(1) It is the intent of the Legislature to memorialize the boys who lived and died at the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys, including the victims of the 1914 dormitory fire.
(2) There is established the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys Memorial at two locations, one of which shall be located in Tallahassee, and one of which shall be located in Jackson County.
(3) The memorials shall be administered by the Department of Management Services.
(4)(a) The Department of Management Services shall designate an appropriate public area for the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys Memorial in Tallahassee, on the premises of the Capitol Complex, as defined in s. 281.01, not including the State Capital Circle Office Complex. The department shall consider recommendations by the Florida Historical Commission as required pursuant to ss. 265.111 and 267.0612(9), coordinate with the Division of Historical Resources of the Department of State regarding the design and placement of the memorial, and consider recommendations by former students of the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys regarding the design of the memorial.
(b) The Department of Management Services, in consultation with the Division of State Lands of the Department of Environmental Protection and the Jackson County Administrator, shall designate an appropriate public area for the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys Memorial in Jackson County. The department shall coordinate with the Division of Historical Resources of the Department of State regarding the design and placement of the memorial, and consider recommendations by former students of the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys regarding the design of the memorial.
(5) The Department of Management Services may adopt rules necessary to implement this section.
History.—s. 3, ch. 2017-69.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XVIII - Public Lands and Property
Chapter 265 - Memorials, Museums, and Arts and Culture
265.001 - Florida Women’s Hall of Fame.
265.003 - Florida Veterans’ Hall of Fame.
265.00301 - Pow-Mia Chair of Honor Memorial.
265.0031 - Florida Veterans’ Walk of Honor and Florida Veterans’ Memorial Garden.
265.004 - Florida Tourism Hall of Fame.
265.0041 - Florida Law Enforcement Officers’ Hall of Fame.
265.005 - Florida Holocaust Memorial.
265.006 - Florida Slavery Memorial.
265.007 - Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys Memorial.
265.008 - Pow-Mia Vietnam Veterans Bracelet Memorial.
265.111 - Capitol Complex; Monuments.
265.27 - Loan of Objects of Art and Artifacts.
265.281 - Florida Arts and Culture Act; Short Title.
265.284 - Chief Cultural Officer; Director of Division; Powers and Duties.
265.285 - Florida Council on Arts and Culture; Membership, Duties.
265.286 - Art and Cultural Grants.
265.2863 - State Poet Laureate.
265.2865 - Florida Artists Hall of Fame.
265.32 - County Fine Arts Council.
265.601 - Cultural Endowment Program; Short Title.
265.603 - Definitions Relating to Cultural Endowment Program.
265.605 - Cultural Endowment Program; Rulemaking.
265.7015 - Confidentiality of Certain Donor Information; Publicly Owned Performing Arts Centers.
265.703 - Citizen Support Organizations; Use of State Administrative Services and Property; Audit.