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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
A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to the Capitol Complex; amending s. 2
265.111, F.S.; requiring the Department of Management 3
Services to set aside and dedicate a specific area of 4
the Capitol Complex for the placement of memorials; 5
amending ss. 272.09, 281.01, and 943.60, F.S.; 6
revising the definition of the term "Capitol Complex"; 7
providing an effective date. 8
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10
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Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 265.111, Florida 12
Statutes, is amended to read: 13
265.111 Capitol Complex; monuments. — 14
(3) The Department of Management Services , in consultation 15
with the Florida Historical Commission, shall set aside and 16
dedicate the an area of the Capitol Complex described as 17
"Memorial Park" in s. 281.01 , not including the State Capital 18
Circle Office Complex, and dedicate a memorial garden on which 19
authorized monuments shall be placed , including. The memorial 20
garden must include a monument in remembrance of the 241 members 21
of the United States Armed Forces who lost their lives on 22
October 23, 1983, in Beirut, Lebanon. 23
Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 272.09, Florida 24
Statutes, is amended to read: 25
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272.09 Management, maintenance, and upkeep of Capitol 26
Center.— 27
(1) For purposes of this section, the term "Capitol 28
Complex" means the portion of the Capitol Center commonly 29
referred to as the Capitol, the Historic Capitol, the Senate 30
Office Building, the House Office Building, the Knott B uilding, 31
the Pepper Building, the Holland Building, the Elliot Building, 32
the R.A. Gray Building, and the associated parking garages and 33
the curtilage of each, including the state -owned lands and 34
public streets adjacent thereto within an area bounded by and 35
including Calhoun Street, East Pensacola Street, Monroe Street, 36
Jefferson Street, West Pensacola Street, Martin Luther King Jr. 37
Boulevard Duval Street, and Gaines Street. The portion of the 38
Capitol Complex existing between and including the Elliot 39
Building and the Holland Building within an area bounded by and 40
including Monroe Street, Gaines Street, Calhoun Street, and East 41
Pensacola Street shall be known as "Memorial Park." 42
Section 3. Section 281.01, Florida Statutes, is amended to 43
read: 44
281.01 Definitions.—For the purposes of ss. 281.01 -281.08, 45
the term "Capitol Complex" means includes that portion of 46
Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, commonly referred to as the 47
Capitol, the Historic Capitol, the Senate Office Building, the 48
House Office Building, t he Knott Building, the Pepper Building, 49
the Holland Building, the Elliot Building, the R.A. Gray 50
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Building, and the associated parking garages and the curtilage 51
of each, including the state -owned lands and public streets 52
adjacent thereto within an area boun ded by and including Calhoun 53
Street, East Pensacola Street, Monroe Street, Jefferson Street, 54
West Pensacola Street, Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard Duval 55
Street, and Gaines Street. The term includes shall also include 56
the State Capital Circle Office Compl ex located in Leon County, 57
Florida. The portion of the Capitol Complex existing between and 58
including the Elliot Building and the Holland Building within an 59
area bounded by and including Monroe Street, Gaines Street, 60
Calhoun Street, and East Pensacola Stre et shall be known as 61
"Memorial Park." 62
Section 4. Section 943.60, Florida Statutes, is amended to 63
read: 64
943.60 Definitions. —For the purposes of ss. 943.60 -943.68, 65
the term" Capitol Complex" means includes that portion of 66
Tallahassee, Leon County, Flor ida, commonly referred to as the 67
Capitol, the Historic Capitol, the Senate Office Building, the 68
House Office Building, the Knott Building, the Pepper Building, 69
the Holland Building, the Elliot Building, the R.A. Gray 70
Building, and the associated parking ga rages and the curtilage 71
of each, including the state -owned lands and public streets 72
adjacent thereto within an area bounded by and including Calhoun 73
Street, East Pensacola Street, Monroe Street, Jefferson Street, 74
West Pensacola Street, Martin Luther King J r. Boulevard Duval 75
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Street, and Gaines Street. The term includes shall also include 76
the State Capital Circle Office Complex located in Leon County, 77
Florida. The portion of the Capitol Complex existing between and 78
including the Elliot Building and the Hollan d Building within an 79
area bounded by and including Monroe Street, Gaines Street, 80
Calhoun Street, and East Pensacola Street shall be known as 81
"Memorial Park." 82
Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023. 83