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Bill Number: SB2680/HB7129
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Legislative Session: 2006

5/5/06: Did not pass.

4/30/06: Representative Needelman has discussed with us doing an interim project to study the new Cabinet position, and therefore the bills should not be moving.

This Joint Resolution by the legislature would create a new cabinet position and would eliminate the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission and place them under the Dept of Interior. This would be an elected position.

SB2680

Status

Background

S2680    JOINT RESOLUTION by Posey  (SimilarH7129)
  Department of Interior/FWC; constitutional amendment to create Cabinet
  office of Director of Interior for supervision of matters pertaining to
  state's natural resources, create Interior Dept. to be responsible for
  conserving & protecting natural resources & scenic beauty of state, &
abolish FWC; provides effective date of January 6, 2009, for creation of
  Cabinet office of Director of Interior, etc. Amends ss. 4 & 9, Art. IV,
  s. 23, Art. XII; creates s. 26, Art. XII.

HB7129: JOINT RESOLUTION   by Environmental Regulation Committee and Needelman (CO-SPONSORS) Kendrick

Conservation and Protection of Natural Resources and Scenic Beauty, Including Fish and Wildlife: Proposes amendment of s. 11, Art. III, ss. 4 and 9, Art. IV, and s. 23, Art. XII and creation of s. 26, Art. XII of the State Constitution to create the Cabinet office of Commissioner of the Interior, create a Department of the Interior, and remove the constitutional mandate for a Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.