Florida Senate - 2017                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 230
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/21/2017           .                                
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on the Environment and Natural
       Resources (Artiles) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 33 - 82
    4  and insert:
    5         1. Lizards known as tegu lizards, consisting of the genera
    6  Tupinambis and Salvator, and any taxonomic synonymies of such
    7  genera.
    8         2. Species listed in s. 379.372(2)(a).
    9         3. Pterois volitans, also known as red lionfish.
   10         4. Pterois miles, also known as the common lionfish or
   11  devil firefish.
   12         (2) The commission shall establish a pilot program to
   13  mitigate the impact of priority invasive species on the public
   14  lands or waters of this state.
   15         (a) The Legislature finds that priority invasive species
   16  continue to expand their range and to decimate the fauna and
   17  flora of the Everglades and other natural areas and ecosystems
   18  in the southern and central parts of the state at an
   19  accelerating rate.
   20         (b) The goal of the pilot program is to examine the
   21  benefits of using strategically deployed, trained private
   22  contractors to slow the advance of these nonnative animals,
   23  contain their populations, and eradicate them from this state.
   24         (c) To implement the pilot program, the commission may
   25  enter into contracts in accordance with chapter 287 with
   26  entities or individuals to capture or destroy these nonnative
   27  animals found on public lands or in the waters of the state. Any
   28  private contracted work to be performed on public land or in the
   29  waters of the state not owned or managed by the commission must
   30  have the consent of the owner.
   31         (d) The commission shall ensure that all captures and
   32  disposals of these nonnative animals are documented and that the
   33  geographic location of the take is recorded for research
   34  purposes. The commission shall direct the disposal of all
   35  animals captured and not destroyed in removal efforts.
   36         (e) The commission shall submit a report of findings and
   37  recommendations regarding its implementation of the pilot
   38  program to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the
   39  Speaker of the House of Representatives by January 1, 2020.
   40         (3) Before selling, reselling, or offering for sale any
   41  nonnative animal specified by the commission pursuant to
   42  paragraph (a), pet dealers must implant in the animal or have
   43  the animal implanted with a passive integrated transponder (PIT)
   44  tag as specified by the commission. The commission shall adopt
   45  rules implementing this subsection, including:
   46         (a) Identifying nonnative animals that threaten the state’s
   47  wildlife habitats and therefore must be implanted with a PIT
   48  tag; and
   49         (b) Establishing a standard for the types of PIT tags which
   50  must be used by pet dealers and the manner in which they must be
   51  implanted.
   52         Section 2. For the 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 fiscal years,
   53  the sum of $300,000 each year in nonrecurring funds is
   54  appropriated from the State Game Trust Fund to the Fish