House Bill hb1177c1

    Florida House of Representatives - 2001             CS/HM 1177

        By the Committee on Natural Resources & Environmental
    Protection and Representatives Kottkamp, Allen, Seiler and
    Harrington




  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

  5         Florida.

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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, a great number of citizens of the great State

17  of Florida choose to live here solely to enjoy boating and the

18  state's waterways, NOW, THEREFORE,

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20  Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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22         That the Congress of the United States is requested to

23  assure all Floridians that their boating rights will not be

24  abridged by federal designation of manatee protection refuges

25  and sanctuaries.

26         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be

27  sent to the President of the United States, the President of

28  the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States

29  House of Representatives, and each member of the Florida

30  Delegation to the United States Congress.

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