Florida 2024 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H0753 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 12/06/2023

                               
 
HB 753  	2024 
 
 
 
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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P	R E S E N T A T I V E	S 
 
 
 
A bill to be entitled 1 
An act relating to the American flamingo; creating 2 
15.0352; designating the American flamingo as the 3 
official state bird; providing that such designation 4 
supersedes the designation of the mockingbird; 5 
providing an effective date. 6 
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 8 
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 Section 1.  Section 15.0352, Florida Statutes, is created 10 
to read: 11 
 15.0352  Official state bird. —The American flamingo 12 
(Phoenicopterus ruber) is designated as the official Florida 13 
state bird. 14 
 Section 2.  The designation of the American flamingo as the 15 
official Florida state bird by s. 15.0352, Florida Statutes, 16 
supersedes the designation of the mockingbird as the Florida 17 
state bird by Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 3, adopted during 18 
the 1927 Regular Session. 19 
 Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. 20