| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to disabled veterans; amending s. 295.16, |
| 3 | F.S.; expanding exemption from certain fees relating to |
| 4 | structural improvements to a disabled veteran's residence; |
| 5 | providing an effective date. |
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| 7 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 9 | Section 1. Section 295.16, Florida Statutes, is amended to |
| 10 | read: |
| 11 | 295.16 Disabled veterans exempt from certain license or |
| 12 | permit fee.--No totally and permanently disabled veteran who is |
| 13 | a resident of Florida and honorably discharged from the Armed |
| 14 | Forces, who has been issued a valid identification card by the |
| 15 | Department of Veterans' Affairs in accordance with s. 295.17 or |
| 16 | has been determined by the United States Department of Veterans |
| 17 | Affairs or its predecessor to have a service-connected 100- |
| 18 | percent disability rating for compensation, or who has been |
| 19 | determined to have a service-connected disability rating of 100 |
| 20 | percent and is in receipt of disability retirement pay from any |
| 21 | branch of the uniformed armed services, shall be required to pay |
| 22 | any license or permit fee, by whatever name known, to any county |
| 23 | or municipality in order to make improvements upon a dwelling |
| 24 | mobile home owned by the veteran which is used as the veteran's |
| 25 | residence, provided such improvements are limited to ramps, |
| 26 | widening of doors, and similar improvements for the purpose of |
| 27 | making the dwelling mobile home habitable for veterans confined |
| 28 | to wheelchairs. |
| 29 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006. |