Bill Text: FL S1104 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: State Park Fee Waivers and Discounts
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2020-03-14 - Died in Appropriations [S1104 Detail]
Download: Florida-2020-S1104-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2020 SB 1104 By Senator Baxley 12-00447A-20 20201104__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to state park fee waivers and 3 discounts; amending s. 258.0142, F.S.; requiring the 4 Division of Recreation and Parks within the Department 5 of Environmental Protection to provide a specified 6 waiver and discount for state park fees to persons, 7 corporations, or agencies that operate group homes and 8 to relatives and nonrelatives who provide out-of-home 9 care; making technical changes; providing an effective 10 date. 11 12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13 14 Section 1. Section 258.0142, Florida Statutes, is amended 15 to read: 16 258.0142 Foster family,andadoptive family, group home, 17 and out-of-home care state park fee waivers and discounts.— 18 (1) To promote awareness of the contributions made by 19 foster families,andadoptive families, group homes, and 20 relatives and nonrelatives who provide children with out-of-home 21 care to the vitality of the state, the Division of Recreation 22 and Parks shall provide the following annual entrance pass fee 23 waivers and discounts, as applicable, on state park fees to the 24 following persons and entities who present the written 25 documentation required bysatisfactory tothe division pursuant 26 to subsection (2)which evidences their eligibility for the27discounts: 28 (a) Families operating a licensed family foster home under 29 s. 409.175. Such families shall be grantedreceive familyannual 30 entrance passesat no chargeand a 50 percent discount on base 31 campsite fees at state parks. 32 (b) Families who adopt a special needs child as described 33 in s. 409.166(2)(a)2. from the Department of Children and 34 Families. Such families shall be grantedreceivea one-time 35 family annual entrance passat no chargeat the time of the 36 adoption. 37 (c) Persons, corporations, or agencies operating a group 38 home that is licensed as a residential child-caring agency under 39 s. 409.175. Such persons, corporations, and agencies shall be 40 granted annual entrance passes and a 50 percent discount on base 41 campsite fees. 42 (d) Relatives and nonrelatives who provide children with 43 out-of-home care pursuant to s. 39.523. Such caregivers shall be 44 granted annual entrance passes and a 50 percent discount on base 45 campsite fees. 46 (2) The division, in consultation with the Department of 47 Children and Families, shall identify the types of documentation 48 sufficient to establish eligibility for the waivers and 49 discounts under this section and shall establish a procedure for 50 providing the waivers andobtaining thediscounts. 51 (3) The division shall continue its partnership with the 52 Department of Children and Families to promote fostering and 53 adoption of special needs children with events held each year 54 during National Foster Care Month and National Adoption Month. 55 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.