Senate Bill sb1930

    Florida Senate - 2007                                  SB 1930

    By Senator Oelrich





    14-777-07                                               See HB

  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; requiring that

  9         certain alterations of the reserve be approved

10         by general law; allowing public hunting;

11         authorizing the Division of State Lands to

12         acquire adjacent or contiguous property;

13         providing an effective date.

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

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17         Section 1.  Section 258.166, Florida Statutes, is

18  created to read:

19         258.166  George Kirkpatrick State Reserve designated.--

20         (1)  There is designated and established a state

21  reserve to be known as the George Kirkpatrick State Reserve,

22  in Marion and Putnam Counties, which shall include all

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

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

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

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

27  supervision of the Office of Greenways and Trails of the

28  Department of Environmental Protection. The office is charged

29  with the duty of providing for the development of multipurpose

30  recreational opportunities at this reserve and the care,

31  upkeep, maintenance, and beautification of the George

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    Florida Senate - 2007                                  SB 1930
    14-777-07                                               See HB




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

 2  and other structures transferred by the Federal Government to

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

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

 5  2007, must be approved by general law. However, nothing in

 6  this section precludes the Office of Greenways and Trails of

 7  the Department of Environmental Protection from performing

 8  necessary maintenance and improvements as required for the

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

10  and facilities within the state reserve.

11         (2)  Public hunting is allowed in the George

12  Kirkpatrick State Reserve as authorized by the Fish and

13  Wildlife Conservation Commission.

14         (3)  The Division of State Lands of the Department of

15  Environmental Protection may acquire in the name of the Board

16  of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund any

17  additional property adjacent to or contiguous with the George

18  Kirkpatrick State Reserve from private owners or from the

19  United States Government for improved management and

20  recreational opportunities.

21         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.

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