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Florida House of Representatives - 2001 HM 1177
By Representative Kottkamp
1 House Memorial
2 A memorial to the Congress of the United
3 States, urging Congress to allow the citizens
4 of Florida open access to the waterways of
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7 WHEREAS, the citizens of the great State of Florida
8 hold the manatee in the highest regard, and
9 WHEREAS, the citizens of the great State of Florida
10 have established laws and regulations to protect the manatee
11 population, and
12 WHEREAS, the citizens of Florida, especially the
13 boaters, have been instrumental in fostering the recovery of
14 the manatee population to record numbers, beyond all
15 expectations and predictions, and
16 WHEREAS, federal intervention by designating manatee
17 protection refuges and sanctuaries would curtail the rights of
18 citizens who depend on boating to maintain their homes and
19 businesses, and impede their right to pursue happiness, and
20 WHEREAS, a great number of citizens of the great State
21 of Florida choose to live here solely to enjoy boating and the
22 state's waterways, NOW, THEREFORE,
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24 Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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26 That the Congress of the United States is requested to
27 assure all Floridians that their boating rights will not be
28 abridged by federal designation of manatee protection refuges
29 and sanctuaries.
30 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
31 sent to the President of the United States, the President of
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1 the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States
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