?In God We Trust? now Florida's motto

TALLAHASSEE, Florida (AP) — “In God We Trust.” That's now Florida's motto under a bill that Governor Jeb Bush has signed into law.

The motto bill resulted from a school project by two fourth grade students who discovered there was no state law certifying “In God We Trust,” though those words have appeared on the state seal since 1868. The students approached Representative Greg Evers who introduced the bill.

The measure was among 24 Governor Bush signed yesterday and two that he vetoed.

One of the vetoed bills would have required the state to install guardrails or other barriers along canals and other water bodies in Miami-Dade County. The other would have required most notaries public to keep journals on their transactions. Bush wrote he was worried that making the journals public record would compromise customers' personal information like addresses and telephone numbers.