Florida Senate - 2014                                     SB 378
       
       
        
       By Senator Abruzzo
       
       
       
       
       
       25-00493-14                                            2014378__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to county and municipal parks;
    3         creating ss. 125.028 and 166.0447, F.S.; requiring
    4         counties and municipalities to provide discounts on
    5         public park entrance fees to military members,
    6         veterans, and the spouses and parents of certain
    7         deceased military members, law enforcement officers,
    8         and firefighters; 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. Section 125.028, Florida Statutes, is created to
   13  read:
   14         125.028 Military, law enforcement, and firefighter county
   15  park fee discounts.—A county department of parks and recreation
   16  shall provide the following discounts on park fees to a person
   17  who presents written documentation satisfactory to the county
   18  department which evidences his or her eligibility for the
   19  following discounts or fee waivers:
   20         (1) An active duty member and an honorably discharged
   21  veteran of the United States Armed Forces, National Guard, or
   22  reserve components thereof shall receive a 25 percent discount
   23  on annual entrance passes.
   24         (2) An honorably discharged veteran who has service
   25  connected disabilities shall receive lifetime family annual
   26  entrance passes at no charge.
   27         (3) A surviving spouse or parent of a deceased member of
   28  the United States Armed Forces, National Guard, or reserve
   29  components thereof who has fallen in combat shall receive
   30  lifetime family annual entrance passes at no charge.
   31         (4) A surviving spouse or parent of a law enforcement
   32  officer, as defined in s. 943.10(1), or a firefighter, as
   33  defined in s. 633.102, who has died in the line of duty shall
   34  receive lifetime family annual entrance passes at no charge.
   35         Section 2. Section 166.0447, Florida Statutes, is created
   36  to read:
   37         166.0447 Military, law enforcement, and firefighter
   38  municipal park fee discounts.—A municipal department of parks
   39  and recreation shall provide the following discounts on park
   40  fees to a person who presents written documentation satisfactory
   41  to the municipal department which evidences his or her
   42  eligibility for the following discounts or fee waivers:
   43         (1) An active duty member and an honorably discharged
   44  veteran of the United States Armed Forces, National Guard, or
   45  reserve components thereof shall receive a 25 percent discount
   46  on annual entrance passes.
   47         (2) An honorably discharged veteran who has service
   48  connected disabilities shall receive lifetime family annual
   49  entrance passes at no charge.
   50         (3) A surviving spouse or parent of a deceased member of
   51  the United States Armed Forces, National Guard, or reserve
   52  components thereof who has fallen in combat shall receive
   53  lifetime family annual entrance passes at no charge.
   54         (4) A surviving spouse or parent of a law enforcement
   55  officer, as defined in s. 943.10(1), or a firefighter, as
   56  defined in s. 633.102, who has died in the line of duty shall
   57  receive lifetime family annual entrance passes at no charge.
   58         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.