Florida Senate - 2011                                    SB 1106
       
       
       
       By Senator Bennett
       
       
       
       
       21-01205-11                                           20111106__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to an exemption from hunter safety
    3         course requirements; amending ss. 379.353 and
    4         379.3581, F.S.; providing an exemption from hunter
    5         safety course requirements for a person issued a
    6         permit, license, or authorization to take game or fur
    7         bearing animals on private land; directing the Fish
    8         and Wildlife Conservation Commission to adopt rules;
    9         providing an effective date.
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   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Subsection (3) is added to section 379.353,
   14  Florida Statutes, to read:
   15         379.353 Recreational licenses and permits; exemptions from
   16  fees and requirements.—
   17         (3) A person who is issued a permit, license, or
   18  authorization to take game or fur-bearing animals on private
   19  land is exempt from s. 379.3581.
   20         Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
   21  379.3581, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   22         379.3581 Hunter safety course; requirements; penalty.—
   23         (2)(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) and s.
   24  379.353(3), a person born on or after June 1, 1975, may not be
   25  issued a license to take wild animal life with the use of a
   26  firearm, gun, bow, or crossbow in this state without having
   27  first successfully completed a hunter safety course as provided
   28  in this section, and without having in his or her personal
   29  possession a hunter safety certification card, as provided in
   30  this section.
   31         Section 3. The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is
   32  directed to adopt rules providing for the issuance of a permit,
   33  license, or authorization to take game or fur-bearing animals on
   34  private land. The rules shall require a person to affirm that
   35  the person understands the restriction of the permit, license,
   36  or authorization and that the person is of age and knowledgeable
   37  in hunting safety.
   38         Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.