Florida Senate - 2014                              CS for SB 958
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Transportation; and Senators Simpson,
       Benacquisto, Altman, Sobel, Joyner, Bradley, Thompson, Stargel,
       Ring, Garcia, Thrasher, Montford, Sachs, Gibson, Evers, Richter,
       Clemens, Detert, Dean, Latvala, Soto, Bullard, Abruzzo, Galvano,
       Hukill, Diaz de la Portilla, and Negron
       
       596-03277-14                                           2014958c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to fee waivers for Purple Heart
    3         recipients; amending s. 258.0145, F.S.; providing that
    4         a Purple Heart recipient is eligible to receive a
    5         lifetime family annual entrance pass to state parks at
    6         no charge; providing an effective date.
    7          
    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
    9  
   10         Section 1. Subsection (5) is added to section 258.0145,
   11  Florida Statutes, to read:
   12         258.0145 Military, law enforcement, and firefighter state
   13  park fee discounts.—The Division of Recreation and Parks shall
   14  provide the following discounts on park fees to persons who
   15  present written documentation satisfactory to the division which
   16  evidences their eligibility for the discounts:
   17         (5) Recipients of a Purple Heart shall receive lifetime
   18  family annual entrance passes at no charge.
   19         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.