Florida Senate - 2012                                    SB 1708
       
       
       
       By Senator Montford
       
       
       
       
       6-01257A-12                                           20121708__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to pecans; prohibiting the removal of
    3         certain pecans from public rights-of-way or from trees
    4         grown on private property; providing a penalty;
    5         providing an effective date.
    6  
    7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
    8  
    9         Section 1. Pecans on public rights-of-way; ownership;
   10  prohibitions; penalty.—
   11         (1) Pecans that fall onto public rights-of-way from trees
   12  grown on private property which extend over public roads,
   13  streets, or highway rights-of-way are the property of the owner
   14  of the pecan trees.
   15         (2) It is a misdemeanor of the second degree to remove
   16  pecans from:
   17         (a) A public right-of-way without the permission of the
   18  owner of the pecan tree.
   19         (b) A pecan tree grown on private property, or cause pecans
   20  to fall from such tree, without the permission of the owner of
   21  the pecan tree.
   22         (3) A person who violates this section commits a
   23  misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s.
   24  775.082 or s. 775.083, Florida Statutes.
   25         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.