| 1 | Representative Kendrick offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment |
| 4 | Remove lines 9956-9981 and insert: |
| 5 | 2. For violations involving the taking of food shrimp in |
| 6 | certain closed areas: |
| 7 | a. Any person with a saltwater products license issued by |
| 8 | the commission who is convicted of taking food shrimp in Santa |
| 9 | Rosa Sound in violation of commission rule designating a closed |
| 10 | area shall have that license and the saltwater products license |
| 11 | of the boat involved in the violation revoked and shall be |
| 12 | ineligible to make application for such a license for a period |
| 13 | of 2 years from the date of such conviction. If a person who |
| 14 | does not have a saltwater products license is convicted |
| 15 | hereunder, that person and the boat involved in the violation |
| 16 | shall not be eligible for such a license for 5 years. |
| 17 | b. A third or subsequent violation by any person of the |
| 18 | designated closure to food shrimping in Santa Rosa Sound within |
| 19 | a 3-year period is a felony of the third degree, punishable as |
| 20 | provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. |
| 21 | c. A second or any subsequent violation by any person for |
| 22 | taking food shrimp in a food shrimp production closed area in a |
| 23 | portion of Monroe County designated by the commission is a |
| 24 | felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 |
| 25 | or s. 775.083. |
| 26 | d. A third or any subsequent violation by the owner or |
| 27 | master of any vessel engaged in food shrimp production in the |
| 28 | Tortugas Shrimp Beds closed area designated by the commission |
| 29 | within a 3-year period is a felony of the third degree, |
| 30 | punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. |
| 31 | e. This subparagraph does not apply to persons shrimping |
| 32 | for live bait shrimp in the designated closed area when such |
| 33 | persons are shrimping with a live bait shrimping license issued |
| 34 | by the commission. |
| 35 | 3. The owner or master of any vessel not equipped with |
| 36 | live shrimp bait tanks dragging shrimp nets in the Tortugas |
| 37 | Shrimp Beds without a live bait shrimping license for this area |
| 38 | is subject to the base penalties in subsection (1) for a first |
| 39 | or second violation. A third or subsequent violation by any |
| 40 | person under this subparagraph within a 3-year period is a |
| 41 | felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 |
| 42 | or s. 775.083. |
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