| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to state park campsite reservations; 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | amending s. 258.014, F.S.; requiring the Division of 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | Recreation and Parks of the Department of 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Environmental Protection to allow residents and 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | nonresidents to make state park cabin and campsite 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | reservations within specified timeframes; requiring 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Florida residents to provide information from their 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Florida driver license or identification card for 9 |
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| 23 | 23 | | certain reservations made in advance; providing an 10 |
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| 24 | 24 | | effective date. 11 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Section 1. Section 258.014, Florida Statutes, is amended 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | to read: 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | 258.014 Fees for Use of state parks; fees for use; 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | campsite reservations.— 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (1) FEES FOR USE.— 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (a) The Division of Recreation and Parks shall have the 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | power to charge reasonable fees, rentals , or charges for the use 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | or operation of facilities and concessions in state parks ., and 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | All such fees, rentals, and c harges so collected must shall be 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of "State Park 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Trust Fund," which is hereby created, the continuing balance of 25 |
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| 47 | 47 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 51 | 51 | | which fund is hereby appropriated to be expended by the said 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | division for the administration, imp rovement, and maintenance of 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | state parks and for the acquisition and development of lands 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | hereafter acquired for state park purposes. The appropriation of 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | the said fund shall be continuing, and may shall not revert to 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | the General Revenue Fund at the end of any fiscal year or at any 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | other time but shall, until expended, be continually available 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | to the said division for the uses and purposes set forth. 33 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (b)(2) Any moneys received in trust by the division by 34 |
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| 60 | 60 | | gift, devise, appropriation, or otherwise shall, su bject to the 35 |
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| 61 | 61 | | terms of such trust, be deposited with the Chief Financial 36 |
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| 62 | 62 | | Officer in a fund to be known as the "State Park Trust Fund," 37 |
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| 63 | 63 | | and shall be subject to withdrawal upon application of the such 38 |
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| 64 | 64 | | division for expenditure or investment in accordance with the 39 |
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| 65 | 65 | | terms of the trust. Unless prohibited by the terms of the trust 40 |
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| 66 | 66 | | by which the moneys are derived, all of such moneys may be 41 |
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| 67 | 67 | | invested as provided by law. 42 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (2) RESERVATIONS.— 43 |
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| 69 | 69 | | (a) The Division of Recreation and Parks shall allow 44 |
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| 70 | 70 | | individuals to make rese rvations for state park cabins and 45 |
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| 71 | 71 | | campsites, including sites for RV, tent, boat, and equestrian 46 |
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| 72 | 72 | | camping, as follows: 47 |
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| 73 | 73 | | 1. For Florida residents, reservations up to 11 months in 48 |
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| 74 | 74 | | advance; and 49 |
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| 75 | 75 | | 2. For nonresidents, reservations up to 10 months in 50 |
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