Florida Senate - 2007                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 1980
                        Barcode 381026
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11  The Committee on Environmental Preservation and Conservation
12  (Rich) recommended the following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment 
15         On page 20, line 27, through page 21, line 18, delete
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18  and insert:  
19         1.  The Department of Environmental Protection shall
20  initially allot such certificates to each licenseholder with a
21  current crawfish trap number who uses traps.  The number of
22  such certificates allotted to each such licenseholder shall be
23  based on the trap/catch coefficient established pursuant to
24  trip ticket records generated under the provisions of s.
25  370.06(2) over a 3-year base period ending June 30, 1991. The
26  trap/catch coefficient shall be calculated by dividing the sum
27  of the highest reported single license-year landings up to a
28  maximum of 30,000 pounds for each such licenseholder during
29  the base period by 700,000. Each such licenseholder shall then
30  be allotted the number of certificates derived by dividing his
31  or her highest reported single license-year landings up to a
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    11:38 AM   03/07/07                             s1980.ep34.010

Florida Senate - 2007 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 1980 Barcode 381026 1 maximum of 30,000 pounds during the base period by the 2 trap/catch coefficient. Nevertheless, no licenseholder with a 3 current crawfish trap number shall be allotted fewer than 10 4 certificates. However, certificates may only be issued to 5 individuals; therefore, all licenseholders other than 6 individual licenseholders shall designate the individual or 7 individuals to whom their certificates will be allotted and 8 the number thereof to each, if more than one. After initial 9 issuance, Trap certificates 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2 11:38 AM 03/07/07 s1980.ep34.010