Bill Text: FL H0695 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Senator Jim King State Reserve
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Agriculture & Natural Resources Policy (GGPC) [H0695 Detail]
Download: Florida-2010-H0695-Introduced.html
HB 695 |
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2 | An act relating to the James E. "Jim" King, Jr., Senator |
3 | Jim King State Reserve; creating the "Jim King Outdoor |
4 | Life Act"; designating certain lands located in Marion and |
5 | Putnam Counties as the James E. "Jim" King, Jr., Senator |
6 | Jim King State Reserve; requiring that the Office of |
7 | Greenways and Trails within the Department of |
8 | Environmental Protection develop multipurpose recreational |
9 | opportunities and provide for the care, maintenance, and |
10 | beautification of the state reserve; prohibiting |
11 | substantial alterations to the state reserve; providing |
12 | for public hunting and other programs and facilities in |
13 | the state reserve as authorized by the Fish and Wildlife |
14 | Conservation Commission; authorizing the Division of State |
15 | Lands within the department to acquire adjacent or |
16 | contiguous property to the state reserve; providing an |
17 | effective date. |
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19 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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21 | Section 1. This act may be cited as the "Jim King Outdoor |
22 | Life Act." |
23 | Section 2. James E. "Jim" King, Jr., Senator Jim King |
24 | State Reserve; designation.- |
25 | (1) The lands located in Marion and Putnam Counties, |
26 | including all state-owned lands located within the floodplain of |
27 | the Oklawaha River, and any lands owned by the state from the |
28 | Eureka Dam in Marion County to the Buckman Lock in Putnam County |
29 | are designated and established as a state reserve, which shall |
30 | be known as the James E. "Jim" King, Jr., Senator Jim King State |
31 | Reserve. The Office of Greenways and Trails within the |
32 | Department of Environmental Protection shall oversee the state |
33 | reserve; develop multipurpose recreational opportunities; and |
34 | provide for the care, maintenance, and beautification of the |
35 | state reserve, including all the dams, locks, and other |
36 | structures now owned by or otherwise transferred to the state by |
37 | the Federal Government. The lands located within the state |
38 | reserve as they existed on January 1, 2010, may not be |
39 | substantially altered unless otherwise provided by law. However, |
40 | this section does not preclude the office from performing the |
41 | necessary maintenance and improvements required for the |
42 | continued operation of the dams, locks, or other structures and |
43 | facilities located within the state reserve. |
44 | (2) Public hunting is permitted in the James E. "Jim" |
45 | King, Jr., Senator Jim King State Reserve as authorized by the |
46 | Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and Youth |
47 | Conservation Center programs and facilities may be developed |
48 | within lands of the state reserve as authorized by the Fish and |
49 | Wildlife Conservation Commission. |
50 | (3) The Division of State Lands within the Department of |
51 | Environmental Protection may acquire, on behalf of the Board of |
52 | Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, any additional |
53 | property adjacent or contiguous to the James E. "Jim" King, Jr., |
54 | Senator Jim King State Reserve from private owners or from the |
55 | Federal Government for improving management and recreational |
56 | opportunities. |
57 | Section 3. This act shall take effect January 1, 2011. |
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