5	forces and for surviving spouses of certain veterans;
6	amending s. 258.004, F.S.; providing additional duties of
7	the Division of Recreation and Parks of the Department of
8	Environmental Protection; providing an effective date.
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10	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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12	Section 1. Section 258.0145, Florida Statutes, is created
13	to read:
14	258.0145 Military state park fee discounts.-The Division
15	of Recreation and Parks shall provide the following discounts on
16	park fees to persons who present written documentation
17	satisfactory to the division which evidences their eligibility
18	for the discounts:
19	(1) Active duty members and honorably discharged veterans
20	of the United States Armed Forces, National Guard, or reserve
21	components thereof shall receive a 25 percent discount on annual
22	entrance passes.
23	(2) Honorably discharged veterans who have service-
24	connected disabilities shall receive lifetime family annual
25	entrance passes at no charge.
26	(3) Surviving spouses of deceased members of the United
27	States Armed Forces, National Guard, or reserve components
28	thereof who have fallen in combat shall receive lifetime family
29	annual entrance passes at no charge.
30	Section 2. Subsections (3) through (7) are added to
31	section 258.004, Florida Statutes, to read:
32	258.004 Duties of division.-
33	(3) The Division of Recreation and Parks shall study and
34	appraise the recreation needs of the state and assemble and
35	disseminate information relative to recreation.
36	(4) The Division of Recreation and Parks shall provide
37	consultation assistance to the Department of Community Affairs
38	and to local governing units as to the protection, organization,
39	and administration of local recreation systems and the planning
40	and design of local recreation areas and facilities.
41	(5) The Division of Recreation and Parks shall assist in
42	recruiting, training, and placing recreation personnel.
43	(6) The Division of Recreation and Parks shall sponsor and
44	promote recreation institutes, workshops, seminars, and
45	conferences throughout the state.
46	(7) The Division of Recreation and Parks shall cooperate
47	with state and federal agencies, private organizations, and
48	commercial and industrial interests in the promotion of a state
49	recreation program.
50	Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.

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