Florida Senate - 2010                                    SB 1718 
        
       By Senator Bullard 
       39-01622-10                                           20101718__ 
    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: 
    7   
    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 hereby 
   13  designated the official Florida flagship. 
   14         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.