Bill Text: FL S1606 | 2023 | Regular Session | Introduced

Florida Senate Bill 1606 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Florida Museum of Black History

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-02 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1441 (Ch. 2023-72) [S1606 Detail]

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       Florida Senate - 2023                                    SB 1606
       
       
        
       By Senator Powell
       
       
       
       
       
       24-01604A-23                                          20231606__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to a Florida Museum of Black History;
    3         creating s. 267.0722, F.S.; creating a Florida Museum
    4         of Black History Task Force within the Division of
    5         Historical Resources of the Department of State;
    6         providing the purpose of the task force; providing for
    7         the appointment of task force members by the
    8         Legislature; prohibiting compensation for members of
    9         the task force; providing that task force members are
   10         entitled to receive reimbursement for per diem and
   11         travel expenses; requiring the division to provide
   12         staff and authorizing the division to expend funds as
   13         necessary to assist the task force; requiring the task
   14         force to develop certain plans and recommendations;
   15         requiring the task force to submit a report to the
   16         Governor and the Legislature before a certain date;
   17         providing for the expiration of the task force;
   18         requiring the division, at the direction of the
   19         Legislature, to oversee the construction, operation,
   20         and administration of a Florida Museum of Black
   21         History; requiring the Legislature to provide certain
   22         appropriations to the division; providing an effective
   23         date.
   24          
   25  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   26  
   27         Section 1. Section 267.0722, Florida Statutes, is created
   28  to read:
   29         267.0722 Florida Museum of Black History.—
   30         (1) There is created within the division the Florida Museum
   31  of Black History Task Force for the purpose of providing
   32  recommendations to the division for the planning, construction,
   33  operation, and administration of a Florida Museum of Black
   34  History. The museum shall be a multipurpose facility capable of
   35  generating self-sustaining revenues, with meeting rooms, a 250
   36  to 500 seat banquet hall, a banquet kitchen, and a performing
   37  arts theater that shall be made available for private events.
   38         (2) The members of the task force shall be appointed by the
   39  President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
   40  Representatives.
   41         (3) Members of the task force shall serve without
   42  compensation or honorarium but shall be entitled to receive
   43  reimbursement for per diem and travel expenses as provided in s.
   44  112.061.
   45         (4) The division shall provide the task force with staff
   46  and may expend funds as necessary to assist the task force in
   47  the performance of its duties.
   48         (5) The task force shall develop the following:
   49         (a) Plans for the location, design, and construction of the
   50  museum.
   51         (b) Recommendations for the operation and administration of
   52  the museum upon completion of construction.
   53         (c) A marketing plan that may be executed by the Florida
   54  Tourism Industry Marketing Corporation to promote the museum.
   55         (d) A transition plan under which the museum will become
   56  financially self-sufficient.
   57         (e) Recommendations for exhibits, installations, and
   58  educational materials that complement and support required
   59  instruction provided in public schools in accordance with s.
   60  1003.42(2)(h). The recommendations must include materials
   61  relating to:
   62         1. The Tuskegee Airmen, in Tuskegee, Alabama, and at Dale
   63  Mabry Army Air Field in Tallahassee, and a replica of a “Red
   64  Tail” World War II aircraft flown by the Tuskegee Airmen.
   65         2. General Daniel “Chappie” James, Jr., of Pensacola.
   66         3. The history of slavery in the state.
   67         4. The history of Jim Crow in the state.
   68         5. The Groveland Four.
   69         6. Ax Handle Saturday in Jacksonville.
   70         7. Zora Neale Hurston.
   71         8. Notable African Americans in this state.
   72         9. The Tallahassee bus boycott.
   73         10. Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, including the founding of
   74  Bethune-Cookman University.
   75         11. The history of historically black colleges and
   76  universities in this state.
   77         12. The inherent worth and dignity of human life, with a
   78  focus on the prevention of genocide.
   79         (6) Before July 1, 2024, the task force shall submit a
   80  report detailing its plans and recommendations to the Governor,
   81  the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
   82  Representatives, the Minority Leader of the Senate, and the
   83  Minority Leader of the House of Representatives. Upon submission
   84  of the report, the task force shall expire.
   85         (7) After receiving the report of the task force, the
   86  Legislature shall direct the division to oversee the
   87  construction, operation, and administration of the museum.
   88         (8) The Legislature shall provide to the division a
   89  $500,000 appropriation for the planning, construction,
   90  operation, and administration of the museum, and annually
   91  thereafter shall provide to the division a $1 million
   92  appropriation for the operation and administration of the
   93  museum.
   94         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.