Senate Bill sb0164

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    Florida Senate - 2005                                   SB 164

    By Senator Miller





    18-186-05

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to parks and recreational

  3         facilities; amending s. 418.12, F.S.;

  4         authorizing the Division of Recreation and

  5         Parks of the Department of Environmental

  6         Protection to erect signs discouraging criminal

  7         activity in recreation centers and playgrounds;

  8         providing an effective date.

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10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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12         Section 1.  Subsection (7) is added to section 418.12,

13  Florida Statutes, to read:

14         418.12  Duties and functions of Division of Recreation

15  and Parks.--Among its functions, the Division of Recreation

16  and Parks of the Department of Environmental Protection shall:

17         (1)  Study and appraise the recreation needs of the

18  state and assemble and disseminate information relative to

19  recreation;

20         (2)  Provide consultation assistance to the Department

21  of Community Affairs and to local governing units as to the

22  promotion, organization, and administration of local

23  recreation systems and as to the planning and design of local

24  recreation areas and facilities;

25         (3)  Assist in recruiting, training, and placing

26  recreation personnel;

27         (4)  Sponsor and promote recreation institutes,

28  workshops, seminars, and conferences throughout the state;

29         (5)  Cooperate with state and federal agencies, private

30  organizations, and commercial and industrial interests in the

31  promotion of a state recreation program; and

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    Florida Senate - 2005                                   SB 164
    18-186-05




 1         (6)  Coordinate recreation functions and facilities of

 2  flood control and water management districts; and.

 3         (7)  Erect suitable markers in each playground and

 4  recreation center which indicate that any criminal activity

 5  occurring on the premises will be prosecuted in accordance

 6  with the Florida Statutes.

 7         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

 8  law.

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12    Authorizes the Division of Recreation and Parks to erect
      signs discouraging criminal activity in recreation
13    centers and playgrounds.

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