Florida Senate - 2020                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1414
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/27/2020           .                                
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       The Committee on Rules (Mayfield) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with directory and title amendments)
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    3         Between lines 79 and 80
    4  insert:
    5         (b) If a person, firm, or corporation holds a valid captive
    6  wildlife class III exhibition or sale license on January 1,
    7  2020, and documented an inventory of green iguanas or tegus on
    8  his or her or its 2019 application, the commission may
    9  grandfather that person, firm, or corporation so as to allow
   10  them to continue dealing in green iguanas or tegus commercially
   11  for as long as the license remains active. Such status is void
   12  upon any license transfer or lapse. The person, firm, or
   13  corporation may only sell such inventory of green iguanas or
   14  tegus outside of this state and may not import the species into
   15  this state. The commission shall adopt rules that address all of
   16  the following:
   17         1. Reporting requirements.
   18         2. Biosecurity measures to prevent escape of these species.
   19         3. Any necessary grandfathering provisions for those
   20  persons presently in possession of either a green iguana or a
   21  tegu lizard who do not meet the grandfathering provisions of
   22  this paragraph.
   23  
   24  ====== D I R E C T O R Y  C L A U S E  A M E N D M E N T ======
   25  And the directory clause is amended as follows:
   26         Delete lines 58 - 59
   27  and insert:
   28         Section 3. Present paragraphs (b) through (e) of subsection
   29  (2) of section 379.372, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as
   30  paragraphs (c) through (f), respectively, a new paragraph (b) is
   31  added to that subsection, and paragraph (a) of that subsection
   32  is amended, to read:
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   34  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   35  And the title is amended as follows:
   36         Delete line 16
   37  and insert:
   38         prohibition; providing that certain persons, firms, or
   39         corporations may continue to deal in green iguanas or
   40         tegus commercially under certain circumstances;
   41         requiring such green iguanas or tegus to be sold
   42         outside of this state; prohibiting the import of green
   43         iguanas or tegus; requiring the commission to adopt
   44         rules that meet certain requirements; reenacting s.
   45         379.2311(1), F.S., relating