Senate File 2281 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  WARNSTADT


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act providing for the use of state park and recreation area
  2    facilities by military family support groups free of charge.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 5753SS 81
  5 bp/je/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  461A.47A  MILITARY FAMILY SUPPORT
  1  2 GROUP USE OF STATE PARK OR RECREATION AREA FACILITIES.
  1  3    1.  For the purposes of this section:
  1  4    a.  "Dependent" means a spouse or child of a service member
  1  5 or any other person dependent upon the service member for
  1  6 support.
  1  7    b.  "Military family support group" means a group of
  1  8 service members or dependents organized to provide mutual
  1  9 support and designated as such by the adjutant general or the
  1 10 adjutant general's designee.
  1 11    c.  "Service member" means a member of an Iowa unit,
  1 12 detachment, or organization of the army national guard of the
  1 13 United States or the air national guard of the United States
  1 14 as those forces are defined in 10 U.S.C. } 101, or a member of
  1 15 an Iowa=based reserve unit of the army, navy, air force, or
  1 16 marine corps as those forces are defined in 10 U.S.C. } 101.
  1 17    d.  "State park or recreation area facility" means any
  1 18 state=owned campsite, cabin, lodge, yurt, shelter, or beach
  1 19 house within a state park or recreation area which is
  1 20 regularly available for rent for use by the public.
  1 21    2.  A military family support group may use any state park
  1 22 or recreation area facility free of charge for one day or
  1 23 night of each calendar year.
  1 24    3.  The department shall establish rules for administering
  1 25 this section.
  1 26                           EXPLANATION
  1 27    This bill allows a military family support group to use any
  1 28 state park or recreation area facility free of charge for one
  1 29 day or night of each calendar year.  The bill defines a
  1 30 "military family support group" as a group including members
  1 31 of Iowa=based national guard and reserve units of all branches
  1 32 of the military and the dependents of such service members.  A
  1 33 military family support group may use, free of charge, any
  1 34 state=owned campsite, cabin, lodge, yurt, shelter, or beach
  1 35 house which is regularly available for rent by the public.
  2  1 LSB 5753SS 81
  2  2 bp:nh/je/5