The Florida Senate

370.034  Certificate required; return; application; filing fee.--

(1)  Every person owning or controlling any dredge or fill equipment in this state, or leasing or renting such equipment to any other person to operate in this state, shall make a return under oath to the department on October 1 of each year in such form as provided by the department of the number and kind of pieces of such dredge or fill equipment owned, used or operated, leased or rented to be used in this state in dredge or fill activities, and shall, on the same day, obtain a certificate of registration from the department authorizing use of such equipment.

(2)  No certificate shall be issued except upon written application. The department, before issuing a certificate, shall require the person applying for the certificate to file, under oath, a statement giving full and complete information relative to the number and kind of pieces of dredge or fill equipment owned, used or operated, leased or rented to be used in this state in dredge or fill activities. The applications and statements required by this section shall be retained as a part of the records of the department.

(3)  There shall be a $10 filing fee collected by the department for issuance of the certificate.

History.--ss. 3, 4, ch. 70-442; s. 206, ch. 94-356.