Senate Bill 1250c1

    Florida Senate - 2000                           CS for SB 1250

    By the Committee on Governmental Oversight and Productivity;
    and Senators Jones and Diaz de la Portilla




    302-1817-00

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Secretary of State;

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

  4         Secretary of State to designate certain sailing

  5         vessels with historic significance as official

  6         state flagships; providing an effective date.

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

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10         Section 1.  Section 15.0465, Florida Statutes, is

11  created to read:

12         15.0465  Vessel of historic significance.--The

13  Secretary of State is authorized to designate, via

14  proclamation, a sailing vessel as a vessel with historic

15  significance to the state. In order to achieve such

16  designation:

17         (1)  The vessel must have been substantially

18  constructed, restored, or maintained within the state.

19         (2)  The hailing port for such vessel must be a

20  political subdivision of the state.

21         (3)  The vessel must be seaworthy at the time of such

22  designation.

23         (4)  The vessel must have significantly contributed to

24  the commercial, trade, political, or societal heritage of the

25  state.

26         (5)  The vessel must be on the National Register of

27  Historic Places.

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

29  law.

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    Florida Senate - 2000                           CS for SB 1250
    302-1817-00




  1          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
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  4  Removes authority to designate a "flagship" and substitutes
    authority to designate a "vessel with historic significance."
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    Removes requirement that vessel must have first been launched
  6  at least 60 years prior to designation.

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