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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to state reserves; creating s.

  3         258.166, F.S.; establishing the George

  4         Kirkpatrick State Reserve; directing the Office

  5         of Greenways and Trails of the Department of

  6         Environmental Protection to develop

  7         multipurpose recreational opportunities and

  8         provide supervision of the area; allowing

  9         public hunting; authorizing the Division of

10         State Lands to acquire adjacent or contiguous

11         property; providing an effective date.

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

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15         Section 1.  Section 258.166, Florida Statutes, is

16  created to read:

17         258.166  George Kirkpatrick State Reserve

18  designated.--There is designated and established a state

19  reserve to be known as George Kirkpatrick State Reserve, in

20  Marion and Putnam Counties, which shall include all

21  state-owned lands within the floodplain of the Oklawaha River

22  and those hereafter acquired by the state from Eureka Dam in

23  Marion County to Buckman Lock in Putnam County. Those lands

24  are deemed and held to be a state reserve, under the

25  supervision of the Office of Greenways and Trails of the

26  Department of Environmental Protection. The office is charged

27  with the duty of providing for the development of multipurpose

28  recreational opportunities at this reserve and the care,

29  upkeep, maintenance, and beautification of the George

30  Kirkpatrick State Reserve, including all those dams, locks,

31  and other structures transferred by the Federal Government to


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 1  the state. Any action that would substantially alter the area

 2  encompassing the reserve as the area existed on January 1,

 3  2003, must be approved by general law. However, nothing in

 4  this section precludes the Office of Greenways and Trails of

 5  the Department of Environmental Protection from performing

 6  necessary maintenance and improvements as required for the

 7  continued operation of the dams, locks, or other structures

 8  and facilities within the state reserve.

 9         (1)  Public hunting is allowed in the state reserve as

10  authorized by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

11         (2)  The Division of State Lands of the Department of

12  Environmental Protection may acquire in the name of the Board

13  of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund any

14  additional property adjacent or contiguous to the George

15  Kirkpatrick State Reserve from private owners or from the

16  United States Government for improved management and

17  recreational opportunities.

18         Section 2.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2004.

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