Florida Senate - 2014                                     SB 608
       
       
        
       By Senator Hukill
       
       
       
       
       
       8-00691A-14                                            2014608__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the POW-MIA Chair of Honor
    3         Memorial; creating s. 265.0031, F.S.; providing
    4         legislative intent; defining the term “Capitol
    5         Complex”; establishing the POW-MIA Chair of Honor
    6         Memorial; authorizing the Florida chapters of Rolling
    7         Thunder, Inc., to administer the memorial; requiring
    8         the Department of Management Services to designate an
    9         area of the Capitol Complex for the memorial;
   10         requiring the department to consult with the
   11         Department of Veterans’ Affairs and the Florida
   12         chapters of Rolling Thunder, Inc., regarding specific
   13         aspects of the memorial; providing an effective date.
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   15  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   17         Section 1. Section 265.0031, Florida Statutes, is created
   18  to read:
   19         265.0031 POW-MIA Chair of Honor Memorial.—
   20         (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to recognize and
   21  honor the sacrifices endured by members of the Armed Forces of
   22  the United States who were held as prisoners of war or remain
   23  missing in action.
   24         (2) For purposes of this section, the term “Capitol
   25  Complex” has the same meaning as in s. 281.01.
   26         (3) There is established the POW-MIA Chair of Honor
   27  Memorial.
   28         (a) The POW-MIA Chair of Honor is administered by the
   29  Florida chapters of Rolling Thunder, Inc., without appropriation
   30  of state funds.
   31         (b) The Department of Management Services shall designate
   32  an area for the memorial in the Capitol Complex and shall
   33  consult with the Department of Veterans’ Affairs and the Florida
   34  chapters of Rolling Thunder, Inc., regarding the design,
   35  construction, installation, and continuous management of the
   36  memorial.
   37         Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.