Florida Senate - 2016 SB 1000
By Senator Thompson
12-01140-16 20161000__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to state park fees; amending s.
3 258.0145, F.S.; providing a discount on certain state
4 park fees for persons 65 years of age or older;
5 providing an effective date.
6
7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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9 Section 1. Section 258.0145, Florida Statutes, is amended
10 to read:
11 258.0145 Military, law enforcement, and firefighter State
12 park fee discounts.—The Division of Recreation and Parks shall
13 provide the following discounts on park fees to persons who
14 present written documentation satisfactory to the division which
15 evidences their eligibility for the discounts:
16 (1) Active duty members and honorably discharged veterans
17 of the United States Armed Forces, National Guard, or reserve
18 components thereof shall receive a 25-percent discount on annual
19 entrance passes.
20 (2) Honorably discharged veterans who have service
21 connected disabilities shall receive lifetime family annual
22 entrance passes at no charge.
23 (3) Surviving spouses and parents of deceased members of
24 the United States Armed Forces, National Guard, or reserve
25 components thereof who have fallen in combat shall receive
26 lifetime family annual entrance passes at no charge.
27 (4) The surviving spouse and parents of a law enforcement
28 officer, as defined in s. 943.10(1), or a firefighter, as
29 defined in s. 633.102, who has died in the line of duty shall
30 receive lifetime family annual entrance passes at no charge.
31 (5) Persons who are 65 years of age or older shall receive
32 a 25 percent discount on daily entrance fees and annual entrance
33 passes.
34 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016.