Florida Senate - 2020                                     SB 240
       
       
        
       By Senator Rader
       
       
       
       
       
       29-00087-20                                            2020240__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to state symbols; creating s. 15.0528,
    3         F.S.; designating shelter animals as the official
    4         state pet; providing an effective date.
    5          
    6  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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    8         Section 1. Section 15.0528, Florida Statutes, is created to
    9  read:
   10         15.0528 Official state pet.—Any shelter animal that resides
   11  at or has been adopted from an animal shelter or an animal
   12  rescue organization is designated as the official Florida state
   13  pet.
   14         Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.