Bill Text: FL S0608 | 2014 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Monuments on the Capitol Complex

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (? 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-23 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 731 (Ch. 2014-126) [S0608 Detail]

Download: Florida-2014-S0608-Comm_Sub.html

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       Florida Senate - 2014                              CS for SB 608
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and
       Domestic Security; and Senator Hukill
       
       
       
       
       583-02177-14                                           2014608c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to monuments on the Capitol Complex;
    3         creating s. 265.0031, F.S.; providing legislative
    4         intent; defining the term “Capitol Complex”;
    5         establishing the POW-MIA Chair of Honor Memorial;
    6         requiring the Florida chapters of Rolling Thunder,
    7         Inc., to fund the memorial; subjecting the memorial to
    8         approval by the Florida Historical Commission;
    9         requiring the commission to consider recommendations
   10         of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs and the Florida
   11         chapters of Rolling Thunder, Inc., regarding specific
   12         aspects of the memorial; creating s. 265.111, F.S.;
   13         defining the term “monument”; prohibiting the
   14         construction and placement of a monument on the
   15         premises of the Capitol Complex unless authorized by
   16         general law; subjecting the design and placement of a
   17         monument to the approval of the Florida Historical
   18         Commission; requiring the Department of Management
   19         Services to submit recommendations to the Florida
   20         Historical Commission; requiring the Department of
   21         Management Services to set aside an area of the
   22         Capitol Complex for a memorial garden; establishing
   23         requirements for the memorial garden; amending s.
   24         267.0612, F.S.; revising the powers and duties of the
   25         Florida Historical Commission to conform to changes
   26         made by the act; providing an effective date.
   27          
   28  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   29  
   30         Section 1. Section 265.0031, Florida Statutes, is created
   31  to read:
   32         265.0031 POW-MIA Chair of Honor Memorial.—
   33         (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to recognize and
   34  honor the sacrifices endured by members of the Armed Forces of
   35  the United States who were held as prisoners of war or remain
   36  missing in action.
   37         (2) For purposes of this section, the term “Capitol
   38  Complex” has the same meaning as in s. 281.01.
   39         (3) There is established the POW-MIA Chair of Honor
   40  Memorial.
   41         (a) The POW-MIA Chair of Honor Memorial shall be funded by
   42  the Florida chapters of Rolling Thunder, Inc., without
   43  appropriation of state funds.
   44         (b) Pursuant to s. 267.0612(9), the Florida Historical
   45  Commission shall approve the design and placement of the POW-MIA
   46  Chair of Honor Memorial in the Capitol Complex. In addition to
   47  recommendations from the Department of Management Services, the
   48  commission shall consider recommendations from the Department of
   49  Veterans’ Affairs and the Florida chapters of Rolling Thunder,
   50  Inc., in determining the appropriate design and placement of the
   51  memorial.
   52         Section 2. Section 265.111, Florida Statutes, is created to
   53  read:
   54         265.111 Capitol Complex; monuments.—
   55         (1) For purposes of this section, the term “monument” means
   56  a permanent structure such as a marker, statue, sculpture,
   57  plaque, or other artifice, including living plant material,
   58  placed in remembrance or recognition of a significant person or
   59  event in Florida history.
   60         (2) The construction and placement of a monument on the
   61  premises of the Capitol Complex, as defined in s. 281.01, is
   62  prohibited unless authorized by general law and unless the
   63  design and placement of the monument is approved by the Florida
   64  Historical Commission, pursuant to s. 267.0612(9). The
   65  Department of Management Services shall submit recommendations
   66  to the Florida Historical Commission regarding the design and
   67  placement of an authorized monument.
   68         (3) The Department of Management Services, in consultation
   69  with the Florida Historical Commission, shall set aside an area
   70  of the Capitol Complex and dedicate a memorial garden on which
   71  authorized monuments shall be placed. Except for historically
   72  authenticated monuments from the restoration of the Historic
   73  Capitol, monuments situated on the Capitol Complex, as of July
   74  1, 2014, may be moved to the memorial garden as directed by the
   75  Florida Historical Commission. The memorial garden may not be
   76  placed in an area within 50 feet of the outer perimeter of the
   77  grounds surrounding the Historic Capitol.
   78         Section 3. Subsection (9) is added to section 267.0612,
   79  Florida Statutes, to read:
   80         267.0612 Florida Historical Commission; creation;
   81  membership; powers and duties.—In order to enhance public
   82  participation and involvement in the preservation and protection
   83  of the state’s historic and archaeological sites and properties,
   84  there is created within the Department of State the “Florida
   85  Historical Commission.” The commission shall serve in an
   86  advisory capacity to the director of the Division of Historical
   87  Resources to assist the director in carrying out the purposes,
   88  duties, and responsibilities of the division, as specified in
   89  this chapter.
   90         (9) The commission shall approve the design and placement
   91  of a monument authorized by general law to be placed on the
   92  premises of the Capitol Complex pursuant to s. 265.111. Prior to
   93  approval, the commission shall consider the recommendations of
   94  the Department of Management Services regarding the design and
   95  placement of such a monument.
   96         Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.