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House Bill 0519

Florida House of Representatives - 1997 HB 519 By Representative Posey 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to Indian River County; 3 amending chapter 79-480, Laws of Florida; 4 providing for certain restrictions on the 5 harvesting of shellfish; providing an effective 6 date. 7 8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9 10 Section 1. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) of 11 section 1 of chapter 79-480, Laws of Florida, are amended to 12 read: 13 Section 1. Indian River County; restricted areas for 14 harvesting shellfish oysters; penalty.-- 15 (1)(a) It is unlawful for any person to harvest 16 shellfish oysters in Indian River County, whether such 17 harvesting be for private use, commercial sale, or for 18 out-of-season relaying, from any submerged public or private 19 land which is within 75 feet of the shoreline of the Indian 20 River or of from any canal bank, or which is within 75 feet of 21 any privately owned submerged land, or any dock, in Indian 22 River County without first obtaining written permission from 23 the owner of the adjacent public or private property or dock 24 which is within 75 feet of the shoreline of the river or which 25 directly borders any such canal. 26 (b) With respect to the harvesting of shellfish 27 oysters from any canal in Indian River County the owner of the 28 property abutting the canal shall be deemed to have 29 jurisdiction to the midpoint of the canal for the purposes of 30 granting permission for any such harvesting. 31 1 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. Florida House of Representatives - 1997 HB 519 532-183-97 1 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a 2 law. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2