Florida Senate - 2023 SB 76 By Senator Hooper 21-00322-23 202376__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to state park campsite reservations; 3 amending s. 258.014, F.S.; requiring the Division of 4 Recreation and Parks of the Department of 5 Environmental Protection to allow residents and 6 nonresidents to make state park campsite reservations 7 within specified timeframes; requiring Florida 8 residents to provide information from their Florida 9 driver license or identification card for certain 10 reservations made in advance; providing an effective 11 date. 12 13 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 14 15 Section 1.Section 258.014, Florida Statutes, is amended to 16 read: 17 258.014Fees for Use of state parks; fees for use; campsite 18 reservations. 19 (1)FEES FOR USE. 20 (a)The Division of Recreation and Parks shall have the 21 power to charge reasonable fees, rentals, or charges for the use 22 or operation of facilities and concessions in state parks., and 23 All such fees, rentals, and charges so collected must shall be 24 deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of State Park 25 Trust Fund, which is hereby created, the continuing balance of 26 which fund is hereby appropriated to be expended by said 27 division for the administration, improvement and maintenance of 28 state parks and for the acquisition and development of lands 29 hereafter acquired for state park purposes. The appropriation of 30 said fund shall be continuing, and may shall not revert to the 31 General Revenue Fund at the end of any fiscal year or at any 32 other time but shall, until expended, be continually available 33 to the said division for the uses and purposes set forth. 34 (b)(2)Any moneys received in trust by the division by 35 gift, devise, appropriation, or otherwise shall, subject to the 36 terms of such trust, be deposited with the Chief Financial 37 Officer in a fund to be known as the State Park Trust Fund, 38 and shall be subject to withdrawal upon application of such 39 division for expenditure or investment in accordance with the 40 terms of the trust. Unless prohibited by the terms of the trust 41 by which the moneys are derived, all of such moneys may be 42 invested as provided by law. 43 (2)RESERVATIONS. 44 (a)The Division of Recreation and Parks shall allow 45 individuals to use the divisions state parks reservation 46 website to make reservations for state park campsites, including 47 RV sites, as follows: 48 1.For Florida residents, reservations up to 12 months in 49 advance; and 50 2.For nonresidents, reservations up to 11 months in 51 advance. 52 (b)A Florida resident who wishes to book a state park 53 campsite more than 11 months in advance must provide his or her 54 valid Florida driver license number or the identification number 55 from a Florida identification card issued under s. 322.051 as 56 proof of Florida residency on the divisions state parks 57 reservation website and must present the license or 58 identification card to a park representative upon check-in at 59 the campsite. 60 Section 2.This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.