Florida Senate - 2017                                      SB 64
       
       
        
       By Senator Bean
       
       4-00012A-17                                             201764__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to state park fees; creating s.
    3         258.0142, F.S.; providing certain discounts on state
    4         park fees to specified foster and adoptive families;
    5         requiring the Division of Recreation and Parks within
    6         the Department of Environmental Protection to
    7         establish certain documentation standards and create a
    8         procedure for obtaining the discounts; providing an
    9         effective date.
   10          
   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Section 258.0142, Florida Statutes, is created
   14  to read:
   15         258.0142 Foster and adoptive family state park fee
   16  discounts.—
   17         (1) The Division of Recreation and Parks shall provide the
   18  following discounts on state park fees to persons who present
   19  written documentation satisfactory to the division which
   20  evidences their eligibility for the discounts:
   21         (a) Families operating a licensed family foster home under
   22  s. 409.175 shall receive family annual entrance passes at no
   23  charge and a 50 percent discount on current base campsite fees
   24  at state parks.
   25         (b) Families who adopt a special needs child within the
   26  Florida child welfare system as specifically described in s.
   27  409.166(2)(a)2. shall receive family annual entrance passes at
   28  no charge and a 50 percent discount on current base campsite
   29  fees at state parks. The special needs child must also currently
   30  meet the definition of a child in s. 39.01 in order for the
   31  adoptive family to receive the specified discounts under this
   32  subsection.
   33         (2) The division shall identify the types of written
   34  documentation sufficient to establish eligibility for the
   35  discounts under this section and establish a procedure for
   36  obtaining these discounts.
   37         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.