Florida Senate - 2013                                     SB 160
       
       
       
       By Senator Richter
       
       
       
       
       23-00239-13                                            2013160__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to licensure fee exemptions for
    3         military veterans; requiring that the Department of
    4         Health waive certain licensure fees for veterans;
    5         requiring the department to prescribe the format of
    6         the fee waiver; limiting the time period a veteran can
    7         apply to 24 months from discharge; requiring applying
    8         veterans to be honorably discharged; providing an
    9         effective date.
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   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Subsection (13) is added to section 456.013,
   14  Florida Statutes, to read:
   15         456.013 Department; general licensing provisions.—
   16         (13) The department shall waive the initial licensing fee,
   17  the initial application fee, and the initial unlicensed activity
   18  fee for a military veteran who applies to the department for a
   19  license, in a format prescribed by the department, within 24
   20  months after discharge from any branch of the United States
   21  Armed Forces. To qualify for this waiver, the veteran must be
   22  honorably discharged.
   23         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.