Senate Bill sb0676e1

    SB 676                                         First Engrossed



  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to designations; creating s.

  3         15.052, F.S.; designating key lime pie as the

  4         official state pie; creating s. 15.0337, F.S.;

  5         designating Ocala Limestone as the state rock;

  6         creating s. 15.0338, F.S.; designating calcite

  7         as the state mineral; creating s. 15.0339,

  8         F.S.; designating the Eocene Heart Urchin as

  9         the state fossil; 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.  Section 15.052, Florida Statutes, is

14  created to read:

15         15.052  Official state pie.--Key lime pie is designated

16  as the official Florida state pie.

17         Section 2.  Section 15.0337, Florida Statutes, is

18  created to read:

19         15.0337  State rock.--The Ocala Limestone, a cream to

20  white porous limestone containing abundant fossils, found

21  throughout Florida and one of most permeable rock units of the

22  Floridan aquifer system, is designated the Florida state rock.

23         Section 3.  Section 15.0338, Florida Statutes, is

24  created to read:

25         15.0338  State mineral.--Calcite, the major

26  rock-forming mineral of limestone, occurring commonly as

27  translucent crystals of vitreous luster, colorless to

28  honey-colored, having the chemical composition of calcium

29  carbonate, is designated the Florida state mineral.

30         Section 4.  Section 15.0339, Florida Statutes, is

31  created to read:


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    SB 676                                         First Engrossed



 1         15.0339  State fossil.--The Eocene Heart Urchin,

 2  Eupatagus antillarum. This Late Eocene age irregular echinoid

 3  is similar to the heart urchins of modern tropical seas. It

 4  lived buried in the bottom sediments of the shallow seas that

 5  covered Florida 38 million years ago. The fossilized shell of

 6  this species is commonly found in the Ocala Limestone and Avon

 7  Park formations. The Eocene Heart Urchin is designated the

 8  Florida state fossil.

 9         Section 5.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2006.

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