Florida Senate - 2016 SB 1562 By Senator Bean 4-01497-16 20161562__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to designation of the state river; 3 creating s. 15.0475, F.S.; designating the St. Johns 4 River as the official state river; providing an 5 effective date. 6 7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 8 9 Section 1. Section 15.0475, Florida Statutes, is created to 10 read: 11 15.0475 Official state river.—The St. Johns River is 12 designated as the official Florida state river. 13 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.