Florida Senate - 2009                             CS for SB 2150
       
       
       
       By the Committee on Environmental Preservation and Conservation;
       and Senator Bennett
       
       
       
       592-03359-09                                          20092150c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation
    3         Commission; requiring that applications for all
    4         recreational activity licenses include a provision for
    5         the license applicant to make a voluntary contribution
    6         to Southeastern Guide Dogs, Inc.; providing for the
    7         use of funds raised by such contributions; providing
    8         an effective date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. The application for any license for recreational
   13  activities issued under part VI of chapter 379, Florida
   14  Statutes, must include a check-off provision that permits the
   15  applicant for licensure to make a voluntary contribution of $2,
   16  which shall be distributed quarterly by the Fish and Wildlife
   17  Conservation Commission to Southeastern Guide Dogs, Inc.,
   18  located in Palmetto. Southeastern Guide Dogs, Inc., shall use
   19  the contributions to breed, raise, and train guide dogs for the
   20  blind, including in-residence training for persons who are
   21  provided guide dogs by Southeastern Guide Dogs, Inc.
   22         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.