Bill Text: FL S0620 | 2019 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Military-friendly Initiatives
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (? 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-27 - Chapter No. 2019-144 [S0620 Detail]
Download: Florida-2019-S0620-Enrolled.html
ENROLLED 2019 Legislature CS for CS for SB 620, 1st Engrossed 2019620er 1 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 easementsfor conservation purposes, public49service purposes, support of certain improvements, or drainage50or ingress and egresssurvive 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 easementThat 59 supports improvements that may be constructed above the lands.;60 (c)and any easementFor 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) AnTheeasement described in subsection (1) and the 66 rights of the owner of the easementitshall 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 Statesresiding 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.