Bill Text: FL H0095 | 2011 | Regular Session | Engrossed

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Bill Title: State Parks

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 11-2-2)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-04 - Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (748168) -HJ 1143 [H0095 Detail]

Download: Florida-2011-H0095-Engrossed.html

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CS/CS/HB 95

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to state parks; amending s. 258.0145,
3	F.S.; providing for the parents of certain deceased
4	veterans and the spouse and parents of law enforcement
5	officers and firefighters who die in the line of duty to
6	receive annual entrance passes to state parks at no
7	charge; amending s. 380.0685, F.S., relating to a
8	surcharge imposed on admission fees to state parks in
9	areas of critical state concern located in certain
10	counties; providing for certain municipalities to use the
11	proceeds of the surcharge for land acquisition or beach
12	renourishment or restoration; providing limitations for
13	purposes of determining state matching funds; exempting
14	the state from specified liability provisions with respect
15	to parks within the state park system that have free-
16	roaming animal populations; designating Jack Mashburn
17	Marina in Bay County; directing the Department of
18	Environmental Protection to erect suitable markers;
19	providing an effective date.
20
21	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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23	Section 1.  Subsection (3) of section 258.0145, Florida
24	Statutes, is amended, and subsection (4) is added to that
25	section, to read:
26	258.0145  Military state park fee discounts.-The Division
27	of Recreation and Parks shall provide the following discounts on
28	park fees to persons who present written documentation
29	satisfactory to the division which evidences their eligibility
30	for the discounts:
31	(3)  Surviving spouses and parents of deceased members of
32	the United States Armed Forces, National Guard, or reserve
33	components thereof who have fallen in combat shall receive
34	lifetime family annual entrance passes at no charge.
35	(4)  The surviving spouse and parents of a law enforcement
36	officer, as defined in s. 943.10(1), or a firefighter, as
37	defined in s. 633.30(1), who has died in the line of duty shall
38	receive lifetime family annual entrance passes at no charge.
39	Section 2.  Section 380.0685, Florida Statutes, is amended
40	to read:
41	380.0685  State park in area of critical state concern in
42	county which creates land authority; surcharge on admission and
43	overnight occupancy.-The Department of Environmental Protection
44	shall impose and collect a surcharge of 50 cents per person per
45	day, or $5 per annual family auto entrance permit, on admission
46	to all state parks in areas of critical state concern located in
47	a county which creates a land authority pursuant to s.
48	380.0663(1), and a surcharge of $2.50 per night per campsite,
49	cabin, or other overnight recreational occupancy unit in state
50	parks in areas of critical state concern located in a county
51	which creates a land authority pursuant to s. 380.0663(1);
52	however, no surcharge shall be imposed or collected under this
53	section for overnight use by nonprofit groups of organized group
54	camps, primitive camping areas, or other facilities intended
55	primarily for organized group use. Such surcharges shall be
56	imposed within 90 days after any county creating a land
57	authority notifies the Department of Environmental Protection
58	that the land authority has been created. The proceeds from such
59	surcharges, less a collection fee that shall be kept by the
60	Department of Environmental Protection for the actual cost of
61	collection, not to exceed 2 percent, shall be transmitted to the
62	land authority of the county from which the revenue was
63	generated. Such funds shall be used to purchase property in the
64	area or areas of critical state concern in the county from which
65	the revenue was generated. An amount not to exceed 10 percent
66	may be used for administration and other costs incident to such
67	purchases. However, the proceeds of the surcharges imposed and
68	collected pursuant to this section in a state park or parks
69	located wholly within a municipality, less the costs of
70	collection as provided herein, shall be transmitted to that
71	municipality for use by the municipality for land acquisition or
72	for beach renourishment or restoration, including, but not
73	limited to, costs associated with any design, permitting,
74	monitoring, and mitigation of such work, as well as the work
75	itself. However, these funds may not be included in any
76	calculation used for providing state matching funds for local
77	contributions for beach renourishment or restoration. The
78	surcharges levied under this section shall remain imposed as
79	long as the land authority is in existence.
80	Section 3.  The state is exempt from the provisions of s.
81	588.15, Florida Statutes, with respect to any property within
82	the state park system that has free-roaming animal populations.
83	Section 4.  Jack Mashburn Marina designated; Department of
84	Environmental Protection to erect suitable markers.-
85	(1)  The marina commonly referred to as the "boat basin" on
86	Grand Lagoon at St. Andrews State Park in Bay County is
87	designated as "Jack Mashburn Marina."
88	(2)  The Department of Environmental Protection is directed
89	to erect suitable markers designating Jack Mashburn Marina as
90	described in subsection (1).
91	Section 5.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.

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