Florida Senate - 2013                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 448
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/07/2013           .                                
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       The Committee on Environmental Preservation and Conservation
       (Dean) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 247 - 277
    4  and insert:
    5  saltwater products license and is a one-time exemption. In order
    6  to renew the restricted species endorsement on an individual
    7  saltwater products license, the veteran must document that at
    8  least $2,500 of his or her income is attributable to the sale of
    9  saltwater products.
   10         i. Beginning July 1, 2014, a resident military veteran who
   11  applies to the commission within 48 months after receiving an
   12  honorable discharge from any branch of the United States Armed
   13  Forces, the United States Coast Guard, the military reserves,
   14  the Florida National Guard, or the United States Coast Guard
   15  Reserve is not required to provide documentation for the income
   16  requirement with his or her initial application for a restricted
   17  species endorsement. Documentation for the income requirement is
   18  required beginning with the renewal of the restricted species
   19  endorsement after such veteran has possessed a valid restricted
   20  species endorsement for a complete license year. This exemption
   21  applies only to issuance of the endorsement on an individual
   22  saltwater products license and may only be applied one time per
   23  military enlistment.
   24         j. Until June 30, 2014, a resident military veteran who
   25  applies to the commission and who received an honorable
   26  discharge from any branch of the United States Armed Forces, the
   27  United States Coast Guard, the military reserves, the Florida
   28  National Guard, or the United States Coast Guard Reserve between
   29  September 11, 2001, and June 30, 2014, is not required to
   30  provide documentation for the income requirement with his or her
   31  initial application for a restricted species endorsement.
   32  Documentation for the income requirement is required beginning
   33  with the renewal of the restricted species endorsement after
   34  such veteran has possessed a valid restricted species
   35  endorsement for a complete license year. This exemption applies
   36  only to issuance of the endorsement on an individual saltwater
   37  products license.