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99 unusual facts about Florida


1986 Lipton International Players Championships

Both the men's and the women's events took place in Boca West, Florida from February 10 through February 24, 1986.

20 mph zone

Florida has school zones which usually have 10 mph to 20 mph limits.

2010 NLL season

On August 10, 2009 it was announced that after three seasons in New York, the Titans franchise will be relocating to Orlando, Florida, where they will become the Orlando Titans.

2011 CME Group Titleholders

It was played November 17–20, 2011 at the Grand Cypress Golf Club in Orlando, Florida.

A Light in the Attic

This led the book to be banned by the Fruitland Park Elementary School in Lake County, Florida.

Al Burt

He lived for many years in the picturesque historic town of Melrose, Florida, until declining health dictated a move to the larger city of Jacksonville not long before his death.

Arthur Ford

Arthur Ford was born in Titusville, Florida and grew up in Fort Pierce, Florida.

Barbara Bostock

Barbara Bostock (born December 19, 1935 in Palm Beach, Florida) is a retired American actress.

Bear Swamp Hydroelectric Power Station

Bear Swamp Generating Station is a pumped-storage hydroelectric underground power station that straddles the Deerfield River in Rowe and Florida, Massachusetts.

Black Helen Handicap

The Black Helen Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Hialeah Park Race Track in Hialeah, Florida from 1941 through 2001.

Blue Rock Partners

Holdings include 6,400 units in the Tampa Bay area and Orlando, including approximately 2,300 units in Brandon, Florida.

Caladium

Every July(the last week-end), a festival is held in Lake Placid, Florida, home to a majority of the world's caladium fields.

Call Field

In the winter of 1912-1913, he and Lieutenant E. L. Ellington were sent to Palm Beach, Florida, in charge of the Signal Corps Aviation Station.

Carl Zimmermann

Carl Zimmermann (born February 24, 1951) is a Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives, representing the 65th District, which includes northern Pinellas County, since 2012.

Clark G. Reynolds

Reynolds received the Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature from the Naval Order of the United States, and the Admiral Arthur W. Radford Award for Excellence in Naval Aviation History and Literature from the Naval Aviation Museum Foundation in Pensacola, Florida.

Climate of the United States

Florida also reports many tornadoes but these are rarely very strong.

Coton Colors

Coton Colors is a pottery and giftware design and manufacturing company based in Tallahasee, Florida.

David Max Eichhorn

In 1970, Eichhorn left the Board and founded Temple Israel in Merritt Island, Florida.

Delta Sigma Chi

The founding fathers include Harold Hughes of Medicine Hat, Canada; J.D. Hills of Detroit, Michigan; John Reardon of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Harry Cummings of Fort Lauderdale, Florida and S.E. Julander of Des Moines Iowa.

Dick Briefer

At the time of his death, Briefer was living in the Hollywood / Pembroke Pines area of Broward County, Florida.

Dr. G: Medical Examiner

Dr. G, or Dr. Jan Garavaglia, is the Chief Medical Examiner with Florida's District Nine Medical Examiner's office in Orlando, Florida.

Dr. R. Moton High School

R. Moton High School was a segregated high school for black students in Brooksville, Florida, United States.

Edward Walton Wilcox

Originally from West Palm Beach, Florida, Wilcox earned a BFA in Painting with high honors from the University of Florida, where he also received the Presidential Award for Excellence in the Arts.

Elizabeth Gregg Patterson

In 1983, Patterson suffered a debilitating stroke and soon after, her son, J. David Patterson, relocated Elizabeth to Key West, Florida, where he and his wife owned a sportfishing charter business.

Endure

However, Zeth checks Simon's property tax reports which link to Sumter County, Florida, where he had killed a deer, making the force suspect victims may have been taken somewhere there.

Enhanced Avionics System

On October 2008, Dassault announced the launch of EASy phase II program at the annual NBAA meeting in Orlando.

Experimental Skeleton

These flowering locations, such as Ybor City, simultaneously became attractive to developers.

F. aurea

Ficus aurea, the Florida strangler fig, golden fig or higuerón, a tree species native to Florida, the northern and western Caribbean, southern Mexico and Central America south to Panama

Florida Keys Council of the Arts

Projects currently underway include the Freeman Justice Center in Key West; Fire Stations in Key Largo, Big Pine and Conch Key; the Key West International Airport and the Murray Nelson Government Building in Key Largo.

Florida State Road 407

Within the SR 528/SR 407/I-95 triangle is a swampland containing the southern unit of St. Johns National Wildlife Refuge, a popular resting area for migrating birds (the northern unit is two miles (3 km) to the north, adjacent to I-95 and SR 50), and just to the west of the triangle is Tosohatchee Wildlife Management Area, which extends from SR 50 southward to just south of SR 520 in nearby Orange County.

Florida State Road 814

Afterward, SR 816 borders the former CDP of Ramblewood East.

Florida, Missouri

When informed of this growing threat by Union sympathizers and Federal spies, Union commander Nathaniel Lyon in St. Louis ordered action be taken.

Fuller Warren

During his term, Warren set the foundations for the state's turnpike system, began the Florida reforestation program, instituted quality control programs on Florida's citrus crops, and signed a law that forbade cattle from wandering freely (as they damaged crops).

Garfield Devoe Rogers Sr.

was an entrepreneur, community leader and philanthropist in Tampa and Brandon, Florida, Florida.

GP16

The first GP16 emerged from SCL's Uceta (Tampa) shop in June 1979 while the last was placed into service during November 1982.

Granville Roland Fortescue

Afterwards, she returned to a quiet life with her husband as they moved seasonally between family homes on Long Island and in Palm Beach.

History of Hispanic and Latino Americans

French Huguenots founded Fort Caroline in modern-day Jacksonville in 1564, but this fort was conquered by forces from the new Spanish colony of St. Augustine the following year.

Holly Merrill Raschein

Holly Merrill Raschein (born December 16, 1980) is a Republican member of the Florida House of Representatives, representing the 120th District, which includes Monroe County and southern Miami-Dade County, since 2012.

Jacob Summerlin

He used his wealth to purchase large tracts of land sprawling from Fort Meade to Fort Myers.

Jake Raburn

In 2012, following the reconfiguration of the Florida House of Representatives districts, Raburn ran in the newly created 57th District, which was based in the rural, eastern parts of Hillsborough County.

James Horgan

James J. Horgan, PhD was a history professor at St. Leo College in San Antonio, Florida for 35 years, a historical society president, a Florida Historical Society board member, a prolific author and an NAACP chapter founder.

Jeep Wrangler

As of May 17, 2013, Chrysler Group's Toledo (Ohio) Assembly Complex produced its one-millionth JK model, a 2013 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 10th Anniversary Edition, to be delivered to a customer in Sarasota, Florida.

John O. Simonds

Pelican Bay, located in Naples, Florida, became one of Simonds' great large-scale projects.

John Tiedtke

He is noted for championing and supporting various fine arts programs in Central Florida including the Bach Festival Society of Winter Park and the Enzian Theater.

Jordi Vilasuso

Vilasuso and Riley were married on August 25, 2012 in Islamorada, Florida.

Joseph A. Boyd, Jr.

He served as chairman of the commission and vice mayor of Dade County.

Joseph L. Carwise Middle School

Joseph L. Carwise Middle School is a grade 6–8 middle school in Palm Harbor, Florida.

Joseph Urban

Most of Urban's architectural work in the United States has been demolished, with the exceptions of Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida and The New School and the base of The Hearst Tower in New York City.

Kathleen Passidomo

In 2010, incumbent Republican State Representative Tom Grady declined to seek another term in the House, Passidomo ran to succeed him in District 76, which included Collier County.

Ken Dorsey

For a brief time, Dorsey was the quarterbacks coach for the Lakewood Ranch Mustang's high school football team in Lakewood Ranch, Florida.

Larry Nixon

Lawrence "Larry" Nixon (born September 3, 1950 - Bee Branch, Arkansas) is a professional fisherman whose career started at the 1977 Florida Invitational in Welaka, Florida.

Leiocephalus carinatus armouri

It was originally found only on Grand Bahama Island and the Abacos, but was released intentionally in Palm Beach, Florida in the 1940s.

Lippincott Mansion

The Lippincott Mansion (also known as the Melrose Hall) is a historic site in Ormond Beach, Florida, United States.

Lucien Lagrange Architects

The firm has been selected as architects of the St. Regis Resort & Residences, Bal Harbour in Bal Harbour, Florida for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide.

Luis Gil

Gil, who has partial Mexican ancestry through his father, attended the IMG Soccer Academy in Bradenton, Florida in 2008 as a youth player.

Maikon Bonani

When 11 years old, he moved from Brazil to the U.S. and lived in Lake Wales, in Polk County, Florida.

Marine current power

A 2006 report from United States Department of the Interior estimates that capturing just 1/1,000th of the available energy from the Gulf Stream, which has 21,000 times more energy than Niagara Falls in a flow of water that is 50 times the total flow of all the world’s freshwater rivers, would supply Florida with 35% of its electrical needs.

Marvis Martin

Martin was born in Tallahassee, Florida but grew up in Miami, and was singing professionally by the age of five.

Meche Marchand

She lived in Orlando, Florida where she worked as a Court Interpreter, Hebrew teacher and recording talent for several studios.

Meteorological history of Hurricane Jeanne

Upon moving inland in east-central Florida, the hurricane produced a storm tide of up to 10 feet (3 m) in St. Lucie County.

Mike Lockwood Memorial Show

It was the first of two memorial shows held in memory of Mike Lockwood, who committed suicide at his home in Navarre, Florida on two weeks earlier, with a second show, the Mike Lockwood Memorial Tournament, run by New Breed Wrestling Association in South Bend, Indiana two years later.

Mod Mobilian

In 2012, it was the official interview crew for Deluna Fest in Pensacola, Florida.

MV John Hamilton Gray

The vessel was overhauled at a shipyard in Les Méchins, Quebec, and departed for West Palm Beach, Florida, in November, no longer a ferry but a casino cruise ship.

National Pedal Sport Association

At one time the NPSA complained to the Orlando, Florida Parks Department about the National Bicycle League (NBL) making the jumps, in its view, too large at a track they shared with the NBL.

Nebahat Çehre

She also represented Turkey in the Miss Universe 1965 beauty pageant which took place on 24 July 1965 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.

Nova Southeastern Sharks men's basketball

The NSU Sharks Men's Basketball team represents Nova Southeastern University in Davie, Florida.

Ocky Clark

Octavius ("Ocky") Rene Clark was born November 14, 1960 in Sanford, Florida.

Old Hernando Elementary School

The Old Hernando Elementary School (also known as the Lakeview School) is a historic site in Hernando, Florida, United States.

Orlando International Airport

The community of The Villages in Sumter, Lake, and Marion has shuttles operating between the community and Orlando International Airport.

Paul Lapinski

Lapinski is married, father of 1 (stepfather of 7), and resides in Fleming Island, FL.

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He hails from Orange Park, Florida and began a professional career in audio as the Chief Engineer at HOLE OF THE PIGEON STUDIOS in 1996.

Peter P. McCann

Peter P. McCann, of University Park, Florida, is a philatelist who has supported the hobby of philately on a national scale.

Phi Delta Slam

Phi Delta Slam appeared with the South Florida based Coastal Championship Wrestling promotion throughout 2004.

Psilocybe tampanensis

For almost two decades after its discovery, Psilocybe tampanensis was known only from the type locality, southeast of Brandon, Florida.

Randy Wayne White

A resident of Southwest Florida since 1972, he currently lives on Pine Island, Florida, where he is active in South Florida civic affairs and with the restaurant Doc Ford's Sanibel Rum Bar & Grill on nearby Sanibel Island.

Richard A Neubauer

Neubauer obtained a hyperbaric oxygen chamber in the early 1970s, and established and directed the Ocean Hyperbaric Neurologic Center in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Florida.

Ricky Samaratana

Samaratana started his professional boxing career in Miami Beach, Florida.

Robert R. Merhige, Jr.

One of Merhige's orders in that case was overturned on appeal on June 6, 1972, but not before influencing that year's presidential primary in Miami Beach, Florida.

Scientology holidays

Celebrates the opening of the Flag Land Base in Clearwater, Florida in 1975.

SENSOR-Pesticides

In February 2005, three infants were born with birth defects to migrant farmworkers within eight weeks of each other in Collier County, Florida.

South Beaches

The cities and towns include: South Patrick Shores, Satellite Beach, Indian Harbour Beach, Indialantic and Melbourne Beach, and the city of Melbourne.

Stan Drake

He was a prolific painter and created portraits of more than 40 cartoonists, work displayed at the Comic Artist's Museum in Sarasota, Florida.

Statutory college

Starting in 2004, the Miller School began offering instruction on the campus of Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida.

Suzuki Boulevard C50

Prior to 2005, this bike model was named the Volusia (for Volusia County, Florida) where it was unveiled at the 2001 Daytona Bike Week.

Tampa City Council

The Tampa City Council is the legislative body of the municipal government of the U.S. city of Tampa, in Hillsborough County, Florida.

Tarragona Tower

The Tarragona Tower (also known as the Tarragona Arch) is a structure composed of a tower and arch built of coquina stone in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States.

The Edwardians

Through her own novel Orlando, the protagonist of which is wholly based on Vita, she inspired her to write a novel about Knole House and her childhood experiences there herself.

The Rise of David Levinsky

The musical was performed again by the New Vista Theatre Company in Boynton Beach, Florida, in March 2007.

Tour de Turtles

After departing from some of the most important nesting sites in the Western Hemisphere, typically Vero Beach, Florida and Melbourne Beach, Florida, sea turtles will be monitored using Platform Terminal Transmitter (PTT) that send signals via satellite to record their locations and the distances traveled.

Troy Gentile

Gentile was born in Boca Raton, Florida, the son of Debbie Gentile, who once worked at the advertising department of the Boca Raton News, He moved to Los Angeles with his family when he was four.

Twenty-Four Hours A Day

In 1952, while looking for educational materials for alcoholics, Hazelden President Pat Butler came across a small volume titled Twenty-Four Hours A Day. The author, Richmond Walker of Daytona Beach, Florida, was publishing, selling, and distributing the volume himself.

Tyrone McKenzie

McKenzie attended Riverview High School where he was a first-team All-Hillsborough County selection by the Tampa Tribune and second-team all-county pick by the St. Petersburg Times as a running back.

U.S. Route 1 in New York

U.S. Route 1 (US 1) is a part of the U.S. Highway System that runs from Key West, Florida, to the Canada–United States border at Fort Kent, Maine.

Valeri Bure

Following his retirement, Bure's wife, Candace, announced on her website that the couple would be opening a restaurant, "The Milk and Honey Café", in Pembroke Pines, Florida in April 2007; the restaurant later closed.

WALQ

In October 1999, Hughey Communications, Inc., made a deal to sell the station to Progressive United Communications, Inc., of Heathrow, Florida.

Westchase

Westchase, Florida, a census-designated place in Hillsborough County, near Tampa

WGCT

WTBT-LD, a low-power television station (channel 45) licensed to serve Tampa, Florida, which held the call sign WGCT-LP or WGCT-LD from 2007 to 2012

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WGCT-LD, a television station (channel 32) licensed to serve Crystal River, Florida, United States

WGPS

WGPS-LP, a low-power television station (channel 22) licensed to serve Fort Myers, Florida, United States


2009 Sony Ericsson Open

The 2009 Sony Ericsson Open was the 25th edition of the Miami Masters tournament and was held at Tennis Center at Crandon Park, Key Biscayne near Miami, Florida.

Austin M. Knight

Born in Ware, Massachusetts to future American Civil War veteran Charles Sanford Knight and Cordelia Cutter Knight, Austin Melvin Knight was appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy from Florida on June 30, 1869, graduating in 1873.

Barend du Plessis

He also ran as the NP candidate in Florida in the same year and snatched the seat from the United Party.

Beirut Memorial

Other memorials to the victims of the Beirut barracks bombing have been erected in the United States, including those at Penn's Landing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Florida.

Broward

Napoleon B. Broward (1857–1910), the Florida governor after which the county is named

Carlos Mario Jiménez

On June 14, 2010, the Center for Justice & Accountability along with the law firm of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati instituted a civil action in the Southern District of Florida against Macaco alleging torture, extrajudicial killing, war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Citrus Hill

The launch of Citrus Hill occurred when P&G acquired Florida-based Ben Hill Griffin Inc. and created a brand to sell its juice products under, with national distribution.

Claire Roche

Roche has performed as an opening artist for The Chieftains and The Fureys and has performed at venues including The Florida Folk Festival in White Springs, Florida, and at Stephen Foster Memorial Park, on the banks of the Suwannee River in the Southern United States and at Old Government House, Parramatta in Australia.

Coccoloba diversifolia

Coccoloba diversifolia, commonly known as pigeonplum, doveplum, pigeon Seagrape or tietongue, is a species of the genus Coccoloba native to coastal areas of the Caribbean, Central America (Belize, Guatemala), southern Mexico, southern Florida (coastal regions from Cape Canaveral to the Florida Keys) and The Bahamas.

Deerfield Beach High School

Allen West, Republican U.S. Representative for Florida's 22nd congressional district since 2011 and lieutenant colonel in the United States Army, taught U.S. history at Deerfield Beach High in the 2004–2005 school year.

DeLeon

De Leon Springs, Florida, a census-designated place in the US state of Florida

Dinero

Don Dinero, an American-born Cuban Rap mobster music artist living in Miami, Florida.

Fivay High School

Fivay High School was designed by Florida-based architecture firm Harvard Jolly.

Florida State Capitol

On the northeast corner of the Capitol Complex is the Florida Sri Chinmoy Peace State Marker.

Ford Amphitheatre

MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, in Tampa, Florida, an outdoor concert venue whose original name was Ford Amphitheatre

Gainesville Airport

Gainesville Regional Airport in Gainesville, Florida, United States (IATA/FAA: GNV)

Garcinia prainiana

The fruit is cultivated in Southeast Asia, by a few backyard growers in South Florida, and at the Whitman Rare Fruit Pavilion of Florida's Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden.

Gerry Droller

During 1960 and 1961, Droller organized the setting up of training camps for Cuban exiles at Useppa Island, Florida, and at Retalhuleu, Guatemala by arrangement with Guatemalan president Miguel Ydigoras.

Hector MacQueen

Stetson University College of Law, Florida, appointed him Distinguished International Professor 2007-2009, and he taught European Copyright Law there.

Heritage College

Heritage College & Heritage Institute in Denver, Colorado, Kansas City, Missouri, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Fort Myers, Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, Falls Church, Virginia, Manassas, Virginia, and Wichita, Kansas

J. W. Robinson's

In the 1970s ADG used the Robinson's name to open a new chain of department stores on Florida's Gulf Coast, based in St. Petersburg, Florida, starting with a store at Tyrone Square Mall in 1972.

James Alderman

On the afternoon of August 7, 1927, Alderman and his associate Robert Weech were intercepted by a Coast Guard cutter in the waters between Florida and Bimini.

John Anderson Lodge

The John Anderson Lodge is an historic site in Ormond Beach, Florida, United States, built for Ormond Beach promoter John Anderson (1853–1911).

Jones/Ginzel

Current and recent major works include the Visual Arts Complex at the University of Colorado at Boulder, the Hoboken Ferry Terminal in New Jersey, the Tiber River in Rome, and public buildings in Florida and Utah.

Least Bittern

A dark rufous morph, "neoxenus", termed "Cory's Bittern" or "Cory's Least Bittern" was originally described by Cory as a separate species in 1885, from a specimen collected on or near the Caloosahatchee River, near Lake Okeechobee, in southwest Florida; Cory stated that the specimen was "without doubt perfectly distinct from any other known species".

M. Athalie Range

Athalie Range (Born Mary Athalie Wilkinson on November 7, 1915 in Key West, Florida- November 14, 2006 in Miami, Florida) was a civil rights activist and politician who was the first African-American to serve on the Miami, Florida City Commission, and the first African-American since Reconstruction and the first woman to head a Florida state agency, the Department of Community Affairs.

Manatee County courthouses

Old Manatee County Courthouse, 1104 Manatee Avenue, East, Bradenton, Florida, the first courthouse

Marlins Television Network

From 1993 to 2005, the Marlins Television Network aired games to homes not only in South Florida but to other parts of Florida.

MV Mercedes I

She was caught in a storm while at anchor off Palm Beach, Florida on 23 November 1984, and was driven ashore where she crashed into the seawall front of the home of Palm Beach socialite, Mollie Wilmot, who served the 12 Venezzuelan sailors caviar, finger sandwiches and freshly brewed coffee in her gazebo, offered martinis to journalists and photographers, and granted the stranded Venezuelans access to her swimming pool.

Ocoee High School

The Marching Band has performed in the Cotton Bowl Music Festival, the Florida Citrus Parade, the Ikea Thanksgiving Parade, multiple Under Armour Football All-American Games that were broadcast on Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN), multiple Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parades at Universal Studios Florida, and the New York City Veteran's Day Parade.

Oleta

Oleta River State Park, largest urban park in the Florida State Park system

Phil Spitalny

Phil Spitalny (November 7, 1890, Tetiev, Ukraine (territory of Russian Empire) – October 11, 1970, Miami Beach, Florida) was a musician, music critic, composer and bandleader heard often on radio during the 1930s and 1940s.

Rick Doblin

In the early 1980s, Doblin owned and operated a company called Abraxas Construction, located in the Sarasota, Florida area, which specialized in relocating houses.

Roy Powell

His composition "Bow Out" was adapted with a piece by David Bedford by the American choreographer Val Caniparoli to create the ballet piece "Bow Out", performed by ballet companies in Oakland, Richmond, Cincinnati and Florida.

Salsa d'Haïti

Additionally, jet-powered aircraft were to be added in 2011 to serve international destinations in Kingston, Jamaica and Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

Steve Oelrich

In 2012, Florida Senate districts were reconfigured, and rather than run for a third term in the newly created 7th District, Oelrich instead announced in January 2012 that he would run against incumbent Republican United States Congressman Cliff Stearns in the redrawn 3rd district.

Thalassia testudinum

Turtle grass is found growing in meadows in calm shallow waters throughout the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico and as far north as Cape Canaveral in Florida.

Thomas Baron

After the Apollo 1 fire Baron wrote a 500-page report on NASA safety protocol violations, which he gave to Rep. Olin E. Teague's investigation at Cape Kennedy, Florida on April 21, 1967.

Thomas Shea

In 2004, he was the Florida campaign director for the Democratic national ticket of John Kerry and John Edwards.

Trevor Colbourn

In 1978, Governor Reubin Askew approved the change of name from Florida Technological University to the University of Central Florida.

Twisted Issues

Twisted Issues is a 1988 splatter film billed as a 'psycho-punk splatter-comedy,' It featured Gainesville, Florida punk bands such as Psychic Violents, Young Pioneers, Mutley Chix, Doldrums, Just Demi-gods, Cindy Brady's Lisp, Officer Friendly, and the Smegmas, as well as local speed metal band Hellwitch avante gard incidental music by The Bill Perry Orchestra.

United States House of Representatives elections in Florida, 1880

The Democrats had gained complete control of Florida's congressional delegation in 1878, although the results of the election in the 2nd district were successfully challenged, so that a single Republican represented Florida in the House for the last two months of the 46th Congress.

WCIE

WCIE (FM), a radio station (91.5 FM) licensed to New Port Richey, Florida, United States

Werf

WERF-LP, a low-power radio station (95.7 FM) licensed to Gainesville, Florida, United States

West Indian manatee

While this is a regularly occurring species along coastal southern Florida, during summer, this large mammal has even been found as far north as Dennis, Massachusetts and as far west as Texas.

William V. Chappell, Jr.

The Port Orange Causeway, spanning the Halifax River, in Port Orange, Florida, was named the Congressman William V. Chappell Jr. Memorial Bridge by the Florida Legislature in 1989.