Senate Bill sb1610

    Florida Senate - 2005                                  SB 1610

    By Senator Atwater





    25-1334-05                                          See HB 395

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to recreational licenses and

  3         permits; amending s. 372.562, F.S.; revising

  4         the exemption from recreational license and

  5         permit requirements to include additional

  6         military personnel; reenacting ss. 372.57(1)

  7         and 372.5717(7), F.S., relating to recreational

  8         licenses, permits, and authorization numbers

  9         and fees and to a hunter safety course,

10         respectively, to incorporate the amendment to

11         s. 372.562, F.S., in references thereto;

12         providing an effective date.

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

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16         Section 1.  Paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section

17  372.562, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

18         372.562  Recreational licenses and permits; exemptions

19  from fees and requirements.--

20         (2)  A hunting, freshwater fishing, or saltwater

21  fishing license or permit is not required for:

22         (c)  Any resident who is a member of the United States

23  Armed Forces, the United States Reserve Forces, the Florida

24  National Guard, the United States Coast Guard, or the United

25  States Coast Guard Reserve, either active or retired and not

26  stationed in this state, when home on leave for 30 days or

27  less, upon submission of a current military identification

28  card orders.

29         Section 2.  For the purpose of incorporating the

30  amendment to section 372.562, Florida Statutes, in a reference

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    Florida Senate - 2005                                  SB 1610
    25-1334-05                                          See HB 395




 1  thereto, subsection (1) of section 372.57, Florida Statutes,

 2  is reenacted to read:

 3         372.57  Recreational licenses, permits, and

 4  authorization numbers; fees established.--

 5         (1)  LICENSE, PERMIT, OR AUTHORIZATION NUMBER

 6  REQUIRED.--Except as provided in s. 372.562, no person shall

 7  take game, freshwater or saltwater fish, or fur-bearing

 8  animals within this state without having first obtained a

 9  license, permit, or authorization number and paid the fees set

10  forth in this chapter. Such license, permit, or authorization

11  number shall authorize the person to whom it is issued to take

12  game, freshwater or saltwater fish, or fur-bearing animals,

13  and participate in outdoor recreational activities in

14  accordance with the laws of the state and rules of the

15  commission.

16         Section 3.  For the purpose of incorporating the

17  amendment to section 372.562, Florida Statutes, in a reference

18  thereto, subsection (7) of section 372.5717, Florida Statutes,

19  is reenacted to read:

20         372.5717  Hunter safety course; requirements;

21  penalty.--

22         (7)  The hunter safety requirements of this section do

23  not apply to persons for whom licenses are not required under

24  s. 372.562(2).

25         Section 4.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

26  law.

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