Senate Bill sb2334

    Florida Senate - 2006                                  SB 2334

    By Senator Baker





    20-1645-06

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the use of public buildings

  3         and grounds; amending s. 1013.10, F.S.;

  4         requiring school boards to permit certain

  5         chartered or recognized youth organizations to

  6         use educational facilities; creating s.

  7         255.044, F.S.; requiring state, county,

  8         municipal, or local governmental entities and

  9         certain nongovernmental entities to permit such

10         youth organizations to use public facilities in

11         their control; providing an effective date.

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

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15         Section 1.  Section 1013.10, Florida Statutes, is

16  amended to read:

17         1013.10  Use of buildings and grounds.--

18         (1)(a)  The board may permit the use of educational

19  facilities and grounds for any legal assembly or for community

20  use centers or may permit the same to be used as voting places

21  in any primary, regular, or special election.

22         (b)  Notwithstanding any provision of law, ordinance,

23  resolution, or other act to the contrary, the board must

24  permit the use of such educational facilities and grounds for

25  legal assembly or other use by a unit, chapter, or local

26  affiliate of a chartered or recognized national youth

27  organization that has been in continuous existence for at

28  least 10 years and has held a federal tax exemption for at

29  least 10 years.

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    Florida Senate - 2006                                  SB 2334
    20-1645-06




 1         (2)  The board shall adopt rules or policies and

 2  procedures necessary to protect educational facilities and

 3  grounds when used for such purposes.

 4         Section 2.  Section 255.044, Florida Statutes, is

 5  created to read:

 6         255.044  Use of public buildings by youth

 7  organizations.--Notwithstanding any provision of law,

 8  ordinance, resolution, or other act to the contrary, each

 9  state, county, municipal, or local governmental entity or

10  nongovernmental entity that provides governmental services,

11  which is responsible for or maintains control over any public

12  facility or grounds, must permit the use of such facility or

13  grounds for legal assembly or other uses by any unit, chapter,

14  or local affiliate of a chartered or recognized national youth

15  organization that has been in continuous existence for at

16  least 10 years and has held a federal tax exemption for at

17  least 10 years.

18         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2006.

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21                          SENATE SUMMARY

22    Requires school boards and other governmental entities to
      permit certain chartered or recognized youth
23    organizations to use public facilities or grounds in the
      control of the school board or entity.
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