Florida Senate - 2011                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 850
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Hays moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 37 - 53
    4  and insert:
    5         (4)(a) The Division of Forestry shall designate one or more
    6  areas of state forests as a “Wounded Warrior Special Hunt Area”
    7  to honor wounded veterans and servicemembers. The purpose of
    8  such designated areas is to provide special outdoor recreational
    9  opportunities for eligible veterans and servicemembers.
   10         (b) The division shall limit guest admittance to such
   11  designated areas to any person who:
   12         1. Is an active duty member of any branch of the United
   13  States Armed Forces and has a combat-related injury as
   14  determined by his or her branch of the United States Armed
   15  Forces; or
   16         2. Is a veteran who served during a period of wartime
   17  service as defined in s. 1.01(14) or peacetime service as
   18  defined in s. 296.02 and:
   19         a. Has a service-connected disability as determined by the
   20  United States Department of Veterans Affairs; or
   21         b. Was discharged or released from military service because
   22  of a disability acquired or aggravated while serving on active
   23  duty.
   24         (c) The division may grant admittance to such designated
   25  areas to a person who is not an eligible veteran or
   26  servicemember for purposes of accompanying an eligible veteran
   27  or servicemember who requires the person’s assistance to use
   28  such designated areas.
   29         (d) Funding required for specialized accommodations shall
   30  be provided through the Friends of Florida State Forests Program
   31  created under s. 589.012.
   32         (e) The division may adopt rules to administer this
   33  subsection.
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   35  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   36         And the title is amended as follows:
   37         Delete lines 3 - 5
   38  and insert:
   39         F.S.; requiring the designation of “Wounded Warrior
   40         Special Hunt Areas” within state forests; limiting
   41         guest admittance to such areas for eligible veterans,
   42         servicemembers, and certain persons; requiring that
   43         funding for specialized accommodations be provided
   44         through specified sources; authorizing the Division of
   45         Forestry of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer
   46         Services to adopt rules; providing an