HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                               Bill No. CS/HB 3779

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Kelly offered the following:

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13         Amendment 

14         On page 14, lines 12-27,

15  remove from the bill:  all of said lines

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17  and insert in lieu thereof:

18         (3)  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 in length if primary power of the vessel is

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

27  nets 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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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                               Bill No. CS/HB 3779

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)





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

 2  Florida. The Marine Fisheries Commission may adjust by rule

 3  the use of gear on vessels of lengths different than those

 4  specified in this section in order to prevent the illegal use

 5  of gill and entangling nets in state waters and to provide

 6  reasonable opportunities for the use of legal net gear in

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    File original & 9 copies    04/21/98
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