The Florida Senate

Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 286, the legal title and every right, interest, claim, or demand of any kind in and to any patent, trademark, copyright, certification mark, or other right acquired under the patent and trademark laws of the United States or this state or any foreign country, or the application for the same, now, heretofore, or as may be hereafter owned or held, acquired, or developed by the Department of Citrus, under the authority and directions given it by this chapter, is vested in the Department of Citrus for the use, benefit, and purposes provided in this chapter. The Department of Citrus is hereby vested with and is authorized to exercise any and all of the normal incidents of such ownership, including the receipt and disposition of royalties. Any sums received as royalties from any such rights are hereby appropriated to the Department of Citrus for any and all of the purposes and uses provided in this chapter.