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2023 Legislature SB 2506, 1st Engrossed
20232506er
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2 An act relating to the Capitol Complex; amending s.
3 265.111, F.S.; requiring the Department of Management
4 Services to set aside and dedicate a specific area of
5 the Capitol Complex for the placement of memorials;
6 amending ss. 272.09, 281.01, and 943.60, F.S.;
7 revising the definition of the term “Capitol Complex”;
8 defining the term “Memorial Park”; providing an
9 effective date.
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11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13 Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 265.111, Florida
14 Statutes, is amended to read:
15 265.111 Capitol Complex; monuments.—
16 (3) The Department of Management Services, in consultation
17 with the Florida Historical Commission, shall set aside and
18 dedicate the an area of the Capitol Complex described as
19 “Memorial Park” in s. 281.01, not including the State Capital
20 Circle Office Complex, and dedicate a memorial garden on which
21 authorized monuments shall be placed, including. The memorial
22 garden must include a monument in remembrance of the 241 members
23 of the United States Armed Forces who lost their lives on
24 October 23, 1983, in Beirut, Lebanon.
25 Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 272.09, Florida
26 Statutes, is amended to read:
27 272.09 Management, maintenance, and upkeep of Capitol
28 Center.—
29 (1) For purposes of this section, the term “Capitol
30 Complex” means the portion of the Capitol Center commonly
31 referred to as the Capitol, the Historic Capitol, the Senate
32 Office Building, the House Office Building, the Knott Building,
33 the Pepper Building, the Holland Building, the Elliot Building,
34 the R.A. Gray Building, and the associated parking garages and
35 the curtilage of each, including the state-owned lands and
36 public streets adjacent thereto within an area bounded by and
37 including Calhoun Street, East Pensacola Street, Monroe Street,
38 Jefferson Street, West Pensacola Street, Martin Luther King Jr.
39 Boulevard Duval Street, and Gaines Street. The term does not
40 include the Supreme Court Building or the public streets
41 adjacent thereto. The portion of the Capitol Complex existing
42 between and including the Elliot Building and the Holland
43 Building within an area bounded by and including Monroe Street,
44 Gaines Street, Calhoun Street, and East Pensacola Street shall
45 be known as “Memorial Park.”
46 Section 3. Section 281.01, Florida Statutes, is amended to
47 read:
48 281.01 Definitions.—For the purposes of ss. 281.01-281.08,
49 the term “Capitol Complex” means includes that portion of
50 Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, commonly referred to as the
51 Capitol, the Historic Capitol, the Senate Office Building, the
52 House Office Building, the Knott Building, the Pepper Building,
53 the Holland Building, the Elliot Building, the R.A. Gray
54 Building, and the associated parking garages and the curtilage
55 of each, including the state-owned lands and public streets
56 adjacent thereto within an area bounded by and including Calhoun
57 Street, East Pensacola Street, Monroe Street, Jefferson Street,
58 West Pensacola Street, Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard Duval
59 Street, and Gaines Street. The term includes shall also include
60 the State Capital Circle Office Complex located in Leon County,
61 Florida. The term does not include the Supreme Court Building or
62 the public streets adjacent thereto. The portion of the Capitol
63 Complex existing between and including the Elliot Building and
64 the Holland Building within an area bounded by and including
65 Monroe Street, Gaines Street, Calhoun Street, and East Pensacola
66 Street shall be known as “Memorial Park.”
67 Section 4. Section 943.60, Florida Statutes, is amended to
68 read:
69 943.60 Definitions.—For the purposes of ss. 943.60-943.68,
70 the term “Capitol Complex” means includes that portion of
71 Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, commonly referred to as the
72 Capitol, the Historic Capitol, the Senate Office Building, the
73 House Office Building, the Knott Building, the Pepper Building,
74 the Holland Building, the Elliot Building, the R.A. Gray
75 Building, and the associated parking garages and the curtilage
76 of each, including the state-owned lands and public streets
77 adjacent thereto within an area bounded by and including Calhoun
78 Street, East Pensacola Street, Monroe Street, Jefferson Street,
79 West Pensacola Street, Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard Duval
80 Street, and Gaines Street. The term includes shall also include
81 the State Capital Circle Office Complex located in Leon County,
82 Florida. The term does not include the Supreme Court Building or
83 the public streets adjacent thereto. The portion of the Capitol
84 Complex existing between and including the Elliot Building and
85 the Holland Building within an area bounded by and including
86 Monroe Street, Gaines Street, Calhoun Street, and East Pensacola
87 Street shall be known as “Memorial Park.”
88 Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.