SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for CS for CS for SB 806, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Laurent moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 16, between lines 19 and 20,

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17         Section 11.  Subsection (8) is added to section 370.13,

18  Florida Statutes, to read:

19         370.13  Stone crab; regulation.--

20         (8)  The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

21  shall issue a depredation endorsement on the saltwater

22  products license, which shall entitle the license holder to

23  possess and use up to 75 stone crab traps and up to 75 blue

24  crab traps, notwithstanding any other provisions of law, for

25  the incidental take of destructive or nuisance stone crabs or

26  blue crabs within one mile of aquaculture shellfish beds.  Any

27  marine aquaculture producer as defined by s. 370.26 F.S., who

28  raises shellfish may obtain a depredation endorsement by

29  providing an aquaculture registration certificate to the

30  Commission.  No stone crabs or blue crabs taken under this

31  provision may be sold or offered for sale.

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for CS for CS for SB 806, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.    





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 6  And the title is amended as follows:

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10         amending s. 370.13, F.S.; providing for a

11         depredation endorsement on a saltwater products

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