The Florida Senate

372.7701  Assent to federal acts.--

(1)  The state hereby assents to the provisions of the Federal Aid in Fish Restoration Act of August 9, 1950, as amended. The Department of Environmental Protection and the Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission shall work cooperatively and perform such activities as are necessary to conduct wildlife and sportfish restoration projects, as defined in such Act of Congress and in compliance with the act and rules adopted thereunder by the United States Department of the Interior. Furthermore, the Department of Environmental Protection shall develop and implement programs to manage, protect, restore and conserve marine mammals and the marine fishery, and the Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission shall develop and implement similar programs for wild animal life and freshwater aquatic life.

(2)  Revenues from fees paid by hunters and sport fishers may not be diverted to purposes other than the administration of fish and wildlife programs by the Department of Environmental Protection and the Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission. Administration of the state fish and wildlife programs includes only those functions of fish and wildlife management as are the responsibility of and under the authority of the Department of Environmental Protection and the Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission.

(3)  This section shall be construed in harmony with s. 372.77.

History.--s. 8, ch. 90-243; s. 247, ch. 94-356; s. 1004, ch. 95-148.