TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed the “State Park Preservation Act,” a invoice that directs the administration of Florida’s state parks towards conservation-based recreation, permits for the event of tenting cabins, and mandates a report on the state park system.
What it does: HB 209, the “State Park Preservation Act,” directs the administration of Florida’s state parks in direction of conservation-based recreation that balances public profit with pure useful resource safety, authorizes the event of tenting cabins underneath particular tips, mandates a report on the state park system and updates public assembly discover necessities for land administration plans.
- The invoice requires state parks to be managed for conservation-based public out of doors leisure makes use of, public entry and associated facilities, and scientific analysis, aiming for the best mixture of advantages to the general public and pure assets.
- It authorizes the Division of Recreation and Parks inside the Division of Environmental Safety to amass, set up, or allow tenting cabins in state parks, topic to sure tips.
- The invoice directs the DEP to submit a report back to the governor and the legislature on the standing and operation of the state park system.
- It additionally revises the discover necessities for public conferences associated to updates of land administration plans.
The sponsors: Reps. John Snyder and Peggy Gossett-Seidman carried the invoice. Sen. Gayle Harrell carried the Senate invoice, SB 80.
The invoice will take impact July 1.
