THE BILL ITSELF

CS/HB 249

Designation of Official State Flagship

underlined language is being added; struck language is being deleted. Line numbers are the Legislature's own — the same ones amendments cite.

2 An act relating to the designation of the official

3 state flagship; amending s. 15.0465, F.S.;

4 redesignating the official state flagship as the S.S.

5 American Victory; providing an effective date.

7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

9 Section 1. Section 15.0465, Florida Statutes, is amended

10 to read:

11 15.0465 Official state flagship.—The S.S. American

12 Victory, a 455-foot historic steamship, built in 1944 ~~schooner~~

13 ~~Western Union, a 130-foot historic sailing vessel of the tall~~

14 ~~ship class, built in Key West and first launched in 1939,~~ is

15 designated the official state flagship.

16 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.