Florida Senate - 2023                                    SB 2506
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Appropriations
       
       
       
       
       
       576-03190-23                                          20232506__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Capitol Complex; amending s.
    3         265.111, F.S.; requiring the Department of Management
    4         Services to dedicate a specified area of the Capitol
    5         Complex as “Memorial Park”; requiring that authorized
    6         monuments be placed within Memorial Park; requiring
    7         that the Capitol Complex, instead of the memorial
    8         garden, include a specified monument; authorizing the
    9         Capitol Police to provide and maintain security of
   10         Memorial Park; amending ss. 272.09 and 281.01, F.S.;
   11         revising the definition of the term “Capitol Complex”;
   12         defining the term “Memorial Park”; providing an
   13         effective date.
   14          
   15  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   16  
   17         Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 265.111, Florida
   18  Statutes, is amended, and subsection (4) is added to that
   19  section, to read:
   20         265.111 Capitol Complex; monuments.—
   21         (3) The Department of Management Services, in consultation
   22  with the Florida Historical Commission, shall set aside and
   23  dedicate the an area of the Capitol Complex known as “Memorial
   24  Park,” as defined in s. 281.01., not including the State Capital
   25  Circle Office Complex, and dedicate a memorial garden on which
   26  Authorized monuments must shall be placed within Memorial Park.
   27  The Capitol Complex memorial garden must include a monument in
   28  remembrance of the 241 members of the United States Armed Forces
   29  who lost their lives on October 23, 1983, in Beirut, Lebanon.
   30         (4) The Capitol Police shall be responsible for providing
   31  and maintaining the security of the area of the Capitol Complex
   32  known as “Memorial Park,” as defined in s. 281.01, including
   33  providing security and protection for state officials,
   34  employees, and visitors to Memorial Park.
   35         Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 272.09, Florida
   36  Statutes, is amended to read:
   37         272.09 Management, maintenance, and upkeep of Capitol
   38  Center.—
   39         (1) For purposes of this section, the term “Capitol
   40  Complex” means the portion of the Capitol Center commonly
   41  referred to as the Capitol, the Historic Capitol, the Senate
   42  Office Building, the House Office Building, the Knott Building,
   43  the Pepper Building, the Holland Building, the Elliot Building,
   44  and the associated parking garages and the curtilage of each,
   45  including the state-owned lands and public streets adjacent
   46  thereto within an area bounded by and including Calhoun Street,
   47  East Pensacola Street, Monroe Street, Jefferson Street, Duval
   48  Street, and Gaines Street. The portion of the Capitol Complex
   49  existing between and including the Elliot Building and the
   50  Holland Building within an area bounded by and including Monroe
   51  Street, Gaines Street, Calhoun Street, and East Pensacola Street
   52  shall be known as “Memorial Park.”
   53         Section 3. Section 281.01, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   54  read:
   55         281.01 Definitions.—For the purposes of ss. 281.01-281.08,
   56  the term “Capitol Complex” means includes that portion of
   57  Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, commonly referred to as the
   58  Capitol, the Historic Capitol, the Senate Office Building, the
   59  House Office Building, the Knott Building, the Pepper Building,
   60  the Holland Building, the Elliot Building, and the associated
   61  parking garages and the curtilage of each, including the state
   62  owned lands and public streets adjacent thereto within an area
   63  bounded by and including Calhoun Street, East Pensacola Street,
   64  Monroe Street, Jefferson Street, Duval Street, and Gaines
   65  Street. The term includes shall also include the State Capital
   66  Circle Office Complex located in Leon County, Florida. The
   67  portion of the Capitol Complex existing between and including
   68  the Elliot Building and the Holland Building within an area
   69  bounded by and including Monroe Street, Gaines Street, Calhoun
   70  Street, and East Pensacola Street shall be known as “Memorial
   71  Park.”
   72         Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.