Florida Senate - 2025                                    SB 1058
       
       
        
       By Senator Gruters
       
       
       
       
       
       22-01362A-25                                          20251058__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Gulf of America; requiring
    3         state agencies to update geographic materials to
    4         reflect the new federal designation of the “Gulf of
    5         Mexico” as the “Gulf of America”; requiring district
    6         school boards and charter school governing boards to,
    7         beginning on a specified date, adopt and acquire
    8         specified materials and collections that reflect the
    9         new federal designation of the “Gulf of Mexico” as the
   10         “Gulf of America”; providing an honorary designation
   11         of a certain transportation facility in specified
   12         counties; directing the Department of Transportation
   13         to erect suitable markers; providing an effective
   14         date.
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   16  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   18         Section 1. (1) Each state agency shall update its
   19  geographic materials to reflect the new federal designation of
   20  the “Gulf of Mexico” as the “Gulf of America.”
   21         (2) Each district school board and charter school governing
   22  board, beginning July 1, 2025, shall adopt and acquire
   23  instructional materials, as defined in s. 1006.28(1)(a), Florida
   24  Statutes, and library media center collections that reflect the
   25  new federal designation of the “Gulf of Mexico” as the “Gulf of
   26  America.”
   27         Section 2. Gulf of America Trail designated; Department of
   28  Transportation to erect suitable markers.—
   29         (1) That portion of U.S. 41 between S.R. 60 and U.S. 1 in
   30  Miami-Dade, Collier, Lee, Charlotte, Sarasota, Manatee, and
   31  Hillsborough Counties is designated as “Gulf of America Trail.”
   32         (2) The Department of Transportation is directed to erect
   33  suitable markers designating the Gulf of America Trail as
   34  described in subsection (1).
   35         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.