Florida Senate - 2021                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 416
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and
       Domestic Security (Burgess) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 19 - 41
    4  and insert:
    5         265.008 POW-MIA Vietnam Veterans Bracelet Memorial.—
    6         (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to memorialize the
    7  sacrifices and experiences of those captured or missing in
    8  combat during the Vietnam War era.
    9         (2) There is established the POW-MIA Vietnam Veterans
   10  Bracelet Memorial.
   11         (3) The memorial shall be funded and administered by the
   12  Big Bend Chapter 96 of the Vietnam Veterans of America, without
   13  appropriation of state funds.
   14         (4) By July 1, 2022, the Department of Management Services
   15  shall identify and make an appropriate public area available for
   16  the construction and the placement of the POW-MIA Vietnam
   17  Veterans Bracelet Memorial in Tallahassee, along South Monroe
   18  Street and on or near the premises of the Capitol Complex. The
   19  department shall consider recommendations by the Vietnam
   20  Veterans of America, and the Florida Historical Commission as
   21  required pursuant to ss. 265.111(2) and 267.0612(9), regarding
   22  the monument’s design and placement. In addition, the department
   23  shall coordinate with the Division of Historical Resources of
   24  the Department of State in determining the monument’s design and
   25  placement as required under s. 265.111(2).
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   28  And the title is amended as follows:
   29         Delete lines 2 - 12
   30  and insert:
   31         An act relating to the POW-MIA Vietnam Veterans
   32         Bracelet Memorial; creating s. 265.008, F.S.;
   33         providing legislative intent; establishing the POW-MIA
   34         Vietnam Veterans Bracelet Memorial; providing for the
   35         funding and administration of the memorial; directing
   36         the Department of Management Services to designate
   37         space for the memorial’s construction and placement by
   38         a specified date; requiring the department to consider
   39         recommendations of, and coordinate with, specified
   40         entities regarding the memorial’s placement and
   41         design;