| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to state parks; amending s. 258.0145, |
| 3 | F.S.; providing for the parents of certain deceased |
| 4 | veterans and the spouse and parents of law enforcement |
| 5 | officers and firefighters who die in the line of duty to |
| 6 | receive annual entrance passes to state parks at no |
| 7 | charge; exempting parks within the state park system that |
| 8 | have free-roaming animal populations from the liability |
| 9 | provisions in s. 588.15, F.S.; designating Jack Mashburn |
| 10 | Marina in Bay County; directing the Department of |
| 11 | Environmental Protection to erect suitable markers; |
| 12 | providing an effective date. |
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| 14 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 16 | Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 258.0145, Florida |
| 17 | Statutes, is amended, and subsection (4) is added to that |
| 18 | section, to read: |
| 19 | 258.0145 Military state park fee discounts.-The Division |
| 20 | of Recreation and Parks shall provide the following discounts on |
| 21 | park fees to persons who present written documentation |
| 22 | satisfactory to the division which evidences their eligibility |
| 23 | for the discounts: |
| 24 | (3) Surviving spouses and parents of deceased members of |
| 25 | the United States Armed Forces, National Guard, or reserve |
| 26 | components thereof who have fallen in combat shall receive |
| 27 | lifetime family annual entrance passes at no charge. |
| 28 | (4) Surviving spouses and parents of a law enforcement |
| 29 | officer, as defined in s. 943.10(1), or a firefighter, as |
| 30 | defined in s. 633.30(1), who has died in the line of duty shall |
| 31 | receive lifetime family annual entrance passes at no charge. |
| 32 | Section 2. Any property within the state park system that |
| 33 | has free-roaming animal populations is exempt from the |
| 34 | provisions of s. 588.15, Florida Statutes. |
| 35 | Section 3. Jack Mashburn Marina designated; Department of |
| 36 | Environmental Protection to erect suitable markers.- |
| 37 | (1) The marina commonly referred to as the "boat basin" on |
| 38 | Grand Lagoon at St. Andrews State Park in Bay County is |
| 39 | designated as "Jack Mashburn Marina." |
| 40 | (2) The Department of Environmental Protection is directed |
| 41 | to erect suitable markers designating Jack Mashburn Marina as |
| 42 | described in subsection (1). |
| 43 | Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011. |