Florida Senate - 2010                                    SB 1904
       
       
       
       By Senator Lawson
       
       
       
       
       6-01872-10                                            20101904__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to saltwater products licenses;
    3         amending s. 379.361, F.S.; providing for the issuance
    4         of a license at no charge to residents who are age 65
    5         or older; providing an effective date.
    6  
    7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
    8  
    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 license shall be issued at no charge to any resident who is
   19  age 65 or older, upon proof of age and residency.
   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.