Bill Text: FL S1290 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: State Park Fees [EPSC]

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Environmental Preservation and Conservation [S1290 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S1290-Introduced.html

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Florida Senate - 2010                                    SB 1290 
 
By Senator Dean 
3-01037A-10                                           20101290__ 
1                        A bill to be entitled 
2         An act relating to state park fees; amending s. 
3         258.016, F.S.; authorizing the Division of Recreation 
4         and Parks of the Department of Environmental 
5         Protection to waive or reduce certain state park fees 
6         for state residents 62 years of age or older; 
7         providing an effective date. 
8 
9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
10 
11         Section 1. Section 258.016, Florida Statutes, is amended to 
12  read: 
13         258.016 Fee reductions Senior/disabled citizen camping 
14  permit.—The Division of Recreation and Parks is authorized to: 
15         (1) Waive the entrance fee to state parks on weekdays, 
16  except for weekdays that are also state holidays. Such fees 
17  shall be waived for state residents who are at least 62 years of 
18  age or older and who possess a state driver’s license or state 
19  identification card. 
20         (2) Reduce the activity fees at state parks. Such fees 
21  shall be reduced 50 percent for state residents who are at least 
22  62 years of age or older and who possess a state driver’s 
23  license or state identification card. 
24         (3) Issue a senior/disabled resident citizen camping 
25  permit. This permit shall be available free of charge to state 
26  residents Florida citizens who are at least 65 years of age or 
27  older or who possess Florida citizens possessing a current 
28  social security disability award certificate or a 100 percent 
29  disability award certificate from the Federal Government. The 
30  permit allows shall allow the person named and one companion to 
31  receive a 50 percent discount on current base campsite fees at 
32  Florida state parks. 
33         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.