Florida Senate - 2012         (PROPOSED COMMITTEE BILL) SPB 7004
       
       
       
       FOR CONSIDERATION By the Committee on Environmental Preservation
       and Conservation
       
       
       
       592-00463-12                                          20127004__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to fish and wildlife conservation;
    3         repealing s. 379.2342(2), F.S., relating to the
    4         publication of the Florida Wildlife Magazine and the
    5         Florida Wildlife Magazine Advisory Council; amending
    6         s. 379.366, F.S.; reducing the fee for soft-shell blue
    7         crab endorsements; providing effective dates.
    8  
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 379.2342, Florida
   12  Statutes, is repealed.
   13         Section 2. Effective upon the commencement of the 2012-2013
   14  blue crab license year, paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of
   15  section 379.366, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   16         379.366 Blue crab; regulation.—
   17         (3)(a) Endorsement fees.—
   18         1. The fee for a hard-shell blue crab endorsement for the
   19  taking of hard-shell blue crabs, as authorized by rule of the
   20  commission, is $125, $25 of which must be used solely for the
   21  trap retrieval program authorized under s. 379.2424 and in
   22  commission rules.
   23         2. The fee for a soft-shell blue crab endorsement for the
   24  taking of soft-shell blue crabs, as authorized by rule of the
   25  commission, is $125 $250, $25 of which must be used solely for
   26  the trap retrieval program authorized under s. 379.2424 and in
   27  commission rules.
   28         3. The fee for a nontransferable hard-shell blue crab
   29  endorsement for the taking of hard-shell blue crabs, as
   30  authorized by rule of the commission, is $125, $25 of which must
   31  be used solely for the trap retrieval program authorized under
   32  s. 379.2424 and in commission rules.
   33         4. The fee for an incidental take blue crab endorsement for
   34  the taking of blue crabs as bycatch in shrimp trawls and stone
   35  crab traps is $25, as authorized in commission rules.
   36         Section 3. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
   37  act, this act shall take effect July 1, 2012.