Florida Senate - 2014 CS for CS for SB 378
By the Committees on Community Affairs; and Military and
Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; and Senator
Abruzzo
578-02184-14 2014378c2
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to discounts on public facility fees
3 and fares; creating s. 125.028, F.S.; requiring
4 counties to provide partial or full discounts on park
5 entrance fees to military members, veterans, and the
6 spouses and parents of certain deceased military
7 members, law enforcement officers, and firefighters;
8 requiring that individuals seeking the discount
9 present written documentation satisfactory to the
10 county which evidences eligibility; defining the term
11 “park entrance fee” and providing certain exclusions;
12 creating s. 163.58, F.S.; requiring regional
13 transportation authorities to provide partial or full
14 discounts on fares and on other charges for certain
15 disabled veterans; creating s. 166.0447, F.S.;
16 requiring municipalities to provide partial or full
17 discounts on park entrance fees to military members,
18 veterans, and the spouses and parents of certain
19 deceased military members, law enforcement officers,
20 and firefighters; requiring that individuals seeking
21 the discount present written documentation
22 satisfactory to the municipality which evidences
23 eligibility; defining the term “park entrance fee” and
24 providing certain exclusions; providing an effective
25 date.
26
27 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
28
29 Section 1. Section 125.028, Florida Statutes, is created to
30 read:
31 125.028 Military, law enforcement, and firefighter county
32 park fee discounts.—
33 (1) A county park or recreation department shall provide a
34 partial or a full discount on park entrance fees to the
35 following individuals who present written documentation
36 satisfactory to the county department which evidences
37 eligibility for the discount:
38 (a) A current member of the United States Armed Forces or
39 its reserve components, or the National Guard.
40 (b) An honorably discharged veteran of the United States
41 Armed Forces or its reserve components, or the National Guard.
42 (c) An honorably discharged veteran of the United States
43 Armed Forces or its reserve components, or the National Guard,
44 who has a service-connected disability as determined by the
45 United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
46 (d) A surviving spouse or parent of a deceased member of
47 the United States Armed Forces or its reserve components, or the
48 National Guard, who died in the line of duty under combat
49 related conditions.
50 (e) A surviving spouse or parent of a law enforcement
51 officer, as defined in s. 943.10(1), or a firefighter, as
52 defined in s. 633.102, who died in the line of duty.
53 (2) As used in this section, the term “park entrance fee”
54 means a fee charged to access lands managed by a county park or
55 recreation department. The term does not include expanded
56 amenity fees for amenities such as, campgrounds, aquatic
57 facilities, stadiums or arenas, facility rentals, special
58 events, boat launching, golf, zoos, museums, gardens, or
59 programs taking place within public lands.
60 Section 2. Section 163.58, Florida Statutes, is created to
61 read:
62 163.58 Transportation fare discounts.—A regional
63 transportation authority shall provide a partial or a full
64 discount on fares and on other charges to a disabled veteran as
65 described in s. 295.07(1)(a) for the use of a transportation
66 system or transportation facility owned or operated by the
67 authority upon a showing of written documentation satisfactory
68 to the authority which evidences eligibility for the discount.
69 Section 3. Section 166.0447, Florida Statutes, is created
70 to read:
71 166.0447 Military, law enforcement, and firefighter
72 municipal park fee discounts.—
73 (1) A municipal park or recreation department shall provide
74 a partial or a full discount on park entrance fees to the
75 following individuals who present written documentation
76 satisfactory to the municipal department which evidences
77 eligibility for the discount:
78 (a) A current member of the United States Armed Forces or
79 its reserve components, or the National Guard.
80 (b) An honorably discharged veteran of the United States
81 Armed Forces or its reserve components, or the National Guard.
82 (c) An honorably discharged veteran of the United States
83 Armed Forces or its reserve components, or the National Guard,
84 who has a service-connected disability as determined by the
85 United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
86 (d) A surviving spouse or parent of a deceased member of
87 the United States Armed Forces or its reserve components, or the
88 National Guard, who died in the line of duty under combat
89 related conditions.
90 (e) A surviving spouse or parent of a law enforcement
91 officer, as defined in s. 943.10(1), or a firefighter, as
92 defined in s. 633.102, who died in the line of duty.
93 (2) As used in this section, the term “park entrance fee”
94 means a fee charged to access lands managed by a municipal park
95 or recreation department. The term does not include expanded
96 amenity fees for amenities such as, campgrounds, aquatic
97 facilities, stadiums or arenas, facility rentals, special
98 events, boat launching, golf, zoos, museums, gardens, or
99 programs taking place within public lands.
100 Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.