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 PAG LIN 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