Florida Senate - 2011                                     SB 726
       
       
       
       By Senator Bullard
       
       
       
       
       39-00897-11                                            2011726__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to state symbols; creating s. 15.0465,
    3         F.S.; designating the schooner Western Union as the
    4         official state flagship; 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 15.0465, Florida Statutes, is created to
    9  read:
   10         15.0465 Official state flagship.—The schooner Western
   11  Union, a 130-foot historic sailing vessel of the tall ship
   12  class, built in Key West and first launched in 1939, is
   13  designated the official state flagship.
   14         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.