| 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; amending s. 380.0685, F.S., relating to a |
| 8 | surcharge imposed on admission fees to state parks in |
| 9 | areas of critical state concern located in certain |
| 10 | counties; providing for certain municipalities to use the |
| 11 | proceeds of the surcharge for land acquisition or beach |
| 12 | renourishment or restoration; providing limitations for |
| 13 | purposes of determining state matching funds; exempting |
| 14 | the state from specified liability provisions with respect |
| 15 | to parks within the state park system that have free- |
| 16 | roaming animal populations; designating Jack Mashburn |
| 17 | Marina in Bay County; directing the Department of |
| 18 | Environmental Protection to erect suitable markers; |
| 19 | providing an effective date. |
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| 21 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 23 | Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 258.0145, Florida |
| 24 | Statutes, is amended, and subsection (4) is added to that |
| 25 | section, to read: |
| 26 | 258.0145 Military state park fee discounts.-The Division |
| 27 | of Recreation and Parks shall provide the following discounts on |
| 28 | park fees to persons who present written documentation |
| 29 | satisfactory to the division which evidences their eligibility |
| 30 | for the discounts: |
| 31 | (3) Surviving spouses and parents of deceased members of |
| 32 | the United States Armed Forces, National Guard, or reserve |
| 33 | components thereof who have fallen in combat shall receive |
| 34 | lifetime family annual entrance passes at no charge. |
| 35 | (4) The surviving spouse and parents of a law enforcement |
| 36 | officer, as defined in s. 943.10(1), or a firefighter, as |
| 37 | defined in s. 633.30(1), who has died in the line of duty shall |
| 38 | receive lifetime family annual entrance passes at no charge. |
| 39 | Section 2. Section 380.0685, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 40 | to read: |
| 41 | 380.0685 State park in area of critical state concern in |
| 42 | county which creates land authority; surcharge on admission and |
| 43 | overnight occupancy.-The Department of Environmental Protection |
| 44 | shall impose and collect a surcharge of 50 cents per person per |
| 45 | day, or $5 per annual family auto entrance permit, on admission |
| 46 | to all state parks in areas of critical state concern located in |
| 47 | a county which creates a land authority pursuant to s. |
| 48 | 380.0663(1), and a surcharge of $2.50 per night per campsite, |
| 49 | cabin, or other overnight recreational occupancy unit in state |
| 50 | parks in areas of critical state concern located in a county |
| 51 | which creates a land authority pursuant to s. 380.0663(1); |
| 52 | however, no surcharge shall be imposed or collected under this |
| 53 | section for overnight use by nonprofit groups of organized group |
| 54 | camps, primitive camping areas, or other facilities intended |
| 55 | primarily for organized group use. Such surcharges shall be |
| 56 | imposed within 90 days after any county creating a land |
| 57 | authority notifies the Department of Environmental Protection |
| 58 | that the land authority has been created. The proceeds from such |
| 59 | surcharges, less a collection fee that shall be kept by the |
| 60 | Department of Environmental Protection for the actual cost of |
| 61 | collection, not to exceed 2 percent, shall be transmitted to the |
| 62 | land authority of the county from which the revenue was |
| 63 | generated. Such funds shall be used to purchase property in the |
| 64 | area or areas of critical state concern in the county from which |
| 65 | the revenue was generated. An amount not to exceed 10 percent |
| 66 | may be used for administration and other costs incident to such |
| 67 | purchases. However, the proceeds of the surcharges imposed and |
| 68 | collected pursuant to this section in a state park or parks |
| 69 | located wholly within a municipality, less the costs of |
| 70 | collection as provided herein, shall be transmitted to that |
| 71 | municipality for use by the municipality for land acquisition or |
| 72 | for beach renourishment or restoration, including, but not |
| 73 | limited to, costs associated with any design, permitting, |
| 74 | monitoring, and mitigation of such work, as well as the work |
| 75 | itself. However, these funds may not be included in any |
| 76 | calculation used for providing state matching funds for local |
| 77 | contributions for beach renourishment or restoration. The |
| 78 | surcharges levied under this section shall remain imposed as |
| 79 | long as the land authority is in existence. |
| 80 | Section 3. The state is exempt from the provisions of s. |
| 81 | 588.15, Florida Statutes, with respect to any property within |
| 82 | the state park system that has free-roaming animal populations. |
| 83 | Section 4. Jack Mashburn Marina designated; Department of |
| 84 | Environmental Protection to erect suitable markers.- |
| 85 | (1) The marina commonly referred to as the "boat basin" on |
| 86 | Grand Lagoon at St. Andrews State Park in Bay County is |
| 87 | designated as "Jack Mashburn Marina." |
| 88 | (2) The Department of Environmental Protection is directed |
| 89 | to erect suitable markers designating Jack Mashburn Marina as |
| 90 | described in subsection (1). |
| 91 | Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011. |