Florida Senate - 2024                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 346
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  01/10/2024           .                                
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       The Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and
       Domestic Security (Ingoglia) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Section 683.1475, Florida Statutes, is amended
    6  to read:
    7         683.1475 Veterans Appreciation Month Week.—
    8         (1) The month of November of each year is designated as
    9  “Veterans Appreciation Month.” week beginning with the Sunday
   10  preceding November 11 of each year is designated as “Veterans
   11  Week.” If November 11 falls on a Sunday, “Veterans Week” begins
   12  on that day.
   13         (2) The Governor may annually issue a proclamation annually
   14  designating the month week of November 11 as Veterans
   15  Appreciation Month Week and encouraging counties,
   16  municipalities, public schools, and residents of this state to
   17  observe the occasion by creating special programs and events to
   18  show appreciation for the veterans who have served calling upon
   19  public officials, schools, private organizations, and all
   20  residents of the state to commemorate Veterans Week and honor
   21  the men and women who answered the call during times of war and
   22  peace to protect and preserve the treasured freedom of all
   23  citizens of the United States.
   24         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.
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   26  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   27  And the title is amended as follows:
   28         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   29  and insert:
   30                        A bill to be entitled                      
   31         An act relating to special observances; amending s.
   32         683.1475, F.S.; designating each November as “Veterans
   33         Appreciation Month”; authorizing the Governor to issue
   34         a proclamation with specified information; providing
   35         an effective date.