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11 The Committee on Environmental Preservation (Argenziano)
12 recommended the following amendment:
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
15 Delete everything after the enacting clause
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17 and insert: Paragraph (j) is added to subsection (4) of
18 section 372.57, Florida Statutes, to read:
19 372.57 Recreational licenses, permits, and
20 authorization numbers; fees established.--
21 (4) RESIDENT HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSES.--The
22 licenses and fees for residents participating in hunting and
23 fishing activities in this state are as follows:
24 (j) Annual military gold sportsman's license, $18.50.
25 The gold sportsman's license authorizes the person to whom it
26 is issued to take freshwater fish, saltwater fish, and game,
27 subject to the state and federal laws, rules, and regulations,
28 including rules of the commission, in effect at the time of
29 taking. Other authorized activities include activities
30 authorized by a management area permit, a muzzle-loading gun
31 permit, a turkey permit, a Florida waterfowl permit, an
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1 archery permit, a snook permit, and a crawfish permit. Any
2 resident who is an active or retired member of the United
3 States Armed Forces, the United States Armed Forces Reserve,
4 the National Guard, the United States Coast Guard, or the
5 United States Coast Guard Reserve is eligible to purchase the
6 military gold sportsman's license upon submission of a current
7 military identification card.
8 Section 1. Section 372.5712, Florida Statutes, is
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10 372.5712 Florida waterfowl permit revenues.--
11 (1) The commission shall expend the revenues generated
12 from the sale of the Florida waterfowl permit as provided in
13 s. 372.57(8)(a) or that pro rata portion of any license that
14 includes waterfowl hunting privileges, as provided in s.
15 372.57(4)(h), and (i), and (j) and (9)(a)3. as follows: A
16 maximum of 5 percent of the gross revenues shall be expended
17 for administrative costs; a maximum of 25 percent of the gross
18 revenues shall be expended for waterfowl research approved by
19 the commission; and a maximum of 70 percent of the gross
20 revenues shall be expended for projects approved by the
21 commission, in consultation with the Waterfowl Advisory
22 Council, for the purpose of protecting and propagating
23 migratory waterfowl and for the development, restoration,
24 maintenance, and preservation of wetlands within the state.
25 (2) The intent of this section is to expand waterfowl
26 research and management and increase waterfowl populations in
27 the state without detracting from other programs. The
28 commission shall prepare an annual report documenting the use
29 of funds generated under the provisions of this section, to be
30 submitted to the Governor, the Speaker of the House of
31 Representatives, and the President of the Senate on or before
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1 September 1 of each year.
2 Section 2. Section 372.5715, Florida Statutes, is
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4 372.5715 Florida wild turkey permit revenues.--
5 (1) The commission shall expend the revenues generated
6 from the sale of the turkey permit as provided for in s.
7 372.57(8)(b) or that pro rata portion of any license that
8 includes turkey hunting privileges as provided for in s.
9 372.57(4)(h), and (i), and (j) for research and management of
10 wild turkeys.
11 (2) The intent of this section is to expand wild
12 turkey research and management and to increase wild turkey
13 populations in the state without detracting from other
14 programs. The commission shall prepare an annual report
15 documenting the use of funds generated under the provisions of
16 this section, to be submitted to the Governor, the Speaker of
17 the House of Representatives, and the President of the Senate
18 on or before September 1 of each year.
19 Section 3. Section 372.661, Florida Statutes, is
20 amended to read:
21 372.661 Private hunting preserve license fees;
22 exception.--
23 (1) Any person who operates a private hunting preserve
24 commercially or otherwise shall be required to pay a license
25 fee of $70 for each such preserve; provided, however, that
26 during the open season established for wild game of any
27 species a private individual may take artificially propagated
28 game of such species up to the bag limit prescribed for the
29 particular species without being required to pay the license
30 fee required by this section; provided further that if any
31 such individual shall charge a fee for taking such game she or
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1 he shall be required to pay the license fee required by this
2 section and to comply with the rules of the commission
3 relative to the operation of private hunting preserves.
4 (2) A commercial hunting preserve license, which shall
5 exempt patrons of licensed preserves from the license and
6 permit requirements of s. 372.57(4)(c), (d), (f), (h), and
7 (i), and (j); (5)(f) and (g); (8)(a), (b), (e), and (f);
8 (9)(a)2.; (11); and (12) while hunting on the licensed
9 preserve property, shall be $500. Such commercial hunting
10 preserve license shall be available only to those private
11 hunting preserves licensed pursuant to this section which are
12 operated exclusively for commercial purposes, which are open
13 to the public, and for which a uniform fee is charged to
14 patrons for hunting privileges.
15 Section 4. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
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20 And the title is amended as follows:
21 Delete everything before the enacting clause
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23 and insert:
24 A bill to be entitled
25 An act relating to recreational licenses and
26 permits; amending s. 372.57, F.S.; providing
27 for a military gold sportsman's license;
28 providing for an annual fee; providing
29 authorizations allowed under license; providing
30 eligibility requirements; amending ss.
31 372.5712, 372.5715, and 372.573, F.S.,
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1 providing for uses of specified pro rata
2 portions of revenue generated from the military
3 gold sportsman's license; amending s. 372.661,
4 F.S.; exempting patrons of licensed hunting
5 preserves from the license and permit
6 requirements of the military gold sportsman's
7 license while hunting on the licensed preserve
8 property; providing an effective date.
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