HB 891 — Military-friendly Initiatives

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 CS/HBCS/CS/HB 891 2019 A bill to be entitled An act relating to military-friendly initiatives;

requiring schoola districtsstudent towhose acceptparent certainis militarytransferred ordersor aspending prooftransfer ofto residencya ofmilitary dependentinstallation childrenwithin fora admissionschool district to be considered a resident of the district programs;and provided preferential treatment in the controlled open enrollment process under certain circumstances;

163.3175Page Legislative1 findings on compatibility of development5 withCODING: military installations;

exchange of information between local governments and military installations.— Page 1 of 5 CODING:

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exchange of information between local governments and military installations.— (2) Certain major military installations, due to their mission and activities, have a greater potential for experiencing compatibility and coordination issues than others.

197.572 Certain easements for conservation purposes, public service purposes, support of certain improvements, or drainage or ingress and egress survive tax sales and deeds.— (1) When any lands are sold for the nonpayment of taxes, or any tax certificate is issued thereon by a governmental unit or agency or pursuant to any tax lien foreclosure proceeding, the title to the lands shall continue to be subject to any easement:Page 2 of 5 CODING:

(a) For conservation purposes as provided in s.

704.06 or for telephone, telegraph, pipeline, power transmission, or other Page 2 of 5 CODING:

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(a) For conservation purposes as provided in s.

704.06 or for telephone, telegraph, pipeline, power transmission, or other public service purpose.;

The easement must be evidenced by written instrument recorded in the office of the clerk of the circuit court in the county where such land is located before the recording of such tax deed or master's deed, or, if not recorded, an easement for a public service purpose must be evidenced by wires, poles, or other visible occupation, an easement for drainage must be evidenced by a waterway, water bed, or other visible occupation, and an easement for the purposePage of3 ingress and egress must be evidenced by a road or other visible occupation to be entitled to the benefit of this5 section;CODING:

however, this shall apply only to tax deeds issued Page 3 of 5 CODING:

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however, this shall apply only to tax deeds issued after the effective date of this act.

1003.05 Assistance to transitioning students from military families.— (4) A schoolstudent districtwhose shallparent acceptis atransferred permanentor changeis ofpending stationtransfer orderto relocatinga military installation within a school district while on active military familyduty pursuant to aan localofficial military installationorder asshall proofbe ofconsidered residencya resident of eachthe dependentschool childdistrict listedfor inpurposes of enrollment when the order foris submitted to the child'sschool admissiondistrict toand allshall district-be authorizedprovided programs,preferential including,treatment butin notthe limitedcontrolled to,open thoseenrollment programsprocess providedof inthe subsectionschool (3).district pursuant to s.

1002.31.

(10)Page The4 followingof persons5 shallCODING: be classified as residents for tuition purposes:

(a) Active duty members of the Armed Services of the United States residing or stationed in this state, their spouses, and their dependent children residing or stationed in Page 4 of 5 CODING:

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(a) Active duty members of the Armed Services of the United States residing or stationed in this state, their spouses, and their dependent children residing or stationed in this state at the time of acceptance to a Florida College System institution or state university, and active drilling members of the Florida National Guard.

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