| 1 | The Committee on Natural Resources recommends the following: |
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| 3 | Committee Substitute |
| 4 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
| 5 | A bill to be entitled |
| 6 | An act relating to the Lowry Park Zoo; recognizing the |
| 7 | Lowry Park Zoo as a state center for Florida species |
| 8 | conservation and biodiversity; providing for construction; |
| 9 | providing an effective date. |
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| 11 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 13 | Section 1. The Lowry Park Zoo, a not-for-profit |
| 14 | corporation located in the City of Tampa, is hereby recognized |
| 15 | as a state center for Florida species conservation and |
| 16 | biodiversity, including captive breeding, animal husbandry, |
| 17 | conservation education, veterinary care and rescue, |
| 18 | rehabilitation, research, and release of Florida?s endangered |
| 19 | and threatened wildlife species, including, but not limited to, |
| 20 | the Florida manatee, Florida panther, red wolf, Key deer, Key |
| 21 | Largo wood rat, and whooping crane. Such recognition shall not |
| 22 | be construed as exempting the Lowry Park Zoo from the regulatory |
| 23 | purview of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation |
| 24 | Commission. |
| 25 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |