SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 1506

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Latvala moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 13, line 26, through page 14, line 15, delete

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18         (3)(a)  Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), unless

19  authorized by rule of the Marine Fisheries Commission, it is a

20  major violation under this section, punishable as provided in

21  subsection (4), for any person,, firm, or corporation to

22  possess any gill or entangling net, or any seine net larger

23  than 500 square feet in mesh area, on any airboat or on any

24  other vessel less than 22 feet in length and on any vessel

25  less than 25 feet if primary power of the vessel is mounted

26  forward of the vessel center point. Gill or entangling nets

27  shall be as defined in s. 16, Art. X of the State

28  Constitution, s. 370.093(2)(b), or in a rule of the Marine

29  Fisheries Commission implementing s. 16, Art. X of the State

30  Constitution. Vessel length shall be determined in accordance

31  with current U.S. Coast Guard regulations specified in the

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 1506

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 1  Code of Federal Regulations or as titled by the State of

 2  Florida. The Marine Fisheries Commission is directed to

 3  initiate by July 1, 1998, rulemaking to adjust by rule the use

 4  of gear on vessels longer than 22 feet where the primary power

 5  of the vessel is mounted forward of the vessel center point in

 6  order to prevent the illegal use of gill and entangling nets

 7  in state waters and to provide reasonable opportunities for

 8  the use of legal net gear in adjacent federal waters.

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12  And the title is amended as follows:

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16         creating a major violation for the possession

17         of specified nets on  certain vessels;

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