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    By the Committees on Finance and Taxation; Agriculture and
    Consumer Services; and Senator Bronson




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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Fish and Wildlife

  3         Conservation Commission; amending s. 370.06,

  4         F.S.; recognizing the Railroad Retirement Board

  5         for making certain disability determinations;

  6         amending s. 370.13, F.S.; renaming depredation

  7         endorsements as depredation permits; providing

  8         permit requirements; amending s. 370.19, F.S.;

  9         providing for legislative appointments to the

10         Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission;

11         amending s. 370.20, F.S.; providing for

12         legislative appointments to the Gulf States

13         Marine Fisheries Commission; amending s.

14         370.25, F.S.; conforming the responsibilities

15         for issuing artificial-reef permits with

16         transfer of duties to the Department of

17         Environmental Protection; amending s. 374.977,

18         F.S.; conforming the responsibilities for

19         posting and maintaining regulatory waterway

20         markers with the transfer of duties to the Fish

21         and Wildlife Conservation Commission;

22         encouraging the release and feeding of certain

23         quail; providing an effective date.

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25  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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27         Section 1.  Paragraph (a) of Subsection (2) of section

28  370.06, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

29         370.06  Licenses.--

30         (2)  SALTWATER PRODUCTS LICENSE.--

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  1         (a)  Every person, firm, or corporation that sells,

  2  offers for sale, barters, or exchanges for merchandise any

  3  saltwater products, or which harvests saltwater products with

  4  certain gear or equipment as specified by law, must have a

  5  valid saltwater products license, except that the holder of an

  6  aquaculture certificate under s. 597.004 is not required to

  7  purchase and possess a saltwater products license in order to

  8  possess, transport, or sell marine aquaculture products.  Each

  9  saltwater products license allows the holder to engage in any

10  of the activities for which the license is required. The

11  license must be in the possession of the licenseholder or

12  aboard the vessel and shall be subject to inspection at any

13  time that harvesting activities for which a license is

14  required are being conducted. A restricted species endorsement

15  on the saltwater products license is required to sell to a

16  licensed wholesale dealer those species which the state, by

17  law or rule, has designated as "restricted species." This

18  endorsement may be issued only to a person who is at least 16

19  years of age, or to a firm certifying that over 25 percent of

20  its income or $5,000 of its income, whichever is less, is

21  attributable to the sale of saltwater products pursuant to a

22  license issued under this paragraph or a similar license from

23  another state. This endorsement may also be issued to a

24  for-profit corporation if it certifies that at least $5,000 of

25  its income is attributable to the sale of saltwater products

26  pursuant to a license issued under this paragraph or a similar

27  license from another state. However, if at least 50 percent of

28  the annual income of a person, firm, or for-profit corporation

29  is derived from charter fishing, the person, firm, or

30  for-profit corporation must certify that at least $2,500 of

31  the income of the person, firm, or corporation is attributable

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  1  to the sale of saltwater products pursuant to a license issued

  2  under this paragraph or a similar license from another state,

  3  in order to be issued the endorsement. Such income attribution

  4  must apply to at least 1 year out of the last 3 years. For the

  5  purpose of this section "income" means that income which is

  6  attributable to work, employment, entrepreneurship, pensions,

  7  retirement benefits, and social security benefits. To renew an

  8  existing restricted species endorsement, a marine aquaculture

  9  producer possessing a valid saltwater products license with a

10  restricted species endorsement may apply income from the sale

11  of marine aquaculture products to licensed wholesale dealers.

12         1.  The commission is authorized to require

13  verification of such income. Acceptable proof of income earned

14  from the sale of saltwater products shall be:

15         a.  Copies of trip ticket records generated pursuant to

16  this subsection (marine fisheries information system),

17  documenting qualifying sale of saltwater products;

18         b.  Copies of sales records from locales other than

19  Florida documenting qualifying sale of saltwater products;

20         c.  A copy of the applicable federal income tax return,

21  including Form 1099 attachments, verifying income earned from

22  the sale of saltwater products;

23         d.  Crew share statements verifying income earned from

24  the sale of saltwater products; or

25         e.  A certified public accountant's notarized statement

26  attesting to qualifying source and amount of income.

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28  Any provision of this section or any other section of the

29  Florida Statutes to the contrary notwithstanding, any person

30  who owns a retail seafood market or restaurant at a fixed

31  location for at least 3 years who has had an occupational

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  1  license for 3 years prior to January 1, 1990, who harvests

  2  saltwater products to supply his or her retail store and has

  3  had a saltwater products license for 1 of the past 3 years

  4  prior to January 1, 1990, may provide proof of his or her

  5  verification of income and sales value at the person's retail

  6  seafood market or restaurant and in his or her saltwater

  7  products enterprise by affidavit and shall thereupon be issued

  8  a restricted species endorsement.

  9         2.  Exceptions from income requirements shall be as

10  follows:

11         a.  A permanent restricted species endorsement shall be

12  available to those persons age 62 and older who have qualified

13  for such endorsement for at least 3 out of the last 5 years.

14         b.  Active military duty time shall be excluded from

15  consideration of time necessary to qualify and shall not be

16  counted against the applicant for purposes of qualifying.

17         c.  Upon the sale of a used commercial fishing vessel

18  owned by a person, firm, or corporation possessing or eligible

19  for a restricted species endorsement, the purchaser of such

20  vessel shall be exempted from the qualifying income

21  requirement for the purpose of obtaining a restricted species

22  endorsement for a period of 1 year after purchase of the

23  vessel.

24         d.  Upon the death or permanent disablement of a person

25  possessing a restricted species endorsement, an immediate

26  family member wishing to carry on the fishing operation shall

27  be exempted from the qualifying income requirement for the

28  purpose of obtaining a restricted species endorsement for a

29  period of 1 year after the death or disablement.

30         e.  A restricted species endorsement may be issued on

31  an individual saltwater products license to a person age 62 or

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  1  older who documents that at least $2,500 is attributable to

  2  the sale of saltwater products pursuant to the provisions of

  3  this paragraph.

  4         f.  A permanent restricted species endorsement may also

  5  be issued on an individual saltwater products license to a

  6  person age 70 or older who has held a saltwater products

  7  license for at least 3 of the last 5 license years.

  8         g.(I)  Any resident who is certified to be totally and

  9  permanently disabled by the Railroad Retirement Board, by the

10  United States Department of Veterans Affairs or its

11  predecessor, or by any branch of the United States Armed

12  Forces, or who holds a valid identification card issued by the

13  Department of Veterans' Affairs pursuant to s. 295.17, upon

14  proof of the same, or any resident certified to be totally

15  disabled by the United States Social Security Administration,

16  upon proof of the same, shall be exempted from the income

17  requirements if he or she also has held a saltwater products

18  license for at least 3 of the last 5 license years prior to

19  the date of the disability.

20         (II)  A Disability Award Notice issued by the United

21  States Social Security Administration is not sufficient

22  certification for a resident to obtain the income exemption

23  unless the notice certifies that the resident is totally

24  disabled.

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26  At least one saltwater products license bearing a restricted

27  species endorsement shall be aboard any vessel harvesting

28  restricted species in excess of any bag limit or when fishing

29  under a commercial quota or in commercial quantities, and such

30  vessel shall have a commercial vessel registration. This

31  subsection does not apply to any person, firm, or corporation

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  1  licensed under s. 370.07(1)(a)1. or (b) for activities

  2  pursuant to such licenses. A saltwater products license may be

  3  issued in the name of an individual or a valid boat

  4  registration number. Such license is not transferable. A decal

  5  shall be issued with each saltwater products license issued to

  6  a valid boat registration number. The saltwater products

  7  license decal shall be the same color as the vessel

  8  registration decal issued each year pursuant to s. 328.48(5)

  9  and shall indicate the period of time such license is valid.

10  The saltwater products license decal shall be placed beside

11  the vessel registration decal and, in the case of an

12  undocumented vessel, shall be placed so that the vessel

13  registration decal lies between the vessel registration number

14  and the saltwater products license decal. Any saltwater

15  products license decal for a previous year shall be removed

16  from a vessel operating on the waters of the state. A resident

17  shall pay an annual license fee of $50 for a saltwater

18  products license issued in the name of an individual or $100

19  for a saltwater products license issued to a valid boat

20  registration number. A nonresident shall pay an annual license

21  fee of $200 for a saltwater products license issued in the

22  name of an individual or $400 for a saltwater products license

23  issued to a valid boat registration number. An alien shall pay

24  an annual license fee of $300 for a saltwater products license

25  issued in the name of an individual or $600 for a saltwater

26  products license issued to a valid boat registration number.

27  Any person who sells saltwater products pursuant to this

28  license may sell only to a licensed wholesale dealer. A

29  saltwater products license must be presented to the licensed

30  wholesale dealer each time saltwater products are sold, and an

31  imprint made thereof. The wholesale dealer shall keep records

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  1  of each transaction in such detail as may be required by rule

  2  of the commission not in conflict with s. 370.07(6), and shall

  3  provide the holder of the saltwater products license with a

  4  copy of the record. It is unlawful for any licensed wholesale

  5  dealer to buy saltwater products from any unlicensed person

  6  under the provisions of this section, except that a licensed

  7  wholesale dealer may buy from another licensed wholesale

  8  dealer. It is unlawful for any licensed wholesale dealer to

  9  buy saltwater products designated as "restricted species" from

10  any person, firm, or corporation not possessing a restricted

11  species endorsement on his or her saltwater products license

12  under the provisions of this section, except that a licensed

13  wholesale dealer may buy from another licensed wholesale

14  dealer. The commission shall be the licensing agency, may

15  contract with private persons or entities to implement aspects

16  of the licensing program, and shall establish by rule a marine

17  fisheries information system in conjunction with the licensing

18  program to gather fisheries data.

19         Section 2.  Subsection (3) of section 370.13, Florida

20  Statutes, is amended to read:

21         370.13  Stone crab; regulation.--

22         (3)  DEPREDATION PERMITS ENDORSEMENTS.--The Fish and

23  Wildlife Conservation Commission shall issue a depredation

24  permit upon request to any marine aquaculture producer, as

25  defined in s. 370.26, engaged in the culture of shellfish

26  endorsement on the saltwater products license, which shall

27  entitle the aquaculture producer licenseholder to possess and

28  use up to 75 stone crab traps and up to 75 blue crab traps,

29  notwithstanding any other provisions of law, for the sole

30  purpose of taking incidental take of destructive or nuisance

31  stone crabs or blue crabs within 1 mile of the producer's

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  1  aquaculture shellfish beds. Any marine aquaculture producer as

  2  defined by s. 370.26 who raises shellfish may obtain a

  3  depredation endorsement by providing an aquaculture

  4  registration certificate to the commission. No Stone crabs or

  5  blue crabs taken under this subsection may not be sold,

  6  bartered, exchanged, or offered for sale, barter, or exchange.

  7         Section 3.  Subsections (1) and (2) of section 370.19,

  8  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

  9         370.19  Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact;

10  implementing legislation.--

11         (1)  FORM.--The Governor of this state is hereby

12  authorized and directed to execute a compact on behalf of the

13  State of Florida with any one or more of the States of Maine,

14  New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New

15  York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North

16  Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, and with such other

17  states as may enter into the compact, legally joining therein

18  in the form substantially as follows:

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20                 ATLANTIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES

21                             COMPACT

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23         The contracting states solemnly agree:

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25                            ARTICLE I

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27         The purpose of this compact is to promote the better

28  utilization of the fisheries, marine, shell, and anadromous,

29  of the Atlantic seaboard by the development of a joint program

30  for the promotion and protection of such fisheries, and by the

31  prevention of the physical waste of the fisheries from any

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  1  cause.  It is not the purpose of this compact to authorize the

  2  states joining herein to limit the production of fish or fish

  3  products for the purpose of establishing or fixing the price

  4  thereof, or creating and perpetuating a monopoly.

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  6                            ARTICLE II

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  8         This agreement shall become operative immediately as to

  9  those states executing it whenever any two or more of the

10  States of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island,

11  Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland,

12  Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida

13  have executed it in the form that is in accordance with the

14  laws of the executing state and the Congress has given its

15  consent.  Any state contiguous with any of the aforementioned

16  states and riparian upon waters frequented by anadromous fish,

17  flowing into waters under the jurisdiction of any of the

18  aforementioned states, may become a party hereto as

19  hereinafter provided.

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21                           ARTICLE III

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23         Each state joining herein shall appoint three

24  representatives to a commission hereby constituted and

25  designated as the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission.

26  One shall be the executive officer of the administrative

27  agency of such state charged with the conservation of the

28  fisheries resources to which this compact pertains or, if

29  there be more than one officer or agency, the official of that

30  state named by the governor thereof. The second shall be a

31  member of the legislature of such state designated by such

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  1  legislature or, in the absence of such designation, such

  2  legislator shall be designated by the governor thereof,

  3  provided that if it is constitutionally impossible to appoint

  4  a legislator as a commissioner from such state, the second

  5  member shall be appointed in such manner as is established by

  6  law the house committee on commerce and reciprocal trade of

  7  such state. The third shall be a citizen who shall have a

  8  knowledge of and interest in the marine fisheries problem to

  9  be appointed by the governor. This commission shall be a body

10  corporate with the powers and duties set forth herein.

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12                            ARTICLE IV

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14         The duty of the said commission shall be to make

15  inquiry and ascertain from time to time such methods,

16  practices, circumstances and conditions as may be disclosed

17  for bringing about the conservation and the prevention of the

18  depletion and physical waste of the fisheries, marine, shell

19  and anadromous, of the Atlantic seaboard.  The commission

20  shall have power to recommend the coordination of the exercise

21  of the police powers of the several states within their

22  respective jurisdictions to promote the preservation of those

23  fisheries and their protection against overfishing, waste,

24  depletion or any abuse whatsoever and to assure a continuing

25  yield from the fisheries resources of the aforementioned

26  states.

27         To that end the commission shall draft and, after

28  consultation with the advisory committee hereinafter

29  authorized, recommend to the governors and legislatures of the

30  various signatory states legislation dealing with the

31  conservation of the marine, shell and anadromous fisheries of

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  1  the Atlantic seaboard.  The commission shall, more than one

  2  month prior to any regular meeting of the legislature in any

  3  signatory state, present to the governor of the state its

  4  recommendations relating to enactments to be made by the

  5  legislature of that state in furthering the intents and

  6  purposes of this compact.

  7         The commission shall consult with and advise the

  8  pertinent administrative agencies in the states party hereto

  9  with regard to problems connected with the fisheries and

10  recommend the adoption of such regulations as it deems

11  advisable.

12         The commission shall have power to recommend to the

13  states party hereto the stocking of the waters of such states

14  with fish and fish eggs or joint stocking by some or all of

15  the states party hereto and when two or more of the states

16  shall jointly stock waters the commission shall act as the

17  coordinating agency for such stocking.

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19                            ARTICLE V

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21         The commission shall elect from its number a chair and

22  a vice chair and shall appoint and at its pleasure remove or

23  discharge such officers and employees as may be required to

24  carry the provisions of this compact into effect and shall fix

25  and determine their duties, qualifications and compensation.

26  Said commission shall adopt rules and regulations for the

27  conduct of its business.  It may establish and maintain one or

28  more offices for the transaction of its business and may meet

29  at any time or place but must meet at least once a year.

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31                            ARTICLE VI

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  2         No action shall be taken by the commission in regard to

  3  its general affairs except by the affirmative vote of a

  4  majority of the whole number of compacting states present at

  5  any meeting.  No recommendation shall be made by the

  6  commission in regard to any species of fish except by the

  7  affirmative vote of a majority of the compacting states which

  8  have an interest in such species. The commission shall define

  9  what shall be an interest.

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11                           ARTICLE VII

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13         The Fish and Wildlife Service of the Department of the

14  Interior of the Government of the United States shall act as

15  the primary research agency of the Atlantic States Marine

16  Fisheries Commission cooperating with the research agencies in

17  each state for that purpose.  Representatives of the said Fish

18  and Wildlife Service shall attend the meetings of the

19  commission.

20         An advisory committee to be representative of the

21  commercial fishers and the saltwater anglers and such other

22  interests of each state as the commission deems advisable

23  shall be established by the commission as soon as practicable

24  for the purpose of advising the commission upon such

25  recommendations as it may desire to make.

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27                           ARTICLE VIII

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29         When any state other than those named specifically in

30  Article II of this compact shall become a party thereto for

31  the purpose of conserving its anadromous fish in accordance

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  1  with the provisions of Article II the participation of such

  2  state in the action of the commission shall be limited to such

  3  species of anadromous fish.

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  5                            ARTICLE IX

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  7         Nothing in this compact shall be construed to limit the

  8  powers of any signatory state or to repeal or prevent the

  9  enactment of any legislation or the enforcement of any

10  requirement by any signatory state imposing additional

11  conditions to conserve its fisheries.

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13                            ARTICLE X

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15         Continued absence of representation or of any

16  representative on the commission from any state party hereto

17  shall be brought to the attention of the governor thereof.

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19                            ARTICLE XI

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21         The states party hereto agree to make annual

22  appropriations to the support of the commission in proportion

23  to the primary market value of the products of their

24  fisheries, exclusive of cod and haddock, as recorded in the

25  most recent published reports of the Fish and Wildlife Service

26  of the United States Department of the Interior, provided no

27  state shall contribute less than $200 per annum and the annual

28  contribution of each state above the minimum shall be figured

29  to the nearest $100.

30         The compacting states agree to appropriate initially

31  the annual amounts scheduled below, which amounts are

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  1  calculated in the manner set forth herein, on the basis of the

  2  catch record of 1938. Subsequent budgets shall be recommended

  3  by a majority of the commission and the cost thereof allocated

  4  equitably among the states in accordance with their respective

  5  interests and submitted to the compacting states.

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  7                    Schedule of Initial Annual

  8                       State Contributions

  9         Maine..............................................$700

10         New Hampshire.......................................200

11         Massachusetts.....................................2,300

12         Rhode Island........................................300

13         Connecticut.........................................400

14         New York..........................................1,300

15         New Jersey..........................................800

16         Delaware............................................200

17         Maryland............................................700

18         Virginia..........................................1,300

19         North Carolina......................................600

20         South Carolina......................................200

21         Georgia.............................................200

22         Florida...........................................1,500

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24                           ARTICLE XII

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26         This compact shall continue in force and remain binding

27  upon each compacting state until renounced by it.

28  Renunciation of this compact must be preceded by sending 6

29  months' notice in writing of intention to withdraw from the

30  compact to the other states party hereto.

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  1         (2)  COMMISSIONERS; APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL.--In

  2  pursuance of Article III of said compact there shall be three

  3  members (hereinafter called commissioners) of the Atlantic

  4  States Marine Fisheries Commission (hereinafter called

  5  commission) from this state. The first commissioner from this

  6  state shall be the Executive Director of the Fish and Wildlife

  7  Conservation Commission, ex officio, and the term of any such

  8  ex officio commissioner shall terminate at the time he or she

  9  ceases to hold said office of Executive Director of the Fish

10  and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and his or her successor

11  as commissioner shall be his or her successor as executive

12  director. The second commissioner from this state shall be a

13  legislator appointed on a rotating basis by the President of

14  the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Representatives,

15  beginning with the appointment of a member of the Senate, and

16  member of the house committee on commerce and reciprocal trade

17  (of the State of Florida, ex officio, designated by said house

18  committee on commerce and reciprocal trade), and the term of

19  any such ex officio commissioner shall terminate at the time

20  he or she ceases to hold said legislative office as

21  commissioner on interstate cooperation, and his or her

22  successor as commissioner shall be named in like manner. The

23  Governor (subject to confirmation by the Senate), shall

24  appoint a citizen as a third commissioner who shall have a

25  knowledge of, and interest in, the marine fisheries problem.

26  The term of said commissioner shall be 3 years and the

27  commissioner shall hold office until a successor shall be

28  appointed and qualified. Vacancies occurring in the office of

29  such commissioner from any reason or cause shall be filled by

30  appointment by the Governor (subject to confirmation by the

31  Senate), for the unexpired term. The Executive Director of the

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  1  Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission as ex officio

  2  commissioner may delegate, from time to time, to any deputy or

  3  other subordinate in his or her department or office, the

  4  power to be present and participate, including voting, as his

  5  or her representative or substitute at any meeting of or

  6  hearing by or other proceeding of the commission. The terms of

  7  each of the initial three members shall begin at the date of

  8  the appointment of the appointive commissioner, provided the

  9  said compact shall then have gone into effect in accordance

10  with Article II of the compact; otherwise, they shall begin

11  upon the date upon which said compact shall become effective

12  in accordance with said Article II. Any commissioner may be

13  removed from office by the Governor upon charges and after a

14  hearing.

15         Section 4.  Subsection (2) of section 370.20, Florida

16  Statutes, is amended to read:

17         370.20  Gulf States Marine Fisheries Compact;

18  implementing legislation.--

19         (2)  MEMBERS OF COMMISSION; TERM OF OFFICE.--In

20  pursuance of article III of said compact, there shall be three

21  members (hereinafter called commissioners) of the Gulf States

22  Marine Fisheries Commission (hereafter called commission) from

23  the State of Florida. The first commissioner from the State of

24  Florida shall be the Executive Director of the Fish and

25  Wildlife Conservation Commission, ex officio, and the term of

26  any such ex officio commissioner shall terminate at the time

27  he or she ceases to hold said office of Executive Director of

28  the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and his or her

29  successor as commissioner shall be his or her successor as

30  executive director. The second commissioner from the State of

31  Florida shall be a legislator appointed on a rotating basis by

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  1  the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of

  2  Representatives, beginning with the appointment of a member of

  3  the House of Representatives, and a member of the house

  4  committee on commerce and reciprocal trade (of the State of

  5  Florida ex officio, designated by said house committee on

  6  commerce and reciprocal trade), and the term of any such ex

  7  officio commissioner shall terminate at the time he or she

  8  ceases to hold said legislative office as commissioner on

  9  interstate cooperation, and his or her successor as

10  commissioner shall be named in like manner. The Governor

11  (subject to confirmation by the Senate) shall appoint a

12  citizen as a third commissioner who shall have a knowledge of

13  and interest in the marine fisheries problem. The term of said

14  commissioner shall be 3 years and the commissioner shall hold

15  office until a successor shall be appointed and qualified.

16  Vacancies occurring in the office of such commissioner from

17  any reason or cause shall be filled by appointment by the

18  Governor (subject to confirmation by the Senate) for the

19  unexpired term. The Executive Director of the Fish and

20  Wildlife Conservation Commission, as ex officio commissioner,

21  may delegate, from time to time, to any deputy or other

22  subordinate in his or her department or office, the power to

23  be present and participate, including voting, as his or her

24  representative or substitute at any meeting of or hearing by

25  or other proceeding of the commission. The terms of each of

26  the initial three members shall begin at the date of the

27  appointment of the appointive commissioner, provided the said

28  compact shall then have gone into effect in accordance with

29  article II of the compact; otherwise they shall begin upon the

30  date upon which said compact shall become effective in

31  accordance with said article II.

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  1         Any commissioner may be removed from office by the

  2  Governor upon charges and after a hearing.

  3         Section 5.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (6) of Section

  4  370.25, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

  5         370.25  Artificial reef program; grants and financial

  6  and technical assistance to local governments.--

  7         (6)  It is unlawful for any person to:

  8         (a)  Place artificial-reef-construction materials in

  9  state waters outside zones permitted under the terms and

10  conditions defined in any artificial-reef permits issued by

11  the United States Army Corps of Engineers or by the Department

12  of Environmental Protection Fish and Wildlife Conservation

13  Commission.

14         Section 6.  Section 374.977, Florida Statutes, is

15  amended to read:

16         374.977  Inland navigation districts; manatee

17  protection speed zones, responsibility for sign posting.--Each

18  inland navigation district shall be responsible for posting

19  and maintaining regulatory markers, as approved by the Fish

20  and Wildlife Conservation Commission Department of

21  Environmental Protection, for manatee protection speed zones.

22  Such responsibility shall not be limited to the intracoastal

23  waterway, but shall include all waters within each member

24  county for which regulatory markers must be posted. Sign

25  locations shall be jointly selected by the Fish and Wildlife

26  Conservation Commission Department of Environmental Protection

27  and the appropriate inland navigation district, pending

28  necessary federal, state and local approvals. Should an inland

29  navigation district lack the resources or otherwise be unable

30  to carry out its sign posting and maintenance duties, this

31  responsibility shall then be assumed by the Fish and Wildlife

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  1  Conservation Commission Department of Environmental

  2  Protection.

  3         Section 7.  State agencies and water management

  4  districts that manage lands for public hunting are encouraged

  5  to authorize the release and feeding of breeder-raised and

  6  wild quail on such lands to increase quail hunting

  7  opportunities and replenish quail population in the state.

  8         Section 8.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.

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13  Removes Section 6 from the bill, which exempted residents
    certified to be disabled by the Railroad Retirement Board from
14  hunting and saltwater and freshwater fishing license fees.
    Section 6 also provided that the exemption from hunting and
15  fishing license fees for residents certified as totally and
    permanently disabled by the U.S. Department of Veterans
16  Affairs, the U.S. Armed Forces, or the U.S. Social Security
    Administration, includes both saltwater and freshwater fishing
17  licenses.

18  Provides that state agencies and water management districts
    that manage lands for public hunting are encouraged to
19  authorize the release and feeding of breeder-raised and wild
    quail on such lands to increase quail hunting opportunities
20  and replenish quail population in the state.

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