Florida Senate - 2009                      CS for CS for SB 2150
       
       
       
       By the Committees on General Government Appropriations; and
       Environmental Preservation and Conservation; and Senator Bennett
       
       
       
       601-05042-09                                          20092150c2
    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  The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission shall retain 90
   17  cents from each contribution to cover administrative costs. The
   18  remainder shall be distributed quarterly by the Fish and
   19  Wildlife Conservation Commission to Southeastern Guide Dogs,
   20  Inc., located in Palmetto. Southeastern Guide Dogs, Inc., shall
   21  use the contributions to breed, raise, and train guide dogs for
   22  the blind, specifically for the “Paws for Patriots” program,
   23  including in-residence training for veterans who are provided
   24  guide dogs by Southeastern Guide Dogs, Inc.
   25         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.