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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE BILL 249 |
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| 3 | 3 | | By Haile |
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| 5 | 5 | | HOUSE BILL 328 |
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| 6 | 6 | | By Slater |
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| 8 | 8 | | |
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| 9 | 9 | | HB0328 |
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| 10 | 10 | | 001809 |
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| 11 | 11 | | - 1 - |
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| 13 | 13 | | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 11, |
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| 14 | 14 | | Chapter 3 and Title 58, relative to state park |
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| 15 | 15 | | discounts for veterans. |
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| 17 | 17 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 11-3-121(b)(1), is amended by |
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| 19 | 19 | | deleting the subdivision and substituting instead: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (1) |
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| 21 | 21 | | (A) Subject to subdivision (b)(1)(B) and § 58-3-112, the commissioner |
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| 22 | 22 | | shall offer discounts for activities, retail purchases, camping, and lodging at state |
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| 23 | 23 | | parks to veterans who are Tennessee residents with the same frequency, and at |
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| 24 | 24 | | the same rates, as the discounts for activities, retail purchases, camping, and |
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| 25 | 25 | | lodging at state parks that are offered to state employees. |
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| 26 | 26 | | (B) In addition to the discounts required by subdivision (b)(1)(A), the |
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| 27 | 27 | | commissioner shall offer a year-round discount in the amount of no less than fifty |
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| 28 | 28 | | percent (50%) for camping and overnight cabin lodging fees at state parks to a |
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| 29 | 29 | | veteran who: |
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| 30 | 30 | | (i) Has a service-connected disability that is determined by the |
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| 31 | 31 | | veterans' administration to constitute a one hundred percent (100%) |
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| 32 | 32 | | permanent total disability; and |
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| 33 | 33 | | (ii) Is a resident of this state. |
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| 34 | 34 | | (C) |
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| 37 | 37 | | - 2 - 001809 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (i) Each veteran must be required to show proof of veteran status, |
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| 40 | 40 | | as determined by the commissioner, and residence in this state prior to |
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| 41 | 41 | | being granted a discount offered pursuant to subdivision (b)(1)(A). |
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| 42 | 42 | | (ii) Certification from the veterans' administration indicating the |
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| 43 | 43 | | veteran's percentage of service-connected disability and proof of |
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| 44 | 44 | | residence in this state must be presented in order to receive the |
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| 45 | 45 | | discounted fee required by subdivision (b)(1)(B). The discount required |
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| 46 | 46 | | by subdivision (b)(1)(B) is subject to availability, as determined by the |
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| 47 | 47 | | commissioner, and only applies to reservations made within thirty (30) |
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| 48 | 48 | | days of the intended stay. |
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| 49 | 49 | | SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 11-3-121(b)(3), is amended by |
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| 50 | 50 | | deleting the subdivision. |
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| 51 | 51 | | SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 58-3-112, is amended by designating |
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| 52 | 52 | | the existing language as subsection (a) and adding the following as a new subsection: |
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| 53 | 53 | | (b) The requirements of subsection (a) are in addition to the discounts for |
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| 54 | 54 | | veterans required by § 11-3-121. |
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| 55 | 55 | | SECTION 4. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it. |
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