House Bill 3689

    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HB 3689

        By the Committee on Tourism and Representatives Barreiro,
    Bullard, D. Prewitt, Harrington, Greene, Sindler, Culp,
    Livingston, Melvin and Bronson




  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to historical resources;

  3         amending s. 267.021, F.S.; revising the

  4         definition of "historic property" or "historic

  5         resource"; repealing s. 267.16(4), F.S., which

  6         requires the Division of Historical Resources

  7         of the Department of State to maintain the

  8         Florida Folklife Archives; repealing s.

  9         267.162, F.S., which creates the Florida

10         Folklife Grant Program within the Division of

11         Historical Resources of the Department of

12         State; providing an effective date.

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14  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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16         Section 1.  Subsection (3) of section 267.021, Florida

17  Statutes, is amended to read:

18         267.021  Definitions.--For the purpose of this act, the

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20         (3)  "Historic property" or "historic resource" means

21  any prehistoric or historic district, site, building, object,

22  or other real or personal property of historical,

23  architectural, or archaeological value, and folklife

24  resources. These properties or resources may include, but are

25  not limited to, monuments, memorials, Indian habitations,

26  ceremonial sites, abandoned settlements, sunken or abandoned

27  ships, engineering works, treasure trove, artifacts, or other

28  objects with intrinsic historical or archaeological value, or

29  any part thereof, relating to the history, government, and

30  culture of the state.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HB 3689

    177-238-98






  1         Section 2.  Subsection (4) of section 267.16, Florida

  2  Statutes, and section 267.162, Florida Statutes, are repealed.

  3         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

  4  law.

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  7                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      With respect to ch. 267, F.S., relating to historical
  9    resources, revises the definition of "historic property"
      or "historic resource" to include folklife resources
10    within the meaning of the term.  Repeals provisions which
      require the Division of Historical Resources of the
11    Department of State to maintain the Florida Folklife
      Archives. Repeals provisions for the purpose of
12    eliminating the Florida Folklife Grant Program within the
      Division of Historical Resources of the Department of
13    State.

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