Florida Senate - 2013 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 448 Barcode 169870 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: RCS . 03/07/2013 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Environmental Preservation and Conservation (Dean) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment 2 3 Delete lines 247 - 277 4 and insert: 5 saltwater products license and is a one-time exemption. In order 6 to renew the restricted species endorsement on an individual 7 saltwater products license, the veteran must document that at 8 least $2,500 of his or her income is attributable to the sale of 9 saltwater products. 10 i. Beginning July 1, 2014, a resident military veteran who 11 applies to the commission within 48 months after receiving an 12 honorable discharge from any branch of the United States Armed 13 Forces, the United States Coast Guard, the military reserves, 14 the Florida National Guard, or the United States Coast Guard 15 Reserve is not required to provide documentation for the income 16 requirement with his or her initial application for a restricted 17 species endorsement. Documentation for the income requirement is 18 required beginning with the renewal of the restricted species 19 endorsement after such veteran has possessed a valid restricted 20 species endorsement for a complete license year. This exemption 21 applies only to issuance of the endorsement on an individual 22 saltwater products license and may only be applied one time per 23 military enlistment. 24 j. Until June 30, 2014, a resident military veteran who 25 applies to the commission and who received an honorable 26 discharge from any branch of the United States Armed Forces, the 27 United States Coast Guard, the military reserves, the Florida 28 National Guard, or the United States Coast Guard Reserve between 29 September 11, 2001, and June 30, 2014, is not required to 30 provide documentation for the income requirement with his or her 31 initial application for a restricted species endorsement. 32 Documentation for the income requirement is required beginning 33 with the renewal of the restricted species endorsement after 34 such veteran has possessed a valid restricted species 35 endorsement for a complete license year. This exemption applies 36 only to issuance of the endorsement on an individual saltwater 37 products license.