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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to military-friendly initiatives;
3 amending s. 163.3175, F.S.; specifying additional
4 military installations that may exchange certain
5 information with local governments regarding
6 compatibility of land development; amending s.
7 197.572, F.S.; providing that an easement for certain
8 military lands continues after a tax sale or deed
9 execution; amending s. 320.08058, F.S.; directing the
10 Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to
11 develop a Blue Angels license plate; providing for the
12 distribution and use of fees collected from the sale
13 of such plate; amending s. 1003.05, F.S.; requiring a
14 student whose parent is transferred or pending
15 transfer to a military installation within a school
16 district to be considered a resident of the district
17 and provided preferential treatment in the controlled
18 open enrollment process under certain circumstances;
19 amending s. 1009.21, F.S.; revising requirements for
20 active duty servicemembers and their families to be
21 classified as residents for tuition purposes;
22 providing an effective date.
23
24 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
25
26 Section 1. Present paragraphs (i) through (n) of subsection
27 (2) of section 163.3175, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as
28 paragraphs (j) through (o), respectively, and a new paragraph
29 (i) and paragraph (p) are added to that subsection, to read:
30 163.3175 Legislative findings on compatibility of
31 development with military installations; exchange of information
32 between local governments and military installations.—
33 (2) Certain major military installations, due to their
34 mission and activities, have a greater potential for
35 experiencing compatibility and coordination issues than others.
36 Consequently, this section and the provisions in s.
37 163.3177(6)(a), relating to compatibility of land development
38 with military installations, apply to specific affected local
39 governments in proximity to and in association with specific
40 military installations, as follows:
41 (i) Naval Support Activity Orlando, including Bugg Spring
42 and Naval Ordnance Test Unit, associated with Orange County and
43 Orlando.
44 (p) United States Southern Command, associated with Miami
45 Dade County and Doral.
46 Section 2. Section 197.572, Florida Statutes, is amended to
47 read:
48 197.572 Certain easements for conservation purposes, public
49 service purposes, support of certain improvements, or drainage
50 or ingress and egress survive tax sales and deeds.—
51 (1) When any lands are sold for the nonpayment of taxes, or
52 any tax certificate is issued thereon by a governmental unit or
53 agency or pursuant to any tax lien foreclosure proceeding, the
54 title to the lands shall continue to be subject to any easement:
55 (a) For conservation purposes as provided in s. 704.06 or
56 for telephone, telegraph, pipeline, power transmission, or other
57 public service purpose.;
58 (b) and shall continue to be subject to any easement That
59 supports improvements that may be constructed above the lands.;
60 (c) and any easement For the purposes of drainage or of
61 ingress and egress to and from other land.
62 (d) For base buffering encroachment lands acquired through
63 a fee simple or less-than-fee simple acquisition under s.
64 288.980(2)(b).
65 (2) An The easement described in subsection (1) and the
66 rights of the owner of the easement it shall survive and be
67 enforceable after the execution, delivery, and recording of a
68 tax deed, a master’s deed, or a clerk’s certificate of title
69 pursuant to foreclosure of a tax deed, tax certificate, or tax
70 lien, to the same extent as though the land had been conveyed by
71 voluntary deed. The easement must be evidenced by written
72 instrument recorded in the office of the clerk of the circuit
73 court in the county where such land is located before the
74 recording of such tax deed or master’s deed, or, if not
75 recorded, an easement for a public service purpose must be
76 evidenced by wires, poles, or other visible occupation, an
77 easement for drainage must be evidenced by a waterway, water
78 bed, or other visible occupation, and an easement for the
79 purpose of ingress and egress must be evidenced by a road or
80 other visible occupation to be entitled to the benefit of this
81 section; however, this shall apply only to tax deeds issued
82 after the effective date of this act.
83 Section 3. Subsection (84) is added to section 320.08058,
84 Florida Statutes, to read:
85 320.08058 Specialty license plates.—
86 (84) BLUE ANGELS LICENSE PLATES.—
87 (a) The department shall develop a Blue Angels license
88 plate as provided in this section and s. 320.08053. The plate
89 must bear the colors and design approved by the department. The
90 word “Florida” must appear at the top of the plate, and the
91 words “Home of the Blue Angels” must appear at the bottom of the
92 plate; however, the development of the plate is contingent upon
93 the enactment of legislation creating an annual use fee under s.
94 320.08056 for the Blue Angels license plate.
95 (b) The annual use fees from the sale of the plate shall be
96 distributed to the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation, a nonprofit
97 Florida corporation under s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
98 Code, to fund the maintenance, programs, marketing, and projects
99 of the foundation, including the National Naval Aviation Museum
100 and the National Flight Academy in Pensacola. Up to 10 percent
101 of the funds received by the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation
102 may be used for marketing of the plate and costs directly
103 associated with the administration of the foundation. The Naval
104 Aviation Museum Foundation shall distribute 50 percent of the
105 funds to eligible programs and projects associated with the
106 National Flight Academy and the remainder of the funds to
107 eligible programs and projects associated with the National
108 Naval Aviation Museum.
109 Section 4. Subsection (4) is added to section 1003.05,
110 Florida Statutes, to read:
111 1003.05 Assistance to transitioning students from military
112 families.—
113 (4) A student whose parent is transferred or is pending
114 transfer to a military installation within a school district
115 while on active military duty pursuant to an official military
116 order shall be considered a resident of the school district for
117 purposes of enrollment when the order is submitted to the school
118 district and shall be provided preferential treatment in the
119 controlled open enrollment process of the school district
120 pursuant to s. 1002.31.
121 Section 5. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (10) of
122 section 1009.21, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
123 1009.21 Determination of resident status for tuition
124 purposes.—Students shall be classified as residents or
125 nonresidents for the purpose of assessing tuition in
126 postsecondary educational programs offered by charter technical
127 career centers or career centers operated by school districts,
128 in Florida College System institutions, and in state
129 universities.
130 (10) The following persons shall be classified as residents
131 for tuition purposes:
132 (a) Active duty members of the Armed Services of the United
133 States residing or stationed in this state, their spouses, and
134 their dependent children residing or stationed in this state at
135 the time of acceptance to a Florida College System institution
136 or state university, and active drilling members of the Florida
137 National Guard.
138 (b) Active duty members of the Armed Services of the United
139 States and their spouses and dependents attending a Florida
140 College System institution or state university within 50 miles
141 of the military establishment where they are stationed at the
142 time of acceptance to the Florida College System institution or
143 state university, if such military establishment is within a
144 county contiguous to Florida.
145 Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.