Bill Text: FL S0346 | 2024 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Special Observances

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-02-14 - Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 357 [S0346 Detail]

Download: Florida-2024-S0346-Comm_Sub.html

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       Florida Senate - 2024                              CS for SB 346
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and
       Domestic Security; and Senators Ingoglia and Yarborough
       
       
       
       
       583-01979-24                                           2024346c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to special observances; amending s.
    3         683.1475, F.S.; designating each November as “Veterans
    4         Appreciation Month”; authorizing the Governor to issue
    5         a proclamation with specified information; providing
    6         an effective date.
    7          
    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         Section 1. Section 683.1475, Florida Statutes, is amended
   11  to read:
   12         683.1475 Veterans Appreciation Month Week.—
   13         (1) The month of November of each year is designated as
   14  “Veterans Appreciation Month.” week beginning with the Sunday
   15  preceding November 11 of each year is designated as “Veterans
   16  Week.” If November 11 falls on a Sunday, “Veterans Week” begins
   17  on that day.
   18         (2) The Governor may annually issue a proclamation annually
   19  designating the month week of November 11 as Veterans
   20  Appreciation Month Week and encouraging counties,
   21  municipalities, public schools, and residents of this state to
   22  observe the occasion by creating special programs and events to
   23  show appreciation for the veterans who have served calling upon
   24  public officials, schools, private organizations, and all
   25  residents of the state to commemorate Veterans Week and honor
   26  the men and women who answered the call during times of war and
   27  peace to protect and preserve the treasured freedom of all
   28  citizens of the United States.
   29         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.