Florida Senate - 2015                              CS for SB 394
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Regulated Industries; and Senator Brandes
       
       
       
       
       
       580-01697-15                                           2015394c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to public lodging establishments;
    3         creating s. 509.095, F.S.; requiring specified public
    4         lodging establishments to waive certain policies for
    5         individuals who present a valid Common Access Card;
    6         prohibiting duplication of Common Access Cards;
    7         providing an effective date.
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    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Section 509.095, Florida Statutes, is created to
   12  read:
   13         509.095 Accommodations at public lodging establishments for
   14  individuals with a valid Common Access Card.—Upon the
   15  presentation of a valid Common Access Card by an individual who
   16  is currently on active duty as a member of the United States
   17  Armed Forces, the United States Reserve Forces, the National
   18  Guard, or the Coast Guard, and is seeking to obtain
   19  accommodations at a hotel, motel, or bed and breakfast inn, as
   20  defined in s. 509.242, such hotel, motel, or bed and breakfast
   21  inn shall waive any minimum age policy that it may have which
   22  restricts accommodations to individuals based on age.
   23  Duplication of Common Access Cards presented pursuant to this
   24  section is prohibited.
   25         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2015.