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| 10 | 10 | | 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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| 14 | 14 | | A bill to be entitled 1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to the Florida Veterans' History 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | Program; creating s. 265.8021, F.S.; defining the term 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | "veteran"; creating the Florida Veterans' History 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Program within the Division of Arts and Culture of the 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Department of State as a Florida Folklife Program; 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | providing the program's purpose; authorizing the 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | division to request assistance from the Department of 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Veterans' Affairs; requiring the division's 9 |
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| 23 | 23 | | folklorists to seek out and identify certain veterans; 10 |
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| 24 | 24 | | authorizing the division or a folklorist to interview 11 |
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| 25 | 25 | | such veterans or invite them to submit written or 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | electronic accounts of their experiences; authorizing 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | the division to contract with a third -party vendor for 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | a specified purpose; authorizing the division to adopt 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | rules; providing an effective date. 16 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 18 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Section 1. Section 265.8021, Florida Statutes, is created 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | to read: 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | 265.8021 Florida Veteran s' History Program.— 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (1) As used in this section, the term "veteran" has the 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | same meaning as in s. 1.01(14). 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (2) There is created the Florida Veterans' History Program 25 |
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| 51 | 51 | | within the Division of Arts and Culture as a Florida Folklife 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | Program to collect and preserve the stories and experiences of 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | Florida's veterans and the State of Florida's military 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | contributions throughout the nation's history. The division may 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | request assistance with the program from the Department of 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | Veterans' Affairs. 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (3) In order to collect and preserve the stories and 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | experiences of Florida's veterans and the State of Florida's 33 |
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| 59 | 59 | | military contributions throughout the nation's history, the 34 |
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| 60 | 60 | | division's folklorists shall seek out and identify those 35 |
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| 61 | 61 | | veterans who are willing to share their e xperiences. The 36 |
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| 62 | 62 | | division or a folklorist may interview veterans or invite 37 |
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| 63 | 63 | | veterans to submit written or electronic accounts of their 38 |
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| 64 | 64 | | experiences for inclusion in the program. 39 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (4) As provided in s. 265.802, the division may contract 40 |
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| 66 | 66 | | with a third-party vendor to fulfill its responsibilities under 41 |
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| 67 | 67 | | subsection (3). 42 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (5) The division may adopt rules to implement the program. 43 |
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| 69 | 69 | | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 44 |
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