| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to state park rule violations; amending s. |
| 3 | 258.007, F.S.; requiring that certain violations of rules |
| 4 | of the Division of Recreation and Parks of the Department |
| 5 | of Environmental Protection are punishable as noncriminal |
| 6 | infractions; providing penalties; specifying violations |
| 7 | punishable as a misdemeanor of the second degree; |
| 8 | providing penalties; providing an effective date. |
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| 10 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 12 | Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 258.007, Florida |
| 13 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 14 | 258.007 Powers of division.-- |
| 15 | (2) The division has authority to adopt rules pursuant to |
| 16 | ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement provisions of law |
| 17 | conferring duties on it, and the violation of any rule |
| 18 | authorized by this subsection section shall be a misdemeanor and |
| 19 | punishable as follows: accordingly. |
| 20 | (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), any person who |
| 21 | violates or otherwise fails to comply with the rules adopted |
| 22 | under this subsection commits a noncriminal infraction for which |
| 23 | ejection from all property managed by the division and a fine of |
| 24 | up to $1,000 may be imposed by the division. |
| 25 | (b) Unless such activity has been specifically permitted |
| 26 | by the division, any person who is in violation of any of the |
| 27 | following commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable |
| 28 | as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083, and shall be ejected |
| 29 | from all property managed by the division: |
| 30 | 1. Cutting, carving, injuring, mutilating, moving, |
| 31 | displacing, or breaking off any water bottom formation or growth |
| 32 | within the boundaries of a state park. |
| 33 | 2. Capturing, trapping, injuring, or harassing wild |
| 34 | animals within the boundaries of a state park. |
| 35 | 3. Collecting plant or animal specimens within the |
| 36 | boundaries of a state park. |
| 37 | 4. Leaving the designated public roads with a vehicle |
| 38 | within the boundaries of a state park. |
| 39 | 5. Hunting within the boundaries of a state park. |
| 40 | 6. Failing to timely pay a civil penalty imposed under |
| 41 | this subsection. |
| 42 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007. |