House Bill 1449

    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                HB 1449

        By Representative Sorensen






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to official state designations;

  3         creating s. 15.0465, F.S.; designating the

  4         official flagship of the State of Florida;

  5         providing an effective date.

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

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  9         Section 1.  Section 15.0465, Florida Statutes, is

10  created to read:

11         15.0465  Official flagship.--The schooner Western

12  Union, a 130 foot historic sailing vessel of the tallship

13  class, built in Key West, Florida, and first launched in 1939,

14  is hereby designated the official flagship of the State of

15  Florida.

16         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

17  law.

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20                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Designates the schooner Western Union, a historic sailing
22    vessel of the tallship class, built in Key West, Florida,
      and first launched in 1939, as the official flagship of
23    the State of Florida.

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