| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to saltwater products licenses; amending |
| 3 | s. 379.361, F.S.; providing that specified residents are |
| 4 | exempt from the annual fee for a saltwater products |
| 5 | license; providing an effective date. |
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| 7 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 9 | Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subsection (2) of section |
| 10 | 379.361, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 11 | 379.361 Licenses.- |
| 12 | (2) SALTWATER PRODUCTS LICENSE.- |
| 13 | (e) The annual fee for a saltwater products license is: |
| 14 | 1. For a license issued in the name of an individual which |
| 15 | authorizes only that individual to engage in commercial fishing |
| 16 | activities from the shore or a vessel: a resident must pay $50; |
| 17 | a nonresident must pay $200; or an alien must pay $300. However, |
| 18 | a resident 65 years of age or older who has held a valid license |
| 19 | for the previous 3 years is not required to pay the annual fee. |
| 20 | 2. For a license issued in the name of an individual which |
| 21 | authorizes that named individual to engage in commercial fishing |
| 22 | activities from the shore or a vessel and also authorizes each |
| 23 | person who is fishing with the named individual aboard a vessel |
| 24 | to engage in such activities: a resident must pay $150; a |
| 25 | nonresident must pay $600; or an alien must pay $900. |
| 26 | 3. For a license issued to a valid commercial vessel |
| 27 | registration number which authorizes each person aboard such |
| 28 | registered vessel to engage in commercial fishing activities: a |
| 29 | resident, or a resident firm or corporation, must pay $100; a |
| 30 | nonresident, or a nonresident firm or corporation, must pay |
| 31 | $400; or an alien, or an alien firm or corporation, must pay |
| 32 | $600. For purposes of this subparagraph, a resident firm or |
| 33 | corporation means a firm or corporation formed under the laws of |
| 34 | this state; a nonresident firm or corporation means a firm or |
| 35 | corporation formed under the laws of any state other than |
| 36 | Florida; and an alien firm or corporation means a firm or |
| 37 | corporation organized under any laws other than laws of the |
| 38 | United States, any United States territory or possession, or any |
| 39 | state of the United States. |
| 40 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010. |