Florida Senate - 2019                   (PROPOSED BILL) SPB 7022
       
       
        
       FOR CONSIDERATION By the Committee on Environment and Natural
       Resources
       
       
       
       
       592-02106A-19                                         20197022pb
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Fish and Wildlife Conservation
    3         Commission citizen support organizations; amending s.
    4         379.223, F.S.; abrogating the scheduled repeal of
    5         provisions governing citizen support organizations
    6         established under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation
    7         Commission; creating s. 379.2231, F.S.; defining the
    8         terms “convicted” and “conviction”; authorizing a
    9         court to order persons convicted of certain violations
   10         to pay an additional assessment; authorizing a
   11         specified citizen support organization to post certain
   12         rewards; providing an effective date.
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   14  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   16         Section 1. Subsection (4) of section 379.223, Florida
   17  Statutes, is amended to read:
   18         379.223 Citizen support organizations; use of state
   19  property; audit.—
   20         (4) This section is repealed October 1, 2019, unless
   21  reviewed and saved from repeal by the Legislature.
   22         Section 2. Section 379.2231, Florida Statutes, is created
   23  to read:
   24         379.2231 Additional assessment; Wildlife Alert Reward
   25  Association, Inc.—
   26         (1) As used in this section, the term “convicted” or
   27  “conviction” means any judicial disposition other than acquittal
   28  or dismissal.
   29         (2) In addition to any other penalty provided by law, a
   30  court may order a person who is convicted of a violation of this
   31  chapter or of a rule or order of the commission to pay an
   32  assessment directly to Wildlife Alert Reward Association, Inc.
   33         (3) Wildlife Alert Reward Association, Inc., may pay a
   34  reward, from the funds assessed pursuant to subsection (2), to a
   35  person who provides information leading to the arrest of an
   36  individual or individuals for a violation of this chapter or of
   37  a rule or order of the commission.
   38         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.